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Churches, 1921

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Presbyterian Anniversary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 2

The 37th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church, Granville, was celebrated last Sunday by the holding of special services. The pulpit, communion table and honor…

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Bourke Street Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 1

WHEN we started writing the above note it was with the thought of Bourke Street in our mind, but our pen swerved in another direction. We have happy recollections of the…

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Circuit & Connexional Methodist Men

The Methodist · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 4

The weekly meeting for men is held in the Assembly Room, second floor, Y. M. C. A., Pitt Street, every Thursday evening, between 6. 45 p. m. and 8. 30 p. m. This is a meeting for…

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First in New Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 4

The first marriage ceremony in the new Congregational Church, Lidcombe was performed immediately after the dedication service last Saturday afternoon…

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Church News Anglian

Evening News · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 8

Archbishop Wright wil preach in St. Andrew's Cathedral to-morrow morning, and the Dean of Sydney in the evening. A sale of work in aid of the Girls'…

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Our Church in the City

The Methodist · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 1

MANY times the protest has been made, both in the Conference and in the press, as to our representation as a church in the city. One minister, years ago, spoke of a certain…

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The Churches. Opportunity and Duty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 5

The need for a large diocesan fund to carry on church extension is emphasised by Archbishop Wright in a pastoral letter. "On all sides the day of spiritual opportunity calls…

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Church Steeple. Made Secure

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 12

The Rev. W. M'Donald, minister of St. George's Free Presbyterian Church in Castle reagh-street, announced yesterday that the damage to the steeple of the church as a…

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"Bur-r-r-rnside" Blackwood Home Opened Presbyterian Philanthropy

The Sun · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 2

"I'm vera' prood o' th' Bur-r-mslde Hames, because I'm a Scot mysel'. Th' Blackwoods, th' Hamiltons, an' th' Davidsons--they're vera weel known…

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Held to Ransom Catholic Priest Kidnapped Aeroplanes Searching Vancouver, August 5

The Sun · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 1

A message from San Francisco says that Father Patrick Heslin, a well-known Roman Catholic priest, disappeared on Wednesday. This morning…

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CHURCHES Rev. J. Morris Taylor, Mathematician, Cricketer, Strong Man Father of J. M. Taylor of Australian Xi

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 11

The Rev. J. Morris Taylor, secretary of the Methodist Sustentation Fund and the Home Missionary Society, has to his hobby his work. When he was a…

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"Ethical" Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 27

An interesting marriage ceremony took place in the Ethical Church, Bayswatsr, England. It was the wedding of Mr. Cuthbert Harry Clark, a member of the…

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Protestant Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 10

A Grade.-St. Aldan's beat Latter Day Saints 2d, Austen's F.C. beat Chalmer's (City) 2-1, All Souls' A beat Alexandria Mi[?] 3-2 Willooghby St. Stephen's heat Bahnain Presbyterian 5-0…

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Crotchets Quavers Music In the Church

The Sun · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 21

Speaking at the first annual dinner of the Catholic Guild of Organis[?]s, in New York, Mr. George Gartlan, Supervisor of Music in the Public Schools of…

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Church and Stage The Singing Parson

The Sun · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 21

The singing parson--the Rev. F. W. Gorman--is in Sydney again. He originally came to Australia under 26 weeks engagement to the Fuller firm,…

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Church at Northbridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 10

The Dean of Sydney, the Very Rev. A. E. Talbot, on Saturday afternoon laid the foundation-stone of a mission church which is about to be erected at Sailor Bay-road,…

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Church Social Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 10

The Rev. G. S. Richmond, organiser and secretary of the Church Social Campaign, writes to say that the name of the organisation has been changed to the Warriors' Friend…

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Church and Unemployed Ministers Face Problem

Evening News · Tuesday 9 August 1921 · page 5

In the present unemployed [?] in the city the churches and themselves face to face with a stern problem. To demonstrate the [?] who…

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Afghan Mission London, August 9

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 7

The Afghan Mission has reached London. The Australian Press Association learns that the prospects of the completion of the treaty are brighter, consequent upon the Greek victories…

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Afghan Mission. London, Aug. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 11

The Afghan Mission has reached London. The Australian Press Association learns that prospects of the completion of the treaty are brighter consequent on the Greek…

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