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K. / / 95th ANNIVERSARY OF i- ^^'■' 1'^ -.*-___ 1873. ■ ' ( /. .i'i^ I ^ 180G |i ^he^ colebration of tho Twenty-fifth Anniversarj of ths formation of the Traro Prince Street Bftptist Church, tlie following historical sketch of the Traro Baptists MBQ roau : ] eyent of Sabbath, January :}rd, 1858 — the day we celebrate — was one of ittliarjfertancc to the Baptists of Truro ; of considerable importanco to (he iiTjaiination ; and of some importance by its reflex action to Christians belong ^td'otber denominations in the town. It was of great importance to the {»ti$t» iof this place, because it drew them closer together socially and in their iroh ::^ork. It gave them regular and more frequent privileges in connectioa (h the ordinances of the church, and so identifed them with the work of the ifdatiaation that they m^re fully realized their importance and responsibilities. Was of isonsiderablc importance to tho denomination at laree, because it estab- bed a n&w centre in n rapidly growing community, from wnenoe it was reason- [is to expect valuabU'. assistance would come to the various schenes of the qyMalDation, and it would become an "Anchor of Safety," so to speak, to ^wtif , belonging to other churches throughout the Province temporarily ouniliig here in conucction with the educational institutions of the town. It was ^«pi|)|l iofportancc to other denominations, because, although their number was laH^'ttt'fiifst, they undertook and successfully carried oa^ ■'h great thip^4^i L B^-..>-J ■ -^vtt^V.:- MS ■ in v«ry bad temper anil called Mr. l*ago sharply to account for allowiup, tho strangers to preach such " daugorous doctrines," and threaiend if they did not return immediately to the place from whonee they came that he woiild liave them arrested as >;|iie!«. That nl'toriiooa one of tin in prcachiMl in Onslow and the dny after Timothy I'rout is.sucda vvaniint.sit^iu'il by ('olonol iVarson, .lam, s Aifhiliallj and Matthew Archibald — also uiagi'-t'-nttis — Inr thr arn'st of tlip • (In yt' out into all tho worlJcrs." Tlu- warran( was scivimI mi tlnMii in Mr. I'auH* liuus * and had he not boeonic bound lor tiioirappearanc' tin y wdiiM have bivn rast into jirison. Mr. I'a^o saddled his horse — there was no c uriup' road bjtwceii Truro and Halifax then — and rode to Halifax, and in a personal interview wiih the (iovernor, Sir (iuori^c I'rovost, sueeeeded in j^cttini;' a permit m- lie(iiides on North IJiver. Their's was the only regular prayer meeting in tho place lor many years. In is:.;.") the year "the Chapel" was opened, s(!ven of the sixteen persons added to the Onslow Church that year by baptism lived in Truro. Surely now, you say, with a comlbrtablc and commodious house ;'nr>- *ii,'' 9. allowiug tho thoy did not Id luivo tlieiii and till' iliiv iimock, iiurton, Chipinan, Harris, Tupper, Miinro, Mcijareii and Stevens, ari; some amoii'j; tin; many wiio on their M'ay back and forth oeeiipied the pulpit of the '"Old Chapel."' and tlirouiih tlic distance they seem like iriaiils. ami i presume they were giants. They must have been made e.vpressly for that work. They came as near, perhaps, to the standard of clerical perftctioii as it is pos.siblc for human beinp;s to approach. They had sound iniad.'< in ..ound bodies. They were accustomed to foil with their hands and that .tiave lliem vigorous i-onstitutions. They had no eolK'j;es to attend and consequently v.'cro .stratijxers to brain fatigue and many vices a -sociated wiih college life. Th«y had not learned the fashionable custom of the present day of being ''worn out,' •'run down' and "overworked" on two or three .sermons a week. If they felt need of any change it was a change of raiment, or poss''^ly a little circulating change for a pocket companion, They found rest and recreation in harder work and new fields of labor, and instead of flying away to foreign cities and coining back with their heads tilled with new notions and introducing indolent and iircvereiit, if not un.seriplural innovations, they put a few garments into their saddlebags, mounted their horses avd started for a two or three months mission to eastern Nova Seotia, Cape JJretoii or I*. E. Island. They would always arrange to preach in '' ruro going and returning, and there was some rivalry aiQODi; the few IJaptist families to see who c(uild best entertain these holy men of God as tlicy journeyed back and forth. The spare bed was kept in spotless order for them, and the warmest corner in tho stable and the best grain in the granary were not too good for their hor.-'cs. For twenty years then after the openiDg of the chapel their seemed no pressing need for a sep;irale organization in the inter- ests of the Truro Baptists, and the ste]) might have been very injurious to the mother chureh in Onslow. Abou^ 1855, however, circumstances occurred calcu- lated to have a marked cfl'ect on the growth and prosperity of Truro as a town, r.apid iuereasc in numbers and wealth was about to take place, and of course tho Jiaptints would have their share in the general "boom." The I'rovincial Normal School had ju.st been opened here, and a part of each year's pupils were iiaptisi.-. The Provincial Railways were in course of construc- tion and there was u largo intlus of people to take up their residence here, and a fair per ecntage of the new comers would be Baptists, so that by the beginning of 1857, if not sooner, the aroma of ciuniug events between Trnro and Onslow. It was not now, however, a question ul' cold mornings or sunny morning, nor yet a question uf happy meetings or kind greetings. Sentiment must give way to progress. The interests of the denomi- nation were greater than the interests of the Onslow or any other ehurch, and no one saw more clearly the true situation than the Onslow people. Wiieu. how- ever, the evident requirements of the times culminated in a proposal to the Onslow Church, in Conference in December, 1857, to dismiss their oldest deacon and forty-one others for the purpose of forming a church in Truro, the cfFcet wa;^ touching and painful beyond description. Old men buwed their iieads to hide their tears, while the aged sisters took no pains to hide their grief, but relieved their bursting hearts with sobs and sighs that plainly told what de-.-p and cruel furrows were being ploughed through their tcudercst aft'cctions. One brutlier us he looked upon the group that proposed leaving, a.«ked that he too might be added to the number, for, although he lived iu Onslow, it would be more con- venifint for him to attend in Truro. Hut the old deacon .shook hi.s head and '*t-T#efed No 1 No ! brother, you arc neidtd hero more than iu Truro and iltifij •sot {nelinmti0n or fnienicncc must actuate the Chri,'^ti:iii warrior. And that ^ '.iristian warrior still stands firmly at his pui^t as dcueon iu the Ouhlow Church Finally in spite of sobs and sighs and tears the vote Wus pai^sed and a eouneii appointed to meet in Truro on the second day of January, 18r)S, to eounider calmly, dispassionately y.nd no doubt prayerfuily the propriety of tlio proposed step. When I tell you that that Council consisted ol llev. D. W. C. Dimoek, John King, Esq., Thomas 8oley, David lilair, Eben iJlaekniOre and Kobert Nelson, you will agree with me that no u'atter what their decision niiuht bo, it was guided by sound judgment and sanctified by the purest of inientions. The decision was unanimous in favor oi the new organization and ou the ibllowinp; day, Sabbath, January 3rd, 1858. with .solemn and appropriate ceremonies, David Page, Samuel Solcy, Kicbard Uphnm, Chas. II. Blair. Francis Lay ton, Eben Hoar, John P. Moore, William Commiogs, Isaac Blair, Asa Daniels, David C. Wilson, Daniel Eaton, Lyman J. Walker, Adam John.son. Mercy H. Chambers, Elizabeth Upham, Nancy Cock, Catherine Linton, Elizabeth Uoar, llcbeeea Archibald, Rebecca Archibald, junr.. Hannah iMiller, Margery Archibald, Kilen Blair, Martha Weatherby, Mary Ann Layton, Sarah .lane dohutioii, Abby Brown, Lucy Brown, Nancy Soley, Elizabeth Katon, Nancy (■hanibers, Heleu Layton, Miriam Archibald, Lydia Logan, liconora Blair, J^lirium Daniel, Surali Soley, Margaret Moore, Elizabeth Hall, Mary Delaney and Sarah Lynds were constituted a -regu, / calvaoistic close communion Baptist Church, and God grant that it may ever remain such, under the name ol' t!;e "Truro Baptist Church.' On the same day Kicbard Upham was ordained deacon and David Page who nA held the office in the Onslow Church was unanimously lequcsted to continue in that service. Martha Faulkner and Rosanna Walker presented letters of dis- niuigs old ulil 1,'uiou with another, would compare bousand Hatred iuorniu;^i!i wore lowered round and bitinp; tht: he bleak ujar.-li a question ol' !Ctin{^s or kind of the dcnouii- er ehurch, and !. When, how- il to the Onjildw e!«t deacon and the effect wui heads to hide L'f, hut rt.'lievcd dc'jp and cruel One brother us I too might he I be more coc- k his head and fruro and dull/ rior. And that (Jui-IdW C'hureh t I and a council )8, to consider if the, proposed W. C. Dimock, ore and Kobert m miuht be, it oleniion.s. The u the followinp, remouics, J)avid 3 Lay ton, Eben oicls, David C II. Chamber.^, Hoar, Uebecca A.rchibald, KUeti ,Johni-on, Abby hanibers, Helen m iMniel, Surah ah Lynds were , aud God grant )tist Church.' )avid I'a^e. who isted to continue sd letters of dis- miNsiou fruui their respective churelie.-i and received the rij^lit hand of Cellow.-'hip. and with the dispensinjj; of the coumiunion. the day'.-^ proercdinps elo,>;cd. In answering the question How? 1 think T liave :il.-o sinswereil ;|ie oilier. Why not sooner or latir? I think I have shown that nineli sodiier uimid have beeu premature, any lattr would ;ia'.e been almost criminal nri:I(ct. This Church althonjih so new and yonnu' wa^ hy no means eoni|ii-((l uf raw material. Its timbers wire of live oak rnd well .'-eaxined. I>eac(in l*.ige had been fc.ty years a church member and a ureat part of that time a di'^'iim. J)eaeoii I'pham had been an active member of the On'^lnw Clnrel. I'mm liis ynuth. (Miarles H. Biair although youthful as to years was a viti ran in clmre.i work, and was chosen for Clerk which oflice he hi Id foi ten years, ami \\\<>^\\ rosii;nin;a received a vote of tlian'-s IVom tiH! chunh, whitli the luw Clerk- >|ii';il; uf in tlie minutes as :v ''well merited Cdmplin.ient." The work of tho various Conunittecs was in the liaiuls of tried men of e.\|i eneo and wisdom btith in e! ureh and .'•ecular af.iirs, while tloM-e was enouu;li uf the youthful element in its composition to insure fire nod zeal. William riini miu'.^s and Lyman J. Walker were of thsir number. After choosing of ofheers and a])pointi'iii; Committees the lir-t steji taken was to ascertain what amount eoidd he raised for ministerial labor l'(tr the year. At a church meetinu; held J anna ly IKtli, lsr)S, it was announced that a suflieienl sum was secured for a I'astur's salary for the year and it Avas innncdiately resolved that the llev. D. W. C. !>iineck, the pastor of the Onshnv Ciiureh, be called to the new church. At some prelinnnary meetinu:s to arrai»i;e details before the dismission wasgraiited hy the Oii.slow Clni.eli there wm- an agreement or understanding that Mr. J)iniock v.as to have the ]i;i.-ioi.il earc of ImiIi ehurcL OS, but between the -1th and the IStli of January, he became eonvine d that IVom physical debility or some other ca\ise he could not pos.sibly undeitake both, and as fho dgreement was not in writing, he was cn-ibled to illustrate the faet liithn- ;o lirgely if not universally doubted, that it was possible for Goil to edl a minis- ter IVom a higher to a lower salary .ind have the call aeeepted. Mr. Dimock's salary in Onslow for IS.'tT was (ivc hundred and fmty d(»ll;ir.-. (.S5-KI.(tO), and in Truro lor lsr)H it was I've hundred and twenty. But tlie Lord does not foi'Liet sneh serviuits and t.he ne.Kt year the salary wi.s iiiereased hy seventy dollars and gr.nt rally iiiereaseu afterwards until in 1871 it was eight ime was eonsidered a verv respectable sum. Moral — hundred, which for that t Always seek for a lower .salary. By l''ebruary Utb, 18.")8, one month after the organization, the eliureh hi'd chosen a pastor, elected ofliei'rs, appointe..ion to this cliurcli, to abstain from the use 'intoxicatmu' iir|LiiMs as a beverage aoi I that we will n;"t. administer them a.'ssueh 'to others.' \o more treating ainoni- the bretliren after that. Not lone after, an e(|ually creditable resolution was passed for assi-tiiig the poor, and that was good, ibr ehurehes as well as individuals should remember that charity should begin at home, aud that the soul or body of a Nova 8cotian is v;orth jui-t as much as the soul or body of the best heathen in India or China. The records of the i:fr "T^- 1 iilMiiiiiiiiii Church at'ter the liriit year arc itoiiiowlial ii.oiioIouoiim with tliu ux<-cj)tiun of three or four years, when mino "revival ''ifluctrjc' sfeiiiH to have resulted in larj^e nd- ilitioiis to the church roll hy Itaptisni. in IS.VS, the first yeiir of it.x lil'f. the iiiiiiiljcr Wiis tlius increased hy' tliiity- tiirec. In May of that year the cliiucli met with a U>^s that droped thu iii-ait- of its inenihcr» in deep uiourniii^ and yrief, in the tleuth of David V. Wilhoii, om of its most zealous and uselhl nicmhcrs. His last incetinf; witli lii^ hrethren \v:i> in 'Jonfercnce, May Sth, ami those who heard him on that occa.-i' i remarked his earnestness, humility and tenderness. He seemed even then to have got 1 u!d i I' the door-posts of the Kternal City lie was so soon to inhabit. At the next conl'ereiiee the lollowini;; entry was made upon the ehureli riconlv and I believe it, only feebly expresses tlie deep miisc of bciravi iiiciit felt hy thr Church at that time : — "Saturday, May l.'jth. lSr)S. Another week has passed away, and what a •ehange has taken place in our small circle. Sorrow hath filled our hearts. "Our beloved brother David C. Wilson, who look jtart with us in our exercises at •'V)e last Conference is now no more. Ihs spirit i>:, W(^ humbly trust, belorc the •'throne of (Jod. His body has today been laid in the i^rave. Hu died May ■l.'tth, aged .'{!( years. IIoW uncertain is life and how necessary it is to be pre- •jtarod to meet our (Jod. Our brother has left us and \vc shall see his face no •moro iu our ineetini^s here, b-it why should wi; despond? The Lord reijrns let •'the earth be f^lad." In 1808 twenty-seven, ill iSliK thirteen, and in 1S7(», thirty were added l>y liupti.sm. There was n(» year frtun iS.'tS to IS72 without some additions by baptism, ulthoujih iu 1805 and '<•(> tlii-e was but one in each year. Sonu; of tln^ i 'oiiri'mioiin in tho.se scarce years were sulficicntly remarkable to be worthy of record but the details wouM be too personal to Justify introdueiiij.' them iu this pajier .so they will have to lie over J'ur the future liislorian to deal with. I mentionefl that in 1808 twenty-seven were added by baptism. Nine wtTc added ihi- s;uie year by letter aud as the addi»ions had been up to this time, tiiiihty-four by bap tism and thirty-ei^ht by lettei. tlie old Chapel be^an to look loo small. It was nur only small, but anti<|uated. It bad lieeii in use over thirty years and wa> getting shabby. Tin; most serious oltjeetion to it howevci was its location. On three sides of it were stony noisy slrt-eti and passing carriages disturbed (the slumbers of) the worshipers. I''urtlermoie the principal part of the eon;_'re,i:atioii lived further west so that even if the bmse w.is enlarged, r. paired and modernized the leading objection w jukI still remain; ctn i i(uently, the feeling rapidly gaineil ground that the time had <'onH: to agitate for a new house. Any record,s of nf'gotiatioDS or preliminary tran.-aetion-. in ibc matter havu been judieiou^l\ consigned to oblivion or me kept e.irefull\ loiteealcd. fur the lirst intimation extant that such a step wa.> in eoud inpl.ition w;is ilie uppointment of a eomniittr> to pui^chase a site. A speeial meetin.; ol ilic eiiureh was called for August I Itb, 1808, to hear the report of that eomniittii. They rep o'ted verbally that they bad purchased land from Dr. I>. \i. liSnd> on I'rinee Sir'i t. I have no knowledge of the price paid but I rem'nd)er lliat an opinion prevaili;d at the timi; that the ?>! — intentionally — gave them very gond terms, mj tavorablc iiideed that they sold a part for what the whole cost and bad tin Church lot about free. When the Cotnuiitte iiad reported the purchase of a site William Faulkner, Eii(\., moved this re&olution. ''Resolved in the opinion of this meeting the time has ar^ lived when eonvenient After fui • lenien wen worship— li •'. Walker f •ed ami .ido a contract h The work w; ers, pjirtieid time lookiiif dono. It isl to thiit work ehureli whic I l-'th „(• .Jn,„ i <''»rdid again: ( was opened a gregfioii for l''our Week ^vhat modest grand a b-jild purely origiiij to till' ijrenera ehureli. ,«ell ti •N'or did they did they call ; the leadership gift of .song. nicntioiied. 'J (such as it wa and as ev( ry I the same poW( gained by resi (h)e of till move was of >frat.; the full almost impossi receipts for doi minutes fur the lollow"ng that 3 an increase of "i A moment n( tile short life ol and Were only ;. union with Can in the jirovinee paper. We h;v ever had .since. being blowed up ^^£MX>mw-^ \ I } ar;;c ntl- ilsuii. <»" threii \V'>^ uarki'il lt"< ot lo'.'l ' I' •li rc.iirl.-. elf l\v >!>'• 11(1 wllill il [»ur licurts. c•^olTi^es at , bflorc tlif (lied May s to be pi''^'- hiri I'ueo IK I ■il reij^ns lei ic. added )>> additions by Some nl" t»ic tliy of veconl n t\iis |tai» r uiciitioii'^d ,1 till' saiin' um- bv ba]i nail. 'It was iirs and \va^ cation. <>" Nturbcd ( tli»' (•oni:v(}^ati*aac Hlair, A. . I. Walker and Cyrus Katon. ''I'lie IJoard" procured plans whieh wer(f Hubmit- ted and adopted (ui the 25th of January, ISd!!, and by tlui ^tJlh of Feby. followinjj a eontraet had been made with U(d)ert IJrown for tlioereotion of the new house. 'I'he work was promptly exeeiited and when I tell ytvu that s'une of the commis.sion- ers, partieubirly l>eauon Iphani, Isaac lilair and Cyrus Katon >pent nearly all thtir time looking; alter theeonstruetion you will have no doubt about the work being well done. It is but just ieu to the commissionerM named t o.'-t ate that th(^yj;ave their time to that work while it lasted withmit any remiun'ration except the thanks of the church which was formally tendered to them at a fiminciul meetinL; hold on the I'Jth of .lannary, l.'^TI, two of t!ie member> n (jnc>tini,' that their names be re- eordt (1 auainst the motion. On the last Sabbath of May. lS7(t. the new building was opened and formally dedicated to the worship of (Jod at :. cost to the C'on<:rc- urci^tion for bnildin;: and fnruishinir often thou^:ind dollars. l''our \V(!eks previous to the openin-j; of the new (Miureh the choir feeling .^ome what modest — very properl) — about oecnpyini: so imjiortant u position in .so i:;rand a buildin-/, aiul partly perhaps with the idea that they were doing something; [lurcly orininal, tendered thronj^h their leader their resitinatinu. (bntrary, however, to tli;' ircneral cxpictation, the church did not dismiss their pastor, lock up the (diurcli. sell tiie siov(! and other I'urniture and a>k for their (lisniission generally. .Nor did tliey advertize for a trained (Juartette at ^^.'>.(HI a Sunday apiece. Neither (lid they call a meetini: ftf the church and propose eonurefiational singing under the lea(lcr.' (((Z(^ to thvlr niim/'trate tin; lull advantage, even from a pecuniary stand point, would be almost impossible, hut in this connection I may state that comparing the cash receipts for domestic and foreign missions alone as given in tlu Association lninut(^s fur the ten years previous to 18.'>7 from the Onslow Cliureh, with the ten I'ollow'nsi that year from the ( )nslow and Truro Churches, the yearly average show.s an increase of nearly seventy-live ])ercent. A moment now to glance at some of the changes that have taken place during tiie short life of this church v. ith a year or two added. AVehad no railroads then! and were only getting familiar with land lines of telegraph, no Atlantic cable, no union with Canada, no Winnipeg. Truro was one of the tpiiete^it country towus in the province with a population of from eight to twelve hundred, withoiit a local paper. We had no Model School but we had a better High School than we havo I'ver had since. We had no kero.senc oil and those who dared not run the risk of being blowed up with camphcno had to put up with tallow candles. ^i>H: ..■■T>,.^>liV«'.,-.--iA^.«i j^nawwwv*' /•'■s'fls^^j.vi*'?;/ v^r !?■; TIjo only strci^ts in Truro weio I*rin?o auJ^/uccn StrenM, culleil tlien "IVont iiii> lb aok striiot. Tl m pvosM stri'i'tH \vi i'(» cii Hod lane-. Iii''h W.'iV'^ !• ail- ing' out of tiiwu wiTo calliMl •'roiid<" iiiitl wiTo li itt^r kept lliiiii tlicy an' mow. Till- "Old (Miapi'l ' was I'm' many yunrs the only lious; nl" worHliip in town t'XOc|»t tlic ntiit l''piMc'()paI Cliuirli tliat now niakiw >mcIi a nice inrai. n!arkct..-i Anion;' till' many I'tiicr strikini; cliaiim's, I IJnd in lookiii;, nvcr tin' clinnli rw.nj'd.x iin appropriation of one hundrud dollar,^ a year Air tlio sexton or janitor, auH it car- riof mo lj«ck to a liim; wlun a yuiiili uf my a(i|nainlanc ■ used In cut tin* wood and iiaul it half a inil"r- form mull other work as was np(>d(?d for thn van' of tin- lioiisi', nncdi us li'j,htin}j; and swcopinir. and all tho pay ho i,'ot was tlio priviliv'i' of snuflin.:: the candlos with IiIh Jin,!.;or.s : lor in thoso days tin' old Cliapol was li<^hli'd with tallow eandli'-. Iltjforo dismi-.inj; lh(! "Old Ciiapol" liiially, I waul to till of an inoidont in conncotitni with it that will make ovi'ry l'ipli-:| proiid and may liavcsonu' iiilt'rL'-l for iho I'roshytcrians. AlthoULih tin; house was l)uill hy and ( \|>.v.'s,-;ly for tin' l.'a|itist.-^ ollnr dciioiul nations coiiLributod L,'(in(;rously with thn iindtirstandinu' ihac. it would ho opon for thi'iii whoii such afcomniodalion did not intiTJori' with any I'aptist appoint niont: and under that ari'an;i;enient the Methodists oeeiij^ied it I'eu'ularly for home time previous to the building of the neat little church that formerly used to nestle so cusily under Iho willows on Prince Street hy tliu side of the old mill-race, are iinue, tho old mill-racj is ;:on(> and tlie hou-ie h.-.s been mailc into c willow Ml a house of merchamliso since tlcluildin„' of the beautiful church on I'leasaiit Street, which has this advanta.no over all other churches in town, (sxcspt the new he iiici West Hiid Church, that it I las no abomination in tho sliape <. A' u 1) dent to which I allu.le and of wliiili 1 ".as i;;norant till a A>w ilays a-^o, conlerred upon th(! '"Old Chapel" the honor (d' being the lu-t eliuich in which the latejl'rv. •lohn Waddell addre>>e(l his people. \ The story as told to me is iliat Dr. .McCnlloch was away and some .-tranter of his denomination was prcach'iiL; in the morning in Onslow or North lliver and had made an appointment to prea'h in the Chapel in Truro, in the ufti rnoon. The day was liip'. The audi.iie' ^ailiered, but tin; priaclu'' did not eoni,'. The ■ The iteo]ile were unwilling' to separate witiiout a service, so soii;e of thom weiit» and drew .Mr. ^VaddLH on his eliair and little waj^igon to the donr and carried him into the house. ||:' ^ave out the psalvi, prayed and tool; his ttst, but had not iirociet iled \] ir with his sermon ■ivhon the tardy brother arriv"d, and .Mr. WadiKTi -aye way for !;iin. .Many ol' the people said they were sorry the stran-cr am.' .HO soon for tin y loved to hear the vnicj ot tlejir dear old ])astor onno again, ic choir re-^iuned was a vei'v prn^p'rous nno in o'lrr n'sp.'ctsj ear it th The y II hein;; added by Mantism. iMirini^ 1S7I and ISTlJ the aiMitions W( n nd ilnriii''' the latter, four. mail. Ill til" li'im-r yiMi' only Iv ly II At tin; eloso of ISTJ 31r. hinioek resl^umd tin; pastorate and at a meet nil •laiinary, 1S7."!, the Chnrcli voted him a donation of two hundred dollars. Fr( •lannary till 31ay the supply '>\'as only temporary. Tn .June, IST.'). Mr. (lonel^ 'phi'i'dles-- tloek. and to ITk fiid'T mercies T now resiu'ii yj took eharj'e of .!, 'I i fj ' rwiPf >p»i 111 " ' ■<,7^'. (J 'ji^m'^iiJ::^' '^*-^^VTm trv .• » . . ...f ^*/* '^. ;.i:: ■:. k '^ ■.f, '1 * \ ■« f 't ••• :r ^..