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Mr. Waring is a young man, but a vigorous worker. Already he has held pastorates in MiUi : ;ota,U.S.A..and Truro, N. S., where his services were greatly appreciated. Graduating from Acadia College in 1890, he took a theo- logical course at Rochester, and a post graduate counse in Chicago. I Ip*7 b*? BU.lt m ,34. OHDICATED SEPTEMBER. 1849. I A Word Picture of Old Brussels Street Baptist Church. The ck'L'd of land on whicli the church is built was made over by Albert vSniithers to the trustees of the first Baptist Church, and bears date the 14th of February, 1.S46, It cost /"350. and is con- veyed in two lots, Xo. 10 and part of Xo. 11, the whole described in the deed as a piece of land with a frontage on Brussels street of 60 feet, extendinj^ back 150 feet, preservinj^ the same breadth. The deed is recorded in Book X"o. 3, pages 239, 240 and 241 of the City and County of St. John Records. The architect employed to plan the church was Willian^ "^Titchell, the frame of the edifice being put up ander the supervision of Joseph Alline. Edward J. Barteaux's tender for the completion of the contract was accepted, and in ordinarily good time the structure was ready for Divine service. The reader will pardon if I deviate from written records and harness my memory in describing, though incompletely, perhaps, the interior of old Brussels Street as it stood when 5 its history was beiii.; mn.h. t c present. *' """''^ far faster than at Much smaller insidp fi, -rclc- overhead, 1^ ! , f"""' '^""""^'i-'S its entering some Or, '"'' ''^^ <"• ^'le were s ■some Orecian tenmli- Ti • "ere mucli wider tin,, h, ""^ wnu'ows fe"-er in number tech^T"""' "'''''''""'• ^ut "■e front in the ^a tv """^ '°™''^" "-^'I '<> "'at old-fashioned £,;ed 1 " "" "'^'"-V of fligl't of steps and ' ^ P"'P"' "'"> "« short 'hat carries m^^bS "'"'7:, ''''''' "P"°'-^'-y. °f -Father" RoW.l ' 7:' '"'"-"'^ '^^ ' revered pio,,eers A t : !"^' f ""•^<^'« Street's "-ewasasmant :-^2^;;'^^'-".epn.pit -fa u-as ever present' whch 2"" °" "•'"^" ^ >"g what visiting clerJ, , r '^"'""^ '" ^^at- Directly behind fhe pS"' ,""^'" "^ P*-^*""- in a flood of hVht ^. H '^^ "■'■"^°"' «e"t fashioned as fittfn,; ,:^ .l^S: of r'^' "« be a'fami.ia'rTeeXc:?on " t'^^"^^"-' "old timers." PewTw" I " '" '""^ """'^s of straight-backed, S uZ. f ''' ''"'' ''^<^'''^<">' -■^^ Wood stoV^'L^tteK.^-^ ''-'- than at ^y, witli Hin^ its massive lie were 'iiK^ows ?cl, but ivell to ior\' of s sliort Ister}', e da\'s treet's pulpit lich a seat- ^sent. sent ►ddlj^ liese Veen iniot s of idly ani- In 1853, owing to increased congregations, the building was enlarged by extending the rear and inserting twenty-eight central pews and four corner pews ; also adding to the number of win- dows on each side. In 1878 the high pulpit was removed, and a reading desk, which is now in the vestry below, was placed on the platform, which was extended toward the front in order to install a uaptistry. The sofa was removed, and the pulpit chairs — those we have at present — were put in its place. The chairs were the gift of one of the members of the congregation, and the communion table the gift of a church member. A mahogany rail- ing, like that of a staircase, encircled the plat- form, the steps having been removed. The entrance to the pulpit was through a door in rear. The committee rooms were built through funds subscribed by the Sabbath School scholars in order to accommodate separate classes. In 1872 the room farthest back was rented for $64 per annum to the trustees of the public schools. The rental money was paid into the Sabbath School treasury. In 1878, at the re- quest of the Board of School Trustees, the second room was hired for a few weeks at the rate of $25 per month, on condition that the room be left in the same order as when rented. Duri:ig the year iss, . "-de i„ the ch'urch X 'rr ''''''' "'- ^ere removed, new windn ^^ '"^^ S^"^"e,s pulpit Changed as itTl: Tf " ""' '"' *'- and other chairs added „! ' ^°"'^'" **t^nd«, stairway from vestry ^V ?™'^ ^^« PW in a>;-atio„.s in the , :;eT;"" ^oms^niit; ^■de and out, the waHsilT '"^' P^""'"^ i"- ;'"do,v sills, the orga! ,„d 1'°*'^ "^ '° *e the gallery. A loan o 2 0^°"" ^^""^-^^ fron, th>« expense, with additional^ f " "'"""'y '"^t Benevolent Society P ^'■°"' "^e Ladies' a'^o to floors and windo',!^": '° '"^ ^-''"''"■e, t'«^ to tinae since varioL o r^''^' '"'"^ f™'" necessarily been „,ade. X ' '".-T'''^' ^'^^^ P« "., and at the present H I '^'" ^^' been "■■ttee have i„ mind e'ten'r "' '"'''"^^ ~'"- very early we will have a m!^''^"'''' "^ that building. ^"^^ " "'"eh improved church pairs were ^ galleries ]^ in, the Jrs newly ^ stands, e put in, ^s built, Uing in. 5 to the ed from ■Jty met I^adies' «tibiile, <^ from s have IS been e com- 5 that hurch PREFACE. In compiling the historical facts contained in this small publication, nothing has been attempted other than to impart a knowledge of the history, in brief, of Brussels Street Church from its inception, and the circumstances leading up to that starting point. Lacking in smooth- ness of compoj . ^n and connectedness, the following writings may, however, be of interest to the present generations, as well as a help to the older ones, in recall- ing our dear old church, its people, and its deliberations, long since passed away. As the history of Brussels Street Church up to a certain date was the history of the pioneer Baptist Church in Saint John — Germain Street — some encroachmentK have had to be made upon the early life of this still active congregation. With the church records before me, and from data sought from various parts of Canada and the United States, supplemented by the kind aid of the few remain- ing charter members of our fifty-year-old church, the following facts are made available. It will be seen they are not wholly lacking in individual as well as denomina- tional interest, and as for the labor incurred in their production, I can truthfully say such efforts were but pleasure. To a great extent, if not wholly, the happen- ings contained in this outline of history can be brought to mind personally, and though a child during many of these years, my impressions of old Brussels Street Church are still green. Overlooking the irregularity of these writings which are to follow, I trust those who read them 9 10 »nay extract the nu^^ets nf f I considered if k ^ entailed, but as t u^f ^^ As a power i„ the .„ P'^^erving. denomi„a(io„ i„ „,,,' immunity, and a piUar of .^ fa th°„rj"j"="'^ " possible for u,"'"" '" ""e eastern 'a'th ,„ this district to worshl " °' °'"- Particular »fthe,r consciences in Zr '^ 'T''''""^ '° 'he dictates "tiinarBaVr^'S^r^X^x^- ^ ,f' ■ 'he ^dtr • LrinT"^' * ' -"oHtn::- Wd movement was C„^%r"^°f o«rchu;ch a LTJ ""'"^''^'' -^ongrefatL ""' "°' '°"S before furthering Baptist interfste '^H ^'^' ^'"'"'^ ^' ^"■•k C^i"rch Itl, "^^'^^ belongs to p '",^^^^"ie- • « has certain,, been a ^^MfrtnlnL' "". so that in •t will be cele- fien may have ieavored now time, and in Ji-al delibera- ■ess a lot of efore stated, fie half cen- ^egations of 'odest book- '"ar of the Church has the eastern particular le dictates '»P. Saint Jenomina- ^*es; but, cimrch, a Jg before at work e parent 11 influence has been felt these half hundred years, and had its historic walls but tongues to speak, they might relate amazingly of conquests for Christ. We do well to celebrate this half century occasion, nor can we fully appreciate its significance. Let us, therefore, lift our voices prayerfully with thanks, and invoke from the Great High Priest a continuance of His benign grace and sustenance in the future. Starting abruptly, with no extended introductory re- marks, the chronicle of facts follow hereupon. Margarkt a. Goi^ding. -ceeding to-daj^ ■se gen- y allied le vine- Street Id; its ^>om March ^sT;'" ''■'•'^""«- '• '^'^^°- to Sept., ,,S66. Biography of Rev. Samuel Robinson. Rev. Samuel Robinson was born in Belfast, Ireland, August 12, 1801. He emigrated to New York with some friends and relatives, and in 1829 was called to minister, according to Presby- terian teachings, to a number of his relatives who had settled in the Parish of Saint James, Char- lotte County, N. B. Through the instrumentality of Rev. Thomas Ansle}', he was led to carefully investigate the New Testament teachings on the subject of Christian baptism, resulting in his baptism by Mr. Ansley. He was ordained as a Baptist minister in August, 1832, by Venerable Joseph Crandall and Rev. John Marsters. His field of labor at this time included St. George, Pennfield, Mascarene, St. Davids, St. James, St. Patricks, St. Andrews, St. Stephen, Calais, and Milltown. His ministry among these places was attended with great success. In 1838 he received a call to the only Baptist Church in St. John — Germain Street — of which he was pastor eleven years. During that time 13 i«e member^li; by letter i«« ^ '^'^^^ "'creased h u ^°^"' bin in ;/°'""«0"'.s life was '"^ ■'^■ ^els Street r, ^''""^^"'^d fro„, ' /^"^^""e-it, his °ne to who,,, tJ,p"' "■'«'°''°"s .-., his n, • . ^specialty be -.r, """"^ "father' R„v'"'*''^"'ty. ^3d or^an.V ^ ^^^ churches ! ^"^^^^^ to "»« ■ 'children M, ^"" ^^° « Jove " '^ """^'^^h turn their vvL ?''"^ "PO" him. '' '^ ^"<>h ^"Offiuch; « '°^^ 3"d heart ^"""^ '» ^e- ^^-•«' per oS^ 4 t^T ''' °^ ""an may k^ '^^'"^"■brance of t, * "'^o beyond, yet thr'"""-^>'ears pi ""^ dear old '"^y generations i„ BapHsf^'"^°» «■«' "aptist circles. y baptism -2 7. ^ase of se2 '\^^ity of this ^^^^^ches were ^^'' ne re- • «Peiit f„ St ^^^emeiu, his "^"^ to Brus- ^ ^"itiriug]^, ^ '^"inmoiied ^^- Durino- ^^^ by bap- '^n'stianity, ^«on inig-jjt' \ father to ^'ssions he unselfish ' as such ^g" in re- ^eration. J^ iife of ^se who ear old the far on wiij ;s. I Brussels Street Baptist Church, SAINT JOHN, N. B. ITS INSTITUTION. Ghe . ' HE pastor of the first Baptist Church of this fj city foresaw the need of extending the de- nomination's interests, and in 1838 addressed his members thus: "Brethren, look around you, and see where there are suitable places to hold prayer meetings, to establish Sunday schools, and to hold occasional preaching services," ad- vising, at the same time, that as Brussels street was one of the principal outlets of the city, endeavors to secure a lot there, before the land advanced in value, might be especially advisable. A church might here be erected, to be used as a mission station. As the result of this wise suggestion, the brethren divided themselves into groups of four, holding weekly prayer and 15 hi preaching service < ' ^^^^ iot on which p ,^;--'« was purch tf ':::f «'-et Church „ow '"8^ operations „"' ^''°''">- '■fter bniM '■eachiiifi- ,>>, „ , "^ <^0'""ienced ti, ^" were rf , ''°"'P'eted state in ,» '^ ^'''fiw "•^re regularly held bv thl ^^^ Meetings Bapt'st Cliurch. ^ "'^ P'-'«tor of the firft » ";-'arSgrtT,oT,S;''°"'''^^^"' '■^P'^'-'y and m.n,seer ,,r this brS of "?" ■'^- ^f P--' a "-Vk^- ^,f ••"-.Itteurrdnrr io o 'V' "■ « fi"a„2a ,!rC' '->'^^" '-' P°« of these missioners. ^ "■^'"'' "'^ sup. DEDICATION. The "New Ch f-^^'-cated on SeptSv' ^^ '' "'^^ ^-"e''« grocery ^inirch now ^^ter, build- ^^le edifice • Meetings of the first P^'^ity, and • provide a fie ser\-ices ' ^»ci later '^ lyadies' uirch lent t^e sup. 17 e<^, was 'le same ■here in ' organ- undred and sixty scholars. N. superintendent, and the Miss Elvira Spiller, Miss Martha Dunham, Miss Mary Berrynian, Miss Khza Robinson, Miss Mary Wrijrht, Miss Hattie AlHne, Miss Jane Robinson, Miss Anna Marsters, Miss Sarah Blakslee, Miss Mary J. Smith, S. Demill was appointed following were teachers: Mr. John Smith, Mr. W. H. Brown, Mr. J. E. Marsters, Mr. David Currie, Mr. J. F. Marsters, Mr. John Chaloner, Mr. John Wright, Mr. Hezekiah McKenzie, Mr. James Brayley. The first Baptist Church had filled to over- flowing, which made the routine work too onerous for the pastor, and the deacons sought an assistant for him. In the meantime he con- ceived the idea of forming a second church in Brussels Street Chapel, and consulted with his deacons and leading members, submitting his views, which resulted in calling a meeting of the deacons Thursday evening, March 14, 1850. The following is the outcome of that meeting : Extract from Minutes of the Record of First Baptist Church. On motion made and seconded. Resolved, That in the judgment of the committee, it would be for the glory of God, and the advancement of His cause, that we should have two Baptist Churches, B 18 oiie called C „ The Church „,et . "' "^°- Brother R^i • '•greeahly to o,> ■ then cl Lh '°" '"""erator '"/"'''^""■"ent, «i called upon to rearf fi ''^ "^'erk was ierf deliberated snffi.- ? ' '^"^ the ''!*' °" "'°"°'> made and contf " °" "'^ ^"b- ^-i'w/;*.,/, That ,u seconded, ^° taking- the ^- decided as follows' y^' "^^'^' '^^ question moderator declared l^hat^t "' "'^^ '7- The affirmative by a «ajorU; o" ,r "'''''' '"" '"^ •^ "tJ>er Brussels '^^'^^>^''. with the- ^If ' '• also that ^^f as to which v to ^"arry out 'J^I^^r Robinson 'Street Cluircli '""'g next to ■cli. 1850. ^ointment, ^'erk was ^8"s of the "■"g last, and the t^e sub- »efore the iuestiou ^- The in the 19 Moved and seconded that we give to those members residing in the city until Thursday night week to give in their names as to which church they desire to ])elong, and to tliose resid- ing out of the city, until the first day of May. Moved and seconded that a council of minis- ters and brethren be called from Portland and Carleton churches, to convene on Friday next (Good Fridayj, at eleven o'clock, to set apart the new church. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1850. After prayer meeting, the Church tarried to take into consideration certain resolutions passed at the last meeting. After certain other resolu- tions were adopted, in order to settle some out- standing debts, it was Resolved, That this Church do appoint a council of brethren to sit in council with those invited from Port- land and Carleton, with their ministers, to set apart Brussels Street Church and its pastor, and that Rev. Samuel Robinson, with Brethren Hersey, Garrison, Gerow,' Demill, and Kinsman be that conmiittee. (Signed) Geo. A. Garrison, Church Clerk. 20 ^•COrds of Co *"Pti,t Church* .''*""'"«*'on Of Bru«.«. o ^*^" o'ciot.j, .. "'"'^•S a council r.... '^'^''''<>iiniiir »'-«. '. ,ivi,r:'" '-^-'^-'f cc :;';•;" ""-'oat ^■--ii, s^- :":;,"'-■'-- of ...t CO r '"- -p- W. Colwell f o „ '-'"''■ -f"''" Christ' ;,,"'"' '-'''"•''■•"'" «'"an C'-el, r„.^:"'^: ^' Tabor, 7CT',"""" ^'P'""". «■"" «"e„ ;:Vt" """ "'e-se h «,/: " ■T°" "^P«« <"■ the several r- "'^ ™""''!. -Vh , •'■■"'•"^« for .•^Jf -"cCor^.r^h^^"' '' «- -°v^^ t^T" 'his chapel; seco,„l , Z^'' "''ffanizatfo,, of » , '' """ "ti? r '"^ ^^""* " "'^ P--'d°L''th ''t '°^ "ff to become members 1 3''"««el» St St. Joh reet n. ^'^" of a new '■^'" the,, np. ^ •' Kev. J. jj ■«"' 'Portland ^"^^'^^Iv, Jesse «"' Carleto,, •^. ^"cljaiian J^'«sc Tabor ""' f^^pha,,,, ^^o" Jiaptist ■ "1 council S. Gerow, S- Hersey alf of the d the ex- ^'/^ject for 'Jscussion ^rst, that lurcli for ' or^ani- lenibers 21 of this church, 15.S in all, havin^^ assemhled in Iho ch:ii)cl above the vestry, the coumil repaired to that ])lace. After reading their names, and they unan'niously adoi)t- iiiK the declaration of tlie faith and covenant of the Baptist Chnrclies, composing' the Western New lirnns- wick Baptist Association, the hand of fellowsliip was extended by the moderator; thns they were admitted and recognized as a rej^ularly organize. I Haptist Church. The church then elected Rev. Saiiaiel Robinson as their pastor, with the following bretha'ti as deacons : Thomas Lockey. Stephen Gerow, Nathan S. Demill, John Smitli, vSamuel Kinsman, James liraylej.. These were severally set apart by the hand of fellows lip. After the election of John F. Marsters as church cler. , and Deacons John vSmith and N. S. Demill as treasurers . .f the church, the public services were concluded by pr yer by Rev. E. D. Very, whereupon the council was dissolved. (Signed) K. D. Vkry, Cler/k. (A true copy). NAMES OF THE CONSTITUENT MEMKl RS. Rev. Samuel Robinson, Joseph Alline, William Cooper, jr., James Demill, Stephen Gerow, William Hay ward, John Gerow, William A. Robinson, Samuel Spiller, C. C. Vaughan, George H. Hay, William J. Wright, Zebulon P^stey, William Sharpe, John Pattern >n, John Wiswell, William Garnick, James Brayley, N. S. Demill,' Samuel B. Estey, Charles M. Hunt, Thotnas Ivockey, J- W. CoIweJI («»'«T.Gooi„n,p, C'''«*.,s Ha.,„„o , M°'es Lawrence Jf mes Marchba„ks George N. Robi„,„;, Samuel Skinner j^;«M-A.io„ne,. M'-^ Jane Robinson,' ^^rs. Moses r '"'"^^". Mrs rl, ^^^'^^"ce. Mrs ^' ^^^"isoii, Mrs n ^^"^^lan, i^^^"'- John Wiswef/ ^ ' Mrs tr , . ^' -Brown 22 /^»^es J,^ jviarsters J««eph Read sr , ; ^"inear, John Smith /°/'» W. Suhs, J«^^" F. Marsters, Daniel NfchoiJs ;^; ^- wetmor:; f "^ Harrington ^^ ^"^am S. How;. Si's/ers. M«- Israel Fellows «";:;;;"-"«>--<,, Mrs' rf ^- <^°°l'>™p Mrs' i^'' *^''«'ers, '^■ Mrs' f?'""' KoWns^n i™-^^- John Smith, ■ M". Robert Tl.„ Mrs r„ •'^nonipson, l;s.;a,nes Miller, ^rs. Tolni o . ^^^' Mrs EW ,^^"^^««". Mrs." 2 ;:'r k"'"^^^' ^^^rs. Sarah A O'Wo Mrs rr, , ' ^ Hara, '• ^^^^^es M. Hunt, arsters, I sr., ear, is, 5ters, Us, •re, .on, m. We. ovvs, ayward, 'Ooldrup^ iters, Vinson, npsoii, ray, on, fnett, ". an, L ■> ee, >ks, It, 23 Mrs. Cunimings, Mrs. Mrs. Mary Lawrence, Miss Mrs. Joseph Read, Miss Mrs. Ann Mitchell, Miss Mrs. George N. Robinson, Miss Mrs. Jacob Fritz, Miss Mrs. William J. Wright, Miss Mrs. Daniel Nicholls, Miss Mrs. W. V. Wetmore, Miss Mrs. Margaret Dean, Miss Mrs. Elizabeth McPherson, Miss Mrs. Zebulon Estey, Miss Mrs. Joseph Alline, Miss Mrs. James Brayley, Miss Mrs. N. S. Demill, Miss Mary A. Worden, Eliza Robinson, Mehetable Crandall, Isabella Hamilton, Sarah Blakeslee, Mary McNicholl, Pylvira Spiller, Eliza Burns, Eliza A. Hudson, Margaret Hay ward, Rebecca Marsters, Eliza Robinson, Mary Berryman, Maria Hodge, Mary Ann Fearerby, Colored Brothers and Sisters. Mrs. Rachael Oglesby, Mrs. Mahaly Anthony, Mrs. Rosana Stevens, Mrs. Jemima Corban, Miss Susana Anthony, Miss Jemima Corban, Miss Jane Rowan, Miss Lavina Miles. Miss Elizabeth Smith, Miss Sarah Cormick, Miss Patience Austin Miss Susan Jones, Miss Ann Robinson, Miss Sarah Ann Oglesby, Miss Hannah Williams, Mrs. Tamar Thornton, Mrs. Lucy Ann Nutt, Mrs. Jemima Oglesby, Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders, Mrs. Charlotte Diggs, Mrs. Mary A. Thomson, Mrs. Margaret Sadler, Mrs. Rebecca Hews, Mrs. Sarah Riggs, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, Mrs. Sylvia Thompson, Brother Lewis King, Brother Ephraim Saunders, Brother John Corban, Brother Robt. F. Saunders, Miss Martha fM Mis.5 r '* C,Iover, Miss Dfani r^ 24 After 7«luU^.„.slfto^' "'"« organised l.ari , ,^''°"'^i prosper /^''"'■"■"^ "'e Gos '1 """P'^'' fu„d of n„f f"^' "'*•■'". and cre^H * ''^ ^od '''^'''^^'"i::etr'^'^^-""^;e:rf'^'"^ ^"^ -■■•^ter.s .-.do; ,°' r^«'"P. the,, the W Z^^' nanies to fl,„ /""& these resoli.f; "others tended "o ' '"^"^ >vith It' ' ^'"'^ '^eir J" re„n- ' ^'^'°^- ^ ^'■■'^ 'h«> "- abov "f 'T' ^^""•"•- faces f ^<""= "^ck ,„„, "'''''' ^EWURV. ^Vho to tliis J„ii . ' y^ ^rey-hair'^ '?,";!^'«"' Cooper '"'am Nutt ' ^<''-«cI, Nutt '"«"! Kowler ^^3^ adopted ^s;>el as God ^'^ '' linking year to pay ^^^e brothers ' ^^ve their '«^ they in. ' was then ^^n among t^'^ui lines Ppers, )I(Is - scene, var 25 And there was Peace in Zion. So a throng O'er a faint carpet of the spring's first green Were seen in glad procession hasting on, To set a watchman on these sacred walls. Kach eye npon his consecrated brow Was fondly fix'd, for in its pallid line, In its deep, thought-worn, spiritual lines They trac'd the mission of the crucified. The hope of Israel. High the anthem swell'd, Ascribing glory to the Lord of Hosts, Who in his bounteous goodness thus vouchsaf'd To beautify his temple. The same strain Riseth once more; but where are they who pour'd Its tones melodious, on that festal day? Young men and maidens of the tuneful lip. The bright in beauty, and the proud in strength. With bosoms fluttering to illusive hope. Where are they? Can ye tell, ye hoary ones, Who, few, and feebly leaning on the staff, Bow down, where erst with manhood's lofty port Ye tower'd as columns ? They have sunk away, Brethren and sisters, from your empty grasp. Like bubbles on the pool, and ye are left, W^ith life's long lessons furrow'd on your brow. THE FIRST SERVICE. The Brussels Street Baptist Church met for divine service for the first time on 3ist March, 1850, The pastor took for his text clause of verse Hebrews viii, 8: "Behold the days come, 26 saith the I^or I -.^'•^-d the,"::; „ "" ''^«'>^-° ';;r;-- "ork ,vas fn ,. "-OHian's com,, v ^ """""i ^vere made f ?''''^^'' service th<. u ^ne hour nrev; *»nower. "^ ^^^^e ■•"'emio tTh, '"^'^ ^"oJl^;^y'^r We '"g two you„„ ' ^* '° "'e church. At7. P"""^" -''- -e recei^d VXr "^^"^'^ -^ ^'^ew covenant ^^''^3- After yortant con,- '^ '^^ deacons, ': ^^^^ duty ^ "tatters that ^ ^^^ore sub- '^"Jig^ women 'f ^e> whose the sisters of ^y them for ^^arts of an t'on of two '«^^*P, Mrs. ^«- These -t"Jg, May ■' that all ^^'^es and fore pre- lis meet- hrother, ^* three J I 27 To inform the rising generation as to the way in which the ordinance of baptism was performed in the early history of the church of which they now form a part, permit me to say: There was not such a thing as a baptistry fifty years ago. It was the custom of the church to assemble in the vestry, sometimes as early as half past six or seven o'clock in the morning, according as the tide would serve — high tide, or nearly so, was required. After a short service, the congrega- tion would repair to the place of baptism. The candidates were gowned, and were conveyed in coaches in readiness for them. The lower end of Union or Courtenay streets was the usual place selected by the pastor for the baptism. The rocks, and elevated spots around, would be completely filled with spectators of all creeds. On the arrival of the candidates and their at- tendants, they would form a half circle on the beach, the pastor standing between them and the water, facing the immense congregation. The service consisted of a hymn (usually "Alas, and did my Saviour bleed"), a prayer, and a few remarks on the institution of the ordinance, by the pastor, his strong, persuasive voice reach- ing the entire throng. As the candidates went out into the water, leaning on the strong arm of '"e fatheriv '^''"'^ "P out of ,>. "" ^'^■'»" as th! .'""«• pronounced v./ i ^"' ">e beued;^. ^""^ "mes therr ^^"^ ''ays of the oh f ''^''y ^e- ^'-y-uffiS" ^-«e„a„re i.'^^'Je "Parted This hann ° '"''^"e it ^^ P^^'o-- was »-W.fou, d ho ""'"^^O by 'he e '"'"^ ^he *'■-■ -'>.ch 00^;:'"" ^«^- Brun ;iery-"-d ^"'^'head^ai;"'"'^' "'^^ fo thf °'-^^"'>^t''" taking ^^e candidate '' ^^^ ^ite had "reliction was '^'^ t^e deep ^'ere very f^e. '"^^- Some- '^ «^ the on- ■ ^^e "Piifted e pastor was '^"t on for '^^^"^g- the ^^ession of ^^^t framed ^ Associa- ^eptember '^^ization y of God the letter connect o^ their ^ Under 'ch and Howing 29 mission stations: The Bethel (on corner of Duke and Pitt streets), the interest at Milkioh, and the colored settlement at Lake Lomond, the brothers and sisters in these districts having placed their membership with this church. They also reported a Sunday School in connection with Brussels Street Church, with an average attend- ance of 1 60, teachers 20, library of 300 volumes, and 100 Bibles and Testaments. They further reported that during the half year 14 were added by baptism and 6 by letter, which, added to the constituent members, made a total of 178. First quarterly meeting held November 22. After prayer by the pastor, he reported that, since the organization of the church in March, he had spent much of his time visiting the mem- bers of his church and congregation. He had access to 211 families, and had reason to think that his visits were acceptable. He had visited the branch at Lake Lomond, and preached at 3 o'clock every i^ord's day in the Bethel. Brother Gooldrup was appointed deacon, to have the general oversight of the congregation at Lake Lomond, as it was impossible for the pastor and deacons to get out there as often as required to hold services. Arrangements for the transferal of deeds of the church properties were made> 30 and the titles f "-"^sels Street Ch ?''"'^'^ "«'■ the fr ^y 'J'e pastor .'"■'■''• Expres. ""^^« "f ported nv; . ""^^^^ and its hr ? ""^ ^'^'ine «<^'-o, .::; 4-^"^ ^^vani;;"^-'?:- "-e re- : ^^^^et Baptist ri "'^" Societv Tf 7 '''^'^^ P^^f of ,vorship ,f,i?' °^ "'e n.embers 1'"°"^'' of t'leSusnsn • o^«" erectprf ; , ' ^ "^w ^50, and here ^"' ''^^ a seat n ^^'^ ^ouse, '' 3 P. .n IT!'- -as held et"^ rf'^ °f o'clock a m ^''''^'ath School t^^°''^'«fiay - -PerLie^ r^'^i^^th'^Vn' ^^ ^ ^«, average attendance" f,' ?'""'" "" ^^4} teach- er ' ^.^'^ tnistees of ^^^on was gi,,en ^"couragenient ^^^ continued "S- them. ^^^^ Western ^^Pressfoiis of T ^^ ^^>ine -^es w.re re- ^^^ Sabbath ^ ^o^^ectioiis ^^^ ^«. lod ^,^^^- These ^^y by ;vhat ^^ Brussels •^ the Gen- "owJedged through ^^> a Hew ^ vicinity 'IS house, pacity of •i*d's day net at 9 CeniiJj ' teach - 31 At the end of thi.' /ear the pastor called the attention of his church to the excess of labor resting upon him. They at once put forth J strenuous efforts to obtain an assistant, and to I arrange for the support of the same. Rev. ; William Burton was invited to take charge of ; this branch of the work, which he accepted. I May 28, 1854, the Salem Chapel was constituted, I with Rev. Samuel Robinson its pastor, and John Smith, Stephen Gerow, and James Brayley its j deacons. The hand of fellowship was given by j the pastor to five brothers and six sisters, who ? formed the constituent members of the church. As shipbuilding was a large and prosperous industry, especially out on the Marsh Road, and as many families who received their maintenance through that industry resided in that part of the city, Mr. Robinson advised that a prayer service be held there weekly, and secured a school house at the Marsh Bridge for that purpose. An at- tendance of 100 people gave much encourage- ment to the venture. A Sabbath School was formed, but some of the parents were so poor that they were unable to clothe their children as they would desire to have them appear at Sunday School, The Dorcas Society, composed of the sisters of the Brussels Street Church, met weekly. II ■' 32 '""'If' made ovnr- , . ^^esoJatiiip- CO ^"^ city u'lw ■ . attender? i '-"iirch .serrir^c '^^^^ rate verytiiai.,, „ ■^'°'" KoW,is,.„ ^ "'« city °f our Hen. T ''^"'^^ to record H ^'"^ ^^cts una„,„,,ty that pre'l °' '°'- March, x8,c „ P^^ ads among ^•'val meeting '^'""'cJi held , ■nonths T?'- "'^'^h were n!^, ' *"^« of re- ""'• '"^ '^fed with e ' ; "" ■' >'-'• ^^Pressioiis of eel ^'e\v material ^^^^ ^^^ati, rate ^^'^^ the city P^"^Jed to the ^'"^ ^>'^'n^, aJJ, «^^'" church ^^estern T^ew ' ^^^se facts tender care " ^^e life of t "iercifuj|3, ^^^a which i ^ past few I ^'^ctini.s to >ecial visi- of souJs, God for among s •s of re- fer two lis year ions of 33 ' gratitude for blessings received. The number I added was chiefly from the Sunday School Mention was made of the efficient labor of the f teachers, many of whom were quite young In the same letter touching reference was made to the death of the pastor's youngest son, a youth of much promise. THE FIRST CHOIR. The first mention of a choir on record was I^ebruary ii, 1853, when the leader tendered his resignation, and gave notice that the choir was about to disband. The cau.se of this was said to be due to some of the older male members object- ing to the introduction of instrumental music At the next quarterly meeting the resignation was accepted, and a committee appointed to ob- tain material for a new choir. It was further resolved that they be allowed to introduce in- strumental music with the singing. JUVENILE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. In 1856 a class of boys in the Sunday School— D A. Vaughan, Henry L. Everett, Freedom Wisdom, F. A. Estey. William Everett, Winslow Estey, Frank A. Everett, and Jeremiah Cunci- man-met at their teacher's place of business to organize a missionary society. They elected a c 34 "'«- to be one nf ^i '^'^ f"e writer v. f « "ork was i„ "' f .""^'''^ collectors t/' "> comury villages m ?°"^ ''''■'""me scholi ^""ar each W .''', ""'""'''^^^ for a "'' ' :"-« « ",e teact. ^^^.h'""'";'^- ^-^-VS^ ^-ccess of t,,;, ^ ^^ '■-" once a year. The f ■"- expectations : uT?''' '"^ "■»« -S -H. Marsters fr^ i. '^ founder \r,. r eood r-' '°' °'"- -success r '' '"'' '^"«''> '• -^ov., X856— 'y ^"<^J treasurer '^^'onary Society -^tors were ap- vas the writer's '^^'ctors. rh^ ■^■^'''^"^J papers, tJien forward- '^'tiitesciiooJs ^^jptions were ' ^"^^ friends, ^ reiiieniber ^^^ school, I ^^ ^ quarter '^"less nieet- ""tiJitwas ' permission tile vestry, ^'ear. ^he "^ost san- ^^^- Janies "P its siic- t>ove facts ^<^ kindly -d by the •rl^' taken memoirs > 1856-- 85 The Juvenile Missionary vSociety of Brussels Street Haptist Church have invited me to be their city missionary. I complied with their re- quest, engaging for six months. Mv work was amfined to the Marsh Bridge, and the Bethel corner Pitt and Duke streets, where Sabbath and week night services were alternately held. As the days went by the interest increased, and a number from the city lent their aid by coming out and taking part. It was soon apparent that the Baptists must build a chapel out there, and that God required it of them." In the autumn of 1857 a piece of ground was lea.sed, and through the united efforts of Ger- main and Brussels Street Churches, a large vestry was built, capable of seating 300. A number, on profession of faith, united with the church. The society engaged the services of Rev. K. B. Demill at a salary of /150 per annum. Febru- ary, 1858, a church was formed, a number hav- ing obtained letters of dismission from Brussels Street Church to unite with the body at Marsh Bridge. This developed into what is now the Leinster Street Baptist Church. Thus far we have the mother, Germain Street Church; the daughter, Brussels Street Church; and' the grand-daughter, I^einster Street Church. The !(// T ^6 -0"ve„t,-o„ fo,":j'"^- "The suj^^ 7' Pff -"-""Pon toC,^-- Mr. Robi„.so„ „,, September of th visit fron, Rev A V^?^ ^^a-" "'e church h.^ ^^^- Vork State M, ^^^'^ -" ^vang^,,'',^^ ^ ably known in v ^^""^^ ^^^.s well anf/ " «comme„ded A ""'^" P^ace "."J"'/"?'- -;; Of ,u :i. ^ ^-ous revival Z tlfl^ !^- Sh'at rare'r'""""' "^« "eld to set a bership were d^^ ^°"'°"^' ^nd ^g of? P""' thechurch I '^"'^^^elfry r, ""^ '" «"• city at tha ,f ° v^' ^ """^hing fin„' "^e'leficent acts <,„^ --lemory recalls and its r,J, T^ generous gifts J!?. "''"'y «s pastor from the == '° ""« church Henry Vauo-han , *^'"e source Ti, o«.^, • ""snan was called f Though sels Street Church.- P^°P'e to the Brus- ^" September, ,86c f^ '' ""^ ^"""^J 'etter to the "oved his mem- ^' and Joseph ^^ ^atts hymn ^^^^ the fonna- t^e Psalmist. BELL. ^'Shly res- 'ch with the ^y- It was and brought tain Robert :imrch. It ishing firm ^^^is many ^i« church Though to higher ^^et speak- Not very urch say, there is he Brus- ^ to the 89 Association expresses regret that there was not such a gracious outpouring of the Holy Spirit during the year as it had been their privilege to report in past years, yet they expressed gratitude to the Heavenly Father that they still were favored with the faithful labor of their beloved pastor. Thankfulness was expressed that there was no schism or discord existing in the church, and that unanimity and good feeling prevailed; that the Sabbath School was in a prosperous condition, and accomplishing much good among the youth of the congregation; that the Juvenile Missionary Society had engaged the services of a missionary— Thomas Powers— to look after the Marsh Bridge and the Bethel; that the latter was undergoing extensive repair , and was being considerably enlarged. The Bethel was formed into an independent church November 26, 1865. The teachers of the Sabbath School instituted a sewing circle, the object of which was to aid the Juvenile Missionary Society in its new ven- ture. We have no further record of this most successful organization, but feel assured that the influence of the work, so faithfully and persist- ently carried on, still lives, and will continue to live for years to come. Better still, its record is on high, in the Lamb's Book of Life. '" i U I 40 ^^^sioi^ for trn ' ^^^ ^^"rch mef '""S-er. Typho". "'"^» power could T "^"^ 3'way., be,! " •'^^u^- His „„•„,•; "^ f^" Peace- the LZ characterized by 1 , "^' ''^^ had .^-^^otlieT^P-^^^^^^ 6^"^y so soon to k^ Saviour it,^ • ^ from It r ^^« Addressed by !r '""^ "^^^Pi-S fo« ye co'7'" ^'■°'» the tex t r • ""^ ^' ">e ^'s comfort vf^ «. ^" Jsaiah '* r^ ^^"■y people, .saithetx^o^^r; S DEATH. yjn quarterly ^^'f^astorl^obin- " thought for a flS with them ^y ^^ was taken ""l^^ was called became aJarm- P^ysicians was ^ ^n earth was '^^^ ^eep hi^ '^^^ which he ' o'clock Sab- ^^ ^elJ peace- ^"■^^ ^ife had ■^"S^ i^aith in '' ^^d as he ^S^' rejoicing ^nd in the ^'c^ock the '^^ its slow Id Weeping ^^^S pastor ^^^ not the "^ at the ^' "Com- ^ i^ord. " 41 On the Sabbath morning previous to his death he sent the following message by the acting pastor: " Tell my church that the greatest kind- ness they can show me is to be steadfast in the faith, discharge their duty, and fill their places in the house of God." ' ' So from the field of labor thou art gone To thy reward, like him who putteth off His outer garment, at the noontide hour. To take a quiet sleep. Thy zeal hath run Its course untiring, and thy quickened love Where'er thy Master pointed, joy'd to go. Amid thy faithful toil, the summons came Warning thee home, and thou didst loose thy heart From thy fond flock, and from affection's bonds. And from thy children's warm embrace. With smiles and songs of praise. And thou didst rise Above the pealing of those Sabbath bells Up to that glorious and unspotted church Whose worship is eternal. So, though we hear thy voice On earth no more, the holy hymn With which thou down to Jordan's shore didst go To take thy last, cold baptism, still shall waft, As from some cloud, its echoed sweetness back To teach us of the melody of heaven." — L. Sigourney. The deacons and brethren of the bereaved church at once took the matter of funeral pre- ■ '^ ^ Wr- 42 Paratioii in ^h the cenlr °'"- ^ ^"'table lot L "''"'°'y of Procu'eT h"'"- ""' ^" after a !" "'^"^^'^ ■" ^^•^er a short senr,-^ P^-;-o„ proceed Tto '"^ "--. ".e funeral the hour jn .f [ ^'^^^^y to the soil "'"^ -- preceded S't"""^' P^-esl tTh"" °' I-rious Protestant d""^-"'"^ '"■•'"•^t Js '/^ ^he pan-bearer :Le1,?"""^"'°"« ^^ he ei !' ;;>th Brethren W R '''°"' ^mith and Ger2' Henry Vaui^h, Kinnear, p n ^r^"^"^' ^"-meSe'Cdt"^''^-' """• °" Sabbath evening S T"^^"^ '" the churoh ^^™on on the Sh ? '""^'' ^°- to hear th ^ere unable to ohf! "' P^^tor. HnnH ^ by Rev. I B °^. f n admittance Th. '^' '■ S- B.11 occupied over an , ''""°" "^/^as arranged ' ^^e memory of ^as secured in "monument was '^^^ns from th^ ^^egation. The 'mourning along ^nd thus it re '^' ^^le funeral ^^^, where a '^e spacious ^^ to its ut- niency of the ^Priate music solemnity of " ^^e hearse '^^^s of the '^ the city and Gerow, ^- Everett,' ^e church ^ ^ear the hundreds 'e sermon ^lour in 43 delivery, and was listened to throughout with marked attention; also an original hymn by Rev. James Spencer, suggested to him by a remark of the dying pastor: "THERE IS NOTHING NOW BUT HEAVEN." [A short time before the late Rev. .Samuel Robinson expired, he said to those persons who were with him in the room: " Put out the lights ; there is nothing now but heaven."] Remove now from my fading sight Those lamps, for life night's given; Assembled angels now invite My eyes to gaze on purer light — " There's nothing now but heaven!" These lamps shed faint and glimmering light. Compared with what is given To cheer my eyes. There is no night Around me now; God is my light — "There's nothing now but heaven!" All that before was darkly seen, 'Mid earthly shadows given, Is brilliant now with heavenly sheen — There's not a cloud to intervene — "There's nothing now but heaven!" Life's anxious day of toil is past, And dawns the best of seven; The rest that shall forever last — The feast of love — the soul's repast — " There's nothing now but heaven!'* The f ^* , "^^^Z"l^:"'\"'y spirit here ^•■'"•ewellto.h"^'''^^" riven- """^""-""'heavenr., ^t a nieetino. of .. , 'ngs on this sad y^^'^'^'^ their yi', f «»'-. theauthor ; . ""^Msion. r_ .' and feel- ^'^bip with ,h ' "" '" '884 Placld\ ""^"'^ P^"od of twentv ' ^^^^^^^^ duties ^' ^ ^"' ""t^""^ lere. aven.'" ^,7- ^' ^^ Bijj ^^'^^t form the .^""^^^ pastor, ^^'s and feeJ- ^-"'^s Spencer »ejatter years ^^e Seamen's ^^ ^is mem- "^ V'ith us the prayer '^^ng- reso- '■^^t Baptist ^^ the burial "' to record fi's untiring ? the Jong ^e mother -ction, and father for -d upon a I. e;. BIl,!,, D. D., Temporary Supply, From vSept., 1866, to Feb., 1868. """ our own hi.W, ""•' -'"'eral „,; ^^'^'-'■'"-"iice character. '*-'' "PPreciaiio,, „f ' "'"' <^oi"ci«g out to Siam to fot !" ""'^'o^aries °"" ^" 'ndepeudent ^cieties together ^^^ Brunswick ^^"g- held Tues - ■audience room ^^ ^^dies assem- 'sisting of Mrs ^''- Cady for '^^^y> leinster mussels Street. ^ box to our '• ^he first -e room, and it "g's that we ^^^e was no fd soon pro- ^^ idleness, s^e wanted « our city, took it up. ^or four alternate afternoon, evening, was heid sionaries -pendent 51 mission for the Maritime Provinces. Such a wonderful women's meeting as we had ! Mrs. Sandford, Mrs. Churchill, Miss Eaton, Mr. Boggs, Miss Carrie Armstrong, Mr. Currie, and our returned missionary. Miss De Wolfe. Its echoes sound in our ears and have helped us in our lives. Next day Miss Carrie Armstrong met Miss Jenks' children's class in the vestry, one hundred children being present. Thus our home and foreign work are linked together. During all these years our society has moved onward doing work for the Master, quietly yet persistently, realizing that " It is not by might, nor by power, but by my will, saith the Lord. ' ' In 1 87 1, on invitation of this church, the Western Baptist Association convened here. The annual letter bore testimony to the faithful preaching of the gospel by the pastor, Rev. Timothy Harley, as well as to the attention bestowed by the church and congregation upon the weekly prayer and conference services. It also stated that the Sabbath School, which was prospering greatly, had to be suspended for a few weeks on account of the presence of small- pox in the city. This was a drawback to the school's interest for some time, but eventually it regained its former strength. •52 , ^" February 7 ,. ^ church J,u ^^"^'^ from the m 7 "^'^''^ "^e '^■^ Jay over rint;i removal 'ri, •"otion made anrf "^"'^ ""eetin^ ^h ^ tion ,„„ "" seconded tu ^' ^"en, on "^1 was accepted i ' ^^ Pastor's re«,C„ ^"n on behalf of ;., " ""^^^^^^ was L? ^^^ Wf -teem -n :L- 'hV'""'^' -PreiCofT ^t J'- departure. "' ^^ "'^ ^eld, and of rlgZ '" ^"= 'NTER.M. The h "'"-RIM. such nerc ^^^^espond wifh ""j^'^^ee was '^e' hSr; t*'^^ '"--^ " dvie't ''"-"'^ ffelist of M.. t -Edwin Burni„„ i'^'Pit. church „ff^'^''"'->'Port, Mass .^' ^" ^^"n- My msJs' his servi-cesl;; ^'^ '° '^- --e madrf:*Lr '"^P'«'' -VarLT" °' accepted. ^ ^^^ ^^e call .,/,,f-ett : ^^rley ten- any were the '^^ers of the "oval, rhe ^' when, on ^r's resigna- s presented 5sive of tJiQ d of regret imittee to ;^ection of ^^ee was ^o invite - to visit - pulpit, m evan- to the ^nth of ements unani- Cverett »mptly 53 THE THIRD PASTOR. Shortly after the installation service for the new pastor, the quarterly meeting of the Baptist Churches of St. John and Kings Counties held its inaugurative service vvi<^h our church, the delegates being entertained by the members. March i8. 1874, a meeting was called for the election of one or more deacons, which resulted in favor of Brother V^illiam Allwood, he having received 21 votes out of 28. At the April meeting, after the usual routine business, it was resolved to establish a monthly temperance meeting in connection with the Brus- sels Street Church, at which short addresses on the temperance question should be delivered. This was done in view of the great amount of vice and immorality existing in the neighborhood of the church, which was caused largely through the use of intoxicating liquors. In June, 1876, Rev. Mr. Everett resigned the pastorate. After the usual time for considera- tion had elapsed, a meeting was called to take action. The resignation w^as accepted, and, on November ist, 23 brethren and 53 sisters re- quested letters of dismission from Brussels Street to form a new church, with Mr. F,verett as their pastor. These requests were regretfully com- T ^f ^'•°«J"Iy,,8,; ••;•• '^»^«« Pastor. 55 plied with, and at a business meeting held Janu- ary 3rd, 1876, a letter was read from Temple Baptist Church stating that the 76 members dismissed from the Brussels Street Church No- vember ist, 1876, had been duly received into their fellowship. Rev. W. P. Everett, A. M., was born on May 20th, 1826, in Fredericton, N. B. His parents removed to St. John when he was a few months old. He attended the St. John Grammar School. In 1837 he went to the Baptist Seminary at Fred- ericton, where he prosecuted his vStudies for three years. He returned home and entered his father's office, where he was engaged in business until 1847, when he commenced business in Halifax, N. S., where he remained some two or more 3'ears. In 1845 he became a member of the Germain Street Baptist Church, St. John. After removing to Halifax he became connected with the North Baptist Church, and visited and addressed a number of churches in the vicinity of Halifax. He sold out his business in Hali- fax in 1849 and entered the college at Waterville, Maine, where he remained for two or three years, and then took a theological course at the University of Rochester, New York. He gradu- w ri 56 ated with h pastor of a R •. ^^ Jeft Albanv T^^^^' ■"-^^ tots 'nr-' >'-s.^ HrtH"""''- ^'^ot ,8 ' f^' ^''"■■ch. Shortly af. °^ *^ «^P««t cCnr '■" -^-t ?;: r ^"^' 'Church dirl ' ^"^ ''^Mme iu ^'''"P'e thereafter h "°' '^""'■""e very Ln''"""- ^""^ a pastorate TnC" "^ '"'°- He thS ''°™- later he reL / °"' "''"ois 4 '"^'^^Pted Ch«roh Tor^"'^ ''^^ame pastor !r °^ '^° closed his n^" "''^^ ^"'"ois. ch^.? ^ ^^P*'« ^^- ^eco«e a past°or^f ^ istorateat£:ast ' ^^ere he re- ^^^e he served ^^e" became y> New York hs during the m the Wash- ^nd became ■^sea, Mass ^e then re- ^ssisted in -b, and re- ^J*P reached " returned "o^ of the ^^e great '^ temple ^^- The SbortJy ' States, ^ becom- ^ccepted or two baptist fter he ■in, 111. ut did 57 constant service in various parts of the State, frequently filling Chicago pulpits. In 1893 be had a severe attack of sickness, and died at his home in Elgin, in March of that year. AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT FIRE. Our pulpit was supplied by different brethren until June 13, 1877, when, by unanimous vote of the church, a call to the pastorate was ex- tended to Rev. A. J. Wilcox, of Ticonderoga, New York. On the 20th of June — that memoraole day when, in the short space of twelve hours, a large portion of the city of St. John was reduced to ashes, and so many of its citizens were rendered homeless — the Germain and Leinster Street Bap- tist Churches were burned to the ground, as were also many of the homes of the members of both churches and their congregations. On June 22nd, the deacons of this church called a meeting of the members to draw up a resolution of sympathy to be forwarded to the afflicted churches, and it was unanimously re- solved that this church extend an invitation to Germain and L^einster Street Churches to meet for worship with us until they could make for themselves more satisfactory arrangements. The I ) From Sept 1: T^'"'" ^^•'^^-«. ^44^., same day a teleg' am was received by the clerk from Rev. Mr. Wilcox accepting the call. The clerk wrote Mr. Wilcox the situation the church occupied on account of the disastrous fire, and received a prompt reply expressing sympathy, and stating that he was willing to labor with the church, even under the existing circumstances. A letter was received from lycinster Street Church offering to unite with the Brussels Street Q\\wrc\\ pro tern, and take Rev. Mr. Pope as their pastor. On September 4, 1878, a written vote of thanks from Leinster Street Church was re- ceived for the use of the Brussels Street Church after the great fire. The Germain Street Church accepted the invi- tation of this church, and the Rev. Mr. Carey, their pastor, ministered to both the congrega- tions until September ist, 1877. The church voted Mr. Carey for his services $50 a month, with all collections over and above $10 a Sabbath. THE FOURTH PASTOR. September i, 1877, Rev. A. J. Wilcox took charge of the church, and an invitation was ex- tended the Germain Street Church to continue to worship with us. The invitation was accept- ed, but the records do not state for how long a time. •e ---^ b^X: ?'-"- °^ the eU. had K «f ''"ath .schooler;/"" *' ^""^^ of ci„ ''i '°"'"- placed in t)Ju '^'^«. and that th ' "'"' ^ity t'-e hotel., and boardW l '' ^^■"^-^ »"-• The si,f '*' °^ the '"e sisters of th^ i. for a lono- t;' . ^ '^''urch had be^n fund for fhl^^' '" various ways f '^°'''''"i? '^^->Xr?s\L7°" °^ '""•WinVa T"'^^ "• -"»'' ^-at suoclt°'":!"'^*°«-ebee^:^'^^• ^--"«„u t'^^^^J-asurerof tW u^V'""' . The deacons were 1 1"'''^^^' " On V^^'-"'^ ^oSi ;1r;-'^-^ ^ --^aWe house ^'^ January 2 ,„,_^ '" view of ouroh church was held f^' ^ 'P^"al meet^r f"^' chasing- uL '° "^""sider the il . ^ °' '"^^ The re?o ds •'^" '^'"'^'^ to bu«d ^"^'' °^ P-r- <^^«ber:«:t?f"r'"^°™^'fo"c^^^^^^^^^ meetinp- „f "1 ' '*79, at the «„ " f "^^cordej " ^""'n the ladies' ;). //ty had been, ^^^^^'-^ble to have "^"^-. the ioca- ;f church and these cards be houses of the been ivorking ■o establish a ^ parsonage. 5een crowned the church ^"nd. as it '^^hie house Purchasing ^'"g- of th^ ^cr of pur. parsonage, ■^"^'ng- the recorded business Was ap. est them 'opriated church. - iadies' 01 committee of parsonage fund embodying their reply, but as there is no further statement re- garding it, I take it as proof conclusive that the women did not comply with the request. On July 2nd, at a business meeting, the clerk was appointed to again wait on the sisters having cliarge of the parsonage fund, and to ask them to give it to the church to meet its indebtedness. July 1 6th the women consented to hand over their hard-earned money on condition that the church pay 7 per cent, interest, and offer the pastor not less than $1,200 a year, which was just the amount the sisters had raised. August 13th, at a business meeting, the clerk reported having paid over to the treasurer of the church the parsonage fund held by him. On motion a vote of thanks was given the ladies for the very generous manner in which they had acted in giving the church the money held by them for the erection of a parsonage. THE FIFTH PASTOR. When the pastorate under Rev. Mr. Wilcox expired, the Rev. J. E. Hopper was asked to take the oversight of the church, preaching on Sunday and doing pastoral v,^ork on two or three afternoons during the week. Mr. Hopper ac- f I I J- K. HOPPER DDK" ' '^^°' ^° ^larch. 1887 63 ceded to the proposition, with the understanding that he was to do very little pastoral work, especially that of visiting the church and con- gregation, vvin:h he could not engage to do. He, howt/er, ex;'ressed his willingness to attend all the puViic ser /ices, devotional meetings, and social gath. ings, to solenniize marriages, and bury the dead, and in a general way labor as far as possible to promote the welfare of the church. He solicited the prayers, sympathy and forbear- ance in the performance of what could only be partial as a pastor, and asked the membership as individuals to supplement any deficiencies. The first church business taken up under the new pastor was a scheme for raising church funds. The plan was to place cards in the pews, upon which those who wished might subscribe the amount they were willing to contribute, and to pay weekl>-, using the envelope system. The clerk was requested to write to absent church members, suggesting to them the pro- priety of withdrawing their membership from this church and placing it with the church they were then attending. The work of this year embraced many inter- esting events, denoting energy, persistency, and good will on the part of the church. HI mt Th< ,64 ■•esignation of Bro R r^- "« cnurch clerk, a position li' ^'P""^" Skinner "v- ten yeans, was'"S' ?! "'" ""^"^"P-d for o thanks was extend Mr l^^^'^' A vote fe'thful and painstaking serl;: ^^^ ^°" ^'s Weeks was his successof ''• ^'■°- W. W. t-surZllvT,^^^^^^^^^^^^ -'uC-n. ti.e Brunswick Weste^'lrc^r T* ''' ^- the increased number of p.' *"" "^'"^ to provinces, a third assoH?'' ^''"^''-^ "■the '««o. Which embrleTairtr T '"^^^^ 'n J°hn County, with others I "'""''^''^^ '" St. Street Church was tran!f '^f°''^'''&Jy Brussels '» the latter body ^''''''"''' ^om the former -During this year p^k "owned hu«orS antwrit^- ^"^''^"^' ^^ - owpasto., Rev. J F llf "■' ^^^^ ^^^ visitin' h>s popular lectures t' .^ T'' ''^"^^red one of °^ the Ladies' BZl'^l^r:""- '' '^^ "^"-t generously allowed the oroc! ^^ ^'- B"rdette f'';<';?'34, to be PI ced'^^Tf \-h'«=h amount- -tes cf thanks were forwa^deVt "'j' '"^^"^>'- ""ed to Mr. Burdette '? "an Skinner occupied for ^ed- A vote "^^ for his ^ro. W. W. luding the Jng control 'ern Asso^ is church, the New owing to les in the »rmed in ■s in St. Brussels - former the re- visiting one of request ardette nount- asury. rdette 65 for his exceptional kindness and generosity, and to Prof. Max Sterne, one of the first musicians of the city, for his valuable services at the Burdette lecture. At the August business meeting the following resolution was ordered to be forwarded to the Temple Baptist Church : IV/iereas, We learn that the Temple Baptist Church is considering the propriety of disbanding ; Therefore resolved, That the Brussels Street Church extend to their brothers and sisters a cordial invitation to come and make a home with us. On October 24, Dr. Hopper's failing health caused him to resign the pastorate. The church asked that he reconsider the matter and with- draw his resignation. On November his com- pliance was received. When the winter was over a leave of absence was granted Dr. Hopper to recuperate his strength. Again the Finance Committee extols the Ladies' Benevolent Society for the business-like manner in which they had secured funds and paid for a portion of the re- pairs on the church edifice undertaken by them. The Board of Trustees acknowledge the receipt of $60 from the Common Council, with a promise of $5 additional per annum for the use of the church bell for fire alarm purposes. During I If .V li ^^^■^^^L ^«Ivfc,S, Assistant to Dr w. From Sept iss, f^ c Hopper, ^ ' '^^2, to Sept., 1883 67 this month Brother Samuel Skinner was unani- mously elected deacon. The annual letter for this year gives expres- sion to the following facts : The many tokens received of the Master's presence; the growth of the church, though not great, has been steady, and the church is at present in a better condition than for several years past ; through the earnest and faithful labors of our pastor, Dr. Hopper, the church is being rapidly built up, and strengthened in the faith of the gospel ; during the year three of our number have been called hc'Tie, among whom was our venerable deacon, Z. G. Gabel. In 1882 Deacon AUwood, who had held the office of treasurer for six years, resigned ; H. D. Mott was his successor. The church noted the faithful, willing services of the retiring treasurer. In November, on account of ill health, and finding his many" duties too arduous, the pastor tendered his resignation. The church requested him to delay the matter for a week, and a com- mittee was appointed to correspond with Brother B. N. Nobles in reference to his becoming assist- ant to Dr. Hopper. Mr. Nobles was engaged, and Dr. Hopper asked to continue as pastor with the assistance of Brother Nobles. i il j :iJ 1 1 f ^1 68 ^^^ church acknowledp-er? n, ■" ;■*• A thou aS o5 the? 7'"" '"^ '« ^«" ordered to be printed and d,VK'"^ ''°'"^« ^'^'"e members. ^"'^ distributed among the In June, iss.r the oI,.,^„i, Pj-t D. I,. Chtibbuek Irrr'"'^'' "^^Evan. -" gathering i„ an abundant h "'^^^ "^'^^^^d faithful gospel seed-sowS'f V' ^'"°'" *e . during the year a mT s" on r°"?''°^^^ P^'^'o^ '" connection with the Ik. '."''' "'"ganized ^"gaged to raise money to eS:,^ ^''°°'' ^hey boy, Chinna David by na'f f"°«'>e Karen verted some time preWoT' "th"^" '^^'^ -"" been very successful an tW ^^'^ ^°«^'>- has d>v.ded into a senior and ^''T' ""^ ''^^ been September iss, p ^"'"°'' ba"d. J;-« Po^ition 'as assit pas^; f^ '« ->ed theological studies. Dr Ho' ''^^ "P ''is to continue our pastor to wh!t T' '"^'^''^^'-d ^»d to devote hfs time IJ^, ^" '°"^^«^d, ehurch accepting his ternj '^ '^^'-. 'he In December ,ss, 1 , Sabbath servic;s wt cha„?." "^^"^ ''^^ « the Selection. Which is s:^nX"r '° ''' ^'^'-'"y Pt of ^80-^ ^e Ladies' Sanization ^^ is still >oks were moiig- the byKvan- 'e blessed 'rom the i pastor, "ganized They e Karen en con- -ty has as been signed JP his Jested ?nted, , the tthe vary 69 To an association convened at Fairville in 1884, the following report was submitted : The blessing of the Lord has attended us during the year, giving us a good share of prosperity. The church has had accessions by baptism, letter, and experience every month. Congregation and prayer services are larger. There has been some spiritual growth in our membership, and we have received some valuable addi- tions, while some good and trusted b'^^thren have left us to join other churches. Death has been at work remov- ing some who have worthily finished their course and entered into rest. On September 3rd, 1884, Dr. Hopper, at his own request, was released from pastoral duties for three months. The next ' vo years glided by, the usual work of committees reported at the monthly business meetings showing that they had been actively engaged in the performance of the duties assigned them. Some minor changes were made in the order ^f things from time to time. In February, 1887, a letter was received from Dr. Hopper tendering his final resignation, and stating that he severed his connection witli no small measure of regret. His health was such that he was not equal to the labor and worry of so large a church. With kindly feeling toward all, he must retire for rest, trusting that the i - 1 70 for the Lord. To this letter p'T"* '" "^"'^ expressing regret that fartn^ h '^T^ ''^^^'^' h'm to te.„Ier h,. r-siln^;^ ''"'''"' compelled '° Wm, they felt ;S to"' "'"''' '" J-«- hat he mig,, be speedl; ,l:!^T- '"'^""^ 'hat the love and good 1,'° ""'*'"'• ^""^ ■"'■vays existed between him T/'u^^ ""'"'<^h has ht. church, might „ever be r.' ^'' '^""■^' '>"d ^'--y be widely separated ^^'^' ^^^" ^^ough Rev. John :e,i^^^ jj--- hahsbury, Westmorland o''. ' "^^^ ^orn i„ '8th December isj f ?"'^' ^^ ^- on the Albert County? ^'''^ '^ n '"""' ^' H«4 'he Rev. W.'A.^Cofeman ""h"""' '^^«' "^ academic course at the Baoti^f « ~'"P'"'"^ his f"cton, N.B., and matrfcr^?""'"^'-^' ^^d" leg:e, Wolfville, N S tit"' '" ^'^''^ia Col- ^avethatof the junior ^f^VfT °' ^'"^^ Mad,son University. New y;^ and ^ T"' ^* AB. w June, 1862 Villz' ! S^^aduating ^ere pursued i„ p„t „„X /. °'°^'^-' ^'"dies Kev. Dr. Cramp of L T ^ ^"-ection of the at Regent's Pa^klt^'V?-- ^^ - Pa^ /• ^ngus and Rev n . ^•' ^^^h -'ebrav.. Hebraist, a„i^,t:;^"/'r^'»he ^ ^ ^"s first sermon ed in work ■ch replied, compelled ^*J^ justice '^Viisting- ealth, and ^hich has ""'ly, and ^ though born in > on the Harvey 858, by -ted his ', Fred- lia Col- f study >ent at uating tudies 3f the I part with , the rniou 71 29th April, i860, in Greenfield, N. S. In 1865, after completing his theological studies, he for a short time preached at Shediac, Petitcodiac, and Sussex Vale. In the same year he accepted an invitation to become associate principal with Rev. Mr. Spurden of the Baptist Seminary, Fred- ericton, and the following year succeeded him as principal. In September, 1868, Dr. Hopper was ordained at Fredericton. In 1869 he resigned the principalship of the Baptist Seminary, ac- cepting a call of the Baptists in St. Stephen. In 1872 he accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, Burlington, Iowa, and re- mained there six years. In April, 1878, Dr. Hopper having purchased a half interest in the Christian Visitor newspaper, published in St. John, N. B., returned to Canada. In 1879 he bought the other half of the paper, and enlarged the printing, publishing and book business, editing and publishing the Chri'-.tiaii Visitor ^ Canadian Record , Youths' Visitor, Gem, and the International Sunday School I^essons. Retiring from this business in 1885, Dr. Hopper assumed the pastoral charge, exclusively, of the Brussels Street Baptist Church, having had charge of it partialK during his editorial career. In 1887, having been advised by his physician to seek a \i 72 "we genial climate i, ^f fon.ia, vvheThe seTr' '° ^-^•"ento z?,""\^^ its PastoVrntt;"^ ''"'' «^P'£ '«'^9, when he returned to th ^"^ ""'" J""-- J-'-ge of the Union Baptlt', """''""' '° '^^ broke down, obligi„„'h „f; ''"''"'' utterly ^ork, except such af col H l^'"'' ''"°'" ««ive or occasionally i„ t,e "Zt ^T '" ''■« «'"dy ^'^ '-terary work, givin^^^l ^''^" ^^ ««umed before his death, which „. ^ °"'^ ^ ^^w days John, N R J "^'^'"■red at his T,„ ^ . '^- ■"•' January rath rSn. °'"^' St. The funeral was hM ''^94. After a short service ftThr'^^' J^""-^ '5 ^rtege repaired to the W?'"' '"^ ^""-al Church, where a lare-e en ^'' ^'«« Baptist brother B. ]V N-^^kT «-tudies at NeS c'e„t° t' '^^" ^--^ o the olfice of assistant pasT' ^''^•' ^^^ «l'ed '«f • He entered uln h° " "'^ "«"«« of preaching on Sundav "^"^ hopefuHv general Bible class . T"'''''^' ^achL t^J Sj-eeting, '^!' ^TZV: ^°""^ ^- «'-^» August. ,sS3,Broth:rVlM;r; nt. acramento, -St Baptist ^^i^ June, ^e to take ' at Saint h utterly >m active ^is study resumed 'ew days ome, St. 73 ordained to the Christian ministry by a large and representative council, and in September resigned his charge in order to complete his theological studies at McMaster Hall, Toronto. ^un2ral Baptist assem- fsuing called tun of fully, ■ the peo- k of sup- was W1 I If. f «-■ H. c. „K,,UCK, .s,xr„ P,,,™ 75 THE SIXTH PASTOR. After Dr. Hopper's retirement, the pulpit was supplied by various ministers until September when in response to a unanimous call from the church, Rev. H. G. Mellick became pastor, re- maining as such for two years, when he retired to resume his suidies at Morgan Park. During lis ministry of two years 30 were added by Imptism, and 29 by letter and experience. The Rev. H. G. Mellick was born in Prince I;.dward Island. In his boyhood days he was bap- tized by Rev. J. A. Gordon, and became a youn^ man of sterling Christian character. After his. ' ollege courses he was ordained to the work of le Christian ministry. He responded to a call trom a church in the Northwest to become its pastor, where he served two years, exhibiting excellent pastoral qualifications. In 1887, while on his way to Nova Scotia to claim tlie young ady of his choice-daughter of Rev. Isaiah Wallace -he spent two Sabbaths in St John and occupied the pulpit with acceptance the result of which was a request from the church to accept its pastorate. Mr. Mellick sent a favorable reply, his acceptance to go into effect the middle of September. Kev. W. T. STFWApn^^^ J '^^^'WART, 8EVKNTH Pa.stor ^rom Sept., ,889. to March, KS93. 77 THE SEVENTH PASTOR. In August, Rev. W. J. Stewart was invited to take the pastoral oversight of the church, which he accepted temporarily until March, when he assumed charge as permanent pastor. On the 29th of this month the church cele- brated its fortieth anniversary by a series of services, which were exceedingly interesting. On Friday afternoon, March 25, an old-fashioned conference meeting tor the aged ones was en- gaged in, and two and a half hours were spent in service of song and testimonv by the older members of the church. The young ladies had provided light refreshments for the very old people, enabling them to remain for the evening meeting, as well as affording them an oppor- tunity to recall old time events and renew old acquaintances. In the evening a very large as- sembly was present, and a very profital^le prayer, praise and testimony service was indulged in.' On Sunday the anniversary sermon was preached by the pastor, who took for his text Exodus xiv, 15: "Speak to the children of Israel that they go forward." In the afternoon the Sab- bath School carried through most creditablv an entertainment consisting of responsive Scripture readings, recitations, and sacred songs, at the 78 the anniversary ^roLmme f ""^'"^^""g of <>f a social on TuLa' ernlnr"'' "' '°"" of cSn'S^if ^T^ P-p,e.s Society the constitutS o7X ZSr;' '^ ^'^^^''''^ Union of Christian p ^ '^ ^°""^ People's Officers werJ^Sa^t^ranl-r • ^^'^^ •°^. - acti:e%„?-;TsSat^- -.Wship winter they held a series of i. """^ "'^ wents, which were verv t f"''^ entertain- as well as benefic a, to tht ''' "' '""^ ''«"^'"^. At this sta,e ::' rt-sC^'^"^'^- 'depression in business Ja ^' '"'^"''^ of the the treasury hadbe; """"'"""' ^^""^^'>'- bringing a Lw o T' '°"''"''"'' '^^Pfe'^i who were co> t 2n^ the'T"'"'^''"^"' '° *--' pastor urged upo 'the 'h Jch "."'' ,""^^- ^"^ ^eepinLr^VrS:rctrr".^ thxlrid^^^z^'^^^'r--'-^-^- ^-^e ladies set to^o roVr^rf "'"^ T''^' arrange f . r one of their 79 Thanksgiving suppers, for the success and bril- Hancy of which they had long been proverbial. On Sunday, October 2nd, the Centennial of Missions was observed, the pastor preaching a missionary sermon in the morning from Isaiah 54. 23. A collection for missions was taken. In the evening the Sabbath School conducted a missionary concert. In January, 1893, the pastor tendered his resig- nation, which was accepted on February 7th. The committee in charge kept the pulpit sup- plied each Sunday until May 9th, when the Rev. G. M. W. Carey was invited to take pastoral charge of the church. It was thought to be for the best interests of the Baptists in the Province of New Brunswick to have control of their own home missions, academic education, annuity fund, and other local matters. To this end three delegates were appointed to attend a meeting of the Baptist Churches of the province Wednesday evening, May 31st, in this church. G. M. W. CARB;V, D. D., HIGHTH P^SXOK From August. 1893. to April, x,S99' 81 THE EIGHTH PASTOR. On May 29th a letter from Dr. Carey was re- ceived accepting the pastoral care of the church On Thursday afternoon, February ist 1894 the funeral obsequies of Mrs. Felicite Robinson were held in the church. Mrs. Robinson, who died January 30th, in her 8ist year, was the second wife of our first pastor. A large number of the church members and citizens were pres- ent. Her remains were laid beside those of her husband in Fern Hill Cemetery. On Sabbath, September 2, i894, at the close of the morning service, a communication was read from Leinster Street Baptist Church re- questing that our church appoint a committee to convene with members of their church that they might take into consideration the advisa- bility of uniting the two churches, and the means by which such a union might be effected It was unanimously resolved that the communi- cation from Leinster Street be acted upon, and a committee was appointed. The committees met Thursday evening, September 6tli. in the vestry of this church. After devotional exercises the appointing of chairman and secretary, and a' free discussion of the subject which had hrov.crh.i them together had been indulged in, the follow- P if i ■'■■ 82 At the annual business meeting Pastor r made a few remarks as tn n, ^'"'^y the church in t",e past Ln ^'""■'^ ^'"'^ ^^^ for the ..uiMi„;:./r oXS^ TT' place, and reniiP«f^.i fi, ^"^gaom in this of th; chur'h' " iiairr r' ^^■™p^'"^- might be increased "' ^'■' "^"^^'''^^^ was held. Thechmrh V- ; ^P^'' ° °- in mourning IS fin "d"' ""' '•''^">- "'^^^'^ The address'b^^^L'Z^ R^T^^rr'^' hlur r?^ "" ^"'1''="^'^. and occupied one hour. The reverend gentleman took for'Iis text 83 Acts ii, 23 and 24. The organist, plaved as a voluntary the Lc^^ March in Saul, and, when the congregation was dispersing, Mendellsohn's Dead March was played. The choir rendered appropriate hymns and music. The service was a most impressive one, and deep solemnity per- vaded the congregation. As the months sped along, the committees were at work in their regular routine — the sick were visited, the stranger called upon and in- vited to come in with us, and the needy provided for. The finance committee was always in monthly session, arranging and devising plans to keep the ship afloat. The pastor and his wife visited the congregation regularly with much acceptance. The old church and its furnishings were showing signs of decay, due to advanced years. The organ had lost its musical qualities, and the choir were pressing for a new one. The burning question arose, how can all these things be improved just now? FINANCIAL PLAN. A pn^position was submitted to the church that tiie Conservatory of Music from Sackville, N. B., would consent to give a sacred concert,' the net proceeds to be divided with the church! 84 The offer was accepted, and the concert took place on the 26th November, 1895 The annnal roll call meeting of the members was held >„ the vestry. Each n.ember responded to h,s name when called by the clerk, with a ext of Scnptttre. The collection, which was to be used ni pay„,g up accounts for the vear amounted to $60.30. I„ November the Ladies'' Soc,et,e,s held their annual supper, realizing, ,02 Al. the floatmg indebtedness of the church had amount ?'' ""'"''"^ ^ "'^' °^^-' -'-h amomited to $2,700, and at the annual business meetmg for 1896 reported all outstanding debts fully met for the year. trlT^^'T "; """ '^'^to'-y delegates were sent from th,s church to sit in ordination councils in vanous parts of the province. I„ June, 1896 a call from the Second Cumberland Bay Baptist Church requested a delegation to sit in council «.th them to set apart Bro. George R. Baker, who a few months previous had married a mem- ber of th,s church and a teacher in our school Miss Kate Hopper ; consequently the church was e.specmlly interested in this ordination July 13. 1898, the pastor. Dr. Carey, presented h.s resignation, ha^■iI,g notified the church on the loth inst. that )i^ ,-»,f^„^^j j.- ..^ ^iiL»_nsacu uoillg" so. Ihe 85 ert took members Jsponded with a lich was le year, Ladies' rch had , which >usiness ^ debts re sent icils in ^896, a Baptist council Baker, niem- chool, ;h was lented :h on The matter was deferred until a meeting was called from the pulpit on Sunday for the purpose of acting upon the resignation of the pastor. After a lengthy discussion, a rising vote was taken, but because of a large majority, the resignation was not accepted. The ladies secured the vServices of Rev. William Needham, the well known evangelist, to give one of his popular chalk talks, the proceeds to be equally divided. August 28th, same year, the superintendent of Northwest Missions, A. J. Vining, presented to the church the missionary needs of the North- west. One member gave $50, and the B. Y. P. U. engaged to add $50 more within one year. This was eventually paid. On January 8th, 1899, Dr. Carey publicly an- nounced his intention of severing his connection with the church on April ist. In accepting the pavStor's resignation, the church, through the clerk, expressed their re- gard for Dr. Carey and their appreciation of his Christian walk and conversation while pastor of the church, FAREWELL SERVICE. On the Tuesday following, a farewell con- versazione was tendered Dr. Carey by the 86 c-t> and the m.mster.s of the various denomi- "at,o„s were n.vited, and over which the h1„ welf adclr "'"' ""''' ^''^°"'^'"' P^^^'"^"' ^ fare! vvell address was presented, signed by a large mnnber of the churrh -,nrl „ • ^ ore^s,-,,,, fi, • ^ co'iRregation, ex- pressing their regret at his departure, and the hi K !r '" "'""'' ^^ ^"'' «■■■'• Carey were held by them. The servipp ,„o<= „ > "ere fill onp Ti, *'ervice was a very success- t 1 one. The vestry was filled with people of ^n denommations desiring to sav '^^arewell shon ;r'v"f "•°"^'" ""'•' ■"^'■' *-' "■ t^e Short .space of six weeks we would receive a wired „ie.ssage that Death's angel had come, and ieath It'"'°; °" '"^''- ^'-^ - -viable death- Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his " »"t^°"«' portd'I'r/"' "'^ P"'Pi' "^''PPly committee re- ported hat, since the pulpit had been vacated to u?on S '':; " "l"""' '""''''''' ■'^'i spoken to us on Sundays, and that they had secured the services of Rev. A. H. C. Morse until the a^Iun i, when he would have to resume his studies, m' Morse did much to aid our church while here Sir^::?^t'r'"°'-'^ '----•' of the deiiomi- le Hon. A fare- a large )n, ex- Liid the y were uccess- 3ple of rewell. in the eive a 2, and, n our viable teous, ee re- peated )okeii d the unin^ Mr. here, irch, 87 At the Wednesday evening meeting, May I'yth, the sudden death of our late beloved pastor was tenderly referred to, and many prayers were offered in behalf of the afflicted family. It was resolved that a memorial service be held on Sab- bath afternoon, in the church, and the clerk was authorized to send a letter of condolence on be- half of the church to Mrs. Carey and the family. The Rev. George Montgomery West Carey was born in Belfast, Ireland, March loth, 1829, received his early education at the Moravian village, Gracehill, Belfast, and when a small boy came out to Canada with his parents. He at- tended the. Grammar School at Vankleek, entered the University of Rochester, New^ York, took the degree of B. A. there, and proceeded to graduation in theology and to M. A. in course. He was admitted M. A. ad euiidem in Acadia College, N. S., and to the same standing in the Bap^' it College, Toronto. Dr. Carey held the certificate of President Harper of the University of Chicago for having successfully completed the advanced course in Hebrew. In 1894 ^^^ ^vas made D. D. by Acadia. Dr. Carey was ordained in the ministry after his graduation, and became 88 srH;:''o.?r '^rr ''''-' ^■■-■'^ «'• years h. . ^"^'^^^^- ^Subsequently for fifteen ^^c;:::::^z:' t ?""'^''" ^^^-^ '^^- pool r n ' ^ ^^^^" ^^'^"t to tiver- four vears R >-ema„n„g there nearly filled nw ^"'""""g to Canada. Dr. Carey nlled pastorates in Brantford Onf j \k ^ and then canie bick to S T , ' ""'' ^"''''^■''' a „..^ ' r r "■'''' P''°P''-"> '^'°«'"S •-'s he did a -. ;...^try of nearly twenty-one yeans h, St. Joh.t ■' "'''' ""^ ""■'* <^'ty editorially reniaj-ks : friends and ad LtT f "'"■^'•'''* '»■"• Hi,, and we fee, sa e n .CTl.r 1 ."f "^ "" "'°"^-''' It seems but a few da^ , 1 i^:"'' "' ^ ™'«'—«"y- n.eeti„s his friends wiH, hi ever n,"' T' "'"■ "'• talking to tl,em witl, fl. , ? Pleasant smile, and enthnlsn w dd e a, r ?'''' <="^-f»'ness and therefore, to^eli^L t ,a M-flipr^r;"' " '^ ""«"■"• that his voice wi„ no n.or^le ! a d o trth ^"th"' "f consolation his friends now have i„ tlf \ . ""'^ ment is that, while he liv^J 1 ., " '"^'^ sad bereave- , ins was the part of a good 89 rch, St. fifteen et Bap- lyiver- 'riiicess nearly Carey •ttavva, jceived 'ussels , April o the e did, John. Daily in cere His isand, lemy. :h us, , and s and icult, , and only eave- good and faithful servant of his Master, and that he has gone to his reward. This is indeed a true picture of our late re- vered pastor. MEMORIAL """RVICE. Sabbath afternoon, \\...ie the people were assembling, the church bell tolled, the organist playing the Dead March in vSaul. The pulpit, pastor's chair, choir front, and family pew were draped in mourning. The printed programme of services was in mourning dress, and contained, beside a photogravure of the deceased, a con- densed sketch of his career. The choir, assisted by Mrs. R. T. Worden and the Orpheus Male Quartette, rendered appropriate selections. The acting pastor of the church, Rev. A. H. C. Morse, read the Scriptures ; sermon by Rev. W. J. Manning ; prayer by Rev. Dr. Black ; ad- dresses by Dr. G. O. Gates, Rev. M. C. Higgins, Rev. J. W. Clarke, and Rev. Job Shenton. As the congregation dispersed Prof. A. T. Bustin played a funeral march. I would not forget to mention Deacon Jonathan Titus, who accepted the office of deacon Sept. 23, 1857, but for a nimiber of years, through infirmities, has not been permitted to meet with the church to which he is so fondly attached. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) & // {./ ^ ,v >% / 1.0 <^IM 12.5 |50 "^ ■■■ ^ li^ 12.2 U! 1.1 f.'^i IL25 ii.4 2.0 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 i\ iV ;\ I/. m For to bed 90 over six years our broth er has been 1 ^ ; "^^'Liici nas Deen confined 1. yet wlien called o„ is always bright a^d anxious to know of cur prosperity. ^ IN MEMORIAM. con^fn?' ^' "^''' "'^ ^'""'^'' fonvarded a letter of taithtiil and cons stent nieniher ^f tu- , . from its inception „„ti, iTZu 5 f mother of our present church clerk n" th.s last week of our half ^e' t rv her i":^ tHe,sefoi,owedL::aintrr. :/:,;rt:ek°' ago to the spirit land ^ ''^^^^ al^r;ti^:.;^"^.^^-^-^'^^^^^^^^^ M. C,BarC"ln;s^tp:i:fMa-.^^- I870, by the Rev. T. Harle>^ Mr Ba,J ' was a most devoted n,en,ber and . ;isHnt°"'' t^rsfcir ti:"^ " ^"^ ^n-fstr:; -rhi':: were coSd to^Tr ^l^^r, ^-'-^ before the pale messen.eTcl rfo^, h^^, ^™J we have still another to record. 91 A HARD BLOW. Sunday evening, March 4th, while the com- munion service was being conducted in the church, Brother B. A. Stamers was suddenly removed from the earthly to the heavenly home. A few weeks pre\ ious he met with an accident which laid him asido with a broken ankle. He expected, however, to soon be able to get about again, but some heart affection developed itself, and, hastily saying good-bye to all on earth, in the short space of twenty minutes he was gone. The announcement was paralyzing to the church, where he was a very familiar figure on all occa- sions. We miss him in the prayer and confer- ence meetings, the Sunday school, where for years he had been associate superintendent, and in the business meetings. We niss him most of all at the Sunday services, where he was always seen at the door of the audience room with his smile of welcome and extended hand. On our Jubilee committee how much we have missed him, and his death cast such a gloom that we have been working only half heart edly. The church members, desiring to give some tangible expression of their esteem for their late brother, decided to present the church with an individual communion service to his memory. P2 EACH THE OLDEST MEMBER. Miss Elvira Spiller, wliose name appears on the front pages of tl.is book as one of tlie con- stnuent members of our chnrcli, still worships ^v.th ,,s, and although she has been a member longest, she ,s not our oldest memljer. That d..stmct,on belongs to Mrs. Elizabeth Titus who .s now ,n her ninetieth year, and who is still in full possession of all her faculties. When the weather permits, our s.ster is usually with us at service. Novv, dear reader, while taking a retro.spective view of fifty years, I would like to take a look ."to the future, but in vain. The queryings of he imnd perhaps, could not better be expressed «.an >n the lines of that time-honored poem of r±. If. Spencer's: Who'll press for golci tliese crowded streets A hundred years to come ? Who'll tread these aisles with willing feet A hundred years to come ? Pale trembling age, and fiery youth And childhood with its brow of truth The rich, the poor, on land and sea Where will the mighty millions be ' A hundred years to come ? 93 'p.rs on le con- )rsliips lember Thai ^ who m in ni the us at ective look gs of ■essed sm of Deacons and Officers at Present. DKACON JONATHAN TITUS. WILLIAM ALLWOOD. IRA B. KIERSTEAD. N. B. COTTLE. J. A. DENNISTON. E. ELLIOTT. Treasurer— FRANK A. FALES. CI.ERK-FRED. W. McNAUGHTON. 94 I T.b«l..eU lirt „f Member, .dmitted by Baptism. Bj Letter not, reported. I I HI 'i 1850 Organized with 158. iRsi jHs6 iHs8 1H59 ; i860 1861 1862 ^863 ::::;::;;:: 1864 i86s 1866 :;:;;;:::::;: 1867 1868 1869 •• 1870 „' ••••• , 1871 1873 1874 ■i''7v"> 1H76 1878 1879 ".!";;::;; V'Ho .. 1881 1882 1883 !!;";;;;;;;; 1884 1885 ";;;;;;;; 1886 1887 1888 1889 '.'.'.'.'. 1890 1891 1892 1893 ;;!;;:;;;; ^894 .■;.■; 1893 1896 1897 .■.■.■.".■.■.■.;: 1898 J899 !!""";!!! Baptism. .. 14 .... Member.sh •• 43 .... .. 69 .... .. 22 .... 445 .. 22 •• 38 .... 463 •• 4 4 .... 459 • 24 • 24 . 6 . 6 .... 500 502 • 7 *•• • 9 • •• . no ... 582 • 3 13 - 521 3 2 56 , , 8 .... 8 ... 400 I ....... Q 9 115 24 3 25 jt" 26 8 .... •a*?! 5 37' 23 6 5 4 44 10 *'' ip. nz 95 Programme of Jubilee Exercises HELD MARCH 29 TO APRIL 4, 1900. THURSDAY. 8.0O p. m. vSacred Concert. FRIDAY. ^xar> 111 Older Folks Conference. ^SS" in Roll Call Covenant Meeting with an Hts- b.oo p. m. Koii^^c ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^,^.^^^^ GreetingB from Absent Friends. vSATURDAY. 8.00 p. n,. ^^-^^>^;;;f^^TS ^Zr-^""- SUNDAY. ;°;» :: I- Khl-t-'a-as. A. Eaton, M. A., of Toronto. 12 IS a. m. Hand of Fello^vship and Conininnion of Certificates, Recitations and Mnsic. 7 p. m. Preaching by Rev. Chas. A. Eaton. 8.00 p. m. MONDAY. Lecture on " Anglo-Saxonism referei Eaton TUESDAY ., with special by Rev. Chas. 6 to 8 p. m. Imperial High Tea, with Music and Ad- dresses