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Churches, 1912

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City Mission Jubilee

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 13

The celebrations in connection with the jubilee anniversary of the Sydney City Mission will begin to-morrow. In the afternoon the delegates, who have come from all the States in…

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Church Condemns Tote All Gambling Wrong. the Methodist View. Tattersall's in a Sunday School

Evening News · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 6

The Royal Commission, inquiring into the totalisator sat at Parliament House to-day, Mr. H. Levien in the chair. The Rev. W. Wools Rutledge, minister of the…

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The Term "Catholic." Statistician Confused. 1600 Religions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 9

The following statement has been supplied by the Commonwealth Statistician in regard to the census of religions:— "Objection has been taken to the fact that…

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Melanesian Mission. Admiral Fawkes Tribute. London, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 10

The Melanesian Mission entertained the Rev. C. J. Wood, Bishop-elect of Melanesia, at a farewell gathering to-day, among those present being the Right Rev. H. H. Montgomery,…

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A Jubilee. Sydney City Mission. Opening of the Celebrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 13

The Sydney City Mission is this week celebrating its jubilee. The services started yesterday, when 17 churches were visited. A feature of the addresses was an…

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Union of Churches

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 2

A scheme has been prepared which provides for the union of the Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian Churches of Australia. The matter was before the…

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Churchyard Struggle. Officer's Grim Struggle with Intruder

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 3

The story of a grim struggle in a churchyard was told at Selby (Eng.) Police Court, when Jack Smith, described as a sailor, was charged on remand with trying to break into…

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Another Church

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 5

The latest, addition to the numerous churches now being erected in Sydney is one designed by Messrs. Hennessy and Hennessy, architects. The Church of Mary the…

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Presbyterian Scholarship

The Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 8

It was announced at the Presbyterian Assembly this morning that a scholarship, to be called the Burwood scholarship, of £50 a year, had been anonymously given through…

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City Mission Jubilee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 15

The delegates from other States to the City Mission jubilee will be welcomed at the Mission-hall this afternoon. To-night Lord Chelmsford will preside at a…

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The Scoville Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 10

Dr. Charles R. Scoville and his party of missioners continued their campaign last night at the City Temple; when there was an attendance of about 700. The proceedings…

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Sydney City Mission. Jubilee Report

The Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 6

The annual report of the Sydney City Mission, which has now attained its fiftieth year, shows the income of the year which closed on March 31 to have been £7944 2s. The…

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Chapman-alexander Mission. How It Would Help the Churches. Young Ministers Wanted

The Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 1

There was some discussion on the "Report of the Committee on Candidates for the Ministry,"' which was eventually received, in on amended form, at the Presbyterian…

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Interesting Germany. Sir George Reid's Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 8

BERLIN, Monday.—Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, has arrived. In an article published in the "Tagisbatt," Professor Alfred Manes expresses the hope that…

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Work in India. Presbyterian Foreign Missions

Evening News · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 3

At [?] evening sitting of the Presbyterian General Assembly, held in St Stephen's Church. Phillip-street, city, on Monday, the [?] (Rev. T. Morgan) said the crowded…

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The Starved Clergyman. Presbyterian Minimum Wage "Biggest Beggar of a Church There Is."

The Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 1

The jubilee committee's report was before the Presbyterian assembly this morning. Part of this read:-- Your committee, after serious…

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State Bursaries. a Presbyterian Protest. Storm in Assembly

The Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 9

At the Presbyterian Assembly this afternoon Professor Macintyre moved and the Rev. W. W. Watts seconded--"That the Assembly rejoice in all means taken by the…

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"Old Kirk Not Dead." Presbyterian Foreign Missions. India's Open Door to Christianity

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 15

Foreign mission night, generally considered the most important of the public meetings connected with the Presbyterian General Assembly, drew an immense congregation to St. Stephen's…

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British Politics. Church Disestablishment England Must Follow. a Weighty Pronouncement

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Speaking at Liverpool, Mr. Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Agriculture, said that Britain had made up her mind concerning Home Rule. Feeling on…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 13

FORBES, Monday.--Dr. Long, Anglican Bishop of Bathurst, arrived by train on Saturday, and was met at the station by the churchwardens and members of…

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