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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthodo. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 i V A ^OVA SCOTI4 ♦•••■'1 -> PROVINCE HOUSE ii \.. ' • \ III ;i; \ i\ \ ■ ft !: 1! i f: V ■■ ■'$^^^4^-^--^'^smt' Hfej**''-'-i^'->" %3 \ •^ no ^ !•- e: CHURCH OF E] The township o side of the river St. subdivisions of Han ranks next to Wine proclamations issued man, Governor Law many substantial f; Island, New Londo Nova- Scotia, determi favorable to the pros( port was considered 1761 it was grant( township comprises Of these, fifteen hu two hundred are st intervale, Oypsum former has been exte to the Unitfed States the best freestone q EEC0RI5S or THE CHURCH OF ENGi;.ND IN NEWPOlll^ The township of Newport lies on the eastern side of the river St. Croix. It is one of the six subdivisions of Hants county, and in importance ranks next to Windsor. In consequence of the proclamations issued by that excellent and popular man, Governor Lawrence, in the years 1758-9, many substantial farmers from Boston, Rhode [sland, New London and Plymouth, arrived in Vova-Scotia, determined to settle in districts most avorable to the prosecution of agriculture. New- )ort was considered one of these, and in the year 1761 it was granted in seventy shares. The ownship comprises fifty-eight thousand acres. )f these, fifteen hundred are good dyked land wo hundred are salt marsh, and some few are ntervale. Gypsum and lime abound, and the ormer has teen extensively quarried and exported the Unitfed States. It is also said to posses he best freestone quarry in the Province. The ; »l /, .- I *: ' ' »" ■ Lh jH i « y "ijl ii t iiiHppjpwiii place, hov/ever, is chiefly agrieultural, and as the land is generally good, and the greater part of a superior quality, tl^c prudent and diligent farmers have in many instances been repaid for the toil and labor which they have expend'-d. Few por- tions of the colony present a finer appearance during the summer months, as respects the pro- ducts of the soil, though it must be admitted that there are other townships, as Horton and Corn- wallis, which exhibit more marks of wealth and prosperity in the houses, out-buildings, and fences to be seen on the farms. For some reason less attention has been paid to the external appearance than is the case in the townships mentioned. The stranger, therefore, in passing through, is liable to form an erroneous judgment from tha absence of these usual indications of success, unless indeed he be qualified to pass an opinion upon the culture and fertility of the land. Like several other districts in the Province, Newport possessed great advantages in the majo- rity of the people to whom it was first granted. The emigrants from New England were " respec- table and industrious, whose occupation had always been the cultivation of the^ soil, — who were inured to labor, aware of the di;fficulties they had to encounter, and fully prepared to overcome I -f t' / U- i »( ii M i>iti a iii I ii i ilup 10 which caused considerable anxiety on the part of the Society w^ ich had sent him to America, the missionary found his way to Nova-Scotia. Here he encountered fresh trouble, having been appoint- ed by the corresponding committee at Halifax to the station occupied hitherto by Mr. Bennet. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel was not pleased at this being done without their direct sanction having been first applied for and granted, and hence some time elapsed before the matter was finally adjusted. In 1777 a resolution Avas passed by the Board in London, formally commit- ting the care of the five townships already named to Mr, Ellis, he having made ample apology for having exchanged his mission without authority from head quarters. In the same letter he speaks of there being no church at Newport, although the congregation there was more numerous than in any of the other four stations. During the period of his services the American Revolution took place, but Mr. Ellis was of opinion that *' the influx of refugees male no difference in his mission." In this, however, he must have been somewhat mistaken, as there are now living the immediate descendants of some who tliien found a home in the township. For twentt years Mr. Ellis served in his mission, — the repprt ft: 1795 i 4 i stating that dered imfit f' Mr. Willoi Cumberland ed to his nev for some not ted from th( officiate. In meet a state " that he sho port as Mr. was a very ir the Society consequently the history of this neglect a serious brc secondly, bee the unjust ( were not pn the progress labor, we an voted most oi The next i loved man, tl Vice-Preside; votir.g himise! muMt* . I 'mmamtlfi*'.*^» Ill yiiiiM. 11 stating that by " age and infirmities he was ren- dered unfit for duty." Mr. Willoughby succeeded. He had been at Cumberland imtil this date. When first appoint- ed to his new sphere of labor, Newport appears, for some not apparent reason, to have been omit- ted from the list of places at which he was to officiate. In a short space of time, however, we meet a statement made by him to the Society, *' that he should be able to take charge of New- port as Mr. Ellis had done." Mr. Willoughby was a very irregular and meagre correspondent of the Society whose servant he w^as, and we are consequently left without authentic information of the history of his mission. We cannot but lament this neglect on his part: first, because it makes a serious break in our chain of narrative ; and secondly, because we may be led by his silence to the unjust conclusion that ecclesiastical affairs were not prosperous with him. Whatever was the progress made in this portion of his field of labor, we are ignorant of it. He probably de- voted most of his time to Windsor and Falmouth, The next missionary to Newport was that much loved man, the Reverend William Cochran, D. D., Vice-President of King's College, Windsor. De-. votir.g himiself, as far as compatible with his Prq-* ■Mm iiM ii :£^!:*'»i^ ia»>.^-~u ^■'-— ^Tlll i\ I 12 fessurlal engagements, to the duties of the mission, he was the means, under God's blessing, of firmly establishing the Church in this place. In tlie month of March, 1809, the Bishop committed to his care Newport, Falmouth, and also liawdon, " until a proper person could be found to reside there." In his communication with the Society the Doctor says that " he derives most satisfac- tion from Newport. Although che Baptists are numerous there, jet the congregation is not incon- siderable. The church, v.'hich was neglected during ten or twelve years, has been 'ately repair- ed, and now only wants painting on the outside and pews within, which will soon be accomplish- ed." In 1810 Dr. C. writes "that he is more and more pleased with his little flock at Newport, where the Bishop of Nova-Scotia held a confirma- tion in the month of September, on which occasion s.vanty-six persons were confirmed, some of whom were from the neighboring township of Hawdon, and a few from Douglas, but the greater part was of Newport." He was also cheered by gome signs of vitality amongst his flock, in the addition of some communicants at this time. It would appear that the church, which had been commenced in the year 1790, was not yet completed. It was built, so far as finished, by I 1 1/7 f •",• general subsc it should be e The means of quate, and, t( been injured, unsound min every windo-ss (1810), Dr. ( grant of mo] completien ai the people w< prove therase It would se year 1814 Ne ed. Dr. Cocl charge of Fi date, the Rev sioned with with Rawdon ture of affair; parish, and tl *' Parish, ci PORT, Coi CouncH be *' Begin nin gin of the si Wi WWH i V ..I -'^■^ t4tl^ 13 general subscription, with the understanding that it should be exclusively for the Church of England. The means of accomplishing the work were inade- quate, and, to add to trouble, the building had been injured, about the year 1798, by a person of unsound mind, who during the night had broken every window- sash. At the time now spoken of (1810), Dr. Cochran was in hopes of obtaining a grant of money from the Governor towards the completien and necessary repairs, and states that the people were subscribing very well in order to prove themselves worthy of the grant. It would seem that from the year 1812 to the year 1814 Newport was, in some measure, neglect- ed. Dr. Cochran having been appointed to the charge of Falmouth alone. At the last-named date, the Reverend William Twining was commis- sioned with the care of Newport, in connection with Rawdon and Douglas. It was at this junc- ture of affairs that the mission was created into a parish, and the boundaries mai:kcd out, as follows : "Parish, of St. James, Township of New- port, County of Hants, erected by order in Ccuncili bearing date March 30th, 1814. " Beginning at a stak( and stones on the mar- gin of the sea shore on the E. side of the river ;-\ 1 \v / mmm 14 Avon, at the distance of one mile to the north- ward of the river Cockmagun, being the beginning boundary of the township of Newport ; from thence to run E. ten miles ; thence S. until it meets the main public road leading from Halifax to Wind- sor ; thence following the several courses of the road northwesterly until it comes to land formerly granted to George Scott and others ; thence by the side line of said Scotfs land until it meets the river St. Croix ; thence following the several courses of said river down stream until it meets the river Avon ; thence down the said river Avon by the southern shore thereof, until it meets the place of beginning by the name of the parish of Saint James, — reserving the power, however, to establish one or more parishes hereafter within the same limit." In reply to the application made by the Rev. Br. Cochran to government for aid, the sum of £150 was granted by Sir George Prevost out of the ''Arms fund," towards the repair and comple- tion of the church. Upon the expenditure of this money the people seemed to take more interest in religious ordniances, although for jsome time they labored under the disadvantage of| having no regularly appointed services. In the /year 1818 , — 1 1 ' i i' i^j V Jiksiaa the report s " Since New don, and the the congrega are thankful : Society have, the duties at Rev. Dr. P Windsor, has This arrange the most ardi ly, on the 19 don delivere Newport, " v communion." After the h was requeste the Society tl church for tl them divine living at sue ministerial di the good-will progress wa About th-'-zJHb4^ r, ,' V^ mNMii .^kMMMMI /. • '-W '^ accommodate the largest number of those interest- ed. There was a good deal of opposition mani- fested at first by thosj who were not members of the Established Church. Time, however, broke down the uncalled-for prejudice which existed ; and so marked was the success of the teacher, Mr. Maxwell, that many who were antagonistic to the founding of the institution gladly availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them for obtaining a sound education for their children. 8ome useful information in reference to the date of the consecration of the church, the state of the school, and the obtaining of a parochial lending library, will be gathered from the following ex- tracts from the reports of the Society for the Pro- pagation of the Gospel : "On Friday, Nov. 3, 1826, Dr. Porter met us (the Bishop and Archdeacon) at the Newport church (St. James'), where a large congregation was assembled. The church and burial ground was consecrated, and forty-one persons confirmed. This township contains 98 square miles and 1659 inhabitants, of whom a fair proportion belongs to the Church." , The Archdeacon in 1829 reports th;at a little repair was wanting both to the church (if Newport and the fences round it, A very handsome, laro-e ■ ■ / ¥)m¥jL If r. school-house, 1 church, which Mr. Alexander pied the old sc the church ; 1 scholars. Ther tion of the mis: consisting of 1 the S. P. C. K the people tl direction of tl by subscriptioi speak highly o tion to the dut Dr. Porter ( until his resigi college in 182 To this day 1: one of the ag( ing his deep parish, which tion to the no His suchessi who had Hall, Oxfc Dublin he ece rd, tl ment dates! the Errata. — Bn el and in the bottom KSM ■f ■' .\ . / '9^9 ■lope on the other. In the autumn of 1857 Mr. Spike resigned the care of the mission, having received an appoint- ment to another parish, and a temporary arrange- ment was agreed upon with the Rev. Professor Hill, of King's College, Windsor, f discharge the public duties so far as practicable. These were commenced on the first Sunday in October, 1857, and continued until the month of May, 1858, when the Rev. James J. Hill succeeded. The church was consecrated by the bishop on Sunday, the 27th Tune, and his Lordship confirmed twenty persons, .be of whom had been baptised in the morning l^y the newly appointed missionary, who then for tlhe first time received a member by this sacred rit into the Church of God. We tn fet that the spirit of God will rest upon His little lock in Newport in an abundant mea- I . \ v^ / 22 sure, that many wanderers may be guided to the narrow way that kadeth to eternal life, being bro ight to a knowledge of themselves as sinners, and of Christ Jesus as their Saviour, and that minister and people may so live as to "show Ibrth the praises of Him who hath called them out of darkness into marvellous light.'* I ..>■■. -^l^ l' ^'feA- 'g ^^ ^\/if r?;. 1 • jIbka.,' ■■W-.*^.. ;».*--!p««..'