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Churches, 1879

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"Catholic Conscience."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 4

THE authors of the Pastorals have said a good deal about the "conscience of Catholics." They have alleged over and over again that the Catholics" cannot in…

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The Melanesian Mission

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 413

We have the pleasure of submitting to our readers a portrait of the Bishop of Melanesia, who has just touched at Sydney on his way from England to his island diocese. John Richardson Selwyn, the second…

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Catholic Education Controversy. Tamworth

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 428

Dr. Murray, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland, delivered an important address on Education on Sunday evening, at St. Michael's Church, Tamworth, preaching from the text, "Seek first the kingdom of…

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Roman Catholic Orphan School. Parramatta

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 7

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--For the past three years I have had occasion to pars and repass daily, almost invariably (sometimes twice or thrice), the above Roman Catholic school…

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A Roman Catholic Priest Drowned. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Queanbeyan

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 12

ABOUT 6 o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, the presidents of Queanbeyan were startled by the intelligence that the body of Father M'Auliffe, the priest in charge of the Queanbeyan district, had…

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The Roman Catholic Pastorals and John Henry Newman. To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 6

SIRS,--I quote from the second Pastoral:-- "But John Henry Newman ever loved truth better than dear friends, and he surely could not have bestowed a more precious gift upon the…

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Church of England Authorities on the Education Question

Evening News · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 4

The Rev. W. S. Wilson's motion, "That this synod expresses its satisfaction with the utterances of the President on the subject of primary education in Church schools, and trusts that the members of…

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Church of England Synod

Evening News · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 4

Yesterday's sitting of the Provincial Synod of the Church of England was derated almost exclusively to the consideration of the Church Incorporation Bill in committee. Opinions-differed as to whether there…

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The Anti-pastorals. We extract the following letter from the Austra­lian Churchman:— (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 16

Sir,—When railways were young in England, it was a common practice to place homes in fields contiguous to a line in order so to accustom them to the sight, of their iron rivals as to prevent the…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph

Yesterday afternoon the Synod again met at the Church Society House, Phillip-street's The President (Archdeacon Child," B.A.), took the chair at 4 o'clock. The clerical secretary read the minutes of the preceding meeting, and…

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To the Laity of the Church of England. Per favour of the Editors of the Protestant Standard

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 6

I wish to draw your attention to the report m the Herald of the 6th inst. of the meeting of the Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle, for the election of a Bishop to succeed the late Dr…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England. First Day—tuesday

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 12

THE fourth session of the Provincial Synod of the Church of England in New South Wales was opened on Suesday afternoon. Divine service was held in the Cathedral at 11 a.m., the service beign choral throughout. The lessons for…

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Presbyterian Church, Regent-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1879 · page 3

On Monday evening, the Presbyterian Church, Regent-street South, Redfern, was crowded to overflowing, the occasion being the tea-meeting in celebration of the third anniversary of the settlement of the minister, the Rev. T. J…

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Church of England Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1879 · page 3

Yesterday, the Provincial Synod again met at the Church Society's Rooms, Phillip-street. Archdeacon Child, B.A., President of the House of Representatives, took the chair at twenty-five minutes past 4 o'clock. The minutes of…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 September 1879 · page 3

The sittings of the session of the provincial Synod, adjourned from Friday last were continued at the Church rooms, Philip-street, yesterday. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4 o'clock, and…

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Regent-street Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 3

A tea meeting, to mark the third anniversary of the settlement of the Rev. T. J. Curtis as the pastor of the Redfern and Waterloo Presbyterian Church, took place on Monday evening. The church was…

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Memorial Church

Evening News · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 3

The gloomiest event in the history of Australia— which was enacted at Erromanga, in the Now Hebrides, where the zealous John Williams and other missionaries lost their lives in their endeavours to…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 5

The sittings of the Provincial Synod of the Church of England were continued yesterday at the Church rooms, Phillip- street. The President took the chair at 7 o'clock, and…

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