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Churches, 1932

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The Churches. St. Andrew's University Honours Sydney Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 7

St. Andrew's University, Scotland, has decided to include amongst its honorary graduates of Doctor of Divinity the Rev. G. R. S. Reid, Roseville, who was Moderator of the…

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Religious No Longer "Cranks" Believers in the Second Coming Church Swing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 7

To speak about Christ's Second Advent a few years ago--even among some theologians and in the best Church circles…

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Second Coming Expected Soon Churches Swing to Belief N.S.W. Preachers Mobilise For Big Drive in May Christ and World Crisis

The Sun · Sunday 3 April 1932 · page 4

On May 8, 150 clergymen in New South Wales, representing all Protestant denominations, will preach 300 sermons on the Second Coming of Christ. The Second Advent League, which is organising these…

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Hornsby Shire Twenty-fifth Anniversary Councillors Attend Parish Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 5

A civic service, to mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of Hornsby Shire, was held in St. Peter's Parish Church, Hornsby, yesterday. The…

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Hornsby Shire. Twenty-fifth Anniversary. Councillors Attend Parish Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 8

A civic service, to mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of Hornsby Shire, was held in St. Peter's Parish Church, Hornsby, yesterday. The president of the shire…

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Mr. Stimson. Mission to Europe. World Problems. New York, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 10

The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" states that the Secretary of State (Mr. Stimson) will leave next week for the Disarmament Conference at Geneva. He…

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The Churches. "Answer to Christian Science."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 13

"An Answer to Christian Science" was the subject of an address by Rev. Wm. Coleman, delivered at the North Croydon Methodist Church yesterday afternoon and broadcast…

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Church Dispute. New Rector. Archbishop's Nominee Opposed by Congregation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 9

A crisis which has been developing in the affairs of St. Barnabas' Church, Chatswood, came to a head yesterday. Churchwardens, councillors, choirmaster…

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Keys Battle in Church Split New Lock on Door Canon Denies He Is Too Old Next Move

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 7

BEHIND the dispute over the appointment of a new rector to St. Barnabas's Church of England,…

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Church Stoned

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 8

Shortly after the Rev. N. Claridge Goss had delivered a sermon in the Mathison Congregational Church last night, on "The Religious…

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In City Church Truda Bilbe Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 4

WITH the wedding of Miss Truda Bilbe, the Younger Set of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institution has lost its…

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Dies in Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- The morning service at Kew Presbyterian Church to-day had just begun when Charles Andrew Brown, about 70, of…

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A Challenge to New Guard Help Church OR -- Give Reason

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 6

ALTHOUGH declaring himself to be a sincere admirer of the New Guard, Rev. N…

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GAMBLING. Methodist Committee's Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 10

At the monthly meeting of the Social Questions Committee of the Methodist Church yesterday a protest was made against the "damaging effect of the State lottery on the…

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Church Stoned. Sermon on New Guard. Excitement at Croydon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 9

Several exciting incidents occurred on Sunday night at the Mathison Congregational Church, Croydon, where the Rev. N. C. Goss preached a sermon on "The Religious…

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Church Dispute. Locks Tampered With Canon Rook Gains Entry to Rectory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 9

When the recently appointed rector of St. Barnabas', Chatswood (Canon Rook) went to the rectory yesterday, he found that the locks had been tampered with. He was unable to…

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Visitors Pack Church to Hear Accused Rector LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 1

THOUGH only a few Stiffkey (Norfolk) parishioners attended church yesterday morning to hear the rector, Rev. Harold Davidson--even the choir and the organist were absent--it needed two police to direct the motor traffic last night, when many visitors helped to pack the church. Mr. Davidson, who is charged…

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Church Protest Fruit Machines in Barbers Shops

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 7

Having heard that the Government intended permitting the introduction of fruit machines into barbers shops, the Methodist ministers of Sydney…

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Still on Church Quarrel "Cannot Worship" Broken Locks

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 7

PROSPECTS of a settlement of the dispute regarding the appointment of Canon Rook as rector of St. Barnabas…

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Error of Judgment by Bishop? No Surrender in Church Fight a Lawyer's Letter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 7

ARCHBISHOP WRIGHT'S appointment of Canon Robert Rook, 67, to the…

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