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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1914

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Methodist Conference. Social Questions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 5

The stationing committee of the Methodist Church to-night made the following changes in the first reading of stations: Maitland district: Tighe's Hill, S. W…

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Men's Presbyterian League. Branch Formed in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 5

A well-attended meeting of men was held last night in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Newcastle for the purpose of establishing a branch of the…

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Explosion in Church. Assumed Suffragette Deed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 5

A bomb exploded in the gallery of St. John's Church, Westminster, half an hour after the evening service, which was conducted by Archdeacon…

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Appeal to a Church. the Hungry Fed and Lodged. Philadelphia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 5

Suffering severely from the effects of blizzard the unemployed in hundreds entered the Presbyterian Church in Fifth Avenue, interrupting the service…

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Methodist Conference. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 4

The Methodist Conference to-day dealt with matters concerning the centenary celebrations. In the course of the discussion the Rev…

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Industrial Workers. Disturb Church Service. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

The Industrial Workers of the handed Saint Alphonsus', a [?] Catholic Church, and inter- [?] the service…

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Presbyterian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 13

By the will of the late Mrs. John M'Kinlay, of Gawler (S.A.), £1000 has been left to the Gawler Presbyterian Church. The interest has been applied to…

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Methodist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 13

A century ago in Australia there were only six Methodist members. To-day, there are over 140,000, with 1100 ministers and home missionaries, and 630,000…

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Religious Topics. Anglican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 13

Mrs. Pain, wife of the Bishop of Gippsland, proposes leaving for a trip to England with her sister, Mrs. Young, on April 24th…

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Roman Catholic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 13

The Passionist Fathers, Very Rev. Francis Clune, Rev. Alphonsus Coon, and Rev. Casimir M'Guire, opened a three weeks' mission on last Sunday in St. Mary's…

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Australian Aborigines' Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 13

This society, which is supported on faith lines, is working among the aborigines of this State in some ten regular stations, while volunteer helpers are…

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Methodist Conference. Totalisator Condemned. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

An interesting discussion arose at the Methodist Conference to-day, following the submission of a motion by the Rev. A. J. Finch that the church should exert…

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Mr. Mann's Mission. Condemned by Labour Press. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

The Labour newspapers describe the proposal to send Mr. Mann to South Africa as a farce. The "Labour Leader" says he is the…

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Churches of Christ

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 13

The Northern Conference, S.A., will meet at Balaklava, on March 10 and 11. The Victorian Women's Executive will meet in the hall, Swanston-street,…

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St. Philip's Church. Social Gathering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

A social reunion of the congregation of St. Philip's Presbyterian Church, Newcastle, was held in the school-hall, Watt-street, last night for the purpose of…

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Church of England. a Falling Off. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

The Church of England Year Book shows that there were 589,926 baptisms during the year, a decrease of 13,800 for the twelve months; 2,328,707…

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Why Churches Are Empty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 7

One reason why some churches are empty is because the teachings of their pulpits are secondhand, antiquated, innutritious, sterile. They have no living…

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Methodist Conference. Final Reading of Stations. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 5

The Methodist Conference to-night finally dealt with the appointment of Ministers to various circuits. The report of the stationing…

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Rev. Harry Owen. Welcome to Newcastle. Inauguration of Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 4

The Rev. Harry Owen, of Birmingham, who will shortly engage in evangelical work in the district, under the auspices of the Evangelical Association of New…

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Free Churches. a World's Conference. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 5

The Council of Free Churches sitting at Norwich passed a resolution favouring the holding of a world's conference to secure the closer union…

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