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Churches, 1904

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 14

Dean Lindon Parkyn, of Ballarat, is far from being a socialist, but he believes that "if Christian people who go to church were as earnest as men of the Social Democratic…

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Fitt-street Church Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 12

Hossinl's "Statat Mater" and selections from the "Mess[?]" will be rendered by a large cheir and orehestra at the Pitt-street Congregantional Church on Good Friday night Mr. W. Reginald Goowd [?]k conduct the united…

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ANARCHISTS. Plot to Destroy Belgian Churches. LONDON, Friday, 2.50 p. m

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 6

The arrest of a number of anarchists at Liege has resulted in the revelation of a plot to destroy numerous churches and public buildings in Belgium…

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Baptist Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

The Baptist Church Temperance Society held a very successful meeting on Tuesday evening. Messrs. Wales and Stringfellow illustrated the various subjected with the aid of the…

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Death of Mr. Main. Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly. a Sketch of His Career

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 27 March 1904 · page 5

The news of the death of the Right Rev. James Taylor Main, M.A., Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly of New South Wales, which occurred at Richmond yesterday,…

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Verger Vickary: Is He a Thief? Not his Niece, but his Concubine Alleged Concupiscent Capers in a Church The Sacristan and Verger of St. James' Church is Charged with Having Stolen the Offertories so is his Reputed Niece, who Declares Herself his Concubine

Truth · Sunday 27 March 1904 · page 8

A very considerable sensation has been caused in Sydney by the arrest of a man who filled the positions of verger and sacristan at the most fashionable…

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Bomb in a Church. a Fatal Outrage

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 27 March 1904 · page 4

"The Armenian clergy yesterday celebrated a solemn Te Deum service for the success of the Russian Arms. At the end of the Te Deum, during the singing of the National…

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Mr. Henry Deane's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 7

It is officially announced that in connection with the projected trip of the Engineerin Chief for Railway Construction to Europe, to inquire into and report on railway…

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Stanmore Presbyterian Church. Official Opening. References to the Late Moderator

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 4

The official opening of the Stanmore Presbyterian School-hall was performed by Dr. Bruce, in the presence of a very large gathering on Saturday afternoon, when the first religious…

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The Churches. Stanmore Presbyterian Church. Opening of a School Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 5

The Stanmore Presbyterian Church was inaugurated as a Home Mission Charge by the Presbytery of Sydney in the beginning of 1902, the first services being conducted in the…

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Religious Instruction in State Schools. Anglican Prize Winners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 4

The prizes and certificates won by the children attending the Church of England classes for religious instruction in connection with the public schools were presented on Friday night…

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Governor of Fiji. His Return to England. an Important Mission. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 6

Sir Henry L. Jackson, Governor of Fiji, Lady Jackson, and their youngest son, who are returning to England, were passengers by the Miowera, which arrived from…

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Death of the Rev. J. T. MAIN. The Presbyterian Moderator. at Richmond on

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 6

The Right Rev. J. T. Alain, M.A., Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly, died at Richmond on Saturday. He was just 50 years of age, and only recently had been in Sydney…

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An Anarchist Plot in Belgium. to Destroy Churches and Other Buildings. London, March 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 7

The arrest of several Anarchists at Liege revealed to the authorities the existence of a plot to destroy numerous churches and public buildings in Belgium…

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St. Paul's Church Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 5

The annual presentation of prizes in connection with St. Paul's Sunday School, Redfern, took place on Monday evening last in the Parish Hall, which was crowded with…

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The Church and the Masses. the City

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 5

In the course of his farewell address to the parishioners of Wesley Church last night, lite Kev. K. Colwell said he had to admit that the Church to a large extent was out touch with…

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Church and State in France. Protest Against the Papal Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 7

LONDON. Saturday.--At the instance of MM. Combes and Delcasse, French Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs respectively, M. F. A. A. Nisard (the, French Ambassador at the…

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Thibetan Mission's Advance

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

The British Mission in Thibet, under Colonel Younghusband, is about to advance upon Gyangtse. Upwards of 1000 rifles, with four guns and two maxims, have left Phari…

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The Late Rev. W. J. Davis. Chairman of the Tongan Mission. Ax Historical Figure

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 7

The death of the Rev. Walter James Davie removes one of the old Methodist missionaries of the Pacific. He first went to Tonga, now better known as the Friendly Islands,…

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The Churches. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 6

Mr. A. M. Ogilvie, who has been for the past 18 months assistant at St. Stepnen's Church, has been appointed by the Home Mission Committee to the charge of the…

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