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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1895

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

The Rev. Dr. Gilchrist, of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Paddington, was on Sunday stricken with paralysis. The Pope has appointed the Right Rev. John…

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Earnest Prayer for the Church

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 13

It is easy to bemoan the wordliness and in[?]vity of the church, and, because we do so [?] ake some comfort to ourselves, as a veri[?]tion of our own piety. It is another thing…

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Trying to Burn a Church

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

WHAT appears to be a deliberates attempt to destroy a place of public worship was made at Leichhardt, near Sydney, on Saturday night. The…

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Absence from Church

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

There are many excuses given by the faithful for absence from church, but one of the most amusing is that put forward by the wife of a member…

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East Maitland Wesleyan Church Social

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 2

A social was given last evening in the Good Templars' Hall, East Maitland, in connection with the Wesleyan Church, for the purpose of raising funds for the erection of a tablet to the memory of…

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Upon What the Success of a Church Depends

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 13

Churches, like families, may radiate an atmosphere that is genial, cheerful and hope-inspiring, or depressing and gloomy. Very much of the success of a church in attracting…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 6

The Broken Hill Anglican Church property has been sold under a mortgage hold by the Bank of New South Wales. The death is reported of Mr. Ward, a missionary…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 6

A branch of the Young Men's Christian Association has been opened in Weet Maitland. On Thursday the annual conference of the Women's Prayer Union was opened in Sydney…

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The Want of a Church

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 13

The sound of the axe may ring through a forest; the plough may pierce the sod which has been before undisturbed for centuries excepting by the hunter's tread; the streams may be…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 6

Archdeacon Williams was consecrated Bishop of Waiapai, at Napier, on Saturday. The Young Woman's Christian Association in Sydney will begin the annual week for prayer in…

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The Newcastle Seamen's Mission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

The Trustees of the above met in the Brownstreet School Hall on Tuesday. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed, the Rev. R. M. Bowles (chaplain) read his…

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The Late Lord Randolph Churchill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 13

Lord Randolph Churchill has succumbed to the illness which seized him some time since. Thus ends a somewhat remarkable political career. Lord Randolph was the second son of the sixth Duke of…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 6

Tho Primitive Methodists have decided to hold their next annual conference at Newcastle. Dr. Wallace has been consecrated Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand, by the Bishop of…

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Presbyterian

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 2

The following is the report and statement of accounts adopted at the annual meeting of members of the Presbyterian Church, Dungog, on…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 3

Canon Flower, M.A., of Ballarat, has accepted the vicarship and archdeaconry of Grafton. At the Anglican General Synod held at Nelson, Bishop Cowie, of Auckland, was elected Primate of…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 6

The Rev. James Glover has been appointed Minor Canon of St. Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn. The Rev. John Vaughan and Mr. William Briggs have been elected members of the council of the…

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Wesleyan Church, East Maitland. Social to the Rev. George Lane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

Last evening a large gathering, the bulk of which was feminine, assembled in the Wesleyan Church, East Maitland, the object being to extend a social welcome to the Rev. George Lane, once a minister…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 6

"General" Booth will revisit Australia in October next. The annual Wesleyan Conference will assemble in Sydney on Tuesday, February 26…

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Wesleyan Church, East Maitland. Commemoration of the Late William Burgess

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 February 1895 · page 2

Yesterday the services at the Wesleyan Church, East Maitland, were conducted by the Rev. George Lane, a former superintendent of the Maitland Circuit, and both morning and evening had a…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church will meet in Sydney on March 5. The Bishop of Riverina has consented to go to England to be consecrated by the Archbishop of…

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