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Churches, 1912

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

Archbishop Kelly laid and blessed the foundation-stone of the extension of St. James' Church, Forest Lodge, on Sunday afternoon. On Wednesday afternoon he…

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The Presbyterian Ministry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 5

The dearth of candidates for the Presbyterian ministry was again discussed at the Presbyterian State Assembly to-day. It was suggested the situation should be met by…

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New Presbyterian State Moderator

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

Rev. Thomas Morgan, of Mill Hill Church, Waverley, was on Tuesday night elected Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, for the ensuing year. Previously to settling…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Church of England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

The annual vestry meeting in connection with the Kurri Church of England was held on Tuesday evening, at which the rector, Rev. J. Costello, presided…

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News of the Churches. Church of England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

At the annual meeting of Colonial and Continental Church Society, in London, it was reported that the position in the back blocks of Australia was nearly as urgent…

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The Church in Wales. London, May 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 5

The nonconformist Liberal members of the House of Commons have passed a resolution thanking the Government for the provision for the disendowment of the…

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Church and Stage. Ada Ward's life Story

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

The unregenerate will always find a certain amount of sardonic humor when a revivalist gives a solemn statement of the various trials of the flesh experienced…

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Chinese mission Lecture

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 9

Miss Suttor, who has been a missionary in China for the past eight years and is at present on furlongh from her labors, was in Dungog…

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Methodist Market Day

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 10

Quite an innovation was the Market Day, conducted on Tuesday afternoon last in the school room adjoining the church, under the…

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The Ever Widening Gulf. Breach Between Master and Men. View of Anglican Church

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

The annual Synod in connection with the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale was hold at Grafton last week. In the course of his address,…

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The Church and Labour. Bishop Ingram's Dicta. London, Thursday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 5

Right Rev. Dr. Ingram, Bishop of London, addressing the diocesan Conference, stated that the lasting solution of labour unrest was to get behind the higgling of…

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Presbyterian

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 6

The items of special interest in the present General Assembly sittings, for which special evenings have been arranged, are:—Welfare of youth; home missions;…

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West Maitland Presbyterian Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 4

Owing to the absence of the Rev. A. S. McCook, who is at present in Sydney attending the General Assembly meetings, the pulpit will be occupied in the morning by Mr. H. K…

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 6

Archbishop Kelly laid and blessed the foundation-stone of the extension of St. James' Church, Forest Lodge, on Sunday afternoon. On Wednesday afternoon he…

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Maitland Methodist Church. Anniversary Meetings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 7

Annual tea and public meetings in connection with the anniversary of the West [?]ad Methodist Church were held on [?] A good tea was provided by the ladies…

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Methodist Missions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 4

Rev. R. Sellors, D.D., of Sydney, is visiting the district as annual deputation for Methodist Foreign Missions. He occupies the pulpit in the High-street Methodist Church…

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Religious Instruction in High Schools. Anglican Synod's Request

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 16

The Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle on Friday curried a resolution asking that His Lordship the Bishop should present, a request to the Minister of Public Instruction…

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Melanesian Mission. an Admiral's Testimony. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 5

At a farewell tendered to the Bishop of Warpu and others by the Melanesian Mission Admiral Fawkes, formerly of the Australian station, said that except for such…

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The Mission Tent. To the Editor of the Chronicle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

I desire to call attention to that portion of the report of the Municipal Council's proceedings, in the "Chronicle" of May 1st, which…

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Largs R. C. Church. Opening of Bazaar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 7

A bazaar in aid of the new R.C. Church at Largs was opened on Saturday night last in the Largs School of Arts by the Right Rev. Dr. Dwyer…

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