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Churches, 1908

3,181 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 160

The Churches. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 3

A number of adherents of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church met at the Masonic Hall to-night to say farewell to Mr. and Mrs. J. Nisbet, who are leaving Bathurst. Mrs…

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The Church Militant. Rev. G. W. Scotts Intention

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Rev. G. W. Scott, in an address at Brunswick to-night, stated that he intended to take the case of Rev. Gladstone who was dismissed from the diocese,of…

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Foreign Mission Services

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

Special services were held in Parramatta on Sunday last, in the Methodist Churches, in connection with the Foreign Mission cause. Sermons (which were a…

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Presbyterian Welcome. Minister's Opinion of Boxing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 10

At a meeting of the presbytery of Sydney last evening, the Rev. W. H. Ash inquired what the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales intended doing in respect to the visit…

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Australian Rules. Catholic Schools for

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 14

St. Joseph's, Woollahra, v St. Charles's. Waverley, Waverley Park. St. Joseph's, Rozelle, v St. James's, Forest Lodge, at Epping Ground (Forest Lodge). St. Francis's, Paddington, a bye…

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The Hawkesbury College. Does It Fulfil Its Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 11

To The Editor.--Believing as I do that agricultural instruction is the most important factor in the development of New South Wales, I wish to draw attention to the Chief educational…

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Late Gable News. Received To-day. Fire in a Church. Priests Avert a Panic. Two Thousand Worshippers Leave Quietly

Evening News · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—During Divine service at the Dominican Church of St. Paul, Berlin, incendiaries set fire to the roof. The priests, learning of the outbreak, closed…

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Churches. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 7

At the conclusion of the service in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church yesterday morning the Rev. H. Buntine was presented with a pulpit gown by the ladies of the…

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Consistent Churchgoer. Same Few for Seventy Years. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 8

At the seventieth anniversary of the consocration of St. George's Church, Hobart, on Sunday, the Rev. A. Brain made reference to the fact that at the consecration of the church…

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A Church on Fire Incendiarism in Berlin Priests Avert a Great Panic London, Tuesday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 1

A great disaster was averted in Berlin yesterday. Incendiaries fired the roof of the Dominican Church, St. Paul's, and it was only the…

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What Are the Churches Doing? Presbyterians and Prize Fights

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 9

At the meeting of the Presbytery of Sydney last night,. Rev. W. H. Ash referred to the approaching visit of the American fleet, and said that as there were a large number of…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 June 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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 57

The foundation stone of a Congregational Church at Randwick is to be laid on July 11 by Mr. James Brown, of Hunter's Hill. A Roman Catholic Church at Micketymulga,…

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A Vicar's Dilemma. Millionaire's Offer. For a Church Chalice

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

The little Worcestershire village of Churchill is, writes the "Daily Mail," deeply interested in the proposed sale to Mr. Pierpont Morgan of the…

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The Church of the Future

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

In a sermon last Sunday, at the Parramatta Baptist Church, the Row J. Worboys said: The Church of to-day was face to face with the gravest problem…

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Catholic Seamen's Mission. a Splendid Institution

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 13

Though it is about three years since the Society of St. Vincent De Paul, following upon what has been done in other seaports of the world, established a Seamen's…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 21

The religious celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi will take place as usual on Thursday morning next at St. Mary's Cathedral, when the Forty Hours' Adoration…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 10

The two students of the Scots College, Rome, who were stabbed by roughs near Marino, are out of danger. The Pope has expressed his satisfaction at the reprobation of…

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The Melanesian Mission

Evening News · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 2

To-day being St. Barnabas' Day in connection with the Melanesian there will be special services in St. Andrew's Cathedral, followed by a business meeting, tea, and public…

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Catholic Events. Diocesan Consultors

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 28

Yesterday morning his Eminence the Cardinal presided at a meeting of the Diocesan Consultors…

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