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Churches, 1912

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Presbyterian Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 57

The 47th annual session or the N.S.W. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia was opened on the night of May 7, in the presence of a large assemblage. The…

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Intern-state Mission Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 14

Thirty-nine delegates to the third inter-State City Mission Conference have arrived in Sydney. A reception was held yesterday afternoon at the mission headquarters. The…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Call to the Ministry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 17

At the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday morning, further, consideration was given to the report on "Candidates for the Ministry." It was agreed on the motion of Professor…

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Picture Shows. a Presbyterian Condemnation. Melbourne, Teusday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 20

"The almost universal opinion is that the influence of picture shows is pernicious," reported the committee known as "the state of religion committee," which inquired into this…

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Mission Jubilee. £30,000 Wanted. Address by the State Governor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 20

The Jubilee anniversary of the Sydney City Mission was celebrated in the Town Hall last night in the presence of a large gathering of supporters and sympathisers. The State…

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Australians in the Foreground Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 8

THE REV. THOMAS MORGAN, who has succeeded the Rev. Robert Kay as Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, is an able, fearless, and outspoken preacher. He lives at Waverley. and his services…

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The Bursaries. Presbyterian Protest. Inroad on the Education System. Professors Disagree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 20

"I repudiate any suggestion that the Labour party has an understanding with the Roman Catholic Church." The statement was made by Mr. Brown, M.L.A., yesterday, at the…

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Roman Catholics and Bursaries. a Presbyterian Protest. Bursting Up the Act

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 18

In the Presbyterian Assembly yesterday afternoon, an interesting discussion on a motion by Professor Mac[?]ntyre, dealing with the Bursaries Act took place. The motion was:--…

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Fifty Years' Good Work Jubilee of the City Mission. Great Need for Funds. Hopes for Greater Expansion of Work

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 11

The State Governor and Lady Chelmsford attended the jubilee anniversary celebration of the Sydney City Mission, held last evening in the Town-hall. Among those present were:…

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Church Affairs. Welsh Disestablishment

Evening News · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. F. [?]. Smith (Unionist), continued the debate on the second reading of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill in the House of Commons, and moved the rejection of the…

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Church Missionary Association Eighty-seventh Anniversary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 20

"The field is indeed the whole world," was the keynote of the enthusiastic meeting held at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last night, under the auspices of the New Soutn Wales Church…

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News, of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 57

Dr. Carroll, Bishop of Lismore, advocates the building of a new Catholic Church at Corakl Archbishop Clarke presided at the, opening in…

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federation of Protestant Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 57

The question of the union of the Protestant churches was considered at the sitting of the Presbyterian General Assembly, in St. Stephen's Church, when the report of the committee on…

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The Old Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 2

The proposed renovation of the Denham Court Church of England historic church, and the reconstruction of the rectory, means picking up a link with the past…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 21

Owing to postal delay our Rome Letter did not reach us in time for publication this week. A branch of the A.H.C. Guild will be…

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Presbyterian Assembly's Sympathy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 10

A resolution expressing deepest sympathy with the bereaved wife and family of the late Mr. John S. Dunlop, was carried by the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday, the…

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Presbyterian "Mass" Abolished

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 31

Two years ago "America" had a series of articles, written by Andrew J. Shipman, exposing the monstrous deceit practised on some Ruthenian malcontents in Newark by…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 34

Cardinal Fischer, Archbishop of Cologne, has undergone a successful operation for cataract. A special telephone wire is to connect the…

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Catholic Events. Calendar

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 36

MAY 19— Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension St. Peter Celestine, Pope, Conf. (white) The sain from his tender years was given to prayer and meditation. He retired into a desert place in order to held…

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Catholic or Roman Catholic.? a Word with Mr. Knibbs

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 28

Ono can feel sympathy for tho Commonwealth Statistician in his endeavour to cope with the swarms of religions professed by the handful of people who inhabit Australia…

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