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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1869

17 stories in Illawarra's papers

Presbyterian Sabbath School, Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1869 · page 2

ON Friday last the annual examination and tea party to the children attending this school was given by the friends of the school. The day, which commenced very hot, became…

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Attack Upon an English Mission Iduse

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1869 · page 2

THE Shanghai New Letter gives some account of an outrag committed by Chinese at Yangehow. I appears that several thousand natives j[?]nad together for an…

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Dean Alford on the Possible Disestablishment of the Church of England

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1869 · page 1

THE Dean of Can[?]bury inquires what in the event of disct[?]ushment, the condition of the Church will probably be. He does not believe that the Aughcan clergy…

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Anniversary of the Wesleyan Church, Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1869 · page 2

THE anniversary, services in connection with the above place of worship, were hold on Sunday and Monday last. On the former day, the Rev. W. J. K. Piddington, of Chippondale,…

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Presbyterian Church, Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1869 · page 2

THE annual examination of the scholars of the Sabbath School, in connection with the above, was held in that sanctuary on Saturday last, having been postponed from the previous day…

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The Claims of the Temperance Movement Upon the Churches

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1869 · page 4

THE following moderate exposition of the extreme views of the advocates of temperance will be read with interest. The question in all its phases is engaging much…

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The Debate on the Irish Church. Mr. Bright

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1869 · page 2

MR. BRIGHT commenced by declaring the question at issue to be not whether Establishments are good, but whether Establishment is good for Ireland. The question had…

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The Established Church in Ireland

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1869 · page 4

IN the House of Commons, on March 1, Crowded: benches and overflowing galleries testified to the anxious interest excited by the great business of the night—…

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Presbyterian Meetings

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 July 1869 · page 2

The tea meeting in celebration of the first anniversary of the induction of the Rev R. R. M'Kinnon to the pastoral charge of the Presbyterian Church in this district came off with great success at the School…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, July 13. (Before their worships R. B. Fry. J. Colley, and R. Miller.) John Rogers v. E. Parish

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1869 · page 2

Wages, £2 10s. When this case was called the defendant only appeared, and stated that the plaintiff was 15s, 8½d. in his debt. Case struck out. Sarah Fairburn v. Agnes Solely…

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Australasian Wesley an Methodist Missionary Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1869 · page 2

THE annual public meetings on behalf of the above, have been recently held in the Kiama Circuit, viz.: at Kiama, Jamberoo, Shellharbor, and Gerringong…

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Roman Catholic Account of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1869 · page 4

HER reign, which is usually represented by interested writers as glorious to the nation, was one of blood, rapine, proscription. Her court was the most lewd…

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News by the Last Mail. the Irish Church Bill in the House of Lords

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1869 · page 1

ON Monday, June 14, both inside and outside the House of Lords considerable excitement was exhibited; it being felt that on the second reading of the Irish Church…

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The Irish Church Bill

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1869 · page 3

The last Mail for Australia had not left England when the Peers were already beginning to assemble for their final debate upon the question of reading the Irish…

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Lamentable Death by Drowning of the Rev John Thom, M.a., Presbyterian Minister

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1869 · page 1

OUR Lismore correspondent writes as follows under date September 6:—"It appears that on the evening of the 2nd instant that the late Rev. John Thom was in the act of ferrying…

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St. Michner's Church Mental Improvement Class

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1869 · page 4

"The formation of this Class indicates a desire on the part of its members to rise in the scale of moral and intellectual being. This desire is most laudable, and should be encouraged. It is…

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Broad Churchism

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 November 1869 · page 4

The Christian Review seems to the in the position of these prophets who are said to have been without honor in their own country. It had been censured by some members of the General…

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