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Churches, 1920

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The Lenten Indult for 1920 General Law of the Church Abstinence and Fasting

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 35

In accordance with the recent legislation of the Church, and by virtue of the Apostolic Indult dated September 20, 1913, the following regulations with…

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Churchill's Mad Adventure. Insulting the "League of Nations" Ideal

The Australian Worker · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 17

Mr. Churchill pursues his mad adventure as though he were Emperor of the British Isles, pacifying us with a pledge, and delighting his militarist and…

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Unprotected Houses Police Warn Public Church Entered and Robbed

The Sun · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 7

Thieves are operating so successfully at present in the city and suburbs as to cause the police to appeal to the public to protect their property…

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Sunday Sport Anglican Synod's Attitude A Critical Correspondent

The Sun · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 6

Mr. James Pollock, Corunna-road, Stanmore, has his doubts:--In a resolution carried at the Anglican Synod the secuiarisation of…

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Methodist Missionary Operations. Problems of the Pacific. a £10,000 Bequest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

The official report of the Australasian Methodist Mission Board, issued yesterday, mentions that a largo bequest, totalling possibly £10,000, had been left by the into Mr. Jasper Williams,…

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The Church and Three-penny Bits

The Propeller · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

In referring to the salaries of the clergy the "Hurstville Church News" says:--"The Parsons' Union is not yet evolved, and the threepenny bits…

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Extract From Report of the Bullitt Mission

The International Socialist · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 3

"Morals.—Prostitutes have disappeared from sight, the economic reasons for their career having ceased. Family life has been absolutely unchanged by the revolution I have never heard more genuinely mirthful laughter than when I told Lenin, Tchitcherin and Litvinov that much…

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An Old Methodist Centre. Yass and Wattle Park

The Methodist · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 3

It may be presumed that, after a ministry of 52 years, there are hot many places in one's native State that he has not visited. But a few days recently spent in Yass and neighbourhood gave me the…

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A Methodist Re-union. Unveiling of the Memorial Stone of the George Smith Memorial Hall, Paddington

The Methodist · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 3

A bright day and a day of historic happenings added interest to this function, which, in its own way, was historic to Paddington church members. The Superintendent of the Circuit (Senior Chaplain Green, C.M.G.)…

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Proposed Union of Churches. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 10

Sir,—If it is proposed to take a vote of the members and adherents of the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches on the subject of the…

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Church Co-operation. the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America

The Methodist · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 8

Perhaps the greatest and most significant religious movement in the United States at the present moment is the Federation under the above title, of…

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Presbyterianism and Church Union

The Methodist · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 7

IN A RECENT NUMBER of "The Messenger" (the organ of the Presbyterian Church) the editor discussed some Church Problems in the current year. Referring to the question of Church Union, the…

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The Churches. A.b.m. in Difficulties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 7

Notwithstanding that the policy of the Australian Board of Missions has been to keep pace as far as possible with the growing, demands of its extensive field, which has been…

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Pitt-street Church Recitals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 14

The midday organ recitals will be resumed in the Pitt-street Congregational Church by Miss Lilian Frost on Wednesday, March 3. An attractive programme will include the Prelude and Fugue in D major (Bach),…

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New Church at Wentworthville

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1920 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon a new church, the funds for the erection of which were raised chiefly by the efforts of Mr. Parrott, a local catechist, was opened at…

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The Churches St. Andrew's Cathedral

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1920 · page 5

Canon Goddard, rector of All Saints, Petersham, will preach at the Cathedral this morning, when the choir will sing Farrant's anthem, Lord, for Thy Tender…

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Church and the Worker Young

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1920 · page 2

An interesting controversy is taking place here with regard to the attitude of the clergy to industrial unrest and the betterment of industrial conditions…

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Mr. O'grady's Mission. London, February 18

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 5

The Australian Press Association learns that the report that Mr. O'Grady, M.P., is negotiating for peace terms with Litvinoff is untrue. His mission is solely concerned with the…

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New Catholic Buildings £45,000 Spent in Tea Years GOULBURN

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 4

Speaking at a Catholic function opened by the Mayor of Goulburn Ablerman E. Rogers i aid of the building fund for St. Joseph's Noviliate North Goulburn…

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Theft From Church

The Sun · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 5

A suit case containing a silk coat, handkerchiefs, and stockings, valued at £5, was stolon from the porch of the St. Albans Church, Regent street…

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