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Churches, 1883

83 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 5

Primitive Methodist Church, Morpeth

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1883 · page 5

Anniversary services in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church, Morpeth, were held in the Church on Sunday last, and a tea and public meeting was held in the…

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Presentation to the Rev. J. Shaw at St. Barnabas' Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1883 · page 3

On Monday, 16th July, at half-past 7 p.m., a meeting was held at St. Barnabas' Church, Horseshoe Bend, for the purpose of presenting the Rev. John Shaw with a purse of…

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St. Paul's Church, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1883 · page 4

We are requested by the Rev. A. A. Maclaren, the new Minister at St. Paul's Church, West Maitland, to call attention to the advertisement appearing elsewhere. Owing to…

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St. Mary's Church, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 3

To-morrow being the first Sunday in the month, the following will be the order of Divine service at the abovenamed church:- Morning.—Te Deum, Jubilate and Kyrie,…

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The Redmond Mission. (From Saturday's Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1883 · page 4

In reference to the Redmond mission the Argus telegraphed last night as follows:— "We published on Thursday a cable message from our London correspondent stating that…

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St. Barnabas' Church, Horseshoe Bend

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1883 · page 7

A movement has been well begun, which promises to have a most successful issue, for the repair, improvement, and adornment of the mission church of St. Barnabas,…

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Free Seats in Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1883 · page 5

SIR,—I feel so upset after reading your report of the service held last Sunday afternoon in St. Barnabas' Church, Horseshoe Bend, that I scarcely know how to write you;…

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The Maitland Mercury Saturday, August 25, 1883. Original Correspondence. Free Seats in Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 4

SIR,—Allow me to make a few remarks on what I call the ignorance of one who signs himself in Thursday's issue, "One of the better class." He says that he always looked…

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The Church for the People. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 4

SIR,—Some of our neighbours think our Bishop—to say the least of it—a very rash man; but it is to be borne in mind that he has not been long in the colony, and cannot be…

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Free Seats in Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1883 · page 6

SIR—The Mercury, as a general newspaper, of course does not prescribe for religious men what they ought to do, or not to do, in their religious churches—in the way of raising…

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Free Seats in Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1883 · page 4

SIR,—I am very sorry indeed to be compelled, in any way, to complain of a sentence in a letter from the pen of Mr. T. W. Tucker in the last issue of your paper, on the above much contested question. But,…

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Free and Open Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1883 · page 3

SIR,—I am very glad to find in your paper of to-day that there is at least one minister of religion in West Maitland—the Rev. G. Heighway—who has expressed himself in favour of the free seat…

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Free Seats in Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1883 · page 3

SIR,—It is to be regretted that the Bishop of Newcastleshould agitate for all free seats in churches, for he must know ere this that unil a repeal of the English Church Temporalities Act (8 William IV…

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Free Seats in Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1883 · page 3

SIR,—Will you kindly permit an old Maitlander a few words in reply to Mr. T. W. Tucker on a subject which appears to have considerable interest for your readers…

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"Free and Open Churches." (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1883 · page 5

SIR,—After following very carefully the correspondence in your journal on the above question, the two principal points to be [?]ttled appear to me to be legality and expediency…

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Shops or Churches—which? (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1883 · page 4

SIR,—Your correspondent "Lex" (Sept. 1, 1883) holds before my eyes the terrors of the Supreme Court. Let me assure him that I am not taking up my parable against the anomaly of the commercial…

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Free Seats in Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1883 · page 4

SIR,—I crave permission for these few remarks in your paper respecting the argument that for some time seems to be agitating the minds of the congregation of one of the…

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Free and Open Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1883 · page 4

SIR,—Abler pens than mine are dealing with this subject, but I cannot refrain from adding a word, as I was once, twenty years ago, a member of the "National Association…

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Presbyterian Church, Hinton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1883 · page 3

The annual soiree in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Hinton, was held in the school of Arts in that township on Thursday evening last. The evening was a most unfavorable one Steady rain…

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St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church, Gresford

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1883 · page 5

This prettily situated church has undergone some important alterations and additions, and it is now perhaps one of the nea[?]est edifices designed for the purposes of public worship in the Northern district…

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