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Churches, 1908

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The Church Triumphant

The Methodist · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 10

Memoirs, if brief and correct, will be published as written. If not brief, they will be condensed. Poetry and resolutions cannot be admitted. The name of the writer must bo attached, and the…

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Church of England News

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 15

The Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday evening preached in the Cathedral, on Monday afternoon presided at the monthly meeting of the committee of the Church Socle [?]…

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At Sydney's Churches No. 57—St. Alban's, Five Dock

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1908 · page 7

IT is about fifty years since St. Albnn's Church, Five Dock, was built. It was originally intended as both a mission church and a parochial school, and was…

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Pan-anglican Conference

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

Preparations for the Pan-Anglican Congress of 1908 were begun more than four years ago, and by this time the general public are hearing of it, and asking. What is it,…

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The Churches. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 8

The Rev. A. Fraser has received a unanimous call to the charge of St. Philip's, Newcastle, which he has decided to accept, He has been pastor of St. Andrew's Church,…

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South Sea Cruise the Schooner Nugarea Sold What Is Her Mission?

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

The auxiliary schooner Nugarea was, yesterday sold through Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. to a syndicate of Sydney gentlemen. She is a smart trim-looking vessel of 143…

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Heroic Clergyman Vicar Dies of Overwork in a London Slum Parish His Life for His Flock

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

In the course of a sermon in St. Martin's, Ludgate Hill, London, on December 4, the Bishop of London brought to light a pathetic story of a young clergyman, who heroically…

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The Churches. a Practical Church Union. Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

The doors of the new Union Church at Tallewang were opened yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Lincoln, sen. Archdeacon Geer, Church of England, and the Rev. B. Morris,…

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Raiding the Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

MOSS VALE, Monday.--Burglars are abroad in town again. Last Friday night their attention was centered on the churches, but only a few shillings was the reward. An entrance was…

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The Church of England. No Confessional Boxes Allowed

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—Speaking at Bournemouth, the Bishop of London (Dr. Wilmington Ingram) stated that he was unable to altogether ignore the Kensit…

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Bishop's Tragic End Primus of Scotland Falls Dead at a Church Meeting

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 8

Dr. George Howard Wilkinson, Bishop of St. Andrews, and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, died with tragic suddenness in Edinburgh on December 10…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 57

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

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News of the Churches. the Great Exam.! a Word for the New Year. by the Editor of the "British Messenger." "Let a man examine himself,"--I Cor. xl. 28

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 57

By the abundant mercy of our God upon us, we have passed through the gate of a new year. We have much, to be thankful for, looking back on the last twelve months. We recall the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 57

The Rev. W. H. Bradley, Presbyterian, minister at Narrandera has received in unanimous call from the Guyra-Wandsworth charge. ter from Wales, has presented his credentials…

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Catholic Works

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 24

This looks like a flourishing year for Catholic works, and probably his Eminence the Cardinal, who is in excellent heath and spirits, will have as busy a time during 1908…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 17

A meeting of the Diocesan Consultors was held at St. Mary's Presbytery, on Wednesday morning, at which his Eminence Cardinal Moran presided…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 10

Monsignor Kennedy, Rector of the American College, Rome, has been named by the Holy Father Titular Bishop of Adrianipolis. By a decree of the Sacred Congregation of…

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Catholic Cable Agency

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 12

The distorted ami partial character of the cable intelligence furnished by the Australasian, daily papers from the single cable correspondent in London, has been the source of…

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The "Catholic Press" Calendar

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 13

In next issue our readers will fine a useful little gift in the shape of a calendar for the year 1908. The information contained in it will be peculiarly acceptable in…

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Catholic Boys' College for Lismore

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 22

His Lordship Dr. Doyle, Bishop of Lismore, on Wednesday, 8th instant, received a deputation from several gentlemen representing the parish and district of Lismore, in reference…

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