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Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre film6s d des taux de r6duction dlff6rents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clich6. 11 est film6 6 partir de I'angle supdrieur gauche, de gauche 6 drolte. et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 3:x i i A SHORT SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CRESCENT STREET CHURCH, MONTREAL:: :: :: ^.. R. D. fW9 V,Y.... JOHN STIRLING f^H §f MOSTflW, PMILLIPS i CO. 118368 L A SHORT SKETCH OKTHF HISTORY OF CRKSCKNT ST. CHURCH, MONTREAL I!v JOHX SIIRI.IX,; D i i I 1 ■ URIXG the last year of his h'fe the late Mr. John Stirlinj,^ was much interested in preparini,^ material to illustrate the short sketch of the history of the cong-rei>-ation he had written, and which the Deacons' Court printed in the report of 1899. While helpino- him in this cong-enial task, 1 ex- perienced the g-reatest difficulty in getting- any drawing whatever of Cote Street Church. I hunted for it in every library in the city, in the Chateau de Ramezay, and in the old book stores, but without success. At last I thought that i "a AHCIIIHAIJJ M-(iC)r.\. possibly the plans of the buildinj,^ mi-ht still be in exisience, and callin.^- on Mrs. Redpath, of Terrace Hank, 1 found that my supposition u;.s correct, and she very kindly put the elevation of the church and spire at my disposal. I felt that with this help ue could make as -ood a drauin- oi' the old church as most of those which appea" i" that rare work " Hochela-a Depicta." But better thin-s than I anticipated were in store when the Rev. Principal .Mac\'icar produced at our annual meetin- an excellent wood cut of Cote Street Church in an American publication. I folt that my difliculties were at an cm], and when our elder, Mr. David .\L.rrice, heard of the purpose of Mr. Stirlin- he, with his accustomed K-enerosity, instructed me to-o on with the work cind complete it. I felt that there was a peculiar appropriateness in this arrangement. Mr. Stir- ling and Mr. Morrice had been elected elders at the same time. They had been associated for many years in all the work of the conj,.-reiration. JOHN RKDI'ATII. At :i rather critical .stai,-e in connection with the erection of Crescent Street Church, these two assumed a responsibility to which we are in- debted for the beautiful facade which adorns it, therefore it seemed to me a -ooj and beautiful thinj; that the littlj memento o\- this work pro- jected by the one should be perfected by the other. I have also to express my oblioation to Mr. A. C. Hutchison, architect, for the sketch of the temporary wooden buildin- in which the con- g-re^-ation met till Cote Street Church was erect- ed. This building- was on Lag-auchetiere street, and durin^r the week was used as a day school.' Mr. Hutchison and Mr. Hui,rh Cameron, our session clerk, went to this school when they were boys, as did also Mr. R. A. Hecket, who for six years led the Psalmody in Cote Street Church, and the sketch made is from their remembrance of it. There are a few others who can recall this old buildino-, and it will be interesting to hear i 1 :m. 1 ■ ■ KfM COTK STREET CHIRCII. their opinion of the sketch. The house shown at the left of the picture still stands, thous,'-h somewhat altered. The space on the riyht was used as a wood vard. Another interestinir fact in rei^'-ard to both this sketch oi' the wooden buildins,-- and that of Cote Street Church is that we are indebted for a \ery artistic reproduction of them to Mr. Xorman MacVicar, architect, second son of the second minister oi' Cote Street Church. From the wood cut in his father's pos- session, and the pencil sketch of Mr. Hutchison, he drew the excellent pictures which adorn the walls of the vestry, and from which the photo- i,'-ravures were taken. The picture of Crescent Street Church is from a photograph by Mr. Rice, at one time our precentor. Of the twelve men who commenced this work only one remains with us this day, our venerable urn hiiifhly esteemed senior elder and session clerk, Mr. Archibald McGoun, whose portrait appears on the openin*^- pag-e of this memento. REV. DONALD FRASKK. D.D. xMr. John Redpath is rii,--!!!!}- called by Mr. Stirling- "The Father of the Church," for he was the leading- spirit in the " Free Church Com- mittee," and his son, Peter Redpath, has per- petuated his memory in the beautiful memorial window which adorns the church. James Court and Joseph Mackay were also members of the origiiKil committee, and the latter, with his brother, Edward Mackay, are representatives of a family whose benefactions to the cong-reg-ation are unsurpassed, and in whose memory Mr. Robert Mackay has arrang^ed this year to put in a window which will be the counterpart of the Redpath window. Judg-e Torrance and John Campbell were ordained elders tog-ether, and were men of a kindred spirit— devout and faith- ful. David Morrice, James Ross and John Stirling were elected elders at the same time, but as Mr. Stirling- was in Scotland his ordination did not take place at the same time as that of the other two. Mr. Morrice has been connected REV. I). II. MACVICAK, D.IX, I.L.D. with the Sabbath school as assistant superhi^ tendent, superintendent and honorary siipt'rin^ tendent for over thirty-seven years. Mr. Ross has been the superintendent of our mission school, Nazareth street, for nearly forty years. These portraits are only a first instahnenl ol' those whose memories we would like to kugp g-reen. I have with considerable labour colluftod a larg-e number of interesting- photographs. I am very thankful to be able to make this coni = mencement, and trust that the work may bt* continued till we have an adequate memoriul extending- up to the jubilee of the congregulion, A. B. MACK.\^^ 111! Ri;\'. K. F. BURNS, D.D. <'KI'H('|;\T STkKKT CHURCH. MR. STIRLING'S SKKTCH Lookinj^'- over the present list of the members of this cong-reg-ation, there appears to be at least five still remaining who have been connected with it from its beg-inninj,'-, and who no doubt can well remember the cause of its orig-in the memorable conflict in the Established Church of Scotland, on the non-intrusion question. This conflict lasted for about ten years, and cul- minated in the disruption of the Church, on the i8th day of May, 1843, when 474 of its Ministers and Missionaries, for conscience sake, severed their connection with it, and constituted them- selves into a body called the "Free Church of Scotland," j,nvin^r up their Churches, their manses, their livings, and risking- every worldly prospect, going forth with their wives and JOSEPH MACKAV. families, not knowinj^- what niioht befall tliein, but with a clear eoiiseienee, tiustiiio- i„ (j^^j i;„. the future, whatever it inioht h^ ; one o\' the noblest sacrilices for principle that the world has ever seen, Durin«,^all the time of the eonlliet, many of the members oi' the Presbyterian C'luuvhes o\' this C'itv in connection with the Kstablished Church of Scotland, stronj^ly sympathised with the non intrusion movement, and- on the disruption takiui,'- place, considered it their duty to manifest their sympathy with the Imvc Church principles. At that time (1843-44) t'l^'''^' wore li\e Presbv- terian Churches in this v'ity, \ iz : St. (iabriel Street Church, St. Andrew's Church, St. Paul's Church, I.,ao-auchetiere Street Church, and the American Presbyterian Church, the first thre" of" which were in connection with the Established Church of Scotland. The first concerted move- ment in this direction took place on the loth day of January, 1S44, when twelve ardent and i:;ood lor he ;is no us KDWAk!) MACKAV, men, who mii^lit well be called the twelve Apostles ol' the I'"iee Church in Canada, met to^'-ether and called themselves the Free Church Committee, others joinini,'- them afterwards, their object beiui,'- to extend and propaj^'-ate Free Church principles. The ultimate result of the work of this Committee, was that in May, 1845, a new IVesb) terL-^n conj^^rey^ation was formed in Montreal, which worshipped for a time in a wooden buildini,^ on Laj,''auchetiere street, near the head of Cote street, which had been hastily and cheaply erected, beinL,-- only intended to accommodate the con^'-re^'-ation temporarily, until the projected new Church to be built on Cote street should be ready for occupation. At this time (1845) this locality was most re spectable and quite uptown, and the new Church which was proposed to be erected there, turned out to be the largest and finest Presbyterian Church building- of its day in the City. It was opened for public worship, on Sabbath the i6th RFA. A. B. MACKAV, DA). ilay ot M.iy, 1S.17, iiml llu" nanu' rlioscii toiit, was (he " h'roo C'huirh Co\v Sliccl." I'von) til'.' tinK' ol" tlio IvM-malion oi' tlu- lon- ij;ivs;atioii in May. 1S15. unlil llic sclllomciil o\' ils liisl l\istoi-, tlio l\o\ . IXmald l-'iasiT, on tlio iStli day o\' Aui^ust, 1 S5 1 , a poiivnl of a lit Ik- o\oi- six yoais. the pulpit was supplied by Ministers iVoiu Seotland. delei^ated b\ the C'olonial C'om- inittee ot" the l>'iee fluiivh. The Re\. Donald l"'raser leniox ed to huerness, Seolland. in I<\'bruai-y, iS^q, whieh eaused a \ aeaney ol" the pulpit tor about two \ears. On the ^^nth da)- ot" January, i.S()i, the l\e\ . n. II. Mae\'iear was settled as Pastor, and miiiistorod to the eoni^rei^ation unlil he eoin menced work as l^-ol"essor in the Presbxterian Colloi^v, Montreal, in September, iSoS. 'i'hen after another vaeaney oi' about lwenl\ months, the Rev. R. I<\ Hums D.I")., o\' C'hie.ii^o, was settled as pastoi. on the 4th da\ o\' Ma\, iS^o, and eonlinued as sueh until I'"ebruar\ , 1S75, when he renioxed to Halifax. \.S. jA.Miis corirr. Then occurred the lonf,'- vacancy of the pulpit of nearly four vears. The cause of the lentrth of this vacancy, was chieHy that the majority of the coni^-rci^^ation had come to be of the decided opinion, that loni,'-er continuance in the locality of Cote street was suicidal. Since the oriijinal formation of the coni,'-rei^ation in 1845, the population of the City had increased three fold, and the character o\' the locality had entirely chani,'-ed. The Protestant part of the population had mostly renuned westwards to an incon- venient distance from tlie Cluirch, and the remnant were i,'-radually movini,"- away in the same direction, and tho consequent dropping;- off of families and members, who were joining- Churches much more coiuenient to their dwell- ini,»-, made tiie absolute necessity of removini;- the Church building- westwards quite apparent. In the month of Xo\ember, i i Till", iioN. Il'SIICK TORRAXcK after due consideration, a resolution was passuU to move to a more suitable locality, and a Com^ mittee was appointed to select a site whereon to erect a new Church, and to procure subscriptions for the carryini^- out of th's project. After con= sidering several available sites, the one on which Crescent Street Church now stands was decided upon, and the subscriptions were so liberal, that notwithstanding- an opposition to this movement that had sprung- up, the site was purchased and plans were prepared, and the work of buildinj,'' commenced early in the fall of 1876, and before the winter had fairly set in, the foundation walls of the new building- \vere finished. Work was then stopped for the winter and commenced ai4ain in the spring- of 1S77, as early as the weather permitted, and on the 5th day of May, 1877, the coiner stone was laid with due cere- mony, of what is now "Crescent Street Presby- terian Church." Meantime the congregation was on the look- JOHN CAMl'BELL out to have a Pastor NtMlk'tl over them, and had sent a call to the Ruv, Mr, Waterston, of Union Free Chur.-h, Cijasf^-ow, St'otland, who had been supplyini,-- the pulpit for about two months in the summer oi iH'jU. ThiN t'all in due course, came before the Presbytvry 4