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Churches, 1844

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Disruption of the Episcopal Church in Scotland

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 16 May 1844 · page 54

We stated in a former number that disruption had actually commenced in the Scottish Episcopal Church, in consequence of the Puseyite and Romish tendencies of its…

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Lectures on Puseyism. Delivered in the Scots Church, Sydney, by the Rev. Dr. Lung, M.C. Lecture I.-- Church Power or Ecclesiastical Authority. May 5Th, 1844

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 16 May 1844 · page 50

" And when he was come into the Temple, the Chief Priests and the Elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, by what authority doest th[?] these things ? and who gave thee…

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Church Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1844 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 14th May, 1844 —The following descriptions of portions of land and town allotments, which have, at various periods, been appropriated to the…

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Mission to the Aborigines, at Moreton Bay

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1844 · page 2

THE Catholic missionaries, who are every day gaining on the good will of our sable, but too long despised and neglected brethren, and whose hopes of final success…

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The Presbyterian Church

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 23 May 1844 · page 2

It was not to be supposed that the late noble movement in the Church of Scotland would fail in producing a powerful effect throughout the British dominions, but more particularly among…

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The Presbyterian Church

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 23 May 1844 · page 2

We extract the following article, which, we conceive, will interest our Presbyterian readers, from the Port Phillip Patriot of the 9th instant. It contains one or two…

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A Noble Minded Catholic Archbishop. Pastoral Letter—patrick Joseph, &c

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 25 May 1844 · page 4

BELOVED BRETHREN IN CHRIST, It becomes our duty to inform you that the venerable successor of St. Peter has condescended to honour our humility, by exalting us to the archiepiscopal…

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Original Correspondence. the Presbyterian Church. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 May 1844 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—My attention has been directed to an article and petition for the Repeal of the Presbyterian Church temporalities' Acts, which appeared first in the Port Phillip Patriot, and…

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Original Correspondence. the Presbyterian Church. To the Editor of The Australian Daily Journal

The Australian · Wednesday 29 May 1844 · page 4

SIR,—My attention has been directed to an Article and Petition for the Repeal of the Presbyterian Church Temporalities' Acts, which' appeared first in the PORT PHILLIP…

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The Presbyterian Church. to the Editor of the Colonial Observer. Sydney, 29th May, 1844

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 30 May 1844 · page 2

SIR --I shall feel obliged by your inserting, in your next number, the following Letter to the Presbyterians of the Colony, on the subject of a Bill which I intend…

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General Church Act. New South Wales. Anno Septimo Guilielmi Iv. Regis. (No. 3)

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 30 May 1844 · page 2

By His Excellency Major-General Sir RICHARD BOURKE, K.C.B., Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and Vice…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, June 4, 1844. "Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." Mr. Hamilton on Prayer and the Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1844 · page 2

WE ought sooner to have expressed our sense of the inconsistent and unbecoming course pursued by Mr. HAMILTON, on Mr. COWPER's motion for opening the…

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The State of the Churches

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 5 June 1844 · page 4

When we say, "has state of the Churches," we mean the three churches respectively of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and we cannot help expressing our surprise that these establishments, which…

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Puseyism. Lecture Ii. -- Church Power or Ecclesiastical Authority. Delivered in the Scots Church, Sydney, by the Rev. Dr. Lang, M.C., June 22, 1844

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 6 June 1844 · page 74

And when he was come into the Temple, the Chief Priests and the Elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things?…

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Scots Church Bell

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 20 June 1844 · page 94

We have much pleasure in publishing the following correspondence relative to Mr. Boyd's handsome gift to the Scots Church : -- TO BENJAMIN BOYD, Esq., Church Hill,…

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The Free Church

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 20 June 1844 · page 92

A meeting took place on Tuesday evening, May 14, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Free Church of…

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Great Catholic Meeting. Exclusion of Catholics From Juries

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 26 June 1844 · page 2

On Wednesday, a most numerous (meeting of English Catholics was held at the Freemason's Tavern, for the purpose of considering the propriety of addressing her Majesty on the conduct of the…

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"To the Catholic Prelates of Ireland. "Merrion-square, Dublin, Feb. 11, 1844

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 26 June 1844 · page 4

"Most Reverend and Venerated Lords—It is with some difficulty, and after much consideration, that I take the liberty of addressing you, with a respectful confidence that, although you may not approve of…

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Church Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1844 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 19th of June, 1844. The following descriptions of Grants of Land and Town Allotments, which have from time to time been…

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Latest English Intelligence. Imperial Parliament House of Commons.—monday, March 4. Roman Catholic Charities

The Australian · Thursday 27 June 1844 · page 3

Sir Robert Peel, in answer to a question from Mr. O'Connell, said, that her Majesty's Government would be prepared, in the course of the session, to bring in a bill to amend the law with…

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