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Churches, 1920

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The Churches. Empire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 7

As to-morrow, Whit Sunday, will be the day before Empire Day, Archdeacon Canca d'Arcy Irvine, V.G., as commissary for the Archbishop of Sydney, has acceded…

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Church Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 7

The proposed union of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational churches has been greatly stimulated by the presence of many representatives of churches in other…

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Empire Day. Schools and Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 10

Monday will be Empire Day. This year the occasion will be one chiefly to be remembered by the school children, for whom appropriate historical addresses have been arranged during…

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New Methodist Sunday School

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 May 1920 · page 5

New Mission premises are being erected by the Central Methodist Mission near the Redfern Railway Stand and will be, when completed, the largest…

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The Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 May 1920 · page 5

General Booth is being received in Australia as whole-heartedly as was his illustrious father. And he deserves it all. The Salvation Army is an organisation…

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Protestant Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 May 1920 · page 9

Lattey Day Saints beat All Souls 4-1. Stanmore Presbyterian beat Lakemba Methodist 3-1 Amstens F.C. beat St. Aidan's 11-0…

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Mission and Kindergarten Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 3

Mr. R. R. Somerville, superintendent of Methodist Sunday schools, officially opened, on Saturday afternoon,in the presence of, a large gathering, a new mission Sunday-school and…

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Sinn Fein Minimum Government Feelers The Church Grows Alarmed LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 1

The "Sunday Times" says that indirect negotiations are proceeding between the Government and Sinn Fein The former, it is asserted os…

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Church Jubilee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 9

Spectal services yesterday marked the commencement of the four days' celebrations of the jubilee of the Congregational Church at Parramatta. To-night there is to be a raily…

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Syrian Church. Foundation Stone Laid. Relations with Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 7

The foundation-stone of St. George's Syrian Orthodox Church, to be built at the corner of Redfern and Walker streets. Redfern, was laid yesterday afternoon by the Ven…

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In the Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 6

A special civic service for Empire Day was held at St. Mark's, Darling Point, last night. His Excellency the Governor and Dame Margaret Davidson attended the service, the…

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Church and Children. Bishop Long's View

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 3

A definition of the Church's duty was given by the Bishop of Bathurst (Dr. Long), in an address on Saturday afternoon, at the laying of the foundation stone of a soldiers' memorial…

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Empire Day. Yesterday's Church Services. Pleas for Unity

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 5

In a great many of the churches in the metropolitan area yesterday reference was made in one form or another to Empire Day. In many churches special sermons,…

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Wool Profits. Mr. Watts Mission

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. Watt has had preliminary conversations with Mr. Austen Chamberlain in respect to the Commonwealth's indebtedness to the British…

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The Centenary Church Parramatta North. an Impressionist Sketch

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 1

Mr. H. Bird's excellent picture of that Centenary Church, North Parramatta, as reproduced in last Saturday's "Argus," give a splendid representation of the…

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Some Old and Historic Sydney Churches

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 11

This article (by M. D. McLaurin) shows that pride of place as the oldest Sydney church belongs to St. James's, with the severely picturesque Scots Church as a good second, while St. Philip's, though…

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Home of the True Cross Church With Priceless Relics The Irish College at Rome Raising the Union Jack ROME, February 26

The Sun · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 6

As St. Peter's is the greatest church in Rome, and St. John. Lateran is the first, so is San Croce in Gerusalemme the richest in…

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Appeal for Rain. Churches at Prayer. Large United Services

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 9

Prayers for rain were offered up at a united service held yesterday at mid-day at the Congregational Church, Pitt Street. The attendance was very large, both at the first service,…

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Penshurst Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 34

Masses: Penshurst, 7.15 and 9.15. Cronulla, 8 o'clock. Sutherland, 9.30 o'clock. Evening devotions, Penshurst, 7.30 o'clock…

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Bulli Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 38

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 clays at 7.30. On the second and…

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