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Churches, 1864

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The Central African Mission

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 May 1864 · page 12

Letters were received in Cape Town on the 24th from Dr. Livingstone and Mr. Waller, announcing that the last scene of the Central African Mission had been played out, and that Bishop Tozer, in company with his band of…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1864 · page 9

THE consecration of St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, took place on the 25th April (St. Mark's Day). The Bishop of Sydney was assisted in the service by the Dean of Sydney, the Canons of St. Andrew's Cathedral, and upwards of twenty clergymen. The…

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The Church Society

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 May 1864 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Sydney Church Society was held on Tuesday evening, in the school-house, Castlereagh-street. The Bishop of Sydney presided. After the proceedings having been opened with prayer, the Bishop gave…

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Consecration of St. Mary's Church, Waverley

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 May 1864 · page 4

ON Thursday, the ceremony of consecration of the above church was celebrated by the Bishop of Sydney, assisted by the Bishop of Brisbane. At eleven o'clock, the Metropolitan Bishop,…

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City Mission

Empire · Tuesday 24 May 1864 · page 5

A PUBLIC tea meeting was held last evening in the Independant Methodist Chapel, Botany-road, Redfern. A large company assembled on the occasion. Alter the refreshments had been partaken of the meeting was…

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Presbyterian Union

Empire · Tuesday 24 May 1864 · page 8

AT Sydney the fourth day of May, 1864, the Conference on Presbyterian Union, met; present—Committees on behalf of the Synod of Australian, in connection with the Established Church of Scotland; of the Synod of…

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Conference on Presbyterian Union. [Communicated.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1864 · page 5

AT Sydney, the fourth day of May, 1864, the Conference on Presbyterian Union met; present—committees on behalf of the Synod of Australia, in connection with the Established Church of Scotland; of…

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Disunion in the Presbyterian Denomination, and Its Causes. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 26 May 1864 · page 8

SIR,—When solict[?]ing a corner in your useful columns for a short epistle on the abovenam[?]d subject, I cannot but vividly remember, and with intense grstitude, which it is believed I share with the hundreds and thousands of…

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A Missing Church and School Reserve. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1864 · page 2

SIR,—Many years ago a triangular piece of ground, eight or more acres in extent, near Redfern, was duly constituted by Government a reserve for church and school purposes. On one side it is bounded by Chisholm's Grant, on…

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Is a Union with the Churches Possible. (From the Weekly Herald, March 12)

Empire · Thursday 26 May 1864 · page 2

THE Free Church having everything to gain and nothing to lose by a union with the United Presbyterian Church, on the basis of the [?]articles to far agreed to and the statements so far…

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Conference on Presbyterian Union

Sydney Mail · Saturday 28 May 1864 · page 3

AT Sydney, the fourth day of May, 1864, the Conference on Presbyterian Union met; present—committees on behalf of the Synod of Australia, in connection with the Established Church of Scotland; of…

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Central African Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1864 · page 8

The Portuguese man-of-war steamer Anna Maria, which reached Simon's Bay on Wednesday, brought intelligence of the final abandonment by Bishop Tozer of the mission undertaken on the banks of the Shire…

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The Synod Question. to the Editor of the Church of England Chronicle

Empire · Monday 30 May 1864 · page 8

SIR,—In your last issue you were good enough to favour your readers with the views upon the subjects discussed in an important despatch of the Duke of Newcastle recently received in the colony—if the views you have…

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City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1864 · page 5

THE second annual meeting of the City Mission was held yesterday evening in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. There was a large attendance, and much interest was manifested in the proceedings…

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Sydney City Mission

Empire · Tuesday 31 May 1864 · page 8

THE second annual meeting of the Sydney City Mission was held yesterday evening in the Temperance Hall. Pitt-street, Mr. Joseph Thompson in the chair. The auditory was a very large one, and quite filled the…

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The Anglican Church at the Hawaiian Islands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1864 · page 2

IN the Herald of Tuesday we published an article from, the (London) Guardian of 2nd March on "The death of King Kamehameha." In this a letter from the Bishop of Honolulu—the Right Rev. Dr…

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The Sydney City Mission. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1864 · page 2

SIR,—I have read with deep interest the report of the annual meeting of the City Mission, published in your paper this morning. Absence from home prevented me from being at the meeting. From the record of…

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City Mission

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 June 1864 · page 5

THE second annual meeting of the City Mission was held on Monday evening in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. There was a large attendance, and much interest was manifested in the proceedings…

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The Anglican Church at the Hawaiian Islands

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 June 1864 · page 3

THE following letter from the Bishop of Honolulu— the Right Rev. Dr. Staley—to the editor of the (London) Guardian, besides giving various interesting details relative to the late King Kamehamehs,…

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Central African Mission

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 June 1864 · page 8

The Portuguese man-of-war steamer Anna Maria, which reached Simon's Bay on Wednesday, brought intelligence of the final abandonment by Bishop Tozer of the mission undertaken on the banks of the Shire…

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