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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1914

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Church of England. Faced with Serious Problems

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Dean of Canterbury, speaking at the Convocation, said that the present was the most critical period in the history of the Church since…

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Methodist Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 4

Of all the annual conferences held in Sydney that of the Methodist Church is among the few which attract most interest and attention throughout the State. This year's will be…

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Methodist Conference. First Reading of Stations. the Retiring President's Address

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Lyceum Hall was crowded at the opening session of the annual conference of the Methodist Church. Rev. Carruthers presided, and…

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Methodist Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The proposal to divide Grafton circuit, with a single Minister to take over South Grafton and all other places on the south side of the…

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Sensation in Church. Fireball Bursts in Porch Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 2

There was a sensation in St. Matthew's Church of England at Paddington last night, through a fireball bursting in the porch…

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Questions of the Hour. Methodist Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 4

While at yesterday's session of the Methodist Conference the business was of weighty importance generally to the Church, there was not in it much that appealed to the individual…

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A Church Problem

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 2

At the Islington Clerical Mission; London, last month, at which there was a great gathering of Evangelical Angficans, the Bishop, of Jarrow said that no one could…

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Startling Occurrence. Fireball Bursting Near a Church. Fusing of Electric Wires

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—St. Matthias' Church of England, Paddington, was the scene of a startling occurrence last night. A thunderstorm started just before the…

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Methodist Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Wood, the representative of the Hay Circuit, is the first lady to sit as a member of the Methodist Conference. She received a…

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Methodist Conference

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 2
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At the Methodist Conference, held last week, the Rev. W. Halse Rogers (chairman of the Maitland District) moved—"That the district…

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Methodist Conference. Enlarged Stationing Committee. Centenary Theological Institution

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Rev. J. Carruthers moved—"That the question as to how ministers be stationed be taken in representative conference."…

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Free Presbyterian Church of Australia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

For some years past the various State Churches of the above denomination have been considering the question of Federal Union, so that the Church would be one…

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RELIGIOUS. Methodist Home Missions

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

The annual demonstration of the Methodist Church Sustentation and Home Mission Society was held in the [?] Hall, Sydney. About 3000 people were…

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Church and People

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

"I believe the great need of the Church is to get into closer touch with the great mass of the people,'' said the Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael),…

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Methodist Conference. Closing of Liquor Bar. Ballots on Basis of a Bare Majority Vote

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Methodist Conference recommends legislation to provide for a referendum on the question of earlier closing of liquor bars. It is of the…

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Methodist District Appointments. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 8

The Methodist Conference last night ratified the third reading of country stations, including:--North Coast District.--Grafton, Richard J…

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Alderman go to Church

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 5

THE Rector of Orange (Rev. H. Walker Taylor) occupied the pulpit last Sunday evening at his church, and took his text from the…

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