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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour etre reproduit en un seul clich6, il est film6 A partir de I'angle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 1 32 X DARTMOUTH i: -^ JUBILEE eELEBRATION * A NO •WELCOME SERVICE, Held December 7th, 1893, 1)1 ;I i WIIH ^^.ist of ©fficers and jyiembers. '-^^4^^K<- IIALIKAX, N. B. : HOLLO WAY BROS., PRINTERS, 69 GRANVILLE ST., 1894. V.-7( N.S. Public Archives ot Nova icoUa HALIFAX, N, S. Vv ^■<. 'T- <-c.<^f /■ce ^^ ^ + -> C^ r. .V /^yY^ THE FIRST partiTioiitti )8apti^t (Jhurcli, KING'S STREET, DARTMOUTH. Jubilee Gelebralion end iteception IHeeling. Oil the evening of Tiiuusu.vv, December 7tli, 1893, the Daktmouth Baptist Chuuch met to celebrate its First Jurilek, •run! to welcome to their pulpit their newly elected pastor the Ilev, Samuel Bradford Kempton. A committee of the Church under the direction and t^uidance of Brother W. H. Fielding had gaily decorated the vestry for the occasion with Hags, ilowers, and evergreens, and mottoes in varied colored letters. The ladies of the Church prepared a sumptuous tea and repast to which they invited the memliers of the Church and congregation and their friends. When all had partaken, the remainder of the time was passed in social intercourse and friendly reunions until 7.30 ; at which hour the assemblage moved into the body of the Church which was well filled by an expectant audience. Tlie meeting was called to order by the chairman, Judge John- ston, who read the Jubilee hymn No. 305 of the Canadian Baptist hymnal commencing "Blow ye the tnnnpet blow," which was sung by the choir, a portion of Scripture was read and prayer offered Ity the Rev. Stephen March. The chairman then stated that fifty years from the organization of the Church had fallen on the twenty-ninth day of October last, but that in consequence of their pastor elect not having at that date assumed the duties of his Public Archives ot Nova icolio HALIFAX, N. S. .^' 2 ollico, it M;,,ij jj , On ".6 ,,h,f„,,„ f»™«'r J).-i3t„r of il„. ,., , " '"""'"■. tlH> j;i.v 1.- , ->"'■«• ;;:';";. '""'"■'• »■■" »>"">,;;:, :,"""^ »'■" < .» lowev : tV"""-^- "f "-" to pet' ,, ''''■"''"°"''°'"'-«l The f]] • ''"' ""^'^'"'^ ADDRESS BY THP rr^ . ^'^'^l^^^nen and Ladies,--. ^^AJRMAN. ■Tiity years in *-i t/* that 'i-i-ig :]e"pL'rr,,r""-«' "■ """p^y^^^^^^^^ tr"-"- °^»"j '"■'"'''""'■'■•"'■iWgh.stoem 8 have been liy iiiuny iiliaiuloned as effete, old fasliiuned, and of little value in an age so jiroirvessive as the present. The liattering ram of agnostieisiu and infidelity are to-day pDunding at the buttresses of a Christianity in defence of whicli our forefatliers of fifty years gone, would if need had Ijeen, have freely l)]ed and died. Fifty years tell f.r much in individual life, a large pntjxjrtiou never attain that age, and tho.se who do, have travelled over the longest jiortion of their allotted journey. The man wlio has turned the mile stone of half a eentn.y misses many familiar faces as he treads the dusty road of life, he looks around for the friends of his boyish days, and the companions of his early manhood— where are they ? with ])ut few exceptions, gone, all gone : and he iinds himself left, standing alone, like some old oak tree that has bravely breasted the storms and smiled at the howlhig blasts of the passing years, as they have swept out from their path way and laid low many younger and apjiarently hardier trees of the forest. Such is the rule that governs man's i)hysical being and such the price inexorably denianded for the i)rivilege of an extended life. How fares it with the Church, made up as it is, of men and women ; does the rule of individual life apply to it, and is it suliject to like vicissitudes and changes ? To a limited extent only. During the term of any five decades the ]>ersoiniel of the €hurch will almost, if not entirely, have changed. Within that period it will have experienced many ups and downs, will have known seasons of gloom and desi)ondency, an-' will have been refreshed by times of joy and of gladness. But the similarity is no further traceal^le. Man comes on the stage, plays his little part, and just when he thinks that he has learned how to live, he is snatched away, and the place that knew him once, knows him no more for ever. The social wheel is ever slowly revolving, and families and individuals who fifty years ago, rode upon the'"crest of the wave, are now buried in oblivion, and their very names forgotten. The memory of a man soon fades away, no matter how large the space he has filled or how important the work or vast the projects, the fate of wdiich seemingly hang upon the thread of his existence. But the vicissitudes of life and the ravages of time touch not the Church, nor do the changing creeds of nien, or their yV varying moral beliefs alluct itq ^tnhiiu ^'"■"^i^^« ^-e thing is cer uin . nn? ^' , ^''' '^'"'^^ ^^^ ""cer- ^■I'Hn..,less,onothrn.surtae; Zv^ changes, one thing is tl.e Church of the liWr.rG .^^,nZ;"' T\ '"'^^^ «"' b"' forever: ^vhetlu.r like the nobler ver ""rj '""^ ^"'■'^'^'•- ^ea •t rushes ibrvvard on its c,,ur ^IxSim r.""'- ^^'^''^•'J^""^ ^scattering far an.I wide a t ^w s ^1 ^r ^T''"" ^^•^«'" ^"^ for the healing of the nation To ^ She 'S^ ';'"'''"'^' ^'"''^ "ni";e cnd.ng brook scarce not eed b! t ' 1 '^" '""^" ^"^ I'lacudly an.I quietly it rinnlesaI,n^,>^H''^^^ P"sser by, ;vuy farer tra^.lled'stain 1 a If n ?^^ ''''' f^' ^' -""o ''»''» on her sunny "Vi^^v I., i . * ^'"^'*^'" ^^^I'^e and rest her refreshing .^Irkl!:::'^ '' ^'^'^^ ^'^ ^^-^^ In's thirst .S everlasting Inlls and enclZ'ts/L/ '"' """'ovable as the Our records shew tl, ^' I ^ "''"'' "^ ^^'^ ^^^tor"al the personnel l^ti^' Z.T^t^ nf' '^^'^ ^"^^ --l''^^-^■ changed, and that of th s^vho on .'"''So^'"'' ^^^'"^'^^ ^"^irely ; • i>.. 1843. organised Jhtn s es n^^he "A '^ "', ^'^^"^^' < hurch, but one survives and she^ Tl /^•'^'•^"'outh Ijai.tist "P-''^-l.S who though not ab LetT^r "^ ''T^ y'^'^'^-^ quenceof increasing bodily inflr nit is V ' ''^'"^'"''^^ ''' ^*«"««- ^on of all her facufties ^ZZ^^!:^^:? "\ ''"'"" J^^^'^^^ "s on tins Jubilee occasion-the sole 1 L If '°"""^'""^«"=«' with the present. lUit thou-di its nd iv h '""f"'^' ^^'' ^^'^ succession have come and pled ou ' . ".^"''^^''^"^ "^ ^^'^k founded on that rock ugaTa t \^^ oh th ^ ^'' J^^" ^^"''^'^^ ^^self prevail, during all these yea sh",-' ^'"' " ''^'" "^'^'^' Mr. Hunt was orchin^d H « " ^""'^ '"'^ visibility, and had he conl; "if ^tett ""","'"'• ''''' ^^^^''-'-h, •-"istmtions would have r SeJ in"f '"'^"^^ ^^^^« '^■''' ^"« '"en^hership. He however at the en ?°' "^'''^^^^ '« *^^« resigned the pastorate and left to tr- 1 ./' T"^" '""^ ^ ^^^^ It will not be necessa y to t' '^^'olo^ioal studies. over the years that fo 1 e^^I tJd rf' 'yV'''' ^>^ *^'--«"ing presented to your noticr^ 1 e L r>:"f "^^ n'"" ^^^^"^'^^ ^^■""^ he conunencement is laid before you. '''' ^^^^"''^^ ^'"""^ ^^s In the year 1876 the Eev Mr U^^.t r.f a„a the Bap.Ut. not much --, ''- ';;f;;^*fX":S^"S 11 • r,^A . afill \VP do Il'»t aUtlOip'llO liny » <- j i ;rj. iTurfo^r S,.r -ve^> -.J;;.-;;-:;l-•- meiit prefer to cross oveiu) Iiartin.iuth whom wo while the influx of Hii[iti»t limiuw .,,„ iik„i,n"el3' visits might reasonably hope wouM jo,n on mks - ' ^-^-^ „„j few and tar between, and the held "' «" "" , ^ (t „as when cultivate is. owing to other causes ™ " ^L ^hifc lure!, will the interest was fust starte.l. , 7'' J " ;, " ,,i,le all waters, continue to scatter '''« 8>7.' ''=°;Vo ,,,h it m V b l..,» delayed assurred that the «»l'">f ."^fsti/u at whe., "the angel willeventualycoujeand n^^^ ;:,^r hlvfroL^'sle'l'cr to be gathered into the garner house of flip T.ord of tlie Harvest. /• i „if „ ™» rri t.^:^ ::rsr„f "iftT^^'^i^ot: S7il it *:\::w tic m waters of Hfty years past. But ere that past beeon.es a men.ory. -« l""-" -\, f, ° «'»"i sr^vt.r;^e',ir«!;;untb:;fn-f-^^^ re::nidi:": r:f^z:.i and W;i.i cheer^^ revive our droop- ,; sp.rits, prove '^ « ™ r° ;_'^°^^ ^, „„ gaze ,i„„t up with lov and hope o« .ud .s^J. ^^ ^^^^^^^^^ slowly the -■■;" '""-^/^ 2 th varioJs scenes depicited on century just tied. Une uy out, nicture pourtrays the the canvas pas.bofc.e o^uvjew. ^i^^^^^ ^^^^^ goodness an^y riuir the Pn^f • ; ^y y^^^'^- ^'^et-'i'Iures, and or calm, wlmto'er butido wet trust (tiiv ciiptiiin's .skill to j^iiulc us ■saft'ly to the furtlKT slmrc, utul into that Inivcii of tlic lioavfiily vvorltl where tlie church triumpliaiit shall forijver jicaccfully ride upon the placid sea of {^lass, whose crystallized waters will never he so much as ruiUed by tlio winds and stortu capt waves of if;norance, error, discord, sin and skejiticisni ; witli wlioso surgin<,' billows the clnu'cli militant has so often buffeted as she voyaged across this world's troublous sea. How will rciiil the record of this Chnrcli when the coming fifty years shaU have run their course, what will then its standing be i Ah, he would be a bold seer who in this changing world would scan the horoscope and dare with certainty to fortell. J5ut may wo not venture to hope, that those who shall gather to celebrate its centennial will lind this Church large and intluential, worshipping in a more ju'etentious edifice than its present audience hall, and that having developed iuto a stately tree of gooilly ))roportions its far s])reading l)raiiches has afforded rest anromise, " Lo I am with you alway even unto the end of the World," so precious and so strengthening in the jiast, will in the years to come still l)e the Church's stay and sure support, reviving her faith when dro.'jping, stimulating her to aUcmiit, and with confidence to expect great things, and mid h)wering skies, and when mu. ky mists curtain the day, and in hours of darkest desi)ondency inspire her to do and to dare. At the conclusiiin of his address the Chairman called^u[)on the clerk, ^Ir. William L. l>arss, who presented tlie record of the Church from the date of its organization on the 2'Jth Dec, 1843, to the 29th October, 1893, embracing the fifty years of its history. This paper which was listened to with marked attention is published in extenso herewith. The He V. 1). 0. McDonald then made some forcible remarks 8 pertinent ti> th^ '■-'"■SI.- rofo,,; : ,;;-f »««.= a,„i wa„„ CL "■ ''■ ■'■ ••""' "1.0 i,ad CO,' ™'""^«"p-'""«KU„t St,,! ;■°^ ''»""■■■ exereisn, „. "™ '■* '''stance lo l,„ ""= *"'«'a7 Sci,„„l »J.icl,l , ' ° '"""■"" '«• continued" 'f"."'"'"'"? ■■«.-.*,, stating that I e ^ "Produced the pastor elect t . from his u-el Wv ' ""^^"^'^^^"« choice of tl fl '^' ''^"^^^''''-'•-' tJie Church . I . ^^'"^J^^'^ ''f^'J'tyheevnpp T "'' '"' "'^^" as «yini,athett n. „;"'^"^?f^^''' ^^hHe hi' Sfrr^' ^^^"^^^ to -1-" he c:n.:t^:„S^:^ i^-naHy end^^^S^ -^/-ull, ^^'eiJt on, the ChuvnU^ ' '^"^' ^^at l,e ^v^. n. ] " '^" ^^•'t'l ^« far as tW , ei /"^ «""&^>'egat,on wo h ir,'"'^ '^l'^' '-^^ ^^■'"<-' i" the rightj'lac r:r""^ ^'^'•- ^^e^^X .T'^.^-^^^. f^^I that %-tist VmnLT . w T-/'"'^^^*''^ 602hynn in ;? "^''^ '"^>" embodyin/theei,, ^'''^' '^''^ ^volconc ' ' V'''^ ^''"adian feelingly l' I '^' ' "'^^conje to t ';,. ^'" "'^"^^'." as ^7 fj :zj^ ^;;/hoi. , tttLS; i''\-- the right hal.^ Z^f^'y ^" -^tendi':' j;\ ^^'^^^'^ of the T '^ t^'« ^"ini.st ri u i ^^?'''J: '^'"^ of oordiali; we v ^•'"'7 '^''' ^heJevM,. w. "''• ^"^enipton's ^^.h? ^""u to the cause -»e and 'i' w:if' .f"';," '^'"'-''1 l"' „"tS' "', "»«"'»"* Public 'Archives of Nova ^icofig " ( HALIFAX. N. S. ^ 9 . , the several sjieakers ami the Church for their cordial .greeting and ex])res.se(l the hojie that hi.s advent aiunng them iui<;ht ])e divinely blessed to the Church and C(-nedford llasin liy Elder Davis, but he did not become a member of any church previous to his reception as a /^c-Ulo-t aJ 12 i»einl)er of tj„-. . ,, -^J-atod life ^'"' nearly a ,,„„ services off) , "^^ ^f"Jiinn<.' fi,; "^ ^t. J,,],,, v V. ^^"'^ i/ti 18 '^"■"' I'f" Jia.s ''^'"i' ii/cliani ^'i-est8 of (hi, 't Inu fur hi, '".seller niul 'tJi it a.s Jii, ' time pei'- ^e died '<■ "ifd'hle iice. His I'laiit, vet ^'•^liutl In- met f,,r here our i at tin's ^•, and •ith the Pluireli 'ciation 'Ji Was seiiwej- polled 'Id as 'louse 1 and JoJjji Jtiiii-. ■Seat cluu'cli editice now stands. Tlie original structure removed a little in the rear has bv no means vet out-lived its usefulness, but havinc been connected with its more modern rival is used for our Tiabbath school and prayer meetings. Tlius now we have the church duly organized and tlie church home built and dedicated, but sometliing equally essential to tliese is still wanting. Doubtless these men of faith and prayer while watcliing tlie la'ogi-ess of their church buiUling towards conqiletion, were earnestly calling upon God to send them a I'astor. That there were prayers in tliis l)elialf and tliat they were answered speetlily, appears from the following account of the call and ordination of the late Hev. Abrain S. Hunt the first pastor of this church : — "Shortly after the above period at a meeting of the church it was agreed to give Brcjther Hunt a call to the pastoral charge of the church. He had labored among us as a licentiate for two of three months." The call was accepted by Mr. Hunt and on Sabbath day the 10th day of November, 1844, the ordination services as arranged by the Council the day previous took place. We have it of record that " upon this very interesting occasion the house was tilled to overflowing with an attentive congiegation." At the association held at Amherst on the aOth June following 11 additions by baptism were rejjorted and the total niembershi]) liO, and the year following o baptisms were re]wrted, with a inembeship of 34. The first ])astorate which had this far proved so successful was not long to continue. Brother Hunt a short time previous to his assuming the charge of this chuich, had graduated at Acadia College, and he was not slow to realize that greater usefulness could be attained by taking a course in Theology. He consequently decided to avail himself of the instruction which could then be obtained at Wolfville under the late Dr. Crawley. This he made known to the church and at a meeting held on the olst of July, 184C, the following resolution was passed. "Voted that whereas the pastor, brother Aln-am S. Hunt, has signified his intention of removing fro.ir this place, brethren Kichard McLean and Mr. George Eamville be a c(jmmittee to visit the pastor, and ascertain if his purpose to remove is so far fixed that he cannot Ije induced for another term to supply tlie spiritual wants of this feeble church and destitute region." That brother Hunt had intended that his resignation should lie considered as final ajipears from the record made a few weeks later; " On Sunday the 27th Sept. 1846, the pastor Mr. Hunt took leave of tlie church and departed for Horton on Monday." The church doubtless suffered much through the loss of tlieir pastor, as J4 if^ indiciitod by tin. fMii . • i''nvly ill J,iii,|.,|,,, 10 ,Q ,, , Oi. Friday >s,; 1 '" '" '^* ''^'"<^^«ei.lly i„ ,',,," , , . equally if si ''i::.";,r"f '■'"■ "'« .v™>- to 1 ",:;;■;■ ;■•'» '''"-.i „„ .. "a.ti.J"' 'f .'^'' '""I"''- st.ta.,. J. ,,•,''";"■>• '"■ al'out 50., •'i^ro* 1 n ? :'""'' "f "'« lc.n,n™ ' ; *'" "■'■"' """•"' sin ill n, ^^^^' '"'""volct cm,.,.,,,; , ,> '""* •■"«' friend),. Br H. d iHues" they sent forward th-,t'''''^"^'"&' ^^^'^ cry of '-- -^ 4r r;:i rs t3 -- «t[.stam 15 If til lie. "Tl, ';'J<' I'ldicatio,,,^^ 'J>«li('j.li(.r,lle.s,s *' t(» tht, fliiircli '""'i''H' Jcii(»\vii '»■ lato I.'cvM '/ lliis cliiiivli. •"liiniuKMislv 'Jh; ]»a,st(,ni'| urchrL'fetidy ^t'd to lu'otlicr '"!■ ^vitli the " fill parties, Kod even foi' 'I'liinI (111 the ' ^\ii« .statetl jointly an,j <»s aecejited durinu. tJie ^ year tlie •^^- From liis churcli time of a '!« C'lasse.s e as can be al»out oOO ^tli scarce 1 ft'iend]y utious are iialier we ireJy aide and the is cry of Mssioiis ;ietylU/. 'ne. At numbers liopeful sustain one entirely tliomselves. They accordini^ly nM^ucsted lirothei' Milli-r to devote liis wliole time to the work ni' their church. This must have l)eeii ([uite a set hack to this small body, but ever eijual to an emei'f^encv wo find them on the UTlli of April, 18411, niakiuLi; provision for the future by resolution " that brother McLearn be requested liy an address of the church to administetl the ordinance of the Lord's Su|)])er iind to take some oversight fit' the ilock." The membershiji reported to the association in 1849 was 42, bein^f o less than the year itreviou-^. During the year IHoO the membershi]) %vas further reduced to :')•") ]irinciiially by dismissions to other cliuivhes, the lia]itist churches (if our neighlioiiring Kejiublic tlu'ii as now receiviiiii' the most of them. One member is also rejiorted as having dieil of sniall]iox that yeiir leaving a husband and one child. Notwithstanding tlus church at this time was jiastorless and its ' memliership greatly reduced, ecclesiastical authority and disQijiline were not wanting when the ]ieace and harmony of the church demanded it and such ajipears to have been administered without respect of jiersi^is. As evidence in this direction we find a female member excluded " fur ungovernable ]iassions and a slanderous tongue." This is a relic of the year IS.'O. From IHoO till the year ISTiS, when the Kev'd li. D. Torter was its l)astor the cihurch neglected to rejiort to the association or send a messenger and so far as the records show was in a languishing and feeble state. During these 8 years the membershi]) recorded in the association muiutes was invariable, o4 neither less nor more. As a gleam of light however flashed upon this darkness, we find the following under date of August, LS");"). "Brother Thomas Crawlev took the ^Mission of this District, several baptisms bv Mr. Freeman." The IJev. Robert D. Porter was the 3rd jiastor of this church. He came to Darttuoutii in the early fall of 1857, under the direction of the Home Mission Board, and by request of this church was ordained on the 17th September, 1857. With the exception of a very full and interesting account (jf brother I'orter's (jrdination written by Mr. G. J. Creed, Secretary of the Council, and a later brief note on our church records referring to brother Porter's last Sabbath with this church — we have nothing of record to inform us what took place during his pastorate. From the association minutes for the year, 1858, we find the membership increased from 34 to 42, and in the following year further increased to 48, Brother Porter remained with this church about 2 years. The only entry .regarding liis pastorate is briefly this : "Lord's day 28th August, I8r,< V, h '''^.'^^'•^ ''.V ]>vntl 16 j?-':'^^-ti, a,:? k;;;:;:"^;?j^'-'^ u j ''""1 the vn to (I ^""uito.s of tl, 't'T jiist :'?«''<''--I5n;M.J'n'''?^!''W"-c.tCV,I, "'«• till Xov.,nl I'tJier J OI' I '« as, '■^'«'"''J Mliate i(^'r, 1,S(; •^ter'. Jast S>ihl I, th 'atl. fetfcr ?'-.';.i.r'"z*'""f-in„.,; "1 J8()i> I I'iea -^ nwjii a iviii,,,./^ , I '' "-"111 "■'tiiioutJi tired "• He «av«? :: J ';' ^';« ,«i'iwt,uu co, Si, i;'";. ^; !'^-««y "K'icate its '"HO U '^^VrvHsed state "iinistor ift-iioil its a ^''f' luejiil 'tl Tl, 'ei's le ] t''ey Jiaj ■esiilt 'ecu for a I ^^''^^ that the COJlm "".^' time uitj ■y '""t u stated !::;'^'--Si'L-^^^ f "^''^^te lad,,,,, to '\ C'"Weoa,tioi, I'lii'siiin ('liiircli I ■']']'t-*ai'aiit; i-'cojiie d '"^o foeU, '^t Tuft'.. ''-'^- I did C'ov ■t^i'e a i'eu- j find ^'""■•^, had tl «l'J>itiiallv 'lot ,SI '^ J"y elifoit K'coed lowever, •^ \vere a' '" ^'I'tainiii, :t'\^^'"Z.^itj-^-^^^^^^^^^ ^'ictiin t< wai ill a \^■( I'ci'iod ■"^ "aa tile few f.uVi r V '^" "^^ ^imhu^J V '" ^^ /" it« liist, irv, t W ■- ",' ""''"'" l"'"ll,o,. |. ' "'"""Wi...-,- "*'--i:;'li:';{;':r'"-.j'"-A:';n;;:r"-'"'-^ '"te liev. ()I,.,, . '\'''' ^■'■^'tc'd for I'orter Mil, ' 'I'^.sistau 'I one of 1 '"'ssiou the '•/^''^''i. Pari, -- ^^-ion j;: " -r^ '- ii 'een ve Kt'V. lis r '«l>oits 1, j^e» removed, tl' li ''■»\ni upon tlii8 ;" '\«"odly „„„, I'i'ospect 1. iiiissi( '1' sevei-ul Aveel, fU'd. 1) lis """T to the H f'Jolv '^■t^'d daii- fleni ''^' '^'"'Jv- cloud' peojde. 7-j,^. At tl ind ol, ';s at a t "'lit' Mi '"^■'"S- (his '^ t'oilliii, S.s line },y tj iion if 's risi !001 '"cement of mi i«e of our late 't'r. li ad '"^■'^lonary f, vaiR enc( lai;^er it •"1(1 much h i« coil no' '!'^;.''"t oh,stacl ami 1 Is finie ^■^•(^yation has' '.i^'it is I 's h le 'aid. niy 'lave "^^innino. t. . -' _ ^'5 encouirio,.,; f, i ,. ■'■''"' than at ,,,v "'' '^ ^«^v "tt'd hrotiicr U i " ''■"'^e tJie «lild h •t'iiou h tI; r'^"^'^ ""^t the c.n""' ;'"'^ ^-"'"^ the :-,i^r:' ¥^-- "'.eyed tiw/r'^ /^^ tio'i is '^'f'" added to the ■ V''" '"^^■'^ "'-c'ved t • ; ''' ''^ [est •since the '^"'"nherofme 111 be God 'aptism '■s 1'ej.orted iireh. '^''JJ's, to assist ,•„ -T'''"*^'^ ''y the Bai.tiV r i ^"'^' *'<= the colle BO'O that ch uroh fn J8( I'ri 1 J-ither .Af( -orn- fuinin J'astoiless e.vtende '.if, ;te of 17 ^'"•(it C'oloiiiuii, 'a.st Si(l)I,„fj,_.i '•'ter is unal.Jc [.'"■•y- ^'i til. "-i'te(i in tJi^, ' i'l'iieatti its ""« ^^li.s.i,,,, """■wl as a 't'tt.y cDiTet-t c'liireJi J„i(J ■ "i fi Very "* ''taini)i(^r Jiad the ^ JiistoiT, ^"'^'liiiua- ites been ^•'^istarKie i oil Jiis ''"S this '»}■ the J'oaid of my s Jiave i'l.^' to a ie\v ce tlie join- 0(1 is itisin Med ii'cJi. hge orn- Ivd n (!!ill to :Mv. Hunt wliiHi he accojitod Wm'• '««'^' '""■•'""^' service tl.e Ia(e I ov 1)' ''' ""•^'•"'"'^ ^''^ '''tv. At tl,. ';^' ^"t. Rev. Henry A. S ,,,! ' L^fr' '' '''^ ""■'' '-^^"•' !^;t"''-t,n.a,l,lre.se; were de veml t ' 7'''"'^ ^'"■■•"■^'' '".,1 1 '^' «.-rnoes .f t],i,s not s, .n t< Ik fn, : \"'' ^^'"- ^"■- «""'"'^'r.s. '■'"•^^' n. the evonin. hy an ah l ; ' ^^" ''"■'' ^^■•^'•" '"""u'.t to a f v.'n to the n.eu.hers and ■ e v '"'''''"'^'•""^^^^'■'''I'-'l'^^' Ma.s /•ai'tists then residiHo. i,i Dnrtn/mith . ', T''^" ^^'''"^- '"' f^^. ^''^'"•■^"ITortand l.ad"heen t^^^ n t. ^ ^''"'\ ^'''^''''^> ^vitld,.hl ;^^oss the ].arbor becazr^n Si t/'^ '^'' ^'I^'^^'^'''"'-''>'^« .0 sti'anoe anomaly of their i,o.iHn f ''"' ^''''^ ^"^'^ "nd of f''^^"' letters and unUino v h^ tl ' ?' ''!'' "'' ''•>' '^"^ ^verehrin.n,, ;':;'-! the several jLtomtieKtJ^jr'™'^ "« *" -"-J- in /;: >|^ar.s. The men mI.o dirc4ed t '«ft '' ^ V'""' ••^' ^''« ^=^«t tins atter period of lior lu t rv n ., n T^""^ ^'''' ^^'""'^'^ ''""»- to .'uh-ance her interest a %'n ^"' ^'!'^''f"' ^''^^"^'^ in strivin.^ -"tn.ue to have an inHnence f o. d in"/, •'"\"''"'''^' ^'"^^ «'^" J -en. names and the dates the '^ '^'"''^'^ '"^"^^ t^'^^'"- ^"'i<'M-:_ "t (hen- several pastorates are as Eev. Edward J. Grant ;; Charles W. Williams ^^'m. M. Smallman 1880—1888 1888—1891 18^1-1893 ^Mission buildinoMvhieh Mvas ere tpd V f" ""^^' «een in the "ver since .social services Wltn tn '" "^' ^^" "^ l«88M'he:-e anaou one M-eek day even n. .ud , ^^''''^: ^^^'^'^''^^'^ «^^«"ing "ftprnoon. "^ '""'"^ '^"^' '^ Sunday school every Sabbath 19 For some yi'iivH ]m'vi()ii.s to 18H1 tliis clmvcli \va:^ roci'iviiii,' fiiiiiiiL'ial aid I'lT'iii tlic Ifrjinc Mission Bn.'inl ; hut during tlii.s vciir it Hwtiii.y; entirely clouv of its jjiitronajic anil heli fJ., do. Bn'Uiie, .Josi'i)h I)., Water Street BrrtwiH!. MiiiniL', do. (! hiipiimn, TIioiukm II., Quiul Street. C'liMpmaii, Mrs. Tlioiiiiis 11., ilo. ert, .Nhfs. Jiune^, Dawson Street. Colbert, John, Thistle Street. CoUiert, Mi'.s., John, Mrs. A. Ju.lson, South Eastern Passage. >s' orris, Mrs. Thomas, Tufts Cove. Parker, William, Tufts Cove. Parker, Mrs. V/illiain, do. PatLersnn, Mrs. John [i., WeutwortU Street. Payne, George W. 170 Robie Street, Halitax. Pnyne, Mr.s George W.,