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Churches, 1838

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The Church of England

The Colonist · Saturday 28 July 1838 · page 2

THURSDAY se'nnight was the day appointed for holding the Anniversary Meeting of the Diocesan Committee of the Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and Propagating the Gospel in…

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Public Meeting of the Members of the Roman Catholic Church

The Australian · Tuesday 31 July 1838 · page 2

At the close, of the service at St. Marks Cathedral, on Sunday last, a public meeting took place to take into consideration the best means of dispelling an error induced by a portion of…

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Roman Catholic Meeting

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1838 · page 2

A meeting was held at the Roman Catholic Chapel on Sunday last, after the Service of the morning had ended, by the members and friends of their body, for the purpose of discussing the…

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Domestic Intelligence. the Church of England

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 1 August 1838 · page 2

We have been favored with the Report of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for the year 1837, from which we make the following extract, which will be read with…

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Domestic Intelligence. Roman Catholic Loyalty and Good Citizenship

The Sydney Herald · Friday 10 August 1838 · page 3

On Sibbath last, in pursuance of an announcement previously made, a public meeting of the Roman Catholics in the town and district of Parramatta, was held in the Chapel there, at the…

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Church Establishments

The Colonist · Wednesday 22 August 1838 · page 2

THE following sensible and judicious observations on the absurdity of maintaining dominant Church Establishments in such a colony as this, are taken from The Cornwall Chronicle, of a late date:—…

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Advance Australia Sydney Gazette. Tuesday, August 20, 1838. The Roman Catholic Priesthood

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1838 · page 2

FROM a late Dublin University Magazine we copy the following description of the genus " Hedge-priest" of the Irish Roman Catholic Church:—…

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The Church of Scotland and the Synod of New South Wales

The Colonist · Wednesday 29 August 1838 · page 2

IT is somewhat singular that the Church of Scotland has recently been experiencing a collision with the civil power at home, somewhat similar to that experienced in…

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Original Correspondence. the Church of Scotland. To the Editor of The Sydney Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1838 · page 3

SIR, In your last leader you briefly allude to " an unusual degree of excitement " which prevailed in Scotland on account…

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MEMORIALS. From the Subscribers for the Erection of a Church at Campbell Town

The Australian · Friday 7 September 1838 · page 4

To His Excellency Sir George Gipps, Kpt, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief, and to the Honorable the Legislative Council…

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The Confessional. From a Pamphlet Just Published by the Rev. Mr. Nolan, a Reformed Roman Catholic Clergyman

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1838 · page 4

" During the last three years I discharged the duty of a Romish clergyman, my heart often shuddered at the idea of entering the confessional. The thoughts of the…

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Meeting in Behalf of the Church in Australia

The Sydney Herald · Monday 10 September 1838 · page 2

On Thursday, pursuant to a requisition, a highly respectable meeting took place at Bellingham's Assembly Rooms in this city, in aid of the Established Church in the above-named Colony. Soon after…

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English Extracts. Meeting in Behalf of the Church in Australia

The Colonist · Wednesday 12 September 1838 · page 4

ON T[?]day April 28, a [?] meeting [?] Church in the above [?]…

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The Mission to the Islands in the South Pacific Ocean

The Colonist · Saturday 15 September 1838 · page 4

Mr. WILLIAMS, the missionary, who lately sai[?]ed for the instant of the South Pacific, in the [?] interesting account which he had given, [?] of the natives of [?], whom he…

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Original Correspondence. Formularies of the Church of England. the Liturgy Compared with Extempore Prayer

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1838 · page 4

There are many points of view in which the expediency of liturgical forms for public worship may be considered. It might easily be shown, by the practice of the Church from the earliest times,…

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Original Correspondence Remarks Upon Sir Richard Bourke's Celebrated Church Bill. To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Friday 12 October 1838 · page 2

SIR,—The [?] of Sir Richard Bourke's Church Bill little anticipated how easily its provisions might be abused; it gives facilities for the unlimited increase of clergy and of religious sects,…

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Ancient British Church. (To the Editor of the Sydney Herald.)

The Sydney Herald · Friday 12 October 1838 · page 2

The conversion of his native island from the darkness of Paganism to the glorious light of gospeltruth, must form an interesting subject of enquiry to every true believer, under the protection of…

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Original Correspondence. New Church at the Oaks. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 18 October 1838 · page 2

SIR, There is no part of the colony, so near the capital, with morn improvement and less known and frequented by strangers…

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Remarks on Sir Richard Bourke's Celebrated Church Act. To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Monday 22 October 1838 · page 2

SIR,—You have called your readers' attention to Sir Richard Bourke's Church Bill at a very seasonable time. Perhaps, no subject of greater importance can be brought before the public at the…

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The Ceremonies to be observed at the Royal Coronation of Her Most Sacred Majesty Queen Victoria, in the Abbey Church of Westminster, on Thursday, June 28, 1838

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1838 · page 2

The Peers and Peeresses, in their robes of estate, and others, summoned by her Majesty's command to witness the ceremony ot the coronation, will be conducted to the places assiggned to [?] in…

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