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Churches, 1909

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Sydney City Mission. Good Work Done. Great Gathering in the Town-hall

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 4

The Sydney City Mission has completed another year s work, and the report of the work was presented to the public yesterday at a luncheon given in the central-hall of the…

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Mr. Deakin's Envoy. Will His Mission Succeed? Trouble Already Looming. Sir William' Lyne Restive

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday--The political situation took on no more extraordinary developments to-day indeed, the centra of interest changed to Sydney, where Sir John Forrest…

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The Churches. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 10

The Rev. G. N. Maidment, home missionary, and assistant minister in Ballina Presbyterian charge, left to-day to take up similar work in the Waratah-Lambton charge. Prior to his…

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"Canting Nonsense." Mr. Fisher and the Church

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--Rev. P. W. Fairelough (chairman of the Methodist Conference) thinks that, the Presbyterian Assembly in Sydney owes an apology to the churches for…

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Loss to the Church. If the Budget Becomes Law

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--At the Festival of the Sons of Clergy yesterday the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Randall Davidson) stated that if the Budget became law…

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Central Methodist Mission. Story of Its Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 14

We have received from Rev. W. G. Taylor a copy of "Evangelism and Social Regeneration"—giving the story of the Sydney Central Methodist Mission, which celebrates its…

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The Zone Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 11

The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, the fervent, hard-working and eloquent Church of England clergyman in charge of that wonderful slum-effort of tho Church…

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Chapman-alexander Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 10

The Woollooomooloo centre in connection with the simultaneous campaign which is being held prior to the central mission of the Chapman-Alexander campaign, commences a…

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Federal Fusion. Sir John Forrest's Mission. Manoeuvres and Negotiations. the Emissaries Satisfied

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 13

There was a Cabinet in the making at the Australia Hotel yesterday. Not that the portfolios were being allotted—that delicate piece of work is too dangerous a one to touch at this…

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Church News Election of Archbishop

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 4

This has been fixed for 25th May. The name of Dr W H Griffith Thomas, Principal of Wycliffa Hall, Oxford, was freely mentioned at a meeting at the Y.M.C.A. Hall…

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The Cardinals Engagements. Blessing Hurstville's New Church

Evening News · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 7

Cardinal Moran will perform the ceremony of blessing the new church in Croydon-road, off Forest-street, Hurstviile, to-morrow afternoon. The edifice is of the Gothic style,…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 8

The Vicar-General (Archdeacon [?] has issued a circular to the clergy regarding the celebration of Empire Day, with forms of prayer to he used in public and…

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A Unique Celebration. West Botany Street (Rockdale Circuit) Church Becomes Free From Debt

The Methodist · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 11

The people connected with our West Botany Street Church set themselves the task of clearing in twelve months the balance of an old debt amounting to…

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The Church and Labour

The Methodist · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 7

There was unaccustomed liveliness at the Presbyterian General Assembly on Tuesday evening last, when the question of the Church and Labor was under review. The presence of the Prime Minister…

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Church Competition

The St George Call · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 6

The following is the draw for to-day's games :-- Rockdale Cong. v. Arncliffe Methodist, Rockdale Park, 3.15. Mr. E. Baker…

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The New Archbishop Low Church Party in Cancus. English Clergymen Discussed

The Star · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 15

There is a secret movement going on in Sydney in connection with the appointment of a new Archbishop. It is secret so far as the general body of Church of England…

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The Christian Church

The Star · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 5

A name to conjure with in church circles in the old country is that of Sir Albert Spicer. In the "Sunday at Home" for April he makes some suggestive observations on the…

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Church Parades

The Star · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 4

[?] honor of Empire Day church parades of troops within the Sydney metropolis will be held on Sunday, 23rd inst., at 3.15 p.m., at the following churches:--Church of…

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In a Village Church

The Star · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 6

The following story is told of a Yorkshire parish. A young clergyman was taking holiday duty in a moorland district, where the church-goers were made up largely…

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Gramophone in Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 17

The use of the gramophone in church, where soloists are not available, has been exemplified at Oxley Church, Watford (Eng.), where two recitals have been given of the "Messiah" and…

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