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Churches, 1915

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Beecroft. Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 8

The reports presented at the annual congregational meeting of the Beecroft and Thornaleigh Presbyterain churches were very satisfactory. The following…

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Religious. the Mission to the Pope

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 23

The British mission to the Pope continues to exercise the thought and fear of a large number (says a writer in the Anglican "Church Record"). The London Council of Protestant…

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At Conference: the Home Mission Secretariat

The Methodist · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 7

WHEN in the year 1908, the Rev. Joseph Woodhouse was elected to the newly created post of Home Missions Secretary, "Rambler" wrote in this column regarding the action of the Conference…

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Home Mission Demonstration. a Great Success

The Methodist · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 11

The popularity of the Home Mission Rally was once more demonstrated by the magnificent audience which packed the Lyceum Hall, on Thursday, 4th,…

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Royal Show the Good Friday Question. Anglican Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 17

We have received a copy of the following resolution of the standing committee of the Synod of the Church of England:—"That the standing committee of the dioceso of Sydney,…

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Methodist Church Of Australasia. New South Wales Conference. Tuesday, March 3rd. Conversation on the Work of God

The Methodist · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 3

Tuesday, March 2nd, was the anniversary of the death of John Wesley, but that the spirit of the great founder of the Church is still alive in it was abundantly shown at the Conference sessions for the…

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Currying Favor. German Mission to Balkans. London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 1

The Kaiser is sending a special mission, headed by Prince Ewedel, to Greece and the Balkan capitals, ostensibly to bestow military decorations, but in reality to counteract the…

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Sunday Afternoon. for the Men at the Front. (A Hymn for Singing in Churches and Chapels.)

The Methodist · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 1

Lord God of Hosts, whose mighty hand Dominion holds on sea and land, In Peace and War Thy Will we see Shaping the larger liberty…

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Ordination Charge. Delivered at the Ordination Service in BourKe Street Church, Sydney, on Tuesday, 9th March, 1915 Ex-President

The Methodist · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 1

"We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake," ii Cor. IV. v.5. My dear. Brethren,…

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The Churches. Duty to the State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 11

Bishop Watts Ditchfield, of Chelmsford, who was one of the chosen speakers at the Islington conference recently held in London, delivered an address on the subject, "The…

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Football. Presbyterian Fellowship Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 11

No competition will be conducted under the auspices of this union this season, practically 96 per ceny. of its personnel having enlisted. Chalmers Church sent ten men, Leichhardt five, and other, in a lesser ratio,…

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St. Aid An's School Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 9

The ceremony of opening and blessing St. Aidan's school church, Maroubra Bay Road, was porformed yesterday by Archbishop Kelly, who was welcomed to the district by Father…

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The Mission of Percy and Others

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

Members of the I.W.W. organisation in Sydney are about to appeal to Mr. George Black, the new Chief Secretary. They say that they want the right of free speech. What they actually desire is permission to make speeches in the streets. Their liveliest complaint is that while the Salvation Army is allowed to bang the drum…

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Anglican Ailments. "Drought, Moth, and Blight." a Clerical Critic. Bathurst

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

The Rev. E. C. Kempe, M.A., who has been president of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd for the past six years, criticised in his farewell address the condition of the…

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Church Missions. a Message to Men

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The twenty-third annual gathering of the Church Missionary Association was celebrated in Melbourne today by a service in the Cathedral, a meeting in…

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Charge Against the Church. Drought, Moth, and Blight."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 8

BATHURST, Tuesday.--"It seems to me that the Church of England in New South Wales is suffering from drought, moth, and blight," remarked Rev. E. C. Kemp, president of the…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 48

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

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 49

The new Methodist minister appointed to Tamworth is the Rev. Mr. Robson. The new Presbyterian Church. Burns Bay-road. Longueville, was opened on the afternoon…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 20

The condition of Right Rev. Monsignor O'-Brien in Lewisham Hospital, we are glad to say, has shown a slight improvement. The Rev. Father Herlihy, of Parramatta,…

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Limerick Medical Mission

Watchman · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 3

For sixteen years this branch of the work of the Irish Church Missions has been endeavouring day by day to give relief to pain and distress of body, and at the…

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