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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1898

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 7

Monday was observed by the Jewish community as the Day of Atonement. The Christian Endeavour Union has 1722 societies with 52,340 members in Australasia…

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News by Cable. Church of England Ritualism LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 5

The 38th annual Congress of the Church of England met at Bradford yesterday, under the presidency of the Bishop of Ripon. The President in…

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Blessing and Opening the New R. C. Church, Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1898 · page 2

The solemn ceremony of blessing and opening the now Roman Catholic Church at Morpeth, was performed yesterday in the presence of an overflowing congregation, which included members of nearly all…

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The New Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1898 · page 2

The Now Roman Catholic Church is ceriainly a conspicuous ornament to the architecture of Morpeth, being built on an elevated site commanding a beautiful panoramic view of the Hunter and…

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Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society. Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 4

The annual meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Methodist Church Sustentation Society was held in the Church last evening. There was not a very large attendance, between fifty and sixty…

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High Church Services. Bishop Moorhouse's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 2

There is no doubt (says the Spectator) of Aug. 20 a widespread feeling of disapproval of the practices of some of the advanced clergy. These sentiments would have been profoundedly intensified if the…

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Opening of a Church

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 2

The now Roman Catholic Church at Morpeth was blessed and opened on Sunday by the Right Rev. Dr. Murrny, Bishop of Maitland, assisted by Dr. Dwyer,…

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Wesleyan Church

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 2

WE are requested to mention that the annual meeting in connection with the Wesleyan foreign missions will be held in the local Wesleyan…

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The Church Congress

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 4

Late cable news says great inerest is being taken in the Church Congress which is now sitting at Bradford, The Right Rev. William Boyd…

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The Diocese of Newcastle. Its Church Aid Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 4

The first annual meeting in connection with the above fund was held in the Town Hall, West Maitland, last evening, and was largely attended, the function taking the form of a social gathering. On…

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Presbyterian Church, East Maitland. Sale of Work and Social

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 3

This afternoon a sale of work in connection with St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, East Maitland, was opened in the Mechanics' Institute for missionary and Sunday School Purposes. The sale was the…

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Presbyterian Church, East Maitland. Sale of Work and Social

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 6

The social evening in connection with St. Stephen's, East Maitland branch of the Women's Missionary Association was pleasantly passed at the Mechanics' Institute, and…

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The Vicar of Morton & Pant Congregational Church

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 1

THE Congregational Church at Pant having to be closed for a few weeks for renovation and improvement, at an estimated cost of £25 or so, the members…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 11

A movement is being initiated by the Christian Endeavour Council to bring together the ministers of all denominations to a platform much broader than is represented by the Council of the Churches,…

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The New Church

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 13

The New Roman Catholic Church is certainly a conspicuous ornament to the architecture of Morpeth, being built on an elevated site commanding a beautiful panoramic view of the Hunter and…

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Blessing and Opening the New R. C. Church, Morpeth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 13

The solemn ceremony of blessing and opening the new Roman Catholic Church at Morpeth, was performed on Sunday in the presence of an overflowing congregation, which included members of nearly all…

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Diocese of Newcastle Church Aid Fund

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 6

The first annual meeting in connection with the above fund was held in the Town Hall, West Maitland, on Tuesday evening, and was largely attended, the function taking the form of a social gathering…

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Death of Dr. Barry. a Prominent Churchman Gone

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 3

ONE of the most prominent and distinguished members of the Anglican Church in Australia passed away on Thursday in the person of the Rev…

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Homestead Selections for the Churches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 2

A deputation, which included the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Brunker) the Rev. Mr. Craigie of Miami, the Rev. Did Mackay, Mr. T. Brown, M.P. and others, went to the Lands Department yesterday to…

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The Primate's Charge to the Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 3

In his charge to the Church the Archbishop of Canterbury has not defined the nature of the Real Presence. He denied the doc[?] of transubstantiation, but permitted the teaching of…

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