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Churches, 1871

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Pitt-street Congregational Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 595

ON Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Graham (wife of the Rev. John Graham) laid the foundation stone of the new Sunday-school buildings in connection with the Pitt-street Congregational Church. Several hundred persons were…

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Crisis in State and Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 3

THERE is always some evil in society in regard to which the public conscience is move or less aroused. It may be some form of oppression or injustice, It may be corruption in the…

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Mr. Miall's Motion on the Dis Establish[?]ent of the English Church

Evening News · Tuesday 11 July 1871 · page 4

IN one respect, by common admission, those who advocate the disestablishment of the Church of England are fortunate in being represented by Mr. Miall. He approaches…

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Mr. Miall's Motion on the Dis Establish Ent of the English Church (Times, May 10.)

Empire · Tuesday 11 July 1871 · page 4

IN one respect, by common admission, those who advocate the disestablishment of the Church of England are fortunate in bein represented by Mr. Miall. He approaches…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 6

JUNE 14.—Death of the Rev. Canon Stack. [Particulars will be found in another column.] June 21.—The Rev. Mr. Hungerford, who had been some time absent, having been compelled, by indisposition,…

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Going to Church

Evening News · Thursday 13 July 1871 · page 4

A FEW words on this subject from a constant listener to sermons may be worthy of a place in your columns. I am a regular attendant at worship on Sundays, and have heard in my…

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Going to Church. (Correspondent of Public Opinion.)

Empire · Thursday 13 July 1871 · page 4

A FEW words on this subject from a constant listener to sermons may be worthy of a place in your columns. I am a regular attendant at worship on Sundays, and have heard in my…

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Union of Churches. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 July 1871 · page 2

SIR,—We deeply regret the letter on the above subject which appeared in your columns on Saturday last from the Bishop of Bathurst. The paragraph quoted by you on the 4th instant from…

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Roman Catholic Church. Grafton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 July 1871 · page 7

It affords me great pleasure, to be enabled to forward you a short account of the Right Rev. Dr. O'Mahony's progress through his diocese. His Lordship is really indefatigable, and has…

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The Church Op St. Roch and the Clergy Oe Paris

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 July 1871 · page 4

We (Tablet) have been favoured by the Abbe Rogerson with the following extracts from a private letter, elated Sunday, 7th May, 1871…

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Presbyterian Lay Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 July 1871 · page 5

YESTERDAY evening, a large number of the clergy and laity connected with the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, assembled in the Temperance Hall, Pittstreet, with a view to the inauguration of a Lay…

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Ku-Klux Outrages. Methodist Preachers Killed, and Others Driven from the State

Evening News · Wednesday 19 July 1871 · page 3

WASHINGTON, April 21.—A leading minuter of the M. E. Church in Alabama, writes to a member of Congress from that State that, having just completed his second round of quarterly meetings in his district,…

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"Union Churches." to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1871 · page 3

SIR,—The explanatory note of the Bishop of Bathurst relative to certain paragraphs quoted from the Christian Advocate, concerning the "Union of Churches," seems to have fallen like a shell in an enemy's camp…

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Catholic Unity

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 July 1871 · page 12

Unity is a divine gift. It does not exist outside the Catholic Church. None of the religious communities severed from the See of Peter, the centre of unity, can lay claim…

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Presbyterian Lay Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1871 · page 650

ON Monday evening, a large number of the clergy and laity connected with the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, assembled in the Temperance Hall, Pitt- street, with a view to the inauguration of a Lay…

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Yorkshire Catholic Reformatory for Boys. Market Weighton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 July 1871 · page 5

The following is the last Report of her Majesty's Inspector respecting this institution, inspected August 21st, 1869. (H. R.) This institution appeared to be working most…

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Singleton Branch of the Holy Catholic Guild

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 July 1871 · page 10

The seventeenth half-yearly meeting of the Singleton Branch of the Holy Catholic Guild was held on the 10th instant, for the purpose of receiving the Council's report and the Treasurer's…

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Irish Intelligence. Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 July 1871 · page 6

Kilkenny, Sunday night.—On this day, writes the correspondent of the Freeman, the new and splendid organ recently erected in the above named spacious and beautiful…

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SPAIN. The Union Evangeliea Espanola--State of the Churches--Madrid--Site got for large now Churches and Schools--Schools in other quarters--Cottage Meetings in Madrid--Zaragossa--A Protestant Village

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 22 July 1871 · page 7

The committee of the "Union Evangelica' Espanola" have much satisfaction in reporting the progress of the work under their care during, the last two months. God continues to bless…

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Catholic Protection Association.— Public Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 July 1871 · page 5

LAST Saturday evening, pursuant to advertisement, a meeting—which Catholics were invited to attend—was held in the United Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, at the corner of Batburst-street, the object of the gathering being the…

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