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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1886

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The Church Home in Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 4

His Excellency Lord Carrington formally opened the Church Home at the corner of Crown and Albion streets yesterday afternoon, at half-past 3 o'clock. An address was also delivered by the…

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The Roman Catholic Church and the Primrose League

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 21

The Primrose League and the Catholic Church (observes the Home News) have come into collision. Dr. Bagshawe, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham, has anathematised it in his diocese as…

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The Catholic Church and the Divorce Question

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 7

At the formal dedication of the Church-school of St. Vincent de Paul, Redfern, on Sunday morning, his Eminence, Cardinal Moran, delivered an address, in which he spoke of the attitude of the…

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Proposed Changes in the Roman Catholic Church in Australia

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 2

The Record publishes the following letter from its correspondent in Rome under date March 20:- The rapid progress that has blessed the labours of the Catholic Missionaries and settlers in…

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Original Corresponce. the Australian Church. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1886 · page 15

SIR,—Some months ago a visitor to Melbourne wrote in the Evening News in terms of severe disparagement of the Austialian Chuich and its form of service, which he stigmatised as cold, formal,…

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Poetry. Going to Church Together

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1886 · page 2

Jenny and I in the hay-field; Jenny and I in the corn, Milking the cows in the evening. Or she in the dewy morn;…

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The Pope on Church State

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 4

THE latest Encyclical of Pope Leo XII [?] the Christian constitution of States, the Pope says he deems it his duty to compare with Christian doctrine the new [?]…

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Ordination Service at St. Paul's Church, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 4

On Sunday last, Trinity Sunday, the Lord Bishop of Newcastle ordained to the priesthood the Rev. G. F. Rushforth, who, since his admission to the diaconate last year, has been labouring with…

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Colonial and Continental Church Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 2

Sir J. Coode presided at a meeting of the Colonial and Continental Church Society at Willis's Rooms a few days ago. The chairman moved the adoption of the report, which stated that the income had been…

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The Australian Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 2

The section of the Christian Church, known as the Australian Church, has probably never been heard of by the majority of your readers, and as it has accomplished much good in Melbourne, its birth…

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Proposed Church of England Mission Room for South Singleton

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 June 1886 · page 2

A MEETING, with a view to the erection of a small Church or Mission Room is this growing neighbourhood was hold, by the kind permission of the Mayor, in the Council…

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St. Paul's Social Parish Room

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1886 · page 7

On Tuesday evening the old Grammar School was opened as a social room in connection with St. Paul's parish, West Maitland. The building had ceased for some time to be used as a grammar…

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The Presbyterian Federal Assembly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 4

The first Presbyterian Federal Assembly of Australia and Tasmania opened its sittings on Wednesday morning in St. Stephen's Church, Sydney. The Rev. J. S. Laing and Rev. J. Hall Angus were…

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Presbyterian Federal Assembly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1886 · page 8

The sittings of the above body was resumed on Friday. A petition was adopted to the Queen with respect to the New Hebrides. The petition pointed out the expensive and effective way in which the…

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Presbyterian Federal Assembly. (Abridged from the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1886 · page 7

The fourth day's sitting of the Federal Assembly was held on Monday. The Rev. J. S. Laing read the report of the business committee on the practicability of immediately…

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Federal Assembly off the Presbyterian Church. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1886 · page 13

The final sitting of the assembly was held on Wednesday. An amended resolution was carried remitting to the supreme courts of the various federated churches the devising of…

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Congregational Church, West Maitland. Anniversary Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1886 · page 7

On Tuesday evening a tea and public meeting was held as a moans of celebrating the anniversary of the above church. Special services had been held on Sunday, as mentioned in our last issue,…

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Roman Catholic Church at Stockton. Laying the Chief Corner Stone

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1886 · page 6

On Sunday forenoon a ceremony of considerable importance to the Catholic residents of the place, took place at Stockton, near Newcastle, and was witnessed by a large concourse of people of nearly…

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The Church Robins

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 4

One pleasant April Sabbath, the parish clerk of a church in Wiltshire, England, stood at his readingdesk, turning to the morning "lesson" in the great prayer book. The congregation waited to give the…

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Catholic Schools and Government Inspection. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1886 · page 3

SIR,—You published last Thursday a letter from a Cessnock correspondent re the establishment of a private school by "a certain sect," by which phrase the liberal minded writer plainly intended…

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