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Churches, 1909

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Sustentation and Home Mission Society

The Methodist · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 10

Rev. James Woolnough, General Secretary. Rev. Joseph Woodhouse, Home Mission Sec…

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Rappings in a Grave. Body Exhumed in a Village Churchyard

The World's News · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 23

An extraordinary narrative of a grave-yard incident comes from the village of Leigh, near Uttoxeter, North Staffordshire. Mr. Charles Blood, of Bents Farm, Leigh,…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 11

The late Rt. Rev. Dr. Saumarez Smith is the only head of the Angllean Church in Australia who died on Australian soil. Dr. Wm. Grant Broughton was Bishop of Australia…

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The Church Triumphant

The Methodist · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 11

F. W. Barber was born at Greenwich, England, in the year 1855. For 33 years he was associated with the Methodist Church—first, the Primitive Methodist…

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Do Our Churches Celebrate Easter As We Should? to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 3

Sir,—Your paragraph in last week's issue under this heading deserves morn than passing thought. It seems something awful that on the anniversary of that sad and great day, while the Son of God, He who gave His…

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Church Union in Canada

The Methodist · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

Further news is to hand iu regard to the negotiations for Union amongst the Protestant Churches of Canada. A tentative basis of union covering doctrine, polity, and administration was adopted by the…

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The Church and Unemployment

The Methodist · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

In the course of an admirable and closely-reasoned paper on "The Relation of Church and State to Pov-erty," read at the Free Church Council at Swansan, the Rev. Dr. Scott Lidgett concisely summarised what he…

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Sermons Out of Church. Our Light Afflictions

The Methodist · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

"Oh, how are those who can suffer in silence." Garbriele D'Annunzio. "We praise Thee oft for hours of bliss. For days of quiet rest:…

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Mr. Churchill's Letter. Statement by Mr. Asquith

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- In the House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister infor[?]ed Mr. Lonsdale (Irish Unionist) that the letter which Mr. Winston Churchill…

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St. John's Church of England. Wilberforce

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 April 1909 · page 7

The accompanying photo, is one of St. John's Church of England, Wilberforce, the "Jubilee" of which was celebrated on Easter Monday…

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At Sydney's Churches No. 116.—Questions for To-day

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 April 1909 · page 7

We publish to-day another of the series of discourses on "Questions for To-day" which is being delivered on Sunday mornings by the Rev. Thomas Davies, at the…

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The National Free Church Council

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 April 1909 · page 5

The closing meeting of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches was held in Swansea last month. The Rev. W. B. Selbie (Principal-Elect of…

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Reform of Church Finance

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 April 1909 · page 5

There are many reforms which are being recognised as essential in the Anglican Church; and one which, from the debates in Convocation, appears to be of…

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At the Late Prelate's Parish Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 9

The late Archbishop attended St. Jude's Church, Randwick, as his parish church, and when his episcopal duties did not necessitate his attendance at the Cathedral, he made. it a…

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A Presbyterian Tribute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 5

At the morning service at St. Stephen's Church, the Rev. John Ferguson made sympathetic reference to the late Primate. "We all sincerely lament the loss which has…

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New Church at Haberfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 9

Yesterday afternoon Cardinal Moran laid and blessed the foundation—stone of a new church at Haberfield, in the presence of a large gathering of residents of all the surrounding…

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Churches. Brewarrina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 11

The opening ceremony of the Convent of Mercy was held to-day. Light showers of rain fell at intervals, but it did not prevent a large attendance. The Rev. Dr. Dunne, Bishop of…

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Joan of Arc's First Church. the Cardinal at Haberfield. Coming of Christian Unity

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 9

Cardinal Moran, attended by Monsignor O'Brien, blessed the foundation-stones of a new Roman Catholic Church and presbytery in Ramsay-road, Haberfield, yesterday afternoon…

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St. Matthew's Church, Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 9

At St. Matthew's Church of England, Manly, a memorial service was conducted by Rev. A. G. Stoddart. The church was appropriately draped, and there was a large congregation…

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Mission Steamer John Williams

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 8

The mission steamer John Williams left the harbor yesterday bound for a cruise through the South Sea Islands. She took away a number of native pastors, together with their wives and…

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