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Churches, 1917

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The Church—a Reason for Labor's Setback

The Australian Worker · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 19

Dear Worker,— Many reasons are being advanced to account for the Labor Movement's setback at the recent elections, and in my…

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Kings in Exile: Where Will Nicholas of Russia and Constantine of Greece Rest Their Heads? Paris no Longer a Sanctuary for Monarchs Without a Throne. The Untouched Crucifix. The Catholic Background of the War

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 3

Paris was formerly the home par excellence of rulers who had voluntarily, or involuntarily, abandoned their thrones, a fact emphasised by Alphonse Daudet in his rather Michael MacDonagh writes in the "Irish Ecclesiastical Record" on "The Catholic Background of the War." He produces instance after instance in…

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The Win-the-War Party Mr. Holman's Creat Mission to London. the Hurry-up Statesman

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 1

Having an uneasy feeling in his mind that the war was dragging on more slowly than it need, and hearing, ever ringing in his cars, the Empire's clanior for…

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Religion of Fighters Figures of the A.I.F. Church of England's Big Lead MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 5

Relating to the religions of members of the Australian Imperial Force, Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, stated to-day that statistics have been worked out…

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The Junee Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 2

The Junee Church, believing that the problem of the decay of evangelical fire might be in some measure solved by circuit ministers themselves, has just put its faith to the test by holding a mission for a period…

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Annual Presbyterian Concert

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 2

That particularly sociable and harmonious Function the annual concert, in connection with the augmentation of the Presbyterian Church funds, will…

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Pastoral Address of the General Conference of 1917 Methodist Church of Australasia. to the Members and Adherents of the Methodist Church of Australasia

The Methodist · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 1

Beloved Brethren,—From our General Conference held in Melbourne we tender you our most cordial greetings and fervent affection, who are "our joy and our crown." As your representatives, for whom prayer has…

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The Church at Home. Pages from the Diary of the Home Mission Secretary. The Rivers of the North

The Methodist · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 10

Some twelve years or more had passed since I first became acquainted with the series of rivers on the North Coast, to which the deputation plan, arranged for…

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The World of Books "My Friends: A Study in Personal Relations," by H. T. Burgess, LL.D. (Kelly), Methodist Book Depot, 6d., p. 7d

The Methodist · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 9

By some who read this notice the name of the author will be recognised as that of an aged and gifted minister of our Church, the Rev. Dr. Burgess, of South…

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Church Triumphant Mr. George Henry House

The Methodist · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 11

The Lithgow Circuit has suffered a great loss in the decease of its oldest local preacher, Mr. George Henry House. Mr. House was a most remarkable man in many…

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The Churches. an Australian Pastor's Success

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 8

An historical sketch of the Wood-street Congregational Church, Cardiff, together with some interesting details of the work and personality of its pastor, the Rev. Lionel…

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The Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 June 1917 · page 21

The Archbishop will preach this morning at St. Andrew's Cathedral, and the choir will sine Woodward's well-known anthem, The Sun Shall Be No More. The Dean is to occupy…

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Concord Parish Hall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 June 1917 · page 7

Rev. T. Barlow, parish priest of Concord, presided over a large gathering in the newly-erected Parish Hall, Parramatta Road, Concord, yesterday afternoon, when the ceremony…

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American Aims. Restoration Question. Italian Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 June 1917 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday. -- In welcoming the Italian Mission to America, Dr. Butler, President of Columbia University, said that America must insist on such annexations as the…

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Breaking Into a Church Five Years' Gaol

The Sun · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 4

At 3 o'clock in the morning of May 23 last John Anderson, a middle-aged man, was found under a seat in the Baptist Church, Bathurst-street, Sydney…

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British Politics. Lord Northcliffe's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 11

Mr. Charles Grasty, New York "Times" special correspondent in London, says: "England is nearer a Government crisis than at any time since Mr. Asquith left office, owing…

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Slept in the Church. Five Years' Penal Servitude

Evening News · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 4

At the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday, John Anderson pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with sacrilege. The case for the Crown was that on May [?]…

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Church Ministers' Convention

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 11

A meeting of about 300 ministers, representing the Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, and Congregational Churches in Sydney and suburbs, was held at the…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Docker and juries.) Mr. H. Harris, for the Crown. Found in a Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 7

John Anderson pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with sacrllege. The Crown case was that Anderson broke and entered the Baptist Church in Bathurst-street,…

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Church Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 8

A conference of ministers of the Protestant Churches was opened in Sydney at the Chapter House, St. Andrew-'s Cathedral, yesterday. Three hundred clergymen, representing the…

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