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Churches, 1916

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Methodist Ministers and the War

Evening News · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

The following list will show to what extent the call to military service in [?] the war has effected the [?] of the Methodist ministry in New South Wales:—…

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Guest of Shipowners. Mr. Hughes' Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Hughes hopes to satisfactorily adjust the slight remaining differences between the producers and smelters this work. He has continued the wheat, metals,…

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Chinese Churchgoers. Do Not Look at the Clock. Interesting Experiences Inland

Evening News · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 5

An interesting story of Inland China was told on board the E. and A. mall steamer Eastern at Circular Quay this morning by the Rev. Reuben Balley and Mrs. Balley, missionaries, who…

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The Church and the War. Congregational Union. Presidential Address. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 10

At the sittings of the Congregational Union in Brisbane to day the Rev. Dr. Roseby, F.R.A.S., delivered his presidential address, taking for his subject. The Great War: Some…

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Methodist Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 6

An Empire service will be held in the Penrith Methodist Church on Sunday morning, when the scouts and members of the cadets will attend. The ordinary…

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Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 2

A fortnight's mission commenced at St. Joachim's Catholic Church, Lidcombe, on Sunday. On account of the limited seating accommodation, it was decided that…

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Methodist Anniversary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 6

The proceedings in connection with the anniversary-the 94th-of the Macquarie-street Methodist Sunday-school were very interesting, and enjoyable. There were…

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Religious. Anglican Diocesan Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 19

Archbishop Wright will preside over the annual Synod of the Anglican Dioceses of Sydney at the I.O.O.F. Temple, Elizabeth Street, near Liverpool Street, on Tuesday, May 30. The…

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South Sydney Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 8

South Sydney was constituted a mission area by Conference some years ago, and comprises the Wesley, Pyrmont, Darlington, Botany St., Waterloo, Alexandria, Mt. Lachlan, and Cleveland St. Churches,…

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The Methodist "Rosary."

The Methodist · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 7

SOME time ago we announced that the Chaplaincy Committee had obtained from England a large supply of the pocket service book issued by the Methodist Book Room, London, and colloquially known…

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Clergy and War Service. Judgment of Anglican Bishops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 18
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At the informal conference of 14 Anglican Archbishops and Bishops held this week at Sydney, under the presidency of the Prima[?] careful consideration was given to the…

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Mems. From Our Missions. Bourke Street Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 8

The new Superintendent, Rev. Harry Price, com-menced his ministry, Sunday, 16th April, and was, with Mrs. Price, welcomed at a social gathering in the school hall the following Wednesday night. At the…

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Methodist Experienge—and Some Religious Ideals. An Address Delivered on Commencement Day, Leigh College, May 3rd, 1916. (Concluded from last issue.)

The Methodist · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 3

Turn to the doctrinal standards by which our can-didates for the ministry are tested and to which our preachers each year assent, and you will find in those 53 sermons of Wesley and in his Notes on the…

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Is the Church too Busy to do Her Chief Business ? EARLY ADOLESCENCE—Part I.

The Methodist · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

Between the quiet unfolding of childhood and the full development of maturity, there lies a period so fraught with danger and so full of opportunity, that it is rightly considered life's crisis. A mistake at…

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The Most Ancient Church in the World

The Methodist · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 9

I had an opportunity to-day such as I have long wished for, to be present at a service in a Coptic Church. This church being the most ancient Christian Church…

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The Churches. Retuenlng to Simplicity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 8

"There is, I see quite clearly," said the Rev. W. Major Scott, preaching in London last month, "a very genuine movement in the direction of a return to a primitise simplicity…

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Took a Long Time to Decide Church and Raging

The Sun · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

A pamphlet issued by the Redfern Congregational Church says;--"Following the recent lead of the Governor General, Sir Henry Galway, Governor of South Australia, has…

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Central' Methodist Mission

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 May 1916 · page 16

At 3 o'clock this afternoon, Miss Helen Barnes, M.A., National Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. for Australia, will speak on "The Obligations of To-day to the Girl of To-day."…

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Church of England Mission

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 May 1916 · page 7

Matters are progressing satisfactorily in connection with the General Mission of the Church of England, which will be held in October and November. The Home Missionary Society has…

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