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Churches, 1914

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Why Men Do Not Go to Church

Globe · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 3

The real reason why men do not go to church is like the reason for a war—it is a reason never expressed. We find excuses for the other follow—evolution, comparative religion, the…

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The Dilemma in the Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 14

A difference over doctrine between three missionary bishops working amongst the natives of East Africa is actually threatening to split the Church of England in two…

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Council of the Churches. Increasing Membership. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 15

The Associated Councils of the Churches in Great Britain and Germany, whose purpose is to foster more friendly relations, report a rapidly increasing membership…

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The Churches. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 17

The parishioners of St. Stephen's Church of England met at the schoolroom on Wednesday night to say good-bye to Canon Archdall, who has resigned the pastorate through…

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The Churches. the Brotherhood Movement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

At a large brotherhood meeting in London recently the Rev. E. Aldom French dealt with the familiar question of the relationship between the brotherhoods and the Churches…

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Western Suburbs Churches' Union. December 20 and January 8. A Grade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 18

St. Stephen's v Croydon Congregational (No. 1); Tempe Park Methodist v Dulwich Hill H. Trinity (St. Peters), Marrickville Methodist v Enmore Tabernacle, (Marrickville), St. David's v St. Peter's, Ashfield…

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Interstate Churches. Queensland Beats New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 18

The match between the Western Suburbs (N.S.W.) and Queensland Churches' Cricket Unions was concluded yesterday, at the Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2. The result was a win for the visitors by 69…

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Church Triumphant Miss Hambly

The Methodist · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 9

Miss J. Humbly was born in the year 1841, in Botany, and resided in that district all her life. As the result of pious home training she, at an early age, made…

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The Church and Communal Life

The Methodist · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 2

In a fine series of articles on "The Coming Church and Society" (Horn. Rev. Sep.) Dr. Josiah Strong publishes an interesting "Statement of Principles for Social Service" adopted at a National Meeting of the…

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The Spotless Church. the Rev. James Gardner

The Methodist · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 3

We often meet with men who are unsparing with their words of criticism concerning the Church. They can see only the wrecks strewn along the shore, while out upon the deep there are thousands of stately ships…

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Church Federation. "Room for a Compromise." Opinion of Rev. R. J. Campbell

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Evening.--Rev. R. J. Campbell, minister of the City Temple, in the course of an interview, said that it would be regrettable if the Kikuyu (East Africa) Church…

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To Foster Friendship. the Councils of the Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Evening.--The Associated Councils of the Churches in Great Britain and Germany, which aim at fostering more friendly relations, report that the membership is…

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Kikuyu Dispute. High or Low Church? Roman Catholic Comment. LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1914 · page 5

The Roman Catholic newspaper "The Tablet," referring to the Kikuyu dispute, says that High Churchmen have attracted so much attention of late years that is was…

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Trams in Church Hours to Start Next Sunday. Morning and Evening Services

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 January 1914 · page 9

We learn from a reliable source that, commencing from next Sunday, we are to have trams running during the church hours both in the morning and evening…

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£500,000 Cheque. Catholic Scholarship Fund. New York

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 1

In Baltimore, on Tuesday next, Cardinal Gibbons will receive from the Knights of Columbus a cheque for £500,000 as a contribution towards the Catholic University in…

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From the Islands. Mission Steamer John Williams a Volcanic Haze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 11

The mission yacht John Williams returned to Sydney on Saturday, after a four months cruise in the South Seas, and brought as passengers the Rev. W. E. and Mrs. Goward, of…

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Civic Pride and Conscience. Too Little in Sydney. Methodist Indictment

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 9

"If we are to have a Greater Sydney," remarked Rev. James Green, in an address at the Lyceum-hall yesterday afternoon, "we must also have a greater citizenship, for there is…

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Sunday Trams. No Evening Church Stops

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 5

On Sunday evening next a new departure will be taken [?] far as the running of the trams is [?] From that date there will be no stoppage during church hours. This…

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The Churches. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 12

Members of the Methodist Mission Band and Christian Endeavour Society presented the Rev. Joseph Tarn with a "Morris" easy chair in recognition of the great interest he has…

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Interstate Churches' Union. New South Wales Beats Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 6

At the Imperial Oval, Marrickville, on Saturday, the Western Suburbs Churclies' Union reversed the defeat by the Queensland Churches' Union on New Year's Day. The home team batted first, scoring…

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