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Churches, 1905

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The Command to "Hear the Church." A Protestant's Objections

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 32

An interesting discussion is going on in the columns of the New York "Freeman's Journal" between Mr. R. Jones, an earnest and well-known biblical scholar of…

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Leverrier, the Astronomer. His Devotion to the Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 34

Jean Joseph Urbain Leverrier has been universally conceded to be one of the greatest astronomers of modern times. As became his Norman ancestry, Leverrier,…

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Church and State in France. the New Bill Explained

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--M. Bienvenu Martin, the new French Minister of Worship, has furnished details of the bill which he proposes to introduce with a view to…

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The Scottish Church Trouble

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 4

A passage in the King's Speech states that Parliament will be invited to take some means to obviate the critical situation in Scotland with regard to a judgment of the House of…

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The Churches. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 4

A summer fair in aid of the Methodist Church trust fund was opened yesterday. The takings for the day amounted to £40. The fair was continued to-day, and was again attended…

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Maclean Congregational Church. Appointment of New Trustees

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 1

Mr. Parker (Instructed by Mr. Murdock) had an application before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson (Chief Judge in Equity) this morning for a vesting order for the appointment…

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Wollongong Parish

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 24

The Rev. J. J. Byrne, P.P. of Wollongong, having asked for and granted a vacation through failing health, tho filling of the vacancy is now engaging the consideration…

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St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3

A most enjoyable social evening, taking the form of a conversazione, took place on Wednesday at the Hall of St. Paul's Presbyterian…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 34

The Holy Father is now seventy years of age. The Catholic journalists of Belgium are subscribing for a present to the Holy Father…

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The Mission of the Free Churches

Watchman · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

There are two tasks, large and important, to which the Free Churches are called which may well be mentioned at the beginning of a new year, two out of many, it may be…

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Catholic Notes and News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 24

Under the will of Mrs. Hamilton, who died at Longwood (Vic), the Abboteford Convent receives a bequest of £3000. Father P. Treacy, of Nyngan, who has…

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Methodist Bishops on Romanism

The Methodist · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

In the episcopal address to the General Confer­ence of the. Methodist Church, the leaders of the largest Protestant denomination in the United States formally declare:—"Romanism does…

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How Methodist Preacher Die

The Methodist · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 6

Rev. Joseph Orton: "All is well! all is well!" Rev. Samuel Leigh: "The change will indeed be wonderful but all will…

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The Torrey-Alexander London Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 1

A recent cablegram announced that these distinguished evangelists had commenced their London Mission in the great Albert Hall, which has seating accommodation for over 10,000 people. The…

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Father Ignatius and the Catholic Clergy

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 34

We have at times wondered (says tho "Catholic Times"), like most people, at the inconsistency of Father Ignatius in imagining himself to be a Benedictine without having…

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Roman Catholic Education. (Special to "This Watchman.")

Watchman · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 5

The opening of the Patrician Brothers' Monastery at Rediern last Sunday gave the Cardinal another opportunity of emphasising the excellence of the Roman Catholic…

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Some English Notes. The London Methodist Book Room

The Methodist · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 1

For many years past the staff of the London Book Room has been greatly overworked, and its power taxed to the utmost. There has been no cessation of orders for the New Hymn and Tune…

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A Delicate Mission. Moorish Minister Creates a Sensation in Paris

The World's News · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3

El Mokrl, the Finance Minister of the Sultan of Morocco, was last month in Paris on a visit, and while executing some commissions for his royal master created something of a sensation…

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The Suppression... of... English Monasteries. An Anglican Clergyman deplores their Abolition. (Special to "The Watchman.")

Watchman · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

Preaching in Chrst Church, St. Lawrence, Sydney, on a recent Sunday, Archdeacon Garland, of Townsville, formerly of Perth, W.A., and somotime locum tenens int St…

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Methodist Garden Fete. Opened by Mrs. J. Cook. Interfered with by Rain

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 6

The annual garden fete, which is, p[?]rhaps, the event of the year with our Methodist friends, was commenced on Wednesday afternoon in Mr Arthur Judges' grounds,…

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