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Churches, 1843

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The Church of Scotland

The Australian · Monday 19 June 1843 · page 4

Scotland seems doomed to become in modern times the great battle field of ecclesiastical controversy. The involved dispute between the Kirk of Scotland…

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Church of Scotland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 2

WE call the attention of our Presbyterian readers to the extracts, which will be found in our fourth page, from the Reply of the Special Commission of the General…

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Revival of Monasteries in the English Church

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 6

We copy the following remarkably bold paper from the Church Intelligencer. Will anything open the eyes of the Church principle men, who are not already abandoned to judicial blindness? Here, of course…

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The Church in Portugal

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1843 · page 4

We have in our possession, during several days, some documents transmitted to us from Portugal by a clergyman. The details therein given will, we feel convinced, be read with interest, and will…

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New Church, Geelong

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1843 · page 2

AMONG the objects which, we understand, the Rev. P. B. Geoghegan bad in visiting Sydney, is to make arrangements for the immediate commencement of a new Catholic church at Geelong, to be called…

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Mr. Cowper, the Avowed Enemy of Sir Richard Bourke's Church Act

The Australian · Monday 3 July 1843 · page 2

If Therry had been defeated we WOULD not have deserted Macarthur, who though not the man we want, is a man of more influence with the Home Government than all the other…

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St. Patrick's Society. Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and Catholic Institute

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 4 July 1843 · page 2

The usual periodical meeting of the above societies was held at the Catholic school room, Castlereagh-street, on Sunday evening last, and was numerously and respectably attended…

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Consecration of the Churches of St. Mary and St. Peter Maitland. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1843 · page 2

ON Wednesday last, the interesting ceremony of consecrating the new Church of St. Mary West Maitland, was performed by the [?] Bishop of Australia, attended by the Rev. [?]…

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Original Correspondence. Dangerous State of Kent-street at Church-hill. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 July 1843 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—In order that this may meet the eyes of the proper authorities, I address you these few lines, requesting the favour of their insertion…

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Dangerous State of Kent-street at Church-hill. to the Editor of the Colonial Observer

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 5 July 1843 · page 7

SIR-- In order that this may meet the eye of the proper authorities, I address you these few lines, requesting the favour of their insertion. Returning home last evening with my wife, by the…

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Consecration of the Churches of St. Mary and St. Peter, Maitland

The Australian · Wednesday 5 July 1843 · page 4

On Wednesday last, the interesting ceremony of consecrating the new church of St. Mary, West Maitland, was performed by the Lord Bishop of Australia…

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The Church of Scotland

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 8 July 1843 · page 4

Scotland seems doomed to become in modern times the great battle field of ecclesiastical controversy. The involved dispute between the kirk of Scotland and the civil courts of law is such a jumble…

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Triumph of Temperance in India. Catholic Cathedral, Madras, Nov. 22, 1842

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 11 July 1843 · page 4

VERY REV. AND VERY DEAR FRIEND—The little seal I was supposed to entertain while I was yet in the Island of Saints for the prosoerity of that great society for which the Almighty has raised up an…

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Church of England Clergy. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1843 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Mr. J. Macarthur, in his speech at Parramatta, on Thursday last, made use of expressions with reference to the conduct of the clergy at the late election, which cannot…

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English Extracts. the Church of Scotland. (From the Scotsman, January 11.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1843 · page 4

NOT having any intention of regularly reviewing the pamphlet of "Robert Forsyth, Esq., Advocate," entitled, "Remarks on the Church of Scotland, its…

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The Church in Danger!

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 12 July 1843 · page 1156

The church is in danger, doubtless, and if we are to believe the Rev. Mr. Rusden we live in fearful and eventful times;" for marvellous to state, some unsanctified…

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The Standards of the Church of Scotland to the Editor of the Colonial Observer

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 15 July 1843 · page 1162

SIR -- It is matter of regret that the system of doctrine and worship laid down in the formulas composed by the Westminster Assembly was not established in the three Kingdoms, and it is a cause of…

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Domestic Intelligence. Church of Scotland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 July 1843 · page 4

A NUMEROUS and very interesting meeting was held on Wednesday, the 5th instant, in St. Andrew's Scots Church, in commemoration of the Second Centenary of the Sitting of the…

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To Professing Christians Generally. But Especially to the Members of the Wesleyan Methodist Societies

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 19 July 1843 · page 2

DEAR BRETHREN,--Allow me affectionately to entreat your attention to the following truisms and subsequent inferences. Drunkenness is a sin against Almighty God!…

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The Church of Scotland

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 22 July 1843 · page 1180

The Non-Intrusion party in the Church of Scotland, comprising as it does all the zeal and piety and energy, with an overwhelming majority of the talent and…

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