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Churches, 1914

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Religious. the Trouble in the Anglican Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 19

The London papers to hand this week, especially "The Times," devote an unusual amount of space to the Kikuyu controversy. Lord William Cecil expresses his anxiety that…

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Home Mission Secretary on Tour

The Methodist · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 10

There is a very brief pause in the programme of travel during the Christmas season. On the third day of New Year, however, I am on the wheels again. This…

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Methodist Fete. Successful Function. Pretty Stalls, with Pretty Surroundings

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 3

There opened on Tuesday afternoon, in the attractively-laid out grounds of Mr A Judges, the annual Methodist Garden Fete. There was a very…

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Western Suburbs Churches Union. February 7 and 14. A Grade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 24

Tempe Park: Methodist v Dulwich Hill Holy Trinity; Enmore Tabernacle v Petersham Congregation; Marrickville Methodist v St. David's; Croydon Congregational v St. Stephen's; St. Peter's v Ashfield Baptist…

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The Churches. Esperanto and the Bible

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 4

The version of the New Testament in Esperanto, which was recently published by the B.F.B.S. conjointly with the National Bible Society of Scotland, has already passed…

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New Church Opening at Cobar

The Methodist · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 3

All interested in the cause of Methodism throughout the land will hear with pleasure of the opening of our new Church in Cobar. In this big and busy mining centre, nearly five hundred miles inland, the…

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The World and the Church. the Missionary Outlook

The Methodist · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 3

In reply to the question: "What are the prospects of your work?" a missionary said: "They are as bright as the promises of God." That is the only reply a Christian can give to such a question, for the…

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How a Church Is Stirred

The Methodist · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 7

PERTINENT to the foregoing, we cull the following paragraph from our Victorian contemporary, the "Spectator": A Church, like an individual, has its moods. A short time ago that of our people in…

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Church Unity in America

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 19

The growing interest in Church unity in the United States is illustrated by the fact that the New York "Evening Post" recently devoted nearly a page of a recent issue to a symposium…

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A Question of Church Discipline Br. Aked's Views San Francisco, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1914 · page 9

The Presbyterian Minister's Association recently demanded the resignation of the Rev. Dr. C. F. Aked, because he refused to subscribe to the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception…

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The Church-hour Trams Proving a Great Convenience

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1914 · page 7

For a number of years the public of Sydney have been at a loss to understand why the trams, ceased to run during certain periods on Sundays, termed "church hours." The Railway…

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Rockdale Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon Rev. Thomas Hill, assisted by Rev. Alexander Smith (Moderator), Rev. W. Willis (Kogarah), Rev. Robert Steel, Key. John Edwards, and Rev. Robert Kay,…

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Church Discipline. Rev. Dr. Aked's Case. San Francisco, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 10

The Rev. Dr. Aked (whose resignation has been demanded by the Presbyterian Ministers' Association, in consequence of a statement in a sermon that he did not support the…

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Human Catholic Sensation. a French Incident. Rome, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 9

The French prelates have protected to the Pope against the language used towards them by Father Sauba, who was sent to France as an Apostolic Visitor without the knowledge…

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No Schism. Trouble in the Church. the Kikuyu Controversy. London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 1

The Arcbbluhep of Canterbury, after having heard the of the Bishop of Zangibar and the statement fo the Bishop of Uganda in connection with the Kikuyu controverey…

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Church and Manse Burned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 3

The Presbyterian Church at war[?], together with the manse and two adjoining cottages were totally destroyed on Tuesday by a fire that was…

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A Church Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 7

The ceremony of laying the commemoration stone of the Rockdale Presbyterian Church building was performed by the Rev. Thomas Hill on Saturday. The Rev. F. A. Darling…

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Suburban Brumbies. Churchgoers Impeded

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

"Fellows feed their horses in Johnston street and other streets in our municipality, "said Alderman Coyle at last night's meeting, of the Annandale Council. "It is scandalous;"…

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Evangellatie Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 2

Rev. Hugh Paton is to conduct an evangellatie mission in connection with the Epping-Eastwood-Ermington Pro[?]byt[?]rlan charge from the 15th to 27th…

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Kikuyu. the Church Controversy. Anglican Archbishop's Action. Charges of Heresy and Schism

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Evening. -- The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Randall Thomas Davidson, after bearing the Bishop or Zanzibar's charges, in connection with the Kikuyu (East Africa)…

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