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f ONE HUNDRED YEARS ' 
 
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 —OF— 
 
 METHODISM 
 
 -IN— 
 
 leUNDY'S IsANi. 
 
 BY REV. JOHN (\ STEVENSON, 
 
 PASTOR OF LUNDY'S LANE METHODIST CHURCH, 
 
 NIAGARA FALLS SOUTH. j{ 
 
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS 
 
 -OF- 
 
 METHODISM 
 
 —IN- 
 
 LUNDY'S LANi. 
 
 BY REY. JOHN C^. STE\^ENSON, 
 
 PASTOR OF LUNDY'S LANE METHODIST CHURCH, 
 NIAGARA FALLS SOUTH. 
 
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AN ADDRESS 
 
 DELIVERKI) IN THE 
 
 LUNDY'8 LANE METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 Niagara Falls Softm, Nov. 0th. 1898. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE REQUEST OF THE QUARTERLY 
 
 BOARD 
 
One Hundred Years of Methodism 
 in Lundy's Lane. 
 
 LECKEY the historian sjieaks of John 
 Wesley as "th«^ j^reatest figure inre- 
 lifriouH history since the reformation." 
 Dr. Chalmers prononnoed Methodism to 
 he " ChristiaL ity in earnest," This 
 earnest Christianity arose as the result 
 of Johtt Wesley's new birth in 1788, 
 when at the mature ago of S5 years. By 
 birth and education Wesley was a high 
 churchman, and like his father became 
 a clergyman of the ESstablished church 
 in England. In aii age of extreme for- 
 lualism and spiritual deadness his life 
 and work were marked by unusual 
 strictness an'd fidelity. Yet he was far 
 from satisfied with his own spiritual 
 Htate. He came out from , 'England to 
 
 le American oolouiep, :and spent some 
 rears as a missionary in Georgia. He 
 returned to England with a sense of 
 failure and groping for light. The light 
 and i)eace of God came to him in a little 
 meeting conducted by a layman in a 
 private house in Alderegate street, Lon- 
 don, his feelings being expressed in 
 language now familiar to all Methodists : 
 "I felt my heart strangely warmed." 
 From that date Wesley was a new man. 
 This strange warmtli — the life of the 
 Holy Spirit — wa*i s<ion felt by others. He 
 had a new message to the dead churches 
 which they would not receive.. He was 
 thrust out from the church (nf liis fath- 
 ers, took to the streets and highways, 
 and fields; the common people heard 
 him gladly,, wifch wonderful- rapidity 
 the new life spread . througli the three 
 kingdoms, and Methodism had begun 
 its remarkable career. 
 
 The fli"st Methodist church in the 
 world was bnilt in Bnstol, England, iiv 
 17519. The new evangel was cairied to 
 distant places chiefly by emigrants and 
 soldiers. Thus Methotlism was founded 
 by the Irish emigrants, Philip Enibury 
 and Barbara Heck, in New York in 
 176(), and in Newfoundland one year 
 earlier by another Irishman, Lawrence 
 Coughhiu, who had been received f)n 
 trial as a preacher 1>y John Wesley. 
 
 It is worth while looking at the be- 
 ginnings of Methodism in Canada,where 
 it is now the largest t*rotestaut church 
 and leads the country in every moral 
 reform. 
 
 These beginnings it is not possible in 
 every case te trace, for the reason that 
 pi'ivate members of Methodist societies 
 in those days moving to new homes car- 
 ried their Methodism with them, began 
 to exhort their neighbors, and to form 
 classes, and thus in many places the 
 foundations of flourishing churches 
 were laid " without observation " by 
 laborers unknown and unrecorded. In 
 this manner United Empire Loyalists 
 had planted Methodism on the shores of 
 Lakes Ene and Ontario and along the 
 banks of the St. Lawrence before the 
 advent of the regular itinerant preach- 
 era in these localities. The stirring con- 
 flicts, the quick movements and the 
 strict discipline of Methodism while 
 Wesley yet lived, seemied to have had a 
 pe(!uliar attraction 'for men in military 
 life, ahd soldiers became ' in not a few 
 places its most ardent fonndein and 
 propogators. Capt. Webb was one of 
 the fii'fit to come to the help of the in- 
 fant society in New York city. Com- 
 missary Tnffey began to preach in Que- 
 bec as early as 1780, and tracing the first 
 Ix^ginuings of Methodism on the Niagai-a 
 frontier we find that the fii'st preacher 
 was also a soldier, 
 
 MA.TOR. (lEOpCJE NEAL, 
 
 who pi-eached. and formed the first class- 
 meeting in 1788. How was this first 
 Methodist preacher wejcomed in this 
 neighbtirhocKl at tliat early day? Pi-each- 
 .iug as he did against prevailing vices 
 and loved siu« of the time and place, he 
 excited the opposition of "the -baser 
 sort," and the rabble pelted him with 
 stones until the blo<Kl flowed down his 
 face. But Neal was a soldier and st(KKl 
 his ground. What success attended his 
 heroic ministiy? Our means of infor- 
 mation are Imt scanty, but we are able 
 to name at least «me of the converts un- 
 der the fii-st Metliodist evangelist — a 
 noted man in his day and a name re- 
 vered uutil this day— Christian War- 
 ner, who lived near whore St. David's 
 
:/ 
 
 now stands. Major Neal, retiriuK from 
 the army, became a regular travelling 
 pk'^acher. He retained his military 
 bearing even in old age and died in Ca- 
 nada in 1889, the centenary year of 
 Methodiflm, at the patriarchal age of 
 ninety-one years. 
 
 The Methodism of Upper Canada at 
 this time and for a number of years af- 
 ter was connected with the Methodist 
 Episcopal church of the United States 
 as established by Wesley at the close of 
 the Revolntionwy war. By that church 
 the first appointments of travelling 
 preachers in Canada were made. In the 
 year 1791 we come to the name of 
 
 WILLIAM LOSEE, 
 
 the first itinerant preacher appointed to 
 Upper Canada. He had no circuit, for 
 no circuit was yet formed. His com- 
 mission was to ' ' range at large, ' ' preach 
 where he could flud hearers and form 
 his converts into classes. At the end of 
 the year the first circuit was formed— 
 Kingston or Catanumi. This first cir- 
 cuit included this x^iagara countrv. 
 Two classes are named— one in the 
 township of Augusta and the other in 
 Niagara, which means near the Niagara 
 river. This Niagara class we way be 
 certain was the cuss formed three years 
 earlier by Major Neal and meeting at 
 the home of Christian Warner and at- 
 tended, we may assume, by persons 
 within a radius of some miles, includ- 
 ing the immediate neighborhood of 
 Lundy's Lane. 
 
 Methodism, then, in thin locality dates 
 from 1788, and this Niagara conntiy be- 
 came a seedbed of Methodism for the 
 greater part of Upper Canada. William 
 Losee, the first itinerant, at the time of 
 his arrival in Canada was a 
 young man of twenty-eight years, 
 tall and active, but with one arm 
 shrivelled and therefore called the 
 •' one armed " liosee. Using the saddle, 
 as all preachers did in that day, he was 
 a fearless horseman, his ordinary pace 
 being a gallop. He was a fearless 
 preacher also — with impassioned earn- 
 estness like another John thA Baptist 
 his voice was heard in the wilderness, 
 " Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make 
 his paths straight." 
 
 In the year 1798 there were two cir- 
 cuits, Kingston and Oswegotchie, the 
 latter taking the name »f u stream 
 emptying into the St. Lawi-ence oppo- 
 site where Prescott now stands. 
 
 In 1795 there were three circuits in 
 Canada, the third being Niagara. That 
 year 
 
 NIAQARA CIRCUIT 
 
 appears for the first time in the minutes 
 of conference with the name Darius 
 Dunham for its first minister. One of 
 the most interesting Methodist relics in 
 Canada and perhaps the oldest, is the 
 Niagara circuit account book now in 
 possession of Bro. Z. B. Lewis, of this 
 church, and containing the record of cir- 
 cuit finance, and other business from the 
 timeof the formation of the circuit iu 
 1796 until the close of the year 1828. The 
 title page reads, " Book of accompts of 
 theconmbutions and disburisments of 
 the Methodist E. church on Niagara 
 circuit, established 1796. Christian 
 Warner, general steward, approved of 
 and appointed at a quarterly meeting 
 held at Lyons Creek, Peby. 37-28, 17«J. 
 Dars Dunham." 
 From this date we are on sure foot- 
 ing and can trace the histonr of Method- 
 ism in the neighborhood from ofltcial 
 documents and regular church histories. 
 The Niagara circuit extended north and 
 east beyond Toronto, till met by the 
 Kingston circuit, and west as far us 
 London, and south to the shores of Lake 
 Erie, following the pioneers, and as con- 
 verts multiplied and churches gi-ew, di- 
 viding and sub-dividing until now hun- 
 dreds of circuits and churches are in- 
 cluded within the boundary of the wigi- 
 nal Niagara circuit. We can under- 
 stand now what the word travelling 
 preacher meant in those days — not one 
 who moved once in three years, but one 
 whose work involved constant travel, 
 long journeys generally in the saddle, 
 but frequently by boat or on foot. 
 Darius Dunham, the first minister of 
 this circuit, had goodtalentsas a preach- 
 er but was so plain and blunt that his 
 name comes down to us as "scoldiujg 
 Dunham." But his" scolding" as it 
 was called was not without the spice of 
 motlier wit. Preaching at the Head of 
 the Lake appointment and meeting the 
 class he observed on one occasion that 
 several strangers had remainetl and re- 
 quest'ed that any who wished to join 
 the socie y would signify it by standing 
 up. Two young women were sitting to- 
 gether, one of whom seemed desirous of 
 joining but asked her companion to; 
 join also. She in a heartless manner rti- 
 plied loud enough to be heard, " I don't 
 care if I do," when Dunham at once 
 Iroke in, "You had better wait till 
 yon do care." A sample tliis of the 
 plain dealing of those early days. 
 
 The second minister was James Cole- , 
 man, appointed in 179S, a man of slen- 
 
 lugl 
 
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 I the uiiunreH 
 Diame DariaH 
 Pter. One of 
 distrelioH in 
 rtldest, is the 
 book now in 
 ,ewi8, of this 
 I record of cir- 
 InefW from the 
 the oironit in 
 rear 1828. The 
 I acconipts of 
 bnrismentH of 
 1 on Niagarft 
 96. Christian 
 I, approved of 
 ■teriT meeting 
 y. 37-28, 17WK 
 8 Dunham." 
 on sure foot- 
 «ry of Method- 
 i from official 
 hurch histories, 
 ided north and 
 ill met by the 
 ?e8t as far as 
 i shores of Lake 
 (ers.andascon- 
 irches gi-ew, di- 
 nntil now hun- 
 anrcheH ai'e in- 
 lary of the (wigi- 
 Ve can uuder- 
 ft'ord travelling 
 , Aajs— not one 
 e years, but one 
 constant travel, 
 r in the saddle, 
 at or on foot. 
 Irst minister of 
 lentsas a preach- 
 d blunt that his 
 uH as "scolding 
 Hcolding" as it 
 hout the spice of 
 yf at the Head of 
 and meeting the 
 ue occasion that 
 emainetl and ve- 
 ) wished to join 
 ,fy it by standing 
 n were sitting to- 
 eemed desirous of 
 Br companion to 
 artlessmaunerro- 
 e heard, " I don't 
 Dunham at once 
 cl better wait til' 
 iiiple this of the 
 early days. 
 • was James Oole- 
 )«, a man of slen- 
 
 der abilitieH and limited education, but 
 a man of God whose prayers were at- 
 tended with a peculiar unction and 
 whose preaching was made effective by 
 Ills fervent love. In 1800 Joseph Saw- 
 yer came, a man of mark in MethodiHt 
 hiHtory. Unlike some of the early 
 preachers he was a man of polished niaii- 
 u«i-8 and Huperior education — picture 
 a man of twenty-nine yearit old, ere<>t 
 and dignified, neat and tastehil in dreHH, 
 wearing a broad leafed hat and cuta- 
 way coat, with hair falling on liis 
 Hhoulder8,aud you see the third minister 
 of the Niagara circuit. Under the 
 labors of Sawyer a great revival t(K)k 
 place in this vicinity. Among the con- 
 verts was a young school teacher, Na- 
 than Bang8, and this name now claims 
 our attention, for the 
 
 RKV. NATHAN BANOH, D, D., 
 
 whose life haH been written by 
 the greatest historian of Methml- 
 ism, Abel Stephens, was known for 
 many years as one of the greatest 
 men of American Methodism. He was 
 the first editor of the Christian Advo- 
 cate, the author of the fii-st histoiy of 
 Methodism, editor of the Methodist Re- 
 view, fouudei' of the Missiouaiy S<^»- 
 ciety and a debater in general confer- 
 ence of unsurpassed ability. Leaving 
 New York state in 1799, when twenty 
 years old, coming- by way of Buffalo, 
 where he found imly a few log 
 huts, crossing tli(i river and reach- 
 ing the Falls when there was 
 not a house on either side, he 
 reached the neighborhood of Stamford 
 and obtained a situation as school 
 teacher and boarded in the same house 
 with Rev. James Colenmn. tluder the 
 prayers of the devout Coleman vouug 
 Bangs was couvincc-d of sin, and dui-iug 
 the revival under Josepli Sawyer's 
 iuiuii>ti7 he obtained the peace and love 
 of God. One of his first acts was to 
 oi)en the school with prayer. To this 
 the trustees objected, and" rather than 
 discontinue the prayers he gave up his 
 situation. Soon after we find him board- 
 ing in rhe h(mie of Christian Warner, 
 by whose counsels and prayei-s lie was 
 
 ( led into the experience of " perft^t love, 
 which casteth out fear." He had such 
 
 1 confidence in the Christian purity uufi 
 influence of Mr. Warner tliat he " loved 
 his very presence, and in prayer meet- 
 ings wished to kneel close by his side." 
 Encouraged to preiu'h, he made the at- 
 tempt, at first with shaking limbs and 
 stiffened li])s, but tht^ iwnver of God 
 
 cnmc dowu. his lius were opened and 
 sobs and praises filled the house. The 
 ue:i(t year Nathan Bangs was received as 
 an itinerant preacher and appointed to 
 the Niagara circuit. At the end of the 
 year he was able to report an increase 
 of .300 memlM^rs. In 1860, two aged men 
 visited Canada together, both servants 
 of God, their work well done — Nathan 
 Bangs, now seventy years old, 
 and his ancient friend and pas- 
 tor, Joseph Sawyer, now four 
 score years. They recalled and re- 
 visited the old scenes, and at the con- 
 ference in Toronto related many of the 
 struggles and triumphs ot the pioneer 
 days. N. Bangs lingered on until 18A2, 
 when he passed home, Joseph Sawyer 
 having preceded hija by ten years. 
 
 There are a few more names before 
 the war, worthy of mention. The ap- 
 pointments are: 180f, Thomas White- 
 head, who to reach Niagara from Al- 
 bany had a journey of six weeks, living 
 on boiled wheat by the way. Many of 
 his descendants now reside in Ontario. 
 In 1808, Henry Ryan, described as " a 
 brave Irishumn who labored as if the 
 judgment thunders were to follow each 
 sei-mon." He was accustomed to meet 
 liis colleagues, Isaac B. Smith and Robt. 
 Perry, at tlie intersections of the roads 
 with the .salutation, " Drive on brrither, 
 drive on, drive the devil out of the 
 country." Camp meetings were com- 
 menced in his time, and at those Ryan 
 was at his best. He was as strong as he 
 was brave, and has been known more 
 thai) once to quell camp meeting dis- 
 turbances by jerking the disturber, an 
 ordinary sized man, off his seat and 
 throwing Jiim with little ceremony over 
 the enclosure. 
 
 1810— Joseph Gatchell i His gifts iu 
 preaching were supplemented by the 
 exhortations of his wife, a sister of 
 Nathan Bangs, who, to use the plira8e 
 current at the time, exhorted "like a 
 streak of red hot lightning." 
 
 1813 — Andrew Priudle:A Canadian 
 by birth, who .said of himself tliat he 
 "received his education iu Canada 
 when there were no schools and no 
 books." He was a faithful man, but 
 i-emembei-ed chiefly by the early settlers 
 for his liuge size, becoming in early 
 middle life so coqmlent as to be coiii- 
 pelled to sit while preaching. 
 
 During the war many of the liiinistei's 
 stati(med in Canada returned to the 
 United States, and their names no 
 longer appear in connection with our 
 work on this side. Among those who re- 
 
uipiiiecl aud Rorved the NingHra circuit 
 daring the war were : Niuinu HolmoH, a 
 inau of Buperior giftfl, who HpHut tlie re- 
 mainder of hiHlifein CauadH,und David 
 YoumaiiK aud Sihus Hopkins, wlio \v»'re 
 botli CunadiauH by birth. A nu'ctiug of 
 the couferencH was appointed to be held 
 iu 1812 at Wai'ner'H chapol, but met iu- 
 Htoad at the reside uce of Mr. Sway/Je; 
 of BeaverdaniH. On account of the dis- 
 turbed state of the (rouutry only seveu 
 preachers were present. 
 
 THK OI-D KKI) MKETrNO HOWR 
 
 was built a few years after the war, cer- 
 taiuly not later than 1817. Previous to 
 the building of the chureh several per- 
 sons in the neigliborbood opened their 
 homes for Methodist sei-vioesaud classes 
 were formed at Jonah Howey's iu 1795, 
 or it may be 'earlier, at Mr.' House.'s, iu 
 1806, and Mr. Corwin's iu 1810. Howey 
 lived a little distauce south of Lundy's 
 Laue, aud House and Corwiu a little to 
 the north. At length these scattered 
 societies united their efforts and resolved 
 to build. A plot of ground, two jwres in 
 yj extent, was donated bWMr. Charles 
 X Green, a U. E. LoyaliaOoud here at 
 ' the head of the Lane, where the public 
 school liow stands, the church was built. 
 This was oi^e of the first Methodist 
 churches ei-ected iu Upper Canada. A 
 few others can claim an earlier date. 
 The Blue church on Hay Bay is older. 
 The chnrchjat Lyons Creek was built 
 before 1810. In the Niagara circuit book 
 *' the Niagara church " is mentioned in 
 1811, and there is also the record of a 
 quarterly meeting held at " the u)eeting 
 house," October la, 180'). These re- 
 cords probably refer to Warner's chui-ch, 
 which was tlie first church erected in 
 this part of Upper Cauada. It was built 
 in the face of strong opposition. The 
 Rev. R. I. Warner, M. A., of Alilia c«)l- 
 lege, iu a recout letter tells of hearing 
 in his youth of an attempt made to burn 
 the church while iu the course ()f erec- 
 tion, and of how the navvies employed 
 in the construction of the railway fn the 
 thirties, left the old building almost a 
 wreck. A little frahie church now 
 stands on the same site a short distance 
 from the track of the Grand Trunk rail- 
 way. 
 
 The old red uieeting house is re- 
 mem ber/id by the older ^leople as a 
 sti-oug frame building 80xr)(), painted on 
 the outside a dark red ; a high box pul- 
 pit, reached by a flight of staii-s, stood on 
 one side, au aislQ down the ceutre,on one 
 side seats for tlie men, on the otlier side 
 
 seats for the wouien— a custom which 
 survived in some rural districts until a 
 few years ago. This church stood for 
 more than 40 years, a centre to which 
 Methodists gathered from all parts of 
 the couutry to quarterly meetings and 
 (H)nferences. The first quarterly meet- 
 ing was held here ou Dj'C. 26th, 18IH. 
 
 In the mcmth of July, 1820. the red 
 meetiug h(^e was the scene of a meet- 
 ing of greaFintereBt. The Genesee con- 
 ference met there that year. Preachers 
 assembled from all parts of Canada, and 
 from distat-t parts of the United States. 
 Reaching conference in those days in- 
 volved much toil aud danger. One 
 preacher while ou his way was drowned 
 in the Susquehanna river. More than 
 one hundred travelling preachers as- 
 sembled under the presidency of the 
 American bishop, Enoch George. Ou 
 Sunday so many came to rhe public 
 services that an adjournment w»m 
 made to ah adjoining grove. 
 Here twenty young men knelt to- 
 gether aud wei-e solemnly ordained to 
 the work of the ministry— among these 
 were men who six years before had 
 fought (m opposite sides, near to this 
 spot iu the fierce battle of Lundy's Lane. 
 Now they knelt side by side and re- 
 c^ive<l authority to preach the gospel of 
 peace.. Several local preachers were or- 
 dained at this conference — names well 
 known in Canada — Caleb Bnrdick, Ab- 
 ner Matthews aud Smith Gritliu, of 
 Stnithville. 
 
 When the last day of the conference 
 came the preachers brought their hoi-ses 
 saddled, ready to start. The appoint- 
 ments were to be read by the tushopaud 
 each man without demur oir delay 
 would start for his new field. Invita- 
 <•' s and protests were alike unknown 
 111 those days. The circuit welccmied 
 the preacher appointed and the preacher 
 went where he was sent. No man 
 could tell within a hundi'ed miles of 
 where he might lie sent until his circuit 
 and name were read out by the bishop 
 — time soldiers these waiting their march- 
 ing orders. The moment an'lves — the 
 stations are read — the lienediction pro- 
 nounced — handshaking and tears ai-e in- 
 dulged iu by those who have met and may 
 meet no more ou earth. One who was 
 present, the Rev. Fitch Reed, t611s how 
 they passed out of the church, mount- 
 ed and formed in regular «)rder two 
 abreast — proceeded for' some distance iu 
 this order, then separated, goinar north 
 and soath.east and west to decli re every- 
 ^^•here tlie gi-ace of Christ theii' Kinj; 
 
 /-t^ 
 
 ^U^-t^M!^- 
 
 I 
 
 /S<^^^-ft-<- 
 
 ^r/t<f 
 
iHtom whloh 
 riots until a 
 rch stood for 
 tre to which 
 all portH of 
 leetingf aud 
 rtPrljr intiet- 
 . 26th, 181 H. 
 H80. the rfd 
 10 of tt rawt- 
 Oeupsee cou- 
 r. Preachers 
 Canada, and 
 uited States. 
 lOHe days iu- 
 AanKM*. One 
 was drowned 
 . More than 
 preachers as- 
 lency of the 
 
 George- *^" 
 (> the publi<' 
 iinnient w»« 
 linK Krove. 
 ■n knflt fo- 
 r orrtniiM'd to 
 -among these 
 •8 before had 
 
 near to this 
 Lundy's Lane. 
 
 8ide and re- 
 li the gospel of 
 chers were or- 
 »— names well 
 I Bnrdick, Ab- 
 h Grimn, of 
 
 rhe conference 
 ht thoir horses 
 The appoint - 
 the bishop aud 
 luir (ir delay 
 field. Invita- 
 ilike imknown 
 cuit welcomed 
 id the preacher 
 ent. No man 
 idi-ed miles of 
 mtil his circuit 
 by the bishop 
 ng their march- 
 lit an-ives — the 
 »nediction pro- 
 lud tears an* iu- 
 ,ve met and may 
 One who was 
 Reed, t611s how 
 church, monnt- 
 iHr «)rder two 
 ionie distance iu 
 pd, goiuJT nortli 
 todeclireevery- 
 irist theii' King 
 
 -7- 
 
 nnd Saviour Thus did this band of 
 one hundred kniglits errant of the cross, 
 on that nicnionible dtiy leave the old 
 red uieotiug houKe 
 " () thtit i*m!h ill tho (lay of hlH oomliiK nmy M\y, 
 
 ' I hftvit fouKlit my way throUKh, 
 
 cli<" 
 to do' 
 
 I hiiv«* flninheil tlu< work thou iTidiit giw ni« 
 
 Othnt ttnch from tho Lord muy ruculvo the 
 
 kIiuI word, 
 
 ' WtOl Hiid falthfullv dont*' 
 Enter into my Joy uud Hit down on my throne." 
 
 To follow the names of those who (K'- 
 cupiedthe pulpit of the old red meeting 
 house would be to ret^nll almost all 
 
 THE LEAOINO MINISTKRS 
 
 of our chiuxih in the early days. I can 
 but seletit a few. George Ferguson was 
 another soldier pi*eacher. He was with 
 General Murray at the attack of the 
 Auiericau fort, Niagnra, was wounded 
 tit the battle of Chippawa aud 
 was healed of his wounds at the Metho- 
 dist home of Christian Warner His 
 conimaudiug officer had such coufldouce 
 iu his clinstiau integrity aud fidelity hs 
 a soldier that ou one occasion when a 
 bat'.'e was exy "ted at any hour he was 
 given leav. ■ , bsouce that he might at- 
 tend a quarterly meetiu:? at Warner's 
 ch; 1 . He retired fi'om the army, en- 
 tered the ministry find the year 1817 
 finds him appointed to the Niagara cir- 
 cuit aud taking iu liis turn the services 
 iu Lundy's Lane. Iu 1822 Isaac Puflfer 
 took up the first missionary collection 
 amounting to £S6-8-7. This was two 
 years before the Missionary swioty of 
 our church in Canada was organized 
 aud but two years after the Missionary 
 society of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church of the United States was found- 
 , ed by Nathan Bangs. Wo may regard 
 i this amount as the first missionarymoney 
 [ever collected by our Church i a Cauada 
 [and it is interesting to note th vt the col- 
 flectiouwas made ou the Niagara cir- 
 [cuit when Dr. Bangs, the founder of the 
 S(K;ioty, was converted aud commenced 
 his ministry About this time 
 
 THE RYEUSONS 
 
 appear iu counection with the circuit. 
 Their father was Colonel Ryersfin, of 
 , Loug Point, a staunch Loyalist and a 
 5 loyal churchman who could barely lol- 
 : erate dissent — yet five of his sous be- 
 I came Methodists, worse still, all five be- 
 i came Methodist ministers, Egertou, who 
 became the most distiuguished, hav- 
 ing given his name for membership at 
 the age of eighteen years, was met by 
 his father's nltimatuui, " Egerttm, I un- 
 derstand you have joiued the Methodists, 
 
 you must either leave them or leave my 
 house. ' ' He left the house the next day. 
 Of the five Metlunlist sous of this 
 sturdy anti-Metliodist colcmel thrcio 
 served our church at the head of the 
 Laut — William Rycrson in 1822. For 
 fifty years he held his place as one of 
 the most powerful preachers of the pro- 
 vince, becoming president of the con- 
 ference, and after his suix^ranunatiou a 
 member of the Canadian parliament. 
 John RyenMm wan stationed here in 
 1826 and he also maintained for almost 
 three score years an eminent place in 
 the ministry ot our church Edwy M. 
 Ryerstm, who was twenty six years in 
 our ministry,was stationed here as junior 
 minister iu 18!i!{ aud again as superin- 
 tendent minister in 1849 and 18(10. 
 Time will but permit the naming of 
 some of the U .. red and beloved minis- 
 ters wh«) held ;)poiutments here be- 
 tween the years ' jl6 and 1844 — such as 
 Ezra Adams, Elijah Warren, David 
 Youmans "as, I'-chardso ■, Edmund 
 Stouey, E. iriam Evans javid Wright, 
 Alexander McN.ibb, Richard Joues 
 Samuel Rose, Th mas Bevitt, Matthew 
 Whitin;?, F •-n^iion Biggar, G, R. 
 Sanderson, Ln\< is Warner, Jonathan 
 Stiott. These are t^anies to linger over 
 —names of men who made the history 
 of Methodism in Canada. 
 
 At the last 'date mentioned— 1844 — a 
 new brick church was erected ou the 
 site of the present building. This was 
 during the ministry of Revs. Jonathan 
 Scott and Joseph Mesppiore. 
 
 But those who had long worshipped 
 at the head of the Lane were loth to 
 leave the old place of meeting and from 
 the year 1844 until 1857 services were 
 held in both chnrches although but 
 little more than a mile apart. Fond 
 recollections of the old church still 
 survive. The names of the old preach- 
 ers are lovingly repeated. What 
 grand quarterly meetings were held 
 there ! From far and near Methodists 
 gathered for the " feast of good things ' 
 la.'^tiug from Friday evening until Mon- 
 day morning — the grace of hospitality 
 alxiunded aud the work of billeting was 
 a joy. What stirriug revival services ! 
 Many of the terms and phrases then 
 used w<mld seem strange to this geuera- 
 ion. They held " protracted meetings" 
 in those days. They had a "penitent 
 form " — '♦ Penitents" and " Converts " 
 were classes quite distinct. The 
 " Mourners " were known by their tears 
 and cries and when they " got through" 
 the new rapture made their face to shine. 
 
 ^^. ^^x.y:.w^X-^ trj^iyn . 
 
The "amen corner" was in every 
 part of the chur'-h and the shout 
 "hallehajah" or "j^ioryto God "made 
 no one start and shocked no person's 
 sensibilities. Best of all of many who 
 lived the Christian life it could be said, 
 " this and that man was born " there. 
 What singing there was in those old 
 days ! No organ led and to " sing by 
 note " was a rare accomplishment. But 
 the gospel invitation was heartily given 
 in the chorus, " O say will you go to the 
 Eden above " and the invitation seemed 
 to change to a command when with 
 a full voice was sung : 
 
 " Turn to the Lord and seek salvation." 
 
 V/hat a volume of music in old West's 
 when joined to the words : 
 
 " There is a land of pure delight." 
 
 And how the rafters of the old meeting 
 house echoed the sound of many voices 
 singing : 
 
 " And above the rest this note shall swell 
 My Jesus hath done all things well." 
 
 One quarterly meeting is remembered 
 for incidents of quite another chara(!ter. 
 It was between flfty and sixty years ago 
 liewis Warner was preaching when the 
 door was suddenly opened and the 
 single word ' ' fire ' ' startled the cougre- 
 gatidJi. Rushing out, the neighboring 
 parsonage was seen to be in a blaze. 
 Fighting the fire with success, the con- 
 gregation returned and settled down to 
 the service, only to be startled once more 
 by a cry and a fall— one of the old 
 members had been fatally seized with 
 paralysis. 
 
 In 1857, during the Rev. Mr. Dickson'.s 
 term, services ceased to be held in the 
 red meeting house. The building was 
 removed from the old site, and is still 
 owned by a Methodist, although used 
 for purposes not strictly sacied. 
 
 The circuit register aboiit this date 
 shows that the number of members at 
 Lundy's Lane appointment was eighty- 
 two— of these eleven survive and are 
 now members of our church. The 
 names are; Mr. and Mrs. Marseua 
 Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Garner, Mr. 
 and Mrs. Z. B. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Adam Garner, Mrs. Susan Howey, Mr. 
 Walter Waite and Mrs. Peter McGarry. 
 
 Following the history of the brick 
 church built in 1844 down to the time 
 when in 1888 it was superseded by tlie 
 present building, we come to the names 
 of the following ministers who " rent 
 fi'om their labors " : 
 
 Reuben E Tupper, 
 Edwy M. Ryerson, 
 
 Thomas Cosford, 
 
 Claudius Byrne, 
 
 Alexander T. Green, 
 
 G. N. A. F. T. Dickson, 
 
 John G. Laird. 
 A number of others who still live 
 have sent messages of greeting and re- 
 membrance for this service. The first 
 is from the 
 
 REV. E. B. HARPER, D. D., 
 
 of Barrie, who fifty-two years ago min- 
 istered to this congregation. Illness pre- 
 vents him using his pen, but through a 
 friend he says, with the promise of a 
 further communication, " In the mean- 
 time I send my greetings to my old 
 charge with best wishes for success." 
 
 REV. JOHN HUNT, 
 
 of Toronto, whose appointments date for 
 the three years following June, 1848, 
 writes : " Fifty years ago last June I 
 was sent to Niagai"a, of which I had 
 special charge. The circuit was known 
 as Drummondville and Niagara, and re- 
 garded as one of the most desirable and 
 pleasant circuits in our work. E. B. 
 Harper moved from Niagara to Lundy's 
 Lane par-ionage. Our work was two 
 Snndnys in Niagara and an alternate 
 afternoon at Queenston and Virgil. 
 Then two Sundays at Lundy's Lane and 
 Druuniiondville in the evening and al- 
 ternately at Stamford and St. David's, 
 afternoon. Rev. Edwy Ryerson was 
 my colleague during the third year, a 
 most beautiful and impressive preaclier. 
 Niagara was then the county town, a 
 place of considerable business, with be- 
 tween three and four thousand inhabi- 
 tants. We had a very fine congrega- 
 tion, and during the first year a most 
 gracious revival of religion. At Lundy's 
 Lane we also held special meetings two 
 or three times during the term of years 
 I was there with a good degree of suc- 
 cess. At Lundy's Lane and the country 
 around the Falls we had a number 
 of excellent old Canadian families, al- 
 ways kiinlly and most ho,spitable, faith- 
 ful and loyal to the church, but 
 if my recollection is correct some 
 were tinged with an anxiety tdj 
 get rich, which materially re*-ai'd-- 
 ed their growth in spirituality. On- 
 the v;hole, however, they were a gener- 
 ous and most kind-hearted people, 
 whose homes it was always a pleasure 
 to visit. I recall the names of Benjamin 
 and John Corwin, Jacob Garner, George 
 Wright, Hiram Howey, John and 
 George Bender, Alanson Ross and; 
 othera. I do not know any one of tho,si i 
 
— 9— 
 
 en, 
 ckson, 
 
 who still live 
 etiug and re- 
 ice. The first 
 
 D. D., 
 
 years ago min- 
 m. Illness pre- 
 but throiTgh a 
 promise of a 
 ' In the meau- 
 gs to my old 
 or success." 
 
 NT, 
 
 tments date for 
 ig June, 1848, 
 a;o last June I 
 if which I had 
 uit was known 
 iagara, and re- 
 t desirable and 
 
 work. E. B. 
 ;ara to Lundy's 
 ,vork was two 
 an alternate 
 n and Virgil, 
 ndy's Lane and 
 ?ivening and al- 
 nd St. David's, 
 Y Ryerson was 
 le third year, a 
 essive preacher, 
 county town, a 
 isiness. with be- 
 loiisaud inhabi- 
 ' flue congrega- 
 rst yenr a most 
 ion. At Lundy's 
 al meetings two 
 lie term of years 
 id degree of suc^- 
 and the country 
 
 had a number 
 iau families, al- 
 lospitable, faith- 
 e church, but 
 I correct sonic 
 an anxiety to, 
 iterially retard- 
 apirituality. Ou; 
 ey were a gener- 
 hearted people 
 ways a pleasure 
 mes of Benjamin 
 b Garner, Georgt 
 voy, John andj 
 nson Ross aufU 
 
 any one of thostj 
 
 I have named but has passed over to 
 join the great majority. We, too, are 
 following hard after and shall soon be 
 there. I often am a wonder to myself ; 
 am within less than a month of eighty 
 years, yet really doing as much work as 
 ever I did. Have preached every Sab- 
 bath between six and seven years in the 
 general hospital, and visit hundreds 
 every week. I love the work ; I love 
 the Master, and hope to do His work 
 while He lends me breath." 
 
 KEY. JOHN WAKEFIELD D. D., 
 
 of Dundas, greets his old congregation in 
 these words : " My first personal knowl- 
 edge of Methodism in Lundy's Lane 
 was in the summer of 1857, when I was 
 stationed in the town of Niagara, and 
 the Rev. G. N. A. F. T. Dickson was 
 stationed at Dmmmondville. When 
 V.V. Dickson left in 1860, I was 
 appointed as his successor. The cir- 
 cuit was then composed of Drummond- 
 ville, Stamford, Chippawa, Olifton and 
 Beechwoods. I was assisted by a staft" 
 of local preachers, such as William Ap- 
 pleford, James Shrimpton, and part of 
 tlie time the Revd's Peter Ker and Wni. 
 Sutton were laid aside from the regular 
 work and lived there. I found the cir- 
 cuit in a low state, and for a year and a 
 half there was little religious life. In 
 the fall of 1862 I began special services 
 at the head of the circuit, in sheer des- 
 peration, and preached every night, 
 except Saturday, for more than twelve 
 weeiis. For five of these weeks there 
 was a small attendance and little en- 
 couragement, but a In-eak came, and the 
 house was often so full that I could not 
 get penitents to the altar, as every avail- 
 able spot was filled with the ordinary 
 congregation. Sinners, however, were 
 converted, and there were some seasons 
 of great power, and many cried aloud 
 for mercy, or shouted victory through 
 the blood of the Lamb. Over a hundred 
 adults were converted, seventy-six of 
 them heads of families. The next year 
 we enlarged the church, and put what 
 good James Badger called a "hell" on the 
 back end of it, with a basement storey 
 for class and kcUooI rooms. That year 
 too we held a camp meeting in the 
 woods of John Ker, Esq., just south- 
 west of the village (the only one so far 
 as I know ever held in that immediate 
 part of the country. ) This meeting was 
 largely attended, and though not a very 
 large number of souls were converted, 
 huni.^.'eds of Christians from many miles 
 around entered into the rest of iK»rfect 
 
 love, and the influence of the meeting 
 for good was felt for a long time in most 
 of the circuits in all that part of the 
 country. We had great trouble with 
 the rough element accustomed to gather 
 about the Falls, who, in spite of protest 
 built their booths ou the road near the 
 grounds, where they had shows of wild 
 cats, sold liquor and carried ou other 
 iniquities. In a few days, however, we 
 had several of them arrested, tried, and 
 heavily flned by John Ker, Esq., who 
 held his coiut in his tent on the 
 grounds, so that all the rest of them 
 cleared out. Thus law and right tri- 
 umphed over these bad men as it had 
 not done for a long time. 
 
 ' 'When I went to the circuit Bro. Jacob 
 Garner was recording steward, but 
 shortly afterward Bro. Z. B. Lewis was 
 appointed to that office, and held it for 
 many years, often, as I know personally , 
 making up deficiencies in ministers' 
 salaries at the end of the year. I hardly 
 dare begin to mention names, though 
 many of them and their works are fresh 
 upon my mind. There were two large 
 classes in the village meeting on Sun- 
 day, one met by Bro. John Ker, and the 
 other by Bro. James Badger, both faith- 
 ful, good men, who have since passed 
 into the skies, and their works do fol- 
 low them. . There was also a pretty 
 large class met by the minister on a 
 week evening, in the house of Bro. Mar- 
 sena Morse. 
 
 "At the end of three years I had 
 learned to love the people, and left the 
 circuit with great regret. After more 
 than forty-six years in the ministry I 
 send greetings to my old charge on 
 Lundy's Lane. Tell them to hold fast 
 to the old doctrines of early Methodism, 
 such as the divinity of Jesus Christ, the 
 universality of the Atonement, justifi- 
 caticm by fnitli, holiness of heart, with- 
 out which no man shall see the Lord, 
 and the clear and unmistakable witness 
 of God's Spirit to the soul of the be- 
 liever, telling him of His sonship, and 
 adoption into the family of God. If 
 faithful we shall meet again under bet- 
 ter conditions than this life can afford." 
 
 UKV. W. S. BLA0K8T0CK D. D., 
 
 of Toronto, who was the minister dur- 
 ing the years 1864-65-66, says: "Will 
 you be kind enough to convey to my old 
 and dear friends at Niagara Falls the 
 assurance of my unabated interest in 
 them, and everything that p)ertaius to 
 their well-being and the prospt^rity of 
 the cause of (lod iinioug them. 1 am 
 
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 glad that the close of the first hnudred 
 years of their history as a Methodist 
 society is not to pass by unnoticed and 
 that facts and incidents of the past are 
 not to be forgotten. 
 
 " It was no small honor that was con- 
 ferred upon your locality when it was 
 selected by divine Providence to be one 
 of the origina^ jeed-plots of Methodism. 
 It is worthy of beiug remembered that 
 before William Losee performed that 
 remarkable missionary journey from 
 Lake Champlain to Hay Bay, which re- 
 sulted in the regular organization of 
 Methodism in Upper Canada, Major 
 George Neale vt'as at work on the 
 Niagara Frontier, and the Palls was 
 probably about the centre of the field of 
 his labors. If not the first Methodist 
 class, certainly the second ever formed 
 in Upper Canada was that of which 
 Christian Warner was the leader in 
 Stamford within a couple of miles of 
 St. David's. The third place of worship 
 erected by the Methodists in this pro- 
 vince was the old Warner meeting 
 house in the same place. It would be 
 interesting to know the names of the 
 people who composed that class, and 
 the incidents connected with their firet 
 attempt at church-building. 
 
 " One thing that we do know about it 
 is, that about the time of the opening of 
 that primitive place of worship a great 
 revival of religion took place on the old 
 Niagara circuit, of which Niagara Falls 
 formed a part ; and that in that revival 
 Nathan Bangs, who afterwards became 
 one of the greatest of the great men of 
 American Methodism, was converted. 
 It is worthy or being remembered too 
 that the first Methodist conference held 
 in Canada was held within the bounds 
 of this circuit, and that at that confer 
 ence — as I learned flfom his own lips — 
 Rev. George Pe^k, another of the great 
 men of Methodism, the author of the 
 most learned and probably the best 
 book on the doctrine of Christian per- 
 perfection that has been written, 
 was set apart to the office and 
 work of the ministry by the laying on 
 of hands. How many thousands of 
 souls have been converted and gathered 
 into the church within tlie limits of that 
 field ; and what a numlxT of ministers 
 of the gospel have been raised up there, 
 and sent forth to preach the everlasting 
 gospel in every part of the country I But 
 what is most important to remember 
 is that we have the same gospel today 
 that our fathers had, and when accom- 
 panied by the holy spirit it has lost 
 
 none of its ancient power. The world 
 needs it as much as it ever did, and we 
 have a right to expect the same signs to 
 follow its faithfiJ proclamation. The 
 review of the past onght to inspire us 
 with confidence and hope for the future. 
 And my earnest prayer is that the his- 
 tory of the next hundred years may so 
 far as the congregation at Niagara Falls 
 is concerned — nay so far as our church 
 throughout the Dominion of Canada and 
 all its missionary fields is concerned — 
 that the glory of the past may be 
 eclipsed by the greater glory of the fu- 
 ture and that we may be permitted to 
 see at least the dawning of the brighter 
 day that is before us." 
 
 REV. JOHN MILLS, 
 
 of Guelph, thus greets you : 
 
 " It afiPorda me unmingled pleasure to 
 respond to your kind request to address 
 a few words of greeting to my old and 
 dear friends, the members and adher- 
 ents of the Methodist church in Luudy's 
 Lane. At the conference of the Wes- 
 layan Methodist church, held in the 
 month of June, in the year 1870, twenty- 
 eight years ago, I was appointed to the 
 then Drummondville circuit, having as 
 my colleague the Rev. William J. 
 Ford. During a period of forty six 
 years in the active work of the ministry, 
 I have had a varied experience, and in 
 tliat time I have almost inyariably re- 
 ceived kind and considerate treatment 
 from our people where it has been my 
 privilege to labor. Conversing with my 
 friends and family in regard to my dif- 
 ferent cii'cuits and stations, I always 
 refer to the thoughtful kindness of the 
 members and friends of the church on 
 the old Drummondville circuit to me and 
 my family. To the end of life I shall 
 look back with pleasure to the three 
 yeai"s of my ministry on your circuit 
 among the brightest and happiest years 
 of my ministry. 
 
 " My ministerial term among you was 
 not only pleasant but profitable to mo 
 spiritually, and I trust also to the 
 churclies comprised in the circuit. At 
 nearly every appointment the head of 
 the church favored myself and col- 
 leagues with revivals, the lukewarm 
 were incited to increased activity in the 
 service and work of Christ, backsliders 
 were reclaimed and believers built up 
 in the faith and hope of the Gospel. I 
 am highly gratified to hear of the pros- 
 perity of your church. I need scarcely 
 tell you the deep interest I feel in it. 
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 did, and we 
 same signs to 
 nation. The 
 to inspire us 
 yr the fnture. 
 that the his- 
 years may so 
 !f iagara Falls 
 j8 our church 
 if Canada and 
 I concerned — 
 last may be 
 )ry of the fn- 
 permitted to 
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 ed pleasure to 
 est to address 
 3 my old and 
 8 and adher- 
 ch in Lnudy'w 
 B of the Wes- 
 held in the 
 rl870, tweuty- 
 ipoiuted to the 
 !uit, having as 
 William J. 
 
 of forty six 
 f the ministry, 
 srience, and in 
 inyariably re- 
 bate treatment 
 
 has been my 
 rsing with my 
 ird to my dif- 
 aus, I always 
 iuduess of the 
 the church on 
 cuit to me and 
 )f life I shall 
 
 to the three 
 
 your cii'cuit 
 happiest years 
 
 mong you was 
 ofl table to mo 
 t also to the 
 le circuit. At 
 it the head of 
 'self and col- 
 ;he lukewarm 
 activity in the 
 ist, backsliders 
 evers built up 
 the Gospel. I 
 ar of the pros- 
 need scarcely 
 St I feel in it. 
 iv the seat of 
 
 tranquility and joy, and upcm you may 
 God command the blessing, even life 
 forevermore. Owing to deaths and re- 
 movals, some of our earliest and strong- 
 est circuits have, to a painful extent, 
 been reduced, both in numbers and 
 strength. I rejoice that such is not your 
 experience. Notwithstanding that your 
 church is part of the third circuit f oinned 
 in Upper Canada in the year 1795, your 
 bow abides in strength, and the cause 
 of God among you is strong and grow- 
 ing. May God pour down His spirit 
 abundantly upon the membership and 
 adherents of your church, and upon the 
 community. ' ' 
 
 REV. SAMUEL WILSON, 
 
 of London writes, " During my pastor- 
 ate (1880-83) by vote Oi" the quartei-ly 
 board Stamford appointment was set 
 off and Drummondville became a sta- 
 tion. In my second year special ser- 
 vices >vere held for twelve weeks, re- 
 sulting in an addition of about seventy 
 members to the church. I never found 
 any iieople that worked more heartily 
 to help forward revival work. I look 
 back upon those three years with great 
 pleasure as being one of the happiest 
 terms of my ministerial career. 
 
 "Now iinto Him that in able to Iteep you 
 from falling and to m-esunt you faultlesH be- 
 fore th« pn^Hcnce of His kIoiT with ex(!eeding 
 joy. To the only wise (tod our Saviour bt! 
 Iflory and maje»jty, dominion and power both 
 now and ever. Amen." 
 
 KEV. a. A. MITCHELL, M. A, 
 
 of Georgtstowu, writes : " Fift»^en years 
 ago last June we were met at the station 
 by Bro. Lewis and assured that we 
 would be welcomed by the kind hearted 
 people of Dnimmondville. This was 
 fully realized during three happy years 
 ud ever since then the thought of the 
 bid home, the old church and the old 
 friends we loved opens up afresh the 
 springs of joy in our hearts. Our first 
 meeting wa« the Thursday evening 
 ]n-;iver meeting — tlie confusion of 
 rattling windows and the weird moan- 
 ing and roaring of the Falls caused a 
 deep sense of strangeness and loneliness, 
 but when the brethren and sisters 
 prayed with such unction and 
 fervor, as was their custom in 
 those days, we realized this is indeed 
 the housg! of G<Mi and these truly are 
 his people. As I stood in the pulpit on 
 he first Sabbath, I thought of the old 
 hnrch and its long interesting histoiy, 
 'hnd then of the old red meeting house, 
 and the pioneer fathers of the former 
 days — when I thought of the long list of 
 
 names I had read am printed on the back 
 wall of the parsonage, I felt as thouglx 
 this great company of able and honored 
 preachers who had stood in that pulpit 
 was present, and watching me do my 
 duty, and I hoped and prayed that I 
 might be a worthy successor of such 
 worthy and noble men. During those 
 three yeara we were favored with the 
 frequent visits of honored missionaries, 
 prominent evangelists and numbers of 
 devout men and women gathered from 
 every land — some of whom came to see 
 the Falls and others to enjoy the camp 
 meeting services. Many of the friends 
 with whom we labored at that time and 
 whom we learned to love are still on 
 the way, but others have gone on before 
 us, to join the triumphant church above 
 and serve Him day and night in His 
 temple. 
 
 ' Yet love to linger, love to stay, 
 
 Where first they learned to watch and pray, 
 
 On wings of faith to rise 
 A hoHt of witnesses they st^nd, 
 A diademed illustrious uand, 
 
 And nrgt^ us to proceed 
 To take the crown and win the world for God.' 
 
 "Let us accept the challenge and help 
 to win the world for God, till we also 
 obtain the crown and join our friends 
 who have already been gathered to our 
 Father's house above." 
 
 The last mes.sage is from the 
 
 UET. UICHARD HOBBS, 
 
 of London, during whose ministry the 
 present ehnix* h was erected. He writes : 
 
 ' ' There are many things in my heart 
 that I would like to say to your people, 
 but I am reminiled that I could not ad- 
 dress myself either by pen or voice to 
 my old congregation of ten years ago. 
 ' Our fathers, where ai'e they, and the 
 prophets, do they live forever?' Ther« 
 were many eventful daj's during my 
 pastorate. Atnong the most important 
 was the moving out of the t»ld church 
 into the new. But the iieople were 
 willing in the day of God's power, hence 
 is due Itu'gely to the Methodist people 
 the i-enovrttion and regeneration materi- 
 ally, and I trust morally, of Lundy's 
 Lane and its people since they arose to 
 build. I pray tliat peace and prosperity 
 may still attend this chmvh and its 
 pastor." 
 
 These messages bring the history of 
 Lundy's liane Methodism down to the 
 <'me of the building of the present 
 church and within tlie memory of the 
 greater part of this congregation. We 
 have seen that Major Noal fcn-med the 
 first McthfMlist class in this vicinity in 
 
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 1788. This chtirch was bnilt in 1888, 
 when Methodism had existed here just 
 
 ONE HUIfDRBD TEARS. 
 
 This may have escaped obeerration at 
 the time, if so it is not too late to call 
 attention to it now. The church might 
 hare been named the Centeuaiy, which 
 x really is. We have already passed 
 the first decade of the second century of 
 Lundy's Lane Methodism. 
 
 Many ministers of our church had 
 their early home within the bounds of 
 the old Niagara circuit. Rowley Hey- 
 land was the sou of a poor widow, who 
 liyed a few miles from the Lane. Fath- 
 er Corson lived here in his youth. Ool. 
 Ryerson, the father of the Ryerson 
 brothers, lived at Long Point, in the 
 early days included in Niagara. Our old 
 circuit book shows that David Gulp was 
 here licensed as an exhorter, July 7, 1810, 
 and he was the first Methodist minister 
 who preached in Toronto and there 
 during his ministry the first Methodist 
 church was built in 1818. 
 
 Of the local preachers of those days 
 the best remembered are Peter Bows- 
 laugh, a Pennsylvania Dutchman, 
 with a body like a giant and 
 with the tenderness of a child, and 
 Smith Griffin, grandfather of Dr. W. S. 
 Griffin, who as he said himself " had too 
 much of his own business to attend to, 
 to occupy himself with any of Satan's 
 work." Among the names commoaly 
 met with as connected with Methodism 
 in the Niagara peninsula during the 
 closing years of the last centuiy and 
 the opening years of this, besides those 
 already mentioned, are these: Ostran- 
 der, Law^reuce, Morden, Dell, Buchner, 
 Doan, Lemon, Beam, Gonder, Street, 
 Merritt, Keefer. These names are 
 found in the very earliest records of our 
 church and grand children and great 
 grand children of these persons are 
 found in all parts of our Dominion and 
 many of them yet prominently con- 
 nected with Methodism. 
 
 In Lundy's Lane, Methodism has 
 more than held its own. This cannot be 
 said of some other places where it was 
 fii-st planted in this province. Many of 
 the old historic names are known no 
 more, either as circuits or preaching ap- 
 pointments. This is true of Augusta, 
 where the first class was formed, of Long 
 Point, the home of the Rjrerson's, of 
 Warner's, where service is no longer 
 held, and in the neighborhood of which 
 no Methodist population exists. But 
 Lundy's Lane Methodism continues. 
 Let us hold to the name 
 
 lundy's lane METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 Let us speak of it as such, and let this 
 be the name used in all written and 
 printed references to this church. 
 Lundy's Lane Methodism has an honor- 
 ed history — let the name be connected 
 with that history. We pay all due 
 reverence to the memory of the heroes 
 who in Lundy's Lane met death in the 
 deadliest and most decisive battle of the 
 war— 'but if the name reminds us of the 
 hard won victory of one day of battle, it 
 ought surely call to mind a full hundred 
 years of gospel labor, of spiritual con- 
 flict, and of many and splendid victories 
 won for Christ. Lundy's Lane Method- 
 ism has done more for Canada 
 than the battle of 1814, therefore 
 let us revive and hold to the old name, 
 Lundy's Lane Methodist Church, 
 the third in succession from the old red 
 meeting house. Our church here has 
 grown in numbers. The number re- 
 ported in the oldest register available, 
 for the year 1859 was 82. In 1888, when 
 the new church was built, 200 were re- 
 ported, and in 1898 it stands at 800. We 
 still hold part of the original two acre 
 plot at the head of the Lane, and includ- 
 ing this our church property is now 
 valued at $18,000. So Methodism 
 stands here after an existence of over 
 one hundred years and in like propor- 
 tion it has increased throughout Ontario 
 and in almost every Province of Canada. 
 We may 
 
 LEARN PROM THE PAST. 
 
 Not that the men and the methods of 
 one hundi-ed years ago would be best 
 for today. It would not profit tue fai-- 
 mers of Canada to go back to the scythe 
 and flail, the ox teams and corduroy 
 roads of the days of their fathers. But 
 farmers of today may learn from the in- 
 dustry, the economy and the practical 
 wisdom of many of the early pioneers. 
 If the men who served this church two 
 genei'ations ago were brought to life aud 
 the congregations raised up with them , 
 we might find much fault with both 
 preachers and people, and with their 
 work and methods. The limited educa- 
 tion, the narrow range of thought, the 
 rigid restrictions, the loud and boister- 
 ous sei-vices, these it may be said be- 
 longed to the past. So let them be — the 
 days of circuit riders, saddle "bags and 
 camp meetiugs, have passed out forever. 
 Yet we may learn from the past, from 
 the old spirit, the gifts and graces and 
 experiences made prominent in early 
 Methodism, the nnworldliness, the ac- 
 
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 )I8T CHURCH. 
 
 ch, and let this 
 .1 written and 
 
 this church. 
 I has an houor- 
 } be connected 
 ) pay all due 
 r of the heroes 
 et death in the 
 ve battle of the 
 uiuds us of the 
 lay of battle, it 
 a full hundred 
 f spiritual con- 
 ileudid victories 
 3 Lane Method- 
 for Canada 
 814, therefore 
 ) the old Tiame, 
 DisT Church, 
 :om the old red 
 lurch here has 
 he number re- 
 gister available, 
 
 In 1888, when 
 It, 200 were re- 
 ads at 800. We 
 igiual two acre 
 ine, and includ- 
 ■operty is now 
 3o Methodism 
 istence of over 
 in like propor- 
 lughout Ontario 
 ince of Canada. 
 
 lowledged supremacy of the spiritual, 
 le undonbting acceptance of bible 
 saching, the common assurance of sou- 
 jfhip, the tenderness of spirit, the un- 
 strained emotion, the spontaneous out- 
 bursts of religious feeling, the readiness 
 testimony, the unction in prayer, the 
 Brvent power in exhortation, the plead- 
 ig earnestness in individual appeal, the 
 isistence of conversion and sanctiflca- 
 ^on, the rapturous experience, 
 
 " Jesus all the day long, 
 Is my joy and my song," 
 
 |he eager desire — made more ardent by 
 |)er8i8tent effort, — 
 
 " O that all His salvation may see," 
 
 '^ibe heroic stand against sin in 
 
 fife and heart. These were ele- 
 
 lents of strength, weapons of warfare 
 
 " not carnal, but mighty through God to 
 the pulling down of strongholds. ' ' And 
 in these things we may as ministers 
 and members sit at the feet and learn, 
 from the fathers of our church and of 
 our country. But we may and ought to 
 go far in advance of the fathers. As 
 the day brightens and the horizon 
 widens, Methodism ought to brighten 
 and widen in thought and work. The 
 times, pregnant with opportunity, call 
 for deepened sympathies, a wiser adapta- 
 bility, p. more self -renouncing zeal, for a 
 wider reach of effort and an all embrac- 
 ing charity. By way of reproach the 
 followers of Wesley were "the people 
 called Methodists," but they made the 
 name honorable and great, and we who 
 inherit this great and honorable name 
 must hand it down untarnished " to the 
 generation to come." 
 
 S PAST. 
 
 he methods of 
 
 would be best 
 b profit tiie far- 
 3k to the scythe 
 
 and corduroy 
 ir fathers. But 
 irn from the iu- 
 d the practical 
 i early pioneers, 
 this church two 
 ught to life and 
 
 up with them, 
 ault with both 
 and with their 
 3 limited educa- 
 of thought, the 
 ud and boister- 
 lay be said be- 
 et them be — the 
 iddle iDags and 
 iised out forever. 
 
 the past, from 
 and graces and 
 iueut in early 
 dliness, the ac- 
 
Extracts from the First Niagara Circuit 
 Book. 1795— 1824. 
 
 k 
 
 
 THE TITLE PAGE. 
 
 " Book of Accompts of the Contributions and Dis- 
 bursemeuts of the Methodist Episcopal church on Nia- 
 ara circuit. Established 1795. Christian Warner, gen- 
 eral steward, approved of and appointed at a quarterly- 
 meeting held at Lyon's Creek, February 27, 1796— Dars. 
 Dunham." 
 
 Here is the copy of an incomplete resolution on the subject of Ministerial sup- 
 port. It refers to the period when preachers first crossed the border to establish 
 Methodism in Canada. The salaries on either side of the line at that date were 
 not exorbitant. 
 
 "Whereas the price of goods is so high in this 
 country that we think it our duty to raise the salary of 
 our preachers who labor in this country above the stated 
 sum specified in the forms of discipline for the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal church in the United States — which to be 
 on an average, is $24 per quarter" 
 
 First Lists of Contributors to Circuit Income with the naine of classes. 
 
 '• Dec. 6, 1795, quarterly meeting. Contributed for 
 the support of the gitepel— Cash — £1 13 0. 
 
 Contributions at quarterly meeting held February 
 27,1796: 
 
 By strangers, cash £0 168. Od. 
 
 Silverthorns, cash 1 2 3 
 
 Warners, cash 1 14 6 
 
 Public, cash 2 8 
 
 Samuel Vanevery contributed 8 
 
 Gage's, public 10 
 
 Morden'8,public 17 6 
 
 Total £7 16 6 
 
 The Rev. Dainus Dunham, the first Circuit Minister, corrects an error and 
 signs a receipt. 
 
 ' ' The above accompts being posted wrong I just certi- 
 fy my demands on Niagara circuit for traveling ex- 
 penses and sei-vices six mouths past — Cash. 
 
 New York currency £38 1 8 
 
 And have received in all of the said circuit by 
 
 the hand of the steward. By cash N. 
 
 Y. C 85 11 11 
 
 Balance due me 2 9 7 
 
 Dakius Dunham." 
 
 Quaint form of Circuit Receipt by Rev. James Coleman, the second minister 
 appointed. 
 
 " October 10th, i797. Received in full of all Debts, 
 Dues and Demands for traveling expenses and services 
 to this present dait?, above mentioned. 
 
 James Coleman." 
 
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 rcuit 
 
 inisterial sup- 
 ir to establish 
 lat date were 
 
 ies. 
 >r 
 
 y 
 
 an error and 
 
 1 
 
 oond minister 
 
 The circuit extends, and classes multiply, as we see by this list, dated seven 
 I years after the organization of the circuit, the amounts contributed omitted. 
 
 "May Ist, 1803. Collections from different classes; 
 
 Newark. 
 
 Four Mile Creek. 
 
 Flamborough. 
 
 Beverly. 
 
 Ancnster. 
 
 Barton. 
 
 Stoney Creek. 
 
 Fifty Mile Creek. 
 
 Thirty. 
 
 Twenty. 
 First church trial on Niagara Circuit. 
 
 " Crowland, Aug. 10, 1805. Elizabeth Shaver ap- 
 peared before ower quarterly Couferenco, for redress of 
 a former tryal, before Bro. N. Bangs, in presence of 
 ower society in Stamford. E. Shaver is cleared by a 
 vote of a large majority." 
 
 The circuit book is used as one of the first Baptismal Registers in the country, 
 [and Baptism of Infants is insisted upon. The first baptism is : 
 
 " Samuel, sou of James and Mary Pew, born April 
 <ith 1806, Stamford. 
 
 "December 37, 1817. James Brown, of Thorold, ap- ■ 
 plied for license as a local preacher. The Conference 
 granted a verbal license until he could have his chil- 
 dren baptized the first opportunity, and then Bro. 
 Ryan to give him a written liceu.se." 
 
 Toronto's first Methodist Minister, David Culp, licensed as an exhorter, but 
 pefused license to preach. 
 
 "July 7, 1810. David Culp made applycation for 
 licens to exhort at ower quarterly meeting, he being 
 recommended by his class. Upon mature considera- 
 tion licens where granted. — Christian Warner, Secre- 
 t> tfuy." 
 
 " Sept. 14, 1811. Bro. David Culp made application 
 to preach, being recommended by his class. Lost by a 
 ma joi'ity of votes . ' ' 
 
 Circuit appropriation. How the Rev. Isaac Puffer and his family were pro- 
 ided for : 
 
 "October 19, 1820, Geo. Lawrence, Benjamin Cor- 
 win and Hiram Sweazy were chosen for a committee 
 to estimate Bro. Puffer's expenses for flour and meat, 
 which is twenty-fonr bushels of wheat, and 400 of 
 pork, which will cost £18 9s. Od." 
 
 First Methodist mis.sioni)iv collection. 
 
 " July 18, IH22, paid missionary money on Niagara 
 Circuit to the Rev. Isaac Puffer, for missionary pur- 
 poses, through the hands of Benjamin Corwin, circuit 
 steward, £36 Is. 7d." 
 
 The last item is a note on the inside of the back cover showing that the first 
 preachers of this circuit were also the first distributors of literature in the country. 
 
 " Sold of Mr. Dunham's books : Wesley's Journals, 
 7r. Od. ; Dottritche's Sermons, 4s. lOd. ; Christian Bap- 
 tism, Is. 6d. ; Primitive Physic, 5s. Od. ; total, £0188. 4d. 
 The book closes with the end of the year 182!j, which also ends the connection 
 |of Upper Canada Methodism with the Genesee Oouferencf In 1824 the Canada 
 ' Conference was formed, and a few years later entirely separated from the 
 iMethodism of the United States, 
 
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 Names of the Ministers who have served this 
 Church from the Ovgranization of the 
 Niagrara Circuit in 1795, with the 
 Dates of Their Appointment. 
 
 1795 — Darins Dnnham. 
 
 1796 — James Coleman. 
 
 1797 — Darius Dnnham, Michael Coote. 
 
 1798 — James Coleman. 
 
 1799 — James Coleman. r' 
 
 1800 — Joseph Sawyer, Seth Orowell. • • 
 
 1801 — Joseph Sawyer, Nathan Bangs. 
 
 1802 — John Robinson, Daniel Pickett. 
 
 1808 — Sylvanus Keeler, Samuel Howe, Reuben Harris. 
 
 1804 — Danl. Pickett, Luther Bishop, Nathan Bangs. 
 
 1805 — GJershom Pearce, Andrew Prindel. 
 
 1806— Thomas Whitehead, Robert Perry. 
 
 1807 — Thomas Whitehead, Niuian Holmes. 
 
 1808— Henry Ryan, Isaac B. Smith. 
 
 1809 — Henry Rvan, Robert Perry. 
 
 1810 — Andrew Prindel, Joseph Gatchell. 
 
 1811 — Isaac B. Smith, Peter Oovenhoven. 
 
 1812 — Andrew Prindel, Ninian Holmes. 
 
 1813 — Ninian Holmes. 
 
 1814 — David Youmans, Silas Hopkins. 
 
 1815— William Brown. 
 
 181H— Elijah Warren. 
 
 181 . —J. W. Byam, George Ferguson. 
 
 1818~Isaac B. Smith, George Fei^son. 
 
 1819 — Isaac B. Smith, D. Shepherdson. 
 
 1820— Isaac Pnflfer. 
 
 1821 — Isaac Puflfer, John Tackaberry. 
 
 1822 — Ezra Adams, John Ryerson. 
 
 1823 — Ezra Adams, William Ryerson. 
 
 1824 — Thomas Demorest, William Ryerson. 
 
 1825— Thomas Demorest, William Griffls. 
 
 1826— John Ryerson, William Griffis. 
 
 1827 — David Youmans, Rowley Heyland. 
 
 1828 — James Richardson, Joseph Gatcholl. 
 
 1829 — James Richardson, Edmund Stoney. 
 
 1880 — Joseph Messmore, James Wiison. 
 
 1831 — Edmund Stoney, James Wilson. 
 
 1882— Edmund Stoney, Ephraim Evans. 
 
 1833— David Wright, Edwy M. Ryerson. 
 
 1884 — David Wright, Alexander Irvine. 
 
 1885 — Alexander Irvine, Alexander McNabb. 
 
 1886 — Richard Jones, Alexander McNabb. 
 
 1837 — Thomas Bevitt, Samuel Rose. 
 
 1838— Matthew Whiting, Samuel Rose. $ 
 
 1839 — Matthew Whiting, Joseph Messmore. 
 
 1840 — Hamilton Biggar, E. Shepherd, Thomas Cosford. 
 
 1841 — Hamilton Biggar, John Law, G. R. Sanderson. 
 
 1842 — Lewis Warner, G. R. Sandeison, Wm. McEwen. 
 
 1848— Lewis Warner, James Musgrove. 
 
 1844— Jonathan Scott, Jos. Messmore, Jos. Shepley. 
 
 1845 — Jonathan Scott, Jos. Messmore. 
 
 1846 — Reuben E. Tupper, Ephraim B. Harper. 
 
 1847— Reuben E. Tupper, Ephraim B. Harper. 
 
 1848 — Ephraim B. Harper, John Hunt. 
 
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 1849-50— Edwy M. Ryerson, John Hunt. • 
 
 1861-2 — Thomas Oosford, George Yonug. 
 
 1858 — Thomaa Oosford, Olaudius Byrne. 
 
 1854-5— Alexander T. Oteen. 
 
 1856— WUliam T. Griffin. 
 
 1857-9— G. N. A. F. T. Dixon, i ' 
 
 1860-3— John Wakefield. 
 
 1863 — Alexander Sutherland. 
 
 1864-8— William S. Blackatock. 
 
 1867-69— John G. Lavid. 
 
 1870— John MUls, WiUiam J. Ford. 
 
 1871— John Mills, James Awde. 
 
 1873— John Mills, Joseph Odery. 
 
 1873— Thomas Stabbs, John V. Smith. 
 
 1874— Thomas Stobbs. 
 
 1875-6— John Ridley. 
 
 1877-9— Matthew Swaun. 
 
 1880-2— Samuel Wilson. 
 
 1883-5— George A. Mitchell, B. A. 
 
 1886-8— Richard Hobbs. 
 
 1889-91— Richard W. Woodsworth. 
 
 1898-8— James Awde, B. A. 
 
 1894-6— Amos E. Rnss, M. A. 
 
 1897-8— John 0. Stevenson. 
 
 The above list has been compiled from Dr. Cornisti's ' Cyclopedia of Method- 
 ism ' ; Cornwall's ' Case and Cotemporaries ' ; the Conference Minutes, and original 
 manuscript documents. 
 
 List of Members in t)ie Class which met at 
 
 Warner's Chapel, from Class Book in 
 
 Possession of F. A. Hutt, Esq. 
 
 "Warner's Chapel Class— Bro. McQuen leader. 
 Meets at Warner's chapel on Lord's Day at '<, 8 o'clock. 
 
 1840—1. 
 
 John Vanevery. 
 
 2. 
 
 Margret Vanevery. 
 
 8. 
 
 Margret McKinley 
 
 4. 
 
 James McCoen. 
 
 6. 
 
 Janet McCoeu. 
 
 6. 
 
 Mary Vanevery. 
 
 7. 
 
 Elizabetli Smith. 
 
 8. 
 
 Ann McKinley. 
 
 •9. 
 
 Laviua Clow. 
 
 10. 
 
 Elizabeth Warren. 
 
 11. 
 
 Maiy Stewart. 
 
 13. 
 
 John McKinley. 
 
 13. 
 
 Joseph Vanevery. 
 
^mmfummmm 
 
 ■VMH 
 
 —IB- 
 
 Quarterly Class Tickets of various dates in 
 possesion of the writer. 
 
 March, 1830. 
 
 Aud those words, 
 which I commaud thee 
 this day, shall be in 
 thine heart : And thou 
 shalt teach them dili- 
 gently _uuto thy chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Deut. vi. G, 7. 
 
 G 
 
 Dec. 1819. 
 
 But an for me and 
 my house, Nve will 
 servejthe Lord. 
 
 Joshua xxiv. 15. 
 
 F 
 
 Wesleyan -Methodist Society. 
 Established 1739. 
 
 Quarterly Ticket for September, 1887. 
 
 The words of the Lord are pure 
 ^words : as silver tried in a furnace o 
 ' nrth, purified seven times. 
 
 Psalm xii. 6. 
 
 Wesleyan-Methodist Society. 
 Established 1739. 
 
 Quarterly Ticket for Septem- 
 ber, 1868. 
 
 We know that we have passed 
 from death unto life, because we 
 love the brethren. 
 
 1 Jobn iii. 14. 
 
 V 
 
 The Methodist Ohukch. 
 
 Quarterly Ticket for Novem- 
 ber, 1898. 
 
 In all things shewing thyself a 
 pattern of good works. — Titus 2 ;7. 
 
 The general conference of this year (1898) has made the giving out of qunrter- 
 ly class tickets optional. 
 
%tes in 
 
 rURCH. 
 
 Noveni- 
 
 g thyself a i 
 —Titus 2 :7. 
 
 at of quarter-