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Churches, 1919

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Church for Soldiers

The Propeller · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 2

A garden fete will be held at the residence of Mrs. Foulston, Bridge Street, Hurstville, on Saturday afternoon, in aid of a fund…

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Church Aid Society

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 3

A meeting of members of the Church of England la called for Monday evening in the lower hall of the Chapter House to form a Bush Church Aid Society for Australia and…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. G. Paull. Church Worker and Railway Officer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mr. Charles Paull, formerly Station-master at Darling Harbor, took place on Tuesday, and was largely attended. A service was held at St. Clement's Church,…

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Methodist Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 8

The Methodist Church has made wonderful progress in Epping. The new church hardly affords sufficient room for the increasing congregation, and it will…

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Evangelistic Committee Kyogle Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 10

The Rev. Raymond Preston's mission at Kyogle was much interfered with by wet weather, and those who know what the North Coast roads are like after heavy…

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Mission Steamer John Williams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 18

The steamer John Williams will leave No.4 wharf, Dawes Point, on Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for the Gilbert Islands, taking as passengers the Rev. W. E.and Mrs.Goward.After spending about six weeks…

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Methodist Church Of AUSTRALASIA. Ruling by the President of the Gen. Conference

The Methodist · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 2

The following ruling by the President of the General Conference has been forwarded to us for publication:— AGE QUALIFICATION FOR ELECTION AS CHURCH STEWARD…

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The Shining Way. (A. Handbook for Young People for Use Preparatory to Church Membership.)

The Methodist · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 4

The General Conference of 1917 directed the Young People's, Departments to prepare a suitable handbook for young people, preparatory to Church Membership and for participation in the Sacrament of…

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Church Triumphant Matilda Shepherd

The Methodist · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 11

One of the oldest residents of the Shoal-haven, and one of the few remaining original members of the Methodist Church when it was first made a circuit, passed…

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Church Union in China

The Methodist · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 7

THE FEDERAL COUNCIL of Christian Churches in China is soon to clasp hands with the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. This will be the outcome of six eventful days at Nanking last…

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The Churches. Empire Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 7

The significance of Empire Day, which falls to-day, has been set down as the subject of discourse at most of the churches to-morrow. The Archbishop of Sydney has recommended…

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Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Memorial Sports Ground

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 15

Sydney Church of England Grammer School, with its roll of between 500 and 600, has for years been hard pressed for accommodation in the way of a recreation ground, but the next…

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A Chinese Wedding Reception Held Before the Ceremony, and Bride Arrives Last at Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 May 1919 · page 15

Mudgee was intensely interested in the recent marriage of two of its Chinese citizens. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. J. Dunstan, in St. John's…

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Women Missionaries From New Guinea Tell How Natives Are Trained for Church Work Near Port Moresby

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 May 1919 · page 14

Mission work in New Guinea may not be the hazardous business it once was; but those who undertake it still have to forego many of the comforts of white…

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Mission to Aborigines. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 10

Sir,—Since the white man came to Australia very little has been done for the remnant of the native people who roamed over this continent in bygone years. It cannot be said…

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Churches of To-day "Ever Against Progress" Labor Council View the New Apostles

The Sun · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 4

The half-yearly report of the New South Wales Labor Council, the secretary of which is Mr. Garden, referring to the One Big Union scheme,…

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References in the Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 5

Memories of Queen Victoria were revived by references in many of the churches yesterday to Empire Day, with which her name will ever be associated. The fact that the day this year…

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Remembered His Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 6

GLEN INNES, Monday.--Richard Forrest (76), who was found poorly clad and weak from lack of nourishment in a tent on the town common a short while ago, died at the Glen Innes…

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Inverell Presbyterian Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 14

The congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian' Church, Inverell, has extended a call to the Rev. W. H. Bradley, of Mosman…

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A Man with a Mission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 11

Bill O'Eila: Many strange and eccentric characters are to be met with in the bush and on the roads of outback. Australia, from the lean and hungry-looking…

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