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Churches, 1937

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“Fascists Shot Priests And Catholic Workmen”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

DUBLIN, Jan. 27.—In a letter to the Irish press, the Rev. Father Ramon de Laborda, the Basque priest now in Ireland, trounces the…

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Lindberghs May Be Coming Here Heading East on Secret Mission London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

THE Daily Express says the fact that Colonel Charles Lindbergh and his wife are still heading East may mean that…

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Christian Science Churches

The St George Call · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 6

“Soul” was the subject in all Churches of Christ, Scientist on Sunday. The Golden Text was: “Truly my soul wait[?]th upon God; from His cometh…

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Family Church Chosen For Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 11

CHOOSING the same church in which she and her sister were christened and in which her sister's wedding took place, Miss Delma Speare was married at St. Paul's Church, Burwood, last night to Mr. John Sharpe, younger son of the late Mr. John Sharpe…

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Magnate's Plea For One Church New York

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 3

BROADCASTING to 3,000,000 Methodists, John D. Rockefeller Jun., made a plea for the union of the Christian churches…

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Church Union Methodist—congregational

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 6

For several weeks, towards the close of last year, I contributed articles on the proposed union of the Methodist, and Congregational Churches. In the fifth of these I mentioned that the series would…

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Methodist Women's Federation

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 6

The Council of the Methodist Women's Federation met in the Board Room on Tuesday ,February 9th, at 11 a.m. Mrs. E. C. Thomas presided, and there were between thirty and forty ladies…

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Evangelism Mission at Katoomba

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 6

Christian folk at Katoomba have had a spiritual uplift recently. Believers have been built-up in their faith, and many have professed conversion. Following the Katoomba Convention, when…

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Methodist Education in Fiji

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 10

Rev. Dr. J. Ernest Rattenbury, of England, who visited Sydney last year on his way to Adelaide to fulfil a four months' engagement in the Pirie Street Church as centenary preacher, was…

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Church Union. Congregationalist and Methodist. Subject for Early Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 17

At the Methodist Conference in Sydney next week, a proposal to unite the Methodist and Congregational churches will be submitted…

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Irish Catholic Protest London

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 3

The leader of the Irish Christian Front. Mr. Patrick Belton, opposed in the Free State Dail to-day the Government's policy of…

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The Bible in Church (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 16

Sir.—In "The Methodist" of February 6th, objection was taken by a writer to the use of Dr. Moffatt's translation of the Bible, for the…

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Church Union (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 15

Sir.—One of the objects I had in writing so frequently on the above subject was to seek to awaken the interest and, I think, the needful…

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Thursday Island Church Life

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 1

There are three official representatives of re-ligion in Thursday Island: the Anglican Bishop of Carpentaria, Bishop Pa vies; the Anglican Rector, the Rev. W. Burvill, B.A., called the Sub-dean;…

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The Needy and the Church

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 4

That the Christian Church must concern itself with the material and physical welfare of the community, and without attempting at any time to enter the political arena, must strive strenuously to improve the conditions of those who are…

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New Church at Eastlake Opening Ceremony and Dedication

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 4

A new Methodist Church Hall at Eastlake, in the Mascot Circuit, was opened on Saturday afternoon, 13th February, by Mrs. F. H. McGowan, wife of the superintendent minister. The…

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Progress in Lidcombe Circuit Opening of New Church at Sefton

The Methodist · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 10

Since the inaugural services on February 9th, 1936, the Methodist cause at Sefton has steadily grown. By the courtesy and warm hearted co—operation of Mr. and Mrs. J. Williams, for ten…

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GERMANY And Christianity. the Confessional Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 10

A Memorandum of protest against oppression was published last July bv the Protestant Churches of Germany, and it has been translated into English, The following is a condensation of it,…

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The Churches. The Rev Frank Wilde Accepts Rectorship of Sans Souci

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 10

The Rev. Prank Wilde, who, for the paat six years, has been the rector of Springwood, with Glenbrook, has accepted the rectorship of Sans Souci, with Langlea…

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Final Service to Be Held in Church

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 9

The final service in the old church hall of St. Luke's,' Brookvale, will be held on Thursday at 8 p.m., when the speaker will be the Ven…

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