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Churches, 1878

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Opening S. James R. C. Church, Glebe

Evening News · Monday 2 September 1878 · page 2

St. James's Catholic Church at the Globe was opened yesterday with High Mass and a sarmon by Archbishop Vaughaul. The foundation stone of the Archbishop Vaughau. The foundation stone of the office was laid out a few months back, and now…

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Burwood Congregational Church

Evening News · Monday 2 September 1878 · page 2

The interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of two additional to the Congregational Church at Burwood was performed by Dr. P. Sydney Jones last Saturday afternoon. Upwards of 200…

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Germany and the Church

Evening News · Tuesday 3 September 1878 · page 3

Kissengen, July 31.—The Pontifical Nuncio arrived from Munich yesterday, and has been received several times by Bismarck…

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The Church of Eugland in Australia

Evening News · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 4

The position of the Church of England in Australia, particularly as represented in Sydney—a city which is par excellence the stronghold of Anglican worship in this country, is being freely discursed in…

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News by the Mail. England. the Church in Scotland. (Sermon of Father Vaughan)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 5

THIRTEEN hundred years ago, when Ireland was rejoicing in the light of Faith, and en­joying the fruits of the labours of St. Patrick, Scotland was almost entirely in the darkness…

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St. James's Church, Forest Lodge

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 14

THE handsome church lately erected at Forest Lodge through the of Father Pollard, backed up by the enorgy of his committee and parishioners, and the kindness of his friends in other…

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Sunday Services in Wagga Wagga. Archdeacon Pownall at St. John's Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 32

THERE can be no doubt that in New South Wales all eyes are turned this week towards Wagga Wagga. Accordingly, I arranged to interrupt my descriptions of Sydney churches, and to give…

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Germany and the Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 27

Kissengen, July 31.—The Pontifical Nuncio arrived from Munich yesterday, and has been received several times by Bismarck…

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Anglican Church, Mackay

Evening News · Monday 9 September 1878 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.—No less than £700 has been subscribed towardds the Anglican Church at Mackay…

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The Unitarian Church

Evening News · Wednesday 11 September 1878 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the Unitarian Church was held on Monday evening at the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. There was a large attendance of ladies and gentlemen adherents of…

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Annual Meeting of the Unitarian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1878 · page 6

On Monday evening last, the 9th instant, the annual meeting of members of the Unitarian Church was held at the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. There was a large attendance of ladies and gentlemen interested in the…

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Redfern Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Saturday 14 September 1878 · page 4

A concert in aid of the building fund of the Redfern and Waterloo Presbytrain Church, took place last night, at the Protestant Hall. There was a large attendance, The programme embraced some…

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Church and Hound Tower of St. Canice, Kilkenny

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 September 1878 · page 17

KILKENNY, one of the loveliest counties in Ireland, is thirty-five miles in length and eighteen in breadth. It is bounded on the W. By Tipperary, on the N. by Queen's County, on the E. by…

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Pyrmont Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 September 1878 · page 3

The foundation-stone of a new church at the corner of Quarry-street and Crown Road was laid on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large number of the ministers officers, and members of the Presbyterian body…

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Foundation Stone of Pyrmont Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Monday 16 September 1878 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the foundation stone was laid of a Presbyterian church in Pyrmont. The rite of this church is a little west of Harris-street, at the corner of Quarry-street and Crown-road. It is a…

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MASSACRE of Wesleyan Mission Agents in New Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 September 1878 · page 5

On Saturday morning we published the melancholy intelligence, brought by the German barque Johan C[?]ar, which arrived in Port Jackson on Friday last from New Britain, a long narrow island off the eastern…

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Anglican Bishop and Victorian Catholics

Evening News · Wednesday 18 September 1878 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Church of England Assembly opened the session of 1878 last night, when Bishop Moorhouse delivered an excellent and splendid address. Hie Lordship, after…

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Bathurst-street Baptist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 September 1878 · page 7

Among the numerous city improvements in progress for some time past one not yet noticed has been completed at the Bathurst-street Baptist Church. This building is the oldest connected with the denomination in Australia, having…

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THE Baptist Church, Bathurst-steet

Evening News · Thursday 19 September 1878 · page 3

On Tuesday evening a largely attended [?] was held in the Bathurst-street Baptist [?] schoolroom, in aid of the funds towards the repeat alterations in the Baptist Church. At the…

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Pyrmont Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1878 · page 470

The foundation-stone of a Presbyterian Church, to be erected at the corner of Quarry-street and Crown Road, was laid on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a large number of ministers, officers, and members of the…

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