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Churches, 1917

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The Beauty and Helpfulness of the Hymns We Sing. (A Paper read at a Church social at Dorrigo, N.S.W.)

The Methodist · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 2

There are very few people in the world who do not like hymns. In whatever society we move, high or low, rich or poor, cultured or ignorant, young or old, hymns have their own sacred niche in heart or memory. Our…

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Problem of the City Church

The Methodist · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 9

IN a recent issue of the "Western Christian Advocate" there is an account of how the problem of city Methodism was successfully solved. The case was that of the Broadway Church, Cleveland, U.S.A., a…

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The Churches. United Communion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 7

A united service and communion will be held in the Pitt-street Congregational Church next Friday (Good Friday) at 10.45 a.m., and in which the Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist,…

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New Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 8

A new Church of England is to be opened to-day in Balaclava-road, Eastwood, by the Ven. Archdeacon Davies, of Moore College. The church is to be…

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Eastwood. a Church School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 8

Arrangements have been made by the authorities of St. Philip's, Eastwood, to take over the goodwill of Miss Hartley's College. The pupils are to be taught in…

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Penrith Schools and Churches Past and Present. V.

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 6

St. Stephen's School-hall. If is only of recent years this historic old building claimed the above title. In early days it was better known as St…

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The Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 April 1917 · page 11

These will be services in must Churches of England every night this week (Holy Week). Good Friday will be solemnly observed by worshippers, and Stainer's Crucifixion will be…

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Catholic Institutions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 8

"The time has arrived when due recognition should be given to our Catholic institutions," said Mr. J. Doyle, member-elect for Phillip, in the course of a speech delivered at Lewisham…

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Chaplain Made 450 Germans Surrender Father Thornton's Daring Mission to Hun-infested Wood Secures Glorious Triumph

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 11

Major the Rev., S. A. Thornton, D.S.O., and a senior chaplain to the Forces, has, after a long absence, confided in his parishioners, the villagers of Cadzow, and the part he played in…

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Churches of Christ

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 11

The annual conference of Churches of Christ was opened last evening in the Town Hall by a Bible schools' demonstration. Mr. G. Stimson presided, and Mr. L. W. Baker,…

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Sexual Sin. Duty of Parents. Message to Church People

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 5

The Anglican Archbishops and bishops have issued the following Easter message to the Church "In Australia and Tasmania," on the relation of the Church to the problem of sexual…

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University Mission Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 5

Miss Crosthwalt, of the Bombay Settlement for University Women, is now in Sydney, and will remain till the end of April, then she will visit Melbourne, Adelaide, and possibly…

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Churches of Christ

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 14

A sisters' conference in connection with the annual conference of the Associated Churches of Christ in New South Wales, which is proceeding in Sydney, was held in…

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Church Parade on Board an Australian Transport. Service at Sea

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 20

CHURCH parades at sea are invariably well attended. Apart from the religious aspect, they serve as an agreeable break in the monotony of troopship life, and even men who rarely, if ever, attend church on shore welcome…

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Churches of Christ. Bible Schools' Demonstration

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 5

The annual conference of the Churches of Christ in New South Wales was opened on Monday at the Town Hall with a Bible schools' demonstration. About 1000 children and choir…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 47

Under thin reading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper in [?]der that in the remote interior, where there are no thurches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 48

The Rev. J. C. Kirby, of Adelaide, is spending a few weeks in Sydney. The Rev. G. G. Rix, formerly of Moruya. has been inducted as rector of St. Clement's, Yass…

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Penshurst Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 50

Masses will be celebrated at Penshurst every Sunday at 7.15 and 9.15 o'clock, instead of 8.15 and 10.15. Sutherland every Sunday at 9.30 o'clock…

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Bulli Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 50

Mass is celebrated in St. Joseph's Church, Bulli, on the first and third Sundays of the month at 8.30, and on the second and fourth Sundays at 11…

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Mission at Bathurst

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 26

The mission for men conducted by the Very Rev. Fathers Gleeson and Treacy, of tho Redemptorist Order, opened on last Sunday night week in SS. Michael and John's…

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