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Churches, 1909

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The Big Mission's Last Week. Continued Enthusiasm

Evening News · Monday 21 June 1909 · page 5

The last week of the Chapman-Alexander mission in Sydney was entered upon with this afternoon's lunch-hour service at the Town Hall. The campaign actually closes here on…

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Dominions' Education. Mission of the Press. the Understanding of Britain. London, June 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1909 · page 7

The Manchester Ship Canal Company entertained the delegates of the Imperial Press Conference at a banquet yesterday. Mr. J. K. Blythell, chairman of…

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Cosmo Dennis. Church, Army, and a Vendetta. Another Man's Wife. Chapter I. Edward, by Divine Providence

Evening News · Monday 21 June 1909 · page 7

"We must all die, and not the old alone. The young have no exemption from that doom." The chill of death reigned over the Episcopal Palace at Blankhampton, the awe of…

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The Churches. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1909 · page 5

The annual procession in connection with the feast of Corpus Christi took place at the Roman Catholic Cathedral this afternoon, and was witnessed by an immense crowd…

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Grafton's Jubilee. Churches Decline to Co-operate. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1909 · page 7

At a meeting of the committee of the municipal jublice celebration, a request from the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist Churches to have a united re[?]gious service in…

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Catholic Congress. Meeting of Roman Catholic Ladies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 10

A meeting of Roman Catholic ladies was held at St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday afternoon under the presidency of his Eminence Cardinal Moran, to make arrangements for the social…

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Forthcoming Catholic Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 4

A meeting of Catholic ladies was held on Monday afternoon at the chapter-hall or St. Mary's Cathedral. Cardinal Moran presided. After a short address by the Cardinal it was decided…

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The Roman Catholic Governor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 8

Dr. Gibney, Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth, at the opening by the Governor (Sir Gerald Strickland), on Sunday, of the Girls' Reformatory in connection with the Convent of the…

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The Mission and the Press

The Star · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 6

During the morning service at the Lindfield Presbyterian Church on Sunday tho Rev. James Steele referred to the great work being done in Sydney by the…

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The Mid-day Mission. a New Tune to an Old Hymn

The Star · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 7

"Full inside!" This notice in huge letters was on the front of the Town Hall a quarter of an hour before the Chapman Alexander midday mission was booked to…

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Women at the Mission. "We Won't Go Out!" the Men Outwitted. Extraordinary Doings. Dr. Chapman on Amusements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 7

The helter-skelter after admission to the Chapman-Alexander meetings resulted yesterday in a series of mad rushes, which somewhat embarrassed the missioners. The…

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Cosmo Dennis. Church, Army, and a Vendetta.another Man's Wife. Chapter Ii. Girl and Boy."a boy's will is the wind's will."

Evening News · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 7

Sunday came and went An immense congregation gathered in the Parish—as the Cathedral iS, familiarly called in BlankhamP ton-to do the last honors to the dead…

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Scouts' Church Parade

The Star · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 9

Upwards of one hundred of the lads, with the officers belonging to two or three divisions of the Boy Scouts, attended a church parade last Sunday morning at St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church at Newtown Among the…

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Mission at St. Patrick's

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 2

We have been requested, by the Rev. Father O'Reilly, to state that a mission will be held at St. patrick's Church, Parramatta, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday…

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"Church Day." a Development of the Mission. Remarkable Congregations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 10

Since the Town-hall of Sydney was built it has held very varied congregations, and its history includes many records. The "hall," as it is known to the public -- with its great organ and…

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The Primitive Methodist Centenary Fund

Evening News · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The Primitive Methodists have secured two-thirds of the £250,000 Centenary Fund wanted before the 1910 Conference…

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The Chapman-alexander Mission. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 5

Sir, -- Kindly allow space in your paper for a little Advice to the regular attendants of the above mission meetings. I was glad to hear at the overflow meeting (being unable to gain admission to the Town-hall…

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Inspection of Catholic Schools. Archbishop Carr's Request

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Archbishop Carr to- day asked the Minister that there should be provisions for the inspection and examination of Roman Catholic schools by State school…

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The Mission Rush. Worries of Town Hall Officials

The Star · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 6

The anxieties of the Town Hall attendants do not end with the ushering of the enormous congregations which attend the Chapman -Alexander missions daily. As the end…

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Vice-regal Patronage. for the Sydney City Mission

The Star · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 6

The State Governor Lord Chelmsford, was waited on yesterday by a large and representative deputation from the Sydney City Mission," the object being to enlist the…

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