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Churches, 1852

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Note for a Presbyterian. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 10 May 1852 · page 3

SIR—Your, Correspondent ",A Presbyterian'' has manfully avowed the principle of the Free Church to be exclusive—" and hence the seat of its strength." He is confessedly unanswerable,…

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The Claim of the Free Church to Be the Only Presbyterian Church in the Colonies of Australia. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 11 May 1852 · page 2

SIR—The "Presbyterian" who, by his [?] in the Empire of to-day (Saturday), contends for the proposition that all the "Presbyterians in this and the sister colonies are in immediate…

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Free Churchism, and Presbyterianism, Not Synonymous Terms. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 11 May 1852 · page 3

SIR—In the long rigmarole letter in to-day's paper, signed "A Presbyterian"—the result, rumour says, of much private consultation—your readers are favoured with a laboured attempt to…

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The Church Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1852 · page 2

THE following documents, which appear in the Auckland papers, will be read with interest. A meeting to take them into consideration was to be held at Auckland on the 3rd…

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General Principles Proposed As the Basis of Constitution for the Church in New Zealand

Empire · Wednesday 12 May 1852 · page 2

1. That the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity, shall be three distinct orders, the consent of all of which shall be necessary to all acts binding upon the Church at large…

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Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of New Zealand to the Members of the Church of England in the Diocese of New Zealand. St. John's College, April 29th, 1852

Empire · Wednesday 12 May 1852 · page 2

My dear Friends and Brethren—The reports which I have received from England, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Tasmania, have convinced me that the time has come, when it is my…

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The Empire. Wednesday, May 12, 1852. the Concern of Other Religious Bodies in the Present Movement of the Church

Empire · Wednesday 12 May 1852 · page 2

THE remarks which we made yesterday, on the proposed petition of the members of the Church of England, in opposition to the Bishop, will in a great measure apply…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

Empire · Thursday 13 May 1852 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Synod of this Church met in the Free Church, Pitt-street, on Wednesday, the 5th instant, at twelve o'clock noon. The following members, attended:—The Rev. George Mackie,…

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The Church of England Agitation

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 May 1852 · page 7

LITTLE did Dr. Broughton or his Episcopal Brethren calculate on the amount of mischievous agitation which their Conference meeting of 1850, and the "minutes" adopted…

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Newcastle Church Society. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 May 1852 · page 2

ON Thursday, the annual meeting of this society was held at Morpeth. In the morning divine service was celebrated at St. James' Church, Morpeth; the Lord…

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Original Correspondence. To the Gentlemen who have invited the Members of the Church of England to meet at the School of Arts, on the 18th May. (Per favour of the Sydney Morning Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1852 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—You have invited the Members of the Church of England to attend at a public meeting, to be holden at the Mechanics' School of Arts, on the 18th May, and to take into…

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Van Diemen's Land. Public Meeting of the Members of the Church of England. (Abridged from the Colonial Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 May 1852 · page 2

A GREAT public meeting of members of the Church of England, convened at the instance of the Protestant Association in Hobart Town, and the Launceston Committee on Church…

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Public Meeting of the Members of the Church of England at Hobart Town. (Abridged from the Colonial Times, April 27.)

Empire · Monday 17 May 1852 · page 3

The Great Public Meeting of members of the Church of England convened at the instance of the Protestant Association in Hobart Town, and the Launceston Committee on Church Affairs,…

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The Church Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1852 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the continued agitation of the question during the past six weeks, the great majority of the members of the Church of England…

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Meeting of the Laity of the Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1852 · page 2

The Public Meeting of the Laity of the Church of England conv ned for the purpose of taking into consideration the petition to the Queen, prepared by the Committee appointed at a…

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Original Correspondence. Presbyterianism and the Free Church. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 19 May 1852 · page 2

SIR—You will admit that, after the replies of "Sir Osborne Gibbes," "Scotus," the "Enemy of the Hierarchical Temper in every Sect," the "Rev. W. Ridley," and "Pym," it is high time for…

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The Church of England Movement

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 20 May 1852 · page 7

THE remarks we made at the commencement of this movement are being daily borne out by facts. We stated that until the members of the Anglican Communion adopted…

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Great Church Meeting. Meeting of the Laity of the Church of England

Empire · Thursday 20 May 1852 · page 2

Pursuant to advertisement, the meeting of the Church of England laity took pince yesterday at 2 p. m., in the Theatre of the School of Arts. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the…

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Church Meetings. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 21 May 1852 · page 2

SIR—Ou looking over your jounral of yesterday, I was disgusted to find that almost ttwo pages were fully covered with a report of the Church meeting which took place some few days book…

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