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 PERSONAL STATEMENT 
 
 RELATING TO 
 
 THE FIRST CALL 
 
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 FORT MASSEY CONGREGATION, 
 
 HALIFAX, N. S. 
 
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 A PERSONAL STATEMENT 
 
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 FORT MASSEY CONGREGATION, HALIFAX. 
 
 To friends interested, and desirous of knowing the truth, 
 I address this paper, believing that my conduct in connec- 
 tion with Fort Massey affairs has been misunderstood, 
 misrepresented and slanderously reported. I consider that a 
 simple statement of facts has become necessary. That no 
 error in head or heart has been committed during the h\st 
 three dreary months — I do not pretend to claim ; but that 
 I have been placed in circumstances of great trial and per- 
 plexity, and that throughout, keeping the good of Christ's 
 kingdom first in view, I have tried humbly and earnestly 
 to find ana follow the path of duty, I hope to be able to 
 make plain. 
 
 Nearly two years ago I left Windsor congregation, which, 
 locally, socially and financially stands among the firai in the 
 Church, left a deeply attached and harmonious people, and 
 came to Halifax. Chalmers' congregation stood historically 
 and eccleeiastically second to none within the bounds of the 
 Synod, but at that time was in a disheartened and some- 
 
 
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what flepressecl conditiorj. In caccepting the call, with Fort 
 Massey project looming darkly in the distance, I made 
 before the Presbytery, and in the hearing of many of the 
 congregation, substantially this statement — "I accept this 
 call not to the name of Chalmers' Church, nor to the build- 
 ing called Chalmers' Church, but to the people whose 
 signatures are attached ; and when the time comes that 
 they shall separate, one section forming new church connec- 
 tions, and the other remaininp; or scattering, I shall hold 
 myself free to go with those who go, stay with those who 
 stay, or leave the city altogether, just as circumstances at 
 the time may seem to justify. As to the future, I trust in 
 Providence and in the honour of the men whose names are 
 on the call." Without dissent on the part of Presbytery, or 
 congregation, the translation was made and pastoral work 
 begun. 
 
 Before coming to the city I had put tho question — 
 " What will be the effect of the new church movement on 
 the old congregation ?" and the answer given by a promi- 
 nent member of the session was that it would not be seriously 
 affected thereby. On visiting the congregation, and finding 
 the locality of families,. I was surprised and disappointed to 
 find so large a proportion of the prominent members of the 
 church living at the South-end, — that the congregation 
 drew so little strength from the North, and that the ten- 
 dency of population was so largely towards the West and 
 South. For these reasons, and from the fact that the 
 general opinion among members South was that the old 
 church should be closed when the new congregation was 
 formed, from the fact that few members from the North 
 had any confidence in the existence of Chalmers' as a self- 
 supporting church after the separation — from these facts 
 and opinions I came to the conclusion that the old building 
 must follow the recognized church-law of every growing 
 city, and give way to the demands of business, while popu- 
 lation should find accommodation for worship nearer home. 
 
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 But while 1 lield the opinion that the old church should be 
 closed, for obvious rea.sons, I nevt^r advocated it. 
 
 The time for separation came; T instructed all ))arties to 
 make their church connection indu[)endently of me ; I claimed 
 a sense of freedom, which was fully conceded to the^- . A 
 meeting was called to decide on the policy to be adopted. 
 With tho expiictation that the ')ld church would be closed, 
 a large majority of the meeting declared their determina- 
 tion to go South. A gooi] d'wl has baen said about the 
 means used to weaken the eld c'lurch pa.-ty. It has been 
 asseited thai my luum" was ii-*ed to indu',;^ parties to om- 
 rait themselves to Fort Massey. On tl is point my knowledge 
 is limited. I know of several members who did take cer- 
 tificates with thp expectation that I was to be their Minister, 
 but I also know of others who would prefer to worship in 
 the new church, but who remained in the old till thev could 
 be made certain that I was to be removed. My own firm 
 belief is that my name, if weight it had at all, was of as 
 much use in strengthening the party v/ho remained as the 
 party going South, — and under the circumstances that was 
 all either section hfvd a right to claim. 
 
 On the formation of the new congregation it was found 
 that a majority had come from Chalmers' church, The 
 attachment and high sense of honour which led the section 
 from Poplar Grove to secure the salary of their Pai-.tcu- be- 
 fore they left induced the section from Chalmers' to endeavor 
 to exercise their constitutional right in giving me a call ; 
 the motives were honourable in either case. Unworthy 
 means have been charged against my friends in securing a 
 majority. The following facts should take all force from 
 such charge : 1. There are twenty members who could more 
 conveniently worship in Fort Massey still in connectioii 
 with the old church. 2. At the time of moderation in call, 
 out of the fifty-six members on the nev/ roll, only thirty- 
 o.ie were present. 3. All the names from tlie Poplar 
 Grove section, except two, were forward at the formation of 
 
the roll, while the names from the other section have been 
 coming in gradually, swelling the number from forty -six, at 
 the commencement of the roll, to upwards of sixty at the pre- 
 sent time. The charge of canvassing therefore falls. If we 
 take the section of the city which the new church was intend- 
 ed to accommodate,it will be found that theChalmerr/ section 
 have a majority of at least three to two. In self vindica- 
 tion these facts are stated. If I had believed that my 
 Irionds in Fort Massey had acted in an unchristian man- 
 ner towards thrir brethren in the old church, at the time 
 of separation, — if I had be:n persuaded that they had dealt 
 unfairly with their brethren from the other congregation in 
 securing a majority — then vorily I nhould have shared 
 their guilt in allowing my name as a cardidate. It they 
 are blameworthy I atn not, free; I stand or fall with them. 
 Now, why did I p.?rmit ray name to be mentioned as a 
 eandiclato at Fort Massey wh^n the result:, have proved so 
 unhappy ? 
 
 From statements made by prominent members in connec- 
 tion with Poplar Grove church, and from remarks and 
 opinions made and expressed by pp.rties in different church 
 connections and sympathies, I feel quite prepared to say 
 that all through the first year of my ministry in Halifax 
 the very general opinion in town and country was that 
 either the Pastor of Poplar Grove or Chalmers' would be 
 called to the new church. Then, apart altogether from 
 the inviting field of labor presented, it can be easily un- 
 derstood how I should look favorably on a call coming 
 from a people from whom I had received nine-tenths of the 
 personal favours ex{>erienced in the city, and who had 
 shown an attachment so sincere and strong. Further, I 
 felt that it was but my constitutional right. I never sup- 
 posed till of late that my connection with Chalmers' church 
 had brought Fuch contamination as to unfit me for labor 
 e'sewhere. T believed and hold that if the members of 
 Fort Massey congrt'gation who had come from Poplar 
 
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Grove proved to be a majority, and believed their Pastor 
 to be the best fitted to occupy the post, it was their right 
 and duty to call him, — and that he of all men in the church 
 had the best right to the position; and I held the same 
 doctrine to be sound when applied on the other side. Still 
 more, I felt that to have so large a number of prominent 
 members leave my congregation in a body, not for church 
 extension — for the old church was not full — without show- 
 ing any desire to take me with them, would be the most 
 damaging vote of want of confidence ever passed on a 
 Minister of the Gospel. Let it be noted further that there 
 never was a time, after the formation of the new congrega- 
 tion, when I could have withdrawn my name, on the ground 
 of opposition by the other party, without intensifying party 
 feeling and bringing about the same results which have 
 since appeared. But lastly, and chiefly, I never knew the 
 character or extent of the opposition to my settlement till 
 the refusal to sign the call made it manifest. I had heard 
 of prominent men stating publicly that they would fall in 
 with the majority, and in my simplicity supposed that they 
 meant wha* they said, and never knaw the contrary till I 
 !l/. found myself spitted on the sharp end of a broken-down 
 
 '* -v/'- ' ^^^^' '^^^^^^ ^° writhe amid the jeers of men whom, up to that 
 
 time, I had counted as ray frieuf^s. 
 
 I may state just here, what is generally known, that on 
 finding the call almost entirely one-sided, I was prepared at 
 the meeting of Presbytery at which it was presented to 
 decline it, believing then and now that I could have done 
 so in such way as would have satisfied my friends, and 
 aff'orded them an honourable way out of the difficult posi- 
 tion into which they had been drawn. But such opportunity 
 the Presbytery saw fit to refuse me. 
 
 But the business was not yet ended; The majority 
 signing the call felt aggrieved, and Fort Massey congrega- 
 tion was in danger. It may well be supposed — after all that 
 had passed — that I should have preferred any other spot 
 
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 on God's earth to Halifax, and my name to be used in any 
 other connection than that of tlio new churcli. Still, I felt 
 a moral responsibility, with respect to my friends, which I 
 dared not disregard. Rightly or wrongly 1 believed that 
 the future peace and prosperity of Fort Massey con,<''''ega- 
 tion depended more on my action than that of any other 
 man, — and though misunderstood and slandered, I resolved 
 to do anything and everything in my power to prevent a 
 separation between the parties then unhappily formed, 
 Hence, when the proposal was made to revive the call on 
 the part of the minority, I felt that if the use of ni) name 
 in that connection would aflbrd an opportunity for some 
 kind of concession by the opposing party, and form a meet- 
 ing place for both, I dare not refuse to allow it to be so 
 used. That scheme broke down. Then a crisis came ; — 
 Resolutions authorizing sejiaration were passed ; the 
 Chalmers' section were prepared to take the church at its 
 full cost, and carry it. The suggestion was then made : 
 sui)pose the other party decline cither to buy or sell and 
 refuse to retire, how would you regard " Another call ? " 
 I said that, after all that has j)assod, no earthly considera- 
 tion would induce me to allow my name to be used as a 
 candidate in the ordinary sense; — but il it bo distinctly 
 understood on both sides and all round, from the beginning 
 and all through, that I am simply passive, and that when 
 the call comes up, it shall be a matter for the Presbytery 
 to decide, then, if they see fit to translate me to the new 
 congregation, I am ready to go. The Trustees met, and 
 the minority did in cfiect refuse to retire. Then the 
 proposal to unite in calling me on the understanding that 
 was referred to was made, and as I understood was agreed to 
 by the Trustees, f nd afterwards by the parties respectively, 
 and for a little time, the difficulty seemed in a lair way to 
 an honorable settlement. 
 
 Then came a call from a congregation in Booton, That 
 call assum3d a phase which made me feel morally bound 
 
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to accept it. Still more, from indications appearing on 
 every h.\nri, I saw clearly that the minority in Fort Mapsey 
 did not regard the ground of united action as my friends 
 did, — there was either a misunderstanding or an entire 
 breach of faith — and the proposal must miscarry. Feeling 
 assured of this, I intimated to my friends my determination 
 to leave the city, unless prevented by the Presbytery, and 
 made my arrangements accordingly. The Presbytery met, 
 I explained my position, my resignation was accepted, and 
 I was pet free to accept the call to Boston. This ends my 
 connection with Fort Massey. Strange, it does seem to 
 me, that the period of my life of greatest self-denial and 
 self-sacrifice for the cause of Christ, should be the very 
 time when I have been put down as cringing, self-seeking 
 and ambitious ; but so it is, — and my appeal is made from 
 man's judgment to that of the Searcher of Hearts. 
 
 I might trace my connection with the old Chalmers' con- 
 gregation, and prove by indisputable facts that the charge 
 of slighting and despising them in the day of trial and 
 weakness is a vile slander. I might also point in detail to 
 ; most interesting Providential leadings in connection with 
 
 J the call from Boston, which I have accepted ; but this 
 
 -/fr- - ^ paper is already too long, From scenes of worry, tumult 
 
 and excitement I go in God's Providence to another branch 
 of the church, — to another land, and to another flag. What 
 things await me there I know not. I leave Halifax with 
 regret. Here I have spent two happy years in the service 
 of the best of Masters; here I have found Christians, who, in- 
 tellectually, socially and spiritually are among the noblest, 
 sweetest and best that I have met ; here I have made iriends, 
 kind, forbearing, tried and true. For all their acts of 
 kindness, sympathy and generosity, I would record ray 
 lasting gratitude. May God heal the breaches of Zion. 
 
 EDWARD ANNAND. 
 
 Halifax, May S,lS'72. s r- 
 
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