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Churches, 1842

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English Extracts. Church Missionary Society (From the St James' Chronicle July [?]

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 1 January 1842 · page 2

A SPECIAL general meeting of the [?] of the above Society was held yester[?] Exeter Hall, to consider the propriety [?] ceding to a proposition of the [?]…

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Legislative Church. Thursday, December 30, 1841

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1842 · page 2

[?] the [?] Secretary, [?] Messrs. [?] and J…

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Original Correspondence. Church and School Corporation Money. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Monday 3 January 1842 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—Can you inform me who receives the cash on account of the above named Corporation? Likewise, in what manner the said cash is invested? Also, how much…

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Catholic Immigration

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 4 January 1842 · page 2

"Why look you so upon me? I am but sorry, not afear'd; delayed, But nothing altered. What I was, I am." Shakspeare…

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The Final Report of the Mission to the Aborigines, Lohe Macquarie, New South Wales, 1841. To the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, E. Deas Thompson, Esq., &c., &c.,&c. Ebenezer, Lake Macquarie. New South Wales, Dec. 30, 1841

The Australian · Tuesday 11 January 1842 · page 4

Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of date May 17th last, in which His Excellency the Governor's pleasure respecting the Mission is expressed…

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Colonial Statistics. Extract from the General Diary of the German Mission at Moreton Bay, for the months of October and November, 1841

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 13 January 1842 · page 116

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1.--During the last fortnight we had only now and then a passing visit from a few of the natives. They proposed to go to the northward; but as we ascertained that they meant…

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The Episcopalian Church Pewholders

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 13 January 1842 · page 117

In a late number of the Herald occurs a recommendation to immigrants and other strangers to go to Church at the afternoon and evening services, as the Church is occupied in the forenoon by…

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English Extracts. (Church Jobbing in Gibraltar. (From the Times.)

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 15 January 1842 · page 4

A GOOD deal of interest has been raised amongst the Queen's Roman Catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland, and some excitement in the European dependencies of…

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Dom[?]stic Intelligence. Rev. Mr. Allan's Church

The Sydney Herald · Friday 21 January 1842 · page 2

THE Presbytery of Sydney met at Parramatta on the 19th instant. The Trustees of Mr. Allan's church and congregation were summoned to appear before them, when they…

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Presbyterian Church, Parramatta

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1842 · page 2

The presbytery of Sydney met at Parramatta on Wednesday last, after having issued the following summons to the trustees of Mr. Allan's church:— Sydney, 12th January, 1842…

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Domestic Intelligence. Church of England

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1842 · page 2

IN the proceedings of the Meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for the month of August, we find the following:—…

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Presbytery of Edinburgh—resignation of the Rev. Mr. Marshall, of the Tolbooth Church

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1842 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of presbytery was held on Wednesday, September 29, the Rev. Mr. Bennie, moderator, in the chair. The Moderator having intimated that a letter had…

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German Mission to the Aborigines at Moreton Bay

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 26 January 1842 · page 130

This mission was established in the year 1838; twenty missionaries, including the wives of the married brethren, chiefly from Berlin in Prussia, having been brought out…

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Lectures on Popery. Lecture Iii. -- Prelacy the Inlet of Corruption in the Christian Church, and the Prelude to Popery

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 26 January 1842 · page 131

THE third of the Rev. Dr. Lang's Lectures on Popery was delivered, on the evening of the Sabbath, the 16th instant, from the following passage of Scripture: --…

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Colonial Politics. St. Phillip's Church

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 2 February 1842 · page 137

To a classical scholar, who has been accusto[?]ed to dwell with a mingled feeling' of delight and enthusiasm on the cherished recollections of the glorious land of Greece,…

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The Chronicle. Thursday, February 3, 1842. Catholic Prisoners.—the Right Rev. Dr. Polding

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 3 February 1842 · page 2

Our readers will be rejoiced to see by the following letter addressed to the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Archbishop of Dublin, that the restraints as to religion under which Catholic convicts were placed by the…

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Catholic Institute and Society for the Propagation of the Faith

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 8 February 1842 · page 2

The usual monthly meetings of the above societies were held in the Catholic school-room, Castlereagh-street, on Sunday evening, the Very Rev. the Vicar General in the chair. The room was densely…

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The Catholic Church

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 10 February 1842 · page 2

A correspondent of the Herald, who writes like one who has awakened from a dream, complains indignantly that this journal "abounds in notifications and advertisements respecting Catholic churches,…

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Original Correspondence. the Herald on the Name of Catholic

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 10 February 1842 · page 2

"There are many other things which keep me in the bosom of the Catholic church. The agreement of different people and nations keeps me there; the authority established by miracles, nourished by hope. increased by charity, and…

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Original Correspondence. Scots Church, Jamison-street.— the Memorials. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 10 February 1842 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—With reference to certain articles which appeared in the Colonial Observer of yesterday, I crave your indulgence, whilst in the briefest manner I attempt to give a…

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