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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1885

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The Persian Mission to Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1885 · page 8

THE Persian Envoy Extraordinary, Moshin Khan, Was received by the Emperor William on September 1. Moshin Khan, who was recently acting…

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Scot's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1885 · page 5

A conference was held last night between the representatives of the Melbourne Presbytery and the Scots Church congregation regarding the removal of…

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CORRESPONDENCE. The Presbyterian Bazaar. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1885 · page 7

SIR,—I hope you will forgive this liberty, in asking space in your paper to correct untruths, which I am sorry to say appeared in a paragraph in your own paper, also in the…

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Christ Church Sunday-school Annual Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 2

THE annual picnic in connection with the Newcastle Christ Church Sunday-school name off at Sandgate yesterday, in the paddock of Mr. Peter Fleming, kindly…

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London Mission Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1885 · page 5

Rev. Falon, of the London Mission Society, leaves England for Sydney in the Potosi. He has collected £8500 for the mission…

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Opening of St. Peter's Church, Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1885 · page 3

YESTERDAY His Lordship the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr. Pearson, assisted by a large number [?]clergymen, officiated at the opening of the newly erected Church of St…

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Hamilton St. Peter's Church. Tea Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1885 · page 7

THE tea and public meeting in connection with the opening of the above church came off on Thursday evening. Shortly after 5 p.m. the doors were…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. The Established Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1885 · page 3

The Radicals are modifying their attacks upon the Established Churches of England and Scotland…

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The Established Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1885 · page 3

Several leading personages, including the Dukes of Westminster and Argyle, and Earls Grey and Selbourne, are taking steps for the defence of the Established Church…

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Brown-street Congregational Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1885 · page 4

THE anniversary of the above church was celebrated on Wednesday evening last by a social tea, to which about 150 persons sat down. The tea was provided by the ladies…

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New Presbyterian Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1885 · page 5

The foundation stone of the new Presbyterian Church has been laid at Waverley…

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Roman Catholic Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1885 · page 5

The Roman Catholic Plenary Council will commence its sitting on the 14th inst…

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Primitive Methodist Sunday-school

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1885 · page 5

The annual picnic in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church Sunday school was held at Tomago. The steamer Prince Alfred, which has just…

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Baptist Church, Sydney-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1885 · page 2

ON Saturday evening last the [?]achers and supporters of the various Ba[?]t Sunday-school in the Newcastle district, met in the above church, for the purpose of forming a…

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Presbyterian Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1885 · page 5

The annual session of the Presbyterian General Assembly was commenced to-day. The Rev. D. S. M'Eachren, Moderator, delivered the opening address…

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Roman Catholic Plenary Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1885 · page 3

THE first Plenary Council of the Roman Catholic Church in Australasia will commence on Saturday, the 14th instant, at St. Mary's Cathedral, and will be presided over…

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Baptist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 November 1885 · page 3

The Baptist Churches in Melbourne have collected £5000 towards the £20,000 promised, which, if collected in five years, a similar sum will be given by a friend of the…

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Churches of England and Scotland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1885 · page 5

Mr. Gladstone has announced that the Established Churches of England and Scotland will not be attacked next Parliament…

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The Scots Church Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1885 · page 5

A large audience, principally of ladies, attended the meeting of the Presbyterian Assembly yesterday, when the Scots Church affair was brought up. Professor M'Donald…

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Presbyterian Funds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1885 · page 3

It was reported to the Presbyterian Assembly that the total invested funds of that denomination now amounted to £85,875. The reports of the committee showed that…

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