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The EDITH and LORNE PIERCE 
 COLLECTION of CANADI ANA 
 
 
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KEAII ItKKuUK TIIK Tltl'KO M KTIiOlltST <'lli:Ki;il TLKASANT STRKKT Kl'WOKTll I.KAdI T,, 
 KAKKWEM. SOCIAl TO TUKOI.O HAI,I,, FUIUAY EVKNIN(!, OCTOBKR IST, ISHT, 
 
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 Mr, Chairman, lAvhfJt and (lenflvmtn •-- 
 
 The Yomi{; Tcople's Society of Kpworth f.e»tjue in connection with l'loa.«fint 
 {Street Methofliwt Ciuirch, not unniiiidfiil of the building tliey now occupy, 
 (known for twenty -one year.f u« Pleasant Street Methodist Hall,) huvint; proved 
 to them on several occasions since their organization, as " none other but tlic 
 House of God, and the tiate of Heaven ", to their waiting souls, have expressed 
 u desire that some record of its history sjjonld be furnished to the League, be- 
 fore its meetings are iield in the new structure forming the north wing of the 
 enlarged and revised edition of Pleasant Street Church. We all know something 
 of the craze men have for old hats and old shoes ; and women for old bonnets 
 and old dresses, on account of the comfort which is experienced from their wear. 
 The late Mrs. Burnyeat, reli<!t of the first English Church Clergyman of this 
 Town, informed me that her husband wore a clerical hat for so many years that, 
 at last she became perfectly ashamed of it, and, aware of Mr. Burnyeat's fond- 
 ness for old things, and great dislike to changes, she resorted to a little strata- 
 gem to get rid of it. When tlie late Archdeacon Willis of Halifax was to make 
 hi.« first pastoral visit to Truro, anfl was expected a certain iiour on a certain 
 day to drive to and .sojourn at Lcmgfield Cottage, Mrs. Burnyeat placed a new 
 (!lerical hat of same pattern and size as tlie old one on the hall table, and put 
 the one in use in the waste barrel in tlie cellar. When Mr. Burnyeat got woid 
 that the Archdeacon was driving up the avenue he went out to meet jiim, tiist 
 looking for his hat, but not finding the one he had been accustoined to wear, 
 would not leave the hou.«e till it wa-- brought from its appropriate hiding place. 
 To sucli a man a new liat was like the armour of Saul to David, — " he had 
 not proved it. "' And is it not noticeable that women, in trinnning their Easter 
 hats and sjjring bonnets, do not long for the feathers of newly discovered birds. 
 They are perfectly .satisfied witli the plinnes from the tail and wings of the old 
 ostrich. 
 
 It is therefore not to be wondered at, that such feelings of high regard 
 hliould be manifested bj' our young friends for this old hall, — the place where so 
 many, during two decades, have realised " they have a building of (4od, an 
 House not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. " Doubtless feelings of 
 this character actuated the Jew's in their captivity in exclaiming : — " If 1 forget 
 thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember 
 thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem 
 above my chief joy. " 
 
 The only matter for surprise is, that the task imjjo.sed, had not fallen to 
 one accustomed to sjieak in League Meetings, who would have been more at 
 home in addres.ses of a .semi-religious character. 
 
 To accomplish the duty assigned, the best I can do, is to act on the phil- 
 osophy of Sir Boyle Roche, who said "that the right way to meet danger, was 
 to meet it plump in the face," and in the presence of so many good looking 
 
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 Tnemf)ors of the fiiir Hex, I must ncliiiit thi\t th«)rn in u yroiit flonl of mihtlo trutli 
 m tliJM ii|iotlH'f;iii. Tlu.'i'c in, thei'efoit.', no c's<'ii|m^ fi'oui j^iviiij; a short (h.^.-irrtutiiiti 
 on thif* old Hull, which at tirst hhiwli, to nny tlif lt•H^<t, fiinnot )w rejfiirc|o<l, ixa h 
 wry pojinhir Muhjuct for (liwruHMion " to the ntraii};er thiit Ih within thy yatt>H." 
 
 A huildinfj iinpiic^s a Mit«>, and nieniherH of a socirty like yoiirn, familiar 
 with foundation truths, who know how important it in for all to lay in Zion a 
 j,'ood foundation, may t^xpect a word about the land this building occiiipies, 
 Kvery denomination knows how impoitant it is that their chiireh l»nildin</s 
 nhoidd be ertioted iij)on suitable and eonvenient (.'rounds. Well hx-ated, nicely 
 j^raded, and well kept sites ; with appropriate structurtjs th»;reon ; rank amonjj 
 the ornaments and i>rivilei:es of the Chiireh of <iod upon eaith, and their 
 necessity is as };reat in this advaix^ed ai;e of the world's history, as it was in the 
 «luys of the Psahnist David, or the prophet Zechaiiah. 
 
 *• Walk about Zion, and ^o round about her ; tell th(^ towers thereof. " 
 
 •' Mark ye well her l)ulwaiks, consider her palaces ; that ye niay tell it to 
 the generation follow in{i. " 
 
 "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts ; Let your hands be stronj;, ye that hear iti 
 these days by the muuth of the prophets, which were in the <hiy that the foun- 
 dation of the house of the Lord of Hosts was laid, that the temple mij^hr be 
 built." 
 
 From 1844 till Sunday, 17th Decemljer, 1871, the Metho<lists of Truro wor- 
 shipped in their first eha|)el, nestling among the willows by the east sid*; of 
 Archibald's Mill race, crossing the then Back Street, (so called,) lunning from 
 Boyd's Brook to the Salmon River. The wiHows and the mill race have gone, 
 but the building, or that part of it once a church, 33.\ ft. front by 42 de*,, till 
 occupies its or.ginal site, and can be found on the corner of Prince and Wa() 11 
 Streets, occupied by S. M. Bentley & Co. as a grocery store. 
 
 - This place of worship, however, was not completed till September, 1848, on 
 the 10th of which month it was formally ojjened i)y ♦he Revd. Frederick Small- 
 wood, one of the strong meti of early provincial Methodism, whose memory is 
 still fragrant in all the churches. While it continued a House of (iod, some of 
 the successive })reachers in (iharge of Truro Circuit, who n.inistered about the 
 holy things of this temple, according to the dates of their incumbency were : 
 
 From 
 
 1854 to 
 
 1857 
 
 Rev 
 
 (jleorge 0. Huestis 
 
 
 18r)7 to 
 
 185» 
 
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 John McMurray. 
 
 
 18-)}) to 
 
 18(>1 
 
 
 Thomas H. Davies 
 
 
 I8H1 to 
 
 1803 
 
 
 Thomas Smith. 
 
 
 18«3 to 
 
 18fiH 
 
 
 A. B. Black. 
 
 
 18()(> to 
 
 18t>» 
 
 
 Roland Morton. 
 
 
 18(59 to 
 
 1871 
 
 
 John Reid. 
 
 who remained in charge of the circuit after the first ojjening of Pleasant Street 
 (.'hurch -24th December, 1871, — till June of the following year. 
 
 Mr. Read was followed by the Revd. Job .Shenton, now a well known 
 Minister of the N. B. and P. E. I. Conference, whose earnest sermons and able 
 addresses on 8ubje(;ts of great public interest, endeared him so greatly to our 
 p)eo[)le as to lead them to ask Conference for his return to the Circuit for a foiiith 
 ywu". In the face of the rule limiting the Ministers term to threo years, this 
 was a most unusual thing to expect. There was, however, .some im|)ortnnt 
 season in 1875, why the Revd John Read should be returned totirafton Street, 
 Halifax, a fourth year, which led Conference to grant the Truro jxjople their re- 
 quest ; so Mr. Shenton became, unless with the single exception of th"? Revd. 
 J. R Narraway, M. A , the only minister apiiointed to Truro Circuit for so long 
 a continuous period. He and his good, cultured wife are still fondly remembered 
 by ua for the great interest they took in the welfare of Truro during their 
 sojourn. 
 
 For some six years previou.sly to 1855, the late Revd. J. R. Narraway, M. 
 A., was stationed in Truro, In the estimation of an aged Methotlist Minister 
 
 
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 «till liviiij,'*, no iiiiiii rliil -o inm-li in |)if|i;iritiif tlu' way for .Metl»ivli«iri in Cnl- 
 (•lu!Kt»;r U.H tliis \\»'ll known tlivint;. Hi.-* »?l(M|H(<ni'e \v.i.>' not only fn.'<i'ii),itin!.'. I'>it 
 instrnctivf and convincinj/. KvcrywlH'ic nuiltitii(lc>< tlocUfil to hear him, ntni 
 (•aini> away convinctMl tliat tlu' Ai'niiniani-iMi lit- |»rt'ai'li('<l was taiii/lit in tin- 
 Bildc. 1 .' was t'inin».Mitly snci'cs.ifnl in ifninxinK j-nistini; pifjiKliciis ai_'ain.-t 
 tills form of chiistianity. Ut; was slationtjil lii-rt' in 1S47, and in cnltivalini.' tin- 
 fallow ^iimumI that liail h«;un hrokf'ii np hy tlu- Kcxd. Kohert I'oonry, whose 
 name is still a tower of streiijjth in Canadian Methodism, Mr. Xaiiaway proved 
 hims»'lf to he a workman tiiat needeth not to he ashame<|. When I'le.isant 
 Stret!t Chnreh was erecte<l, he s«'nt a eonti'iltiiticin towards the hnildin^ tiiiid, 
 desirinj; to |»ay for u l)ri(k in the huildin^, as a memento of his |(astorate in the 
 <lays of his youth. 
 
 On Sahhath inornini;, ilannary, 1SS7, eiirhtoen years after his retiremetit 
 from the publirr ministry, and thirty-two since he had addiessed a .Methodist 
 eonj^repition in Trnro,-Mr. Narraway |»reaehed for the tirst and only time in 
 I'leasaiit Street Chiireh, from the last clause of the r)th and Hth vi;rses of liist 
 Revelation : — 
 
 " Unto him that loved ns, and washed us fron\ our sins in iiis own hlood, 
 and hath ma<lo us kind's and priests unto (Jod anil tlis Father ; to him he i.'lory 
 ami dominion for ever and ever. Amen." 
 
 The efl'ort was a tine (tiie, and in the pa.'<sai,'ps eontmstinj; liunwin love with 
 the love of (Jod, the s|tt'aker was partii iUarly haitpy and elotpjent. 'riii-oui.'hout 
 the discourse, the listener could not but have l)ee!> impre.s.«ed with the appid- 
 ftrii.teness of tlie Mords chose?), and their forceful meainnjj, as well as with the 
 romprehendiveness of every .sentence, (;allin^ to remembrance lanyuaj^e used by 
 Fox in rela'ion to the y<)unfjer I'itt : "He never is at a loss for a word, and 
 the very word. " No doubt this j^reat (jualitication for a i)ublic speakf.-r, coupled 
 with hi.H natural fjifts of oratory, .sanctified by the crra(!e of (Jod, was the secret 
 of Mr. Narraways j^reat strenjrth and acceptability as a pulpit orator. Before 
 distnissinjj the conpjreyation, Mi. Narraway broke in u|>on the voluntary of tlu' 
 flioir to say a ft^w words of friendly rhristian tj'reetinj; to those |)resent wiiose 
 Ho\ds he had once cared for. His kindly refeient^es to the departed,- -who com- 
 |)osed the many t^aps he noticed in th»! lanks of his former hearers, tomthed .i 
 tender chord, an(i were deeply interestinii; to all who know too well what it is to 
 wait and weep in vnin : — 
 
 " For the touch of a vanished h.iiul, atul the soiiii'l of a voice ttiat is still." 
 
 Thi.s (fifted minister of the Nt'W Brunswick and P. K. 1. Ctmference <lied at 
 St. John, N. B. on the !(th of September, ISJK5. a<,'ed 74 years. Hew.is a native 
 of Eneland, who entered the ntinistry of the M. (". in IS4I, and was ordained 
 in 184"). His tirst ap|H)intmeiit was to Shubenacadie for one year, but after two 
 years in the Newj)ort Circuit he was returned to Shui)enaeailie, (then including 
 Truro,) where he remained for six years on what mtist have been Methodistical- 
 ly, ai. arduotis Held of toil. Then came an appointment to Charlottetown, 
 where the fame of his pulpit elocpience reacheil far beyond the limits of the 
 Island, then in su(H;(!ssion to Ciiysboro and .Sat-kville. remaininif three years in 
 ♦saeli circuit. In lS(j(» he was appointed to 8t. John, N. B, and for nine years 
 followinji, mitil he became a supernumerary, held the [)astorato of several lead- 
 infj churches in that city. Htf was a dele«rate to the Canatla Conference at 
 Kinj^ston in 18(50, and took western audiences by storm. In the palmy period 
 of his ministry he ranked with Dr. Richey a?id (Jharle.s Dewolfe as the forenio.-.t 
 jtidpit orators of the I'rovinces. 
 
 Mr. Narraway was a tireles.s student, an in.satiable reader of books, and a 
 olo.se ob.server of current events. Like Jabe/. Buntinir, he studied the news- 
 jwiptMs that he mifrht know how (rod governed the world. He had rare forensic 
 •tfifts and might have made his mark at the bar or in the legislature. A master 
 
 *Rev. O. (). Huestis. 
 
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 of j^Iowinp iiml jMirMiasivu rliftoric, lu' wiis «I\v»yn in toiicli witli jiojuilur (iii<Ii- 
 L'iU'(;H. Comtiiiicd \silli Mr;_MiiMtiitisc ftiicf and flowiiit.' f|)«;i'<'li \^(l^* u kfcninfs of 
 siitiro, cxctrcditii^'ly itli'ctivf in plntfnini ctloits. Ftw men of ni\y profcxHidti 
 wtm. so will |i().-l»(l ii|) (Jii |iiililii' I'vt-ntH, iind liin Itctiirfs on tlin (ViMK-iin VN'ai', 
 till! Inilinn .Mutiny, and tlieCi'.il War in the rnitcd Statf," cv incifl intflloctual 
 i|nalitit'H of tlio lii^rlu'st oidt-r'. lit- wan an ctli-ctivc advocate of t«'nip»;ianc»' re- 
 form. Hilt aliove all we picfciied to listen to .laines K. Nairasvay as a |pieaeh(.'r 
 of ri^liteonsnesH. He was a most alilt? minister of the New Testament, and no 
 one can easily foijret soin(> of the sermons which he preached on Confeiuiu.'e 
 oecasionH, duiint^ the middle decradeH of this century. 
 
 " lit: \ie\\)i deil, yot spe iketti." 
 
 VVero it pertinent to the subject under consideration, and, time permitted, 
 we (;ould sptiak of others of the early mintsters of Tiiiro, who, like the {^leat 
 apostle to the jfentiles, " fonyht a j^ood fij^ht, finished their course, k(!pt the faith 
 and are now inheriting,' the promises," but there is no time for snch adijriession. 
 
 After the building of the old (."hapel, the first st«!p in tliedirection of climch 
 improvement was taken in ISfio undei the pastorate of Mr. HIaek. .At this time 
 the |)ulpit, in tlie lani.;uat^e of Dudley Waiiiei" was u "veiitalde ecclesiastical 
 fortiti(;ation", -like the one in the old Presbyterian double barrel Church at 
 B.iddeck, (Jape lireton. It was so hifjh that at the watch nij;ht service elosin;; 
 out the old year IS.'iT it was thought by some that the minister assistinjr the 
 rtevd. William IV-rkins, visited the land of Nod unknown to tfie cont^iet^ation, 
 while Mr. Perkins, who was yiven to lonjr discourses, prtNichod on into the 
 forenoon of I Hr)S, before the service was clo.«ed by the u.sual prayer, and the 
 worshippers were asked to join in tiie customary hymn : 
 
 "Come 1ft us.nncwr our journey pursue, 
 
 Roll round with the year, 
 And never .stand still till the .\luster appear. 
 
 which invariably follows the passaj^e of the old year into eternity. 
 
 Whether this incident, or it desire to f^et more in touch with the conjjrej^a- 
 tion, led .Mr. Hlack to think the jtiilpit too hif^h, is not quite clear. Certain it 
 is that he took up a subscription amountinj^ to £2, and had the pid[)it lowered 
 two feet. Aftt'rwiirds it was remarked that he was not as hijrh church .i- 
 formerly, and that his successors in the ministry, imd not as lofty ideas, tind 
 did not resort to such llifrhts of imagination, and hei<i;hts of elotjuence jis those 
 who HUed the pulpit when it was more heavenward. 
 
 This cutting: down of the hifrh pulpit, in the old church, sniiill a matter i.s 
 it appeiired at the time, was nothing; more or less, than a si</niticant remiti(U;r 
 to the i)co|)lc, that the biiilditif^ itself was getting out of joint with the times. 
 
 Diiriuf^ the pastorate of Ht!V. Koland ^lorton it wtts reidised by many of our 
 jH?o[tle that a more ctminiodiotis edijice was retpiired tt) accommodate the in- 
 creased mendjership of thechurcrh, consccpient u|)on Trino havin}.^ passed from 
 a villa»;e into tin educational and railway centre, since the establishment of the 
 Provincial Normal School, antl the openinj^ of the railroad from Halifax to 
 Pictou Mr. Morton saw the importance of a move in the direction of a new 
 church, and at the September Ck>uarterly Meeting of ISti.S, brought the matter tip 
 for consideration, and intimated that it Tiaifa.x {gentleman would pay ^oOd to- 
 wards the project, j)ro\ided it was commeneetl while he was in charge of the 
 circuit. Whereupon it was re.«olved by the Board: — 
 
 " That brethren J. W. Killer, S S. Nelson and I. Longworth be a Com- 
 mittee to look out a site for a new Chapel and report to the next Quarterly 
 Meeting." 
 
 This Committee was unable to secure a desirable site during the balance of 
 Mr. Morton's term, which expired at the close of Miiy 1S69, so the church un- 
 fortunately lost the promised aid from Mr. Morton'.s Halifax friend. 
 
 At this time the Truro Circuit was a Home Mission Station, giving the 
 
Minintor in rhar^^c n «alury of sy.VKt (M» a|)|H)rtiiti)uil over tliu circuit as folloWHt 
 
 Truro ^M'Ji i. 
 
 Kiist Moiintaiti 4n, 
 
 Salim>ri Kivcr and Ort'entielil '2tt. 
 
 North Kiver 4l). 
 
 lH('li;r(miMi> . 40. 
 
 Londonderry, beinj; Oreat Villaj,'<> and Aradinn Mine.** 4(l. 
 to whirli sum the ('onfiMi-ncf niadt- a fimtriliutinn frotn the Honif Mis.-^ion Fund. 
 Truro not heint^ an indcprndi'nl rircuit, was ninddi- tn ^ft thin year, (IsiiO) 
 an Mr. Morton'n .x'U'ri'fsor, thi' man tlx- (^narti-rly Hoai'd invit»!(l the Kiv. 
 .Io.-i(?|»h (tat!tz -then of Shubrnacadit;. Tht; ConfiM'iMioi! in it,>< »n|it)riiir wisddin, 
 liiipointt'fl the Kevd. .John Kt-id to th«' Circuit. About tlie tinu; Mr. Ucid tnuk 
 ctiaij^c, (urcum.Htancfs iiecame |irfi|iiti()ii.»< foi' |iurcha.''ini; tin- prt-scnt (lunch 
 }iro|K'ity. Home tinio prt-NioiiH, in view of the pronpectivi; t^tdw th of the \'illa<.'»' 
 of Truio, an it wnn tl\fn calit'd, into a Town of .xomc importance from tli»' cioi.-'O'* 
 already indicated, a syndicate, comj)nsed of A(him,x (I. Archibald, William 
 Faulkner, Hiram Hyde and John S. M(l.,ean, botiyht the farm of William I. 
 Cock, extending from I'rince Stretit, south to tiie Intercolonial railway track, 
 and lyin}4 between I'leasant St., and Cock's Lane--now Dominiun St. fur 
 !f KiOO, minus some lots in front previously sold. The title was taken in .\lr. 
 M(d.,ean'H name. Mr. Hyde, who then tonk, as he hafi ever done, a warm inter- 
 est in th(! welfare of Truro Methodism, stronj;ly advi."sed that a site bo secured 
 from the Cock farm for tlie cont«;mplated new chinch, and said ho woidd re- 
 commend Mr. McLean and those interestt.'d with him in the property to ^jive a 
 good lot at a reasonable figure, on account of the enhanced vnluo that would 
 attach to the rest of the property from such a sale. The result was that on the 
 17th .Inly IHtiil a deed of land fronting Kirt feet on I'lea.sant Street and the same 
 w idth on Cock's liane,- -l)y 'M^ feet from Street to Street passed from Mr. M(d.,oan 
 and wife to Samuel Rettit;, James W. Killer, William Cunningham, Samuel S. 
 Nelson, Israel Longworth, Samuel C. W. Archibald, aiu' (ieorge Hyde. 
 Trustees of the Weslcyan (Jhunih, Truro, for the price of €!)i», being old N. S. 
 curreiun', ecjual to :j?3r)(>.4U Canadian I'urrency, or oidy forty cents more than 
 Zion Church recently paid for their chinch lot, fronting only on one street, about 
 one third the width and less than half the depth, and that too in a much less 
 desirable location, for church pur}>o.ses. 
 
 It nuiy therefore be safely atlirme<l that to the good otficcB and far sightt'd 
 judgment of our Mann hearted olrl friend Hiram Hydo, the Truro Methodist 
 Society of to-day, is largely indebted for the property which so handsomely 
 accommodates their enlarged church and hall, and parsonage ; and which if 
 vacant, would now readily sell in lots for l?r)Ol)(), or istiUtXJ. Tjje benefit of such a 
 site in the West centre of the Town for the enlaigement of the church of '2B 
 yearfl ago, with the addition of a new hall for Sunday School, Prayer Meeting, 
 Epworth League, and social gatherings, all on the ground floor, and constructed 
 in the most morlern stjle — has proved an incalc\dable boon to the Truro Metho- 
 di.sts of this almo.st 20th century, enabling them to erect upon it a building, 
 which for comfort, convenience and suitability for conducting religious and 
 social services, and sub,»^erving in the best manner all interests of the Church, in 
 the oi)inion of tlie best informed, is .second to none in provincial Methodism. 
 
 After securing these grounds and erecting the church and parsonage, by 
 Robert IJrown, bui der, under plans and inspection of V\ illiam R. Mulholland, 
 Architect, late Mathematical teacher of the Normal School the Methodists of 
 that day— 1871 — (who were a ess numerous, and nuich weaker body of christians, 
 financially speaking, than the present (ihurch). found that the effort proved such 
 a tax on their resources that they were obliged to defer the erection of a Sunday 
 School and prayer meeting Ma'l for a more convenient season 
 
 For five years, with tlie excejition of a short periorl when the Sunday School 
 was he'd in the old Temperance Hall, nex,t The Co/rhcKfer Sun Office, and the 
 
jiiiiyrr mt'ntiiijj wiis luM in ('ikvs'm HhII, I'riiico Strcot, I lie Cliunli wnn tiM'd for 
 HcivicL'H of ovKiy (li'niii|iti<)ii, iiiiiiU'iil t«) tlie wmk of th« oiiiuil in the 'I'owii 
 
 hilling tliiH tiiiK', one of the iiwrnt iiii|)«)i taut giithfiinf;** uhh uii iiiljoiinicd 
 Miovtiiig ot tli«' June *^>iiiii't<'i iy lioui'il of \H1'2 lii'M in tliu i'liiin<;cl of tliv Cluii'<.'li iit 
 *J o'( lock I'. M , on tlif iTtli of tlu- month 
 
 |{cv(l. .loliii Kcitil ot'('U|ii('(l thu t'lmir, liiid there wuro present :•- 
 
 Kevd, 'riioniiiH Sniiih, Hii|)(!rniiiiicriiry, iiiul Krethien Diiviii Klliot. Siiiniic! S. 
 NelHon, .liinier* W Killer Anthony Shiiw, liimeB Crowe, Stewart ('opelanil, 
 Thomai' .lohiiKoii, Alexander MiNiitt, Kolieit Hull, Dr. NV. K. McKoliert, Ailuiii 
 McN'iitt and 1 Longworth. 
 
 At iluH meeting it was moved hy Anthony Shaw and secondeil by Koheit 
 Hall that the Circuit l>e divided. 6 voted for, '1 agaiiiHt, and '* ahstaiiied fruni 
 voting. Some were very imuh oppoHed to the motion. The ohject of the reso ii- 
 tion waH to coimtitute the Town of Truro ii l^'ircuit hy itHelf, and jdace the rent 
 of the (.'ircuit in charg«- of a iiiiniHter under the name of the Oimlow « ircuit Thin 
 rcMult was etlected hy the (Conference a year or so later, ami Londonderry and 
 Acadian MineH have Hince lieeii made a Circuit of that name in charge of a miii- 
 iKter reHident at the MineH. 
 
 In the fall of 1876 an opportunity occurred to the TruHtees of the Church to 
 get tIdH hall for ij^HO 00 and tit it up for Sunday School, jirayer meeting, and 
 other religiouH and H«)ciiil Hi-rviceu It had been luiilt hy Sydney S. Crowe, one 
 of th*! old Truro luiilderM, who as an aged citi/.cn tr>ok part in our iate iluhileu 
 and Natal Day ceiehration of the fourteenth Septemher ultimo. It waicjoinpletcd 
 111 May, 1S.'»7, and np t(i the time of our getting it, formed the \N est wing of the 
 original twin Mrxlel Sidiool IJuildingH in connection with the recently introduced 
 Xijrmal School SyHtein of Kducation. This hiiilding was one of two huildings 
 exactly alike, connected hy a passage way, uiid the counterpart now forms the 
 Halifax (banking Company's < ounting House on I'rincc St. 
 
 The Model Sc.iools in Truro were opened in what ndght he then oal ed these 
 liuunciiig twins the first of June. 1H.')7, with the following stall" of Teachers : 
 
 |ohn H Calkin, Head .Master, who taught in this l)uilding ; Joseph N Weh- 
 Bter jTeacher of the Intermetliate I^epartinent, who taught in the Kast wing ; 
 Sophia Christie, Teacher of the Primary Department ; with .Miss .lane C. (Jreaves 
 of Mount IMeasant, Kihle Hill, added as Instructor of Sew iiig, a little later Mr. 
 Webster, who left Tiuro "ilst November iS.'iJJ, for Ciiarlottetown, I', K. I., to 
 take charge of the Nf>rmal School th re was succeed d in his position here by 
 John R Miller After several years service, about five or six. Miss Christie was 
 succeeded l)y .Miss Sarah McLeod. 
 
 In 1H(J4 John H C'a kin was 8uccee<led as Head Master l)y Kilward IManchard; 
 and, John K Mil er l)y James Little, the latter of whom, in a building more suit- 
 able to the times, still holds Ihe educational fort teaching the young ideas how 
 to shoot, in a very etticient manner. 
 
 From this time on on account of the short time at my coniinand for gither- 
 iiig material, I am unable to give complete information 
 
 For several years Miss Viatilda Faulkner had cliarge of the Preparatory 
 Department, and Miss Mary Russell the Primary. A new Department was 
 opened also, and was placed under Miss Susan V\ addell (the present Mrs William 
 Cumniings.) .Seeing that the second teacher at the opening had in the early 
 history of the school been proinotel to the oversight of the first training school 
 in (t sister colony, it was natural to expect that the Head Master woulo in due 
 course be called to ti.l a similar position in this Province We must all express 
 our delight that Mr. Calkiii still tills the position wi'h great vigour und ability 
 after the wear and tear of so many years of scholastic life. 
 
 And here I must notice the short-sightedness of the League managers in not 
 giving our assemblage the character of a twin or duplex gathering by inviting 
 Principal Calkin and all of his old teachers and scholars, now living, who were at 
 the opening of the school in this building forty odd years ago, to take part in our 
 proceedings. How deeply interesting won d be the calling of the roll of scholars 
 
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 of four •'••I'luloH ]i\ Mr. Calkin, and wnuld it not elicit nmny foucbinK rrnmrku, 
 from tcuc'Tix, Hi'holaiH iinil itiiilicnco ; mimI moiiIiI not much ^riililiciitiuM lie i!\> 
 pi'c'HHud lit the viti'icd HiicceHMeH in llfu of tlio living;, ho fur itM known ; 'ind lio>v 
 Hiiiny HJlcnt tcius would lie itlied :ih one iifter another wuh reported iih having 
 joined the ureiit nmjority ? And how M.|ipro|iriately ut tlu! cIohu of mucIi h unlttd 
 ■erviuo could he Hun^ liuruH' liuauliful mnig 
 
 "Atilil l.atiK Sync." 
 
 In IH7(I thiH Imildin^ and its dnulile, havin;^ heen found ton Mniall for the 
 jiurixmeH of the H<'hoo|, hud to make wiiy for u lur^er Htructure, und tlie tiuMtccH 
 uludiy availed iheinH* Ives of the o|i|ioi tunity ailordetl, to add u Hall to their 
 Church properly, puying ifSO.tK) for an erection in whiih the intellectM of the 
 riling generation «)f 'IVur*! had been (|uickened in srculur knowledge for twenty 
 yrari, nnd which they thought when nioveil and repaired would prove uu eijually 
 Huitalile pluou to impart religious inrlruction to the children of our churoli for u 
 like period. 
 
 It wuM moved to its lute Hito which it occu|iied for over "20 yearH, hy Andiow 
 JohfiMon, a leading liuilder of that <lay, for the Hum of two hundred un<l live dol- 
 lurH, (und the ithort remove recent y niadu from there to tluH [lurt of the property 
 to give room for the liuihling of the new hull, wuh etl'ected liy |ohn iJickey at % 
 coHt of ^tiO) The total cohI of the liuilding placed on the ground, rep'iiicd und 
 underpinned, amounted to $401 !'> Tliin e\|ienHe at the time wu8 principally 
 met liy the la\e S S. Nelson, who for many yiurH in cuhch of emergency wim the 
 tinunciul Htund liy for the Church, — though u numlter of HuliHcri[)tionH were (luid 
 to him in reduction of IiIh advance hefore it wuh fully settled hy the TruHteo 
 l^oard, which may he given as indicutivc of the active workers in the church at 
 that period. TUv payments hy men liers to Mr. Nelson rungu from October ISth, 
 1M70 to March l.'ith, )b77, und were us follows : — 
 
 S. Hettie $ T) 00 
 
 J. W. Killer 10 00 
 
 J. A Leaman 20 00 
 
 Funny McCully 2 00 
 
 Miss Uurns 50 
 
 James Weutherby o 00 
 
 Miss Corbett 1 00 
 
 VVni Beck 10 00 
 
 Mrs Chandlers 4 00 
 
 W™. McKay .. 1 (X) 
 
 A. H Crowe 20 00 
 
 M isB Shaw I 00 
 
 S S. Nelson 20 (K) 
 
 L J. Crowe 5 00 
 
 Asher Archibald 5 (X) 
 
 J ames Dodson 5 00 
 
 O. O. Buchannan § "> 00 
 
 Rev .) . A. Flogere 4 1)0 
 
 Miss Leake 10 00 
 
 Mrs. Hawker 2 00 
 
 Mrs. Christio. ,10 
 
 (ieorge Donkin .') 00 
 
 Miss Archibald 1 OO 
 
 Kufus F. Black Ti 00 
 
 Miss Chambers I 00 
 
 Dr. McRobert 10 00 
 
 Mrs Miaw I 00 
 
 H. Hyde 20 00 
 
 ) McDowell .') 00 
 
 S. S. collections on 3 Sundays. . 3 r»4 
 
 George Hyde .... 5 00 
 
 Linton & Black 7 -lO 
 
 That the Church at this time was still feeling depressed from the effects of 
 its recent building operations is pretty evident from the fact that it could not 
 laise $500 to get out of d'^bt without mortgaging some portion of its property. 
 
 At a Trustee Meeting held in the Parsonage April 24, 1877, at 8 p. m . Revd 
 Mr. Rogers in the chair ; presents. G. \V. Archibald, S. Rettie, S, S. Nelson, |. 
 W. Killer and I. l^ong worth, Mr. Rogers stated object of meeting was to ascer- 
 tain the financial position of Ctiurch property. 
 
 Accounts from Brother Nelson were read by Secretary, sho>ving balance due 
 him 
 
 On this Hall $209 25 
 
 " Church attendance 170 71 
 
 " Church account. .. . 14o 91 
 
 In all $525 87 
 
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 Afterwards it was movnd by hrotlicr Rct'.ic, seconded J)y brother Killer that 
 C'oriferenoe he applied lo for leave to mortgage part of Chnreh property for $500, 
 to relieve Trustees of pressing debts due brother Nelson. Passed 
 
 AppMcation was mad'? to (Conference for such leave, and in due course the 
 folh.wing missive was received :— 
 
 Dicky, July ijth, i877. 
 This is to Ckktikv 
 
 'I'liat the 'I'rusteesof the Mcthotli»t Churcli in Truro are authorized by permisgion of Conference 
 recently held in Yarmouth to elTect a niorttjaije i,n the property to the amount of Kive Hundred 
 Dollars. (Signed) KLIA8 HRKTTLK, 
 
 President of Conference. 
 
 Tlie details of the mortgage loan which followed heed not be given, further 
 than to st<ite tliat by this mode brother Nelson's debt was met, and the Trustees 
 relieved of their iiability. Looking back from this period, in view of the present 
 state of the Ciiurch, it may ajjpear a little singular that a comparatively stnall 
 debt for a religious corporation pressed so heavily upon the society at that time. 
 The explanation may be found in the fact that for several years after Truro built 
 Its new Churcli and parsonage, and became an independent Circuit, the financial 
 but dens were found to be (juite onerous, they being in no ways lightened by sub- 
 stantial contributions as formerly, before the formation of the Onslow and Acadian 
 Mines Circuits, from the brethren of (Greenfield, East Mountain, North River, 
 Ischgonish, (>reat Village and Acadian Mines, 
 
 The Ministers in charge ot Truro (Jircuit during the time this buihUng has 
 been a religious hall, were : — * 
 
 From 1870 to 1S79 Revd. Jabcz A. Rogers. 
 
 1879 to 
 
 1881 
 
 
 Robert A. Temple, 
 
 1881 to 
 
 1884 
 
 
 Simon B, Dunn. 
 
 !8H4 to 
 
 1887 
 
 
 Robert A. Daniell. 
 
 1887 to 
 
 1890 
 
 
 Ezra B. Moore 
 
 18!K) to 
 
 189.3 
 
 
 William Ainley. 
 
 1893 to 
 
 1896 
 
 
 Wm H. Heartz, D 
 
 1896 to 
 
 1897 
 
 
 Jabez A. Rogers. 
 
 D. 
 
 The names of these good brethren are familiar in every household, and to 
 take time to recount their varied, untiring and zealous labors of love in Church 
 and Sunday School work, during their Truro ministry, would oe needless excess. 
 But we aiv most thankful to a kind providence to be able to . 'late that all are 
 yet alive, except one of the brightest in this galaxy of choice spirits, --the Revd. 
 R. A Daniell, I'h D., whose name and memory our Church cannot willingly let 
 die. 
 
 "The Rev, R. A. Daniell war. born at Carleton, N. B., October 2nd, 1849, and died "^^ Middle 
 Musquodoboit, N. S., August 12, 1S93. 
 
 Dr. Daniell was the youngest son of Revd. Henry Daniell, D. P., of St. John, N. B., and be- 
 lon^.v-d to the fourth generation of a family prominently identified with Methodism from the days of 
 AVesley. 
 
 " From his early childhood. Dr. Daniell displayed strong religious tendencies which resulted, at 
 the time of his opening manhood, in his thorough spiritual conversion. At the Conference of K. 
 B. .■\mfrica, in 1869, he was admitted as a probationer for the ministry, and received into full cou- 
 nection and ordained, at the Conference held in Fredericton, N. B , in 187J 
 
 'His sermons were brilliant in conception interesting in illustration, forcible in argument, and 
 effective in delivery. By such creations of his consecrated gifts did he ever ministc; to the delight 
 and instruction of his congregations. In social life he was universally respected and loved." 
 
 'His physical constituticn. though never robust, proved equal to the work until a few years 
 since, when an injury to one of his limbs made amputation necessary. As soon as practicable, he 
 resumed his place in the ranks of the active mini (try, but with feeble and precarious health. Withii' 
 a fortnight of his death he preached his last sermon. 
 
 "During the ensuing week, the "last mysterious summons" came. Seized by sickness of alarming 
 form ho was calm and hopeful "o the last. To the Rev. Dr. Heartz, who visited him a few days prior 
 to the close of the mortal sruggle and with tenderest fidelity told him of the certainty and nearness ol 
 the approaching end, he made the assuring statement, "I am resting upon the atonement," Such a 
 testimony was brief, but was it not all comprehending ? Yes ! Enough for life — enough for death, — 
 enough for time,— enough for eternity. 
 
 "Thus, resting upon the Atonement, did the trustful, pure and gentle spirit of our beloved and 
 lamented brother pass uway to God in the fourty-foutth year of his age, and the twenty-fourth ofhii 
 ministry." 
 
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 To this just and (ulmiralilo oLiluary, from tlie Confcrenoe MinutoH of 1S!>4 
 iiotiiing need be added, unless to state lliat l)r Dauiell was noted as a great ad- 
 niiiei' and excellent judge o> aidinais of the lo»er order, and his great fondness 
 for a good cow, and a tint horse, wlhcli lie rarely was witlio\it, w.s |Movei luul. 
 With that old Missionary, tlie Kevd. dohn IJ. SMong, lie could say "that if there 
 should he a resuirection of the i)iiite creation, he svo-.dd not he ashamed to face 
 any of the quadrupeds that had carried him ov, r the rugged mission lield." 
 
 It will be noticed as a very agreeable, if not a somewhat remarkable fact, 
 that our present j)opUii".r and talented pastor was here in 187') when this Hail was 
 secuied for the serv-ces of the church. In the long history of Tiuro Mcthodisni, 
 Nir. Rogers is the only instance of a former i)ast.r invited to return a second 
 term His voice was the first within these walls tospeiik of the wondetful good- 
 ness of (lod to his people. He will be the last to pray to (Jod that the hles.-ings 
 of *^he most High may ilecend upon us on eaving this Imilding for the new bad, 
 where he will be the first person to implore the benedictions ot the Almighty for 
 our good as a people. 
 
 The reas;jn8 for the abandonment of this building are not difficult of com- 
 j)rehension. The growth of the society which required a new church, caused a 
 corresponding increase in the memoerslup of the Sunday School, -the nursery of 
 the I. hurch. In December last the Trustee Board took action, and a commiltee 
 was appointed who procured plans for a new hall at a cost of $4'} to the Church 
 There was every prospect of this arrangement being carried out, until the lire in 
 the chancel of the church, which occui red from the closing of the register over 
 the hot .'ir furnace on the tenth of January last, ocinisioiung a loss of iiJlUiU, 
 M'hich was promptly adjusted and paid by the Noith liritish and N erchantile 
 Fire Insurance Company. Though this accident appeared like an untoward 
 event, and for the time cast a gloom over the church, i was considered by several 
 of the congregation as providential- pointing, under the changed conditions, to 
 an enlargement ai d improvement of the ch\irch, with the addition of a hall, 
 under one roof, and doing away w ith the necessity of a separate building. 
 
 So general was the feeling after the tire that the church and hall should form 
 one structure, a meeting of the congregation was called to consider the matter, 
 and a connnittee was appointed, M'ho got Mr, l>umare8q, the Halifax Architect, 
 to visit Truro and suggest what course had better be adopted. Mr. l)umares(| 
 recommended a change in the position of the chancel, from the West end to the 
 South side, with the Hall on the North and prepared plans accordingly, which 
 have since been carried towards completion by Chares H. Beattie, a Truro 
 builder, under the superin tendance of Mr. Dougall Henderson, our town Archi- 
 tect, as it is to be hoped, to the satisfaction of all. 
 
 How far an accident that rendens it neee.«sary for an insurance company to 
 deplete its funds by f! 109 can be considered ])rovidential, we can hardly take 
 time to debate. We have seen it stated somewhere, that Providence, like the 
 devil, gets more than its pro[)er share of credit for the evils that are in the 
 world. Laziness, folly, bad management and incapacity are the sins for who.«e 
 results Providence is too often held res|)onsible. But whatever may be thought 
 upon this pubject generally, we believe that for the results which have been 
 occasioned from the fire damage to the Church, after taking final le.nve of this 
 old building for the newly constructed one, all of our j)eople will be led to ex- 
 claim in the language of Shaksjjere : — 
 
 "There's a divinity that shapes our ends 
 Rough-hew them how we may." 
 
 Pleasant Street Methodist Church, as we knew it before the fire, and this 
 building, was the scene of the seventh session of the Nova Scotia Conference of 
 the Methodist Church of Canada, oi)enedon the third Wednesday in June, 1880, 
 over which the Revd. Richard Smith was elected President, and the Revd. Jabez 
 A. Rogers was re-elected Setiretary. This being the first meeting of the Confer- 
 ence in Truro, there were many misgivings e.vpressed by some of our people as 
 
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 to our ability us ii Churoh to hold it. These comiMfi; to the ears of the late Mrs. 
 
 Floinininu Hlanchiml, the wife of an older in the Presbyterian Church, slio 
 
 stated that sooiier than the Conference should not l)e held in Truro, she would 
 
 ciitf'itain nine of our niinistei's. This encoura<.jed us to hold the Conferenc-e, 
 
 and with the aid of Mrs. Blancrhard's Htie christian spirit upon other good people 
 
 outside of our denoniiiiation, the first Conference in Triuo was well entertained, 
 
 without any household beiiij; overcrowded with clerical {guests. 
 
 Tliis Church and Hall was also the scene of the foiuth session of the Nova 
 
 Hcoti I Conference of the Methodist Church, opened on Wednesday, June loth, 
 
 liSST, at n A. M., at which Revd. Roland Morton, one of the old j)astors, who 
 
 died .Se|)tenil)er 8th, IS!(((, leadiji prayer, and over which Revd. .Jose|»h (-aetz was 
 
 elected President, and Revd. A. 1). Morton, M. A , re-elected Secretary. At 
 
 this ineetinjf of Conference in Truro, the Revd. E. B. Moore was appointed to 
 
 tliis ( 'ii-cuit in place of Revd. R. A Daniell, whose term had expired. Truro 
 
 would also have been honoured by holdinjf the Foiu'teenth Session of the (/onfer- 
 
 ence which met at Liverpool on the 1 7th of Jidy last, had not the tire in the 
 
 Church occurred. For beinj^ deprived of this ffieat i)rivilege, the next session 
 
 of (,'onference will be held, 1). V , in the newly eidarjred (Jhurch and Hall, on 
 
 the third Thursday in June, 1898. When the members who attended the first 
 
 and .second meeting of Conference here, witness tiie great changes that Ivive 
 
 been made in the church, in anticipation of their fifteenth son^ion, they will 
 
 better understand the meaning of the words of Ecclesiasles : — 
 
 ".S.iynot thou, wh.it is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou do.st not 
 iiu)uire wisely concerninj; this " 
 
 My earliest recollection of this building goes b;vck over four decades, and 
 with it my first 'introduction to Hiram Hyde This was before the days of 
 Cobecjuid Hall opposite the north-west corner of the Common, the Y. M. C. A. 
 Building, or (ium^'s Opera House, and the tindiers of the First Presbyterian 
 Church, which then stood in the Truro Public Cemetery, had not been converted 
 into the Tjemperance Hall, which for a time graced the east rear of The Col- 
 chtMir Sim Ortice. At this time there was a craze over a newly introduced burn- 
 ing oil from the Trinidad pitch lake of which Mr. Hyde was the promoter, that 
 filled the public eye as largely as fine specimens of gold bearing quartz rock 
 from the famous Toncpioy (iold Mine do to-day. Mr. Hyde was the hero of the 
 hour, and he was invited to give a public address on his Trinidad coal oil, which 
 lie firmly considered was far in advance of the tallow candles and burning fluid, 
 tliL'n in general use as i'.luminators, and which he believed would soon become 
 an imi)oitant factor in domestic economy, and knock the old-time lights higher 
 than a kite. The address took place in this room on an evening of 13.')7, this 
 time of year. The remarks of Mr. HydC; who was then bubbling over witb the 
 great energy and vivacity which have stood by him all these year,s in so remark- 
 able a degree, were most attractive and entertaining. To add to the interest of 
 the occasion, the building was lighted with the veritable coal oil, in glass lamps 
 8uch as are now used for refined kerosene. My recollection of the afi'air is - 
 after looking back through the long vista of departed years — that the f)itch-lake 
 oil exhibited at this time was a most excellent sami)le of what would now be 
 designated the darkest looking, worst .smelling, and most horrible smoking crude 
 Petroleum —such as was known to commerce before the modem refining pro- 
 cesses were adopted. No doubt these inventions have since made a wonderful 
 change in the cjuality of the Trinidad Pitch Lake Oil, verifying Mr. Hyde's pre- 
 dictions regarding the displacement of the old lights, which have been more 
 than realised. At the close of the meeting Mr. Hyde was highly complimented 
 by some persons present, for his great enterprise, one of whom was the Revd. 
 Mr McArthur, who compared him to Asher, 
 
 "Who had dipped his foot in oil and made himself acceptable to his brethren." 
 
 So far no detailed .account of the use to which this old Hall was largely de- 
 voted iluring the past two decades —Sunday School work — has been given. 
 
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 riirpoacly I have avoided sayinj; much about thi.s interesting; feature in tlie his- 
 tory of this building, not wishing to forestall in any measure the "Sktitoh on 
 Methodist Sunday Siihools in Truro," which, it is understood. Miss F. 1). .John- 
 son is preparing; to rearl at a Sunday School service in connection with tht; re- 
 openinf;^ of Pleasant Street Church on the seventeenth of this montli*. SuHice it 
 to say that tlie late Dr. \V E. McRobert was the first i)erson txj preside over the 
 Sunday School in tliis huildini;, and he held the position of Superintendent with 
 great acceptability, till he resigned in I8S4, and was succeeded in theothce by 
 Mr. (J. O. Fulton, the present incumbent. 
 
 Of the late l)r Mc Robert, we would like to .speak and appropriate as our 
 own, the languaj^e of the resolution of the Liberal Con.servativo Association 
 of Col.^hester, passed after his death in February, 1S87, which was at once 
 exjiressive of the sincere and heartfelt regret of every member for the 
 preat loss sustained in the death of Dr. McRobert, who for many years was 
 President of the Association ; and, at the same time marked their ap[)reciation 
 of the life of one who in several important respects had been a most useful citi- 
 zen and a public spirited gentleman of whom any community might be proud. 
 The members felt that it was only necessary to refer to the record the deceased 
 made for himself in Nova Scotia, that the valuable lessons it imparts — siiowing 
 what may be accomplished by industry, frugality and self reliance, coupled 
 with a strict adherence to principles of tetnperance, morality and christian truth 
 — may not be lost to the young men of our country. For over thirty years Dr. 
 McRobert resided in this municipality, the former part of which period he was 
 f.ivorably known as a physician, and latterly as a manufacturer and dealer in a 
 cintain class of manufactured goods. In those years he endeared himself to a 
 large body of people, by being a strong son of temperance, an active Church and 
 Sunday School worker, a person whose ])olitical conduct was governed by con- 
 scientious convictions, and one, who was always courteous and gentlemanl\- in 
 his dealings with his fellow men, by wliom he was regarded as true and faithful 
 in all the relations of life. During the political battle that waged over this 
 country at the time of his death, there was but one feeling of universal regret — 
 that t!ie angel of death should flutter his dark wing over the habitation of a citi- 
 zen so good and true, who had not reached the allotted period of human life. 
 
 When the time came for the funeral obsecjuies of our departed friend, the 
 bugles of both parties sounded a truce, the asperities of political life were for- 
 gotten, and all classes and creeds vied with each other in doing honor to the 
 inemorj' of one — liowever much some might have differed with him in tenets of 
 faitli, or «iuestions of political economy— whom all highly esteemed for sterlin^i 
 %\orth, uprightness of character, and a conscientious devotion to what he con- 
 sidered the .strict line of duty — illustrating in his life the words of the Psalmist : 
 
 "Marl- the perfect man, and behold the upright, 
 For the end of th.1t man is peace." 
 
 The time has come when we must take our last, heartfelt, fond adieu to 
 tliis old historic building ; for the place that knows us now in its present con- 
 dition will soon k.iOw us no more forever. There was some expectation that 
 when this Hall was no longer needed for the uses of our Church, it might be 
 moved to Prince Street West, in front of the Willows, under the shadows of 
 Scrivelsby Manor, to meet for a time at least, the re([uirements of the lately 
 organized Church of a different religious body ; but, it .soon appeared that it was 
 futile to imagine that a building only one story high, 29^ feet wide by GSA long, 
 over forty years old, that had proved inadequate for a Town day school, and 
 was not equal to the wants of the Pleasant Street Methodist Sunday Sciiool, 
 >vould do to occupy the foundation of a Church likely to have as large a mem- 
 bership as Zion. 
 
 Fortunately Mr. Angus Murray came to the rescue, and offered as much for 
 
 'Miss Johnson's most interesting "Histercal .Sketch on Methodist Sunday Schools in Tr»ro," 
 was jiublisned in The CoUhester Sun aoth October 1897." 
 
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 the buildiiiL' aH Mr. Dickfey received for it« r^hort removal, to out in .two, an.l 
 Lr.hiH vacant lotH on Artluir Street, near Plea.ant, opposite resulenco of 
 Mr. AnLMis McBeath, where it iH expected to become tw., modern cottat^es. 
 HniHhed after a chiHsic\ tyle of urchite.ture, in keeping with the ..Hthetic tasteH 
 of our faHt irrowinLC and modernized Town. 
 
 Having thought ho highly of thi. old structure on account of the memorable 
 cireum tan^ces ans^'oeiated witf, its past history, which we would I'^e « emba m 
 in our recollections, with a halo of historic glory ; in taking our final lea e o 
 the new hall, let us not be unduly elated over the changed circumstances undei 
 which we may find ourselves. A^ humble foUowersof that great and good man, 
 .John Wesley let us not forget that the best of his life was ^l^','" ^he fields 
 and barns and the poorest abodes of the common people, declaring with the 
 great aiiostle to the gentiles, that 
 
 "Cod who made the worldand all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven an<l e.nrth, 
 liwelieth not in temples made with h.inds ;" 
 
 though in contrasting the present with the past history of our church we may 
 well exclaim in the language of our founder : 
 
 "What hath God wrought?" 
 
 and feel satisfied with Shakspere, 
 
 "There's nothinj; ill can dwell in ^i>ch a temple," 
 
 where, with the Psalmist, 
 
 "We would rather be a <!oor.keeuer, than to dwell in the tents of iniquity. ' 
 
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