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Churches, 1909

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The Late Primate. References at Presbyterian Assembly. His Religious Tolerance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 8

When the Presbyterian General Assembly met yesterday morning it paid a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Primate of Australia, Dr. Saumarez Smith…

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Have Catholics a Taste for Catholic Reading? an American View

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 16

Apropos of a paper "The Decline of Book Buying" in the "Catholic Fortnight Review," a Kentucky pastor wrote as follows to the editor of that magazine…

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Among the Blacks. Missionaries the First White Men. Drysdale River (W.a.) Mission

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 8

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia, in Plenary Council assembled at Sydney in 1905, took a fatherly interest in the opening of a mission for the benefit of the natives of…

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The Children's Columns For Boys and Girls who Read the "Catholic Press " A Mysterious Disappearance

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 34

"It beats all!" said the proprietor of Lufkin's store at Hardback Corner, drawing his shaggy eyebrows together in a puzzled frown. "You sure you laid it on the…

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William Cardinal Allen: The Famous Churchman A Charming Biography a Great Figure in the History of the Tudor Apostacy

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 7

One of the great figures standing out prominently in the history oil the Tudor apostacy is William Cardinal Allen, of whom Dom Bode Cumin has just written a…

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DALBY. New Church Opened at Jondowaie

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 26

The new church at Jondowaic, about 30 miles out of "Dalby, was dedicated on Sunday by the "Rev. Father Thomas Nolan, who has charge of the big parish of Dalby, in…

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St. Patrick's, Church Hill

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 30

A meeting of the Men's Sacred Heart Confraternity will be held in St. Patrick's Church Hill, on Sunday evening, at 7.15…

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Church Property in the North. Bishop Duhig's Emphatic Denial

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 21

Our Geraldton correspondent's letter last week contained the following passage:— "Our revered Bishop in his wisdom deprecates the hot-headed counsels of certain…

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Church Missionary Association. Its Eighty-fourth Anniversary

Evening News · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 8

The 84th anniversary of the New South Wales Church Missionary Association was celebrated on Tuesday. The annual service was held in St. Andrew's Cathedral in the afternoon, the…

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Drooping Churches

The Star · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 7

In the "Religions Outlook Abroad," in the March "Homiletic Review," the Rev. William Durban, B.A., writes: -- By a mysterious tendency which has…

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In Tropical Australia. Question of Population. a Bishop and the Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 8

HERBERTON (Q.), Wednesday.--Bishop Frodsham, speaking at a large, civic welcome held at Herberton last night, commented upon the rapid development of the Cairns hinterland. He said the…

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Methodist Jubilee Celebrations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 9

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A jubilee tea and public meeting was held in the Town-hall last evening in connection with the Methodist Church jubilee celebrations. There was a large…

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Anglican Archbishopric. the Method of Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 7

Difficulties are being raised in connection with the election of a successor to the late Archbishop of Sydney which, if persisted in, may, it is believed, lead to delay and confusion, and…

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Difficulties of Home Mission Work

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 8

Rev. Dr. Clouston, speaking at the home mission meeting in the Presbyterian Assembly last night, compared the difficulties of the work of the missioner of Australia with those of the…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Theological Professorship Endowment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 3

The report on the Theological Professorship Endowment Fund (Rev. R. G. Macintyre, convener), among other things set out:—…

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Archdeacon Nash. at the Chapman Alexander Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--During tho midday mission service in connection with the Chapman-Alexander mission, a party of Anglican bishops and clergy arrived…

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Presbyterian Assembly. New Hunter-baillie Professor. Rev. R. G. Macintyre Appointed. The Presbyterian State Assembly met again yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, the Moderator (Rev. George Keith, M.A.) presiding." Hunter-baillie Professorship

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 9

A report was submitted by a committee that had been appointed to confer with St. Andrew's College Council, respecting the Hunter-Baillle professorship, rendered vacant by the death of…

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The Churches. Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 10

The Rev. E. T. Hengel Jones has left for Canada. The Rev. J. H. Terras is occupying the Presbyterian pulpit temporarily. BRUSHGROVE, Thursday…

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Church of England Grammar School v St. Ignatius

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 10

The above match was played on Wednesday, at Riverview, and resulted in an easy win for Church of England by 24 points to nil. All the points were scored in the first half-hour, the second half was…

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