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Churches, 1926

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Chevrolet Car for North-west Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 6

On Saturday, 27th February, at the "Yowie" Girls' Hostel Fete in the grounds of Mr. F. H. Stewart, Burwood Road, Burwood, the host will present for himself and Mrs. Stewart to the President,…

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An Epistle From Tonga to the Church at Home. Nukualofa, Tonga, 12th January, 1926. Rev. J. W. Burton, M.A., General Secretary, Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia, Sydney

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

Dear Mr. Burton,— You'll be pleased to hear that the Spirit of Revival has visited the United Church. Quite a number of Villages in both Haabai and Tongatabu report a gracious outpouring of the Holy Spirit. It was my privilege to take part in the…

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The Churches

Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 8

The opening session of the N.S.W. Conference of the Methodist Church of Australia will commence next Wednesday at 7 p.m. The [?]etiing president. Rev…

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Editiorial notes Council of Churches

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

THE "Sydney Morning Herald "has rendered good service by publishing an ample report of the meeting of the Council of Churches held last week. It has been too much the fashion of our leading…

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The Churches. Board of Missions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 9

The organising secretary for the Australian Board of Missions in New South Wales is the Rev. E. W. Bradley, and the able manner in which he has carried out those duties has…

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MIGRATION. Church and Settlers. Australian Needs. London, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 15

Speaking at a meeting held at the Mansion House under the auspices of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, in support of a fund for new Western Australian…

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Church Notes Lenten Season

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 8

There were special services in many of the churches on Ash Wednesday to mark the Leginning of Lent, the sesson of solemn and practical teaching…

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New Anglican Church. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 10

The Right Rev. J. W. Ashton (Anglican Bishop of Grafton) laid the foundation-stone of St. Agath's, Yorklea, six miles from Casino, on Friday. The Bishop was assisted by…

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Methodist Conference. First Reading of Stations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 6

The first event of the N.S.W. Methodist Conference, which is assembling in Sydney this week, took place yesterday afternoon, when the ministerial stationing committee…

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Catholic Pageant. Eucharistic Congress. to Be Held in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 10

Sydney has been selected as the venue of the nineteenth International Eucharistic Congress to be hold in 1928. The holding of this event for the first time in Australia is…

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Coogee Hotel License Appeal Lodged "Too Near Church"

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 7

"That the reasonable requirements of the neighborhood did not justify the granting of the license; that the premises were in the…

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Jazz in Church Pastor Wants "Pep" Los Angeles

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 1

"Before we resume the regular service we will hear 'Roses of Picardy,' by the church "jazz orchestra," said Dr. Dyer, pastor of the fashionable…

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Valuable Legacies Hospital and Church Inverell

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 4

The late Charlotte Kolna has left £1000 to the laverell District Hospital, and the same amount to the local Church of England…

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Methodist Church Annual Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 5

With the president of the conference (Rev. Harold Wheen) in the chair, and two hundred ministers in attendance, the ministerial session of the…

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Methodist Church. the Conference. Transfer of Ministers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 16

The Methodist Conference sat as a ministerial committee of the whole at the Lyceum Hall yesterday. The Rev. Harold Whoen presided…

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Pope's Plea Rights of Church Proposed Legislation London

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 1

The Pope, says the Rome correspondent of "The Times," has sent a letter to his Cardinal Secretary of State, emphasising that the fact that…

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At Breakfast Speeches to Laymen Methodist Mission

The Sun · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 19

To-day is being observed by ministers and delegates to the Methodist Conference as a missionary day. Proceedings started this morning…

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Mission Auxiliary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 5

Miss Monica Brown and Rev. John G. Wheen will be the speakers at the annual meeting of the New South Wales Methodist Women's Foreign Mission Auxiliary, which will be held…

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Judges in Scotland. Catholic Succeeds Catholic

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 50

Lord Skerrington, whoso retirement from the office of Senator of His Majesty's College of Justice, was noted in the "Catholic Press" recently, is being succeeded by…

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Methodist Church Ministers in Conference

The Sun · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 1

The leaders of Methodism in New South Wales are prominent in this picture of the Methodist Church Conference, taken at the Lyceum Hall this morning. From left to right: Rev. H W. Woodhouse, Rev. H. W. Woodhouse, Rev. J. W. Dains. Rev. E. C. Thomas, Rev. George Loverly (Secretary), Rev. F. W. Hynes (President), Rev. Harold Wheen (ex-President)…

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