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Churches, 1940

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Church Support for War. Presbyterians' Attitude

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 3

"Pacifists who preached ideals and overlooked realities" were criticised at a meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday…

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Labor Chiefs Enter Churchill Cabinet

Tribune · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 1

Six of the “top leaders” of the British Labor Party have accepted portfolios in Mr. Winston Churchill’s new National…

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Christian Science Churches

The St George Call · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 1

“Adam and Fallen Men” was the subject in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. The Golden Text was: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and…

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Churchill Picks More Ministers Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- A further list of five Ministerial appointments to Mr. Churchill's Cabinet was issued today…

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Hopeless Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 10

Few men will envy Sir Nevile Henderson, who laboured so faithfully and yet fruitlessly as German Ambassador. His mission to promote a better mutual understanding failed,…

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Catholic Institute for Seamen

Daily News · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 6

Last year the Catholic Institute For Seamen in Sydney entertained 23,180 seamen, while officials of the Institute visited 645 of the 997 ships that came…

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Balmain Mission Men's Question Circle

The Methodist · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 13

In the middle of the depression ten years ago, the then superintendent conceived the idea of getting unemployed men together for free…

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Presbyterian Youth. Appointment of Director Suggested. Assembly Discussion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 20

At yesterday's session of the Presbyterian Assembly, the Rev. J. B. Galloway urged that an officer be appointed director of the Presbyterian Youth Welfare Movement. Victoria…

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Let Us Pray a Sermon by Rev. Richard Pyke (President of British Methodist Conference

The Methodist · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 2

There is something within us, the better part of ourselves, which impels us to pray with greater earnestness than ever. Prayer is not a tool placed in our hands, with which we can do what we will:…

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Letters to the Editor The Church and the Hour

The Methodist · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 16

Sir,—Many people who were present at the Conference Public Questions Demonstration and heard the Bishop of Armidale's address, have…

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Silent Prayer at Church Services For Empire and Allies

The Methodist · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 5

In this hour of supreme crisis with which the world is now face tp face, the Christian Church must play her part. If the Church believes in prayer, now is the time to put her faith to the…

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MAY 26 As Day of Prayer. Church Leaders Support King's Request. LONDON May 17. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 16

The King has expressed a wish that Sunday May 26 be observed as a day of national prayer on behall of the British Empire, the Allies and the…

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The Churches. Century of Worship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 10

The Garrison Church of Holy Trinity, Miller's Point, which provides a fascinating story of early Sydney, will commemorate a century of worship…

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Churches Will Unite In Prayers For Allies LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 3

Anglican and Catholic leaders support the King,'s request that May 26 be observed as a national day of prayer for the Empire, Allies, and the cause in which they are united…

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Il nuovo Governo Nazionale Inglese Churchill Primo Ministro Londra, 16 Maggio

Italo-Australian · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 1

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VOICE of the STARS [?] Stars' Signs for Churchill

Truth · Sunday 19 May 1940 · page 31

TO the student of astrological mythology, the political situation in England seems decidedly "sisyphean." Sisyphus was condemned by Pluto, Lord of Darkness, to roll a stone to the top of a hill, whence it…

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Churchill Lunches With Japanese LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 19 May 1940 · page 2

Despite a whirlwind day on Friday, when he flew to Paris and postponed his visit to the King till night, Churchill lunched at the Japanese…

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Churchill Non-party London

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 May 1940 · page 3

Because "the head of the National Government should not be tied to any party," the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill)…

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Presbyterian Functions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 May 1940 · page 7

Three nundred and fifty members of the Presbyterian Fellowship Union welcomed the new Moderator, the Rev. P. A. Smith, and Mrs. Smith at the Thornleigh camp on Saturday…

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Catholic Institute for Seamen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 May 1940 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Catholic Institute for Seamen, Kent Street, yesterday afternoon, the president, Mr. M. J. O'Donnell. said that, officials of the institute had visited 645…

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