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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1898

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Another Church

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 September 1898 · page 2

The Rev. George Walters, who recently resigned the pastorate of the Unitarian Church, has formed a new religious body, to be called the…

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The Mission to Fashoda

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 3

A force consisting of 1,800 Soudanese and 100 men of the 1st battalion Cameron Highlanders, with Maxim guns, and commanded by the Sirdar, Sirs. Kitchener, Colonel P. R. Wingate, D.S.O…

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Wesleyan Church Anniversary

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

We would remind our readers that the anniversary services in connection with the Murrurundi Wesleyan Church will to held to-morrow, Sunday, 18th instant. The…

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Sacred Concert in the Wesleyan Church

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 5

From every point of view, the sacred concert given in the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday evening was a success. There was a large attendance, including folk from East Maitland and Lochinvar, and the…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 7

Over £13,000 was cleared by the recent fair in aid of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. The death was announced to the congregation of of St. John's Cathedral, West Maitland, on Sunday,…

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New Australian Church. Open to Christians and Athiests Alike

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 3

" FREEDOM to worship God in their own way, or even freedom to abstain from such worship if they found it inconsistent with their own honest…

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Wesloyan Church for Goorangoola

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 2

ON Thursday last a meeting was held at the residence of Miss Kermode, Roselands, Goorangoola, for the purpose of conisdering the erection of a Wesleyan church for…

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Wesleyan Church Anniversary

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 2

The thirty-first anniversary of the Murrurundi Wesleyan Church was celebrated on Sunday last by special services, which were attended by very large congregations. The…

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St. Paul's Church

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 2

The Right Rev. Dr. Stanton, Lord Bishop of Newcastle will arrive at Murrurundi on a visit to the parish to-morrow (Saturday), and will remain over Sunday and Monday…

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The Wesleyan Church

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 3

We would direct attention to an announcement which appears in another portion of this issue with reference to the special sermons to be preached in the Murrurundi…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 3

The death is announced of the Right Rev. Henry Lascelles Jenner, D.D., late Bishop of Dunedin, in his 78th year. Miss Kent, who has trained the choir and acted…

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All Saints' Church

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 September 1898 · page 2

On Sunday evening last, Mr G. R. Burns, recent Catechist of All Saints' Church, Singlrton, occupied the pulpit and took for his text the 26th chapter of the…

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Presbyterian Church, Hinton. Anniversary Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 4

On Sunday last the anniversary services in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Hinton, were hold. Both morning and evening they, were conducted by the Rev. Robert Jackson, of East…

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Meeting in the Wesleyan Church

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 2

WE are requested to mention that Mr. Fairfax, of West Maitland, will address a meeting in the local Wesleyan Church on Friday evening next, to which all are invited…

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Church Congress at Bradford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1898 · page 3

Grout interest is being taken in the Church Congress which is now sitting at Bradford. The Right Rev. William Boyd Carpenter (Bishop of Ripon), who presided, declared that extremists…

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St. Peter's Church, East Maitland. Anniversary Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1898 · page 3

Last evening, the usual service in commemoration of the opening of the Church of St. Peter, East Maitland, was held. There was a good congregation. The clergy present were—The Lord Bishop…

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Hinton Presbyterian Church Anniversary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 3

On Sunday last the anniversary services in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Hinton, were held. Both morning and evening they were conducted by the Rev. Robert Jackson, of East…

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The Anglican Synod

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 4

The Anglican Synod has been in Session. It has mainly bean occupied with the barren question of ritualism, but proposes shortly to hold an inquiry into the condition of…

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Church Services. Sunday, October 2Nd, 1898

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 2

CHURCH of England: S. Alban's, M., 10 30 (H.C.); Children's Mission Service, 2;30 p.m.; E. (choral), 7.30 p.m. S. Mark's, Aberdeen, 10.30…

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St. Paul's Church, West Maitland. Address to Church Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 3

Last evening the Rev. W. L. Carr-Smith, of Sydney, delivered a very instructive and encouraging address to church workers in St. Paul's Church. There was a fair attendance. A shortened form of…

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