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Churches, 1912

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The Home Mission Demonstration. a Packed Gathering

The Methodist · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 15

The Lyceum Hall was packed from for to ceiling with nearly 3,000 people for the Annual Home Mission Meeting. Mr. John Gilbert, of Newcastle, made an…

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The MetHodist Church of Australasia. N.S.W. Annual Conference. Tuesday. March 5th

The Methodist · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 10

During the sessions, an important and urgent telegram, was read from the Queensland Conference, appealing to the New South Wales Conference to transfer, the Rev. M. Scott Fletcher to that Conference…

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Pen and Ink Sketches of Methodist Men of Mark "Now there are differences of administrations."— 1 Cor. 12:4. No. 2. Rev. Benjamin Chapman

The Methodist · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 3

An organised institution like the Christian Church [?] necessarily its departmental and official side. The seen who preside over its business affairs have far from an easy time of it. And if the position is one…

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Left in the Lurch. Bridal Party Wait in Vain at Church for Bridegroom

The Arrow · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

The story of how a wedding party waited at church for a bridegroom who never came was told in Dublin last month, when Miss Annie Hunt, sued Patrick Holmes, a farmer for damages for breach of promise of marriage…

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The Churches. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 19

The Rev. J. Barry, late of Bourke, has been appointed assistant to the Rev. S. M'Donnell, of Casino Roman Catholic parish. MURWILLUMBAH, Friday…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 11

Some arresting utterances on the militant aspect of the Christian religion were made not long ago by Canon Carnegie, Rector of Birmingham Cathedral. The military instinct,…

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"Restore the Fellowship of the Church." Sermon Preached before the N.S.W. Conference on the one hundredth Anniversary of the establishment of the First Class Meeting in Australia, March 6th, 1812. Acts 11:42—"And they continued steadfastly in— fellowship.''

The Methodist · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

A hundred years to-day, in a house not far from this spot, the Australasian Methodist Church had its beginning. Though not officially recognised until three years later, this favoured child of Providence was born…

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"For Religious Purposes." Assessment On. Church Land. Appeal Upheld

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 15

At the Ashfield Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, d.S.M. the trustees of the Baptist Union of New South Wales appealed against the assessment by the Ashfield Council on the propoerty known as the Ashfield Tabernace, at…

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Religious. the Church and Social Reform

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 19

Dr. Gore, the Bishop of Exord, mad a remarkable indictment of the Church's neglect of its social Guly, in an address to the Cnristian…

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Anglican Activity. Lenten Discourses at St. Paul's. Dean Stephen and Dr. Springthorpe. the Great White Plague. "Perifathic Ambulatory Volcanoes"— "More Deadly Than Bomes Dropped From an Aeroplane." "The Dream of the Hygienist"—Why is It Not Realised?

Truth · Sunday 17 March 1912 · page 5

There was another large attendance at St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on Sunday evening, in connection with the Lenten discourses on social questions. The…

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President Taft's Sister-in-law Enters the Roman Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 March 1912 · page 5

It became known last month that the visit to the United States of Father Bernard Vaughan, the English Jesuit preacher, had resulted in the conversion to Roman Catholicism of…

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Old Sydney. In Ancient Castlereagh-street —Bachfield's Hotel—Club Life in Sydney—The Genesis of the Clubs—The Australian, Founded in 1838 : Its First Home, the Pulteney Hotel—The Union, Founded in 1857: Its First Home, Wynyard Square—An Original Member, Mr. F. H. Dangar, the Father of the Club—Prominent Politicians of the Olden Time—The Sydney Club: Its Home in Castlereagh-street—An Historic House—Richard Pittman—The Sydney Bar in the Forties—Legal Giants—Membership of the Sydney Club—An Historic Contest— An Election at Orange—Why Sir James Martin Left the Church— Henry Rotton, of Blackdown—The Dunns's Plains Episode— Rotton's Ransom of Keightley. (No. 231.—By "Old Chum.")

Truth · Sunday 17 March 1912 · page 9

Before we leave Castloreagh-street North on our journey couth, let us recall a few more of its old inhabitants. The people who helped buildup this city, and whose…

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Catholic Young Men's Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 4

St Thomas' Society beat St. Patrick's O.B. Union by 24 rans. St. Thomas' [?] St. Patrick's, 74. St. Vincent's, 149, defeated St. Peter's, 79, by 70 runs…

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The Methodist Church. Evidences of Life. New Building at Croydon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 11

The capacity of the new Methodist Church at Malvern-bill, Croydon, was taxed to its utmost on Saturday afternoon, to accommodate the large number who were present to witness the…

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Non-catholic Schools. Attack by Dr. Kelly. Catching Catholic Children. State Aid Plea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 9

Yesterday afternoon Archbishop Kelly visited Westmead Boys' Orphanage for the purpose of dedicating and opening the new wing which has been added to the orphanage for the…

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Open-air Gospel Mission. Sermons From a Lorry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 11

The annual meeting of the members of the Open-air Gospel Mission was held at the People's-hall, 403 Sussex-street, on Saturday afternoon. Rev. G. Menzies presided, in the…

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The Anti-home Rule Meeting and Catholic Disloyalty. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 6

Sir,--At the anti-Home Rule meeting on Thursday night Rev. Mr. Macaulay and other speakers made the usual charges about the disloyalty of Catholics. I have no intention of entering, into a discussion on this…

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The Churches. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 7

The Rev. F. D. Kilgallin, formerly assistant to Monsignor Menghor, at Singleton, has been appointed to the church at East Maitland during the absence of the Rev. Father…

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The Reformed Church of England. "Divided Against Itself." Farewell Sermon of Deaf Marriott

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 10

BATHURST, Sunday.--Dean Marriott, in the course of his farewell sermon in All Saints' Cathedral to-night, said that at different times the various Churches had been affected with…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 10

BULLI, Saturday.--One of the priests of the Redemptorist Order is giving a week's mission in the Roman Catholic Church at Bulli. The services are being well attended…

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