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Churches, 1885

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The Roman Catholic Temperance Movement

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 6

It would appear from the sympathetic interest manifested by the Roman Catholic communion, and from the practical progress already mode, that the Special work of reform to which Dr…

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Anglican Vagaries. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 3

Sir, -- Though not a member of the Church of England, as a Protestant I take a great interest in the increase of Ritualism in the Anglican Church, and am much alarmed at the same. I…

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Church and School Land

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 5

The Minister for Public Instruction has been the recipient of numerous applications from persons who are desirous of obtaining leases from the Government of portions of the church…

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Anglican Vagaries. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1885 · page 6

Sir,--Your correspondent "Nonconformist," in your issue of to-day has put the much-vexed question of Ritualism in a nutshell. Seeing, as he says, that the most advanced practices of the…

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Port Darwin Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 August 1885 · page 5

A concert, including selections both sacred and secular, was given at the Town-hall, Newtown, last night, in aid of the Port Darwin Mission, in connection with which the Rev. W. H…

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Lord R. Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 August 1885 · page 4

The Standard, which is the accepted Tory organ, used the following language in its attack on Lord Randolph Churchill, as the leader of the Conservative party:--"To speak plainly,…

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The Roman Catholic Temperance Movement. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 3

Sir,-- I have been very much pleased with the address delivered by the Very Rev. J. J. Carroll at the Sacred Heart Church on Sunday morning last, which, through the medium…

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Church Society Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 5

The first sitting of a conference in connection with the Church Society was held yesterday afternoon and evening, in the Society's House, Phillip-street, the Primate presiding. There…

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The Church Society Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 5

Under the presidency of the Primate, a conference of the members of the Church Society was commenced at the Church Society's House yesterday afternoon, and continued in the…

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CONFERENCE of the Church Society. Address by the Primate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 4

A conference of members of the Church Society for the Di[?] of Sydney was commenced at the Church Society's House, Phillip-street, yesterday afternoon, uncer the presidency of the primoto of Australia. There was a…

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Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 8

IT is intended to lay the foundation-stone of the Granville Presbyterian Church on Saturday, September 6…

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Close of the Redemptorists' Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 15

THE Redemptorist Fathers have good reason for considering the Mission just closed in St. Benedict's parish one of the most successful in point of practical piety and good results ever conducted…

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Spain. a Brave Catholic King

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 7

When he received the news of the terrible outbreak of cholera last month at Aranjuez. King Alfonso could not restrain himself any longer, and, throwing a cloak over his uniform…

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Catholic. His Eminence the Cardinal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 14

THE following appears editorially in the CATHOLIC REVIEW, New York, just received by the San Francisco mail:— "Thy sons shall come from afar." Our…

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Dr. Byrne, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 14

THE appointment of the Right Reverend Monsignor Byrne as Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, in succession to the late Bishop Quinn, appears to have given unqualified satisfaction to the people of his own…

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Mission Ships. Second Voyage of the "Duff."—her Capture by a French Privateer

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 19

The morning of the day on which the seizure was made was fine and clear, and a sail was just discernible at a great distance. It looked very insignificant, and excited little attention and no alarm. On former occasions…

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Church Society's Conference

Evening News · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 4

The Church Society continued its sittings in the Church Society's House on Friday afternoon. The Bishop pf Sydney presided, and there was a Targe attendance, of the clergy and laity. A paper on…

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CONFERENCE of the Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 10

The final sittings of the conference of members of the Church Society, commenced in the Society's House, Phillipstreet, on Thursday afternoon, were held yesterday afternoon and evening. There was an attendance of between 70…

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Saintly Devotions at Christ Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 3

Our article in Saturday's issue about the pantomimic proceedings at Christ Church is confirmed by a writer in the S. D. Telegraph, under the signature of a…

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The Romish Church and the Louis Riel Rebellion

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 7

We have often taken occasion to shew how the Romish Church is always to be found formenting disturbances and encouraging rebellion against our Protestant Queen and…

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