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Churches, 1869

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The Church Bill

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 July 1869 · page 12

That the Irish Church Bill should have passed through committee without a single material alteration, is a signal proof of the intensity of purpose with which the Liberal party have…

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The Priests of Bel Outdone. by Certain Priests of the Church of England. (Near Manchester, September, 1868.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 July 1869 · page 5

WHEN Bel, the idol, stood upon his throne And people brought their offerings, one by one A mighty dragon came by night, 'twas said. Drank all the wine, and ate the meat and…

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What of England in Alliance with Rome.--is the Church Safe? (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 July 1869 · page 6

SIR,--It is deeply impressed on our apprehension, that the noon-day glory of Great Britain as a nation is passing away, for we can see that the shadows of an…

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Ceremonial in the "Latin" Church of the "Holy Sepulchre."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 July 1869 · page 12

THE following narrative, written to a correspondent, and dated 26th August, 1857, has been carefully preserved by him, and copy of it has been transmitted to us for…

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Church and School Lands, Glebe. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 27 July 1869 · page 3

Sir,—I trust you will excuse my troubling on this "oft-told tale," but my anxiety for the proper adjustment of the respective claims in the matter must furnish my apology, which, I hope, you will accept…

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English Church Matters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 July 1869 · page 3

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—The Vicar of Doncaster preached a remarkable sermon lately. Dr. Vaughan is one of the few clergymen who, seeing very clearly the changes that are coming over the Church of…

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To the Catholic Young Men of the Sacred Heart Parish

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 July 1869 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—In reading the first letter which appeared in the Freeman's Journal with reference to the formation of a Catholic Literary Institute, I was pleased to see that the matter was at…

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France. Continental Catholic News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 July 1869 · page 5

The third Parliament of the Second Empire has ceased to exist, and the country is rife with excitement and curiosity as to the result of the forthcoming elections…

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The Passing of the Church Bill

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 July 1869 · page 13

The Sunday Observer comments rejoicingly on the passing of the Church Bill. It thinks it is quite evident that the House of commons and the country at large have quite made up…

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

Empire · Monday 2 August 1869 · page 2

A number of drunkards were punished. Mary Ann Chifford, a disorderly prostitute, for using [?] language in George-street, was fined [?] or fourteen days' [?] in default…

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. News to July 10. The American Difficulty likely to be arranged. The Irish Church Bill passed the House of Lords. Fatal Riots in Wales. Sixty Lives Lost in a Coal Mine. 10,000 People Killed in India by a Cyclone. Serious Political Disturbances in France. (From Our Adelaide Correspondent.) Adelaide, Monday, 3.35 p.m

Empire · Tuesday 3 August 1869 · page 3

The branch steamer, with the south Australian portion of the English mails, was sighted at 11.10 this forenoon. The R.M.S. A voca, with the inward mail,…

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The Gerringong New Wesleyan Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1869 · page 7

A LABOR number of persons assembled at Gorringong on Friday last to witness the cere[?]ny of laying the foundation-stone of a new Wesleyan Church, to the erected in that picturosque village. At 12 o'clock the marque attached to…

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Spain. the Catholic Association" in Spain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 5

The following public protest against the language used in the Cortes by several deputies last week and public declaration of Faith has been drawn up by the " Junta…

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The Irish Church Bill in the House of Lords

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 5

ON Monday, June 14, both inside and outside the House of Lords considerable excitement was exhibited; it being felt that on the second reading of the Irish Church Bill depended the great constitutional question as to whether the Pears would seriously…

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The Popery of Ritualism; Or, Romanism in the Church of England No. II

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 7

IN a former number of the Standard we gave a brief summary of the things for which the Ritualists are contending. We pointed to the fact that a party similar…

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The Church of Rome--the Raising of Money In, Ireland

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 14

OUR readers will, see from the following extract the large sums of money raised in Ireland for Popish institutions. The building referred to is one of those,…

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CHURCH COUNCILS.--No. Ii. the Nicene Council

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 13

ONE or the most remarkable, conversions which the history of Christianity unfolds, occurred early in the fourth century, in the case of Constantine, surnamed "the…

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The Church Bill and the Peers

Empire · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 3

As the time approached for the introduction of the measure into the Upper House, it became known that a large number of Peers, with Lord Derby at their bend, bad brought themselves to believe that the…

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Extracts From Papers by the Mail. Party Opposition to the Irish Church Bill

Empire · Tuesday 10 August 1869 · page 4

Agitation upon a grand scale has been got up in opposition to the bill, and that both in Ireland and in Lancashire enormous meetings have been held for the purpose of encouraging the Lords to reject it, but,…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1869 · page 7

AT a valedictory meeting held in St. Andrew's new school, Pitt-street, several presentations were made to the Rev. Conon O'Reilly, by his late parishioners. The Bishop of Sydney held a Confirmation at St. Ann's…

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