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Churches, 1927

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President of Protestant Churches on Purgatory. Says Reason and Scriptures Support Belief in the Middle State

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 40

There is basis in reason and Holy Scripture for belief in an intermediate state of life, or purgatory, Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, President of the Federal…

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Selling Church Land Bowral

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 18

A special meeting of the congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church decided to sell the church frontage in Bong Bong-street, comprising 132 foot, and to build…

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St. George Methodist Ministers

The St George Call · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

The final reading or stations at the Methodist Conference shows the following appointments to this district. Rockdale, Rev. J. Swee[?] Thomas,…

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Education. Mr. Smith's Mission Abroad

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 12

The Director of Education (Mr. S. H. Smith) left by the Aorapgi yesterday to attend the Pan-Pacific Conference on Education at Honolulu, the Imperial Edi catlonal Conference in…

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Marden Memorial. Presbyterian Ladies' College

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 6

The grounds of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Croydon, were thronged with present pupils, ex-students, and friends of the school yesterday afternoon on the occasion of the…

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Dr. Youngman Dead Outstanding Methodist Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 9

The death occurred this morning of one of the outstanding figures in Australian Methodism, the Rev. Dr. H. Youngman, at the age of 79…

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Soldiers Loot Foochow Outbreak Churches Invaded

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 9

DETAILS have been received by the Church Missionary Society of Australia of the recent trouble at Foochow, the capital of Fukien…

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Church Land to Be Sold. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 12

At a special congregational meeting of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, it was decided to dispose of the Bong Bong-street frontage of the land, and to utilise the proceeds of the…

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St. George Protestant Churches Association

The St George Call · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 3

Draw for To-morrow :— Rockdale Presbyterian v. Rockdale Cong., at Banksia. Banksia Free Church v. Kingsgrove, at Arncliffe…

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Church Progress Epping Activity

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

A LITTLE more than twelve years ago a Congregational Church was established at Epping us a branch of the Croydon Church, under the…

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An Historic Church Actual Age Not Known

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 1

ONE of the oldest churches in Newcastle diocese is St. Clement's Church of England, Camberwell, about nine miles…

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Presbyterian Tea

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 5

Preparations for the annual tea in connection with the Presbyterian body are now working apace, the ladies being actively engaged in order to make…

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Federal Inland Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 2

BOTH in Conference and in the great Home Missionary meeting in two divisions, afternoon and evening, use was made of a large sketch-map, locating the area designed to be covered in a…

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Home Mission Demonstration

The Methodist · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 2

MANY paragraphs might justly be given to a notice of this great two-fold meeting. The Ministers' Choir is larger and perhaps better than ever, a part of its programme, along with the…

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Methodist Men a Straight Talk

The Methodist · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 18

Conference being in session, it was only natural that our leader should arrange for one of our brethren in…

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Conference Public Meetings Home Mission Demonstration

The Methodist · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 17

It is estimated there were one thousand in attendance at the afternoon session of the Annual H.M. Demonstration, and while not so enthusiastic as the evening crowd, there was evident…

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Mission Robbed. Demonstration at Foo Chow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 18

Details of a recent de[?]onstration against foreigners in Foo Chow City, China, are contained in a copy of a letter which has been received in Sydney by the Church Missionary…

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American Mission Canada Not Indifferent OTTAWA

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 8

Replying to newspaper criticism read in the House of Commons that the authorities at Ottawa were "quite indifferent" to the Australian Industrial…

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Mission Looted Mobs in Szechwan Hongkong, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

A naval wireless report from Chungking (Szechwan), says that mobs have been running loose in Luchow. The China Inland Mission premises…

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Rev. Dr. Younger Dead Leading Methodist Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

By the death of Rev. Dr. Henry Younger. Queensland and Australia loses one of its leading Methodists. The deceased, who entered the…

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