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Churches, 1918

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Balmain Central Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 11

We are just concluding a very happy and and prosperous year's work at the Balmain Mission, and are now, with grateful hearts, completing the arrangements for…

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City Mission Home, Cronulla

The St George Call · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 5

On Easter Monday, a home at which twenty poor children of the districts controlled by the Sydney City Mission will in turn spend a fortnight's holiday,…

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Roman Catholic Prelates and the War

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 6

The most persistent feature in reported utterances of Roman Catholic prelates is the predominance of…

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Rapid Promotion. Special Mission for Rev. J. H. Sorrell, M.c

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 6

Since he exchanged the clerical garb for that of a soldier, Rev. J. H. Sorrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Sorrell, Ferro Street, Lithgow, has been marked out for special…

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Call to Prayer. Action by the Churches

Evening News · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 3

[?] assistance to the [?] now engaged in [?] Western front,a [?] on behalf of the…

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Canadians Leaving Building Used as Church

The World's News · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 16

In many of the destroyed, or practically destroyed, villages in the battle area on the Western front past which the tide of victory has surged, buildings are used by ehaplains as churches and chapels. Some, indeed, are on the verge of ground where fighting is still going on, within a walk of the trenehes, as in the case of that whieh the soldiers seen in the illustration are just leaving to take their plaee on the fire-step,…

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Church Triumphant

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 11

By the death of Mrs. Bryson, the Methodist Church loses one of the oldest members on the North Shore line. Sarah Gregory Ball was born in England, but…

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A New Voice on Church Union

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 7

IN the "S.M. Herald" of Friday last (Good Friday) an able and striking article appeared under the initial "R." on the subject of "National Religion." The article is a useful contribution to the…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 7

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Wright, will visit the Mountains during the week-end and to-morrow he will preach, at Katoomba in the morning and evening…

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The Mission of the Stage Miss Emelie Polini's View

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1918 · page 14

Miss Emelie Polini, J. and N. Tait's new leading lady, who opens in Sydney on April 27 in De Luxe Annie, is a young lady whose ideals of the mission of the stage have not…

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The Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1918 · page 16

Miss Jennie Taylor, who has been the hon. secretary of the St. Barnabas' (Waverley) Girls' Bible Class for many years, has resigned. She was not only an able Bible instructor, but her…

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[?] Easter Day at Christ Church

The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1918 · page 11

A large congregation was present at Christ Church, St. Laurence, last Sunday morning, when the music and ceremonial of the high celebration were elaborate and…

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On the Land Modern Methods Needed Mission to America

The Sun · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 3

(Mr. Hay sums up the principal Impressions left upon his mind by his trip to America, and million a valuable conutructive suggestion.) The conclusions forced upon me are that…

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News of the Day From the Four Quarters. the Mystery Gun a Range of Seventy Miles Worshippers Killed in Paris Church

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

The surprise of the war for 1918 has been. the construction by the Germans of a massive gun with a range of seventy miles. The weapon is said to be 70-ft…

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Church News. Items from Various Quarters

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 44

The Rev. Raymond Preston (Methodist) will, as the conclusion of the mission he is ducting in the Camden circuit, go to Dorrigo, on the North Coast…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home. Soul-stirring Stories

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 44

A story is told of Sam Davis, a Confederate scout, who suffered death as a spy in the American Civil War. He was captured and taken to Pulaski, Tennessee, and thrown into gaol…

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Bulli Parish. MASSES

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 45

Mass is celebrated in St. Joseph's Church, Bulli, on the first and third Sunday of each month at 8.30 a.m.; evening devotions on these two days at 7.30. On the second…

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Mission at Parkes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 33

One of the most successful missions yet held in St. Jarlath's Church, Parkes, was brought to a close on last Sunday evening, in the presence of a crowded congregation…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 4

It is estimated that about 16,000 people return every year to the old faith in England. Some interesting totals of English conversions are found in "Converts to…

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Hobart. Labour and Catholic Education

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 37

The State Labour Conference is to assemble here on May 11, and the appointment of delegates thereto is now being considered by branches and affiliated bodies…

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