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Churches, 1904

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Methodist Conference. General Business

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 9

After the disposal of preliminary business yesterday, the Rev. J. E. Carruthers presented the report or the "Early Records of the Church" for the General Conference. "The committee…

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Afternoon and Evening Sessions. Newcastle Central Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 5

The Rev. Rainsford Bavin brought up the report of the Newcastlo Central Mission, and a resolution was carried expressing gratitude for the inauguration of the mission,…

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Methodist Conference Ministers and Politics. Is There Danger to the Church Freedom of Action Claimed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 5

The sittings of the Methodist Conference of New South Wales commenced at 9 a.m. yesterday at the Centenary Hall, York-street. The president, the Rev. W. Halse Rogers,…

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New South Wales Methodist Conference. Sixth Day

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 56

The New South Wales Methodist Conference, [?] resumed its sessions in the Centenary Hall, [?] street, Sydney, on February 29, the president (Rev. W. H. Rogers) presiding. The…

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The Methodist Order of Public Worship. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 9

Sir,--Sixteen items for a Methodist church service! Shades of John Wesley, what are we coming to? The sermon holds 13th position, and I, in my simplicity, imagining the sermon to be…

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Parsons in Politics. Debated by Methodist Conference. Motion to Prohibit Rejected

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 5

Ministerial participation in politics was the theme of a spirited debate in the Methodist Conference yesterday. Rev. William Stewart moved:--…

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Chinese for the Rand. Local Nonconformist Churches. Anti-chinese Agitation Deprecated. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 9

The Nonconformist Churches at Johannesburg have adopted a resolution strongly deprecating the agitation in England against Chinese labour for the Rand,…

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The Churches. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 7

On Wednesday last the Bishop of Bathurst held confirmations at Beaconsfield and Oberon, in the parish of O'Connell, when 37 persons were presented by the Rev. W. V. Rose. On…

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Chinese in South Africa. English Interference Deprecated. the Duty of the Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Nonconformist Churches at Johannesburg have adopted a resolution strongly deprecating the agitation in England against the employment of Chinese…

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Church and State in France. Suppression of Monastic Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday it was agreed by 310 votes to 262 that the suppression of monastic schools throughout the Republic was a matter…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 57

The Very Rev. Father P. Corcoran, P.P., has been elected Vicar-General of the Roman Catholic diocese of Armidale. The half-yearly meetings of the New South…

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Methodist Conference the Central Mission. Central Mission Work. the Government Subsidy Question. Sectarian Issue Raised. a Warm Debate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 3

The Methodist Conference of New South Wales continued its sittings at the Centenary Hall, [?]York-street, at 9 a.m. yesterday, the President, the Rev. W. Halse Rogers, being…

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Marquis Ito's Mission

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 4

The Marquis Ito, ex-Premier of Japan, is proceeding as a special Ambassador to Seoul, and is the bearer of an autograph letter from the Mikado to the Emperor of Korea…

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St. Mary's Mission

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 19

His Eminence Cardinal Moran will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to children, adults and converts, in St. Mary's Cathedral, on the afternoon of Sunday…

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Japanese Mission at Seoul

Evening News · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 4

LONDON, March 9.— The Marquis Ito has gone as a special Ambassador and the bearer of an autograph letter from the Mikado to the Emperor of Korea, and is…

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Methodist Conference. a State Grant

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

At yesterday's sitting of the Methodist Conference the subsidy received by the ladies committee of the Children's Home provoked a lengthy debate…

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Could We Form a Catholic Reading Guild?

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 5

Mr. Dudley Baxter, founder and hon, secretary of the Catholic Beading Guild of Great Britain, writes as follows to the CATHOLIC PRESS :—…

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Methodist Conference. Denominational Grants. an Animated Discussion

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 8

Most important of the reports considered by the conference on meeting yesterday was that appertaining to the Central Mission, presented by the Rev. W. G. Taylor, the superintendent…

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Day and Night at St. Mary's. Mission Scenes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 26

The wonderful congregations that gather day after day and night after night at St. Mary's Cathedral are astonishing Sydney, and if proof were needed of the faith and…

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The Declining Birth-rate. a Roman Catholic View

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 6

The very Rev. T. O'Farrell, of the Redemptorists, addressing a congregation of some 3000 persons in St. Mary's Cathedral last night, touched on "the declining birth-rate" in the…

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