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Churches, 1890

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St. Mary's Parish Lectures. "Martin Luther."

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1890 · page 3

The second part of the lecture on Martin Luther, and the last of the present series of parish lectures, was delivered by the Rev. W. H. H. Yarrington in St. Mary's Hall on Friday evening. There was a…

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Wesleyan Church Services. To-morrow, November 2

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 November 1890 · page 2

SINGLETON, 11—Mr E. Sweeney 7 30, " The Day of Rest an related to Creation and Redemption." —Rev. H. Wiles…

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Church of England Mission to New Guinea. Meeting in West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1890 · page 7

On Tuesday evening a meeting was held in, the School of Arts, West Maitland, in connection with the Church of England Mission to New Guinea, taken up by the Australasian Board of Missions,…

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The Mission to the Chinese in Maitland. Tea and Public Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1890 · page 4

In a spirit of zeal and Christian love, which deserves to have its reward of success, a number of ladies representing all the Protestant denominations, impressed with the progress of the…

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The New Guinea Mission. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1890 · page 3

SIR,—In looking over your issue of Thursday, Nov. 6th, I notice the address on the Tuesday previous at the School of Arts was most amasing— most instructive as far as Protestants are…

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Bishop Barry on Church and State

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1890 · page 4

At the Church Congress, on September 30, the Eight Rev. Bishop Barry, D.D., read a papar on this subject. He said that the question of "Church and State" amounted to the inquiry, " How they…

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A Parish Mission at St. Mary's Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1890 · page 4

It must be evident to every thoughtful and observant townsman that though every Sunday bells knoll to church, numbers of the community, particularly among the younger men, are never found…

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Brotherhoods in the Church of England

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1890 · page 4

The question of "Brotherhoods" and the due limits of Ritual was discussed at the Church Congress, at Hull, on October 2, and elicited considerable divergence of opinion. Archdeacon Farrar,…

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FICTION. From English, American, and Other Periodicals. The Disguised Heir. Chapter Ix. Churchill Returns Unexpectedly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1890 · page 2

Colonel Godfrey sat in the room that was called the library. The blinds were down, for the western sunshine fell in sheets of blinding flame right upon the windows of that apartment, and the western…

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Panic in a Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 November 1890 · page 4

At 8 o'clock on Friday morning, October 17th, when the St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church, in the Polish settlement in the north-western portion of Chicago, was…

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Telephone in a Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 November 1890 · page 4

The Rev Canon Wilcox, of Christ Church, Birmingham, has (says an exchange) consented to allow the telephone to be introduced into his church,…

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Baptist Church, Hinton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1890 · page 6

On Tuesday evening last the anniversary tea and public meeting in connection with the above church took place in the School of Arts, Hinton. The gathering had been postponed from the previous…

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The New Guinea Mission of the Church of England. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 4

SIR,—As some of your many readers, who may be [?]bers of the Church of England, might like to kn[?] some particulars of the Church's mission to N[?] Guinea, I take the liberty of laying a few…

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Mrs Church's Benefit Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 2

The large hall of the Mechanics' Institute was well filled last night when a concert was given in aid of the fund being raised for the relief of the widow and family of the…

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St. Andrew's New Presbyterian Church, Newcastle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1890 · page 6

St. Andrew's new Presbyterian Church is erected at the corner of Laman and Auckland-streets. The site being considerably out of level has been excavated in such a manner as to provide a…

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Holy Trinity Church, Lochinvar. Laying the Memorial Stone

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 December 1890 · page 3

The people belonging to the Church of England at Lochinvar have for some years worshipped in a wooden building, which has served its time and is now becoming very dilapidated. Soon after the…

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The Recent Mission Services at St. Mary's

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 7

In connection with the successful mission held at St. Mary's Church, West Maitland, lately, the following letters, which will be read with interest by many of our readers, have been handed to us for…

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The New Guinea Mission. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 2

SIR,—As the columns of your paper have been from time to time opened for controversy concerning morals, the religious and social life, a few words respecting the above mission may not be…

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Growth of the Churches in the United States

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 7

The Independent has gathered some valuable and interesting statistics showing the strength of the various Christian churches in the United States and their growth during the past year. In some cases…

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Mrs Church Relief Fund

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 2

THANKS to the loyal and unselfish exertion of a number of persons ever ready to befriend the needy and afflicted in the hour of their tribulation, a sum of money has now been…

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