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Churches, 1926

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Methodist Fete

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

A good many people are disappointed that Kelleway cannot go to England, but he and his wife, and admirers can all come to tho Methodist Fete opening…

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Conference Foreign Mission Demonstration

The Methodist · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

The Conference Foreign Mission Demonstration will be held in tho Lyceum Hall, Pitt Street, Sydney, on Thursday, 25th February, at 7 p.m. Mr. W. J. Kitto, Deputy-Potettnaster-General, will preside…

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Seamen's Troubles Johnson's Mission Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 8

Mr. J. Johnson declared to-day that he had no desire to be president of the Seamen's Union. He added that a meeting was to be…

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Methodist Men The Old Bugged Cross

The Methodist · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 15

The evening was very close and oppressive indoors, though a cool welcome southerly had toned down…

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Mission Properties Seized in China Peking, February 5

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

The Anglo-Chinese College at Swatow, belonging to the English Presbyterian Mission, has been evacuated by the mission authorities, whom…

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Church of England

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

C. of E. services for this Sunday are: St. Marys 8, 11, and 7,30; Rooty Hill, 11; Liandilo 3; Erskine Park 3.15. C. of E. Harvest Festival services…

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Bridal Churches

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 3

From Lionel Lindsay's beautiful aeries of drawings of Sydney's churches, the "Evening News" has prepared a…

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The Churches

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 8

Rev. Professor A. E. Albiston will preach in the Lindfield Methodist Church to-morrow morning, and in the Lyceum Hall at night. He is on his annual visit…

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America's Church in Paris. A Seven-year Task

The World's News · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 19

There is to be a new American Church built in the heart of old Paris, on the Quai d'Orsay. It is just over half a century since the first…

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The Church at Home. the Problem of Rapid Expansion and Shortage of Manpower

The Methodist · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

When twelve or fourteen years ago the present writer was stationed in the Riverina district, it happened that at more than one Synod gathering there were anxious and intense discussions concerning the…

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The Churches. Gordon Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 9

On Thursday, evening the Rev. W. E. Northey, L.Th., was Inducted to the pastorate of the Gordon Congregational Church. He has had a successful scholastic and athletic career,…

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Embezzlement. Church Secretary Charged. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 16

Thomas Rowland Wilkinson, of Rosetteld, near Adelaide, was charged at the Adelaide Police Court to-day with having on September 19 and 23 last embozzied two sums or £100…

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Church Notes Magnificent Chalice St. Michael's Chapel

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 8

Contributions of gold and jewellery from church members in the diocese of Newcastle (N.S.W.) have been transformed by the art of Mr. William…

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Church Dedications Bowral

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 8

The Ven. Archdeacon D'Arcy Irvine visited St. Simon and St. Jude's Church, and dedicated a stained glass window to the memory of the late Frederick Allen…

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The Church of England 138th Anniversary First Service in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

To-morrow, the first Sunday in February, will be the 138th anniversary of the beginning of the Church of England in this country…

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The Catholic Guild

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 16

Bro. Bart Hines, father of Bro. Leo Hines, P.W.G., who has been for years in the Railway Department, latterly in the signal box at Granville, has retired…

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First Service Church Anniversary

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 5

To-day is being celebrated as the 138th anniverary of the first Christian service held in Australia, and it will he fittingly…

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Church and Democracy

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 17

THE Christian Church was founded by a carpenter.. Its first…

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235-Year-old Pipe Discovery in Church

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 3

A tobacco pipe, estimated to be about 235 years old, has been found in the tower of St. Mary Somerset, in the City of London, which is the only…

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Wordy War of "Wet" & "Dry" in U.S. Congress Church's View Has Members Guessing Washington

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 1

THE EPISCOPAL Prohibition referendum has precipitated one of the greatest sensations since the Volstead Law was…

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