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Churches, 1879

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Parramatta Junction New Church. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 8

SIR,—Will you kindly give room in your, widely circulated paper to me to state a few grievances concerning the above. I as ope of the many who are interested in the welfare…

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Select Poetry. the [?]Le Old Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 2

I went to the [?]rch to-day [?] beyond the hill; It looks as it looked when I went away, Green-yarded and white-paled still,…

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The Church of England and Education

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 32

LAST week, Mr. Alexander Gordon, barrister-at-law, delivered a lecture on "The Education Question and Its Bearing on the Maintenance of our Church Schools," in the school-room, Church-street,…

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Congregational Church, Mossman's Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 October 1879 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon the foundation stone of a new Congregational Church, on the hill above Mossman's Bay, was laid by Mr. J. S. Perry. Besides residents of the locality, and persons connected with the North Shore Congregational…

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New Congregational Church Moss Man's Bay

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 October 1879 · page 4

The foundation stone of a new Congregational Church was laid yesterday at Mossman's Bay by Mr. J. S. Perry, of Sydney, in the presence of a respectable audience. For two years past the Rev…

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Presbyterian General Assembly

Evening News · Tuesday 21 October 1879 · page 3

The Rev. George Grimm, of Young, has been elected Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. Six out of the seven Presbyteries voted. The Toting was: For the Rev. Mr. Cameron, of…

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Church of England Diocesan Synod

Evening News · Wednesday 22 October 1879 · page 2

It is proposed to hold a special session of the fourth synod of the diocese of Sydney, to consider the bill recommended by the provincial synod at its last session as proper to be introduced into the…

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Church of England Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 October 1879 · page 3

It is proposed to hold & Special Session of the Fourth Synod of the Diocese of Sydney to consider the bill recommended by the Provincial Synod at its last session as proper to be introduced into the Legislature for the purpose of…

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St. Andrew's Church, Seven Hills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 October 1879 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

Yesterday the foundation-stone of St. Andrew's Church of England, Seven Hills, was laid by the Bishop of Sydney, in presence of about 300 persons. The site, one of the most beautiful that could be chosen within a radius of many…

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The "Irish Church Mission."

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 6

In the House of Commons on the same night Mr. O'Donnell said : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government is aware that the so-called…

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Catholic Emancipation

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 8

Exactly half a century has elapsed since, on April 13th, 1829, the Royal assent was given to the Bill for Catholic emancipation. No legislative measures of our times provoked so many…

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Another Vaughan. "The Patron of the Catholic Church."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 9

"He is the Patron of the Catholic Church," is one of the answers given by Herbert Vaughan, Papal Bishop of Salford, to the question, Who is S. Joseph? He had before told his readers,…

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Roman Catholic Legends Taught in a Public School

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 694

We reprint from Wednesday's Herald the following letter:—Sir,—The impartial position you have taken in reference to the Education question induces me, with your kind…

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The "Quarterly Review" on Higher Catholic Education Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 13

IN Mr. Dalley's address to the Catholics of New South Wales on the Education Question, he reviewed at great length the course of later English legislation on the…

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Church of England Synod

Evening News · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 5

A special session of the fourth synod of the diocese of Sydney was held in the Church Society's rooms yesterday, at 3.30 p.m. The Lord Bishop of Sydney presided and opened the proceedings with prayer. A large number of…

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The Church of England and Education

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 17

LAST WEEK, Mr. Alexander Gordon, barrister-at-law, delivered a lecture on "The Education Question and its bearing on the maintenance of our church schools," in the schoolroom, Church-street,…

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The Church of England and the Congregational Church. (To the Hon. Alexander Stuart, Per Favour of the Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 6

Dear Sir,—The telegram quoted by me in my address on Monday evening last appeared in the Adelaide Advertiser, of August 16—a paper which I well known is particularly careful about the correctness of its news. In its entirety it…

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The Contradictions of Infallibility. the Holy Communion. (To the Editor of the Church Record.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 9

Dear Sir,--One of the standard works of the Romish Church is a book by M. D'Abbe Favre, "Heaven Opened by the practice of frequent Confession and Communion."…

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Roman Catholic Legends in a Public School. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 October 1879 · page 6

Sir,—My letter in your issue of the 22nd was written for the purpose of righting a personal and public wrong; and as I have evidence that through the vigilance of the Council of Education the recurrence of the offence has been provided…

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