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Churches, 1875

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New Wesleyan Church, Windsor

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1875 · page 755

On the 23rd of December last, during the destructive fire which caused so much devastation and distress in Windsor, the Wesleyan church, built in 1838 (and which occupied the place of a still older erection), was destroyed by the…

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The Church Hill Triangle

Evening News · Friday 17 December 1875 · page 2

The celebrated triangle on Church Hill was offered for sale by public auction by Messrs. Richardson and Wench this morning, and withdran, after a bona fide offer of £22 per foot. The frontage, 127…

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Catholic Education

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 December 1875 · page 6

THERE is a great deal more in the expression "Catholic education" than Some of our denominational friends suppose. They think it fair that the Romanists should…

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A New Catholic Cathedral in London

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 December 1875 · page 4

On the afternoon of the 19th ult., a demonstration of Irish Catholic working men and women, convened by the Council of the Catholic League of the Holy Cross, and held…

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America. Fearful Anti-catholic Riot in Toronto

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 December 1875 · page 6

The Toronto Globe, of the 4th, gives an account of the anti-Catholic riot in that city on the previous Sunday afternoon. We take the following extracts:—…

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St. John's Church, Darlinghurst

Evening News · Saturday 18 December 1875 · page 4

Previous to the separation of the children attending St. John's Church of England School, Darlinghurst, the friends and parents of the children and a number of the residents of the parish assembled in…

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Specimen of Handbill Lately Distributed in Dublin by the Irish Church Missionary Society

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 December 1875 · page 5

Roman Catholic priests and laymen are hereby invited to a friendly discussion on questions relating to everlasting salvation, in Lower Rutland-street Schoolhouse, this Wednesday…

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The Romish Church in France

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 December 1875 · page 5

"The Present Condition of the Romish Church in France " is the subject of a book that has just been issued, and of which a French clergyman, the Abbe E. Michaud, is the author. M…

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A Scene in a Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 December 1875 · page 3

At the Balbriggan Petty Sessions, held in the Court-house, Mr. Fleming, chairman, presiding the other magistrates occupying seats on the bench were--Mr. Hans Wood, D.L., and Mr…

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What they Do at Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 December 1875 · page 25

IT was after the evening service. Mrs. Coonton and the three Misses Coonton had arrived home They sat listlessly around the room with their things on. Mr. Coonton was lying on the lounge a sleep…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 December 1875 · page 6

November 10.—An auxiliary to the Sydney Church Society was formed at Cobbitty; and on the 15th, a similar institution was commenced at Hunter's Hill. November 25.—A public breakfast meeting was held in…

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What they Do at Church

Evening News · Wednesday 22 December 1875 · page 5

IT was after the evening service. Mrs. Coonton and the three Misses Coonton had arrived home They sat listlessly around the room with their things on. Mr. Coonton was lying on the lounge asleep…

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Church of England and Presbyterian United Services

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 December 1875 · page 5

The ministers of the Presbyterian Church and Church of England, in Mornington, have united in holding evangelistic meetings in their respective churches with satisfactory results. The…

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Germany. Catholic Congress

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 December 1875 · page 5

A German correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette announces that the following resolutions were unanimously voted the other day by the "Congress of German Catholics,"…

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Church Music. To the Editor of the Cumberland Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1875 · page 5

SIR,—One Sunday, a good many years ago, I went to the Surrey Gardens, in London, to hear the notorious Mr. Spurgeon preach. The congregation was…

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Mr. Beechers Church Ex-communicates Mrs. Moulton

Evening News · Thursday 30 December 1875 · page 3

Brooklyn, November 4.—To-night the Plymouth Church congregation, represented by forty-two members met in the lecture-room of the church and adopted a recommendation made by the…

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