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Churches, 1884

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England. Bishop Vaughan, of Salford, on Catholic Education

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 7

His Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Herbert Vaughan, Bishop of Salford (says the Catholic TIMES, April 4), preaching on Sunday morning at St. Augustine's, Granby-row,…

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The Gospel Temper[?] Mission. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 6

Sir,—It must have afforded very great pleasure to all liberal-minded people who have [?] the [?] at the Exhibition building [?] the mission of Mr. R. T. Booth, to see all [?] of Christians, from the…

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Religious Ceremony at St. Mary's Church, Grafton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 15

ON Sunday, the 11th instant, at St. Mary's Church, his Lordship Dr. Torreggiani gave the white veil to a postulant of the Order of Mercy, Miss Mary Ann Scannell, of Cork, Ireland. In…

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The O'connell Memorial Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 7

Very Rev. Canon Brosnan, of Cahirciveen, writes : 1 had two objects chiefly in view in going to Rome ; firstly to obtain the Holy Father's approval and blessing, and secondly…

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Church of England Synod of South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 12

A long discussion took place in the Church of England Synod to-day, upon a motion to take steps to establish Church sobools in the diocese. Bishop Kennion and the majority of the members of the Synod admitted…

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The Secession of the Scots Church, Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 975

A meeting of the congregation of Scots Church was held this evening, the Rev. J. Hay in the chair, at which a statement was to have been made by the trustees in reference to the Secession Bill, notice of which…

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Scots' Church Bill. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 13

THE petition which is to be presented, to Parliament against the Scots' Church Bill, sets forth that such a bill, if passed, would be the creation and endowment of a new denomination at the…

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Gospel Temperance mission

Evening News · Monday 26 May 1884 · page 3
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A grand musical festival took place in connection with the Gospel Temperance Mission, at the Exhibition Building last Saturday evening. Mr. R. T. Booth occupied the chair. The choir was…

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Mr. Booth's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1884 · page 3

A rational sympathy with the temperance cause prevents any hope of large results from Mr. Booth's mission. The number of his converts may be beyond dispute, the quantity of blue ribbons distributed may…

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Presbyterian Troubles. the Synod of Eastern Australia. To the Editor

Evening News · Monday 26 May 1884 · page 8

Sir,—Will yon kindly permit me, in reply to a report of a meeting held in Ebenezer Chapel, Riley-street, which appeared in your columns on Saturday, the 17th instant, to lay before your readers the…

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Prior Butler at the Sacred Heart Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 May 1884 · page 6

The second week of the Carmelite Father's mission, at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Darlinghurst, was commenced yesterday. The Rev, Father Shaffrey celebrated the 11 o'clock Mass…

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Wood's Healing mission. ADELAIDE

Evening News · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 2

Wood, the alleged healer, returned to Melbourne on Saturday. His last attempts at coring were productive of great derision. At the farewell thanksgiving meeting in the Town Hall the…

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Melbourne Soots' - Church. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 2

At a largely-attended meeting of the Scots' Church congregation last night it was unanimously decided to proceed with the Secession Bill, but instructions were given to the kirk…

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Church of England Temperance Society

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 5

The anniversary festival service the New South Wales branch of the Church of England Temperance Society was held last evening in St. Andrew's Cathedral, where a moderate…

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Meeting of Scots Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A meeting of the congregation of Scots Church was held to-night, when a resolution was passed approving of the bill drawn np by the trustees for submission to…

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Palmer-street Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 7

The Presbyterian Church in Palmer-street was filled on Tuesday, when the Presbytery of Sydney formally inducted the Bev. R.D. Mackay, minister of the church. The Moderator, the Rev, R. Collie,…

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Cardinal Newman and the Established Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 5

The late Bishop Wilberforce states, in a letter published in his Memoirs, that Cardinal Newman, writing to an Anglican friend in 1863, said:— "We can do nothing against it (i. e, decay of faith); it all rests with your Church."…

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St. Thomas' Church. to the Editor Op the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 6

Sir,--Can yon, or any of your readers, inform me why the gentleman who reads the lessons at the above church wears a cassock, a short surplice, and a scarlet hood? He is neither a clergyman nor a…

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St. Andrew's Scots Church and the Rev. James White

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 May 1884 · page 8

There was a large attendance of the members and adherents at the meeting in St. Andrew's Scots Church, on Thursday evening, 22nd instant. The Rev. Dr. Moore White, paster loc[?] opened the meeting, after which the Rev…

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