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Churches, 1912

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Bourke-street Mission. a New Departure

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 11

Rev. S. Varcoe Cock, of the Bourke-street Methodist Mission, has entered upon an interesting experiment for the extension of the work of the mission…

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Christian Endeavour. "Church Consciousness." the Frauds of Commercial Life

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 4

"When you consider all the frauds of our commercial life, when you think of all the impurity and intemperance that are so manifest in our social life, you will see how…

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Social Problems. Obligations of the Church. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 9

The Bishop of Oxford, the Right Rev. Dr. Gore, in an address before the Christian Social Union at Westminster, denounced the traditional indifference of churchmen to social…

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Prayers for Peace. Mention in the Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 9

The strike was the subject or special prayers in every church in the metropolitan district to-day, ministers and congregations beseeching the Almighty, in the interests of humanity, to bring the trouble to an early termination…

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Christian Endeavorers. Aid of Churches Asked For

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 14

A social reunion o£ Christian Endeavorers took place on the Watson's Bay Park on Saturday. Tho earlier hours of the afternoon were devoted…

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The Churches. Eskbank

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 14

LITHGOW, Saturday.--At the annual meeting of the congregation of the Eskbank Presbyterian Church held on Wednesday evening Rev. J. T. Thorburn presided. The report…

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Churchmen's Traditional Indifference. to Social Obligations. Bishop of Oxford Speaks Out

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Friday Evening.--The Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Gore), addressing the members of the Christian Social Union at Westminster, denounced Churchmen's traditional indifference…

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Troops Needed. Belfast and Mr. Churchill. Catholic Pulpit Advice

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--It is stated unofficially that the military commandant at Belfast recommends that the garrison there be increased from 1700, as at present, to 5000, in view of…

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Cricket. Western Suburbs Churches End of Tenth Round. Fine Performance

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 10

The [?] of the Western summer Chur[?] Union competitions was concluded on Saturday, when the [?] of the day's play was the [?] performance of D[?]wich Hill [?] Trailty against…

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Bread Distributed in Church. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 9

The Rev. J. C. Gibson, of the Valley Presbyterian Church at the service yesterday had two batches of bread, freshly baked by Mr. Braggs, which were distributed to the…

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Home Rule. Mr. Churchill's Meeting. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 9

The Roman Catholic Nationalists were urged from all Roman Catholic pulpits in Belfast yesterday to abstain from attending Mr. Churchill's forthcoming meeting…

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The Heat Wave in Victoria. Church Service in Open Air. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 10

The heat wave came to an end in Melbourne yesterday. The weather on Saturday was very trying, the maximum temperature being 103.2 deg, but to-day the highest reading was…

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Country News. the Churches. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 7

The Rev. Colin A. Grant, vicar of the South Broken Hill and Railway Town, has resigned his parish, and has been appointed vicar of Inglewood, Victoria, for which place he leaves…

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"No Home Rule." "We Won't Have Churchill." Belfast Houses Placarded. Situation Critical. Belfast

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 1

As the day of the big Home Rule demonstration approaches the situation in Belfast is becoming critical. In Celtic Park, where the meeting is to be…

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Will Ulster Revolt? the Churchill Meeting. Previous Riots in Belfast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 7

The cables have lately been fairly full of the prospects of Mr. Winston Churchill's meeting at Belfast on Thursday, resulting in success from the point of view of law and order, or in…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 14

ARIAH PARK, Monday.--The foundation-stone of the Baptist Church was laid last week by Mr. Hugh Dixson. The sum of £139 in cash was placed on the stone, and £44 was promised…

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The Church Militant

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 8

The South Australian Government exempted the missionary steamer John Williams from the payment of harbor and light dues while she was in harbor, treating her as an Imperial…

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Statistics of the Methodist Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 57

The following may be regarded as the approximate position of world- wide Methodism in 1912, according to the latest and most reliable statistics, viz.:—Ministers, 55,000; lay…

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Football. Methodist Soccerites Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 16

The newly-formed Methodist Soccer Football Club in the South Sydney Methodist Mission, will hold a meeting at the Wesley School-hall, near Mortuary station, at 8 o'clock to-night…

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Mr. Churchill and the Ulster Hall

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

Mr. J. Ryan writes:—in your paper of the 3rd you have a short leader on Churchills meeting. which takes place this week in Belfast. mr. Churchill's address is to the…

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