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Churches, 1918

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The Halifax Disaster. Church Property Destroyed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 21

Church properties fared badly in the Halifax explosion. A Canadian paper reports that St. Joseph's parish suffered most severely, as it includes the totally…

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Blue Mountain Churches

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 40

The following order of Masses and devotions will be observed in the Blue Mountain churches. When very wet the evening before or morning of the appointed Mass and…

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Celebrating a Wonderful Event Memorial at St. Patrick's, Church-hill

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 26

This year of grace—1918—will be the celebration of the first centenary of the most wonderful event recorded in the history of the Catholic Church in Australasia—an event…

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"Business Before Church" Ways of Sly-groggers Trapping Returned Soldiers

The Sun · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 5

The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, relating experiences with sly-grog sellers to the Minister for Justice at a deputation from the New South Wales Temperance Alliance…

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Israel's Mission

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 5

Mr. Israel Zangwill, in a message to American Jewry, writes:—"If Judaism is to be a universal religion, it must be universalised, and de-nationalised, and…

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"Do You Mean the Parish Doctor?"

Arrow · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 2

When the late W. G. Grace obtained his one hundredth century, a little matter of 288 against Somerset' during May, 1895—everybody developed effusive enthusiasm. The big…

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The Churches. Methodist Foreign Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Methodist Foreign Mission Board, which was recently held in Sydney, was attended by representatives from all the States…

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Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 13

The annual conference of the Methodist Church in this State will begin next week. The stationing committee will sit from 2 p.m. on Monday. The ministers--according to a new…

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Methodist Garden Fete

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 3

The annual thodist Fete—which as each year passes by, becomes more and popular—was opened In the parsonage grounds on Tuesday The weather was somewhat…

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Catholic Fighters. Minister Criticised

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 11

GULGONG, Friday.--Speaking at a welcome home to Private M. Ryan last night, Rev. Father D. M. O'Reilly said that Catholics had every reason to be proud of the Catholic boys…

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Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia. Report of the Annual Meeting of the Mission Board, February, 1918. Preliminary

The Methodist · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

The Annual Meeting of the Mission Board commenced on Wednesday, 6th February, and continued until the afternoon of Monday, 11th February. The President of the General Conference (Rev. Dr. Carruthers)…

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Papers on Church Union. Ii.—an Object Lesson From America

The Methodist · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 1

AS an illustration of what can be done in the matter of Christian unity, even without infringement of denominational lines, the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America may fitly be quoted. The…

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Correspondence. Church Union. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 8

Sir,—I much appreciate your leading articles on the above question. I cannot understand the reason of such opposition, especially from professing Christians…

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Statistics of the Church

The Methodist · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 7

THE schedules of figures in relation to church membership will be scanned with interest. We are apt to gauge progress or declension by our membership returns, and judged by this standard, there is room for…

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Sir Oliver Lodge and the Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 8

Sir Oliver Lodge, the eminent scientist, whose excursions into the realm of psychic phenomena are well known, has an article on "Facts versus Dogma," in the "Nineteenth…

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Crotchets & Quavers Anglican Music

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1918 · page 19

Reference was recently made in this column to some features of the music in preparation at St. Andrew's Cathedral for the Lenten services. It is well now to indicate…

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The Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1918 · page 20

Mr. J. J. Virgo arrived in Sydney again last week, after a strenuous and successful campaign in the United States. He lias travelled extensively during the past three years…

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French Mission. a Visit to Australia. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 5

The French Government is sending a commission of six members to Australia in May, representing the army, journalism, commerce, and industry, to study Australian resources…

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War Loan. Mr. Watt's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 4

Mr. Watt. Acting-Treasurer of the Commonwealth, has completed his mission to Sydney in connection with war loan finance. He left for Melbourne last night…

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Methodist Conference. Stations—first Reading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 8

Sydney District.—Central Sydney: Samuel J. Hohan, R. C. Oakley; supernumerary, William G. Taylor. South Sydney Mission: Howard H. Nolan, H. W. Woodhouse. Bourke-street Mission: Harry Price,…

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