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Churches, 1865

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Church of England Legislation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 May 1865 · page 3

[WE copy from Tuesday's Maitland Merc[?]ry, the following letter by the Bishop of Newcastle, addressed to the "Members of the Church of England in the Diocese of Newcastle."]…

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Church of England Legislation. To the Members of the Church of England in the Diocese of Newcastle

Empire · Friday 12 May 1865 · page 2

My Christain Brethren—Having received a letter from the Sydney Conference Committee, informing me that the committee feels bound to proceed with the Sydney Diccesan Synod Bill, and to endeavour to…

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Church Society

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 May 1865 · page 5

THE annual meeting of the Church Society of the diocese of Sydney was held on Tuesday evening in the Infant Schoolroom, Castlereagh-street. There was a numerous attendance both of the clergy and of the lay members of the Church of England…

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Wesleyan Church, Armidale

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 16 May 1865 · page 8

THIS very substantial and neat building, creditable to all concerned in its erection, is another favorable specimen of the improved era of building in the interior. The church is of brick, on a basalt foundation, the…

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Continental Catholic Intelligence. Paris, Feb. 7, 1865

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 17 May 1865 · page 310

panloup has passed through twenty-one editions, and become an event. This document, which has rivetted the attention of the Paris press for the last fortnight, is naturally viewed in opposite…

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Church of England Synod Bill

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 17 May 1865 · page 308

THE letter of the Anglican Bishop of Newcastle on the subject of the Synod Bill contains a complete confutation of those arguments in its behalf which, as relating to the…

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Pr [?]Terian Church of Eastern Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1865 · page 5

THE Synod of Eastern Australia met, pursuant to adjournment, in St. George's Church, Sydney, on Wednesday, the 3rd May, at noon. The proceedings were commenced with praise, reading the Scriptures, and prayer by the Moderator…

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Presbyerian Church of Eastrn Australia

Empire · Wednesday 17 May 1865 · page 5

The Syned of Eastern Aaustralia met, pursuant to adjournment, in St. Goorge's Church, Sydney, on-Wednesday, the 3rd May, at noon. The proceedings were commonced with praise, reading the scriptures, and…

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The Anglican Church: Augmentation of Benefices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1865 · page 6

THE Times publishes a remarkable statement as to the success of the Ecclesiastical Commission. That body, having jobbed its jobs, got rid of Dr. Murray, rebuilt bishops' palaces, and provided for fattening…

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The Anglican Church: Augmentation of Benefices

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 11

THE Times publishes a remarkable statement as to the success of the Ecclesiastical Commission. That body, having jobbed its jobs, got rid of Dr. Murray, rebuilt bishops' palaces, and provided for fattening…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 7

The Synod of Eastern Australia met, pursuant to adjournment, in St. George's Church, Sydney, on Wednesday, the 3rd May, at noon, The proceedings were commenced with praise, reading the Scriptures, and prayer by the Moderator,…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 8

THE ninth annual meeting of the Church Society for the diocese of Sydney was held on the 9th instant, the Bishop of Sydney in the chair. The Rev. Canon Allwood read the report, which stated that the receipts amounted to £8022 2s. 10d. Only £2397…

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

Empire · Monday 22 May 1865 · page 5

James Hemming, John Barry, drunkards; Alexander M'Donald, scaman, charged with absenting himself without leave from the steamer Morpeth, were discharged…

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Presbyterian Church of South Australia

Empire · Wednesday 24 May 1865 · page 5

On Wednesday, May 10, the ministers, office-bearers, and a large number of the members of the Established, United Presbyterian, and Free Presbyterian Churches, assembled in St. Andrew's Church, Wakefield-street,…

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The Catholic Clergy in America. Their Attitude Towards the War

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1865 · page 323

The following article is taken from the New York Tribune, one of the most vigorous supporters of President Lincoln's administration, and the organ of the extreme Abolition party in…

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The Roman Catholic Oath

Empire · Thursday 25 May 1865 · page 2

In the House of Commons on the 21st March. Mr. Monsell rose to move that the House should resolve itself into committee, that the…

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The Leading Continental Catholic Journal on the Cardinal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 May 1865 · page 3

The following is the leading article of Sunday's Monde on the death of the Cardinal Archbishop :— "The death of Cardinal Wiseman is an event…

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Accident at the Sacred Heart Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 May 1865 · page 1

—On Wednesday a very serious accident happened to Mr. Thomas Levett, who for many years has been engaged to attend to the Sacred Heart Church. About 11 o'clock, after puttingout all the lights in the…

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Continental Catholic Intelligence. Requiem for His Eminence the Late Cardinal Archbishop of Westminister

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 June 1865 · page 346

Men, who figure in the world's history, are great enough to dispense with any addition to their names, and, what would be to a common mortal a mark of disrespect, if not ef dishonour,…

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