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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1890

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Church and Religious News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 9

No man lives to himself; he could not if he would. The covetous man has a miser for his son, the light woman has a daughter hastening towards the way of shame, the…

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Waratah. St. Philip's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 7

A public tea and meeting in connection with the above church was held in the School of Arts Hall on Thursday. The tea was provided by the lady members and adherents…

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The Hunter-street Presbyterian Church. The Annual Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1890 · page 5

THE 29th annual meeting of the members of the congregation of the Hunter street Presbyterian Church was held last evening, there being a very good attendance. The Rev. W…

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Islington Baptist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1890 · page 7

A SOCIAL tea and public meeting in connection with, the Baptist Missionary Society was held on Monday evening in the church. About 80 persons sat…

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Belmont. Methodist Free Church Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1890 · page 3

The circuit anniversary of the United Methodist Free Church was celebrated on Saturday last by a most successful coffee super concert, held…

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Church and Religious News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 9

MR. CAVENDISH BENTINCK has discovered, stored away as lumber in a damp cellar adjacent to the cloisters of the Canterbury Cathedral, the Archbishop's throne…

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Fire in a Church at New Lambton. Panic of the People Nearly a Great Calamity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 October 1890 · page 5

LAST night, about 8 o'clock, a fire occurred in the Primitive Church, New Lambton, which caused a serious panic amongst the congregation, and in the rush for safety…

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Latest District News. New Lambton. the Panic in the Church. Results Not Serious

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1890 · page 5

UPON making inquiries yesterday respecting the fire and panic in the Primitive Methodist Church, New Lambton, it transpires fortunately that the results are not so serious as…

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Lambton Lay-methodist Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1890 · page 8

THE anniversary services of the Lay-Methodist Sunday-school were continued on Monday, when a public tea was held in the music hall, which proved a thorough success,…

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Presbyterian Church Examination

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1890 · page 6

THE ninth annual examination in connection with the high Christian education scheme of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wale's was held on September 6th, and the…

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Church Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Dr. Thorold, Bishop of Rochecter, has been appointed Bishop of Winchester in place of Dr. Harold Browne, who retired. Dr. Barry, formerly Bishop of…

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Stockton Notes. The English Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1890 · page 5

TO-MORROW will mark one more era in the movements of Stockton. Then, after having served the residents for very many years, the little weatherbond church, so familiar to…

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Church and Religious News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1890 · page 11

DOCTOR WILLIAMSON, a missionary worker in China, is dead. Bishop Higgins laid the foundationstone of the new convent, at Bombala,…

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Diversion in Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1890 · page 11

A LIVELY scene was witnessed at a prayer meeting in a British church at Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. Mary Higgins and Miss Jerry Taylor, two leading…

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Lay Methodist Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1890 · page 5

A CONFERENCE in connection with the Lay Methodist Churches of Australia was held on Saturday last in the Adamstown Lay Church. Sir. William Hughes, of New Lambton,…

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St. Paul's Church Stockton. Dedication Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1890 · page 5

ON Sunday last the pretty, new Church of St. Paul's, lately built for the use of the followers of the Church of [?]ng and here, was formally opened. The main features of…

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Stockton. St. Paul's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1890 · page 6

Mr. George Saunders, architect of St. Paul's Church, is to be complimented on the excellent design of the new structure, and the building…

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Church and Religious News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1890 · page 11

DEAN STOP[?], of Aberdeen, has received the rank of domestic prelate to the Pope. An Aberdonian, he has been a priest in the granite city sine…

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Presbyterian Presentation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1890 · page 5

IN view of the forthcoming retirement of his Excellency Lord Carrington from the Governorship, and the early departure of himself and family from the colony, a deputation…

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Greek Churches Closed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—All the Creek churches have been closed, and the administration of the sacrament suspended throughout Turkey. There is great excitement in consequence of…

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