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Churches, 1876

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Church of England Education Defence Association. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1876 · page 2

SIR,—Any unprejudiced hearer of the sp[?]eches delivered at last Monday's meeting of the above A[?]sociation must have been struck by the con[?]picuous absence of argum[?]nt in favour of Denominationalism, or against what is s[?] much…

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The Church of God

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1876 · page 4

Built on a rocks alone it stands, Alone, impregnable, sublime; It was not raised by human bands, It knoweth not the new of time…

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The Church of England Education Defence Association

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1876 · page 18

A PUBLIC meeting of the friends of Denominational education, members of the Church of England, Denominational school teachers and all friends of the present Education Act was…

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Concert in Aid of St. John's Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1876 · page 14

ON Monday evening last a concert and dramatic entertainment was given in St. Mary's Seminary an aid of the f ands of St. John's Church, Kent-street. Judging by the very large and…

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[?]Puse[?] on the English and Eastern Churches

Evening News · Tuesday 7 March 1876 · page 3

[?]English theologian, Rev. Dr. Pusey, writes [?] the London lengthy letter on the subject [?] the efforts which are being made Eastern Church Association of Great…

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Movements of the Catholic Clergy and Laymen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1876 · page 6

Cologne, January 27.—The Gazette of this city says: "Notwithstanding the reiterated demands of Ultramontane journals, we learn from Berlin that the Catholic clergy and laymen are using their influence with the Pope to obtain his…

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To the Church of Exgland Defence Association. (By favour of the Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1876 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—In offering you my congratulations on the bold front you are showing in the cause of civil and religious liberty—a cause in which your glorious mother Church has ever been distinguished — I would…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1876 · page 6

FEBRUARY 1.—An address and a purse of £30 were presented to the Rev. J. Shaw, of Port Stephens, in token of appreciation of his valuable services. 21.—A public meeting was held at Gulgong for the…

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Jubilee Mission in Orange

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 March 1876 · page 9

The Jubilee Retreat opened here on last Sunday week, and was conducted by the Rev. Father Huggard of Bathurst assisted by the Rev. Father Kelly, of Wellington, and the…

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Lecture by Rev. F. HIBBERD. In answer to Archbishop Vaughan's pamphlet entitled "The Church of Christ Indefectible." PART I.

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 March 1876 · page 3

I hold in my hand a revised report of Archbishop Vaughan's "First Advent Conference," in which he professes to prove the indefectibility of the Romish Church -- for he applies the…

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School Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1876 · page 2

On Saturday, the 26th [?] the foundation stone of this building was laid by the Rev, E. Smith, the Clergyman of the Parish. The day, was oppressively hot, the…

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Ashfield.—New Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Wednesday 15 March 1876 · page 2

A new Presbyterian Church was opened, on the Liverpool Road, Ashfield, on Sunday evening, in connection with St. David's Church, Dobroyd. The new church has been built for the convenience of the…

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Ritualism and Rome. Grand Sensation in the Religious Circles of Great Britain—ritualistic Clergymen with Their Congregations, Preparing to Secede From the Anglican Church. (From the N. Y. Evening Telegram.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 27

LONDON, January 24, 1876.—The Morning Post of Saturday, 22nd instaut, startled religious people here by the publication of an intimation that a part ot the extreme section of the English…

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America. Fire in a Church—a Scene of Panic and Confusion

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 7

A dispatch from Boston, dated the 20th instant, gives the following account of what might have been a terrible calamity:—"The terrible church holocaust at Holyoke several…

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Position and Policy of the Church of Rome in England

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 6

THE agency of the Church of Rome is still increasing in Great Britain. Since Emancipation in 1829, the priests have increased from 477 to 1900; churches,…

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Five Years of a Disestablished Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 6

SIX years have now passed since the passing of the Act to disestablish the Irish Church, and five years since that Act came into full operation. The labours…

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Lecture by Rev. F. HIBBERD. In answer to Archbishop Vaughan's pamphlet entitled "The Church of Christ Indefectible." PART I. -- (Continued.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 3

The system of indulgences is a practical licensing of iniquity. An authoritative tariff fixes the price for every sin. Where there is wealth there need be no limit to the…

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Dr. Pusey on the English and Eastern Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 27

The English theologian, Rev. Dr. Pusey, writes to the London Times a lengthy letter on the subject of the efforts which are being made by the Eastern Church Association of Great…

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St. Andrew's Auxiliary to the Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1876 · page 5

THE annual meeting of the St Andrew's Church Society was held on Monday evening, at the schoolroom Pitt-street. There was not a very large attendance. Rev H. A. Largley occupied the chair. The hon. secretary (Mr…

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