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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1899

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District News. Cardiff. Church Concert

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

On Saturday last the Rev. J. B. Penman organised a concert in aid of the Primitive Methodist Church fund. The Rev. J. B. Penman took the chair. The building had…

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Waratah. Wesleyan Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 3

The anniversary services in connection with the Wesleyan Church, Station-street were continued on Tuesday evening, when a public tea and meeting was held in the…

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District News. Hamilton. Presbyterian S. S. Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 5

The quarterly conference of the Presbyterian Sunday-school Union was held in the church last evening. There were present representatives from Lambton, Wallsend…

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Brown-st. Congregational Church. a Successful Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 5

An excellent concert was given in the Brown-street Congregational Church last night, in aid of the church debt extintion fund. There was a large audience,…

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A Novel Parish Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 12

Everyone will remember Lord Salisburys famous gibe that parish circuses would be more acceptable to the villages than parish councils. In one village, at the…

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Tighe's Hill. New P.m. Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 8

The now Primitive Methodist Church at Tighe's Hill is approaching completion. The contractor, Mr. W. P. Somers, has carried out his work with business like…

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Hamilton. St. Peter's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 7

A meeting of the members of the congregation has been held, at which it was unanimously agreed that further efforts should be made to clear off the balance of debt…

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Lambton. Particular Baptist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 5

The anniversary services of the above church were held yesterday, and the attendance at each meeting was highly satisfactory, The Rev. D. Young (pastor)…

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Merewether United Free Methodist Sabbath School Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 3

The annual services of the above school were held in the School of Arts on Sunday, and, as usual on such occasions, attracted immense audiences at each service, especially…

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District News. Lambton. Church Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 5

The anniversary services of the Particular Baptist Church were continued yesterday, when a tea and public meetings were hold in the church. A large number of…

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New Lambton. Lay Methodist Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 3

At the recent anniversary social of the Lay Methodists, Mr. R Snowball spoke as follows : —Fashion is the ruler and plaything of the world. It may be described as a deformed…

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Merewether U. M. Free Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 8

The anniversary services of the Sabbath School connected with the above were continued on Tuesday evening, when in addition to the usual ten, of which a good…

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Church Discipline Bill. Action of the Government

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 5

LONIDON, Wednesday.—The Government announced in the House of Commons last night, amid cheers, that an amendment would be moved on its…

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The Presbyterian General Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 5

The sittings of the General Assembly or the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales were continued at Sydney yesterday, the Rev. W. Dill-Maeky (Moderator)…

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Early Toilers in Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 11

Having heard that the ancient church of Allballows-on-the-Wall had recently thrown open his doors at half-past 6 in the morning for the benefit…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 5

The sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were resumed in St. Stephen's Church this morning. The report of the committee on catechism for 1898 was read…

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Tighe's Hill. Opening of New Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 8

On Sunday last the new Primitive Methodist Church was opened for worship. Precisely at 10 o'clock a.m. the oldest local preacher of the circuit, Mr. J. Porteous, of…

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Brown-street P. M. Church. Welcome to the Rev. J. W. Horberry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 4

The members and friends of the Brown-street Primitive Methodist Church met last evening and accorded a hearty welcome to their new pastor, the Rev. J. W. Horberry,…

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Junction. Lay Methodist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 5

The members of the above church held an interesting meeting on Monday evening. Mr. B. Saunders occupied the chair. The proceedings opened with a ton, at which…

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Outrages in China. Loss of Life. Destruction of Churches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday— Disturbances have occurred in the province of Shantung. Your Catholics murdered, and 18 Catholic churches Destroyed…

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