Anglican General Synod
At the Anglican General Synod yesterday the debate on the revision of the prayer book concluded, by an amendment by the Bishop of Newcastle, in…
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The Player and the Methodist Preacher
The warm and generous nature of Mrs. Jordan, the celebrated actress, is well illustrated by an anecdote related by Mr. John Galt in "Lives of the Players." When Mrs. Jordan was at Chester,…
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The following story is from the Rev. David McCrae's sketch of Henry Ward Beecher in the pulpit:—Let me describe one scene that was enacted in Plymouth Church. After the sermon…
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The following reply has been sent by the House of Bishops, at the late General Synod, to the Memorials, almost identical in substance, the one presented by about 100 clergy of the various dioceses,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE. Friday. the Presbyterian Jubilee Fund
The Presbyterian Jubilce Fund amounts to over £20,000…
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A meeting of the Board of Missions of the Australasian Wesleyan Missionary Society (says the Herald) was held at the mission office on Thursday, the president of the conference in the…
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Yesterday afternoon a sale of work was opened in St. Barnabas' Mission Church, Horseshoe Bend, for the purpose of raising funds in connection with various purposes in the parish. The sale has been…
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The annual flower services in connection with the West Maitland Congregational Church were held on Sunday last, and passed off most successfully, the congregations being large on each occasion,…
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The above church, which has been without a [?]resident pastor for some time, held a tea and public meeting on Tuesday evening to welcome Mr. C. Stark, who had accepted the pastorate, and who…
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In the course of the speech at Dartford to which allusion has been made in recent cablegrams, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said:—Of the state of foreign affairs I regret I am not able to speak to…
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The chief political event of the week has been Lord Randolph Churchill's speech at Dartford, where the Chancellor of the Exchequer made bold and open confession of the foreign policy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire in a Church. Terrible Scene
A SHOCKING calamity is reported from Radua, in the south east of Hungary. At that place there is a celebrated shrine. which is the goal of a constant stream…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Church and Ritualism. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—As an humble member of the Church of England, I address these lines to all thinking [?] en who may read this letter. I was taught in my youth to revere and to love the old church service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Church of England Association of New South Wales. Formation of a Branch at West Maitland
At the Masonic Hall, West Maitland a meeting convened by cucular of members of the Church of England was held on Wednesday evening The attendance was large influential, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Original Correspondence. the Church of England. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I write in the interests of the church, that there may be "peace within her borders;" for I fear that the formation of a branch of the Church Defence Association is likely to produce…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Original Correspondence. St. Paul's Church. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury)
SIR.—At a recent meeting in West Maitland, a report of which appeared in your issue ot the 27th ult., the services at St. Paul's Church were somewhat freely criticised. As no particulars of any objectionable features in the mode of conducting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Church Association. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury)
SIR,—Grieved am I to see by the report in your paper of last week, that a branch of that narrow, intolerant, and bigoted Association, calling itself the Church Association, has been formed in our midst, which, wherever it has gained a footing in…
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SPECIAL services were held in the local Wesleyan Church on Sunday last, morning and evening in connection with the work of the Church Sustentstion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wesleyan Church, East Maitland. Sustentation and Extension Society
The annual meetings in connection with the above society in the East Maitland Circuit are being held during the present week. On Sunday the annual sermons were preached at Bolwarra in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Justin McCarthy on Lord R. Churchill
In the course of his opening lecture in the Academy of Music at New York, on the 4th inst., Mr. Justin McCarthy said:— There is one of the most conspicuous and…
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