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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1915

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Church Dedication at Copmanhurst

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 8

On Saturday the now Anglican Church of the Holy Apostles at Copmanhurst was dedicated by Right Rev. Dr. Druitt, Bishop of Grafton. The old church had got into a dilapidated…

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Catholic Church, Maclean. Golden Jubilee

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 3

The year 1914 being the golden jubilee of the first Mass celebrated on the Lower Clarence, the Roman Catholies commemorated the event by the purchase of one and…

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Christianity in Ireland. Before the Mission of St. Patrick

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 6

The conversion of Ireland to Christianity through the instrumentality of St. Patrick stands alone in the history of the Church for its peaceful character, its thoroughness and…

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Methodist Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

The Conference will open this evening. There is considerable speculation as to who will be elected president. But there is no doubt in the minds of many that the man second on…

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Methodist Conference. the New President. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1915 · page 2

The Rev. Joseph Woodhouse has been ejected President of the Methodist Conference which opened in Sydney last night…

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Methodist Conference. Close of First Century. Future Plans of Working

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Methodism has entered upon the last year of its first century in the southern world, and in consequence unusual interest was attached to…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 11

The animal congregational meeting was held on Wednesday night, and there was a larger attendnnce than usual. The minister (Rev H. D. Mackie) presided. As the night was…

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The Methodist Conference. Registration of Second Marriages

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the Methodist Conference yesterday, Rev. F. Colwell gave notice of motion "that the matter of second registration of marriages by…

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Thieves and Murderers. Despoil Polish Churches. and Hang Protesting Villagers. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 2

The Germans at Lowicz (Poland) stripped the copper plates from the church roofs. The inhabitants who protested were hanged…

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Fund for Church Extension

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

"The Bishop of Kalgoorlie, Dr. Golding Bird, is appealing in the London newspapers for funds for his diocese," is among the announcements which came through by cable…

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Methodist Conference. Report of Evangelistic Committee

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 5

A pastoral session of the Methodist Conference was held on Monday. Rev. Woolls Rutledge, organising secretary of the centenary commemoration fund,…

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Humours of the Church

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

Pulpit and parish have contributed not a little to the gaiety of nations, and many a humorous story is told of clergymen and their work…

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Women Delegates to Methodist Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 8

Women are gradually invading every domain hitherto open to men alone. The public has become accustomed to women delegrates on industrail, educational,…

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RELIGIOUS. Church of England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 3

Cathedral 7.30, (H.C.) and 7.30, Carr's Creek [?] (S.S., 2.15)—.Rev. [?]. Mcwilliam; H.M[?] Gao 9, Cathedral [?], Experiment Farm 3, Alumny Creek 7.30—Rev. D. J. Collins; German Chur[?]…

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The Church and the War. Has Organised Christianity Collapsed? a Vicar's Statement. Return of Universal Love

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 7

It is only natural that the question of the relation of the churches to the war should crop up. Ecclesiastical writers in other countries have given this subject a good denl…

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Wrecking the Churches. a Priest Murdered. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 3

Every church in the Dixmude district has been damaged and forty have been demolished. A priest was shot dead in a church…

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Methodist Conference. Second Registration of Marriages. Final Reading of Stations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There was some plain speaking regarding the alleged neglect of the outposts of the Church where a few helpers were heroically holding positions,…

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The Anglican Church. Suffering From Drought and Blight

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

The Rev. Mr. Kempe, President of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd, in his farewell address, speaking on the condition of the Anglican…

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Catholic Federation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 6

After the celebration of mass in St. Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore, on Sunday, a meeting held under, the auspices of the Lismore branch of the Catholic Federation…

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Stainer's "Crucifixion." at Christ Church Cathedral

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

That heavy and exacting oratorio, Stainer's "Crucifixion," was' sung at Christ Church last night, by the Cathedral Choir, who were assisted by an…

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