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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Churches

Churches, 1851

8 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

English Extracts. Church Reform

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 15 February 1851 · page 2

If we look back thirty years, we shall find the Church of England undoubtedly the wealthiest and the worst-governed church in Christendom. Its spiritual bead…

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Extraordinary Scene at the Consecration of a Church

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 15 March 1851 · page 2

On Saturday last the new district church of St. Peter, at Plymouth, was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter. Some days before the cousecration, the incumbent, thr…

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The Pooh Man's Church

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 19 April 1851 · page 2

Christianity enjoins its believers not to lay up treasures on earth : "it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the…

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Free Church, Carcoar. Communicated

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 10 May 1851 · page 5

Referring to the advertisement in the next column, I regret that I cannot give fully the remarks that were made oo the occasion, but trusting on your indulgence, I will trespass upon your space as…

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Country Intelligence. Scots Church, Carcoar

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 17 May 1851 · page 3

A meeting of the members and friends of the Scots' Church, Carcoar, was held, pursuant to advertisement, on Tuesday last, in the Court House, by the kind…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. House of Lords, March-22. the Church in the Colonies

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 3

The Bishop of Oxford asked a question of Lord Grey respecting the legal status of the church in the colonies, especially in Australia, and whether the statutory…

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Local Intelligence. Presbyterian Church Extension Public Meeting

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1851 · page 4

A large and highly influential meeting of persons interested in the cause of Presbyterian Church Extension, in connection with the Synod of Australia, was held on Thursday evening last in St. Stephen's…

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Original Correspondence. Mission to the Turon. the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 December 1851 · page 4

SIR,—Perhaps you will be good enough to allow 3 space, in your valuable paper for a few remarks a my mission to the Turon. When I arrived at the diggings I was cordially…

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