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Churches, 1884

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Maori Mission to England. [By Telegraph, From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1884 · page 11

KING Tawhiao and party have waited upon Sir George Grey in reference to their intention to proceed to England in order to seek redress of the Maori grievances in connection with the…

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Notes of a False Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 March 1884 · page 4

Cardinal Ballarmine, that most distinguished champion of the Church of Rome, has given us fifteen notes, or marks, which he takes to be those of the true…

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Thursday, March 27. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Church and School Lands

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1884 · page 13

Mr. ABBOTT moved for leave to bring in a bill to authorise the issue of a grant of a certain portion of the church and school lands. The motion was agreed to and the bill read a first…

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Close of the Redemptorist Mission at St. Mary's. Roman Catholic Devotion to the Cross

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 March 1884 · page 6

The mission at St. Mary's,Cathedral, which has been going on for four weeks, terminated yesterday in a manner in keeping with the general solemnity and impressiveness of the remarkable…

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The New Roman Catholic Archbishop

Evening News · Wednesday 2 April 1884 · page 7

The appointment of Dr. Moran being an accomplished fact, a commencement has been made with regard to the arrangements for the reception of the distinguished prelate. It is announced that a meeting…

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An English Catholic on Ireland. (From the Spectator.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1884 · page 7

In the last number of the Weekly Register is con[?]ned a long, carnest, and generous letter from an emi[?]nt English Catholic—Mr. Orby Shipley—on the right of Ireland to Home Rule. Heappeals, in the first instance, to his…

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Separation of Melbourne Scots Church. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1884 · page 2

Official notice has bean given of the Scots Church Bill, which is to be introduced in the next union of Parliament The bill will provide for the separation and disjoining from the…

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Separation of This Scots Church, Melbourne. [By Telegraph.0 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1884 · page 9

The Scots Church Bill to be introduced in the next session of Parliament is officially given notice of. The bill will, it is set forth, provide for the seperation and disjoining from the Presbyterian Church of Victoria of…

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Secession of Scots Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1884 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In to-day's press is advertised, a formal notification in connection with the intention of the Scots' Church to secede from the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, notice…

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The Redemptorist Mission at St. Mary's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 18

THE marvellous religious success of the Redemptorist Fathers' mission at the Cathedral has given delight to the Catholic heart of the community. During the past four weeks the church bearing…

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Catholic. the New Archbishop of Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 14

THE following appeared in the S. M. HERALD of Thursday last:— "Our London correspondent writes on February 22: Though Dr. Moran's appointment to the See of Sydney has been…

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Proposed Abolition of the Catholic and Protestant Orphan Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 10

DURING the time that the Estimates of the Department of Public Instruction were before the Assembly (says the S. M. HERALD), the Hon J. P. Abbott road a minute he had written on the…

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Altar Service and Ornaments for St. James' Church, Forest Lodge

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 14

RY the ship Euphrates have arrived the mass service and altar ornaments, ordered some time back for this picturesque and elegant little church. Before giving any particulars of the articles, it…

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Notes of a False Church. (Continued from last issue.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 4

Let the fourth mark of a corrupt church be this, That she still pretends to the power, of working miracles, in confirmation of such doctrines and practices as…

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Separation of Scots Church. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 10

OFFICIAI, notice has been given of the Scots Church Bill, which is to be introduced in the next session of Parliament. The bill will provide for the separation and disjoining from the…

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Sunday Services. Holy Week at the Roman Catholic Cathedral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1884 · page 6

The old customs associated with the religious celebrations of Holy Week have been retained with all their picturesqueness and interesting attractiveness,in the services of the Roman Catholic Church, and by…

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Burglaries in Parramatta. Robbery From a Drapery Store. Attempted Burglary in Church-street. Several Petty Robberies. Parramatta

Evening News · Monday 7 April 1884 · page 4

A daring robbery took place in Parramatta between 10 o'clock on Saturday night and early this morning. Mr. J. Golledge's drapery store, in Church-street, was entered, and the shelves were…

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Sustentation Fund of the Presbytrian Church. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1884 · page 4

Sir,— With reference to the correspondence which has taken place on the above subject, I hope you will favour me with space for a few remarks. "Layman" is correct in slating—"When the scheme…

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Bourke- Street Wesleyan Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1884 · page 6

The anniversary services of the Wesleyan Church, Bourke-street, were held yesterday. In the morning the Rev. J. Hulme preached, and in the evening the Rev. W. Clarke. The attendance at both services…

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Gospel Temperance Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 April 1884 · page 5

It is not generally known that Mr R. T. Booth, the famous temperance advocate and apostle of the Blue Ribbon Gospel Temperance Mission, arrived in Sydney about a fortnight since. His…

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