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Churches, 1855

5 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Newcastle Church Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1855 · page 2

On Thursday the annual meeting of this society was held at Morpeth. In the morning Divine service was performed in the church, the sermon being preached by the Rev. G. K…

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Presbyterian Synod of Australia. (Abridged from the Empire.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 May 1855 · page 1

The half-yearly meeting of this body was commenced in the Scotch Church, Pitt-street, on Wednesday and Thursday, 25th and 26th April. The Rev. Mr. Purves, of…

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Sydney News. Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. (Abridged from the Herald, May 15.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1855 · page 1

The meeting of the Synod of this Church was held in the Free Church, Pitt-street, Sydney, on Wednesday, May 2, 1855. The Rev. A. Maxwell, of Armidale, Moderator of…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1855 · page 2

The Synod of Eastern Australia met on Wednesday last, the 7th instant, within the church, West Maitland, at twelve o'clock noon, when the Rev. Andrew Maxwell, of Armidale, preached from Psalm 46, v. 5, "God…

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Local News. Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. Tuesday, 13Th November, 1855

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1855 · page 2

The Synod of Eastern Australia again met this day, in the Free Church, Maitland, and was constituted, and a minute was read in regard to the purchasing bibles from the…

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