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Churches, 1885

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Melting of Roman Catholic Bishops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1885 · page 4

A meeting of special interest to the Roman Catholic Community takes place to-morrow at St. Mary's. It is the custom of the Roman Catholic Church in the colonics that when a prolate dies…

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The Scots Church. a Disorderly Meeting. Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1885 · page 5

The Rev. J. A. Stewart, Moderator of the Melbourne Presbytery, and other members of the Presbytery attended at the Soots Church on Tuesday night to hold a visitation meeting with…

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Disorderly Meeting at the Scots Church, Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1885 · page 10

The Rev. J. A. Stewart, Moderator of the Melbourne Presbytery, and other members of the Presbytery attended at the Scots Church to-night, to hold a visitation meeting with the announced view of…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1885 · page 5

In reference to the report of proceedings fat St. George's Church, Sydney, on the 3rd instant, and which was supplied to us officially, the Rev. Messrs. J. S. Macpherson and Peter Macpherson have written to us the following letter:…

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A Savage Assault. a Sacrilegious Lunatic. Attack on a Priest in Church. Excitement Among the Worshippers

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1885 · page 7

Just as the Rev. Mr. Wilson had concluded mass in the Roman Catholic Church in Cheltenham, on a recent Monday morning, and when the Rev. Mr. Roche ws before the altar previously to beginning…

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New Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 4

On Sunday, the 8th inst., a second mission church was opened in Botany in connection with the Radforn Presbyterian Church. The services were conducted by the Rev. T. J. Curtis, and were well attended…

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Catholic Influence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 7

Mrs. Grant Duff delivered a short speech at the annual distribution of prizes at the convent in Madras. She said :-"1 profess a different creed from yours, but I have the deepest respect…

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The Catholic Bible Hall

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 15

THE length of the ARchbishop's very interesting address, which we published in full last week, prevented us giving the incidental proceedings in connection with the inauguration of the new series…

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What Ireland May Expect From English Catholic's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 5

The Dublin Irishmen, in an editorial in its issue of December 27, remarks :— When England and Ireland were both Catholic nations, the massacre and plunder of our…

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Catholic the Meeting of the Bishops of the Province

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 14

THE meeting of the Bishops of the "Province, to which reference was made in ourlast issue took place at the Episcopal residence, St. Mary's, on Tuesday morning. His Grace the Most Re. Dr…

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The Annexations in the Pacific. the Hon. R. H. Meade's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 5

London, February 12 -- The Hon. Robert H. Meade, of the Colonial Office, who recently went to Berlin with the object of negotiating for a settlement of the question of territory in the…

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Persecution of Mr. Chiniquy. What a Converted Catholic Priest Says About It

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 8

The Rev. John J. Casey, pastor of Taylor Church (Presbyterian), Chainplain street, Montreal, preached on the subject of the recent persecution of Mr. Chiniquy. Taking…

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Home and Foreign. Ireland. the O'connell Memorial Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 5

Canon Brosnan writes to the IRISHMAN :— Yon will oblige by giving me space to express my most grateful acknowledgments for a collection which has just been made in the parish of…

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Congregational Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 2

The anniversary services in connection with the above church were celebrated on Sunday last, when the Rev. Thomas Johnson preached to large congregations. A…

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Disorderly Meeting at the Soots Church, Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 351

The Her. J. A. Stewart, Moderator of the Melbourne Presbytery, and other members of the Presbytery attended at the Scots Church tonight to hold a visitation meeting with the announced view of…

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Bible Hall and Anti-bible Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

The Committee of the Roman Catholic Bible Hall presented Dr. Moran with an address on his inauguration of this year's lectures on the Holy Scriptures. Mr…

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A Church Built from a Single Tree

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 24

A redwood tree, says an American paper, furnished all the timber for the Baptist church in Santa Rosa, one of the largest church edifices in the country. The interior of the building is finished in wood, there being no plastered…

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Scots Church Troubles. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 13

The Rev. J. A. Stewart, Moderator of the Melbourne Presbytery, and other members of the Presbytery attended at the Scots Church on Tuesday night to hold a visitation meeting with…

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Primitive Methodist Church, N S. W.

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1885 · page 8

The annual assembly of the above connection commenced its sittings in the new church, Albion-street, on Saturday morning. The retiring chairman, the Rev. G. James, conducted the preliminary and…

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Primitive Methodist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1885 · page 5

A public meeting in connection with the Annual Assembly of the Primitive Methodist Church was held in the Albion-street Church last night. There was a good attendance. Amongst those present were the Revs. J…

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