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Churches, 1865

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The Church. the Old Faith—a Restoration

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 7 June 1865 · page 358

After a lapse of over 600 years, the Dominican Fathers are again possessed of portion of their abbey lands, in the town ol Tralee. Such is the announcement we were enabled to make…

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The Established Church in Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 7 June 1865 · page 356

THE scandalous abases of the Anglican Establishment in Ireland would be scarcely credible but for the evidence of their existence which is forced upon us from the…

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Scots Church Property Mortgage

Empire · Thursday 8 June 1865 · page 3

Mr. COWPER laid on the table the report of the select committee on the mortgage of the property of the Scots Church, Sydney. BORDER CUSTOMS…

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The Church Establishment

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 June 1865 · page 366

It is not with the indignity of the Church Establishment that we are most anxious to concern ourselves, although we believe there is no sense more really useful in a nation than a…

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Parliamentary Paper. Mortgage on the Property of the Scots Church, Sydney. Report

Empire · Saturday 10 June 1865 · page 5

The Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly appointed on the 16th May last, "to inquire into, and report upon, the circumstances connected with the Mortgage on the Property of the Scots Church…

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City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1865 · page 5

THE third annual meeting of the City Mission was held last night at the Hall of Temperance, Pitt-street. The hall was well filled throughout. The chair was taken by Mr. John Caldwell, M.L.A…

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Sydney City Mission

Empire · Tuesday 13 June 1865 · page 5

Last night, the third annual meeting of the Sydney City Mission was held in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. There was a very large attendance, and upon the platform were a great number of clergymen of…

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The Rev. Father Grollier Oblate of Mary Immaculate and the Mission of the Arctic Regions of America

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 14 June 1865 · page 370

In the work of the world's conversion, it seems as if two nations were especially privileged to take the lead. Eminently endowed with those virtues which form the ground-work of religion,…

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The Irish Church

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 14 June 1865 · page 371

The Irish State Church may be fitly styled the opprobrium of English Liberalism. That it existed down to thy period of the Reform Bill is a reproach which we are justified in throwing…

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Correspondence. Cathedral and Church Announcements. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 14 June 1865 · page 373

SIR,—It has often struck me that sufficient publicity is not given in this colony to the various events that occur, and ceremonies that are celebrated in our Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish…

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City Mission

Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 June 1865 · page 5

THE third annual meeting of the City Mission was held on Monday at the Hall of Temperance, Pitt-street. The bail was well filled throughout. The chair was taken by Mr. John Caldwell, M.L.A…

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A Churchyard and Its Contents

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1865 · page 4

There lie levellers lovelled—duns done of themselves. There are booksellers [?] on their [?] Horizontally there lie upright politicians. Dos-a-dos with their patients lie faultless physicians…

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Parliamentary Paper. Mortgage on the Property of the Scots Church, Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1865 · page 8

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 16th May list, "to inquire into, and report upon the circumstances connected with the mortragage, on the property of the Scots Church,…

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

Empire · Monday 19 June 1865 · page 5

Patrick Hynes, for an assault on view, was fined 20s., or seven days gaol. Antonio Camelare, and Nicholas Farnich, were charged with disorderly conduct on board the Abrolhes;…

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Parliamentary Paper. Mortgage on the Property of the Scots Church. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1865 · page 5

THE following Report was proposed by Mr. Piddington instead of the Report of the Chairman:— The votes were— Ayes, 2. Noes, 2…

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Presbyterian Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1865 · page 9

AT a meeting of the Conference on Presbyterian Union, on the part of representatives of the Synod of Australia, in connection with the Established Church of Scotland, the General Synod of the Presbyterian…

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The Catholic Directory

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 21 June 1865 · page 387

We take the following extract from the preface of thin work, which has this year been edited by Professor Kavanagh of the Catholic University:—…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1865 · page 8

THE new church at Bungendore, designed for the accommodation of 100 worshippers, was opened for service by the Bishop of Goulburn, on the 14th of May. The Bishop of Goulburn preached at Marulan and…

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Presbyterian Union. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 22 June 1865 · page 5

Sir,—I am a Scotsman and a Presbyterian, and as such I am heartily glad, as I believe most of my fellow countrymen and co-religionists in the colony are, that the long looked for Presbyterian Union has been…

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Presbyterian Union. to the Editor of the Expire

Empire · Friday 23 June 1865 · page 5

Sir,—It is surprising that "A Presbyterian Layman," who regrets that the Conference allowed the consumation of the Union to be delayed three months, instead of "striking while the iron is hot," should…

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