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Churches, 1875

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The Mudgee Church of England School

Evening News · Wednesday 27 October 1875 · page 3

ON Friday last I paid a visit to the above school, a substantial and elegant building having a frontage to Church and Market streets, and situated just at the rear of the main street. Eleven years ago the building…

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Presbyterian Assembly of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 October 1875 · page 3

The Assembly, after n devotional service, met for busin[?] at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, in St. Stephen's Church[?] Philip-street. The MODERATOR opened the proceeding[?] with prayer…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 October 1875 · page 5

THE General Assembly met yesterday morning in St. Stephen's Church, Philip-street, and the proceedings were constituted with prayer. The Rev. J. S. LAING (the clerk) read the minutes of…

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Melanesian Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 5

On Monday evening last, the 26th instant, a meeting was held in St. James's Schoolroom, Castlerengh-street, of Sunday-school scholars, teachers, and panshioners, to hear from the Rev. Mr. Selwyn an account of the…

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Cruise of the Mission Brig John Wesley

Evening News · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 3
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THE Wesleyan mission brig John Wesley has recently returned to Port Jacke[?] from her cruise among the Island of Polynesia where the efforts of the missionaries have been devoted to the dissemination of…

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Pio Nono on the Church in Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 6

It will be remembered that the Consistory at which Archbishop Croke, of Cashe1, postulated for the pallium, the extraordinary compliment which Pio Nono paid the…

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[?] Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 9

THE General [?] met pursuant to adjournment, yesterday morning in St. [?] Church. The proceedings were open [?] with [?] The Rev. J. S. LAING (the clerk) read the minutes of the fourth…

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Investing Uncle Ben's Legacy, Or, Mr. Mtailing's Mining and Matrimonial Speculations. a Tale of the Mining Ers. by Old Boomerang. Cchapter Ix.—martin Cannot Buy Into the Victoria Twankay Churching Company

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 3

WHILE Mr. Blocks was gone to buy the Inverell Company tin shares, Martin thought he would go and pick up a little information, in an indirect way, about the Victoria Twankay, so he sauntered into Greville's…

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Poetry. CHURCHES

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 2

CHURCHES grow, like other creatures, Have their infancy and youth: And when old and harsh in features, Meet decay and final death…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 November 1875 · page 7

THE Assembly met, pursuant to adjournment, at a quarter past 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, and was constituted with prayer. MINUTES—QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 November 1875 · page 5

LAST night a publie meeting in furtherance of the schemes of the Presbyterian Church, was held in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street. There was a large attendance. The Rec, J. Cameron, M. A. (Moderator of the General Assembly) presided,…

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St. Phillip's Church, Sydney

Evening News · Tuesday 2 November 1875 · page 4

It is with much pleasure indeed (says the COOKTOWN HERALD of 23rd October) that we have to chronicle the fact of an interchange of good feeling between the churches of the north and south of…

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Gladstone on the Church of England

Evening News · Tuesday 2 November 1875 · page 5

IN a letter addressed to Rev. Eubule Evans, with reference to certain reforms relating to the Church of England, suggested by that gentleman in a paper contributed to a leading periodical, Mr…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 November 1875 · page 6

THE Assembly met pursuant to adjou[?]ment, at a quarter to 11 o'clock, in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, and [?] constituted with prayer by the MODERATOR. The Rev. J. S. LAING (the Clerk) read the minutes of…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 November 1875 · page 6

THE General Assembly met, p[?]rsuant to adjournment, at 11 o'clock, and was constituted with prayer by the Mode[?]ator. The Rev. J. S. LAING (the clerk) read the minutes of…

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Epitaph in a Church-yard

Evening News · Thursday 4 November 1875 · page 5

"This stone was rais'd by Sarah's lord, Not Sarah's vir[?]ues to record— For they're well known to all the town— But it was rais'd to keep her down…

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Fall from a Church Belfry

Evening News · Friday 5 November 1875 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature occurred to an old man in the belfry of All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst, on the night of Tuesday last. It appears (says the INDEPENDENT) that the old man (named Rat…

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English and Foreign Extracts. Gladstone on the Church of England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 November 1875 · page 27

In a letter addressed to Rev. Eubule Evans, with reference to certain reforms relating to the Church of England, suggested by that gentleman in a paper contributed toa leading periodical, Mr…

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Presbyterian General Assembly

Evening News · Monday 8 November 1875 · page 4

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church concluded its session on Thursday evening, when the Moderator, Rev. James Cameron, of Richmond, gave his concluding address. The business of…

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