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Churches, 1903

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Country News. the Churches. Wallerawang

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 6

A tent mission is being conducted by the Rev. D. O'Donnell…

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Churches. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 6

Dr. Dill Macky to-night addressed a large meeting in the Theatre Royal on behalf of the Australian Protestant Defence Association. SPRINGWOOD, Monday…

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Church News. St. Andrew's Cathedral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 6

A service of intercession for the Home missions of the Church Society was held at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon. The precentor conducted the service, and Archdeacon Gunther…

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Three Things. Beer, Betting, and Beauty. Condemned by Church Leaders

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 3

The annual reunion of the Methodist Church at the Centenary Hall last night was devoted to attacks on the liquor traffic, the totalisator, and the habit Sydney people have…

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Wild Weather in Britain. the Gale Abating. Great Damage at the Isle of Man. Houses. and Churches Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The gale on the coast of Britain has moderated, though the tale of losses is still incomplete. Great damage was caused upon the isle of…

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Church Collection at Summer-hill. a Liberal Total

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 5

Special collections wore made on Sunday at St. Andrew's Church, Summer-hill, in aid of the Drought Relief Fund, the sum of £50 9s 5d being contributed. The preacher morning and…

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Chatswood Methodist Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 5

Harvest thanksgiving services were held on Sunday at the Chatswood Methodist Church, and there were good congregations. The preacher in the morning was the Rev. J. R. Turner, of…

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Alexandria City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4

The Waterloo and Alexandria branch of the Sydney City Mission celebrated the anniversary of its Sunday-school on Sunday last by holding special services in the Mission Hall, Mitchell-road,…

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The Methodist Conference

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 549

The Methodist Conference now in session at the Centenary Hall is the second annual conference of the united Church formed by the amalgamation of the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and United Methodist…

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Methodist Conference. Seventh Day. Representative Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 5

The president took the chair at 10 a.m. yesterday. Notices of motion were submitted. The Rev. W. Pearson read a lengthy communication from the Kempsey circuit, referring to the…

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Methodist Conference of N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 11

The second annual conference of the Methodist Church in New South Wales, a preliminary notice of the opening of which in the Centenary Hall, York-street, Sydney, on February 24,…

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Bible-burning at Fiji. Letter to the Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 6

At the Methodist Confrence yesterday the following letter was real from the Burwood Orange Lodge:--"At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 158,…

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For Sweet Charity's Sake. In Aid of tho Invalid Mission

Referee · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 6

Charlie Campbell, with his usual goodness of heart, has arranged a [?] in aid of the in[?] Mission—Sum[?] Cox's halt and lame. A most deserving [?] indeed…

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Methodist Conference. Proclivities of Pitcairn Islanders. Dancing in a Prayer Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 5

The Methodist Conference has taken-Norfolk Island under its sheltering wing, and yesterday resolved to create the Island a Methodist circuit, and ask the pastoral session to appoint a…

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The Rev. Rainsford Bavin. President of the N.S.W. Methodist Conference. (See portrait on page 39.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 11

The Rev. Rainsford Bavin, who was elected to the presidential chair of New South Wales Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia, on the evening of February 24, enjoys thereby…

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Churches. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 10

A public meeting was held in the Masonic Hall last night to form a branch of the Australian Protestant Defence Association. The Rev. H. Gainford, from Sidney, addressed the meeting,…

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The Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The monthly meeting of the Church Society of the Diocese of Sydney was held in the Chapter-house on Monday last, and was presided over by Archdeacon Gunther (Vicar-General). There were…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 11

It is proposed to convene a great Pan-Anglican Missionary Congress in London in 1908, to be held in connection with the next Lambeth Conference. Sir William Mackworth Young, late…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 9

Under this heading sermens 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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