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Churches, 1872

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Sunday Reading. The Church in the House

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 November 1872 · page 18

(THIS is the title of a little work by the Rev. James Hamilton, D.D., late minister of the Scotch Church, Regent's Square, London. The title and the substance of the appeal to heads of families are very…

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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1872 · page 8

THE eighth session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales was opened in Phillip-street church on 29th October. The retiring Moderator, the Rev. A. C. Geekie, preached, after which the Assembly…

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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1872 · page 13

EIGHTH SEDERUNT.—The Assembly met on Saturday, at the Phillip-street Church, at 11 a.m., and was constituted with prayer. The minutes of the previous sederunt were read and confirmed…

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The General Conference and General Synod of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania. Preliminary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1872 · page 7

THE General Conference of the Bishops and elerical and lay representatives of "the Church of England" in the Ecclesiastical Province of Australia met on Thursday, the 10th of October, and sat daily (Saturdays and Sundays excepted), until Wednesday, the…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1872 · page 8

OCTOBER 10.—The General Conference of the Bishops and the clerical and lay representatives met at the deanery, and attended divine service in the Cathedral, and in the afternoon assembled for business in the Church Society's…

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The Presbyterian Church

Empire · Tuesday 5 November 1872 · page 3
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A PUBLIC meeting, in furtherance of the work of the Presbyterian Church, was held last evening in Phillipstreet Church. Rev. Dr. LANG, Moderator of the General Assembly…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. Public Meeting—church Schemes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 November 1872 · page 6

A PUBLIC meeting, in aid of the schemes of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, was held yesterday evening, in the Phillip-street Church, when a collection was made for the funds. The Rev. Dr. Lang, the…

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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1872 · page 3

NINTH SEDERUNT.—The General Assembly met yesterday morning, at 10.30, and was constituted with prayer. The minutes of the Eighth Sederunt were read and confirmed…

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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1872 · page 584

FOURTH SEDERUNT.—The ministers and elders of the Church met at the Phillip-street Church, on the 31st ultimo. At half-past 10 o'clock the Assembly met and was constituted with prayer…

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Grenfell Catholic School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 November 1872 · page 10

On Monday, the 28th ultimo, Mr. Baker member for the Southern Gold Fields, accompanied by Mr. H. S. Hayes, visited the Catholic School, here…

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Extracts From Dr. Lang's Address As Moderator of the Presbyterian Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 November 1872 · page 11

"The grand event of our era—although, from the recent wars of Europe, comparatively little attention has hitherto been paid to it by the Protestant world—is the abolition of the…

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The Late Anglican Conference. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 November 1872 · page 9

SIR—The Anglican Conference met presumably with the intention of uniting the different independent dioceses of the Anglican Church in New South Wales and the other…

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Great Britain. Converts to the Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 November 1872 · page 3

The Waterford Citizen of July 16th gives the following list of distinguished converts to the Catholic Church within a few years: The Most Rev. Henry Edward Manning, D.D.,…

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Legislative Assembly. Tuesday. Roman Catholic School at Grenfell

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 November 1872 · page 5

Mr. WATSON moved,—"I. That in the opinion of this House, the refusal of the Council of Education to grant a certificate of conformity to the Roman Catholic School at Grenfell, as…

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Churches in the United States

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 November 1872 · page 3

WE take the following from the American correspondent of the Weekly Review :-- UNIVERSALISTS. The Unitarian anniversaries have just been…

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John Wesley and the Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 November 1872 · page 3

EPISCOPALIAN Church people and Methodists will read with equal interest the following original letter from John Wesley, now printed for the first time. We are indebted to the kindness of…

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The Church in the Colonies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 November 1872 · page 5

A "West Indian Churchman" has written to the Standard upon this subject. He says:—It is not often that your aid is invoked to bring public opinion in England to bear upon matters which concern directly only tha small…

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Opening of the Catholic Church, Nelligen

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 November 1872 · page 10

The Nelligen correspondent to the Braidwoood Dispatch writes:—Sunday, November 24th, will be a day long to be remembered by the people of Nelligen, a day indeed which by the incidents…

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Victoria. Opening of St. Mary's Church, Williamstown

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 November 1872 · page 6

The solemn opening of the new Church of St. Mary of the immaculate Conception, Williamstown, took place on Sunday last. The Right Rev. Dr. Goold, U.S.A., Lord Bishop of…

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