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Churches, 1904

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St. Patrick's, Church Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 6

Special Easter services were held at St. Patrick's Church, Church Hill, yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, in the presence of an overflowing congregation. The Mass celebrated…

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Baptist Church Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 6

Special Easter Day services were conducted in the various Baptist churches throughout the city yesterday. At the Bathurst-street Church the morning service was conducted by…

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Easter Services. St. Mary's Cathedral. Other Churches. St. Andrew's Cathedral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 6

There were large congregations at St. Andrew's Car[?]dral yesterday. At the morning service the opening hymn was "Jesus Christ has risen to-day," and the "To Deum" was sung to a setting by Stainer. The authern Cardinal Moran presided at High Musa at St. Mary's Cathedral, and also celebrated early mass at 7 a.m. There were full congregations. The high mass was sung by Father Cregan, chief of the Cathedral staff, whilst Services of a special character were also held at St. James's (King-street), St. Peter's (Wooloomooloo). Christ Church (St. Laurence), St. Phillip's (Church-hill), Anglican churches; and St. Benedict's (George-street…

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Free Presbyterian Church Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 8

The sittings of the synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia were continued yesterday at St. George's Church, Castlereagh-street, the Moderator, Rev. S…

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Picnics. Roman Catholic Societies. Demonstration at Botany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

The members of the A.H.C. Guild, Hibernian A.C.B. Society, Irish National Foresters, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and Catholic Young Men's Union, combined and aranged a…

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Mission Still Peaceful. the Chinese Amban Treating. Thibetan Camps Deserted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The Chinese Amban (representative at Lhassa) has written to Colonel Younghushand, stating that he wished to meet the British representative earlier,…

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Reassuring the Wounded. Peaceful Character of the Mission. London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

Colonel Younghusband yesterday visited the Thibetans who were wounded on Thursday. He informed them that the British mission was still peaceful, and…

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Theft From a Church. Vickary on Trial

Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 4

Frederick William Vickary, a middle-aged man, was charged at the Central Criminal Court, this morning before Mr. Justice Pring, with having broken and entered St. James' Church,…

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Country News. the Churches. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 6

At St. John's Church of England Bishop Camidge in Sunday confirmed 56 candidates, and preached both morning and evening. Easter Sunday closed a week's mission…

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Whose Was the Hand? The Nimble Threepence Disappears. Church Verger on His Trial

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

Frederick William Vickary, a man of about 36 years of age, was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Pring, on a charge of having broken and…

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British Mission to Thibet. (By Cable from Our London Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 6

LONDON, April 1.—The Thibetans, having attacked Colonel Younghusband' mission, severe fighting has taken place. There were two engagements, and the Thibetans were finally repulsed,…

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Funeral of the Late Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly, at Dubbo, March 28, 1904

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 865

The death occurred Richmond on Saturday, March 26, of the Rev. J. T. Main. Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. He was born at Port Glasgow in 18[?] Soon after his arrival in this State he…

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Churches. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 7

A concert at Gun Flat in aid of the Methodist Church last night resulted in over £[?] being received. KEMPSEY Tuesday…

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Silver and Gold. The St. James's Church Sensation. Kate Tully's Remarkable Evidence. The Accused Sentenced

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 6

Further evidence was taken yesterday afternoon in the alleged sacrilege cast, in which Frederick William Vickary, who had pleaded not guilty, was charged with having, on…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring.) The Solicitor-General (Mr. Pollock) presented for the Crows. Sacrilege at St. James' Church. Vickary Convicted of Receiving

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 10

Frederick William Vickary, who up fill the and of February last was employed as [?] at St. James' Church, king-street, city, was invited on a charge of sacrilege. There were three points in the indictment…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 56

No oss than "over fifty million coples" of Ira D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos or Hymus have been sold in America. The Salvation Army, says a London…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 56

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

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Her Mission

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 32

She was only a little woman, 'tis true, And hers was a common story; Sho never had dreamed of a thing to do That would load to fame or glory…

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Hibernian Branch for St. Mary's Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 26

A meeting will be hold at the Cardinal's Hall on Sunday, April 10, after tho evening devotions, for the purpose of forming a Cathedral Branch of tho Hibernian…

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In the Church of England Anglican Difficulties. What a Minister Has to Stand in Australia

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 8

The Church of England minister's life, like that of the policeman's in the old song, is not an altogether happy one in Australia. The "Church Commonwealth" (the official…

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