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Churches, 1866

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Free Church of England and the Bishop of Sydney. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 31 January 1866 · page 8

Sir,—On June 14th. 1864 addressed a letter to the Bishop of Sydney, which I considered to be of the greatest importance to myself, and of no little importance to the Church of England in this colony…

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The Most Rev. Dr. Manning on Catholic Reformatories

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1866 · page 72

On the 10th of November last the Most Rev. Dr. Manning, Archbishop of Westminster, addressed a crowded meeting of the Catholics of Manchester in the Free Trade Hall of…

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What the Church Is Doing for California

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1866 · page 67

The progress that is made in the development of a new country unhappily brings in its train the drawbacks and evils, as well as the benefits of civilization. A larger population and varied…

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Water Police Court.—saturday. (Before Messrs, T. Dangar and W. Church.)

Empire · Monday 12 February 1866 · page 3

John Campbell, a coloured man, cook and steward, was charged with stealing a coat, valued £1, the property of Captain Pain, of th ship Hadleys; he was also charged with breaking open a cash box and stealing…

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Water Police Court.—tuesday. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Dangar and Church.)

Empire · Wednesday 14 February 1866 · page 5

Perie Felix, charged with being concerned with John Campbell in stealing a coat and a bill of exchange for £100; William Russell, charged with stealing a purse containing one half-sovereign; and Salvador…

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Solemn Opening of St. Bede's Church, Braidwood

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1866 · page 98

We must heartily congratulate the Catholics [?]Ithis district on the completion and opening of their beautiful church. Their liberal and generous contributions have erected one of the finest…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1866 · page 6

THE twenty-fifth annual meeting of St. Philip's Parochial Society, and the tenth annual meeting of St. Philip's Auxiliary to the Church Society, were held in the school-house adjacent to the church, on the 24th ultimo. The Dean of Sydney presided. The…

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

Empire · Monday 26 February 1866 · page 5

Richard Davis, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 20s. or two days gaol. Patrick Welsh, for unlawfully obtaining a passage from Brisbane to Sydney, going on board without the…

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Sydney City Mission. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1866 · page 5

SIR,—In the report of the meeting held on Tuesday evening for the City Mission, I am made to say, "The missionaries should have the disbursing of the funda, that whilst they gave them (the poor) the bread that perisheth, the heart…

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The Church. the Synod of Westminster

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 140

The Synod of the diocese of Westminster wua held on Thursday morning in the Pro-Cathedral Moorfields, on which occasion almost all the Clergy were preaent. The solemn proceedings…

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Solemn Opening of the Church of the English Martyrs.—sermon by the Archbishop

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 140

On last Tuesday the temporary church of tiie English Martyrs was solemnly opened by the Archbishop of Westminster, in the presence of a large number of the clergy and a full…

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A Negro Church Scene

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 131

While at Petersburg I went to see the chapel where the negroes met to worship. There were about 500 of them present, of whom two-thirds were women, attired in bonnets and dresses so…

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Establishment of a German Evangelical Church in Sydney. [Communicated.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 7

A NUMEROUSLY and respectably attended mieting of German citizens waa held on Wednesday evenmg last, at Clark's Assembly Rooms, for the purpose of estblishing a German Evangelical Church…

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Dedication of a New Church at Philadephia—sermon by Bishop Wood

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 March 1866 · page 147

On Sunday, Nov. 12, the new Church of St. Agatha, in West Philadelphia, was solemly dedicated to the service of the Almighty, in the presence of a vast number of…

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Establishment of a German Evangelical Church in Sydney

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 March 1866 · page 5

A NUMEROUSLY and respectably attended meeting of German citizens was held on the 28th ultimo, at Clark's Assembly Rooms, for the purpose of establishing a German Evangelical Church…

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

Empire · Monday 12 March 1866 · page 5

William Davis was charged with stealing fruit from the garden of William Manson, Kent street. At about half-past four o'clock on Friday morning, constable Mulholland, in going his rounds, observed the…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1866 · page 8

An a meeting of the parishioners of St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, held on the 6th instant, the Bishop of Sydney in the chair, it was determined to revive the auxiliary to the Church Society in that parish, and subscriptions to the amount of £120 were…

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

Empire · Monday 26 March 1866 · page 5

Ellen Douglass, for drunkenness, and Edward Tanen, for deserting from his ship, the City of Sydney, [?]ere discharged. Catherine Whelan, 22, was looked up for protection…

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Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society

Empire · Tuesday 27 March 1866 · page 5

Last evening, the annual meeting of the above society was held, in the Weslcyan Church, York-street, The attendance was rather small, there being about one hundred persons present, owing to the Wooley…

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Presbyterian Union

Empire · Thursday 29 March 1866 · page 5

We have been requested to publish the following letter, addressed to the Rev. Adam Thomson, as Moderater of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, enclosing annexed copy of a despatch, from her…

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