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Churches, 1858

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Bradford Catholic Young Men's Society

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 March 1858 · page 1

On Monday evening, the 2nd September, the lecture of the winter session was given in the Temperance Hall, Leeds Road, Bradford, by the Rev. Father Fox, of the Order of Oblates of Mary…

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The Scots' Church and the Reverend John Reid, of Melbourne

Empire · Monday 15 March 1858 · page 2

The minister, elders, committee of management, and congregation of the Scots' Church, Sydney, have been desirous for several years past that some duly qualified minister, of the requisite standing and experience,…

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Mormonism in the Church of England

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 March 1858 · page 3

Bishop Colenso, of Natal, published some time since his opinion that, in the case of a native convert being already in possession of more wives than one, the Christian system did not require, or justify, the…

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Country Land Sales. On TUESDAY, 30th MARCH, at eleven o'clock. at the Police Office, Tumut. Wynyard (Town Lots).—Parish of Tumut. Town of Tumut: Lots 1 to 45, 2 roods each. Upset price, —8 per acre. at the Police Office, Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1858 · page 3

CLARENCE (Country Lots).—Parish of Clarenza. At and above the confluence of Swan Creek with the Clarence River: Lot 1, 27 acres; lot 2, 40 acres; lot 3, 47 acres; lot 4, 40 acres; lot 5, 24 acres; lot 6, 38 acres. On the right bank of the Clarence River,…

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Dublin Catholic Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 March 1858 · page 2

The solemnity of last Sunday—the first of the new year—was enhanced by the edifying sight presented to the citizens of Dublin of their newly-invested chief magistrate completing the ceremony…

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Compelling Catholic Seamen to Attend Protestant Worship

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 March 1858 · page 3

The subjoined we take from the Telegraph and Courier:—"It having been brought to the notice of Commodore Wellesley that seamen of the Indian navy,…

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Probable Result of the Sepoy Mutiny with Regard to Catholic Soldiers and the People of India

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 March 1858 · page 2

WHATEVER happens in this world of woo is ordained by an all-wise Providence as a just punishment for human depravity, or as an incentive to heroic virtue. The dreadful scourge of war, with…

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Australian Leaflets. By Anne Evergreen, Woman's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1858 · page 2

WHAT is woman's mission? is a question which for a series of years has been debated, and does not even now appear to he finally settled. In the United States of America a great variety of opinion exists thereon…

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The Presbyterian College. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 2 April 1858 · page 5

SIR—I am one of four Presbyterian ministers belonging to three different sections of the Presbyterian Church, in Sydney and its vicinity, who, along with a considerable number of Presbyterian laymen of the city…

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Revolution in the Church. (From the Britith Standard.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1858 · page 2

THE heading of this article indicates the views of the High Party in so far as they are represented by Mr. Beresford Hope, relative to the work of the Church among the millions…

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The Catholic Mission in New Zealand

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 April 1858 · page 3

Extracts from the letter of a Priest in New Zealand to a friend in Sydney, on the state of religion in the province of Otago, included under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Right Rev. Dr. Viard,…

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Presbyterian College. — Public Meeting. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1858 · page 5

SIR,—As a well-wisher to the cause of collegiate education in New South Wales, I exceedingly regret to find, from a letter which appeared in the Empire of Friday last, that it is the intention of the Rev. Dr…

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Presbyterian College

Empire · Tuesday 6 April 1858 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A public meeting was held in the infant School-room, Castlereagh-street, last evening, "of all those favourable to the erection of a Presbyterian College within the Sydney University; the said College to be established in…

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Scots' Church.—induction Service

Empire · Tuesday 6 April 1858 · page 5

The service, in conneotion with the induction of the Rev. John Reid, late of North Melbourne, as colleague to the Rev. Dr. Lang in the ministry of the Scots' Church, took place in the Scots' Churoh, on Sunday,…

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Catholic Progress

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 7 April 1858 · page 2

There are many ways of estimating the progress made by Catholicity in the United States. Some delight to number the accessions to our ranks by conversion, by immigration, by natural increase…

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Archbishop Hughes.—new Catholic Church at Sing Sing

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 7 April 1858 · page 4

A Correspondent of the Freeman's Journal furnishes the following details of the ceremonies of laying the foundation of the new Catholic Church at Sing Sing, (U.S.) on the 27th…

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Conservatism of the Catholic Clergy

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 7 April 1858 · page 1

At the famous College of the Propaganda at Rome there are maintained one hundred or more students from all parts of the world, who are instructed gratuitously in the various branches of…

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Purchase in the Church

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 7 April 1858 · page 3

A paragraph is taking the grand tour of the newspapers, stating that— "There are several livings in the market which hold out great inducements to clergymen who…

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CHURCHWARDENS. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1858 · page 8

SIR,—I notice that the election of Churchwardens on Easter Tuesday, for the Sydney churches, professes to have taken place, it is presumed, according to law. Now the Act, 8 William IV., No. 5, Section IX.,…

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