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  2. Professor Dods on Church Union.

    In connection with some very successful meetings of the Free Church Guild, recently held in Stirling (N.B.), Professor Marcus Dods at one of them delivered a characteristically fresh and ...

    Article : 245 words
  3. The Churches.

    At this season of the year, and with the result of the last census before us, a brief review of the relative positions of the various religious bodies in the seven provinces of Australasia, may not be ...

    Article : 411 words
  4. WESLEYAN AND OTHER METHODISTS.

    The first Wesleyan minister arrived in New South Wales in 1815, and the first place of worship was erected in Sydney in 1821. Until 1873 the church in Australasia was affiliated with the ...

    Article : 200 words
  5. THE BAPTISTS.

    In New South Wales the Baptists numbered in 1891, 13,102, which was an increase of 5795; in Victoria, 27,878, increase 7505; Queensland, 10,256, increase 4673; South Australia, 17,547, an ...

    Article : 88 words
  6. News of the Churches.

    Special carol singing was rendered at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Rev. R. Jackson, Presbyterian Minister, ...

    Article : 2,193 words
  7. LUTHERANS.

    Following the order and nomenclature of the statistician, the Lutherans come next with 7940 in New South Wales, an increase of 3104; in Victoria, 15,535, an increase of 4382; Queensland, ...

    Article : 72 words
  8. THE SALVATION ARMY.

    The Salvation Army appears in the census of 1891 for the first time, any adherents of this persuasion that may have existed in 1881 being grouped with "All Other Religions." In 1891, ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

    Second in, rank numerically is the Roman Catholic Church, the first chaplain of which was appointed in 1803, but it was not until 1820 that any regular provision was made for an adequate ...

    Article : 254 words
  10. HEBREWS.

    The Jewish community in New South Wales numbered 5484, being an increase of 2218; Victoria 6459, increase 2129; Queensland 809, increase 352; South Australia 840, increase 78; ...

    Article : 80 words
  11. MAHOMETANS, BUDDHISTS, CONFUCIANS.

    These are grouped together in the statistics and distributed as follows: In New South Wales 10,790, increase 1445; Victoria 6987, increase 4305; Queensland 17,434, increase 563; South ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. ALL OTHER RELIGIONS, &c.

    All the minor denominations are grouped together in the statistics, as also those who object to state their religion. Without specifying each province, the former numbered 161,055, an ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.

    The third in order in the statistical register is the Presbyterian Church in its two branches. The first place of Presbyterian worship was built in 1810 by voluntary exertions, but not until 1823 ...

    Article : 187 words
  14. SUMMARY.

    The total numbers returned in each province were as follows: In New South Wales, 1,123,954, being an increase of 372,486; Victoria, 1,139,840, increase 277,494; Queensland, 393,718, increase ...

    Article : 311 words
  15. CONGREGATIONALISTS.

    In each of the provinces there is a Congregational Union which elects its own chairman, officers, and a standing committee for the year. The first independent church formed in ...

    Article : 164 words
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