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Churches, 1840

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Church Schemes in South Australia. To the Editor of the Colonial Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1840 · page 3

Sir—I confess that I was rather ala[?]med when I observed in your Gazette of Wednesday last, a letter headed "Church [?]chemes in South Australia."— But I beg your pardon for the injustice that I did…

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Ecclesiastical Intelligence. England. the Huddersfield Catholic Guild

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1840 · page 2

On Thursday the town of Huddersfield witnessed a procession unparralleled in its history. It was the first anniversary of the Holy Guild, established in this town, in connection with Bradford, Sheffield,…

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Presbyterian Church in New South Wales

The Australian · Saturday 9 May 1840 · page 3

Dr. Gordon brought up the Report of the Special Committee appointed by a former Commission, to consider certain matters connected with the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. The Report, he said, was on a…

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English Extracts. the Church

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1840 · page 4

Divine Service will be performed in the parish church of Ennis[?] on Wednesday. The church has been for some weeks undergoing repair[?] during which time the respected incumbent, the…

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Advance Australia Sydney Gazette. Saturday[?] May 9[?] 1840. Church Missionaries—New Zealand

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1840 · page 2

WE trust our readers will pardon the obtrusion of so lengthy a letter as that which we have given insertion to in this day's paper from a friend of the Church…

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Church Discipline. the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of Exeter

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1840 · page 3

In looking over a "Times" of December 25th, we find that Sir Richard Bourke is not the only one against whom the Bishop of Exeter, in his charge to the clergy of his diocese, declared war…

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Edinburgh Catholic Association for the Abolition of Intemperance

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1840 · page 4

On Tuesday evening last this association held its usual weekly meeting in the school-room below St. Patrick's Chapel, Lothian-street, the Rev. Mr. Green in the chair, who expressed the high…

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Ecclesiastical Intelligence. Statistics of the Catholic Church in Holland

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 19 May 1840 · page 2

In room of the Catholic unity which once prevailed in Holland, there is now a piebald variety of sects There are in Holland, Schismatical Greeks and Armenians, Protestants of various sects,…

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Parish of Field of Mars, Kissing Point

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1840 · page 2

We have very much pleasure in drawing the attention of those who take an interest in the moral and spiritual welfare of the rising generation of our…

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New Zealand Church Mission

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1840 · page 2

To those interested in the New Zealand Church Mission, the statements and resolutions contained in the circular, which we republish in our columns of to-day,…

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Presbyterian Church. To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Monday 25 May 1840 · page 5

SIR,—You will oblige a Presbyterian and old subscriber to the Sydney Herald, by mentioning that the Scots' Church on the Paterson, under the Rev. Wm. Ross, will be commenced as soon as the…

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Roman Catholic Rishops Is the British Colonies

The Sydney Herald · Monday 25 May 1840 · page 5

As the names and titles of the Catho[?]ic bishops in our foreign possessions form a frequent subject of reference in these countries, we subj[?]n a correct [?] of the Gatholic [?]ierachy in all the British…

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The Church. a Ma[?]or Plundering the People

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 25 May 1840 · page 6

There with politicians as with women of certain scription, exposures of infamy which always [?] that the parties have falen to the lowest po[?] of wretchednees and irremidia…

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Statement of the Committee of the Church Missionary Society, relative to the New Zealand Mission. (Concluded from our last.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 28 May 1840 · page 2

The following is the testimony of Mr Marsden, given on his last visit to New Zealand in the early part of 1837. He thus reviews the Mission, twenty-three…

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Church Accommodation. "He is a Scoundral, Knave, A Lying Variet, who thus could write"

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1840 · page 2

IN the Monitor of Monday, 25th of May, 1840, the following most insidious most barefaced lie appears. "We are glad to learn that the inhabitants in the…

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Church Accommodation. "He is a Sc[?]nndral, knave. A lying varler, who thus could write."

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1840 · page 3

In the Monitor of Monday, 25th of May, 1840, the following most insidious, most barefaced lie appears. "We are glad to learn that the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Kiesing…

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Church Accommodation and the Monitor

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1840 · page 2

THE Monitor may twist and turn the matter, as best suits his convenience—one thing is certain, that the party who furnished the information respecting the…

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St. Patrick's Church

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 2 June 1840 · page 2

Immortal honour to the children of St. Patrick I They have acted just as we predicted; and without a single advertisement or appeal save our simple paragraph of Monday last, they met last evening…

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St. James's Church. To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1840 · page 2

SIR,—Such of the parishioners of St. James's as were so fortunate as to hear the two excellent sermons preached by the Rev. Mr. Allwood, on last Sunday morning, and the Sunday morning…

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New Church of St. Patrick

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 4 June 1840 · page 3

A meeting was held at the Catholic School House, Castlereagh-street, on Monday evening last, for the purpose of devising means for the erection of a new church in Sydney, to be dedicated to the patron…

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