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Churches, 1875

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Latest Intelligence. [?]R's Telegram's to Australian Associated Press. the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1875 · page 7

THE A[?]chbishops and twenty-four Bishops have issued an address to the clergy and laity, "[?]ning the course which is being taken by the Government in relation to the Church…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Church

Evening News · Wednesday 10 March 1875 · page 3

A correspondent writes:—"On Sunday morning the service at the Irvingite Cathedral at Albury, near Guildford—a building which was erected at a cost of £60,000, by the late Mr. Henry…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1875 · page 6

January 17,—A seven days' mission was commenced at Ashfield, the Rev. Canon Vance, of Melbourne, being the preacher. February 14.—A seven days' mission services comm[?]d…

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The Australasian Holy Catholic Guild of St. Mary and St. Joseph

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 6

THE half-yearly meeting of the members of the parent branch of the Australian Holy Catholic Guild was held in the hall of St. Mary's Semi nary on the evening of Wednesday, 27th January…

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The Church and Science. Father Tom BURKE's Sermon in Dublin

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 3

WELL, by degrees, men began to observe the motions of the stars, to observe the aberrations of certain planets, to observe certain familiar phenomena in the earth…

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Extraordinary Assault in a Church

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 5

At the Emerald Hill Police Court, on Saturday, an extraordinary case was investigated, when Father O'Callaghan, a Roman Catholic priest, appeared to [?] a visitor to the…

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Poetry. in a Churchyard

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 347

The lonesome wind of autumn grieves: The northern lights are seen; October sheds her changing leaves Upon the churchyard green…

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The Babylon of the Revelation of St. John. Chapter Ii. Whether Babylon in the Apocalypse is the Church of Rome

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 3

What a simple rule! how easy of application! Can it be imagined, that the author of the Apocalypse would not have commended it? Can it be imagined that St. John--or rather the…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 24

A correspondent writes:—" On Sunday morning the service at the Irvingite Cathedral at Alhury, near Guildford—a building which was erected at a cost of £60,000, by the late Mr. Henry…

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The Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 13

ST. STEPHEN'S.—The special services held during the last week of occupying the church in Macquarie-street were very well attended. The Rev. Dr. Steel was assisted by the Rev. Messrs. Anld and Paterson on Monday, the 8th…

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Driving Past Churches

Evening News · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 4

At the Water Police Court, yesterday, two cabmen were charged with driving past churches during divine service on Sunday last, at a pace other than a walk. In the first case Mr. Burdekin, who occupied…

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Tee Weakness of the Broad Church. (From the English Independent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 7

IF comprehensiveness were, as we are so often assured on high authority, a legitimate characteristic and fundamental principle of the Establishment, the Broad Church, instead of being…

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The Babylon of the Revelation of St. John. Chapter Ii. Whether Babylon in the Apocalypse is the Church of Rome

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 3

Such is the prophecy of St. John. And let us ask the candid reader--Is not this prophecy even now in the course of fulfilment, in the eyes of the world ?…

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The Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 March 1875 · page 15

"FROM the Church of Rome, the whole western world received its Christianity,"—EDMUND BURKE. Glorious ehurcb, forever reigning…

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Great Britain. Sir W. V. Harcourt on Catholic Allegiance. Rebuke to Gladstone

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 March 1875 · page 3

IN the course of a speech addressed to his constituents at Oxford, Sir W. Vernon Harcourt alluded in the following terms to the ecclesiastical question raised by Mr…

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Italy. Church Statistics

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 March 1875 · page 4

The Gerarchia Cattolica, a Catholic directory published in Rome, gives the following account of the Catholic hierarchy over the world : Pius IX. is the 262nd Pope since St…

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The Babylon of the Revelation of St. John. Chapter II.--Continued. Whether Babylon in the Apocalypse is the Church of Rome

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 27 March 1875 · page 4

3. The Harlot is named Babylon. And Babylon is called the great City. She is so named twelve times (7) in the Apocalypse, and no other city is called in this book the Great City. Now,…

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Indian Mission Works

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 April 1875 · page 4

FROM the time the Catholic explorer, Columbus, discovered this fair land, and reared the emblem of man's salvation on its fertile shores, the work of Christianization…

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Catholic Directory. APRIL

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 April 1875 · page 10

Sunday, 4.—Low Sunday—1st Sunday after Easter, dup Toto temp Pasch Apost [?] March habent Off prep in festis B M V Conf Pont et non Pont Virg et non Virg…

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St. Patrick's Church, Singleton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 April 1875 · page 13

THE sequestered and picturesque church of St, Patrick, at Singleton, has undergone a complete internal transformation during the past few months. The uneven surface of the rubble…

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