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Churches, 1920

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The Church and Labour

The Methodist · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 2

We have just had our Home Mission deputation amongst us. One naturally, looks forward to this annual visit with a cheery expectation of a mental trip to the Outback punctuated with delightfully human…

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Church Triumphant MRS. J. HARDING

The Methodist · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 10

Forty years ago Mrs. Harding, a native of Durham, England, accompanied her husband to Australia, landing in Melbourne in 1879, where she immediately…

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The Church As Safeguard

The Methodist · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 7

A STRIKING TESTIMONY to the value of the Church has just come to us from an unexpected quarter. The head of the leading Statistical and Financial bureau in America, Roger W. Rabson, recently…

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The Voting on Church Union

The Methodist · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 7

SOME fragmentary figures have been published, in regard to the recent voting on the question of the union of the Presbyterian; Methodist, and Congregational Churches. From the returns thus far published…

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Church Assemblies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 7

Two church assemblies will meet in Sydney next week, namely, the Presbyterian General Assembly of Australia, which will commence at St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, on…

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The Churches. Sunday Observance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 7

Efforts are being made to secure a united stand on the part of all Protestant denominations against the growing laxity in Sunday observance, regarding which the individual…

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The Churches Rev. Harry Arnold, of Sudan

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 September 1920 · page 12

The Rev. Harry Arnold is back on furlough from Sudan, and has an interesting story to tell, though not one creditable to Christian countries. He says…

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Public Baths in a Church

The Sun · Sunday 19 September 1920 · page 13

As cleanliness is next to godliness it is fitting that a church should include the means to the one as well as to the other. This picture shows a crowd waiting their turn to take a dip at the Claremont Congregational Church Mission in Pentonville road, London. The church possesses eight baths, and a charge of 6d is made for water, soap and towel…

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Dull Sermons Unscientific Methods Running Church as a Business

The Sun · Sunday 19 September 1920 · page 3

The churches are mostly empty. Various reasons have been given for this sorry plight. The cause may be the dull, drab, dry-as-dust, dense discourse…

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Senator Millen's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 September 1920 · page 4

According to the explanation made by the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives. Senator Millen goes abroad with some highly-important matters in his custody…

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Prohibition. Roman Catholic Condemnation. Archbishop Duhig's Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 September 1920 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.— An important pronouncement on the question of the prohibition of the liquor traffic, which is shortly to be voted upon by the people of Queensland, has…

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Centenary of Scots Church

Evening News · Monday 20 September 1920 · page 2

At the services last Sunday, reference was made by the Rev. Thomas Tait to the approaching centenary of the Scots Church Church Hill. he intimated that…

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The Scots' Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 September 1920 · page 5

At the services yesterday reference was made by Rev. Thomas Tait to the approaching centenary of the Scots' Church. He Intimated that the office-bearers had under consideration…

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Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 9

The latest figures of the voting in the Presbyterian Church throughout Australia on the question "Do you approve of union with the Methodist and Congregational Churches on the…

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Baptist Church Favors Federation, Not Union

Evening News · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 6

The meetings of the Baptist Union of N.S.W. in connection with they fifty second annual Assembly were continued to-day at the Bathurst-street Church…

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Quaint Church Relic

The Sun · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 8

In an old Norfolk church there is a very curious seat placed in a niche by the door. It is formed by the base of the skull and the first, vertebra of a…

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Friendly Church. Message of New Baptist President

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 6

The week's meetings connected with the annual assembly of the Baptist Union were commenced yesterday. In the afternoon the retiring president, Rev…

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Church Propaganda Anglican Move. Scheme for Australasia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 September 1920 · page 9

Promulgated by the National Council of the Church of England Men's Society, an elaborate scheme is proposed for the organisation at active branches throughout Australasia…

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Senator Millen. Mission Abroad. White Australia and Immigration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 September 1920 · page 10

Senator Millen, who will represent Australia at the Genova Conference of the League of Nations, and will launch a vigorous immigration scheme in Great Britain, was in…

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Opera Romance Mission Hall Singer Married to Wealthy Man

The Sun · Wednesday 22 September 1920 · page 3

Sybil Vane, who was "discovered" 13 years ago singing in a mission Hull, and has since won fame as an opera star, lately returned to her home…

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