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Churches, 1938

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Church School Ends

The Sun · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 3

The third Anglican Summer School, conducted by the Australian Board of Missions, concluded to-day at Barker College, Hornsby…

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Blowing Up Indian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 3

RENDERED UNSAFE by the disastrous earthquake of 1935, the tower of the Presbyterian Church at Quetta, India, was blown up by a charge of 131lb. of gun-cotton. This remarkable picture was taken at the moment of the explosion…

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Church Notes Big Services! To Mark Celebrations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 9

Various religious services and demonstrations next week will mark the Church's participation in the 150th Anniversary…

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Plan for Union of Churches Will Affect 32,000,000 LONDON

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 19

THE most momentous religious development in modern times, directly affecting nearly 32,000,000 Protestants, is…

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Queen's Club Reception Follows Wedding Ceremony at St. Mark's Church

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 10

IT was natural that Miss Agnes Marion Orr (Nessie) Crago should choose St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, for her…

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Plan to Unite Six Churches Communion Retained--Move Against 300 Year Schism In Ranks Of World Christians LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1938 · page 1

The most momentous step in Christian history towards the union of churches is foreshadowed by a new joint plan just completed. Representatives of six great denominations, after years…

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SPIRITUALISM. Inquiry Into Effect on Church. LONDON, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 13

The "Sunday Dispatch" says: "A secret commission under the chairmanship of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Dr. Underhill). consisting of l8 men and wo women, which the…

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Church History Museum

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 15

For the 150th Anniversary celebrations, the Church of England authorities have arranged a church history museum in the Chapter House, George Street. This will be officially…

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The Churches. Seaside Service. Archbishop Mowll at Balmoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 15

A large number of people gathered yesterday afternoon around the band rotunda at Balmoral beach, where one of the seaside services arranged by…

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Church Union. Plan Completed. United Church of England. LONDON, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 14

A joint plan for the fusion of the Church of England and the Methodist, Congregational, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Moravian denominations has been…

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Three Weddings Of Interest Radio Choir in Church Smart Frocking A Feature Novel Effects

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 6

WHEN Miss Merle Fewkes, a former Eisteddfod winner, was married on Saturday night to Mr. Albert Miller, the choral service was provided by Mr. Stanley Clarkson, and members of the 2GB Radio Church Choir. Rev. M. A. Payten officiated at the ceremony, which…

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Church Unity Planned Conference Report Made Public London

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 5

A REPORT, the result of many years discussion and the work of a joint conference, including the Archbishop of York and H Bishops…

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Doubtful of Church Union

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 7

Church leaders in Sydney are not impressed by the plans reported from London for a Protestant Church Union…

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Catholic School Opened. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

The Roman Catholic Coadjutor-Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Gilroy, blessed and officially [?]pen[?]d the new technical school and parochia[?] library at St. Patrick's school…

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The Man --In-- The Street To The Editor Has Women's Mission Failed?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

Sir,--The timely and authentic letter of Mrs. Lucy Cassldy, re Louisa Lawson, mother of the Australian prose and verse writer who…

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The Riverina Mission

The Methodist · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 18

The Riverina Mission was established in 1914, and is the oldest of the State Inland Missions. The first missioners patrolled a very extensive area and travelled on motor-cycles. Gradually…

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Mission Stamp Bureau

The Methodist · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 17

The Mission Stamp Bureau tenders sincere thanks to all the missionaries and friends of missions who have sent consignments of stamps to the Bureau during 1937. The business of the Bureau…

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Chief Catholic Bodies Banned London

The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 7

The "Daily Telegraph's" Munich correspondent states that a decree orders the immediate dissolution of Bavaria's three main Roman Catholic…

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The Church in New South Wales Advent of the Anglicans Its Pioneers Had to Overcome Official Apathy and Difficulties Comparable with those Encountered in Heathen Lands

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 6

IT must be admitted that in the scheme for the formation of a convict settlement at Botany Bay, the Home Government The arrival of ther Rev. Samuel Marsden in March of 1794 greatly relieved the anxiety of Chaplain Johnson, and from the date of his advent to the country…

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St. James's Church and the Supreme Court

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 3

These two old Sydney buildings are still essentially the same as when this picture was made, although the view of the Court House which it presents is as unfamiliar to us today as is the section of Hyde Park, and Elizabeth Street, which are revealed in the foreground…

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