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Churches, 1915

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The Church Triumphant Mr. John Turner

The Methodist · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 11

The late John Turner, of Wallerawang, was born at Chesterton, North Staffordshire, England, on May 31st, 1862; and was the eldest, sou of George and Anne…

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The Church's Opportunity

The Methodist · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 7

AS stated in a note in this column in last week's issue, we are not carried away by any ecstatic visions of the millennium as the prospective result of the war. The gain has been great in many…

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Church Parade

The St George Call · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 5

A Church Parade will be held at St. Paul's Church, to-morrow, 25th inst., when it is expected that a large number of soldiers of the district will be…

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The Church and Drink

The Sun · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 3

The letter of Canon Boyce in your journal will be to most thinking minds replete with truth, fact, and eternal good. Now, as a great wave of reform in respect to our…

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War and Churches. the Spiritual Awakening Not Yet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 8

"When the people of this community hear the rustling of the wings of the Angel of Death in their dreams, as it were, and tidings of the sudden snapping in the battle line of one of the…

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The Churches. Student Christian Movement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 8

Nothing has of late years affected the life of the Church more than the student. Christian movement. It was started in Australia in 1896 as a result of the visit of Dr. John…

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An Historic Church. St. Matthews, Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 8

One of the most celebrated of our early churches is undoubtedly St. Matthew's. Windsor, whose associations are closely linked with every chapter of Australian history, writes…

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Proposed Church Raid

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 6

It is to be hoped that not before the Rector of St. John's comes back will the now foreshadowed raid be made upon the "glebe" funds of the old historic…

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Church Services

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 11

Notices under this heading are inserted free, but appointments must reach-us by Thursday morning. Church, of England.—St. John's…

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New R.C. Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 4

Plans and specifications are out for the erection of the above at Rooty Hill. Tenders close on 3rd May, 1915…

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St. Stephen's church

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 3

The annual meeting of the above church will be held on Monday next, at 8 p.m., in the school-hall. It is expected that the reports read will…

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Central Methodist Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1915 · page 7

At the Lyceum Hall yesterday the Rey. S. J. Hoban, the new superintendent of the Central Methodist Mission, preached twice. Mr. Hoban, who comes from Victoria,…

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Trouble in the Church of England

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1915 · page 11

LONDON March 12.—Apparently there is a danger of a very serious quarrel over ritual practices developing within the national Church, Concerning the question of the use of certain…

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Church Militant

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 4

Last week a message from Bathurst told us that Bishop Long had become a member of the local rifle club and was going through the musketery…

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Church Missionary Association

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 9

The annual demonstration of the Church Missionary Association will be held to–day. The Bishop of Newcastle will preach at a service at St. Andrew's Cathedral at -4.30 p.m. At 7.45…

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Wanton Killing. German Submarine Prisoners. Placed in Distinct Category Mr. Churchill's Announcement. London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 1

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Churchill), replying to questions in the Home of Commons regarding the treatment of German prisoners, said that no special conditions…

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Professional Rowing Revives As Amateur Season Ends Sydney Schools' Eight-oar Race Felton and Towns Matched Among the Amateurs N.S.W. Great Public Schools' Eight-oar Race is Won by Church of England Grammar School a Disappointing Test

Referee · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 10

Although the weather conditions were very unfavorable on wednesday last, the eight-oar championship of the Great Public Schools provided one of the [?] contests ever seen on…

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Church Missionary. the Lesson of the War

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 15

The ninetieth annual demonstration of the Church Missionary Association was commenced yesterday. In the arternoon Bishop Stretch, of Newcastle, preached in St. Andrew's Cathedral…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 49

Rev. A. T. Newton, of Gulgong, has arrived in Culcairn, in succession to Rev. John Bowran, as minister in charge of the Methodist Circuit…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 April 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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