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Churches, 1878

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Letters to the Editor. Mission Services

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 6

DEAR SIR,—May I be permitted to make one or two remarks in regard to some few facts relating to the Mission Service, held last Wednesday at the School of…

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St. Patrick’s Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 4

SUNDAY last, being the festival of St. Patrick (patron saint of Ireland, and to whom the Parramatta church is dedicated) High Mass was [?]ung at eleven o’clock, by the Venerable…

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"L.O.G.T. Lifeboat Lodge," No 9. Mariner's Church

Evening News · Thursday 28 March 1878 · page 3

A very pleasant and sociable tea-meeting and concert was held last night in commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of the above Lodge. The room was tastefully decorated with bags and ferns. A large…

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A Cheap Church

Evening News · Thursday 28 March 1878 · page 2

Our readers, says the Words of Grace, will remember Dr. Somerville recommended a tent, and some young ladies went to work in earnest, and as a proof of their zeal and energy, we have a beautiful…

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Evangelistic Mission

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1878 · page 4

THE final service at Parramatta in connection with the Special. Evangelistic Mission was held at the School of Arts, on Wednesday evening, when, owing…

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Church and State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1878 · page 3

The Bishop of Carlisle has given notice of the following motions at the meeting of the York Convocation next month:—1. That, in the judgment of this Convocation, the time has arrived when it has become necessary that the…

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The Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Scotland

Evening News · Monday 1 April 1878 · page 3

One of the very last acts of Pope Pius IX, was the actual revival or re-establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland. It appears that this step was effected at a special meeting of the…

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General Ignatleffs Mission to Vienna. St. Petersburgh, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1878 · page 5

General Ignatieff has returned to St. Petersburgh from his mission to Vienna…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. [From Our London Special Correspondent.] General Ignatieff's Diplomatic Mission. London, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1878 · page 5

GENERAL Ignatieff's diplomatic mission to Vienna is a failure, and he returns to St. Petersburg…

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Opening of the New Organ at the Bourke-street Wesleyan Church

Evening News · Thursday 4 April 1878 · page 3

A delightful sacred concert was given las evening by the united choirs of Bourks-street, Yeark street, Pitt-street, Newtown, and Chippendale Chapels, the occasion being the opening of the new…

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The Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Scotland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1878 · page 31

One of the very last acts of Pope Pius IX. was the actual revival or re-establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland. It appears that this step was effected at a special meeting of the…

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A Letter From Pere Chiniquy. To My Lord Fabre, Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 April 1878 · page 5

My Lord,--On my arrival from the Maritime provinces, I learned that your priest and your press organs have asserted that I tried, during my last sickness, to make my peace with your…

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Church and State

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1878 · page 446

The Bishop of Carlisle has given notice of the following motions at the meeting: of the York Convocation next month:—1. That, in the judgment of this Convocation, I the time has arrived when it has become necessary that the…

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Church Debts

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 April 1878 · page 7

Few things do more to paralyse our Churches and weigh down the hearts of their ministers than debt. Wherever it exists the one aim of the trustees is to keep everything for its…

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Mr. Stanley's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1878 · page 3

THE JOURNEY HOMEWARD, FROM NATAL TO ZANZIBAR. To the Editors of the Daily Telegraph, and New York Herald. HER Majesty's ship Industry was compelled to touch…

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The Religious Papers on the £6,000,000 Vote and the Conference. (From Financial Opinion.) Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1878 · page 7

THE Rock, writing on the eve of a division, said:— "Mr. Gladstone and the peace-at-any-price party are evidently ill at ease, and to extricate themselves from their embarrassing position, have proposed a ridiculous…

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Summary of News for [?]Mission to Eur[?] Via Suez. [?] March 28 to April 12. Political

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1878 · page 7

DURING the last three or four years the Attorneys-General of the differant Governments in power have been members of the Cabinet, but have not been entitled to sit in the Executive Council. The Attorney-…

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The Romance Catholic Orphan School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 6

THE mightiness of the efforts which the State has made to relieve the sufferings, wants, and infirmities of the poorer inhabitants of this colony, cannot be seen…

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The Catholic Deaf and Dumb Asylum

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 13

THE able letter which we publish in this issue, describing the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Newcastle, is suggestive of thought. The institution may…

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Laying the Foundation Stone of a New Weslbyan Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1878 · page 5

THE laying of the foundation stone of a Wesleyan church in Cleveland-street, Surry Hills, took place on Saturday afternoon. There was a large attendance, some 300 people, including visitors of other Denominations. The…

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