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Rev. Frederick
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Subscription toward the building of a Presbyterian Church and School
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Rev. Frederick
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Arrived in Maitland 16th August. Appointed resident Minister of the Wesleyan missionary
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Rev. Frederick
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Newcomen St. Newcastle
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Foundation stone for Wesleyan Chapel laid by Rev. Lewis
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Rev. Frederick
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Wesleyan Preacher. Preaching in Newcastle 11am and 6.30pm
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Rev. Frederick
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Present at the public meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society held in the Wesleyan Chapel
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Rev. Frederick
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Laid foundation stone and gave a powerful and impressive prayer at the Morpeth Wesleyan Chapel
First Name:
Rev. Frederick
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Mission House, Maitland
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Calling for tenders for improvements to West Maitland Wesleyan Chapel
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Rev. Frederick
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Officiating minister at the marriage of William Taafe and Caroline Stewart in 1846 in West Maitland. Stationed in Geelong n 1852. Wesleyan minister
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Rev. Frederick
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Glory be 1845-1945, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first Wesleyan Chapel in Newcastle
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The Newcastle chapel was built during the term of Rev. Frederick Lewis Early in 1844 the Governor (Sir George Gipps) granted half an acre of land in Newcomen Street as the site for a Wesleyan chapel. No time was lost and on February 22 the foundation stone was laid by Rev. Lewis. He preached to the 150 people present from the stone, and £3 was collected. Subscriptions then amounted to £90. While the building was in progress, several tea parties were held at the military barracks to raise funds. When the chapel was finally completed, the debt was only £30. Congregations at the opening service by Rev. Draper were large and respectable, the sermons excellent, and collections very satisfactory
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Rev. Frederick R
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From Maitland. Officiating minister at marriage of John Lane and Mary Rundle Lane
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Court case involving Mr. Smith, Auctioneer of Sydney. Great number of people assembled to hear the case. Decision in favour of Mr. Smith to the joy of the crowd. Since then 'no one knows of the whereabouts of the Reverend plaintiff. He is either stolen or strayed, lost or mislaid'
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Horsebreaker, minister, sawyer and poet. Recovered from a fall from a buck jumping horse and intending to preach a sermon on the following Sunday
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N. Ballantyne given into custody by Rev. George Lewis on a charge of using obscene language
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The only patient in the Muswellbrook hospital and one of Muswellbrook's greatest public characters. Styles himself the 'Rev. George Lewis, Prophet, Poet, Author, Priest, and King and Sprugeon number two'. An elderly man who called the hospital his palace.
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Had intended to stand for the electorate however other, duties compelled him to decline the contest
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Produced a petition for a Common to be established in Muswellbrook. The petition 'exhibited all the vigor and peculiarities which distinguish the productions of Rev. Lewis' pen.....Its reasoning and sense were in no way affected whether it was read from the bottom to the top or from the top to the bottom'
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When Rev. Lewis rose to address a public meeting he was instantly met with outbursts of "Shut up", "Sit down", "Hold your tongue" etc and after a fruitless attempt to speak for forced to sit down again