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Churches, 1903

3,108 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 156

The Churches. Delegate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 5

The annual harvest thanksgiving services were celebrated in the Church of England. The Rev. W. Taylor, of Redfern, was the preacher…

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Church Workers' Outing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 9

Nearly a hundred persons availed themselves on Saturday of the annual reunion of the church workers in connection with St. John's Church, Parramatta. The party went by boat as far as Clark Island, where they…

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A Church Census in London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 3

The "Daily News" is continuing its religious census of London, and though various conclusions, may be drawn from the results, everyone will agree that the figures are extremely interesting…

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Methodist Examination Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 7

The examination committee, of the Methodist Conference concluded its sittings at the Centenary Hall, York-street, yesterday. The Rev. W. Woolls Kutledge, president of the conference, occupied the chair,…

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News From the Islands. a Mission Station Attacked by Natives. a New Volcano

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 6

News was received at Sydney yesterday from the New Hebrides, via Noumea, to the effect that on the 2nd instant the Presbyterian Mission Station at the island of Ambrym, in the New Hebrides, was…

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Fervent Dutch Address at Middelburg. His Mission' As Peacemaker. Commencement of a Better Understanding. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 5

Mr. de Waal, M.L.A., the Secretary of the Afrikander Bond, on Saturday, accompanied Mr. Chamberlain to Middelburg, where in presenting an address of welcome Mr. de…

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The Churches. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 7

A ten days' Church of England mission is being conducted here by Rev. R. B. S. Hammond. A marquee capable of smiting 500 people has been erected in the grounds of St. John's Church. Large…

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Church News. St. Bede's, Drummoyne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 7

At St. Bede's, Drummoyne, on Sunday evening the Rev. Digby Berry delivered a sermon upon the text, "Untrue to the Covenant." There was a crowded congregation, which consisted largely of Orangemen…

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Presbyterian Synod

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 447

The annual meeting of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia was concluded on Friday evening in St. George's Church, Castlereagh- street…

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Sydney Medical Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

As was gathered from the remarks made by Miss J. Carhele Thomas, M.B., that the Sydney Medical Mission meets a real want in this city, a want provided for in England by that useful official, the…

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A Mission Station Attacked

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 403

News was received at Sydney on Monday from the New Hebrides, via Noumea, to the effect that on the 2nd instant the Presbyterian Mission Station at the island of Ambrym, in the New Hebrides, was…

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The Diocese of Carpentaria. Bishop White's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 4

In the cuurse of an interview yesterday the Bishop of Carpentaria (Right Rev. Golbert White, M. A.) said that since his appointment as the first Bishop of Carpentaria, he had been a great…

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Prayer Book Churchmen. As Distinct From "Hybrids." Unauthorised Prayer Book Revisers. the Marriage Service

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 5

"Some of you will say I am a High Churchman, some of you will say I am a Low Churchman; but what I have tried to do is to lay down the principles of Prayer Book Churchmen,"…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 11

The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, it is stated, is to conduct an evangelical mission, from March 21 to 30, at Nelson, New Zealand. On Friday, February 20, his Holiness the Pope…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 9

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, in order that in the remote interior, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the…

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As at Other Times. Preached in Queen-street Free Church, Edinburgh. "And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out, as at other times before, and shake myself. And

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 9

The story of Samson is told in this book, just in the characteristic fashion of Dible biography. There is nothing extenuated, and there is nothing concealed. Here you have the man as he is—in his…

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Church-workers' Picnic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 2

A large number of churchworkers connected with St. John's parish, Parramatta, were present at the annual picnic held at Clarke Island on Saturday afternoon. The company…

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Dust Nuisance in Church-St. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 3

SIR,—There is plenty of dust, suffecating people and destroying goods—the water carts seem to have " that tired feeling," their visits are few and far between. The Council have a…

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Methodist Sunday-schools Picnic

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 3

The annual picnic in connection with the North and South Parramatta Sunday-schools was held yesterday, when the scholars and their friends were conveyed by boat to Correy's Gardens. After…

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