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Churches, 1905

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Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

The annual sessions of the Methodist Conference will commence this evening, at the Centenary-hall. This morning, at 10 o'clock, the stationing committee will meet. This…

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Native Attack on a Mission Station

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

Father Bertreux of the Marist mission at Rua Sura, in the [?]omon Group, who arrived in Sydney yesterday from the Islands, gives particulars of an attack on the mission station at…

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Socialism and Religion. the Roman Catholic Attitude

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 3

On Sunday morning members of the Irish National Foresters' Benefit Society held their annual communion and breakfast at St. Mary's Hall. Cardinal Moran presided, and there…

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In a Lonely Churchyard

Evening News · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

Constable James Williams was on duty in Wexford-street, last night, and had to pass a lonely, church, in which the Chinese residents of that picturesque locality meet for worship…

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Country News. Churches. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 8

The Methodist Church held a harvest thanksgiving and golden offering service yesterday, the Rev. W. S. Stuart Wright officiating. The contributions reached £41 13s…

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Asleep in the Churchyard. Over the Garden Wall. Jim Williams and the Pseudo Burglar

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

Since the Police Department was a little bit overturned by the depredations of a few little half-silly coots, who are now in gaol for charges of a little greater degree of…

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Church Lads' Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 8

The presentation of the M'Arthur-Onslow Silver Challenge Cup, won by the Petersham company of the Church Lads' Brigade for the second time in succession, was made at…

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Methodist Conference

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

The public demonstration which the Methodists will hold In the Sydney Town Hall to-morrow evening will begin at 7 o'clock, instead of 7.30, as formerly…

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The Mission of Methodism

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 6

The mission of Methodist Conference last night) is essentially spiritual. At the same time, far from being content to…

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Victoria. Queensland Kanaka Mission. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 7

Miss F[?]rence Young, of the Queensland Kanaka Mission, addressed a meeting in the Collins-strect Baptist Church to-night, and argued that Australia was doing a…

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Methodist Conference of New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 57

The sessions of the fourth annual New South Wales Conference (since Methodist Union) of the Methodist Australasian Church began last evening (February, 21), in the Centenary Hall,…

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Methodist Conference Jubilee Year. Retiring President's Address. Progress by the Church. Union of the Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 5

The annual New South Wales Conference of the Australasian Methodist Church was opened last night at the Centenary Hall. The Rev. W. Halse Rogers, the retiring President,…

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With Church and State on Their Travels

Evening News · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 4

As a rule, visitors from the city of the country districts of this State are not particularly impressed with the conditions in which the dwellers in those parts exist. The…

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The Churches. Binda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 8

Bishop Barlow, has been spending several days in this district holding confirmations. He was at Bolong on Thursday, Narrawa on Friday, Binda on Saturday, and Bigga on…

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Western Suburbs Churches' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 10

The following were the result of Saturday's matches in the Western Suburbs Churches' competitions:— A Grade, Dulwich- hill Congregational, 105 against Stanmore…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 11

The annual congregational meeting of St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Redfern, was held at the church on Thursday evening, the 16th Inst., the Rev. T. J. Curtis presiding…

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True Freedom. a Sermon by the Rev. Gardiner L. TUCKER, M.A. (Assistant Minister at Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, U.S.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 56

"With freedom did Christ set us fre: stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage" (Galatians v., 1 (R.V.). When, on the 1st of January, 1863, the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 57

The Bishop of Liverpool, England, was presented with a motor-car, by means of a fund quietly raised by a few of his friends. Intelligence was received in Sydney last week…

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Churchworkers' Picnic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

The annual re-union of the workers connected with St. Joint's Church, Parramatta, took tho form again, this your, of A. picnic at Clarke Island. The…

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New Catholic Church at Mount Perry (Q.)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 13

The Catholics of Mount Perry (Q.) had a memorable time when they opened their new church on a recent Sunday, and people from all parts of the district gathered together…

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