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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1875

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Church of England, Armidale. the Diocesan Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1875 · page 2

WE make the following extracts from a report which has appeared in the 'Armidale Express':--"The quarterly meeting of this Council was…

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Presbyterian, Church in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1875 · page 4

THE Presbyterian Church in Queensland has suffered a heavy loss in the death of the Rev. Matthew M'Gavin, who was one of the oldest and ablest ministers in the colony,…

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The Rev. Mr. Ewing and the Presbyterian Assumiha of Victoria

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1875 · page 2

FOR some time past there has been considerable excitement in Melbourne over the refusal of the General Assembly to recognise the Rev Mr Ewing as minister of the Beechworth…

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Lighting a Match in a Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1875 · page 5

A CURIOUS CASE is expected to come before the Deniliquin Bench of Magistrates on Tuesday next Mr, J. Dowling Brown (Police Inspector) churchwarden of Deniliquin Episcopal Church, is camplained…

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Lighting a Candle in a Church. From the Wagga Wagga Express

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 3

THE 'drum ecclesiastic' has been rolling forth at Deniliquin, and in this case as in many other instances of similiar Episcopalian notes of war, the tattoo has been beaten by a candle-stick. London had its…

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New Pont for St. Peter's Cathedral Church Armidale. (From the Armidale Express.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 2

A BEAUTIFUL design has just been received from England of a new font for St. Peter's Cathedral Church, Armidale, concerning which the following particulars will, no doubt,…

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Driving Past Churchies

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1875 · page 6

AT the Water Police Court, on Monday, two cabmen were charged with driving past churches during divine service on Sunday last, at a pace other than a walk. In the…

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Reviews. the Rev. Rayner Winterbotham's Sermons. (From the Literary Churchman.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1875 · page 3

These serm[?]ns are the work of a man who thinks for himself—and who says out what he thinks which is still rarer. He is evidently interesied in all the great questions of the day-especially in their bearing…

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Review. Sermons and Expositions, By the Rev. R. WINTERBOTHAM, M.A., B.Sc., &c., formerly Chaplain to the late Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, and Incumbent of Christ Church, Grafton, New South Wales. HENRY S. KING & Co., London. Thomas Page & CO., Grafton & Armidale

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1875 · page 2

THESE "Sermons and Expositions" are the products of a refined, thoughtful, and an independent mind. The Author in his preface tells us that they…

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Church of England, Grafton— Easter Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the members of the Church of England, residing within the parochial district of Grafton, was held at Christ Church, Grafton, on Tuesday evening last. The attendance was…

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Wesleyan Church, Grafton. Anniversary Tea -- and Public Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1875 · page 2

THE Anniversary Sermons of the above Church were preached on Sunday last -- in the morning by the Rev. J. Woolnough, when a very fair congregation attended ;…

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Inverell Presbyterian Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1875 · page 6

IN no part of Australia in the Scottish element stronger than at the rising country towns in the north —Inverell. Formed many years, ago consequent upon the ta[?]ng up of the surrounding country by the…

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German Evangelical Church

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1875 · page 2

THE ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the above Church, was performed on Wednesday afternoon last. The German residents of the city and the…

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Church of England Synod

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1875 · page 5

THE third session of the first Synod of the Angliean Church, in the diocese of Grafton and Armidale, was oponed on Monday, 31st May, at Armidale. After walking in procession from the Parsonage to the…

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The German Lutheran Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1875 · page 3

THE ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the above church took place on Wednesday afternoon last, upon which occasion a number of our German followcolonists, and many of the leading townspeople…

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Presbyterian Church

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1875 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening last a tea meeting was held in the hall of the School of Arts, in aid of the Grafton Presbyterian Manse Fund. At six o'clock the hall presented a…

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Grafton Presbyterian Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1875 · page 3

IN commemoration of the anniversary of the Rev. J. M. Innes' ministration among them, the members and friends of the above church entertained that gentleman at a public tea meeting, at the…

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The Dangers of the English Church

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1875 · page 2

PREACHING at Cambridge, the Bishop of Carlisle said he confessed the conditions of the ecclesiastical atmosphere which made possible such a storm as was now raging…

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Religious Memoranda. Catholic Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1875 · page 4

Sunday, July 18 —South Gratton, Mass at 9 o'clock; St. Mary's, Grafton, Mass at 11 o'clock; Shark Creak, Maas at 9 o'clock; Rocky Mouth, Mass at 11 o'clock. WESLEYAN CHURCH…

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Church of England Provincial Synod

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 August 1875 · page 2

FROM the 'Australian Churchman ' we gather that the following subjects, as regards his diocese, are proposed for the consideration of the above Synod, at its third session, in Sydney,…

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