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Churches, 1909

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Suggested Changes in Church Service

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 12

A Committee of Convocation of Canterbury, having now sat two years, makes the following recommendations for a revised lectionary. That Eucharist vestments be optional…

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Disaster in a Church. Worshippers Buried by Collapse of Roof. Forty Killed. Sion (Switzerland). January 10

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 12

Part of the vaulted roof of the old church at Nax, a village of 490 inhabitants, collapsed during the celebration of Divine service at 10 o'clock this morning…

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Mr. Griffith's Mission

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 4

MR. ARTHUR GRIFFITH has at last ventured forth into the wilderness, and, arriving at Broken Hill, has been accorded a not too enthusiastic reception. Evidently it…

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Church and Office

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 4

Pittsburg, America, the great steel town, will soon have a curious-looking church building. The trustees of one of the churches have a very valuable city site, and they have determined…

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Union Rugby. Metropolitan Church Union

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 3

Entries Anally close on April 1 for all grades, and the competitions will probably commence on the last Saturday in April. The committee have decided that the…

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Dedication of a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 7

St. Stephen's Anglican Church at Adamstown was dedicated yesterday by Dr. Stretch, Bishop of Newcastle,who in the course, of his address, congratulated the parishioners upon having…

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Methodist Conference. To-night's Gathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 8

The annual Conference of the Methodist Church will be officially opened this evening in the Vickery Settlement-buildings, Pitt-street, when the President of the Conference,…

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Winston Churchill. an Appreciation

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 6

With all his rare qualities, Mr. Winstol Churchill is the type of "the gentleman of fortune." He is out for adventure. He follows politics as he would follow the hounds…

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New Methodist President

Evening News · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 8

The Rev. Joseph Beale, of Wagga, has been elected president of the Methodist Conference for the ensuing year, having received 125 votes against 86 polled by the Rev. C. J. Prescott…

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The Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 8

The eighth annual conference of the Methodist Church in this State was opened in the Lyceum-hall last night, under perhaps the most encouraging conditions that have marked any…

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Methodist Conference. Opening Session

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 5

The annual conference of the Methodist Church of New South Wales opened its sessions in the Lyceum Hall last night. In his address the Rev. Benjamin Danks…

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Methodist Conference. Retiring President's Address. "Churches Thankful for Legislation." "Temperance a Moral Conviction."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 11

The New South Wales annual conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia was opened last night at the Lyceum Hall, Pittstreet. The retiring president, the Rev…

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Unwholesome Literature. Roman Catholic Bishop Protests. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 10

Bishop Grimes, Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, in his pastoral for 1909, complains bitterly of the prevalence of unwholesome literature. He mentions various classes…

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A "Union Church." Legislator's Sensible Gift. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 9

Mr. C. H. Barton, M.L.A., has given a block of land at Maryvale for the purpose of erecting a Union Church for the use of the different congregations holding services in the locality…

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Country Churches. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 10

The annual harvest festival services of the Church of England were held on Sunday at St. Peter's Cathedral, Bishop Cooper conducting the morning service, Archdeacon Lewis the…

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Warships As Churches

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 58

Marriage in the Navy will be facilitated by the Act which came into force with the New Year, constituting a warship a church or chapel for the purpose of the publication of…

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Faith Healing in the Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 17

The various movements which have been started for the revival of faith healing in the Church are the subject of some interesting comments by the "British Medical Journal,"…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 57

The N.S.W. Presbyterian Church Professorship Endowment Fund stood at £8776 on January 31 last. The Rev. Richard Caldwell, supernumerary…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · 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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Church Music. O, Be Ye Still!

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 3

"Oh, be ye still!" the alto sighed. "Oh, be ye still," then she repeated; The renor listened, open-eyed, And sang in accents slightly heated…

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