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Churches, 1870

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Dedication of Catholic Church at Dungog

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 October 1870 · page 9

The blessing of the new church at Dungog was performed with all solemnity of Wednesday, 12th October, by his Lordship the Bishop of Bathurst, and dedicated to the service of God…

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New Catholic School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 October 1870 · page 12

A meeting of the members of the Catholic Church was held in the Denominational schoolroom, Bombala-street, on Sunday last. As announced by advertisement, the object of the…

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The Bathurst Catholic Bazaar

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 October 1870 · page 7

From the "Free Press" of Wednesday last we learn that the long-expected Bazaar in aid of the erection of a new Orphanage was opened on the 18th instant at the Catholic…

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Bazaar in Aid of the Building Fund of the Catholic Presbytery, Bega

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 October 1870 · page 12

A few months ago the Catholics of Bega began to think of providing for their pastor a residence in this town. Without wasting much time in mere talk, a…

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Sprit of the Dress. St. Vincent's Roman Catholic Orphanage, Queensland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 October 1870 · page 12

This important institution is situated at Nudgee, about nine miles from Brisbane, on the Sundgate side, and occupies an elevated and healthy position on the shores of Moreton Bay…

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Correspondence. Presbyter Anglican Us a "Modern Prophet!" (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 October 1870 · page 2

SIR,--It may be wonderous wise, but 'tis riot very safe in Presbyter Anglicanus, after reading of Napoleon's present defeat which may or may not be temporary--to fall pell-mell on Baxter and…

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A Roman Catholic's View of the Infallible Pope! (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 October 1870 · page 2

SIR,--As the present old fool of a Pope has Pronounced himself to be infallible, and, as a consequence, all his predecessors must have been equally so; will you permit me to present…

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Manicheanism and the Roman Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 October 1870 · page 8

IN scanning the histories of heresies from Simon Magus to the most modern of enthusiasts, the most superficial observer will have seen but one inspiration guiding, one…

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A New Pillar for The Church

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 29 October 1870 · page 3

Whilst making a search a day or two since, amongst some old sporting works of mine (writes a friend of ours) I came across an odd anecdota in a book published some twenty years since, concerning a sporting celebrity of the…

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The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Wednesday 2 November 1870 · page 3
Also in Empire

THE General Assembly met last evening in the Presbyterian Church, Phillip-street. The retiring moderator, the Rev. W. Grant, of Shoalhaven, preached a very impressive sermon on 2 Corinthians [?]L, 15 and 16,…

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Presbyterian General Assembly

Evening News · Thursday 3 November 1870 · page 2
Also in Empire

THE General Assembly resumed its sitting yesterday morning at a quarter to 10. After devotional ex[?] the Assembly dealt with the report anent the rece[?] of ministers. The action of presbytery of Sydney…

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Opening of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. Session the Sixth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 November 1870 · page 6

FIRST SEDERUNT.—Last Tuesday evening, those devotional exercises which always precede the opening of a General Assembly in the Presbyterian Church were engaged in by a large congregation in the Phillip-street Church—the…

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Catholic Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 November 1870 · page 9

THE third annual meeting of the Catholic Association was held last evening, in St. Mary's Seminary, and a large assemblage of its supporters was present. Archbishop Polding presided, attended by the Vicar-General, the…

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Presbyterian General Assembly

Evening News · Friday 4 November 1870 · page 3
Also in Empire

THE General Assembly met again, in Phillip-street Church, yesterday morning. The consideration of the report of the Church Extension Committee was resumed, and the motion approving of the report, and thanking…

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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. Session the Sixth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 November 1870 · page 3

FOURTH SEDERUNT.—The Assembly met yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, and having been constituted with prayer, proceeded to business. The Bathurst Presbytery obtained leave to meet that,…

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The Wesleyan Methodist Conference and the Permissive Bill. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 November 1870 · page 8

SIR,—The resolution in extense, affirming the principle of the Permissive Bill, unanimously adoptod by the Conference, having come to hand by this mail, I think many of your readers will like to read it, and I beg to [?]x it…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 November 1870 · page 6

October 1.—A meeting was held in Christ Church schoolroom, Canon Vidal in the chair, to consider the advisability of establishing a "Sydney Association of Mercy. The meeting was adjourned in order that the…

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