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Churches, 1886

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Mission Ships of the London Missionary Society. the Messenger of Peace

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 22

"The houses of the Missionaries, and the chapels and school houses, and with few exceptions, the dwellings of the natives, were greatly damaged or completely wrecked. Yet, amid all the fearful desolation, not a…

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Alleged Abandonment of the Maori Mission in New Zealand. a Singular Promotion and Removal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 18

THE New Zealand FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, April 30, describing the Easter Sunday's service in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, says :—Bishop Luck in his discourse on the occasion proceeded…

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Catholic. Synodical Letter of the Archbishops and Bishops of the First Plenary Council of the Australias, Held in Sydney in 1885. to the Pope with the Reply of His Holiness

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 14

WE have received from his Eminence Cardinal Moran, copies of the letter addressed by the Plenary Council to the Sovereign Pontiff, and the reply thereto of his Holiness. The letter and reply are…

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The Church and Science

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 12

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH seems to be quite taken aback at the Cardinal presuming to say that the Church, is not an enemy of science. Such an assertion in the face of…

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The Game of the English Politicians. Churchill and Chambeblain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 5

"Make your game, my sportive gents; make your game while the ball is rolling." The cry of the roulette-sharper on the racecourse embodies the political morality of the average…

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St. Vincent De Paul School-church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 14

THE last public ceremony the Cardinal-Archbishop performed before making his visit to Europe was the laying of the foundation-stone of the school-church in Redfern-street, Redfern. On Sunday…

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Proposed Changes in the Australian Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 18

THE Roman correspondent of the Record writes under date March 20:— The rapid progress that has blessed the labours of the Catholic Missionaries and settlers in…

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The Lady Churchill Curling-pin

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 1010

In these day of universal fashion as regards curling ladies' hair, it is pleasant to find an invention which does not render the wearer positively hideous, and saves the inconvenience of…

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Rogerbacon, the Wonderful Doctor, and His Treatment by the Church of Rome

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 4

One of the most illustrious truth-seekers of the Middle Ages was Roger Bacon, an Englishman. At a time when authority was paramount in every…

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Baptist Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 8

AN entertainment and sale of work in aid of the church building fund will be held in the Baptist Church on Monday evening next. The entertainment will consist of solos, recitations,…

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Pictures in Churches. a Secular Church

Globe · Monday 17 May 1886 · page 5

The Theatre Royal on Sunday night may be very properly described as a secular church. The performance there is the service which the secular body, the secular…

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Was Napoleon a Good Catholic? to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 6

Sir,—Your correspondent, "A Protestant Querist," assumes that the Great Napoleon was a good Catholic, having been crowned by the Pope, &c. But history tells us that it was with great reluctance that the aged prolate…

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Granville. Baptist Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 3

A VERY enjoyable entertainment was given by the Granville Band of Hope on Monday night last in the Baptist Church. Previous to the entertainment a sale of work was carried on…

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The Anglican Bishopeic of Melbourne

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 May 1886 · page 16

London, May 17.—The name of the Rev. James Davenport Kelly, M.A., rector of St. Matthew's, Old Trafford, Manchester, is mentioned, as the probable successor to Dr. Moorhouse as Bishop…

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Lecture in Presbyterian School Hall, Leichhardt

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1886 · page 3

The second of the winter series of lectures for the purpose of reducing the debt on the building was given in the Presbyterian School-hall on Thursday evening, by the…

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Catholic. the Cardinal at Queanbeyan. the Past and the Present

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 May 1886 · page 14

LESS than a hundred years ago, when the land was a "jwaste of thorny terrors" inhabited by a few hundreds of wretched creatures, who would have dared to "so forecast the years" as. to' prophesy…

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Proposed Restoration of St. James's Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1886 · page 6

A meeting was held last night at the rooms of the Church Society, Phillip-street, for the purpose of taking steps towards the alteration and restoration of St. Jame's Church. There…

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Mr. Gladstone's Irish Scheme. the Threatened Loyalist Resistance. Mr. Gladstone and Lord Randolph Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1886 · page 5

London, Friday.--In the House of Commons last night a debate took place on the second reading of a bill to renew the Irish Arms Act…

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At the Chinese Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1886 · page 5

Dr. Barry conducted service at the Chinese Church, Botany, yesterday morning, assisted by the Chinese missionary, the Rev. Soo Hoo Ten. There were about 100 Chinamen present, and…

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Lord Randolph Churchill's Rash Advice. To the Editor

Evening News · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 8

Sir—Lord Randolph Churchill is reported to have said "That the Loyalist inhabitants of the north of Ireland would be justified in resisting by force of arms the establishment of an Irish Parliament in…

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