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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1912

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Central Methodist Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 6

At the Central Hall the service at 11 a.m. was conducted by the Rev. W. F. Oakes, superintendent of the Central Methodist Mission, and the Rev. S. Morrison, of the…

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Slackness in the Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 9

The Archbishop of Canterbury, delivering his charge to the clergy and church, wardens of the di[?]se in Canterbury Cathedral, asked whether churchmen had…

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Central Methodist Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 4

The services at the Newcastle Central Methodist Mission yesterday were attended by large congregations. Mr. John Gilbert was the preacher in the…

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Hamilton Catholic Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 4

At the Sacred Heart Church, Hamilton, the principal service, a Miss Cantata, was sang by the Rev. Father Upton, the Very Rev. Father O'Donohoe…

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Church Parade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 5

Yesterday morning a church parade was held. The troops fell in at Fort Scratehley, the bulk of them attending the service at the Newcastle Cathedral…

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Riot in Portugal Over a Church Procession. Lisbon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 5

The authorities prohibited a procession during Holy Week in the town of Chamusca. A crowd of 5000 people thereupon…

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Presbyterian Union Duke of Argyll's Views. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 5

The Duke of Argyll has published a letter approving of the general appeal to the Scottish public to support the [?]ounion of the churches of Scotland…

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Presbyterianism. a World-wide Church. Fellowship Movement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 5

The Easter conference in connection with the Fellowship Union of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in New South Wales, hold in Newcastle from…

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Wickham. St. James' Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 3

Despite to the inclemency of the weather on Tuesday night, there was an attendance of 180 parishioners at the annual Easter vestry meeting of St. James…

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District News. Hamilton. St. Peter's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

The annual vestry meeting of St. Peter's Church of England, Hamilton, was held in the schoolroom, last night. The Rev. Canon Ramm, the rector, presided, and…

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The King and Queen. Church Army's Gratitude. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

King George had accepted a small gold shield which had been subscribed for by members of the Church Army. The shield is inscribed, "In graduate…

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Free Church President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 16

The Rev. Thomas Mitchell, who has been elected president of the National Federation of Free Churches, has been called "the statesman of the Primitive…

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Christ Church Cathedral. Easter Vestry Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 4

The annual vestry meeting of parishioners of Christ Church Cathedral, was held last night, in the Parish Hall. The Dean of Newcastle presided, and there…

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Monks Who Robbed the Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 11

The trial of monks of the Pauline Convent at Czenstechewa, in Russian Poland who were charged with murder, robbery, and other offences, was…

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Lambton. St. John's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 3

The annual vestry meeting of St. John's Church of England, Lambton, was held in the parish hall on Monday night, the rector, the Rev. J. C. V. Mather, M.A.,…

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District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg. St. Luke's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 6

The Easter Vestry meeting of St. Luke's, Wallsend, was held in Wednesday evening, the rector (Rev. A. Renwick) presiding over a good attendance. Mr. W…

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St. Mary's Church Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 6

A very enjoyable sacred concert was given in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Newcastle, last night, by Mr. R. A. Burke, the church organist, assisted…

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The Church Porch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 15

Sister, first shake we off the dust we have Upon our feet, lest it defile the atones Inscriptured, covering their sacred…

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The Church and the World

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 16

The world is asking many questions. It wants to know whether it in from the virtue oat meekness that the landowners have inherited so much of the earth,…

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Slackness in the Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 10

The Archbishop of Canterbury, delivering his charge to the clergy and churchwardens of the diocese in Canterbury Cathedral, asked whether churchmen…

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