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Churches, 1905

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Methodist Ministers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Methodist Ministers' Association was held in the Centenary-hall yesterday morning. Dr. Sellers presided, and there was a large attendance. Tho president…

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Sermon by Sr. Dunne. Warning to Roman Catholic Labourites. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 8

Speaking after high mass yesterday in the pro-Cathedral, Dr. Dunne, Bishop of Wilcannia, enterred a protest and warning from the [?] against the socialistic tendencies of…

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Buildings and Works. Additional Enterprises. New Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 5

On Friday evening last a new Baptist Church, just completed at Dulwich Hill, was dedicated for public worship. The site has a frontage of 84ft to M'Arthur-parade, and…

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Presbyterian Assemblies. South Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Presbyterian Assembly began their annual session to-day. The Rev. R. Thompson, who was last year organising agent in connection with the forward…

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Purfleet Aborigines' Mission. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Purfleet branch of the Aborigines' Mission was held in the Schol of Arts last night. There was a large attendance, Mr. T. E. Colebrook, president of…

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Morocco Trouble. British Envoy's Mission. Anglo-french Agreement. London, Tuesday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 1

Mr. Gerald Lowther, C.B.. British Envoy to Morocco, in the course of an interview at Tangler, said that his mission was not simply ceremonious, but was inspired by the…

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The Churches. Dulwich Hill Baptist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 12

A new Baptist church erected in Mac-Arthur-parade, Dulwich Hill, was opened on Sunday by special service's. The dedicatory service was held on Friday evening, and…

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The Liquor Traffic. New South Wales Alliance. Co-operation with the Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 9

A conference of representatives of the [?] perance organisations connected with the New South Wales Alliance was held at the Centenary Hall last evening. Canon Boyee,…

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The Churches. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 9

At the Presbyterian school hall to-night the citizens of the town and the congregation tendered a farewell testimonial and purse of sovereigns to the Rev. D. Smith, who has…

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Bishop Harmer's Farewell. Church Government in England Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 7

Bishop Harmer, in an address at the Synod of the Anglican Church to-day, said he would miss the Synod of South Australia, with its power of action. In taking part in similar…

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Altar Bells Ring. Fierce Struggle in Church. Sacristan and Stranger Close

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 6

Christopher O'Sullivan, sacristan at St. Joseph's Church, Woollahra, detailed in Paddington Court a struggle he had on the 25th ult. in the church. It was about half-past…

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Stealing Church Bells

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 10

James Burns, who described himself as a half-caste Maori, was charged at the Paddington Court with stealing a set of altar bells from St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Woollahra, the property of the Rev…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 57

The Rev. Henry D. Sealy-Vidal, rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Carcoar, died suddenly on Sunday of heart disease. The foundation-stone of a new…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 56

Under this heading cermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated, paper, in order that in the remote interier, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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Socialism and the Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 2

The Right Rev. Dr. Dunne, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Wileannia, in a sermon at Broken Hill on Sunday, protested against the local socialistic tendencies. It the Labour…

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Songs in Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 2

"Churchman" writes:—"It is my very painful duty to express my intense indignation at hearing a song in one of the Parramatta churches on Easter Day. I sing this song…

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Anglican Problems

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 4

Bishop Harmer, of Adelaide, goes back to the old country to-day to take charge of the diocese of Kochester, to which he has been translated, and it is interesting to…

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Newcastle. 'The Cathedral Parish

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 7

The annual Easter vestry meeting of Christ Church Cathedral parish was held last night in the parish-hall, Bishop Stretch, the dean, being in the chair. In his annual letter, the dean wrote, among other things, that…

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Socialism and the Roman Catholic Church

Evening News · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 8

"Bystander" writes:—Before the high dignitaries of the Catholic Church in Australia counsel and advise the adherents of their faith to vote for the Socialists in the coming struggle for…

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Higher Criticism. The Attitude of the Catholic Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 26

In several Catholic Churches in Sydney on Sunday reference was made to the new movement in the Church of England aimed at tho rejection of the fundamental…

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