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Churches, 1905

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Methodist Church Re-opening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 4

Continuing the celebrations in connection with [?] re-opening of the Leigh Memorial Methodist Church Parramatta, special services were held on Sunday morning and evening, the Rev. W. G. Taylor preaching…

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The Parramatta Methodist Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 2

The re-opening celebration of the Parramatta (Macquarie-street) Methodist Church was continued on Sunday last, with the aid of special services. In the…

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Mr. Frederick B. Smith in Sydney. a Mission to Men

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 57

Mr. Frederick B. Smith the religious work director of the International Committee of the Y.M.C.As., America (whose portrait appears on page 36), returned from Brisbane to Sydney on…

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British Mission To Afghanistan. Terms of the Agreement. London Tuesday 2.55. p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 1

It is understood that as a result, it Mr. Louis Dane's mission to the Ameer of Afghanistan at Kabul Afghanistan does not obtain a port as the Ameer desired, but…

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The Recent Floods. Work of the City Mission. Relief Work of Police and Benevolent Society. Water and Sewerage Board Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 8

The continuance of the wet weather yesterday brought additional discomfort, to the people who were floded out on Sunday morning on the Darling Harbour side of…

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The Churches. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 5

The Rev. J. W. Holden, Mrs. Holden, and their daughter were entertained last night at a farewell social in the Methodist Church, when each received a presentation from the…

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The Churches. The Sermon

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 57

Owing to pressure on our space the usual sermon is crowded out this week…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 57

The Rev. W. H. M'Cook, B.A., will be inducted to the charge of Warren by the Presbytery on April 10. The Rev. Father Henry has been conducting…

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Newcastle. a New Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon the night Rev. R. H. Waugh, M.A., Moderator of the New South Wales Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, laid the foundation stone of the new…

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The Society of African Mission

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 19

At the invitation of his Grace the Coadjutor-Arohbishop Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, the Rev. Father O'Sullivan who, with his colleague, the Rev. Father Daull, arrived…

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Newcastle. St. Phillip's Presbyterian Church. Laying the Foundation-stone. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 3

Some time ago the congregation of the Hunter-street Presbyterian Church disposed of the site of the church, owing to it being inconveniently situated in an essentially…

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The Mission to Afghanistan. Some Unknown Concessions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--It is Understood that as the result of the mission of Mr. L. M. Dane (of the India Foreign Department) to Kabul, Afghanistan will not…

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Mr. F. B. Smith's Mission to Men. "Two Ways."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 6

The popularity of Mr. Fred. B. Smith's mission to men was again exemplified last evening, when the Pitt-street Congregational Church was filled with an attentive and…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." The Letter-Writing Competitions

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 30

Next week the winners of the prizes in the Letter-Writing Competition will be announced. The subject set attracted a considerable amount of attention, and…

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Strathfield's New Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 19

On Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'olook, his Eminence the Cardinal will bless and open St. Martha's now church, at Strathfield, the foundation-stone of which he laid in…

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Whitefield Church Anniversary

Evening News · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 3

The second anniversary of the Whitefield Congregational Church was celebrated last evening, at the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh street, City. when several hundred people were…

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The Scottish Church Dispute

Evening News · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday, 3.5 p.m.—Lord Elgin's Commission recommends that the religious funds of the United Free Church and the Free Church of Scotland should be…

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The Churches. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 8

A farewell social was tendered to the Rev. J. H. Lewin and Mrs. Lewin, prior to their departure to Camden, to which circuit Mr. Lewin has been appointed. Large numbers…

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Parramatta District. Burglary in Church Street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 7

On Tuesday night, or early on Wednesday morning, the business premises of Mr. T. W. Pollock, draper and ironmonger, Church-street, Parramatta, were broken into. Entrance was gained by the thieves…

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The Scotch Churches. Royal Commission. Submits Its Report. London, Wednesday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 1

The Royal commission appointed to inquire into all the facts connected with the funds and properties in dispute between the Free Church of Scotland and the United Free…

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