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Churches, 1915

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Anti-catholic Lecturer. Receives Well-deserved Sentence

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 37

Francis Geo. Widdows (64), the notorious anti-Catholic lecturer, described as the pastor of a Hackney mission hall, was on Tuesday, 17th December, convicted at the…

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The Roman Catholic Claims. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 2

Sir,—The atmosphere over the immense field where Roman Catholic bishops and their adherents are contending for State aid to Roman Catholic schools, and for the…

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Central Queensland The Catholic Mayor of Rockhampton

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 26

Aldermen William Farrell's Mayoral term of office has been a very active one in all departments. The estimates of works have been carried out in almost their entirety,…

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Catholic Federation Gazette: Notes and News Belgium—The Pearl of Catholic Social Work. England Discovers the True Belgium

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 16

Belgium is a word that works like a charm wherever the English language is spoken. We might alter Shakespeare's expression, and say that 12 months ago "there…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press."

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 42

Perhaps it is because of the return to the old order of things, the going back to school of all the little playmates, that the children's letter-bag has not been so full this…

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British Mission to the Pope. a Protest. Sir Edward Grey and the Protestant ALLlANCE

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 34

Mr. Henry Fowler, the secretary of the English Protestant Alliance, has issued to the press copies of letters which he has addressed to the Foreign Secretary, first…

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Wiping the Dish. Notes of a Sermon Preached in the Newtown Congregational Church by the Rev. J. J. WILUNGS G.C., L.O.I.

Watchman · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 5

"And I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down."—II. Kings, xxi:13. In the days of Manasseli, Jerusalem was…

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Belgium Before and After the War. Revl A. Wellkslky Frater, M.A., in the "Engish Churchman."

Watchman · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 5

Generally speaking, the history of Belgium is not well known to English people. How many are there, for example, who know of its glorious past? That in the…

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Church Destruction by Germans

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 10

A "Times" correspondent in France in a recent issue writes as follows:-The wide ruin of war (in the Champagne district) is seen at its worst at Charleville, a town about…

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The Churches. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 8

At the Armidale Presbyterian Church last night the Rev. H. S. Buntine, who has just returned "from a trip to Europe, was tendered a welcome home, Mr. J. M. Mordonald,…

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Gossip the Parish of Deptford. Chapter I.

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 3

A little while ago the name of Deptford was on the lips of all men, because the Deptford mob had stormed the shops of German people, had wrecked them and looted them, and made havoc of all that was to be smashed or destroyed. And I saw that mob,…

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Presbyterian Action. Petition for Peace. Vancouver

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 1

The executive committee of the Western Alliance Presbyterians at Cincinatti has discussed the influence of the European war and the good and bad effects upon the spread of…

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Church Attendances

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 8

H. S. S. writes:— Continuously our pleasure-loving and "backsliding" citisess are being calles to account for their apparent forgetfulness to attend a…

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New Church Hall

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 11

There was a large gathering at St. Clement's Anglican School Hall, Mosman, yesterday afternoon, when the building was opened by the Rev. Archdeacon D'Arcy Irvine, and Mrs…

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Religious. Methodist Mission Finance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 19

The annual meetings of the Methodist Mission Board were concluded on Monday afternoon, after five days' sittings. A good deal of the time was occupied in the consideration of the…

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Presbyterian Anniversary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 2

The anniversary of the Auburn Presbyterian Church was celebrated on Sunday by special services, at all of which good congregations were present. The Rev…

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Methodist Garden Fete

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 4

At the Methodist Garden Fete to be held on Tuesday, February 23, a wristlet watch will be awarded as a prize for the best six scones (Aunt…

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The Methodist Parsonage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 5

Mr. H. E. Wearne of Railway-street, Liverpool, is the successful tenderer for the erection of the new Methodist Parsonage in George-street, Liverpool, on…

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The Methodist Excursion

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 6

A lovely day the children of the Parramatta Methodist Sunday schools had on Thursday for their annual down-the-harbour excursion to Clifton Gardens…

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Mission to Australian Aborigines

The Methodist · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 7

ONE of the subjects discussed at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Missions was the proposed establishment of a mission to the aborigines of Northern Australia. The General Conference of 1913 decided to…

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