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Churches, 1883

83 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 5

St. Mary's Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1883 · page 6

Following is the order of musical portion of service at St. Mary's Church, to-morrow, Sunday:- Morning:—Te Daum, Dyke; Jubilate, Whitfeld; Kyrie, Lardelli; Hymn, 148, Before Jehovah's…

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The Maloga Aboriginal Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1883 · page 2

Mr. Daniel Matthews, who has taken such a deep interest in the above mission, has written a letter to our esteemed townsman, Mr. Isaac Gorrick, relating to the formation…

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Church and State in France

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1883 · page 3

The Chamber of Deputies commenced the real work of the Autumn Session on November 11, by proceeding to discuss the Budget of Public Worship. It amounts at present…

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Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1883 · page 2

The annual meeting of the East Maitland Branch of the above Society was held in the Wesleyan Church. East Maitland, on Tuesday evening. The attendance was onl[?] a moderate one. After the…

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Newcastle Anglican Cathedral. Ecclesiastical Architecture

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1883 · page 6

I beg to be allowed a small space in your columns upon the above subjects, of interest probably to many of your readers. It is I believe now known to a good many…

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St. Peter's Church, East Maitland. Meeting of Parishioners

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1883 · page 4

A meeting of the parishioners of St. Peter's, East Maitland, was held on Tuesday evening, in St. Peter's schoolroom, the business being to decide upon the site and…

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Second Sheet to The Maitland Mercury Saturday, February 10, 1883. Churches and City Vice

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 4

A CONTROVERSY has arisen in Sydney respecting the duty of the churches towards those forms of sin which the law finds it necessary, in the interests of society, to deal with. Almost…

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Primitive Methodist Church. (Abridged trom the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1883 · page 3

The annual assembly of the above Church in this colony began on Saturday, Feb. 3, in the Parramatta church. In the absence, through indisposition, of the Rev. J. Penman[?] the Rev. B. Kenny was…

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Second Sheet to The Maitland Mercury Saturday, February 17, 1883. the Mission of the Home-ruler

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 4

MR. REDMOND comes to Australia, to tell of the struggles and hardships of Ireland. But if he fails to remember that we are Australians, who have left old-world quarrels behind…

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Societies and the Church of England Burial Service. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 2

SIR,—One of those occurrences, which not unfrequently take place in the world through persons trying to encroach on the rights of others, took place here yesterday at a funeral…

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Poetry. Grandmothers. (From the Southern Churchman)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 4

Grandmothers are very nice folks; They beat all the aunts in creation. They [?]t a chap do what he likes. And don't worry aboat education…

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The Church and Friendly Societies. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 3

SIR,—A complaint has been made to me with regard to the action of the Incum[?]ent of St. James', Morpeth, in not allowing a special service to be used on a recent occasion in addition to the burial service…

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The Church of England—its Progressive and Retrogressive Nature. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 3

SIR,—Very few will doubt that religion is the advancement of all progressive nations. Unanimity, accord, [?]and a free spirit to give and subscribe money towards an object, is the sole secret of…

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Mr. Redmond's Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1883 · page 2

After the recent telegrams we have received of the disclosures that have been made in Dublin in regard to the Phœnix Park murders (observes the Australasian),…

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St. Peter's Church, East Maitland. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1883 · page 3

SIR,—In reading the account of the meeting of the parishioners of St. Peter's Church, East Maitland, I was rather surprised at finding our worthy Bishop endorsing to a certain extent, the somewhat peculiar…

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St. Peter's Church, East Maitland. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1883 · page 7

SIR—"The fact is, and there is no denying it, this is a money-grubbing utilitarian age." Thus says " X. Y. Z," in your Saturday's issue, under the heading of "St. Peter's Church, East Maitland." Also he…

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Mr. Redmond's Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 8

One of the most excited and disorderly public meetings ever held in Sydney took place at the Protestant Hall on Tuesday night. It was called by the Mayor of Sydney…

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The G[?]neral Assembly of the P[?]esbyterian Church. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 7

The sitti[?]gs of the General Assembly of the Presbyteri[?]n C[?]ch of New South Wales commenced on Tuesday [?]vening last. This is the Supreme Court of the Chu[?]h, and is held once a year. The Moderator…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. (From the S M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 6

The eighteenth annual session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales was opened in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, on Tuesday evening…

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St. Peter's Church, Fast Maitland. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 7

SIR—In reply to my letter of the 27th ult., A.B.C. pretends to sneer at Sir Christopher W[?]en, for having pu[?] an Italian [?]ody to the Gothic tower of St. Michael's Church in…

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