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Churches, 1884

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Anglican Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 785

The Anglican Church is a substantial brick building on elevated ground; throughout it has somewhat of an old English appearance—high enclosed pews, with a belfry and tower. Age and decay are everywhere visible here. A…

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Sketches of Port Macquarie. Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 785

The Presbyterian Church is also a substantial brick building marked with age. There are many old buildings of this kind in and around Port Macquarie with more or less interest attached to them…

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The Redmond Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 6

The members for New Ross and Wexford, Mr. John E. Redmond and Mr. "William Redmond have returned home (says the Dublin Nation) after more than a year's…

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Catholic. the Life and Labours of the Late Dean Dwyer, O.s.b

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 15

THE extreme length of the notice of the death and obsequies of the lamented Dean Dwyer, pub-lished in our lasb issue, prevented us from giving the funeral address, which was pronounced in St…

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The Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 8

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Church Society for the Diocease of Sydney was held last evening, in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street. There was a large audiance, the body of the hall being crowded. The Bishop…

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Election of Church Wardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 8

In addition to the elections already published, the following have come to hand:- At the adjourned vestry meeting in connection with St. Clement's Church, Marrickville, on Tuesday last, the…

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Diocesan Church Society Important Address by Bishop Babby

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 5

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Church Society for the diocese of Sydney, was held in the Protestant Hall last night, when the building was densely crowded, and the proceedings of an…

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Sir Henry Parkes's Mission

Evening News · Monday 28 April 1884 · page 4

LONDON, April 27.—Sir Henry Parkes has succeeded in floating the Australian Freehold Investment Company, with a capital of £1,000,000…

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Sir Henry Parkes' Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1884 · page 4

London, April 27.--The report that Sir Henry Parkes had successfully floated the Australian Freehold Investment Company has been authoritatively confirmed. It is also…

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Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Monday 28 April 1884 · page 4

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat, Monsignor Moore, was consecrated yesterday. There was a large attendance, and the Rev. T. J. Cahill, S.J., preached on the progress of the…

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Devotion to the Virgin Mary. Dean Mahony Explains the Roman Catholic Doctrine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1884 · page 5

Yesterday morning the High Mass a the Roman Catholic Cathedral was well attended, although the rain must have kept many regular church goers in doors. The Rev. Father Movnag was…

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CONSECRATION of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1884 · page 5

The most imposing religious ceremonial that has taken place for many years in connection with the Roman Catholic Church in Viotoria was performed to-day in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat, namely,…

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Pitt-street Congregational Church the Late Hon. W. M. Alderson

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1884 · page 5

Last night at this church the Rev. Mr Jefferis, in his sermon, spoke of the characteristics which distinguished the life of the late Hon. W. M. Alderson. The preacher's text was from the first…

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Gospel Temperance Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 April 1884 · page 6

Mr David Walker, secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, was informed by telegram yesterday from Mr R. T. Booth, the temperance advocate, that he had left Melbourne…

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Congregational Church at Summer Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1884 · page 5

A public meeting to celebrate the opening of a new Congregational Church at Summer Hill, and to welcome the Rev. C. Clay as its first pastor, was held in the church last evening. The building occupies a site at the corner…

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Election of Churchwardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1884 · page 9

In addition to the lists already published, the following are to hand:— ALL SAINTS', LAWRENCE.—For the trustees, O. B. Dobbin; for the people, C. N. Child; for the clergyman,…

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"Mr. Osborne and the Methodist Church." To the Editor

Evening News · Wednesday 30 April 1884 · page 8

SIR,—In Mr. Osborne's recent lecture on "Twenty Years in the Wesleyan Church," I was surprised to read that he made no reference to the change that has taken place in his theological views. He assigns…

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The New Roman Catholic Archbishop

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1884 · page 5

Now that the Church of England has its Bishop the Roman Catholics of Sydney, having been nearly a year without an ecclesiastical head, are beginning to feel something of a sense of…

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Congregational Church

Evening News · Wednesday 30 April 1884 · page 6

A crowded meeting was held on Monday evening in the new Congregational Church, Summer Hill, to celebrate the opening of that building, and also for the purpose of welcoming the first pastor, the Rev…

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Mr. R. T. Booth's Gospel Temperance Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1884 · page 7

A public meeting for the purpose of welcoming Mr. R. T. Booth, gospel teamperance lecturer was held in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street, last night. There was a very large attendance notwithstanding the inclemency of…

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