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ADVERTISEMENT FOR "THE PORT PHILLIP CHRISTIAN HERALD" 1846

[Port Phillip Gazette and Settler's Journal]

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THE PORT PHILLIP CHRISTIAN HERALD

is published in Melbourne on the first Saturday of every month, price sixpence.

Subscribers in Melbourne paying for six months in advance (three shillings) may have it left at their houses.

To subscribers in the Country, it will be sent by post; and country subscribers are requested to be careful, in giving their address, to specify their post office.

This periodical may be sent by post to any part of New South Wales, the neighbouring colonies or the United Kingdom, provided it be posted withing seven days after the day of publication, and the words "Newspaper Only" be written on the envelope.

*** A Friday edition is published for transmission to Portland and the intermediate post offices, and to places on the Sydney Road.

EDITED BY THE REV. JAMES FORBES, A.M.

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THE PORT PHILLIP CHRISTIAN HERALD

CONTENTS OF No. 1

The Way of Salvation - Expository Remark on John i. 1-14 - Protestant Mission in Madagascar, by the Rev. E. Baker, No. 1 - Documents Relative to the Free Church of Scotland - Affectionate Representation - Protest - Dr. Chalmer's Address - Resolution of Separation - Religious Intelligence - Synod of Australia - Sacred Poetry - New Year's Hymns.

CONTENTS OF No. 2

The Great Change - Biographical Sketch, - Rev. R. M'Cheyne, late of Dundee - Statistics of the Population of Port Phillip, by William Westgarth - The Church in the House by the Rev. James Hamilton of London - Christianity in China - Modern Scottish Martyrs - Religious Intelligence - British and Foreign Bible Society - Presbyterian Church in Australia - Synod of Australia - Sacred Poetry - The Australia Emigrant's Hymn.

CONTENTS OF No. 3

The Power of Habit - Biographical Sketch - Rev. R. M'Cheyne, late of Dundee, Part 2 - The Church in the House - The Aborigines of Australia - Judaism in Germany - The Ten Commandments of the Church of Rome - Presbyterian Church - Religious Intelligence - Sacred Poetry.

CONTENTS OF No. 4

The Lord Our Righteousness - Biographical Sketch, - the Rev. R. M'Cheyne, late of Dundee: The Church in the House, by the Rev. James Hamilton of London - Part 3rd - The Aborigines of Australia, second article, Sacred Poetry - Children Invited to Come to Christ.

Sold in Melbourne by Messrs. Maclehose, Pullar, Pittman, and Clarke, booksellers, all in Collins Street. In Geelong by Messrs. Peter Drummond, and J. Harrison. In Portland by Mr. Crouch, Postmaster, through any of whom, copies may be ordered and subscription paid.

( "Port Phillip Gazette and Settler's Journal" - Melbourne - 13 May 1846 )

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( Source of Image: National Library of Australia )

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Rev. James Forbes

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