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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1899

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Rev. H. Gainford's Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4

There was a large attendance last night and the subject was "Popular Excuses." The preacher said that this was the gospel of plenty. The world could not exhaust…

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Wickham Primitive Methodist Church. Bazaar and Sale of Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 7

A bazaar and sale of work in connection with the Wickham Primitive Methodist Church, was opened in the Wickham School of Arts yesterday afternoon, in the presence…

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Wesleyan Church Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 8

A concert was held In the Wesleyan Hall on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of assisting in the work of reducing the circuit deficiency. An excellent programme…

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Wallsend. St. Luke's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 7

The annual tea and concert in connection with this church took place in the School of Arts on Thursday evening. Owing to the fine weather prevailing, and the popularity…

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The True Church and Its Authority

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1899 · page 8

Following is the substance of a paper recently read before the Newcastle Ministers' Association by Rev. T. Parr, M.A.:— This subject is forced upon our notice on…

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Lambton. Lay Methodist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 8

A pie supper land social evening was held in this church on Saturday night, and, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, the attendance was highly satisfactory. The…

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Wallsend. St. Luke's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 3

There was a large congregation in St. Luke's Church of England on Sunday afternoon last, when the Rev. W. I. Carr-Smith, vicar of St. James, Sydney…

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Hamilton. St. Peter's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 6

On Sunday, in St. Peter's Church, the services were of memorable importance to the parishioners, who, for the first time during the 14 years the building has been…

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Brown-street Congregational Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1899 · page 5

Special services were conducted in the Brown-street Congregational Church yesterday, the occasion being the annual deputation from the London Missionary Society,…

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District News. West Wallsend. Mission Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 3

Under the auspices of the local Presbyterian Church, song and mission services have been conducted in a large tent erected on the School of Arts site during last week, by the…

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Revolutionary Outbreak in Paris. Anarchy at Work. a Church Wrecked. Destruction of Ecclesiastical Property. the Carmagnole Sung. Many Arrests Made

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A serious revolutionary outbreak is reported from Paris. In consequence of the leniency shown by the Government towards M. Guerin a large…

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Brown-street P. M. Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 4

The anniversary celebrations of the Brown-street P.M. Sunday-school were continued last evening. There was a large attendance and the proceedings were conducted…

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Ritualism in the English Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.The Right Rev. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London, has requested the clergy to conform to the decision of the Archbishops, forbidding the…

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New Australian Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 4

The formal laying of the memorial tablet of the new Australian Church, now nearly completed, will be performed by Mrs. H. Newton, at Morgan-street, Merewether, this afternoon,…

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New Australian Church at Merewether. Unveiling the Tablet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1899 · page 3

About 400 members, adherents and friends of the Newcastle Australian Church witnessed a pleasing ceremony on Saturday afternoon at Merewether, where the first…

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District News. Wickham. St. James' Church Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 8

The concert, postponed from Thursday, in consequence of the inclement weather, eventuated last night in the school-room of St. James' Church. The building was…

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Islington. Baptist Church Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 8

The anniversary of the Baptist Church was celebrated last evening by a successful tea and public meeting. The demand for accommodation at the tea was a tax on the…

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Lambton. Parish Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 6

A successful entertainment under the auspices of this club was given in Conn's Hall on Thursday night, before a crowded audience. The Rev. C. T. L. Yarrington,…

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Ritualism in the English Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Viscount Halifax, President of the English Church Union, urges the members of the union to follow the notion of the priests in yielding to the…

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Congregational Church Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 5

The second concert in aid of the Brown-street Congregational Church debt extinction fund drew quite a large audience last evening, and the excellent programme of…

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