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Churches, 1909

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A Church's Triumph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Speaking at a demonstration in the Town-hall to-night, in con[?]ection with the jubilee of the founding, of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, Mr. Deakin…

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Prohibited Correspondence. Support From the Church Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The instructions Issued by Mr. Thomas (Postmaster-General) yesterday, that British and foreign letters for prohibited addresses in Tasmania are not to be…

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Church News Parish of Emu and Castlereagh

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 4

On Wednesday, 12th instant, the Archdeacon of Cumberland made a visitation of this parish, for the purpose of initiating the Rev J A Reynolds as parish priest, and also…

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The Rev. P. J. Murdoch's Case. Discussion by Presbyterian Assembly. Discipline of the Church. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 8

The action of Mr. Justice Hodges in committing the Rev. P. J. Murdoch for contempt of court for refusing to produce certain documents in connection with the case brought by…

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The Two Professors of the Presbyterian Church. Appointed by the Last General Assembly. (The Editor the " Newsletter.")

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 4

Sir,—The whole country has immensely benefited by your outspoken exposures of the land scandals, and your ably conducted…

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Necessity for Haste. A clergyman not long ago received the following notice regarding a marriage that was to take place at the parish church:—

The World's News · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 6

"This is to give you notice that I and Miss Peminma Arabella Brearly are coming to your church on Saturday afternoon next to undergo the operation of matrimony at your hands…

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Empire Day at the Churches

Evening News · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 2

LONDON, Friday Evening.—Over 4000 clergymen in Great Britain will preach "Empire Day" sermons on Sunday…

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Labour Exchanges. Mr. Churchill's Scheme. the Bill in the Commons. Only One Opponent. London, May 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 13

To-day Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, introduced into the House of Commons his bill to establish early next year Labour exchanges…

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Pitt-street Church Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 14

At the concert organis[?] by Miss Lilian Frost for next Thursday evening, at the Pitt-street. Congregational Church, Mendelssohn's motet, "Hear My Prayer," will be rendered under Mr. S. A. Kenny's direction…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 8

Among those in the forefront for consideration by Anglican synodmen for election to the vacant archbishopric is the Archdeacon of Manchester, the Rev. J. C. Wright, M.A. He…

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The Church and Labour

The Methodist · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 7

Ere the echoes of the Prime Minister's speech to the Presbyterian General Assembly have died away, it may be well to pause and reflect upon the propriety and utility of inviting political, leaders to act as…

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The Outlook Church Enterprise at Lismore

The Methodist · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 7

We gladly give prominence in this issue to the enterprise of our friends on the Richmond River in presenting to the Methodist Connexion one of the most ornate and commodious churches of our order in the…

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Opening of the Lismore Church. Successful and Impressive Functions

The Methodist · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 2

Wednesday, May 12th, which had been anxiously looked forward to by the members of the Methodist connexion not only in Lismore and the Richmond, but even in more distant parts of the State, though foggy…

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New Church at Macksville

The Methodist · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 3

Further evidence of the advance of Methodism on the North Coast is found in the completion of the new church at Macksville, in the Gladstone Circuit. The idea of building at Macksville was first mooted…

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The Church Triumphant. Mrs. D. Collett

The Methodist · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 11

On Friday, the 30th April, the subject of this brief memoir. Mrs. D. Collett, passed peacefully away in her 68th year. Born in Cornwall, she came with her husband…

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Bazaar The Centenary Mothodist Church Effort

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 12

The long talked of bazaar inaid of the funds of the Century Methodist Church Parramatta North was opened on Wednesday afternoon by that [?]…

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Church Parade

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 4

To-morrow being Umpire Sunday, [?] invited the cooperation of the military in a church parade. which will be held on Sunday…

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At Sydney's Churches No. 120.—St. PETER'S Neutral Bay

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 May 1909 · page 5

The Anglican Church, to be known as St. Peter's. Neutral Bay is an accomplished fact, the opening services having been held last Sunday week…

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Why Churches Lose Men

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 May 1909 · page 5

The Churches of to-day will shortly find themselves facet to face with the fact that they have lost all their influence over thinking men, while they have been…

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Sermons for the People. Is the Church Inactive? Its Work; Past and Present

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 23 May 1909 · page 13

That the Church has not in the past shirked its duty, and is not shirking it today, upon the social question, was the theme of an address delivered by Mr. C. H. Northcott…

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