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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1881

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Christianity Apart From Churches

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1881 · page 6

DR. JOSEPH PARKER, of the City Temple, has addressod the following letter to The Times:— "The boldness of the proposal I am about to submit warrants me in seeking for it a place…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1881 · page 2

Ash Wednesday, March 2—Grafton, Service at 9 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Thursday, March 3—Grafton, Religious Instruction Class, at 7.30 p.m.—Rev, C.C. Greenway…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1881 · page 2

Sunday, March 6—Christ Church, Grafton, Service at 11 a.m. (with H[?]ly Communion) and 7.30 p.m.: Carr's Creek, 3 p.m. —Rev. C.C Greenway. Trinity Church, Alumny Creek. 3 p.m.—Lay Helper. Broadmouth, Service at ll a.m;…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1881 · page 2

Wednesday, March 16—Grafton, Service at 7.30 p.m. Thursday, March 17—Grafton, Religious Instruction Class, at 7.30 p.m.—Rev. C. C. Greenway. Sunday, March 20—Christ Church, Grafton, Service at 11 a.m…

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The Presbyterian Church Sustentation Fund

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1881 · page 3

THE Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, a year ago brought to this colony the Rev. J. Miller Ross, of London, of the Presbyterian Church of England, to introduce their English…

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Wesleyan Church, Grafton

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1881 · page 2

THE anniversary of the above Church was celebrated by a tea and public meeting on Wednesday last, upon which occasion there was a large gathering of the friends of the Church and a number from other denominations…

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Wesleyan Church. Anniversary Tea Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 3

THE anniversary tea meeting was held in the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday, and as it was also looked upon as affording a good opportunity to welcome the new pastor, the Rev. J. G. Middleton, there was a large…

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A Royal Commission on Church Matters

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1881 · page 4

THE resolution unanimously adopted by the Upper House of Convocation for a Royal Commission to inquire into the law and constitution of the ecclesiastical courts may prove an…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 2

Sunday, May 22—Christ Church, Grafton, Service at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. St Matthew's, South Grafton, 3.30 p.m.—Rev. C. C. Greenway. Ulmarra, 3 p.m.—Lay Helper. Buccarumbi, Service at 10.30 a.m.; Nymboida, 3.30 p.m.—Mr…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 2

Sunday. June 5—Christ Church, Grafton, Service at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.—Mr. R. M. Heffernan. Broadmouth, Service at 11 a.m.; Ulmarra, 3 p.m.; St Matthew's, South Grafton, 7.30 p.m.—Mr. Bosworth…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 2

Sunday. June 12—Christ Church, Grafton, Service at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.—Tea Tree Creek (Mr. Mills'), Service at 11 a.m.: Armidale Road (Mr. Cowling's), 3 p.m.: St Matthew's South Grafton, 7.30 p.m.—Mr. Bosworth…

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Rev. Ramsdell's Catholic Wife. a Rather Peculiar Trouble in a Presbyterian Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1881 · page 4

THE effort to depose Rev. Charles B. Ramsdell from the pulpit of—the North Presbyterian Church of Washington, D.C., is the absorbing topic of the day. The "trial," so far as the…

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The Church of Scotland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 3

WE learn from the Edinburgh correspondent of the Times that an attempt has been made to give the disestablishment movement a practical direction by the Scottish Council of the Liberation Society, which was…

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Church of England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1881 · page 6

A COMPLIMENTARY tea meeting was held in the large hall of the School of Arts, Grafton, on Monday evening last, to welcome his Lordship the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale on this his first visit to this part of his…

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A Mountain Messiah. Remarkable Religious Excitement in Kentucky— the Self-denial and the Humble Mission of the Nazarene Exemplified. (From the Cleveland Herald, May 2.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1881 · page 4

A RELIGIOUS excitement has broken out among the mountains of south-western Kentucky. A new Messiah has made his appearance among the moonshiners and rough mountaineers, and…

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Church of England Temperance Society

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1881 · page 2

THE public meeting convened for Tuesday evening last, to inaugurate the abovenamed Society, was attended by about 60 persons (most of whom were ladies.) The Rev, Dr. Turner (Bishop of Grafton and Armidale)…

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Church of England. Public Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1881 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting of members of the Church of England was held in the School of Arts on Tuesday eveniug, for the purpose of forming a Temperance Society in connection with that Church. There were about…

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The Church of England Temperance Society Meeting. to the Editor of the Argus

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1881 · page 2

DEAR SIR,--Having been a boy yourself once, I am sure you will sympathise with a fellow who is a victim to parental oppression, and give him an opportunity of vindicating his wrongs…

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The Church of England Temperance Meeting. to the Editor of the Clarence Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1881 · page 2

"To draw them on to Heaven by reason fair, And good example, was his daily care." CHAUCER. SIR,—I would like, with your kind permission, to…

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Opening of the Tyndale Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1881 · page 5

It was now 5 o'clock, and one would think that the Bishop had had quite enough for one day; but no, the indefatigable incumbent of Grafton (the Rev. C. C. Greenway) had provided his Lordship with a hard…

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