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Churches, 1915

2,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 129

A Methodist View of the War

The Methodist · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 7

THE Rev. Simpson Johnson, Secretary of the British Conference, writing to Rev. Dr. Brown, Says:— "We are all thankful to God that England really found her soul at the beginning of last August. There is…

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A Military Tribute to Our Methodist Missions

The Methodist · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 2

"As a Methodist I am writing you to give you some idea of the benefit and help derived by this garrison from the kind attention of the local Methodist missionary, Rev. J. H. Margetts and his people…

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A Missionary Book for Methodist Boys and Girls

The Methodist · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 10

"Brown Faces," by Rev. J. W. Burton, is written with the desire that our own children should know what their church has done and is still doing, in the…

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The Churches. Anniversary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 8

Elaborate preparations are being made for Anniversary Sunday, which is to be celebrated on February 7. As explained by Mr. Sydney George Palmer, bon. secretary of the C.E.M.S.,…

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The Churches. Wee Waa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 13

The parish of Wee Waa (Church of England) has been divided, Pilliga district being made a separate parish. The Rev. G. A. Sanders has been appointed there…

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Religious. Where the Church Has Failed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 19

Mr. Meredith Atkinson, director of Workers' Tutorial Classes in Sydney University, in introducing the idea of "The Sacredness of the Secular" at the Daylesford Conference, said…

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Tooncabbie. the Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 11

Our old friend, Mr. Thornley, from Blacktown, conducted the service in St. Mary's, C. of E., last Sunday…

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"They Lockit the Door" How the Shadow Came to Soldier's Mother a Parish Tragedy the Widow on the Mort-safe

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1915 · page 10

This story is by the writer of "The Great Discovery in Our Parish," which we recently quoted from the "Scotsman." "The churchyard of our parish lies in a deep…

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Mosman Methodist Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 11

A new Methodist Church erected at Mosman, at a cost of about £4000, was opened on Saturday afternoon by Mrs. W. H. M'Clelland. A dedicatory service followed conducted by the…

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New Methodist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

The new Methodist church in Myahgahroad, Mosman, was opened on Saturday afternoon. The Rev. F. Colwell presided, and the building was declared open by Mrs. W. H…

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Roman Catholic Primary Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 7

On Saturday afternoon the prizes gained by the Catholic primary scholars were presented at St. Mary's. Among those present were his Excellency Sir Gerald Strickland, Dr…

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Catholic Primary Schools. Distribution of Certificates. Speech by the State Governor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 3

The annual distribution of certificates in connection with the Catholic primary schools of the Archdiocese of Sydney, took place in the Chapter Hall at St. Mary's, on Saturday…

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Mosman Methodist Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

The new Methodist church at Mosman, which was opened on Saturday, is the second of a number of religious buildings in the northern suburbs to be completed this year. It…

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Buildings and Works. Progress of the Trades. New Methodist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 7

The new Methodist Church at Mosman, which was opened on Saturday, is in the Romanesque style of architeeture, and is built principally of brick, with cement…

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"King of the Mountains." Explorer's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 9

It has been decided by the Lands Department to perpetuate the name of Barrallier on the map of New South Wales. A charming anecdote is told in the historical…

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Not Our Business. Christian Church Fails. Clergyman's Plain Speaking

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

Preaching at the Redfern Congregational Church on Sunday night on the subject of the Church in relation to social problems, the Rev. E. L. Coulter said that the Church had…

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New Papal Delegate. to Arrive on Monday. Stir in Church Circles

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 5

Monsignor Cerretti, the Papal Delegate to Australia, will arrive in Sydney by the Ventura on Monday. The cathedral authorities were unaware that he was a passenger by…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 49

Alter a strenuous year's work, the Rev. R. J. "Williams, of the Central Methodist Mission. is seeking rest and recuperation in the. country…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 48

Under this heading, sermons, by eminent, preachers are published in this widely-circulatedw paper in, order that In the remote Interior, where there are no churches,and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 24

Monsignor Brophy has been appointed chaplain of the Dubbo gaol. His Grace Archbishop to [?] and open the…

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