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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1889

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Islington Baptist Church. Recognition Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 6

ON Wednesday evening a very successful tea-meeting and recognition service was held in the Baptist Church, Islington, at which the Rev. J. H. Pryce was formally received as…

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Minmi Presbyterian Church. Annual Choir Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 3

The air is calm; a crowd of sunny faces And plumed leads, and shoulders round and white Are mirror'd in the waters. There are traces…

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The Queen a Catholic. a Parisian Canard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 5

THE following sensational article has just appeared in the Paris Figaro :— Besides the regular correspondents who keep the readers of this journal informed of…

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Catholic Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 8

THE Catholic portion of the community held a picnic at Tomago, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to a most worthy object, namely, towards the completion of the Sisters…

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Lambton. St. John the Baptist's Church. Easter Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 3

The Easter meeting of St. John the Baptist's, Church, Lambton, was held in the church on Tuesday evening ; the Rev. J. P. Ollis, incumbent, presiding. The meeting…

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St. Mary's R.C. CHURCH. Easter Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 8

ON Easter Sunday, at St. Mary's, Newcastle, a special service was arranged for, and was carried out with all the grandeur and splendour prescribed by the ritual of the Catholic…

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St. John's Church. Easter Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 8

THE annual vestry meeting of St. John's Church was held in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening. The incumbent, the Rev. F. D. Bode, presided. The receipts for the…

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Churchill on Chamberlain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. — Lord Randolph Churchill, in referring to the heated controversy arising out of the late election for Central Birmingham, severely condemns…

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St. James' Church, Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 7

THE Easter Sunday services at this church were of such a character as to attract crowded congregations both morning and evening, not less than fifty additional chairs…

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Gloucester. Rent of Church Lands

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 8

An influential meeting of farmers and leaseholders of church and school lands at Barrington and Gloucester Rivers was held at Barrington on Thursday evening, to tale…

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Australian News. New South Wales. the Church Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1889 · page 6

THE first meeting in connection with the Church Congress was held in the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Sydney, on Monday night. It was rather of a novel character. The idea of the…

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Notes at the Church Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1889 · page 5

The Diocese of Newcastle is well represented at the Church Congress now sitting in Sydney. The Vicar-General, Canon Selwyn, beams upon the audience from just…

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Church of England Congress. The First in Australasia. Opening Session. Religious Education. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1889 · page 5

WHAT one of the Sydney dailies appropriately styled the most important Anglican Church Congress held in Australia began to-day. Some idea of its importance may be…

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Presbyterian Jubilee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Dr. Lynd, Moderator of the Irish Presbyterian Church, who will take part in the celebration of the jubilee of the Presbyterian Church in Victoria, will…

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Sydney Church Congress. Second Day. The Anglican Church and Other Seets. The Church and Modern Thought. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 5

CHURCH Congress (Second Day).—The interest in the Congress appears to increase, the Young Men's Christian Association's great hall being filled for many hours daily by an…

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Church of England Congress. Third Session. Church Organization. Sensible Suggestions. Cathedrals. Missions to Aborigines. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 5

THE third session of the Church Congress was opened to-day by a masterly speech delivered in his best style by Archdeacon Julius, of Ballarat, the subject being Church…

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Notes on the Church Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 5

The Right Reverend Bishop Dawes, yesterday consecrated Assistant Bishop of Brisbane, is the first Bishop of the Anglican Church consecrated in Australia; so, as Lord…

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Newcastle Wesleyan Church Sunday School Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 5

THE anniversary services in connection with the Newcastle Wesleyan Church Sunday-school were held on Sunday, the 28th ult., when the Rev. Joseph Woodhouse, of…

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Original Poetry. John Dillon's Mission. An Appeal. To the Inhabitants of Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 9

ARISE, Australia's free-born sons, an envoy comes to thee; From injured Erin's Isle he comes, afar beyond the sea:…

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Church of England Congress. Third Day. The Promotion of Temperance. A Small Audience. SYDNEY, Friday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 5

THE hour of meeting on this occasion was fixed at 4 o'clock, instead of an hour earlier, to allow members of the Congress to attend the levee at Government House, held…

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