Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Churches, all years

Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1906

1,034 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 52

Presbyterian

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Rev. Dr. Clouston, speaking at Kiama, said it was one of the greatest comforts to him in his ministry, for which he thanked God, that no fewer than 11 young men from his congregations…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Methodist Church Anniversary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 10

Special services were conducted in the W[?] Maitland Methodist Church on Sunday, a day of great importance and one which called for great rejoicing amongst the Methodist community for it…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Methodist

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

The Rev. J. L. Cope, Methodist clergyman, stationed at Buninyony, Victoria, has resigned the charge with the intention of joining the ministry of the Presbyterian Church…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Roman Catholic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Four sisters of the R.C. order of St. Joseph left Sydney last week to establish a new community at Southern Cross (W.A.) Archbishop Kelly is preaching at St. Mary's…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

-THEMuswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zeal To rouse the henchman of the public weal. Saturday, Jan 20, 1906. LOCAL & General News. Church Services. Sunday, January 14th

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

Church of England: S. Alban's, M, 10.30 a.m.; E., 7.30 pm. Muscle Creek, 3 p.m. Presbyterian: Thwe Rev. George Chalmers will preach at St. John's, Muswellbrook, at 11…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

News of the Churches. Church of England

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Bishop Barlow, of Goulburn, emphatically denies the statement that he will be a candidate for the vacant See of Newcastle. He says he is far too happy in the diocese of Goulburn to wish…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Methodist Church Home Missions. Special Sermons

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

On Sunday last the Rev. E. Crozier, of Myfield, occupied the pulpit at the Singleton Methodist Church, and preached sermons both…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Panic in a Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 3

A cry of "fire" caused a panic in a coloured Baptist congregation in Philadelphia, U.S.A. In the rush to escape the staircase collapsed. Eighteen persons were killed and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sleeping in Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 3

The long and dull sermons in the church in bygone days, writes William Andrews in an English paper, were not calculated to keep people awake. Sleeping in the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Presbyterian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The congregations at Pitt Town and Minimi are about to call ministers. The Rev. E. J. Thomson, of Cowra, translated to Gladesville as successor of the late…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Methodist

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

It is estimated that there are 40,000 local preachers at work in the various branches of the Methodist Church throughout the werld, and that they deliver 20,000 sermons every…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Roman Catholic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Rev. Father James Byrne, late of Holy Cross Church, Wooloowin, has been appointed to the charge of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, in succession to Right Rev…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

LOCAL & General News. Church Services. Sunday, January 28th

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

Church of England: S. Alban's, M., 10.30 a.m.; E., 7.30 p.m. Aberdeen, 3 p.m. Presbyterian: Rev. J. N. M'Gee will preach at S. John's, Muswellbrook,' at 11 a.m. and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →