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Churches, 1908

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The Church Militant. Rev. George Gladstone. Seeks Reinstatement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A Supreme Court writ has been issued on behalf of Rev. George Gladstone, of Nathalla, directed against Thomas Henry Armstrong, Bishop of Wangaratta, and…

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French Church Robberies. Four Men Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--Antoine Thomas has been sentenced to six years penal servitude in connection with the French church robberies…

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Methodist Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 5

A pastoral [?]ion of the conference was held y[?] terday, Rev. B. Danks presiding. The conference agreed to receive Rev. P. C. N[?] from Victoria, for an appointment on the mi[?]…

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Methodist Conferences. Pastoral Session

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

The pastoral session of the Methodist conference re-opened at half-past 9 o'clock yesterday. A communication was received from Rev. P…

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Representative Session. Bourke-street Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

Rev. M. Scott-Fletcher presented a report from the committee appointed to investigate the proposition to constitute Bourke-street circuit a mission. The committee recommended…

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New Hebrides Mission Work. Steady Progress Being Made. Benefits of Dual Protectorate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

Dr. J. Campbell Nicholson, a Presbyterian missionary at Tanna. New Hebrides, has just returned to Sydney by the Ayrshire, having been on 12 months furlough…

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Churches. Lochinvar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 11

Rev. P. C. M'Cormack, at a public meeting of his parishioners at Lochinvar on Tuesday night, was presented with a purse of 50 sovereigns to defray his holiday expenses…

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Anarchists Active. Threaten the Church. Authorities Now Moving. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7

Anarchists have threatened Archbishop Farley, of New York, and Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, with death. Owing to the serions increase of crime…

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Anarchy in America. Unwelcome Criminal Aliens. Gang Arrested in Chicago. Church Dignitaries Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The assailant of Mr. Shippy, the chief of the Chicago police, has been identified as a man named Auerbuch, a native of Kisshineff,…

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Anglican Church News

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 14

Archdeacon Gunther, Vicar-General, on Sunday evening last, preached on the occasion of a Harvest Festival Thanksgiving service at St. George's, Glenmore-road. On…

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Sydney City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 13

The council of the Sydney City Mission has resolved to recognise the self-denying efforts of the large number [?] honorary collectors, who assisted the mission funds to the street appeal of December last, and accordingly…

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The Home Mission Secretary

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 1

ONE of the most important decisions arrived at by the Conference now sitting is that in relation to the appointment of an additional minister to the Secretariat of the Sustentation and Home Mission…

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Methodist Conferences. Pastoral Session

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 13

The Methodist Conference continued its deliberations at the Centenary-hall at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. ISLAND, STATIONS…

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The New Home Mission's Secretary

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 7

The Conference knows how to tread efficiently on delicate ground. The question of the office decided, the Conference had next to decide upon its officer. Let this be said to the Conference's enduring credit, that…

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Methodist Church of Australasia. New South Wales Annual Conference Wednesday, February 26

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 2

The Pastoral Session of the Conference was opened on Wednesday morning by devotional exercises, in which the Rev. J. Calvert and Rev. C. T. Newman took part…

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For the Young People What Is a Methodist?

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 11

"A Methodist," in John Wesley's own words, "is one that lives according to the method laid down in the Bible." He (i.e., a Methodist) must believe in…

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Present Day Problems. Discussed by the Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 18

An interesting discussion took place in the Methodist Conference yesterday afternoon, on "Present-day Problems." Mr. J. Blanksby opened the discussion by…

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Correspondence the Church and the Theatre. To the Editor of the Nepean Times

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 8

Sir,—I was much interested with the letter in your issue of 22nd March, under this head, because the question of the theatre is a difficult one—one…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 11

Archdeacon Gunther. Vicar-General, on Sunday evening preached on the occasion of a harvest festival thanksgiving service at St. George's, Glenmore-road. Monday afternoon…

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Winston Churchill

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 3

North-west Manchester's pet, whom the Tories years ago found too politically vicious for a lap-dog, was recently welcomed back to home and Westminster, after a prolonged tour in East Africa. An abler man…

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