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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1916

539 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 27

Anglican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 13

Archbishop Clarke, of Melbourne, in his recent synodal address, said:—"Christianity had not, as some were saying, failed. True, the principles of our faith,…

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Presbyterian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 13

Nearly one hundred ministers and elders will go from Victoria to Sydney to attend the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, which begins its…

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Methodist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 13

The President of the New South Wales Conference, Rev. W. Pearson, will be at Cowra to-morrow. It is proposed to erect a kindergarten…

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Roman Catholic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 13

Archbishop Kelly, who is on visitation of the South Coast districts, will be at Bega to-morrow. He will be at Pambula on Sunday, October 1, and at Bombala on…

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Catholic Education

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 12

Long ago, when our education system was established in New Zealand, the rulers of the country of that day decided that the system should be secular, and…

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Churches of Christ

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 13

Mr. D. M. M'Crackett, evangelist of North Melbourne Church, who died recently, was 62 years of age, and for 29 years occupied a prominent place in the…

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Free Church Conference. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 5

The Evangelical Free Church Conference, held at Mansfield College, Oxford, has passed the following resolutions:— "That it is essential in any federation…

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Presbyterian Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 6

The Rev. Professor Macintyre, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, delivered the opening address at the meeting of the General Assembly…

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Methodist Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 8

The annual spring fair in connection with the Central Methodist Mission, Newcastle, will be opened by Colonel Beeston, C.M.G., this afternoon. There will be…

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Presbyterian Church. General Assembly. War Crisis and the Church. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 5

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia was opened in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, to-night…

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Central Methodist Mission Annual Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 6

In the presence of a large attendance of friends, the annual spring fair in connection with the Central Methodist Mission at Newcastle was opened yesterday…

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Anglican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 13

Archdeacon Boyce recently said: "The church had stood for truth, clean living, and honour, and was the great force in that direction. Lecky, the historian, whose…

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Presbyterian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 13

In connection with the Presbyterian General Assembly, now sitting, an attractive gathering has been arranged for the evening of to-day, in St. Stephen's Church,…

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Methodist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 13

A notification has been received that Rev. H. P. Hare, a young Queensland minister, has been killed in action in France. He was greatly beloved in his…

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Roman Catholic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 13

Captain Chaplain J. J. Kennedy, of Yarrawonga, Vic., who is chaplain to the 53rd Battalion, 14th Brigade has had conferred on him the Distinguished Service Order…

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Churches of Christ

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 13

Mr. G. M. Anderson, of Califormnia, has accepted a call to work as a preacher with the church at Brighton (Vic.). Mr. A. J. Gard, of Unley, S.A., is the…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Decides for Conscription. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 4

The Presbyterian Assembly this afternoon discussed at length the question of conscription. After several amendments had been defeated, the following…

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Anglican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1916 · page 13

The Rev. F. C. Philip, M.A. and Misses Booth and Hillier are touring the Newcastle district for the purpose of furnishing information concerning the work…

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Presbyterian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1916 · page 13

Lieutenant Harper, who is 22 years of age, was educated at the Sydney Grammar School and St. Andrew's College, and was a medical student. His first military…

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Methodist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1916 · page 13

The Rev. S. J. Hoban, of the Sydney C.M.M., has gone into camp as chaplain to his battalion at Moore Park for a short period…

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