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Churches, 1884

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Dr. Barry and the Church Society

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 June 1884 · page 2

THE following is the text of a pastoral letter which was read in the A[?]glican churches on Sunday :—"Sydney, May 31, 1884.—My brethren in the…

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Wesleyan Church, West Maitland. Foreign Missionary Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1884 · page 2

The annual meeting in connection with the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in West Maitland was held in the Wesleyan Church, High-street, on Tuesday…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. Meeting in Raymond Terrace Church. (From a correspondent.[?]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 3

A meeting of the congregation to bear statements from the pastor and representative elder as to the recent strange proceedings at the meeting of Synod, appointed to be held last month, was held in the…

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Sisters and the Church of England. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1884 · page 7

SIR,—I have read with great interest the different letters upon the sisters question, and only trouble you for space in consequence of the finish to the Rev. Mr. Maclaren's…

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"Church Praise."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 2

AT a meeting of the congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, held on Monday evening last a majority of those present voted in favor of adopting…

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Weedding at St. Patrick's Church

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 2

QUITE a number of townspeople found their way down to St. Patrick's Church on Wednesday morning, the attraction being the marriage of Mr. J.F. Magnire…

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All Saints' Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 June 1884 · page 2

THE alterations, additions and renovations at All Sainte' Church are proceeding with reasonable speed, under the direction of the contractor, Mr…

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A Roman Catholic View of the Religious Instruction Revival

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 12

The following observations, occurring in an address recently delivered by Dr. Lanigan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, are interesting as showing the view taken by his…

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The Churchyard by the Sea. a Memory

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 July 1884 · page 1

ACROES the waste of year I see One spot for ever soft and green, Which, sh[?]ned within my memory, In evening glow or morning sheen,…

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Federal Union of Presbyterian Churches

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1884 · page 5

The fifth conference of representatives of the Presbyterian Churches of Australia and Tasmania was opened in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, Sydney, on July 9, and concluded its sittings last…

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Church Relations

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 July 1884 · page 13

"Why do you go to Church?—Of course we all know why we ought to go—to confess our sins, to render thanks to God, "to hear His most holy word, and to ask those things which are requisite and…

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Free Seats in Church

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 July 1884 · page 1

IT was a very quaint, free-thinking old man named Sandy Mackay living amongst other places, in a novel called " Alton Locke," written by Charles…

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St. James' Church, Morpeth

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1884 · page 3

A social tea and meeting of the churchworkers in connexion with St. James' parish, Morpeth, were held on Friday last, St. James' Day, in the schoolroom. The object of such…

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Eccleston Congregatinal Mission. Opening of New Union Church at Salisbury. (From our Paterson Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 August 1884 · page 3

In city life it has been said, that one half of the world do not know how the other half lives, and doubtless it is true. But we think that it is still more a truism to say that…

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The Maloga Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1884 · page 13

We have received from Mr. Daniel Matthews the ninth annual report of the Maloga mission. The report is in the form of a diary of the year's experiences, and it indicates that…

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New South Wales Mission for Teaching the Blind to Read. Annual Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 August 1884 · page 1

THE Committee beg to submit to the subscribers the following report of the operations and circumstances of the Mission for the year ending December…

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The Mission of "Colonel" Booth. (Argus, Aug. 18.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1884 · page 21

"Colonel" Ballington, Booth, second son of "General" Booth, accompanied by "Major" Howard, vice-principal of the National Training Home, Congress-hall,…

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The Blue Ribbon Gospel Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1884 · page 7

As briefly stated in our last issue Mrs. E. M. E. Browne, of the Blue Ribbon Army, initiated a Gospel Temperance Mission in the Victoria Theatre, West Maitland. The…

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Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Fund

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 2

In connection with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Singleton Branch of the Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society special sermons were…

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Our District Churches. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 12

SIR,—The letters from the two reverend gentlemen in your issue of Tuesday last open up a question of much importance, and one which has exercised the minds of many of us for a considerable time past. It is this, whether the clergymen of…

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