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Churches, 1864

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Water Police Court.—saturday. Before the Water Police Magistrate, and Mr. W. Church

Empire · Monday 18 July 1864 · page 5

George Turner, for drunkenness, in Macleay-street, was discharged. Mary Knight was charged with stealing a dress and spron, valued at 9s., the property of Sarah Cartwright;…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 July 1864 · page 8

A MEETING of the parishioners of Randwick and Coogee was held in the schoolroom of St. Jude's Church, on the 23rd ultimo. A resolution affirming that it was desirable to complete the building was agreed to, and a committee was appointed to collect the…

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Free Church of England. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 22 July 1864 · page 5

SIR,—In answer to a letter from Mr. H. K. James, in your paper of to-day, I beg to say that he has taken up the most unimportant point in my public statement, and in his well-known and equivocal manner, has thus…

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The Methodist Episcopal Church and Slavery. (From the New York Tribune.)

Empire · Saturday 23 July 1864 · page 3

THERE has been, since the outbreak of the rebellion, a slow yet steady progress in the attitude of the religious denominations of the country with regard to slavery. Resolutions…

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The Methodist Episcopal Church and Slavery. (From the New York Weekly Tribune, May 7.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 July 1864 · page 6

THERE has been, since the outbreak of the rebellion, a slow yet steady progress in the attitude of the religious denominations of the country with regard to slavery. Resolutions condemnatory of slavery, and…

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Catholic Young Men's Society

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 27 July 1864 · page 5

A lecture was delivered under the auspices of this Society, at St. Bede's School Room, on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. F. O'Farrell, to a Urge and crowded audience, numbering between 100…

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The Abbe Lacordaire—lecture in the Catholic Hall

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 27 July 1864 · page 3

A most instructive and pleasing lecture was delivered on Monday in the Catholic Hall, before a very respectable audience, by J. L. O' [?] Esq., on the subject of " Lacordaire, as priest,…

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Continental Catholic Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1864 · page 6

The welcome telegraphic intelligence of the release of Monsienor Arnaldi, Archbishop of Spoleto, led us to hope for a moment that the Piedmestese had abandoned their mania for…

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The Protestant Alliance and Catholic Chaplains

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1864 · page 7

We learn through the agency of the Protestant Alliance that the select committee of the House of Commons originally appointed in 1861, to inquire into the administration of the laws for the relief of…

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Church of the Carmelite Fathers Kensington.—solemn Translation of Relics

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1864 · page 3

On Monday last the church of the Carmelite Fathers in Kensington was the scene of a ceremony ol solemn Catholic interest, namely, the placing of the relics of St. Simon Stock, in due…

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Dr. Livingstone and the Zambezi Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 August 1864 · page 2

DR. LIVINGSTONE proceeds to Bombay in the Nya[?] steamer, calling at Johanna on his way. His present intention is to sell her there; and he expects to realise a sum not much short of what was originally paid for…

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Donnybrook: Its Fair and Its New Church. (Cor. of Weekly Register.)

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 3 August 1864 · page 2

Near Dublin is the far famed Donnybrook. Coming from Bray, along the Stillorgan-road, on a summer everting, when the setting sun flings over its bright mantle of retiring, splendour, it…

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Church of England Sunday School Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 August 1864 · page 8

A MEETING of clergymen and teachers interested in the formation of a Church of England Sunday School Union was held yesterday evening, in the Church Society's room, Phillip-street, for the purpose of receiving a proposed code…

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The Union of the Churches

Empire · Wednesday 3 August 1864 · page 2

From the Weekly Herald, Mercury, and New THE decision arrived at by the United Presbyterian Synod after a long and fre discussion of the Artic'es of Agreement presented in the report of the Union Committee, is one…

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Total Loss of the Mission Barque John Williams, on Danger Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 August 1864 · page 4

BY the arrival of the brig Lalla Rookh, with the crew and passengers of the John Williams, we have received the following particulars respecting the unfortunate loss of the above-named ship, which has been furnished by Captain Williams, from his…

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Church of England Sunday School Union

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 August 1864 · page 7

A MEETING of clergymen and teachers interested in the formation of a Church of England Sunday School Union was held on Tuesday evening, in the Church Society's room. Phillip-street, for the purpose of receiving a proposed code…

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The "Presbyterian Magazine" for August

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 10 August 1864 · page 5

The most noticeable feature of this periodical is its comparative inoffensiveness. We are pleased to perceive that it is conducted rather with a view to inform than to offend. The number before us…

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Mission to the Chinese. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1864 · page 6

SIR,—Yesterday the Chinese missionary oommsn[?]d his first services to his benighted countrymen. The subject of his discourse was the "Creation of the World, the fall of man, and the divine mission of our Saviour," which he…

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Water Police Court.—saturday. Before Messrs. E. North, J. F. Josephson, and W. Church

Empire · Monday 15 August 1864 · page 5

William Day, charged with breaking glass, was discharged, no prosecutor [?]pearing. James Roach, drunk and riotoue, at North Shore; and Jane Asheroft, locked up for proteotion, were discharged…

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Laying the Foundation Stone of a New Wesleyan Church, North Shore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1864 · page 5

THE foundation stone of a new Wesleyan ohuroh at St. Leonards, North Shore, was laid by the Bev, W. Taylor, yesterday afternoon. There were about two or three hundred persons present at the ceremony…

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