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'JStli, 18W2, indic«t«s ti.e chHr*ttet cf the public- services : The Hrst Jubilee of the UHptists (.f New Ueriimny WHH hel'l on WedneiwlHy, Sept. 21st, 1892. The Hay was tine, uiid there was a hirye gatherin ' of representative Baptists from all parts of the county. ^At 9.30 a. m., the new Jubilee Bell, (which, bv the way, is the largest u, the county) rang out in jubilant tones, inviting ail to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the or gan.zation of the Baptists in that part of Lunenbun- County. On entering the church we foun.l fr»,n: four u, hve hundred pi,ople comfortably seated in the body of the church, while on the platform were pastors of otner Ban- list churches m the cc.unty, together with a number of ai-etl niemlK^rs and a large choir. Wreaths an.l choice bouquets adorned the pulpit, while on the left wall, as you entered were the words— " Hitherto hath the L(,rd helped u. " On the right—" My presence shall go with thee," and back ot the pulpit, under a very handsome scn.il the wcrds OUR JUBILEE 1842 1892 .. «r T'"' .®**"'*'"®'' *"'■*' ""'"'"♦"x^'l by the choir sinL'inw Wake the Song of J^bllee," followed by rejidinu of the scripture by Pastor N. A. McNeill, of Chester ; after which prayer was offered by Pastor E. N. Archilald, of Lunenburg **"*"■ J,, 7 T. ''**""* '*'®" ^'*"« *^^ anthem " Who Shall Ascend ? Pastor McNeil then read a paper entitled HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS OF LUNENBUBO COUNTV which had been prepared by Pastor S. March, of Brid>'e- water, who was unavoidably absent. This was followed by "Gnvtings from Sister Churches," represented by delegates froni Chester, Tancook, Lunen- burg Mahone Bay and Springfield, Anr.apolis Co., after which the clioir rendererl the anthem " Great is the Lora " A special and pleasing feature connected with this part of the programme was a letter of areefcina from the Revd R b. Morton, i former pastor of the church, and who has now •een confined to his house in Aylesford, Kings Co. by sickness tor the past twenty three years. In addition to 3lih3§ 2 .I«i8t fifty yearn ,ig„ ll>OHenohIePionee.« ' »• roi„ us ai« past away «ut while those iiienihei-s « h 3'r-^j«.r... O Lorrf ' *"** "**'y Gho«t. In ««« *" 'f® »•"'«« "ur voice - Whitman Atorftrn. 3 AFTKRNOOV HK8HI0N. Tn th« aft^rn„ the atU^iwUnoe whs much Lu^r than ... h. n.or,n,.K. The ...^.ting .n-gan by thn choir and 7"7.r "'T,7 '^•'P'*''/- -" k"«wn hyn.., ^^TU. y.^r ..f Julnlee.' foUowecl l.y roadin, of «cript„re hy PHHto.- S L«n«ule, of 8pri„fjfiehJ. „„H prnyer hy Pastor M W l>.ow,, of 0„H,ow, Colchester Co.. a former pastor of ,hi: ; ";; „ /,?7 "T: ^^''T '"*^' «""« " ' -» ^'-V there WHK H I o I Call which showeer of the >lr«. John Mad»r sen—the latter widely known al "Gr.indraa Mader." She was h.nti,«H r- ■*"**" «« North West, and is now Voo) nil eC^e. . om" "''I '' pj«session of all her fHcuiti^'iairTn?;;: o cL?;::.;: Meeting at New Canada once a month. ..„d has '-ue v missed one of these meeting* in 67 years I„ 1808 1 r^ KVKNINCi i«K«»ION. • aising Him, after which there ^i/n-i rHudinu .»* « .-; » The ^.litor of the Ar^u 000^'?^' • ^'^ ^"' ^*'""»"-" .J.n.ilpesHrvie.H ended whlAT.;'^ P''"^'''' ' "'"^ »'"• AN ARTrCLE VVHiTTKV «v «r.,,^ .vo., p„r„„. Hill i„ M^^i ;,;"',;■;;, v"-'"';".'!' «-«„„ „!;, "'■«m,i„g .„d across .^•^yX.'"""")' 'low., ll.f «nerft r usfdto prMv " fch«„ ,•» „ ^ "" ^*'« pl«ce '««t..n the .r.o,8.covered stone .rdT"'"'" ""■'"' *""''' of ^ fir tree where th^ prayer .^J'hT **'" ^P'ir^'"^ ''^«"^he« covered with perpetual Towld 2 . ^'". ''"■"'' ** '«'''«" -ttle,„e„t call J Spr , S t^ln""' "".'^ ^'^ t'-P'««HHnt forest and across the%oTvTeeai;tiful meadow. the„T?:2^' ^"'^^ "'*"'*•-'' P'""^<' 'oHs through the fo-estan^H^ 7" '^'^ *''"«'"''» few Hehi and a little further on to a "'"l^"' ^"•"^ '^ - ^'-nred found a m..n and h w fe\„V ""*" """«««• <^>n entering in« « farm. The maV^I^ 1."^^ J^ 3" ^^^^ing *bout bu/ bargain was soon made and thTL ^"". """«' " Th« traveller had made up his mind to ?M P"/-^hased and the your traveller proved^to !e^hA^'*"^« ^*'«'-« fo-" 'if", and New aermany^ndst?^ ;;:e?:o%t &?„!'? J^"'^^ ^" VKHSKM VVKFTTKN HY WHITMAN .MOHTON WD HRAI) ATTIIK.IUHFLKK SKKVICK8.' ' ' KIKTV YKAHH A{}(). In tlu' hiHfory of Germany Sonic HfJy ycaiH u^o "^ A little hand joinp<.hoiiH.' n^i\- ^*'*"''' ^^'^'^ prayeijiiiil Hon>f Jnt' liftlo fhiirch was oPKanized By p:ider T. Dt-Umt^, Tlie dt'acons choaen on that day Were Dak in and Mnnro«'. ^V'i<» n''t<''i well th«' draconH' part. " I' nil fifty yearn ago. When seated lound theHacred hoard- On recoi-d may l)e seen — There to partalce the broken bread. The nnnil)er was fi/urteen. The little church began to grow — Its roots and l)ranches spread ; Hut very soon Dea'ou Munroe Wjutnutnbered with the dead. But "forward" was the watch-word n(»w ihrough trials most severe, Andnumhers joined the little band In each siiccessive year. Though fifty vears have come and gone. And many heads laid low: The little band is stronger now Than fifty years ago. May Heaven's blessing on it rest. 1 hough many go and come; Scj may the band be stronger »ti I i In fifty years to come. " SURVIVOR. liEV. K. S. LETTER OF GREETING FROM MORTON. Dkahly Bklovkd Brkthrkn m Chrkst :-Tt is with n.i,,- «led emotions of pleasure and sorrow I ntteuipt to writ' h tew lines for you on this important occasion. T think in was m the autumn of 1835, that I first visited New (}er- manv. At that time all the settlement east and north r.f many. ■-.v -'- """^ •"■•"^ NO ine seiciement eastand north r.f t.he^ place where your tine meeting house now stands was unbroken forest, for u.nny miles each way. Krom that 6 "mH8peci«Ily in the pn.«reM of the iLnf- ,^''"«*"!""/' ""^ place. Mf-gresa or the Jiaptiat church in that river, then called the Branch ^now N^L P ''f,^''« I/H»^e n.wr the ro»d «nd w.i. ♦ .. ","*** *' 'V^^* "' « Haw-mi I s-ttlemenr in reohr t« mv P^*^? ^ "'^''« '*'"• '" ^''h^ don't fhint. '^ ^ . "'^ "nqu'ry. lie at once «*id_" r Mc«p"it might bTthtt ~:^„ 5*^ • "I'"'""' «» prewl, in, your nH,jhlH,ur8 together* I liU^l uV"^ •"*" «**' **""« «' T'-y Wf their .neTunfiiJsS'^rn.fhv th "'"^^"'^^ the house WHS Hlle Uter a small school house was Imilt near the plac» where the Methotlibt nieet.iiijj house now staiiil>i. S»»on new settlers, chiefly from Annapolis Co., Ijeg;.i. to hwate »roun«l in the wihlerness, and the school-hous** was t«K) small for SaWLath jjfatherinsjs. Then the Biptisr people resolve<| to huihl a meetin>{ house which, (with th.- energy and zeal, for which the Baptists of New Germ my have always been famous) was speedily eretteeiiijj at that time alHiut the centre of the settlement. When T first visited the Branch, 1851. there was hut one Baptist Church memlier livinji in all that region and that was a sister belonging to \ Baptist church at Northwest, Lunenburg Co. There w»»s no school-house, no meeting-house, and very little piety ap parent among the people Af'rl now b«>hohl what G«Ki has wrought ! During the time that I laborwi with ihe churches at New Gerniimv and Dalhousie East, I think the furiner aliout doubled its meraiiership by baptism, and quite a nuinl>er was also added to the latter church in the same way. Although I left thwe c^'urches quite unceremoniously, an«l (as I well know) grieved many of those ^)eh>ved brethren, I did so, not lieoause I liad ceased to love them ; bu*. because I lielieved it to be the will of God. I believe Qwi \m» use)er of precious souls out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Christ, in various places ; many of whom hrve already triumphantly passed the dark river. And alihoai(h I have found, and under God have ma«ie many friends in various places : [ can truly say the people, and especially the Baptist church, at New Germany, to this day, occupy a very warm place in my heart. I can never forget the unfeigne far. And I fully believe He will bring His own all safe int • the harlnir of Glory by-and-bye. Now brethren, praise ihe Ix>rd ! "A little one shall lieconiH a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. " The progress of the BHptiot church in New GHrmniiy is evideniM, of the tiutli of th Yes " Every word of Go(i is hure iitidint tliiiT. the Gospe! of Christ, through the Mt prophecy, and \vf iiiay be the Holy Spirit, shfill^et conquer hII th,. Christ. And the kin;,'dom of Christ which 'h the world "since the dnysofJoJ agency »f e powers of anti 'IS existed in stand forever and all the kingdoms of the world ( 'lappy day) shall be brought into subjection to H ' right it is to reign For so run the pn-mises. in the Baptist " shiill souie iu) ■' whose Just f|ere I wish to say : the san.e precious " (los- p^-l of Christ, ' preached by the apostles, anpel which h^s ever proved to be the pi.wer of Go.| unto salvation, to every one that briieveth ; that same Gospl, I say, has been my support ;ind consolation throu-'h Hi these long twenty-four year.-i of sore affliction that has fallen to my lot An.1 now at the end of my pilgrimage 1 can and do rejoice in th,- finished work of Christ FullJ believing that, while tliLs poor bcnly .«lund.er.s in the grave this redeemofl soul of mine will be pr..sent with the Lord •' conscious of my eternal salvation, anj joyfully expectin- Hiid patiently waiting for the resui recti;,n of my incorrup- tible bor me washed me in His precious blood, ch.therl me m HiJ righteousness &nd thus prepared me for •» place in His Fathers house, where T shall see his face, and never, n.ver sin, "And from the rivers of His Grace Drink endless pleasures in " Amen, Halleluiah ! "Therefore, brethren, standfast, an.l hold the tradition which ye have been taught, whether by word, or by epistle. " Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and Go.l even our father, which hath loved us, an<. hath .ater l.«ht dawned in upon the nunds of ti.e ' Mann- M suited in the adopcum of strict comu.unioM as one of the planks of the Baptist faith. Then Joseph Dimock fell into l.ne. and .n the fourth of May, 1811, the church at Chester «as reo,p.n,zed .fter the present order with a men.bership horn the church letter to the Association which raet m 88 until 1808 weenjoye.! (they say) as n.uch harmony . nd agreement as n.ost, or any, of our connection, and were Messed wih son.e pleasing seasons of gracious .hsplays In particular n. the year 1793, in which ;e»r we callSTo the pastoral othce our present pastor, (or dder,) and like- vse had the audition of 19 souls to our „umh;V ; JlZ th. fallowing year 18 more, an.J more or less every y,." ince. In 1807 forty were adSH contribution was n.ade " f^r the go heathen to be sent to the Treasurer of the Auxi i. rv Bible Society at Halifax, and forwarded by that sodetv of our Foreign Missionary moven.ent in Nova Scotia (t the same meeting Rev.ls. Joseph Cran.lall a,^ Samue Bmcrofc were commissioned to preach the gospe] to the poo on the east sho.v of Chester, each to rec^ive^i. a < . y frH_hre. months ; the Association pledging itself to see it moiment The F ^r-"""''!^' ."^ our Hl>me Missiona y Tted «f er Ut "^" ^^''''^"'^'^y contribution was r^award J. Reis, an eloquent French pre.icher who labored for some time in the county of YarnLVh I. T reported to have preached enrne^tly'^Id'srrf i,/ 't,.': t^iis Pi J' •" *'" -'g'-^-'-i of Pieasantville' aboiu ^reife ,...4.c:z7<;rjaviiy ii tn*l presage of the Sabbath school niovement, iind inriicntes cletirlv tlie t(!nder Jind the Jealous care wliith the pastor and members of the Chester church then took in the etlucation of the youth of their day in tlie Biblical iruth? In 1818 the Chester church suggested in their letter the division of the Association into two parts. This was ef fected in 1821 when one Association for N. B. and another for N. 8. was formed At the first session of the N. 8. Association held at Hd to the salvation of men. O'le of the earliest, if not the first Baptist preacher who visited the Ix)wer La Have and its settlements, was one David George, a colored man, who was pastor of a church Kster i-liurcli te "Tliiit H Mlncatiori of 1 1 pcesiigH of ijleiirlv the ind iiiKiiil»ei'n itioii of tiio ir letter tin; 'his was ♦'f hikI )iiioth*>i' the N. !S. iiietiibership Rev. David id preaclied to the work jv, D. Nut- I the usuhI prayer, I >. Lj;ht-hand of prayci-. and Samuel ire seconded !)Oin in Ire- fova Scotia 1822. He [aret'a Bay, « at Hmui- lich remains ".vas again se life will li the Bap- wonderful inteljigesit the uncon- ;t aim was kvriter well 1 of Divine r John, N. salvation of ■eacher who 5, was one f a church 13. t»f coloifd l.HlliMM at Shed >UMl*'. Tl IIS man was nt- Struinental in tiie awakening and c«*nversi()n of a Inrgo und)er of persons to whom he preached in private dwell ings, and of whose church Harris Hard ini: wiote. David church appears at times like a woman i!oiIm>f his meetiny-s, Uf said. My soul was upon Mount Zion and I saw whosoever worked righteousness was accepted by Him, " and his l»iographer remarks, " He--(jeor:;e -was a man honored l»y (1«mI >.» a builder in his temple. " At the N. S. Association held in Horton in IH'll two brethren, then membi-rs of the Lnnenlnirg church, beside the pastors of these churches were present and shewed by their presence the deep interest they »'ad in all UkU per tained to the progress of the cause. One of these after wards removed to New Canada, and the other to Lapland, and became members of rhe New (Jermany and Hritlge- water churches respectively, where their descemlants still live to aid and promote the same piecioua cause which was dear to them. These were John Alader and Valentine Snieltzcr. It was at this session of the Association that the prospectus of the Baptist Eiucation Society, and (»f the Literary and Theological Institution to be connected therewith was presented and discusse *i . "^y ox Uivinp nnuju« I . ""'" » most to them by baotism iaa P'^'^^'^' «'"' there were ml. J« i «to.Hi to nLu.b?:rp/7tr i'!'"^ ^^ -*'-- '^'- -.:^ :' t'.oA8sociationheldatAare °'rh'T.'" •^'•«''- '«"«. tl hHve witnessed the like can con ' u "^"« ''"^ f'o^e who f osving otsouUo sweetiv ?el^ r^ '^^ ''^'^^ weetin.. T, d •oensed to preach the 'o^sp? ^Th'"' '^^"^•«"- " ^-o" we e •fnnie. Sherry au.l D. VV rni^ '"^'♦^ P'ooably Bro« ^ At the meeting of th "n ^T"^'. ""^ oi Truro, N. 8 Cjow Wolfvine)in 1835 the Wenrr'"n" ''«'^^ "^ Horton -'untted into that bo.ly. 'xhl ';'l: "'' ^"^'''' '^^^^^ -h ' lv"own as the Chelsea d.urd ^'" '"'"** ^''"'"•''h •»» .« „,w i-ite Rev. MavnaiH P i '" 1836, on lh„ 4,h J„,„ „°'°"„* .f""- J-oafs previously "fan evangelist, an. ™ tlfe,,^;!'''?..*'''''''-^ "> "'» •< rk In this yea. 27 .ne'^rrw';:r:H:iTl7C-l" ^ir"" "Mnutenn^ l,r.tl,ren extenHe.J .I.eir la»or« Tear nnH r** Hev. Rol,Prfc Davis, wl.o labJre,! ...uch at North wj/ ? vicinity, and Bro Jan.es Tupper ^n.^nrlv w a ""'' Hk«„,^ and d,>d, and hi, ;^*„ls Lid "' wa's"„;i.*„i^''''vr^trfrif4r'r'e:et'""T""^ but thaj, consiste,! of 8.«rline material ml, . '""»'""•"'. .te-p pi«t,, .trong faith, a„X™t ^ :rrd "Z" "' them -ere the Morton., B.rsM? th. I .iJnL .f' r^ . "">' t,o!rtwen, Robert Morton, Bennet Tavior W F W-ll . M.W.Br„.„.andi.,tt..e Br„. wh^'n'^.V^S:™' IG. '"•lorH nmurijr tlietii Mr.. U'l.;* Ayuf„„i, „«, ,,„: „ ,/;2„",. ■""" „,""'" ->• °f Jy»»> to2lHtlSflptHml,Pr, 1846 ' """ ^^"^ miius now HI possession of K T>Hw«n„ (, « "♦-Hry opp„.ite their store, on the hHUh^^i Th t*""' ""^ worship now nccupie,! hv the' ol.nll- ■ ^"""'' ''^ - a '• Union Houl. "'C ^7' e^^'' Tr ' f'; '^ ''1«'''''' 1^-esbyterians, h.hI Lutherans, hut wsneer ^.T^'" '""''' I'«ted. It stotxl 8o Ion.- in «n unfinT ^ ^'"'"' ^""'■ •'•ttle often took sh.hri"; ♦?",""''"''''■'' ^''"'^'tion that the --i uy .o,ne H.: .tn^r"T'tr:V^ ""\'^^^'«- «'kJ ii.iuh lo the stirniisp. f tV • • . ^ '''"S^^^^ •^"'«^'. •• ^'i ''.v .i,e if. :,r; , ',', h;:"?':; ; ri ';•;- -- F 111 lo.it. Ignite H niiniher of m ni'wt...., i. pi««l ilie p;,stor,.l .,rticehere ,i,wl .1 . '""•'•»••» s hare o cu J..ne.St';.bl,ert, VV iImT ' . ' ' P"' '''"^- f^^'^''* •^ki'.ner. S March Lq '*''■' .^'''''^^ ^'- T«»'or. J. J. Willian.;, aTc iwln i irh'%"'Vi"'^^^ Hev'ds John •'•-en instructed in the SaL.t^«, "?u"« ^''°'''' '^''" ''"^ l^ S., and the .nlC Vthe c Wh r'"'' "^^ "' '^^ """•y and distant portions of thT.^ ^.'''l ^""" "^"^ "^ vynen ,n 18o0 it was resolved to divide M.« \r o a omtion into three and fh. W» * /, ''*^ ^- '^- ^^so Associations were formed th^? 7" ^T'''^ ""'^ ^'"'^'"•'" Pi-ed in the CentrTw^rti"''" ""''''' ^'^""^>- ^^ 17 the Greenfield nnH C..,Ise::;«?o^ i'^Jeiy'V;: Chelsea church was therefrwe rportfani/p.1 nmll. if ^ MHme in that year. It h«8 hH.l « ?K u '^ P'*"'**"^ supplied with preachirhvt /h '"'v,''^'""*''*' "^'«" ministeref tnM.«.^ -^-u ^- *'• . '^kmner, and others have T-nllL •• ^^^ ^"P^'«^ church on the Island of lancook was const tu ted in 1855 • l.nt its, f ^ ^»"»no ot laid in the labors of Rev. Jo eph b mock !?« '°" T^ man has labored m this fi«l<1 tt,;*-k ^ • "^"F" ** ""- still l..e> Broth«rt^„f Yt™"J'.:"°""7'''"« "^-l^^ ««l was sfttti«rl in tk^ u H'"'^"™^ '>» the Lunenburff church fii thet hftnds of ikf present ^ itoi' {H. March). D«Mun John Lwnfz, rw^^^tly «leceR8enftttr«d a gre/it struggle f*)i «xi»itenpe fr«)m the first, hut from fi'fi/ t'^ tim<* some have l»een adrti*»"^V!:"^'""^''^'"'''""«' ""™° — ""■'^d move, i„t ,7 '"'?'■ ''~" ""'«^ "«■■"»' '"-'""'™ wl; h' r ^'"■''.'"•' "' "'"■ ""'« p"'"-- •' North w™t. He did „„t v,„t the settlement regaUrlv but came once or twice a .ve.ir. !!>"»nv, »ut Saturday, April Uth, 1842, „., the heginnina of day, tor the New Germany Baptist church. On that day the chnrch «a, organize.! in the hoW. owned by Mr. oil wo'I MU '■ """ "'" "••"""'« °" "■" '"P "' *» HaT Th!!"'irr"°"' "' "'K'"™*" «re conducted by Rev. time wag unordainert. t"r ,h. v" "'T'' "'P'""''' »"<< l^-^e 'here »„d then the New Gern.any Baptist church. This new Mrt'„7 Clerk ."• ^'r? *•""'■""■ '^™™- ^ Whitman Morton. Clerk ; and also held their first conference at which «. d fcrJ Z """'™ »™ ^-Michael P.indel, Whif ti.e,i the foZingTa; U,Z7l ?'''«='"•- »e^« ""F The DeLona Tl,e«L „ '"■" ''"^'' ''J' »«>■• church was"'*, sii ^■cloTk'^TsrbT'r'h* '"''' ^^^ '"■""'" I6tli, 1842. Sabbath morning, April the"cIrd'°:.h"„rt7me"a','d't"eH' ^"-""^ ""»"'-" -"' nth 1842 three"'n'or;e"i:^^''bJ; Lr^'^Vir cf"' .ey, Henrv Chesley, Edw.^ n^rew, 'thrh^rn'i'r S^ 21. prf^senb at the Jubilee Services. After these meetings were stopped, Rev. Thos. DeLong went away from New Germany, for he was at that time a travellinjj mission- ary j and Bennet Taylor went to Chelsea, where he was ordained and became pastor of both the Chelsea and New Germany churches. The 8>iDie year that the church was organized the members began to build a house of worship, which was erected in the autumn of 1842 at the old burying ground near the Indian Brook. The church worshipped in that house in its rough state, (ife was never finished) till the year 1860, when the present house of worship was built. From 1842 till 1852, Rev. Bennet Taylor served the church as pastor and the records show that eight persons were baptized during the nine years from 1843 to 1852. In 1851 Adam Durland was appointed clerk. In 1852 Rev. R. S. Morton became pastor of the church remaining 2 years and during the first year baptized 20 persons. In the month of July 1852 William Wagner and his wife came over from New Canada and were baptized into the fellowship of this church by Pastor Morton. In 1854 Gabriel Spidle and Edward Kaulbauk came from Foster's Settlement and were baptizerl by Rev. Bennet Taylor who was not acting as pastor of the church, bat was living on « farm — since known as the "Taylor Place"— and frequently preached and bapfized. Prom 1854 till 1859 the church had no regular pastor: but during part of this time Mr. Biglow (Lie.) held meetings and twenty-three persons were baptized in 1857. In 1859 Rev. William Caldwell became the pastor and baptized sixteen persons' during that year. The follow ing year this house of worship was put up, Pastor Cald- well himself being the master builder. Under date of July 8, 1861 the old church book has the following record: — "Rev. William H Caldwell, who had been pastor of our church for about two years, h;ts to-day left the church below to join the church above. Dearly beloved in life he is lamented in death. " For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith, and much people was added unto the Lord. " He was the first person to be buried in the new ceme tery beside the church which lie hafl so recently framed with his own hands and in which he had just commenc- ed to preach the Word of Life. In 1822 Rev. Thos. .*» .««» 22. "m^, eiglit perron,. '^' '«P'«ing, during this Hnd .lev™. ""'^'"' «« 'h«t time ,„ „„e h„„j^^' "' Wl t" Z'ir't^t' «■? "--•> 'i I the .„.„„., '"''[ ''"""g I". pa.Wr«te. * "' ^"" C»°«red tim labor. „fl," p^ ^l"S^ "'«* Mme they en «-rt L. M. Week, ""• *^°'^'' «»■*'. Wm. NeJX^ "•« pres.nt to-day. "°" ?'*•"*-■« B«y. met of whom .f°W.^B^;:lf ^^-^^'^ t,tet '^^'l"' - -«•*. Rev June of that year The ZJ ^^'^^ ^'^ '»'>0''8 here Tn «nd Pastor B?ow„ baptS dur[;^' V* '*"^ '^"'^ -«« 226 years, 167 persons. '^ ' "*"""« ^" pastorate of nine fe^XrTsZ^' ^^-^^^P ^' ^<«t-'s Settlement wa. built i„ In Oct. of 1888 Rev. W P a j ^I, 1892) he has bantizeH f«!^f ^ '*'® Preseiitdate (Sent the Sunday SchooJ?"'"^ ^"'^'^ P«''«*>°«. »"ostIy memVerrof ■A RBCA8T. T °; f^jharter members ?°^^°'\dded by letter A^otalNo. baptized lota! no. ofthoft«w»,^k . tftoftewhohavebeen members 604 14 114 470 23. Of the total 604, 360 nre yet members of the church ; noany have joined other churches on earth and inany have joined the church above. During the 50 years only one member was licensed by the church to preach the Gospel. That one was brother Hibbert Langille, who was afterward ordained in the Unit- ed States, where he preached for several years. COMPARISON. 1842 1892 20 members 360 members. No money for benevolence. . . . $333.48 for benevolence. One Union Sunday school 4 Baptist S.S., 250 scholars. 2 Deacons 7 Deacons. 1 untini^hed house of worship.. 3 finished ones. No organization within the. ... 3 W. JVf. Aid Societies. church 3 Mission Bands. No church bell A bell weighing 626 lbs. and costing $144.00. In order co purchase the Jubilee Bell the infant class of the New Germany S. S. gave $17.17 which they earned by raising vegetables, and poultry, and by trading in general merchandise. in as NAMES OF CLASS THUS HBLPING. Ethel Langil'e, Aubrey Langille, Bell Hawks»*orth, Maggie Demone, Kenneth Veinot, Adoniram Lantz, Mil- dred Langille, Addie Webber, Harry DeLong, Raymond Barss, Wilfred Dunn, Flora Irfvntz, Sarah Demone, Lettie Joflrey, Mnude Spidle, Ormie D.-liOng, Lmvv.jII Dr-Long, Eva Lohnes, Rachi*- DeLong, Annie Spidle, Te icher of the class, Mrs. Laura E. Drew. THB UNWRITTKN HISTOKY ! 1. The never-ending influence of those 604 members for good or ill 2. The souls saved from heathenism and its eternal consequences through the indirect agency uf the money i» doing and ,jl| do. th" Acadia University ^a „, p,a„«n« B.^sr.rjr.rSdi^'n'^s^ the°ii!^°5."""«» ""''' "^ """"""^ »' "■«'•"'«>• know. FINIS. issions. versity years Juebec, North knows