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Churches, 1880

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Morning Sederunt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 November 1880 · page 8

The sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were resumed at St. Stephen's Church, on Wednesday morning. The Rev. Henry Macready, Moderator, presided. CHURCH MANSE AND LOAN FUND…

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The English Church Union

Evening News · Friday 5 November 1880 · page 2

The Sydney branch of the English Church Union is not a very numerous organisation. At present it contains 43 members, and we are told in the report of the secretary that…

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English Church Union

Evening News · Friday 5 November 1880 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Sydney branch of the English Church Union was held at the Coffee Palace, [?]91, George-street, on the evening of November 2, at 8 p.m. The gathering was not as large as had been…

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Church of England Sunday School Institute

Evening News · Friday 5 November 1880 · page 3

A meeting of the members of the Church of England was held on Wednesday, in the Church Society's House, under the presidency of the Bishop of Sydney, for tho purpose of torming the Church of…

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Presbyterian Assembly

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 901
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

The sixteenth session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church was opened on Tuesday, 26th ultimo, in St. Stephen's Church. The Rev. George Grimm, M.A., the retiring Moderator, preached the opening sermon, after…

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Catholic Missionaries

Evening News · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 7

Among the passengers by the Cotopaxi from London, for Sydney, says the Melbourne ARGUS, in the Right Rev. A. [?], D.D., Bishop of Tonga and the South Sea Islands,…

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Catholic. Ecclesiastical Arrivals

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 14

ON Sept. 15th the Orient s.s. Cotopaxi left Blackwall Pier, London, for Australia, and as she had on board a bishop and a large number of priests, and members of the Marist Brotherhood, her arrival…

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Rev. Henry Macready, Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 888

The Rev. Henry Macready was born near Coleraine, in the county of Londonderry, in Ireland, in November, 1822. He received his primary and classical education in an academy in Coleraine of which the…

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Why Does the Church Prohibit the Reading of the Bible?

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 7

This is a question which the people in Roman Catholic countries are beginning to ask their priests, and which the priests cannot answer to the popular satisfaction. It is a question which…

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Death of a Roman Catholic Priest. YASS

Evening News · Wednesday 10 November 1880 · page 2

Father Roche, of the arch[?], died at the residence of his niece, Mrs. J. J. Garry, at Mylora, near Bi[?]along, yesterday morning. His remains were brought into Yass to-day and will…

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The English Church Union. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 11 November 1880 · page 7

SIR,—After a former leader of yours, headed "Bishop Barker and the English Church Union," [?] I must express my surprise at the [?] have assumed towards the Sydney branch of the E.C.U. in…

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Church of England Lay Readers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 November 1880 · page 6

The fifth annual meeting of the Church of England Lay Readers' Association was held in the Church Society's House, Phillip-street, last night, and was largely attended, the Bishop of Sydney presiding…

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The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 6

The Synod of tim Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia commenced its annual meeting on Tuesday, the 2nd instant at 7.30 p.m., in St. George's Church, Castlereaghstreet, Sydney. The Rev. W. S. Donald, the retiring…

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Catholic. Church of the Jesuit Fathers at North Shore

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 17

IT will be remembered that the Jesuit Fathers resident in Sydney recently purchased a pretty church at Milson's Point., North Shore, and on Sunday last, in the presence of a large assemblage…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Cathedral Building Fund

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 15

The usual monthly meeting of subscribers to the Cathedral Building Fund, which took place in the pro-Cathedral on the evening of Sunday last, was one of the Largest that have assembled…

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Country Correspondence. Opening of the R. C. Church, West Kempsey, Macleay River

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 8

On Sunday last, October the 31st, the beautiful edifice, which the piety of the Catholics of this district, and the untiring energy of their Pastor have raised for the purpose of Divine Worship…

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Church Organs

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 3

" ARE organs and harmoniums in the public worship of God unscriptural?" Oh, very: for, although in the Old Testament times they were used, both in…

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Dog Fight in a Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 40

An unseemly occurrence took place in the Free Church, Lochearnhead, on Sunday, August 29. During the first prayer, some dogs that had either been brought to church with their owners, or had…

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Warangesda Aboriginal Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 November 1880 · page 7

The Rev. J. B. Gribble, superintendent of the above mission, has forwarded to us the following report:- The work of ameliorating the condition of the blacks on this river began about two years ago, when sympathy…

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