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I2tb, 1800. ^Rcopcnc^ jfcb. Utb. 1900. ^ " I was gUd Ivhen they sdid unto me. Let us ij > into the house of God." ''l^ecoUectfon is the only paradise from m}hich liio wlmh I. liiti' yciiix, (((•(■iini'd curly yc-tfidnv luniniiii;. aiiitiiat(''(l On t... . Itidkcd ii|Hiii !i> .( familial laiidiuai iv a^ a ifsii It St. .1 ^ I' All fl lat luactically niiiaiiis .,t the tiiir stiiictii ii'iUT (.1 Kiiij^raiid I'ark stir.ts. and I i^ to da.\- lint a licap of lilu. I'Miiudillnl iiiid aluin>t !'■ wall-, titw.T and |iM|tinii of tlir liaM'iiirnt. The ahcvc imtr .ipiMaivd in ihr D.iilv Kcc.idrr on .Mundav Pcl.iiiarv l:;ili, ISDH. ..,ii(l tii.- iuImts '.f St. .ii,]iu's Clniivj new that il was oiilv tun tine. \i-{ tlii.s lil< proved t<. Itc a Idcssinu. fi.r wiiiji' iIm- old f iiiaii\ lircs lia.s t'aiiiiliar laiidiiiark ■itill rciiiaiii.s. the new St. .loliii's is liritcr and ltiin|,tt>r, and ron.urf.i^'ation s( idn-cr than vwv. To-day as we take "iK.sscssi of our new Cliuicli rioni.-, our mind. nat"urallv -., l,;ick' nwv tl on sixty years that lie Wehind us as a eon.ureyalion. and we uoidd ovin,u-|y recall sf"t an 1 truth, a " " r. ^marti and so a nd their memory is still an inspiration. Their child liaxf risen up to hje.ss them in the j^at listory has not proxed that I to he H'ritaiiO oi ren The first i-ecord of St. .lol es. ville, the hStli dav of J Ill's is the following; : "At Mrock- of the Church of Hroekvill une, |S;J7, which dav the Kirk Sc SSlOll C'hurch of Scotland, met for the first t Coui't House. e. 111 connection with the Kstahlished line within the District Skdkkuxt The Rev. Peter Colin Caini)l)ell, Mod James Moni.s, E.s(|uire, and John MacDonald, Kid eratoi- eivs. I f Ill is aiKl !n liavr juiiH'd til.. -«'iHM'alHss..inl.lv ut' i|,.. Clmivli of i|„. first Im.ii. In ISII M„. |{,,v. Mr. Cn, ikshui.l; was srtth'd us pastor, and mnam<.(l ,,,il.v a tVu i tl.s Nvliri, !.<• was called t<, Niagara I'P to tills tmi." the concrrriruti,.,, |,ad no rcirnlar [.la..' of "wor Nii|.. Tlir mcctin-s w.-iv ii.'ld first in tlir Court House, and tluMi tor a linic ill a l.wildin- lM.|on,<>inL; t(. a .Mr. .M.iir. I.iit in ISK III.- con^qcj.Mtion went hack to the Court House", that year took steps to huild a Ciiiiivji. ^ In.Iuly, IS 1 1, at a iiicctin;,' of the con«4rt'«,'ati<)n the follow- in;!; were appointed a luiildin;,' eoiiiniitlee Messrs. .Mallocli. Ill' , l{«'id, .Siiiilli. iJi.ind, .1. Morri.s and Koheit Wat- son, and on May dtli, 1S|7, Norman MacHonald. IJohcrt Pedeii, Alexander Morris and Andi'ew .McKic were .ulded to the eoiiiiiiittee. From lS|i> to ISr),") were tryinjLj; years to the eonyre^^'a tion. The ,i,'r<>ater part of that time there was no settled pastor, thouifli it was in these years the Church was huilt. Mr. Cruikshank's sucee.s.sur ^'■^- '''^•^" '• m^<'>i.i.ivuav. \vas ]{ev. Tho.s. Hai^d), a licentiate sent out I.v the (V.lonial Committee (,f the Church of Scotland. Mr. Hai-h onlv remain- ed two or three years, thoui,di from the records it is^ervdifti- cult to ascertain the particular f;icts as to mini.ster.s, Church or con^'re<,Mtion. .Some iiiterestin<,' items are recorded however, as to the i)er- s.mell of th.- membership, and it is worthy of note that the Uiurch at la.-e has hen strengthened ovei- and ov.>r a-ain hv tlie n -n and women who have irone forth from St. John's At the September C)anniinion of 1S41), Mr. John McKerras Mar-iin.f aii.l .l;,..r M. K..,Tas wnvn,-.,. r.l int.. tl,r ,„<••. ,Imt ship tit tlif ('liur' <'lMisfs KJM-.I.M,.. Il.rfathrr -Mr. Join, MrKmas, ua> an .'M.t fnc inaiiv vraix. i,,,! Imt lilnljirr Wj.s the |{( \. .lolih McKcrras, «h.. lat.- Li>|n\td l'lnf.'>v..r ,,t' (^)||f,'|l > ('(.| I eye. In IS.")!, thf |{rv, ..'ol.n \\ li\ It' was f.illfd (I) till- I'.ist toat f ; his st ipi-ntl l"iim L'l-JO |)fr ami'in;. It was in this yi'ar tn- (lie Vfar ft tilt. win.-; that tlit- ni'u Cjuii-cli was i.pcnt'tj. Tlit'if is no it'fiiid aiiv wJM'rt' of tli«»t'v«'tit, llit.ii;;Ii the h'ttinu' <'f thf |.t>ws, iiiitl thf a])|itiintnii>nt t»t' a the Churcli oryan shall ui\c the tunc, hcninnin- and endin«,' with the sinj.,dn,y;. The years 74 and 7.") were stirring- years for all branches of — ( the Pi'fsl)ytfri;in CMuirdi in ("aiiad.i, ;is it was tlicii that the sulijcct of union hetweon the Kiik, the Five, and the rniled Pceshyteiian Chiifclies was discussed hy r(»nui'<'(ratiiins and l^resltyteiies. I n ni any (■(»n,i;renati(ins in connection with thel\iik. the feeling against union was intense. The disruption of l^.* was still reniernhi-ed l)y many, while with those wlio could nctt remeniher, the tradition was e\-en sti'oni;"er. I'^aniilies were divided and the hest fViends became enemies ; hut haj)|)ily in I)rock\ille the fecilini.; was not so intense. The matter was disposed of l)V St. Johns Session in March. 71. The Session then was composed of Col. McDouyall, .lanl(^s Hall, .Jame.s Lanyskail and Mr. Hamilton. The hasis of union was accvjtted hv the Session only. lames Lan^skail a})tisnis take ])hice in the (*hurch except in cases of absolute necessity, otherwise application nuist "' ' " ^rRAcuAN. be madt; in writin-;' to the Session. Now it seems as if the injunction had gone forth that no bai)tism should take place in the ChuiX'h, e.xeept under very special circumstances. Shoi'tly aft(M- the adxcnt of the ort-an in "T-?. the ne.\t ine\it- able ad\ance was the singing of hymns, and we find the Scottish _s._ I Hymuiil introduced in 7 J. In Si this -hvc plac-c to tlio Hyniiiid of the Caiiiida Chinch. At this time the choir dis- covered that their orijjan was out of date. A new one with all modern iniprovemcMits coidd he yot very reasonahJv, and this was resolved on. The description of the lunv instrument is in the minute book of the IJoard of Trustees, and is as follows : One or^an, style 200, two hanks of keys and I 8 stops inclusive of jLjrand orj^an, pi'ice Sd.lO.OO. Th(! Counnittee who arranged the matter of purchase and payment of same were W. R. I'.ain, Uoht. McLenahan and J. D. Smith. This was the origan that very wiselv remained in the Vestry for a numWer of years, until it was" burnt, ami thus became more valuable through its insurance than it ever had been. In 1882, the Church having become too small it was decided to eidai'ge. The first step taken was to appoint a building com- mittee, to prejiare plans and s|>ccifications and ask for tenders on the same. Tlie committee consisted of Mi'. (;. Ilutiheson. Hon. ,1. \V. Cliristie, Mr. Kobt. Wright and Mr. H. Mc[.en;ihan. It was found that the lowest tender was i?S,000 to complete tiie eidargement, and after discussion it was agreed that when $4000 was subscril)ed the counnittee were to go on with the building. At that meeting !?3:^")0 was sul)scril)e(l, and no ditli- culty was found in securing the rest. After evei-vthing was completed the total cost seems to have been .^9000, including the Vestry which cost nearly !$10()0. The opening services were on Sabbath, Nov. 12th, 1882, when Principal ]\[c\^icar of JNIontreal, Dr. Milligan of Toronto, and Dr. Mitchell, of Uelleville, were the preachers of the day. Dr. Milligan giving a lecture the Monday evening followinlj. Even in those days when soloists and anthems wei-e not much thought of, choir matters were not pleasant. For many months the principal business with which the Kirk Session had to do was adjusting and readjusting matters among the musi- cians, deciding what was involved in the term ** Leader/' who -9- sliitiild li;i\(' t he olKMisiiiu of tilt! Iiyiiiiis, and tuii(^'<. and many tttlici' tliinifs all too tfi\ial for yrown U]i men. |)i'. .lardinc rt'si^jnt'd the pastorate of St. .I<»lin"s ('liuicli in Ot'tohcr, 1 SSC). to accept an appointment of the Home Mission Connnitteeal Prince Alhert, N.W/r. In May, K'^ST, llie l{e\. Alex. Mac,uilli\ ray of Williams- town was (.'ailed, and having accepted was didy settled, and continued as pastor nnlil .Marcli. |S!)|. lie was succeeded l)yHe\. Charles.), (\ameron, «»f Canninin- t(»n, who was called in July (Jtli, ISDJ, and tendered his resigna- tion tile S(h of No\('ini)er. IS*)."), toaccept a call from the I'ourth Presbyterian Church, lloston. These two pastorates are l»oth so fresh in the memories of nearly all llu; present cfinureuat ion, that nothiiiu need be recalled to record in these paii'es. Their work is yet Wearniy fruit in exciy «h']»artnient of the congrega- tion. 'J'hrou^h Mr. Mc( Jilliv rays enevoics the Church w as f I'ced from delit for the first time m many years. In .Mr. Camei'ons pastorate the interior of Church was thoroughly renewed, and a pipe oryan placed in jiosition which niiido the Church conifoitahle and attractive. In !'i' the present manse was finished and occupied for the 'tirst time In Mr. Cameron. Th;- present pastorate hej^an Sept. Sth. |S1>7. It is not histoi-y yet and tjierefore has no place here. In tiiis brief sketch of St .lohn's con.y'regation. the wiitcr IS conscious of how inade(|'.iate it is. The most important parts had to he h^ft. These must he filled in by the readi-rs imagination, for who can record tiie devotion and loyalty and self saci'ifice, of all tiiese noble uhmi and wonuMi, who yaNc so freely of themselves for tlii' Masters cause in St. Johns. We have a Malloch l)e(piest, we ha\-e an Kii/abeth (iilmour manse, and had wc the jtrivilege wc could see on n<'arly every st(»ne, the name of some family whose devotion left the congre- gation richei*. The pul|)it of St. Johns is also rich in associations. r 4 lu- ^^^I-^ I )r. C'ouk, ot' ( Jucltcr : \h\ W illi;iiiiMiii. nf (^Miccu -- : I >|- (Irdiuf, of (.^lU'riis ; Pi'ot". McKerras, ot (^»ntM'n >- ; I >r. r»arcljiy, ut" 'I'uronto; Dr. Nurnian McLrud. df < Masmw : l'iinri|tal SmMlnrass, nt" (^)u('('irs, and many dthn-.s nt' ihr ( )1(1 Kirk days, w cfc t lie pn'at'lici's at St .Inlmson tlicm'tat (n'sasions. Slic has also ^ixcii of lici' sons tn the ('liui'cli. I'i'ot'. McKcri'as, I h". ('aiM]ilp('ll, tlir present Moderator of Assembly : Kev. \V. ('. McLean ot" t)ak Lake; lies. .1. W. Mnirliead, of Whitewood. all went from St. .lohns, and they are all wortliy of her hesi traditions. The eonyrei^Jit ion at present is in a most prospd'oiis condition. K\er since the Ih'e which hulks more laru'ely than any other excnt. a new life and eneruv has come. In .NLircJi a buildinu connnittee was appointed. HoKert Wriijjht, Chairman ; W. !). Smellie, Secretary ; and Messis. tLimes l*iil)lo\v. K. A. (ieiycr. \V. I>. Ilevnolds, John (irant, W . 11. Thompson, A. (i l)ol)hie, (!eo. Hohertson, (leo. \\'ri<.;ht. For the Committee it has been a, l)Usy yeai-. nuich thoiii;ht and energy ha\(' heen e.\|)i'ti(le(l. Imt on account of the unity, and enthusiasm