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Churches, 1904

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Poona and Indian Village Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 8

At a meeting of the council of the Poona and Indian Village Mission at the Y.M.C.A.-hall the hon. secretary read several letters from India, reporting the steady progress…

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Dowie and the Methodist Parson [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

Mr. Dowie said that the report of a previous meeting, in the absence of reporters, was given by a Methodist parson. It was the most garbled account of his meetings that…

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Country News. the Churches. Bowral'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

A market day," to raise funds for church repairs, was held at St. Jude's Church ground yesterday afternoon and evening. The proceeds amounted to nearly £60…

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Church and State

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

In the course of an interview yesterday M. Combes, the French Premier, expressed the determination of the Government to pursue its anti-clerical policy without separating…

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Church and State in France. the Concordat in No Immediate Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--In an interview yesterday, the French Premier, M. Combes, expressed his determination to pursue his anti-clerical policy, without, however, separating the Church…

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Mr. Dowie in Melbourne. "All Methodists Are Liars." a Minister Stands Up for His Church. a Violent Ejectment

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At Mr. Dowie's service to-day in the Zion Tabernacle there a lively scene, despite the fact that there were but a few hundred persons present. Mr. Dowie…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 10

Already the church choirs of Home have adopted the Pope's suggestions on sacred music. A Milan priest has been murdered while…

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Helping Hand Mission

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 3

Despite the inclement weather there were large attendances last Sunday at the above. The "Pleasant Sunday, Afternoon" with the Rev. W…

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St. Mary's Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 24

The general Mission of the Redemoptorist Father at St. Mary's Cathedral has filled the sacred building during the week with devout congregations. The feature of the current…

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Catholic Notes and NEWS

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 24

Concerts in aid of Temora Catholic Church have been arranged for race week. Mr. "W. Walsh, of Sydney, will assist. It has been announced that a mission will…

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Methodist Conference. Miscellaneous Business

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 13

At the conference yesterday morning home mission affairs were introduced by the Rev. Jas. Woolnough, and he moved, "That the executive of the Church Sustentation and Extension…

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Victorian Methodist Conference. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 12

At the Methodist Conference to-day the Rev. S. T. Withington, president of the Launceston district, was unanimously elected president of the Methodist Council of Tasmania…

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Methodist Conference Home Missions. Ordination Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 12

The Methodist Conference of New South Wales continued its sittings at the Centenary Hall yesterday morning. The president, the Rev. W. Halse Rogers, occupied the chair…

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Central M. Mission the Days of Grace

The Methodist · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 9

There was nothing special about that week-day service at the Alexandra Home. Around the dining-room table the girls were sitting in their…

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Methodist Conference at Adelaide. a Lady Representative

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The unprecedented question of the privilege of a lady to represent a circuit at a conference cropped up at to-day's sittings of the Methodist Conference, owing to…

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The People Called Methodists. The Methodist Face

Watchman · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 1

The Methodist Conference is as little conventional and formal as any Ecclesiastical-Assembly. Taking the N.S.W. Conference now. in session as an example, one is struck, with…

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Teaching in Roman Catholic Schools. To the Editor

Watchman · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

Sir,—In lost Monday's Sydney "Telegraph" A report of the laying of a foundation stone At Narembura by Cardinal Moran is given, when he stated, among other things, that…

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St. Mary's Mission. by the Redemptorist Fathers. Eloquent Opening Sermon

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 27

The Mission—the very mention of the word calls up visions of crowded churches in many lands; a multitude of penitents hanging on the impassioned pleading of an eloquent priest…

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Tibetan Mission. Russia Not Prepared to Receive It Just Now. LONDON

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 6

The Russian Government has directed the Tibetan mission, which was expected to reach St. Petersburg in May next, to remain at Eschita until a more opportune moment…

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Woodburn, Richmond River. Solemn Blessing of the New Church. Opened Free of Debt

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 38

During the past few months (writes our correspondent) the Catholics of the parish of Coraki and Woodburn have shown more than ordinary activity. A debt of £130 was due…

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