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Churches, 1855

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Presbyterian Union. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 8 October 1855 · page 5

SIR—Your readers generally must be aware that an attempt was recently made to accomplish the above, in my humble opinion, most desirable and most important object between the two principal Presbyterian bodies in…

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Church Extension Scheme of the Synod of Australia.—meeting at Bathurst. (From the Bathurst Free Press of Saturday.)

Empire · Tuesday 9 October 1855 · page 4

On Sabbath evening last, a sermon was preached in St. Stephen's Church, by the Rev. J. B. Laughton, when a collection was made in aid of the funds of the above scheme, amounting to £10…

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The Synod of Australia's Church Extension Scheme. (From the Bathurst Free Press, October 6)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1855 · page 2

ON Sabbath evening last, a sermon was preached in St, Stephen's Church, by the Rev. J. B. Laughton, when a collection was made in aid of the funds of the above scheme, amounting to £10…

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" Free Church Inconsistenoy;" Or, Does the Synod of Eastern Australia Deserve the Sympathy and Support of the People of New South Wales? To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 11 October 1855 · page 3

SIR—In the Empire of 21st ultimo a letter, bearing the first half of the above title, is gravely addressed to the public, for the purpose of proving that the Syond of Easterb Aystralin deserves neither their sympathy…

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The New Catholic Church at Ipswich

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 October 1855 · page 9

WE are much pleased to hear that a spacious Church so long and so much required at the populous town of Ipswich is likely to be commenced before long. The sum of £1200…

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"The Mission to Rome." Mr. Lucas writes as follows to the Tablet: Wandsworth, June 12th, 1855

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 October 1855 · page 3

Though I am naturally unwilling to speak about myself, yet respect for my readers and constituents, and a sort of necessity arising out of letters received from friends in…

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The Mission of Lord John Russell to Vienna. (From the Times, of 9th July.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 October 1855 · page 5

In the course of the extraordinary disclosures made by Lord John Russell on Friday evening he entered into some additional details on the proposals and conduct of the Austrian Government; and he boasted…

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New Presbyterian Church, Paddington,— Laying the Foundation Stone

Empire · Thursday 18 October 1855 · page 4

The foundation Stone of the New Presbyterian Church at Paddington was held yesterday afternoon, by Thomas Barker, Esq., M.L.C., conv[?] of the Education Committee of the Synod of Australia, in the…

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Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Presbyterian Church, at Paddington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 October 1855 · page 5

THE ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Presbyterian Church, in connection with the Established Church of Scotland, at Paddington, took plaee yesterday afternoon, on the ground adjacent to the…

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Russia Taking a Leaf Out of the Anti-catholic Penal Laws of England

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 October 1855 · page 8

IN our fifth page will be found a curious, but a cruel, specimen of the manner in which Russia treats her Catholic subjects, and of the iniquitous devices by means of which the…

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The Beau Ideal of a State-paid Church; Or, the Last of Presbyterian Union. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 23 October 1855 · page 2

SIR—There is nothing better for the cause or truth than open and honest discussion. Whether "Iago's" mode of discussion be of this kind, I leave your readers to judge. It has found one hearty admirer, at all events, in…

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Report by the Inspector of Police, and by the Agent for the Church and School Estate on the Benevolent Asylum. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 25 October 1855 · page 3

SIR—The report on the Benevolent Asylum by the above officers is plain and business-like, and it is creditable to the Government that the enquiry has been ordered…

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(To the Editors of the Freeman's Journal.) the Presbyterian Squabblers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 October 1855 · page 10

GENTLEMEN,—You may not be aware that there is a sharp contest going on between certain offshoots of the Presbyterian heresy, which unluckily have transplanted themselves from cold…

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Is "Praying for the Dead" Unorthodox in a Member of the Law Church of England?

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 October 1855 · page 8

"WE find the following paragraph in the "Melbourne Correspondent of the Herald of last Saturday:— "Some surprise has been excited by the…

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The London Cockneys and Their Church. (To the Editors of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 October 1855 · page 10

GENTLEMEN,—Lord Robert Grosvenor having brought a Bill into the House of Commons, to prevent Sunday Trading, or, in other words, to prevent the poor London operatives from buying…

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FREE-CHURCHISM. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 27 October 1855 · page 3

SIR—In Tuesday's Empire you published' a' letter the Rev.George Mackie, to which I, desire to direct attention. Most of his statements are entirely inconsistent with facts. We have never done or said anything…

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Synod of Australia in Connection with the Church of Scotland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 November 1855 · page 2

THIS Reverend Court met in St. Andrew Scots' Church on Wednesday, 31st ultimo, at noon, when the usual sermon was preached by the retiring Moderator, from Matthew xiii. 52,—"Then said he unto them,…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. (From Saturday's Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1855 · page 2

THE Synod of Eastern Australia met on Wednesday last, the 17th instant, within the church, Weat Maitland, at twelve o'clock noon, when the Rev. Andrew Maxwell, of Armidale, preached from Psalm 46, v. 5,…

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The Accident to the Spire, at Christ Church. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 November 1855 · page 5

SIR,—Would you do the churchwardens and myself the favour of allowing us to say, through your columns, that the loss occasioned by the accident to the scaffolding and framework of the spire at Christ…

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The Accident to the Spire at Christ Church. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 13 November 1855 · page 5

SIR—Would you do the churchwardens and myself the favour of allowing us to say, through your columns, that the loss occasioned by the accident to the scaffolding and frame-work of the spire at Christ church during…

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