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ORIGIN AND HISTORY.
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, an account of the Ju bilee Services ; and the Sermons
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A SKETCH
OP THE
ORIGIN AND HISTORY
OF
Granville Street Baptist Chorcli.
BY THE PASTOR,
REV. E. M. SAUNDERS, A. M.
Halifax, JST. S.
CHEISTIAN MESSENGEE OFEICE
1877.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH
OP THE
Granville Street Baptist Cliufcli
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and curate of St Paul's Z/' "^P'"^'" .«* the garrison,
God, to Mr. Tempo for hi; chaZtt^^f '"•^''^^'^' ""^er'
exi«riences. It soon apDeLd t^i ""T "■"> ^^giou^
istrations and thor^Mr ¥emn,i ^Tf'^^' ^' »•«-
pife^a^StttK't 1 '^' ~ Bishop,
and, an.ong th^ ctl'^^ted tol'd" X' V ^"'^'^^' ^- ^
were several persons w)m »ff^ ^"."".der "is ministrations
with the conv^rrnHiufax ''^'"*"'*'^ themselves
opJ-i^td'tvanSfi SinXt'^'" "' ^' P«"''«> -
between him and MrTwTninI ivV% ^'P'""' *'^'' P^^^*
of Mr. T. from th7 cnraTv ^J, i"** *," *« *»n'i«^'>l
tion in the parish. TCU2l^2t':fi'' ^* ^''»^"'-
"-:/s^aJ=ctrf^^^^^^^^^
lak^3?.
crowded congregations. Meanwhile liis followers coJWt.A
S:^e^^^;r»'S ""^ """' the 0^1, ™K
rrsT.s 5-:t^t^ :xt^^ ^- -5
and is chu.h trS. d5«fd nT T ?h'^~'^'
quirer. after truth, perceived in hL the L™^^
chnBt.a«, the zeal of a minister of the gS and* ithIT
the doctnncs preached by him, con^molAZj^^t
their minds as the truths of God's 'Wnrrl tt« • i
g«.at influence ov.r their hearts ;la I:y;ti7?h1m'
selve. to his n.inistry ; and wor,^ therefor*^ led for ?ho Z
S: 'xhTe^ ""'"'n ?' "•« 1^P« faith t"
practice. Iheir experience had krcelv divested fh»m ,,f
denominational prejudices, and left them Z^ ulZ^
to investigate the truth of God's Word. Sevt^l of thZ
were soon ed to emb.^e the peculiar views of the Bat
ciaS.TnTct;'rLrc::^ "^"""^ ^ "» '''><' -- -0-
G^s^ '^rtc-1 :^,eft^„^„"trsht,pr ,:„^d
The Crawley family had heard the truth as it is in
Jesus from the late Kev. Hiblx,rt liinney, at Sydney CB
and were thereby prepared to unite with thei7friends th;
convert*, in Hahfax. The late Hon. W. K KinZr low
known and beloved iu the St. John chur«hes, .T^been a
tiie grace of Go,l, was led to embrace Baptist doctrines.
He visited his friends in Halifax, and with^some oT t"em
followed Christ in the ordinance of baptism. Thes^ peop"'
thus led in a way they knew not to a full knowledge rf the
THS FORMATION OF THE CHURCH
the Sd"tw! ^^"P*"''* ^'* ^"Pt'^*^ '» England and
tne United States with a view to engage a pastor whose
labours might commence with the organlza'tion onTe chureh
After some delay, and not a little disappointment uTeEe v.'
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nmder them any asHistai^i^ ,.; *''" """" '^ ^'''^^ »nd
Caswell, then ftofessor in a Vol *''"*''","■'"' ^^^^^^
amved in Halifax. Thev w«i^ ^' ,?^" Washington,
prepamtion for Bap ism 3 tT ""^'*">^ «<»'ved. Due
was commenoedTt on^ *'*' <«S«m«,tion of the church
30«1'"!'1 ""'""'« °^ ">« ^"""wing Lord's Dav « , u
.lUth— a large conconree of nennl. L„ v^ ^ay— September
on the shore of the iSfoKfn Th^'"** "i» 1"'«" "P"'
and the surroundings were hiTfVf' i . ^'^"'«' '"« fine,
f Ul and solemn S,emblv llf^ •'"' '-"P^^^ive. The
following appropriate remirks^Jhier,:';,'' f '»»1«« »« the
.o^^n. Mrs. i. AL1,S1: X^'ai^l J^S
" You are aware, mv friemk nf »k
aw here assembled. We W ** H^'PT ^'"' *»"«•> we
commands of our Lord and rviT' t*" "^^ """> "^ ">«
countenances tell me tL vo.. K, ' ^.^"^ '^^"^^- Your
rupt or to mock. Ir^J°^,lT "^V"*"* ''^'^ '° in^r-
come to listen and to behl I'f?^''*""" *^»* y»" have
I need not detain vou with nl.^^ respectful attention.
withbeco«i^^,J°;-^*Prehmmar^^^^^^ 1^,^ ^
that are before us." ^ ^^ devotional exercises
thel'sllgt'"''^"^^''^ ^"^""^ ^-y P™'«- Chase, and
"How great, how Bolemn is the work
Which we attend to-day '
Now for a holy, solemn frame,
O God, to thee we pray } '
" O mfty we feel m oiice w« folt.
When mourning, grieved, and tuai.
Thy Icind, forgiving, melting loolc
Relieved our sad complaint.
" Awake our love, our fear, our hope,
Wake fortitude and |o/ ;
Vain iirorkl begone ! let things above
Our happy thought* employ.
" Whilst thee, our Saviour and our God,
To all around w« own.
Drive each robellioua lust,
Each tr»itor from tlie throno.
" Instruct our minds, our will subdue.
To heaven utar pasi^ns raise,
That hence our lives, our all may be
I>e voted to thy praise."
After the singing of the hymn, prayer was offered. A
solemn impression seemed to be upon the minds of alL and
the heart-feU Amen was responded to at the close. The
administmtor again addressed tlie audience in these words :—
" ^^'a *^u ,^^/««' ^y Inspected hearers, it may be
expected that I should vindicate the ordinance welave
come to observe But there is a subject which should be
previously settled. When I cast m/eye over this multt
tudemymmdis borne onward to that day, when amidst
the mnutn«mb!e multitude of all nations,' we shall meet
l^fore the bar of God. I fear-I greatly fear, that many
of you are unprepared for that meeting. O let mo speak
ireely to your consciences. Are you pi^pared to meet your
^}uL . ? Tr "*^P^^*^^ «f y<>"r sinsi Have you, with
all the heart, believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, and become
wTlfTi. "l'''''^ "^T*".^ followers, each saying, 'Lo^i, what
wilt thou have me to do.* » «»•
" If you aue not thus prepared, you are not prepared to
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2^eT profitably tipon the discussion of the subiecf nf
and iininedkte dutv to 3 "?.!*"*"'" ^""' y"°' «'«»
external rite or ob?e5^a,LZichrC-\''^^ '^^''^^ ""^
disciples. Let me e^r^T vou in S. f ^"^ ^f """^ "» W*
- ade to Hiffi who loved »s and died for usf w^H
fiuent ri:;;d"^r;tr\rToT« ^f t -^'™-"-
them iLd yo„1 lettt Lf^itMhe lov"° ^ iT/'rT. ^*,'
m the heart, be your guide " ** shed abroad
-^X^ IhetirZ^t*- o^/tt^X^":?/
ri^xieS'ttL^^dd^—^-^^^^^^^^^^
strength, resolve anew to strive against^^e,; sinfn 'n? '
^iore the ^rJseneeT ^ gLTtilh eS^Toy^""'-
Says the writer who gave an account of the Baotism •
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in coming up out of tho water, and in descending, a verse
of an appropriate hymn was sung by those upon the shore.
Then ah was stillness, but the voice of the administrator
and tlie gentle mo\'ing of the water."
In the afternoon the stone Chapel was opened for the first
time for public worship. The Articles of Belief and the
Covenant are substantially the same as those of the Associa-
ted Ix^ptists of these Provinces. After reading them to the
church, which had already adopted them, Br. Lewis
Johnston, having been appointed by the church for that
purpose, came forward and received from Prof. Chase tho
right hand of fellowship for all the members.
We have the golden sentences which fell from the lips of
Mr. Chase as he held Dr. Johnston by the hand. Here thev
are :— My dear brother, I cannot express the emotions of
my heart on this occasion. It is a day of holv joy • it is a
day that tlie Lord hath made. Wlmt though, till within
iu fVr^^.^^ "^^""^ foreigners and strangers to each
other 1 The spirit of the christian religion regards not the
lines that mark o« the world into separate, and, alas ! too
otten hostile empires. And what are all the worldly
interests of the mightiest empires compared with the
interests of that kingdom which is not of this world ?
" We will be thankful for the blessings of civil govern-
ment, so richly enjoyed in our respective countries. We
will pray for all that are in authority. We will render to
Cnesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the thin-s
that are God's. Yes, while we are attached to our countriel
and cheerfully perform our respective duties to them, it is
the kingdom, the spiritual kingdom of Christ, of which it
IS our highest joy and glory to be subjects. As such we here
meet each other. The events of this day prove that the
members of the church, whose Articles of Belief and Cove-
nant we have been reading, understand the nature of a
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piease tiio i,ord. You would receive His doctrinp in.i r,\u,,r
Wommauds. You would help each o her o"wa^ in ^]^
that IS lovely and of good report. You would Ihow 7ort
^ ehT hif"" w" '/r = """^ y°" would use thrnlns
wnieh He has appointed for promotinLr BU alnt-tr i« ♦!
ev:;j'„::'::h=r\';:r4^^^^^ -^
the nature of the ease there i^^h^reZ,lZ,udoth^Z
be, a special tie binding toother thZ, wC :^* ^
.•« r ?*f '''''^' *■>«"' ™y brother, this hand of fellowship It
s a token not only of christian love, but also of our chris
p: tetre-^;rCve"'"„f L^o-?! ^^
most h^vrtilythisS^fltht "and V^rr '" T
Caswell wouhi remain in Halifax and tVff ^^^f ««'
oye,«ight of the chureh. At a meifW wj /i'tuP"?'*'™'
of on. of the brethren, the .uatr^^^'nil'^fh^^--
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duty made plain by the special providence of God. He
asked time to consider the subject; and requested that
earnest prayer should be made for divine direction. Aftor
^Jrn ^^'\^iT *? '^^'"'^ ^^^^" direction, Professor
Caswell accepted the invitation of the church as a caU from
God. On the following Sabbath he was ordained pastor;
oli^ed d^ri'^'^^"^" ^"' '' ^- ^"**-^> ^' --
In giving the right hand of fellowship to Prof. Caswell,
as the &^t pastor of Granville Street Church, Professso^
Chase used the following language :
" The hand of Providence has been signally manifest in
bnngmg us to stand on the high and holy ground where
we do now. May the hand of Providence still be our guide
and support. We have toiled together at a seat of science
and literature, endeared to us by a thousand tender and
interesting recollections. We have toiled together in cir-
cumstances peculiarly adapted to make lasting impressions
on the mind; and, thanks be to God! we have .toiled
together m love. Here, in the presence of this assembly
and of heaven, we renew the pledges of continued attach-
ment. Our grand object is still the same, and while we live
let us live hke brethren. What is our life 1 It is even as
a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth
away. Ten years have just completed their course since the
day of my ordination. And the hand of that dear man
of God, which was then extended in behalf of all his
brethren, and which clasped my own in token of fellowship,
has long since mouldered into dust ; and the voice which
cheered me on that day has long since been hushed in the
silence of the grave. But the recollection is sweet to the
soul ; and it endears the hope of heaven. By the love we
bear to the cause of our Lord and to the souls of men, bv
the shortness of our lives, by the memory of departed
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brethren-while wo live let us live like brethren At th„
^me time let us put our hope, not in each other but in 0„H
And wherever or whatever this trail hand ma^be w We„
Zd^X',^ have passed away, you will n';.t brdi^ou"
raged^ There is an almighty Jiand that will not fail you.
high attainments in personal piety ; and let vonrdaUv Iif„
that day and welcon.ed into the church by ProfLor
^iT' I}X^f' ^"PP«' ""^ administered in thr.fter
si^V the clo«, of the service the following h^i wi"
" " wsfiT^u* ?"** **^»' '8 *he place
With Christ within the doors,
While everlasting love displays
The choicest of her stores !
" Why was I made to hear his voice
And enter while there's room.
aJJ *i!!^"*** "^''^ * wretched choice,
And rather starve than come.
" '^T^J^^ ^^ i^''® ***** ^P'^cad the feast.
That sweetly forced us in • '
Else we had still refused to taste
And perished in our sin. '
" Pity the nations, oh ! our God ♦
Constrain the world to come :
»end thy victorious word abroad
And brinK the strangers home."
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THE PASTORS OF THE CHURCH,
The Rev. Alexis Caswell returned to the States in July,
1828, having been pastor less than a year. He was suc-
ceeded in October of the same year by the Rev. Henry K.
Green, of Andover Theological Institute. Mr. Green
continued his pastoral labours from October, 1828, till
March, 1831, when he returned to the States.
Rev. E. A. Crawley became pastor of the Granville Street
Church November, 1831, and his pastorate did not cease
till 1839, when he resigned to unite with Dr. Pryor in
conducting Queen's College, now Acadia College.
He was succeeded on the 24th of February, 1840, by the
Rev. D. N. Sheldon, of the United States, and lately
returned from France as Baptist Missionary. Mr. S. re-
mained with the church about two years.
From 1842 to 1844 the pulpit ;tt^as filled by supplies.
The Revds. Wm. Burton, I. E. Bill, Samuel Robinson, and
John Knox, and others preached to the church during
this time.
The Rev. Joseph Belcher, of England, was engaged as
pa^stor on the 1st of November, 1844. A schism took
place in the church during the time Dr. B. was pastor;
but the newly-formed body did not exist long. He was
succeeded by Dr. Crawley, who, in 1847, became pastor
the second time. Dr. Crawley left in 1852. The Rev.
David Freeman was invited to supply the pulpit for a
while, and at the end of this time he was called to the
pastorate, and was ordained in August, 1865. After about
three years of pastoral labor, Mr. Freeman resigned to
engage in endowment work for Acadia College. He was
succeeded by the Rev. W. H. Humphrey, who entered upon
his labours November 14th, 1858. After about three years
of pastoral labour M Humphrey, on account of ill health,
resigned his charge, anu .etumed to the United States. Mr.
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Humphrey was succeeded by tlie Rev. John Prvor D T) whn
oontmued pastor for about five years ThrR?vFM
SABBATH SCHOOL WORK.
jn foming, i" the Dutch Chnrch totWth of flTedtvTh'
first Sunday School ever ortrani ed in Trllfr vS! ?' *"''
Baptist., .ho were trained i/the^CL'Utth'tho"ol!
BOMB MISSIONS,
tion int2g%rtr sti:S'„r4; '^^^'"^ ^^'-
that worked so 8ucce9«,fii]]^ i^! l«42,--an agency
the benevolenc: ^^fltlir^IT^Ztt''''
Missions was revived if fl.io f,-.» J^"« interest m Home
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which led him to introduce Union Societies to the
notice of the Association, would also constrain him to
influence the church of which he was a member, to take
a greater interest in giving the gospel to the destitute.
The Home Mission enterprise was pressed upon the
attention of the church by another means, — the Board,
partly composed of its members, met for many years
in its hou»» of worship to transact its business. But these
are only external aids. The great duty of going into all
the world and preaching the gospel to every creature has
been, to some extent, at least, considered and discharged by
Granville Street Church.
FOREIGN MISSIONS,
Foreign Missions, too, have ever found sympathy and
help in the church. For a long time the Sabbath School
supported a native Missionary in whole or in part ; and for
a few years one of its members, then Miss M. DeWolf, now
Mrs. Eaton, was engaged in the foreign service. A welcome
has been given to Missionaries when they have returned
from the field, driven home by ill health, or returning to
rest after years of laborious service. Farewells, in the name
of the Lord, have been given to those who have left for
service in the heathen world. In the early history of the
church a Woman's Missionary Society was organized, and
collected funds and held meetings for the purpose of advanc-
ing the great work of Foreign Missions. Such a society
now exists, and is the means of doing much good. Prayers
and contributions are the means still used to forward the
work of the Lord among the heathen.
DENOMINATIONAL JOURNALISM.
Before the establishment of the Christian Messenger
members of the Granville Street Church were employed as
editors of the Baptist Magazine. The church has also had
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tm rr/SE^ "Jf Z'""'''" ^'^'•«''- -'h -"tors
W. Nutting Sohn Feli.t/T"* """'• ^lie late J
editors by tie dZt^^uS'L^no r h"""'^"'^ ^
remembered bv the <.h„d;" , *'j' "" '"^^ *''an thev are
Master. I^"/ a Lu "'tr f •!^"*"''*" 'l«^<'t«'i to th^
bersof thechurehCeblene^n™ "^'^- ,\ ^°'' 'hat mem-
and far-reaching iTlheir Sf** '" ^f^.T ^ ^P^^ant
attended with a'gooddt^rlt;^"* *''** """ »-»
BDXJCATIONAL WORK.
andUVtatf'/^j^n: L'that^ I'T'^,"- ^ '"««
«on. In order to see th^ . ?^ Collegiate Educa-
ment in its true li^ht Tt W """'"'"^^ «f this state-
history of the aSchurXTin T'T^ •*" "^«*'='' ">«
to 1827, the year in which ttr°i-.fo?""'=''''' P^^iou^
fom.ded ; and alsS t ikt outll!' «''f'-^''""='' ^'^
Jenomination at that tfm^ in *. «°«»'tion of the
Education. There were nTl^ .• i- '"**'*'■ "^ Collegiate
ferasitisnow Wn^iinr^fiT'''!'" !^.r ^"'^'''o^^. ^
inters from the ^WE^aLd rnlnn^ ""* *'"'* """^ '^" ■"«-
One of them preached in thp w ?'' "*■"* *° ^"^^ Sootia-
travelling eas? T for a HoXn tirnth' *^ ^^r'"""'
Newport. Both of tl.om iT ;• j ' ® °'"®'' pwached in
fet Wtist Church rthte^ ^"^*^- ^^ ^"8 '^°
Burton gathered a^Zrch^ mnf""''^^ *^'- Jo^"
churches in Falmouth, Cow Che tl? P "^^'^r*^ *^«
ville, Yarmouth, and ^ nfhL . ' J"™'^'*'''^' C'an-
Bairtists and Pedobapt J ^t cht^d ^^'r'TT^ "^
at aU these places Bantist PW t''''"g®" »' divided ; and,
minister who had bZ nst^mw"? •''!? "'«"'"™'l- The
all ««lf-ta«ght men Ct 1„ 'fVj' *'? 8«at work wcm
S wen. JSf ot one of them had enjoyed the
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ajlvantagcs of a College training. The members of the
churches, then existing, over whom they presided as pas-
tors, wero m the same condition. They owned a fair
8hai-e of the rewards of the industry of the country ; were
industrious and enterprizing, and possessed a good degree of
intelligence and practical knowledge ; but none of them had
enjoyed a systematic training in schools for advanced edu-
cation. Ihroughout the Provinces the Common Schools
were m a very poor state, so neither the members of the
churches nor their officers had enjoyed even a good Common
School education. Ihis was the condition of things in the
year 1827. At that time the Kev. John Burton wis pastor
over a large Baptist Church in Halifax and its suburbs the
members of which were chielly colored people : Theodore S
Harding was at Horton ; Edward Manning was in Canard \
Ihomas H. Chipman at Nictaux ; Thomas Ainsley at Bridge-
town, but James Manning of Granville had gone to his
rest; Israel Potter was at Clements; Enoch Towner was
at bissiboo ; and Peter Crandall was on Disby Neck •
Harris Harding still toiled in Yarmouth ; and John Craig
was at his post in the Bagged Islands ; Joseph Dimock was
in Chester ; and George Dimock laboured in Kewport '
James Munro toiled at Onslow ; Charles Tupper at Amherst •
and Joseph Crandall was doing the work of pastor and
pioneer in New Brunswick ; Charles Estabrooks, of that Pro-
vince, had gone to his reward two years befoi-e. Cares and
the weight of years had begun to tell upon the strength of
these men before they saw any way open for higher institu-
tions of learning. They had already completed, to a large
extent, the work of laying foundations. The doctrines of
the gospel had been defined, and its practices outlined
according to the Word of God, both in its direct and logical
teachings. ^
Looking out upon the christian communities of these
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Provincos, tlio Fnthoi'S saw tliafc tlio Pie.sl.ytemnr, l,a,| aif
Institution of Loarning at Pic-ton, tlie Episcopal iann liad
their College at Windsor, l,nt for the Pn.ptists there ^vas iia
school of a high order. The i>astors of the churches Avero
already advanced m life, and the demand for an educated
ministry pressed itself tipon their jttdginent. 'J^hey were
deeply concerned for the future of the churches which they
had gathered. They knew the success of Bjiptist prin-
ciples and practices depended, under God, upon the intelli-
gence of the people ; and they were very desirous to sec
institutions of learning estal)lished, which would l)e a centre
ot intellectual light.
Mr. Taylor, a resident of the town of Shelhurnc, l)ut a,
member of Dr. Ripon's Church in London, had olfered to
hear the expense for E<Iward Manning while gettin- an
education at Providence, Khode Islainl. Young Mannin-
did not accept the oller-a step which he ever afte?
legretted. 1 S Harding so appreciated higher education,
that he used to take his son on his horse, behind him, and
travel from Horton to Picfcou in this manner, for tin pur-
pose of availing himself of the advantages of the Academy,
then in operation at that place, f(jr his son
When visiting the United States, Mr. Manning advised
with several eminent men, connected with the baptists in
the matter of a school for Higher Education in these Prov-
inces Among those whose advice he sought, and who were
deeply interested m the subject, he mentions Dr. Chapiii of
Washington Dr. Chaplin, of Maine, and specially the emi-
to initiate and carry this project into operation. The only
plan that would appeal to the sympathies of the people was
the one for an educated ministiy ; and even this would be
met by facts which were difficult to explain to the
people. Ihe Fathers themselves were not educated men
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))ut soiiio of tlunii wore, mighty pn^achers ; and it was (lilTiciilt
to make tlic pcoi)l« s«o that an educated ministry was essen-
tial to the work and success of the denomination. Money
enough couKl not be raised among the jwople to estabhsh
an institution ; and the new body had no favour at court,
nor in the parliament of the country. In this condition of
things, we can imagine how earnestly tliese men went to
God in prayer, and sought from him a solution of this diffi-
cult probleiu. While this deep anxiety was pressing upon
the hearts of the Fathers in the ministry, and upon the
hearts of the laymen who stood on an equality with their
pastors, God, in His providence, was preparing answers to
their prayers, in raising up men to carry forward the work in
which they had been for many years engaged with all their
hearts.
When Mr. Manning and the other Fathers throughout the
Province learned that, among the number of those Who had
embraced Baptist principles in Halifax, there were men of
talent and scholarship, they were not slow to discern the
will and purpose of God ; they regarded the movement as
an indication that God was about to answer their prayers,
and establish Institutions of Learning for Higher Education
among the Baptists of these Provinces. Mr. Manning, many-
years afterwards, when reviewing the providences of God,
said, I wrote to one of these brethren in Halifax in the
autumn of 1827, and called his attention to the fact that
God had converted the church and congregation at Granville
Street, among other things, for the purpose of using them
as His agents to found an Institution to which the youth of
the land, especially young men studying for the ministry,
might resort to receive training for their life-work. These
brethren did not shrink from their responsibilities. Rev.
Alexis Caswell, Deacons J. W. Nutting, and Lewis John-
ston, and Brother E. A. Crawley — now Dr. Crawley — were
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sent by the church in June, 1828, to Horton to the Associ-
ation which met in that pJaco. Tliere the Fathers met
them ; not however, for the first time ; for a record in the
cluirch books states that JosnpU i^irnock, Ktlward Manning
and James Munro attended a conference meeting in
Granville Street m February of the same year. Doubtless
this opportunity was embraced to discuss the matter of
founding an Acaaemy at Horton. The Fathers knew all
about the people and the country, for they had gone everv-
where again and again pi-eaching the gospel and establishincr
churches. Ihe intimate relations into which they had been
brought with the people had prepared them to give aU the
necessary information to the young men of learning, who
were so desirous of doing the work which God had com-
mitted especially to their hands. They had been in the
best schools of this country; and one of them had been
ZTV"" .i' «ld^^J»^fc^- The^y were thus qualified to make
plans for the establishment of such schools as were then
needed for these Provinces. They, no doubt, felt that God
had raised up these great and pious men whom they found
presiding over the churches of these Provinces, to do the
pioneer-work which was already accomplished, and that now
It was their duty to jom hands and hearts with these Fathers
and their churches, and lead the rising denomination forward
in the great enterprise of founding and fostering Institutions
of earning worthy of their numbers, their talents, their
wealth ; and, above all, worthy of the essential but peculiar
principles to which they were committed ; and w^ i >> th( v
were pledged before God to advccate and defen 1 ' '] y
understood the vision It was made plain. The ....ga.es
from the GranviUe Street Church carried with them the
prospectus of a School to the Association at Horton The
fathers and delegates received it as from the Lord' The
hre was kindl.d. The Education Society was organized
mi
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ho Associ-
thers met
rd in the
Maiming,
eeting in
Doubtless
matter of
know all
ne every-
tablishing
had been
e all the
iing, who
had com-
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had been
1 to make
^ere then
bhat God
iy found
J do the
that now
B Fathers
I forward
ititutions
its, their
peculiar
1 h ihvy
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icicgates
bem the
n. The
d. The
ganized.
A committee was appointed. The farm in Horton was
t)urchased ; and, in the following year, Asahel Chapin,
of Andover Institute, with his assistant, occupied the
old Ked House on the fanii as Principal of Horton Academy.
At that Association in Horton, under the circumstances
already outlined, God committed to Granville Street Church,
whose fiftieth anniversary is celebrated on the 30th of
8epte)(iH:f, 1877, the honour and the responsibility of
kindling an educational fire on the altar of the Baptist heart
of these Provinces, which has never ceased to burn, and,
to-day, it is brighter and larger than ever. The Academy
ilourished and commanded the attention of many families
of other denominations throughout the Provinces, but
especially in Halifax ; and, at this day not a few of our
prominent citizens look back to Horton Academy as their
alma mate)'.
But the special work of this church, in connexion with
Collegiate Education, was not finished when the Academy
was founded. At first no more than a High School was
planned. God cn^atcd the occasion and raised up the men ;
and the Academy came into existence as the birth of a great
demand. There was no decided policy adopted at the time
in regard to denominational Colleges. It would seem that,
at that day, had all the Colleges then existing — Kings at
Windsor, and Dalhousie at Halifax — been free from bigotry
and exelusiveness, the Baptists would have been willing to
cast in their lot with them in common Collegiate work. But
it soon became evident to some that ostracism was the
policy to be pursued toward the Baptists. About ten years
after the founding of the Academy, the friends of education
among the Baptists in Halifax interested themselves to secure
for Dr. Crawley a Professorship in Dalhousie College. One
prominent Presbyterian minister favoured the movement,
but the effort did not succeed; and the defeat could be
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acco.,nte,| for only on the hypothesis that Dr. Crawley was
a J aplist. rh-.s act arrested the attention and stirred
movLen^ Tl! ^'If «^>'»'° f«" the onns of leading in this
movement. Ihe Baptists throughout the Province were
aroused, and they had the courage of their convTctZ
Ihey rose „p and asked the Legi.,lature for a College charter
In^lZZtm "'r^ "'^'^"''"* ■' ''"* ^""^ ^^- ^ith them
Mid the walls of Acadia arose, and the charter was granted
circulating of petitions to the Legislature, battles on the
flooi^ o Par lament and in the press, are uow, in the let ,!
Xh tT'''"' "!■ *'^\°PP°«"i«" ""d struggles through
privileges ^"J^y"'^"* «f it^ educational rights and
It is now known that the leaders of this campaign were
!«f ^TT ™!" ^^ '""l ''««" ^i^^-l "P to leaden the
esteblishnient of Horton Academy. The late jud™
Countv " Zli'T'^l' "^""^ '"' '^""' «'-"*^ in Annlpoll
l^ounty, and at the Associatioual meetings : Dr Crawlev
measuring swords with the eu.inent states uan; fctto
Governor Howe, at Onslow; and J. W. Nutting 'and John
day, were the men who led the Baptists to that victory the
tj^'l- V''^ ^°" *'"> battle. Benoiniimtional Colleges
are now deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of ths
Province, especially in the hearts of the Baptists'
t.ut, in addition to these special labours, the church his
ever continued to foster the Institutions at Horton wh
prayers, money, and influence. Thus we see tMt ,, t e
HreatTo t'-^:^' "'""""'^ '^"•«'^* «'""■<=■> has ner "rmed
a great work in the past in the share it has taken in the
.lenominational enterprise for higher education.
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IN CIVIL SOCIETY.
The ««ront; inlUiciice exerted by prominent members (^f tlie
Granville street Church in the legislature of the country
was largely due to the fact, that they held an acknowledged
|)(jsition of leadership in their own denomination, in all
matters allecting the civil interests of the province. Their
intellectual iitajiding, and also their position in the capital
where? they had the best posnible opportunity to create
public opinion generally, and especially among the Baptists,
enabled them not only to prcxluce public sentiment in all
jnatters pertaining to the well-being of the Province, but
also t J control and guide it after it was produced.
The part they took, irrespeetjvc of the soundness of their
views, should not be passed over in silence. Although they
never appeared before the public, in the press, or on the
platform, as nuembers of Granville Street Church, (yet they
were memliers of that church), but as members of civil
society ; and in that capacity tjiey, with untiring zeal, em^
ployed their distinguished talents and great strength for
many year^j.
The editors of the Gliridicm Mitssenger living in their
position the political aftairs of the Pi\ovinee constantly
under their observation, sought, especially in matters alfect-
ing Higher Education, to influeiw^e the country through their
own coljumna, to sustain a policy, judge<i by themselves to
be wise and sound. They did not fail in their endeavours.
The talents of the editors were employed unsparingly to
accomplish ends of the liigliest importance. For about a
quarter of a century one of tiie deiujons, J. W. Johnston,
Ivsq., afterwards Judge Johnston, represented the County
of Annapolis in Parliament ; and, during all that time, was
the much admii\^.d and highly honoured leader of his party ;
iwid, during a part of tliat period, he was the leader of the
Governnieiitv, The editors of the Messenger were in full
»jjw|wthj with Mr. Johnston in his political plans an4
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the politics of the ProWnce ' '' """'' *° ^'""P^
•re laigely responsible for tTe 1^7 'Z*"^"' Church,
thatpoliCT. m referent tLTP"" ^"'^ PWvalence of
part Seen by th^r nr^nKr "7'^" "'*1 «''«»«*. *« the
chiefly con Jed Tt^^i*;^:,!!"^" Scotia i,»y t^
the comitiT in this imnoS 1 « T"""^ *° '"flnence
ehurches of thrMaS^''?^ • *^'- ^?'' "« «"« "^ the
Acadia Cbllege, thV5M?^w7V"''t''-' '" ™»'»'"'"S
with pleasure: a„cl feeUhlK t c^^t f " '^f "^'^
some of her members irere enabled t„ -f *' ?" "■" P^**''
this day appears, to ^heZZti ^o^^J^ ^'"^"''' "'
lormity toBaDtistnT^•Tl^ir^l« """J»^ a work m strict con-
can be tmnsm^^ t^h „ltt.,l''''"""T™' ™<1 ^^icb
for the R.p«,^ „, aT/LSSS:: "«- *""> P-ipJe
vanS ;TXZ"„"tt ';r*T'^'^7'* -""- di-d-
inatioS, did not afrel wftb ^r'''.""''.'''^'' '" ""e denom-
questions. The sntrrt^f , .• '^ ^"^^""^ '"'* «'ese civil
the i,e«ce of Zion^^^ t„"U i rf"'^'"'' ^ "''f''™''''^-', an,i
evil Granville Street CWf^^•^'*'"'*■' '' '■""' f™"' "'»* '
glory of God it can be ^ I ' /'"' ''"l"*- ^'"« «» *!'«
views, co-operatll ™ the ' -l "?f T"' "'''!"° ''»"^-'t
op,x,sed to Mr. Johnston as rLi±, "'r"^'' '""' '"«"'
to receive the Lord's SumZ .^1. • . 1 ,'"-'™ ''"C'stomed
«Ieacou in the church m/f""*-'^ ''-^ *"'« "'»'"'«. •■'«
•he heart. polS diiS:e lu^^lf ?^'"^">'•'« "'
♦iisappear. ^^^^nccs and all other aifl'ercnces
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TROUBLES IN THE CHURCH.
For more than two years after the formation of the church
there appears to have been a high degree of harmony and
success ; but, at the end of that time, party spirit made its
apjKiarance. The ostensible cause of difference was the matter
of retaining permanently the services of the pastor — the
Rev. Mr. Green ; but behind this there was another cause.
A number of the members were not quite satisfied with the
doctrines and practices of the Baptiste, as adopted by the
church at the time of its organization. By these means
serious divisions were engendered, and the church, founded
under circumstances full of interest and promise, was rent
asunder, and thereby robbed of much of its spiritual strength.
The members holding to the old standards, and desiring the
withdrawal of the jmstor, were in a small minority.
These troubles, as is usually the case, w^ere dragged along
through many months before they culminated.
On the 28th of May, 1830, the church passed the follow-
ing resolution : — " That they would hereafter sit together
on all occasions of public as well as private meetings ; also
that they would in future conduct the singing as well as
other parts of devotional service."
On Monday, June 7th, 1830, "One of the deacons sub-
mitted a communication to the church signed by himself and
others, requesting to be set apart from their brethren as a
so})arate church."
The decision arrived at was, the church declined to com-
j)ly Avith the re(|uest of those brethren, either to set them
apart into a separate church, or to call a council.
In the letter to tlie Association mention is made of lack
of unanimity in the choice of a pastor ; of the breneh being
apparently healed, but never healed in spirit ; and of the
hands of the churcli being weakened thereby.
After the Association, the Deacon and another brother
repeated the appliciitioii to be set apirt to form a new church.
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1st of So).te>nbcreus>,i,„^ ' ''' ""' ^"'^t'*' "" "'«
and William Cliinnmn 7. ' ""T,''' *•*""•!!« »im«<A-,
whole ch„,.h me rX Zf '"""' ^"^ »''vice,-tl,c
agreed „pon. " '' •""' '^ ««I«"".'ti,m was ii,ut..ally
repriur:!a*':s^:erfc ""•' *^- ^■•^'''■^
Church; and the nm,oritv\w..f^r '.''"•'' '"«"''"• J^aptist
Jiaptist Church. ^ ^ ''*-"' «'«^«'i'e'*, «ko a recogiLd
of glory and the^cause ofT nu h irtofh T'-it^^-wu'
Chase, whose prayers and hi r .•'' ■'^.*° *« '»«»'■' of I'rof.
it was rent wiS> ,Cy 'i^ ^^t <™.^ " ^^fved ; and the.
at a.st on the Ttl ol\'^X^^ /g^^'^ f '^'^'^r" '"^
—Murttieu of its nip.»,]vJ\.T^-- ■ ' '* w*^' rentasundei'
one hundred «X ■ 1 rr """^ '" '^e Stone Chapel ; and
outtowo,.hipandw:;rin heStv^f °' *'"""' «^»*K
The Baptist cause i,, Tf ,7 '^^ °^ ''' ^''l^'^to church.
'lay. But'\hi;XiI "f W T'"*'' '■* ■''™" '■'«- "«t
church of the nuywi ^con^^e l i^ ^«''"'^' ^^^ »''«
they did not do. An EiZt r o'" "?' "''' P''*"'^- ^his
luinisterinK the ordinances m '"''"«' P-^^^Wng, ad-
created. Xhi.s and oS ™ " "'"' ".T"" ^^"l'««t-% was
voured to con.n.end to the IT T' "i" '=''"''<=h cn<l,,a-
attempts, without huccc, tit IT'"'',"" ' Y ''^*^' '«l>«ateJ
Association no wore ami' u T"^ "''"'^''^ ^ ^^ c the
itself a n^embor 7tha bodv" *5?' ""r' '"',™^«'' *" -fe-"J
ooay. It coaitmued in e.mtcncu
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till 1842, when, reduced in members, and also in vitality, it
ceasfjd to exist, and never revived again.
The few, left in Granville Street Church, engaged Mr. E.
A. Crawley as pastor, and struggled on, apparently contented
with the standards and usages of the liegular Baptist
Cinirches.
Another trouble arose in 1845, when Rev. Joseph Belcher
was pastor. At this time the political party spirit had found
its way into the church, and caused alienation between the
pastor and some of the representative brethren. The pastor
wrote a pamphlet and had it circulated in the country, in
which the church is represented as ruled by a few poli-
ticians, imder the garb of christians. So soon as this became
known to the leading men of the church, a meeting was
called, and Dr. Belcher was dismissed from the pastorate.
Forty-six followed the excluded pastor, and were with him
organized into a new church. The building, now known us
Salem Church, was erected by this body. But their exist-
ence as a separate organization was of short duration.
Trouble soon arose between the church and Dr. Belcher,
which resulted in his withdrawal from them, and removal to
the United States. This body did not engage a second
pastor. Here again Granville Street Church was shorn of
part of her strength, and her usefulness was injured.
Nominally there were left 177 members after the 46 were
drawn oif by Dr. Belcher ; but it is probable that many of
these were out of the city, and the actual number was very
much less. The business meetings show only about 25
members voting, all of whom, doubtless were male mcmT)ers.
About the year 1848, a man by the name of Dealtry
appeared in Halifax as a i)reacher. He had a great influ-
ence over the minds of many people. He introduced, with
great skill and much power, the doctrine of the Sleep of the
dead and the Annihilation of the wicked. About lifteeu or
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however rotumoH T^'^ J ", '^'""^''- One of them
and their Sw: werl t? ffi 'r'T*"^ ^'^ "^^^ »'"-.'
Granville St.et Ch„" h^'^^eV Vam ^.l^' "^^ Dealfy did
viUe Street Chureh /C t "ml !™1 *" ^^^ *« Gran-
they both were cdo'nie,^ .„*',",?* '" ^'"*^'' >"=* '» »«lity
it would he LTp^Se i; Cl'^ commended ; although
possible at the time of th? n.r ' "^ " '^^' P'"^'''? i^-
Wame, and judc^e who we^n T™""'^''' ^ ^i'irihxxU> the
were wrouR f he I itlTl " • ^? V">^' ""'* ^ow far any
b«t a ehurci, conti^uX thfrf "'^'"^l? '"1' '*« ^'^'^'^''^^^
and it is really and tru l tl.» V. ^ '" '^'""'^ Building
Chase, who in\hfna, IVf r.^^''^'' ""^'"^ ^y P^fe'^or
Church, and bade it CoVL^^ t' P"'?°"''««J it a IJaptist
dictions and Wessings ^ '^' ^''"^"""S "Pon it his bene-
THE EXISTING COLONIES.
StolStlta;: .tt'lTinl't T' '^^y ^'^ *he old
are two others to whfch the r^t f ^^^^ '?^T' ^^^ *''«■«
ings of pleasure, aslmv n^lnS Tu ^"^^' ^"* f««'-
and her blessings. ^ ^ "'^^ "^'"^ ^"'^ 1"»% consent
sions^fndw^rolSira^luT'^^^^
city, and that churcTto" ;/eotp::ro^,^r*""f "' ""^
known as the i\orth IJaptist ChS «e>nl-ers, is
Again, on the 29th of September ls<f? ■
their dismissions in a reonlir ,'f ' ^ V^ members took
in Dartmouth; a^i Sdmrch r''''.'"V°™'^'^ '^ «^«<=h
and is now tne' l^^.tHC^t^Zo^: ^'^'^'"^'"'''
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y his preach-
Qe of them,
r usefulness,
Bealtry did
5s combined
the Gran-
'< in reality
; although
obably im-
tribute the
w far any
existence,
Building,
Professor
a Baptist
; his bene-
■ the old
yet there
mih feel-
y consent
ir dismis-
id of the
fibers, is
•ers took
church
otuated,
SPECIAL REVIVALS.
It is evident, even to those who did not witness the origin
of Granville Street Chiircli, that it was born in a revival.
"The still, small voice" was heard in the Episcopal Church.
Hearts were opened to receive the word of the Lord. A
devotional, ardent piety was kindled in a goodly number of
hearts. These converts had sweet seasons together. They
withdrew from the pleasures and gayeties of the world ; and
were, therefore, pointed at by fashion and worldliness.
They rejoiced in it all for Christ's sake.
The dews of converting grace that fell upon these people
were still descending when Professor Chase arrived in
Halifax. The spirit of humility and rejoicing appears in
the records of the formation of the church. Whatever
troubles the adversary has caused to arise and disturb this
body along the half century over which it has come, love,
and concord reigned in the hearts of its members when they
sat together for the first time on the 30th of September, 1827,
as an organized church of Jesus Christ. It is apparent
from the numerous conversions, as well as from the testi-
mony of those who shared the blessing, that the grace of
God continued to rest, in a remarkable degree, upon the
youthful pastor and the youthful church, filling them
with new-born zeal, through the autumn and the winter of
1827 and 1828 ; and when the spring came there was also
spring to them in that little Zion. The church reported, on
making application to the Association, a membership of
forty. Could that body, so full of zeal for the Saviour,
have continued, uninterrupted by the divisions and troubles
which prey upon all branches of the church of Christ, what
a record of work for God these past fifty years would con-
tain ! The Psalmist rejoices in a vine planted by the Lord,
and then mourns that the wild boar out of the woods de-
voured it ; but it was not wholly rooted up, nor did its leaf
altogether wither, nor its fruit wiioily lau.
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"Koiigion ,va« «t that t me „ / ''''-^V^"-""^"'" «"y« :-
Baptist and the Methorlkfl ^ ^^^ss the city. The
God through that i.iemorab elumme . ^"''1 ^'^"* "P '»
prayers wei* heanl and answered Tl.» V, """""'■ '^'^''^'•
ami sinners were converted Tit J^'" .''^''"'^> was revived
who went everywhere anions t "^Pfnencc of the j,astor,
the sick and dyincT a^oujed all '"'*''"'^' """i-'tering t<^
'- «al for Chrilst K Je'?h7'''''""''''^'e'''^-w
house was overflowed with atte' Tiv^V'"'" ^'^"'^ """""y t^e
convicted of their sins amf Z ^0/^''- ^'"»™ ^»«
Lord. The days nm<Ie sad W 1/^ u^'''™' *"™'l *» the
V days made joyf,^ W th, i "^*''''*' ^«™ succeeded
^nJargement of the church ""'"'''''"' ^^ «inne>^ and the
Another specia? wnr-b- *
yeai^ 1842 and 1843-a tZT''- '^"1 .«"J«.V<'<1 during the
Without a stated pastor. ^^thZ^'^fi ""* <=»'»-•> was
blessed and a large number was addedt n' 'l^^^'"' ''''^
I^cv. I. E. Bill, then mstor Jl . '? '^'^ churd,. 'j'},o
especially Buec;ssfS^hepreaM "„'?"$ f* ^'«t«"-. was
t.me. He enjoyed the privSe '?° '," ^^''^"'^ ^^ing this
-n^ of baptism on sevC/it:.'^'"''''^'^""^ ""^ --^i-
the fCeh wL'S with'I* "f *« -•«'- of 1875
Holy Spirit. McchS wl; caC ""'P^'^^^ "^ G«d's
visit of the Evangeli,st, the Eev A }f'??''f '"^^ ^^^'^ the
-^«odblessed%he\:aS^.4f;.^-J^to^.^,
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revivcul. The cixerciscs of both })a.st.or and ])0oi)1o wero
kindled into iinusuul fervour. Tlie ineetiugs, although held
daily for a long time, continued to have the deei>est interest*
On Sahbath evenings crowded houses Avitnessed the bap-
tisms. A great solemnity rested upon the minds of the
people. About seventy were baptized and added to the
church during the progress of this reviv; 1, the largest
number ever added to the church, in the same length of
time, since its formation.
But in addition to these very special visitations of the
Divine 8})irit, to the praise of God it must be said, the
church has frequently enjoyed refreshing seasons from the
presence of the Lord. The Lord has made his people joyful
in their meetings for prayer and conference ; and they have
been encouraged from time to time by applications for
ba[)tism and union with the church.
THE JUBILEE.
On the 30th of September, 1877, the church will pause,
review the past, and bid farewell to the lirst half century
of its history. Mistakes, failures, sins, and shortcomings
will appear liere and there in the panorama, as the half
hundred years pass under review; but, prominent in the
foreground, will be the goodness and mercy of God, which
the church may say, "have followed me all the days of my
life." The battles with sin and the victories of faith will
be called to mind ; and the past will inspire hope and
courage for the future. It will not be possible to over-
look the work of time and the ravages of death. Some of
those who entered the church in youth, with difficulty get
from Sabbath to Sabbath to the house of prayer, where, for
half a century, they have come and gone, bearing the trials
and responsibilities, and sharing the joys of their brethren
and sisters in the Lord ; others have long since succumbed
to age and inlirmity, and wait in their own homes the final
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call of tlioir Saviour to como up lii^r],or. Hut concerning
not a f(nv the ian-uag(3 will l.e, "Oiir Fathers, whom uiv
they • to which eiKiuiry the silent re}»ly will come back,
they restlroui their labours, and their works do follow
them.
Thoughts, symimthies and memories in variety and cha-
racter strange and impossible to descrilje, will bo revived
and they will affect the hearts in which they are awakened
with mingled pain and pleasure, an exercise for which
human nature, especially sanctified human nature, has an
unaccountable fascination. Uut in the darkness, the vicissi-
tudes and the many experiences of the past, the intelligent
christian mmd will discern the controlling hand of God's
good providence, making all things work together for ^ood
to them that love God. The mistakes, errors, and short-
comings should be avoided in the future. The •-dent piety
and great zeal exhibited by the church, especially at the
beginning of its history, should be imitated. The church
should be humbled in the sight of the Lord.
With an experience so rich in instruction and tender
mercies, the future should be contemplated with pleasin-
hope and solid assurance. The city presents an inviting
field for work at home ; and the Teloogoo-land a field of
great promise for co-operative labour abroad. The Institu-
tions at Horton, so interlaced with the very life and history
of the church, still look to it for continued sympathy and
support. The Home Mission field still calls for labourers •
and in it the church may still do a good work for the Lord'
Let faith, love, and union take full possession of the
body, and nothing of a full consecration be withheld from
the Lord, and the future will be much more abundant than
the past in successful work.
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i concerning
come back,
s do follow
ty and cha-
bo revived,
e awakened
3 for which
ure, has an
1, the vicissi-
I intelligent
id of God's
Br for good
and short-
fcrdent piety
ally at the
rhe cliurch
md tender
th pleasing
in inviting
a field of
he Institu-
and history
ipathy and
labourers ;
r the Lord,
lion of the
dield from
ndant than
w.
OUE VIEWS or OHMSTIAN DOCTRINE
We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men
divinely inspired ; that it is a perfect rule of faith and
practice, and that among others it teaches the following
important truths : —
I. That there is only one living and true God, infinite in
every natural and moral perfection.
II. That he has revealed himself as the Father and the
Son and the Holy Ghost, the same in essence, and equal in
every divine quality.
III. That man was created holy, but that by wilfully
violating the law of his Maker he fell from that state ; so
that by nature there is in us no hdliness ; but We are all
inclined to evil and are all children of wrath, justly exposed
to death and other miseries, temporal, spiritual, and
eternal.
IV. That the only way of salvation from this state of
guilt and condemnation is through the righteousness and
atonement of Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth to be
a propitiation through faith in his blood, having so loved
the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever
believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
V. That all who are brought to repentance and faith
were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world,
and that in consequence not of their own merit but of God's
eternal purpose. The Holy Ghost (without whose influence
none would ever repent or believe), performs the work of
regeneration in their hearts.
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•iiii "
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III!
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JovTof a'il THH'n^ <^''n,««P«™tc tn.o bclicvera from tl.o
iove of (,0(1, but they will bo kept, by tlio i)ower of (in,!
through faith unto salvation; the sure and fin»T .?;.»;
therr being true beHet«, con^isthig ta Z^^uX^l ^
their attachment and obedience to Christ till trclose oHif"
th|t£t:^:!;rth:;"t!re rrrrchrii^jrr f
au':s'of'dir' ""V''" ''-drth^eXT'irha :
continued or died impenit«nt and uni-econciled to God will
be sentenced to endless misery, according to the deserts o
their sins, and those who have truly i^p^nted andtirnld to
God relying solely on the merits of him who died the inct
for the nnjust will be completely delivered from Z
dominion of sin and be admitted into the hXand Wenly
Jerusalem with songs and everlasting ioy so shall H?JvK
ever with the Lord. ^^' '"*y '^
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'ts from tlio
wer of God,
nal priof of
itimmnco of
close of life.
rdmances of
licvers ; and
immersion,
communion
he Apostles
ed presence
b day of the
T Christian
inst and of
ill come to
who have
3 God will
deserts of
I turned to
ed the just
from the
d heavenly
II they be
OHUROH COVENANT.
As we trust that we have been brought by divine grace to
Ireeeive the Lord Jesus Christ and by the influence of his
spirit to give ourselves up to him, so do we now solemnly
covenant with each other, as God shall enable us, to walk
together in brotherly love ; that we will exercise a christian
care and watchfulness over each other, and faithfully ad^
monish and entreat one another as occasion may require ;
that we will not forsake the assembling of ourselves
together, nor neglect the great duty of prayer for ourselves
and for others ; that we will endeavour to bring up such
as may at any time \)e under our care in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord, and by a pure and lovely example
to win our kindred and acquaintances to the Saviour, to
holiness, and eternal life ; that we will participate in each
others joys, and endeavour with tenderness and sympathy
to bear each others burdens and sorrows ; that we will seek
rlivine aid to enable us to live circumspectly and watchfully
in the world, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, and
remembering that as we have been buried by baptism and
have been raised up from the liquid grave, so there is on us
a special obligation henceforth to lead a new and holy life ;
that we will strive together for the support of a faithful
evangelical ministry among us; and, through life, amidst
t3vil report and good report, seek to live to the glory of him
who hath called us out of darkness into his marvellous
light.
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JList of Officers.
Rev. Alexis Caswell,
" H. K. Green.
" E. A. Crawley,
" B. JS". Sheldon,
" Joseph Belcher,
J. W. Nutting,
Lewis Johnston,
Richard Creed,
George J. Creed,
John Slayter,
William Verge,
E. G. W. Greenwood,
J. W. Johnston,
S. Selden,
E. A. Crawley,
George McDonald,
John Pryor,
Asahel Chapin,
John Ferguson,
John Pryor,
John Slayter,
George Creed,
William Ackhurst,
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J. W. Nutting,
E. G. W. Greenwood,
S. Selden,
John McVane,
PASTORS.
D.D.
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D. Freeman, A.M.
W. H. Humphrey, A. M.
John Pryor, D.D.
E. M. Saunders, A.M.
D.D.
D.D.
D.D.
DEACX)NS.
John Whitman,
James Coppin,
T.H Eand,
Alex. Robinson,
William Ackhurst,
L. S. Payzant,
E. D. King,
D. McN. Parker,
R. N. Beckwith.
LICENTIATES.
S. W. DeBlois.
R. R. Philp,
William Beckwith,
A. W. Eaton.
CLERKS.
Charles Waterman,
John Whitman,
R. N. Beckwith,
John Y. Payzant,
B. H. Eaton.
SUPERINTENDENTS.
R. N. Beckwith,
T. H. Rand,
E. D. King.
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List of Members.
The dates of adtnission, and whether by baptism or
otherwise, the deaths, dismissions and exclusion^ are omitted
in the following list of iwembers. The names of the njen^
bers of the two branches into wliich the church was divided
in 1830 are included in the list.
Sept. SOtli» 1937.
Lewis Johnston, M.D,,
J. W. Nutting,
Mrs. L. Johnston,
Mrs. J. W. Johnston,
Miss E. Tremain,
John Ferguson,
John Pi'yor,
Miss Fawson,
Miss Prcscott,
Miss Mary Ann Hinckle,
Mrs. Hinckle,
Miss Hinckle,
Miss Verge,
Miss Owen,
Mrs. Adams,
Mrs, James.
isits.
Mrs. Jones,
Miss M, A, Chipman,
Mrs. Johnson,
Mt, Verge,
W. Lawsou,
Mrs. E. Phillips,
K A, Cxawley,
W. B. Kinncar,
James Hume,
James Thompson,
Greorge McDonald,
Mrs. Griuber,
Mrs. C. Twining,
Mrs. J. Ptyor;
Mrs. John Slaytcr,
Miss Denham,
Miss M. A. McLean,
I^Tiss S, Binney,
Miss K Martin,
Miss S, Manning,
Miss Sophia Major,
Mr. Ryall,
Mr, Cotterell,
Mrs. Neil,
William Storey,
Mr. Bilby,
William Beckwith,
Mrs. Beckwith,
Miss Bond,
Miss Sarah Kelley,
Miss Gruber,
John Slayter,
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Oeorge Creed,
Mrs. G. Creed,
Miss H. Creeds
Miss Wellner,
Misa Godfrey,
Miss Hinckle,
Mrs., TJhlman,
Mrs. Cotterell^
Mr. Sterns,
Mr. Keelor,
Mr. Korwood,
William Knowles>
Mrs. Knox,
Mrs. Hannah Hill,
Mrs. Roast,
Mrs. Morris,
Miss Ann Twinihg,
Miss Dugwell,
Miss Tidinarsh,
Mrs. Koirwood,
Mr. Lovett,
Mr. Whitman,
Mr. Checquer,
Mrs. Jones,
Mrs. Bridge,
George Hall,
Mrs. Jane Grierson,
Charles Pierce,
Miss Margaret Elliott,
Miss Elizabeth Matthew-
John Ritchie.
isse.
Mrs. Ritchie.
Robert Halliday^
3g
I Edward Davis,
Mrs. Flowers,
Sarah Tufts,
John TJhlman,
Miss Beckwith,
Martha Uhlman,
Mary Twining,
Lucy Brown,
Mr. Gruber,
Mrs. Bligh,
]^ancy Barber,
Richard Creed,
Mrs. R. Creed,
Mr. Shetfer,
Mr. Stayner,.
Mrs. Howe,
Mrs. Stayner,
Mrs. Cootes,
Mrs. Thompson,.
Mrs. Hunter,
Mrs. Hunt,
Henry Morris,
Mrs. H. Morris,.
Miss Stewart.
Mr. Sterling,
Mr. Woodrofe,
Barbara Ross,
Mrs. J^elson,.
Mis. Haverstock,
Miss Matchct,
Miss Tufts,
Mr. Kirk,
Mrs. Brown„
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Miss Sliarp,
Mr. Sle«,
Mr. Todd,
Mrs. Mareher^
Mr. WiUuiins.
18S1.
Mr. MeQueen,
Manuel Davids,
Mrs.. Saxtou,
Mrs. Martini,
Mrs. MeQueen,
Isabella Neilson,
Mrs. Johnston,
Mr. Loveless,
Mrs. Loveless.
Mr. Stevens.
Mr. MjlAie,
3Ir. Mil»e,
Mrs. Knowk^
Mrs. Milne,
Margaret MeKenz*^
Mrs. Matthewa,
Mr. K St. <5ifea.
William Aekhurst
1984.
Mrs. Cackford,
Mrs. MeGregor,
Mr. Chapman.
Miss Beckwith,
John Naylor,
Mrs. John Johnson.
Mrs. Pentz,
Mrs. Eliza Nayloj;,
Mr. Philp,
Mr. Penwarden,
Mr. Gotobed.
Mr. McCallum,
William Robertson,
William Tapper,
John Lyonsi,
James W. Johaston,
Daniel Thomas,
William Norwood,
John Httxtabell,
Lieut. Al«x. M^'^Kenzicv
^apt. Marshall,
James Fuller,
John Nott,
Mr. MiteheM,
Dr. J. C. Hum^
James Bi<na«K,
E. G. W. Greenwood,
James Coppin,
Thomas Cotterell,
Joey Metzler,
Alexander Mudie,
John Rea,
*The recordg were for several years
fif members who .united J(roi» 1883 to
imperfectly kept.
Ihe following are uaiuefi
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John Whitman^
Dr. Sawers,
Thomas Praii),
Sergt. Wright^
George Yates,
David McPherson,
William Woods,
Malachi Salter,
William Jenkins,
Mrs. Hannah H, HiJ),
Amelia Jofaustom,
Mrs. Lyons,
Miss Isabella Besty
Miss Ann Spiorr,
IJIiss Sarah Grant,
Mrs. Mary Greenwoo<|,
Mrs- Kirk,
Miss Manrj Biel,
Miss Elizabeth Tiif*s„
Mrs, Eliza Whitmasiy
Mrs, Hiixtabe}],
Mrs, Neil,
Richaard Bowens,
David Layton,
J. Hntchins,
Alexander Robinson,
Mr. Wade,
Si» N. Binney,
IsabeUa Ros'^
Margaret Yates,
Mrs. Barker,
Mrs. Robinson,
Miss E. Bonavan,
Mrs. Raundle,
Mis. Greenwood,
Mrs. Paine,
Mrs. Tufts,
Elizabeth Allen,
Tufts,
Agnes Logan,
Mrs. MatthewSj,
Mary Lawson,
Mrs. Bilby,
Miss Ann Vass,
Mrs. Hntchins,
Mrs. Chapman,
-ElleB Lowe,
Ann Ross,
Mrs. Julia Crawley,
Mrs Jane Marshall,
Mrs. Gmber,
Mrs. HunteTy
Mrs. Morris,
Miss Elizabeth Malcom',
Sarah Willis,
Mrs. Mitchell,
Mrs. Cotterell,
Siiirab Bowyur,
Maria Ward,
Maria Flowers,
Deborah Hughes,
Eunice Heckman,
Mis. Clurisliaiia Hwne,,
Miss Young,
Mrs. Deborah Holmes,,
Miss Mary Matthews,
" Susan Henly,
Mrs. Coolin,
Morse,
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Mrs. Eliza Yates,
Mary Norwood,
Mrs. Eliza Woodman,
« Catherine McPherson,
" Coppin,
Miss Agnes Meek,
" Ann Schnltz,
" Charlotte Flowers,
Mrs. Thomas,
" Kevill,
Miss Ann Kyall,
" Charlotte Major,
" Flemming,
John W. Barss,
Mrs. Kirhy,
Miss Celicia Willis,
Mrs. Ann E. Dechman,
Miss Mary Richardson,
« S. A. Austen,
** Beckwith,
Mrs. Tapper,
" Kedmond,
Miss ^Smith,
Corporal Steele,
Miss Sarah Wilson,
Lucy Heckman,
Mrs. Holden,
John Flowers,
Miss Jane Coppin,
Nancy Ward,
Miss Catherine Graves,
" Sarah Barnstead,
Margaret Holt,
Mary Holt,
Miss Bonack,
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Neil Camphell,
Daniel McVane,
Margaret Cample,
Ann McVane,
Mr. Angell,
Mrs. Angell,
Saxon,
Adams,
Nelson,
Morton,
Miss Donack,
«♦ Coleman,
Mrs. Kelley,
Miss Kelley,
♦* Kelley,
Mrs. Saxon,
« Holloway,
Mr. Smith,
" Crawford,
Mrs. Crawford,
Miss Jenkins,
Margaret Matthews,
Sarah Thoroughgood,
William %w,
— Doudy,
Mrs. Ham.
Miss Flora McVane,
Hester Bascom,
Mrs. Fisher,
Miss Isahella Dunn,
Mrs. Middlemas,
Miss Fhipps,
" Barratt,
William Spears,
Mrs. Stairs.
>»ifc.^*6i.<iiti..i4t«>
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Mrs. Barnes,
Edward Middlcmas,
Mr. Bezantson,
William Cullymjorfi,
Mrs. Mulloy,
" Dugwell,
Eev. D. N. Sheldon,
William Hughes,
Miss Watson,
" White,
Benjamin O'Blenis,
Luther Sternes,
Mr. Lang,
Mrs. Lang,
Miss Boyle,
" Hamilton,
Eliza Nelson,
Eliza Smith,
Mrs. Lucy Kemhall*
Mr. William Hamilton,
" Cribbie,
Mrs. Cribbie,
" Kach^el Burbidge,
Emma Hutt, ,^
Eliza Isenhude, W<
Ann Brown,
Miss McVane,
" Hamilton,
James McFarlane,
Miss Me Vane,
Mr. William Pillotte,
William Robertson,
Mrs. Robertson,
Rev. Richard McLearn,
Mrs. R. McLcarn,
Miss Wilson,
Mr. White,
Mrs. White,
" Daniel Campbell,
W. L. Evans,
Mr. Baily,
Mrs. Baily,
" Barker,
Julia Anna Taylor,
Stephen H. Harrington,
Mrs. Fletcher,
'* Wilson,
Miss Mcintosh,
Dr. Tremaine,
John McVane,
White,
Smith,
James Cole,
Miss M. Umber,
Ellen Austin,
Mrs. Ann Archibald,
Miss Rebecca McKinlay,
Alexander McCormack,
Edward McPherson,
Harriet Wisdom,
Lavinia Smith,
James Tuck,
James McLean,
Mrs. Adelaide Hat,
Samuel Strong,
Hugh Barnes,
Mary Foran,
Caroline Masters,
Robert Philp,
Clcmejit Harrington,
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Ann Kelley,
Mrs. Killam,
Ann Appleby,
Isabella McKay,
Hannah Holt,
Mrs. Winton,
Mrs. McPherson,
" Palmer,
Miss Boyle,
" Knot,
" Kirk,
" Tease,
W. Thompson,
W. Grant,
Mrs. William Storey,
" Samuel Storey,
Miss Norwood,
Miss Korwood,
George Bowes,
John Burkipit,
William P. Davis,
Maria Davis,
■ Phelan,
Mrs. Fox,
W. Anderson,
Isabella Eisenhaup,
Miss Henry,
William Wiswell,
Elizabeth Wiswell,
James Wiswell,
Mrs. Wiswell,
Thomas Wiswell,
Joseph Wiswell,
Thomas Wesley,
Mrs, Wesley,
Job Pingree,
Mrs. Pingree,
Henry Robinson,
Alexander Wilson,
Margaret Wilson,
Miss Bezanson,
James Johnston, Jr.,
Eliza Johnston,
Mrs. Whitman,
" Dolby,
" Kyles,
Sarah Johnston,
Elizabeth Flint,
Eliza Ayres,
Mrs. Ainsley,
William Archibald,
Mrs. Anderson,
Charlotte Ackhurst,
Mary Arnold,
Annie Ackhurst,
Florence N. Ackhurst,
Emma Ackhurst,
William Ackhurst, •
Mrs. William Ackhurst,
R. N. Beckwith,
Catherine Brown,
Rosanna Barratt,
Mrs. Susan Baker,
Louisa Barratt,
Mrs. Levi Hart,
Elvira Barratt,
Paulina Baker,
George Boggs,
Catherine iJaker,
Naomi Bezanson,
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Mary Brown,
Mrs. George Baker,
Isabella H. Eudd,
Mrs. Elizabeth Buckley,
" R. K Beckwith,
" Charles Blackadar,
Minnie Bamaby,
Emma Barnaby,
John Burgoyne,
Ralph Beckwith,
William Beckwith,
Eliza Baker,
John Bamstead,
Estelle M. Beckwith,
Mrs. John Burgoyne,
Ella Burt,
William Crook,
Albert Crook,
Elizabeth Corkum,
Mrs. Sarah Crickett,
Amelia Cuyler,
Diana Campbell,
Harriet Crandall,
Eliza A» Campbell,
Mrs Henrietta Cornelius,
Amelia Corkum,
Louisa Cranshaw,
John F. Crowe,
Mrs. Rachel Crowe,
Eutychus Crowe,
Mrs. Mary Crowe,
Maria Crook,
William Colver,
Isaac Crook,
Chalmers Currier,
Annie Corkum,
X. Z. Chipman,
Mrs. X. Z. Chipman,
James Collins,
Mr. Downey,
Catherine S. Davidson,
Mrs. Christiana Dimock,
** Mcintosh,
George H. Delano,
Mrs. Maria E. Delano,
Tom G. Dunlap,
Mrs. John Downey,
" Sophia C. DeWolf,
Minnie D. DeWolf,
Thomas W. DeWolf,
George Dimock,
Jane Dakin,
William T. Darton,
Annie Doull,
Mrs. John Downey,
" Charlotte Delaney,
William Delaney,
John Downey,
Jane Deer,
Mrs. Nancy Evans,
David Ellis,
Mrs. Rhoda Ellis,
Miss Mary Evans,
B. H. Eaton,
Mrs. Ellen Ellis,
« W. L. Evans,
Arthur W. Eaton,
Mary Elliott,
Mrs. Rachel Flowers,
Mary Fisher,
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George Fraser,
iNIrs. G. Fraser,
Eev. D Freeman,
Mrs. Ann E. Freeman,
William Fielding,
Blissie Fraser,
Mrs. Ella A. Fairbanks,
Mrs. Susan Flowers,
Miss M. F^iHue,
Henry Flowers,
Elizabeth Corkum,
Miss A. M. Foote,
Mrs. Eunice A. Grant,
E. G. VV. Greenwood,
" Grace Hart,
Joseph Hutchins,
Mrs. Margaret Hutchins,
" Elizabeth Hume, .
" Elizabeth Roome,
T. H. Rand,
Mrs. T. H. Rand,
Catherine R. Robinson,
Sarali J, Robinson,
Emma R. Robinson,
William Reid,
Mmde Rhuland,
Stephen Selden,
Mrs. Stephen Selden,
Joseph I). Smith,
Mrs. Margaret Sutcliffe,
Miss Sephton,
Maria E. Selden,
Mrs. Rachel Smith,
Martha Skimmings,
Eleanor Stubbert,
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I Mrs. Campbell Stevens,
Annie Shields,
Rev. E. M. Saunders,
Mrs. E. M. Saunders,
William Skinner,
Wilberforce Shaw,
Mr. M. Sweeney,
Mrs. M. Sweeney,
Mr. Spencer,
Mrs. W. Shaw,
Margaret ^ Saunders,
J. M. Crai ^) Saunders,
Maria K. F. Saunders,
James Turner,
Mrs. Ada Twining,
John Turner,
William Thomson,
Ann E. Tracy,
Charles Twining,
Olivia Tapper,
Jessie Tapper,
Miss Thwait,
Arthur T. Twining,
Mrs. Jane Vaux,
Miss Henrietta Vaux,
Horatia R. Vaux,
Mrs. H. R. Vaux,
Thomas S. Whitman,
Alicia Willis,
Margaret Watson,
Henry White,
Mrs. H. White,
" MaryWier,
Maria Wynock,
Susanna Welner.
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Mrs. Wilson,
Harriet Whiddcn,
Gertrude Weiitworth,
Sophia Webber,
Daniel Webber,
Mrs. D. Webber,
William Wiseman)
Bessie E. Wisdom^
Mrs. W. Wiseman,
Mr. William Wiseman^
Sarah Weeks*
Sophia Worth,
Charles Weeks,
William Wisdom,
A. L. Wood,
Mrs. W. Wisdom,
" A. L. Wood,
Bessie Ward,
Sarah L. Wilson,
Henrietta Wright,
Mrs. James Smith,
Blanche Sutcliffe,
John J. Sutcliffe,
James W. Moir,
Jeannette Murray,
William D. O'Donnell,
Robert Murray,
Mrs. W. Murray,
" W. B. O'Donnell,
Annie McDonald,
Mrs. W. Reid,
Cecilia Rhuland,
Caroline Johnston,
Miss Mary Hamilton,
" Sarah Hamilton,
Mrs. Mary LaWsott,
Rev. W. H. Humphrey,
Mrs. Emma C. Humphrey,
Miss Elizabeth Holder,
Mrs. Mary J. Hartshorne,
Miss Lucilla Hall,
Eliza Heffernan,
Ebenezer Hubley. ^
Isaac Hubley^ ♦''
Margaret Hubley,
Catherine HiscoC)
Mary Harris,
Joseph Hunt,
William Holloway,
Mrs. William Holloway,
" David Horton>
Ellen HigginS)
Martha Holley,
Deborah Holley,
Samuel Holley,
tjlarence Harris,
William Holley,
Whitney F. Harris,
Earnestina Horton,
Mrs. George Harris,
Mrs. Houlette,
Lavinia Hamilton,
Mrs. Irwin,
** Louisa Johnson,
George L. Johnson,
Mrs. Havilah Johnson,
" Hannah Jackson,
Miss Amy Johnstone,
George Jamieson,
Mary Joplin,
ill
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Mfs. Jones,
** Catlicrino C. Joplin,
3iOpcrt Johnson^
l^essie Jolinson,
Mary Jackson,
Uriah Jackson,
James Jackson^
Joseph JopUn,
Emma Jackson,
Annie Johnson,
Alfred Jackson,
Mrs. Rupert Johnson,
Flora Maud Johnson,
John Kennedy,
Sarah Kennedy,
Eleanor Kennedy,
Miss Amelia Kiely,
Mrs. Jenny,
R. M. King,
Matilda Keith,
E. B. King,
Rebecca Kirby,
Mrs. E. D. King,
'; R. M. King,
"William King,
Ewen Lamont,
Mrs. Lamont,
" Lee,
Chrissie Lee,
Hannah Lee,
Elizabeth Lee,
Rebecca Lantz,
Abigail Lamont,
William F. Lawson,
Mrs. McNab,
AFary Afahar,
Norman McDonald,
Mrs. Jean McDonald,
" W. McDonald,
** Eliza Milsom,
Catharine McEnnis,
Mrs. Mulloy,
Catherine Miller,
Mary McDonald,
Mrs. McGill,
Lydia McDonald,
Mrs. Muggah,
Mary A. McNeil,
McNaughton^
Isabel McNaughton,
George R. Morse,
Margaret McNaughton,
Mrs. Elizabeth McClure,
Eliza McDonald,
Jonathan Margeson,
Charles Martin,
Cassie Murray,
Samuel Morse,
Elijah Moser,
Mrs. E. Moser,
" McLatchy,
Robert Ogilvie,
Rev. John Miller,
" A. F. Porter,
Mrs. A. F. Porter,
Mary Peakes,
Lewis S. Payzant,
Mrs. L. S. Payzant,
C. E. Putner,'
Emma Prince,
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William L. Prince,
Mary J. Princ3,
8apah A. Prince,
Adolphus Payson,
Clara Payzant,
Laura Parker,
Lewis Payzant,
Mrs. C. E. Putner,
William F. Parker,
Mrs. Francis Quigley,
Ruth Prince,
Mrs. Palmer,
Mary A. llicketson,
Matilda Koss,
Mrs. Sutton,
Mrs. Roper,
John W. Rhuland,
Mrs. J. W. Rhuland,
J. Miller,
W. C. Moir,
James McDonald,
" William Miller,
Emma Moser,
Mrs. Graham.
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Lily Murray,
Mrs. Mason,
James McDonald,
Miss A. McCormack,
Minnie Moser,
Elizabeth Wilson,
Mrs. Silas Northup,
" Margaret Norwood,
John Nalder,
Mark Noonan,
Priscilla Nickerson,
William Pelote,
D. McN. Parker,
Henry N. Paint,
Mrs. Christiana Paint,
John Philp,
John Y. Payzant,
Mrs. Provost,
Mrs. John Pryor,
Augusta Payson.
Miss Annie Baker,
Mary A. Parker,
Clement II. Whitman,
T.IST OF THE
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS,
SepUnibor 30fh, 1877.
Pa,tor,-~Um. E. M. Saunders, 62 Queen Street.
/>e«con5,-STEPHEN Selden, Dartmouth.
Daniel McN. Parker, "
R.N Beck WITH, 121 Dresden Row.
ii. ^>. Payzant, Dartmouth.
E. D. Kino, 60 South Park Street.
C/erA:,— B. II. Eaton, Dartmouth.
Trcawwrer,— Stephen Selden.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
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Ackhurst, William m Vicforia w«o/i
Ackhu rst, Maria ^ ^^^ .?"* ^?»<' '
AckJiurst, Charlotte ,
Ackhurst, Annie M
Ackliurst, Florence N. . . .
Ackhurst, Kmnia
Pu"?s1: S^r^:^X;;:::P ^"°^^?»^'^ «.i-^^-
Atnof/'MiSi"^* fe «'«^^^r8 Street.. .*
Arnold, Mary |40 Gratlou Street...
Baker, Annie
Bak*r, Mrs. George
Baker, Kliza
Barnstead, Agnea , . .
Barnstead, John
Barratt, Rosanna " '
Barratt, Louisa "
Barratt, Elvira .'
Beckwith,llobertN
Beckvvlth, Anna
Beckwith, Robert Ralph.'.'
Beckwith, Estelle Maude..
Bezanson, Naomi
4
When
received.
1833.
_ . _ 18^i9.
Feb. 3, J871.
pec. 0, 1874.
l>ec. IJ, 1874.
pec. 20, 1874.
180 Barrington St., (extension)
JFc^Pl"? Garden Road. . .
10 Smith Street
1 Albert Street. . .
• • • . •
121 Dresden Row.*.*
« u "
« u "
••••••••4
Jan. 30, 1874.
Nov. 26, 1876,
April 29, 1804.
Nov. 29, 1874,
Dec. 0, 1874.
Oct. 31, 1856.
Mirch 3, I860,
AprU 13, I860,
1848
April 16, 1869."
^oy. 29, 1874.
pec. 20, 1874,
•May 3, 1861.
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KAMES.
KESIDKNCE.
When
received.
6 Gottingen Street July l'-*. 1828.
207 Lockman Street May 7, 18M>.
241 Water Street.
Feb. 2, 1849.
Bilby, Joseph • • • • •
Blackadar, Mrs. Charles. .
Brown, Catharine
Brown, Mary
Brown, Anna «, ,,, ^ , „ a
Buckley, Elizabeth 71 Victor a Road.
Budd, Isabella H Jacksonvi He, Florida June 5, 18b8.
Burgoyne, John 2 Birmingham Street Dec. 5, lb7.i.
Burgoyne Mrs. John I ^ '• ^ '' .- Jan. 1, 1875,
Burtt, Ella jDeaf and Dumb School.
Dec. 5, 1873.
Feb. 3, 18«5.
March 22, 1876.
Chipman, Xerxes Z
Chipman, Annie
Coppin, Jan»e8
Coppin, Catherine
Corkum, Annie
Corkum, Elizabeth
Cornelius, Henrietta
Crook, Maria
Crook, William
Crook, Albert
Darton, William Thomas.
Deer, Jane
Delaney, William C
Delaney, Charlotte
DaWolf, Lydia
DeWolf, Sophia C
Dimock, George
DouU, Annie
Downey, John
Downey, Hannah
Eaton, Brenton H
Eaton, Mary Jean
Elliott, Mary ■
Ellis, Ellen
Evans, Nancy
Evans, Mary Jean
Fader, Sophia M..
Fairbanks, Ella A.
Fisher, Mary
Flowers, Rachel..
Flowers, Susan . . .
Flowers, Henry. . .
Foote, Amy
Frame, Mary
Eraser, George
Fraser, Mrs. George.
5 Bland Street.
15 Young Street.
Lockman Street.
April 3, 1874.
;j9 Victoria Road
43 Sackville Street
« " ....
Her Majesty's Navy . .
126 Morris Street
Dartmouth
a
Newport
(i2 Wellington Street.
Nov. 22, 18.34.
April 19, 1871.
Nov. 8, 1874.
Feb. 1, 1861.
May 4, 1866.
Nov. 27, 1874.
Dec. 6, 1874.
April 30, 1869.
March 5, 1875.
Jan. 30, 1874.
July, 1875.
Oct. 14, 1827.
March 2, lh06.
hitb. 28, 1868.
July 30, 1869.
Nov. 27, 1874.
March 3, 1805.
Dartmouth .
12 Gottingen Street.
Poplar Grove
Dartmouth
Sent. 4, 1863.
May 3, 1861.
Dec. 5, 1873.
Sept. 4, 1863.
Shasta, California
Dartmouth
Medway Village, Mas§., U. S.
South Street
u t< ,,
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No. 2 Gostive Villa-Balham,
London, G. B
Shubenacartie
74 Queen Street • •
U it
April 16, 1869.
July, 1865.
Dec. 5, 1862.
April 27, 1856.
April 24, 1829.
Aug. 9, 1863.
Nov. 27, 1874.
Dec. 6, 1874.
Nov. 15, 1874.
Jan. 13, 1853.
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1873.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
Greenwood, Edward G. W. . .
Greenwood, Mrs. E. G. W...
Graham, Mrs . Wallace
Hamilton, Lavinia
Harris, Mary
Harris, Clarence C
Harris, Whitney T
Harris, Annie
Hart, Grace
Hart, Harriett
Higgins, Ellen
Hinkle, Catherine
Holley, Martha
Holley, Deborah
Holley, Sumuel
Holley, William
Holloway, William
Hollo way, Mrs. William
Horton, Mrs. David W..
Horton, Ernestina
Houlette, Mrs. Jonathan
Hutchins, Margaret
Hanson, Cassie . .
42 Queen Street.
« «
Queen Street...'
Dutch Village
" " !!!**!
Dartmouth
205 Pleasant Street.
Dartmouth
Creij^hton Street.. . .
Sobie Street
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32 Queen Street. ..*.*.
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Jackson, Hannah..
Jackson, Uriah
Jackson, Emma....
Jackson, Alfred
Jamieson, George. .
Johnson, Rupert...,
Johnson, Mary It.. . ,
Johnson, Bessie. . . . ,
Johnson, Caroline. .
Joplin, Catherine C.
Joplin, Mary
Joplin, Joseph J....
Wellington Street
1 Shirley Street
31 Starr Street
Portland, U.S
Bishop Street.
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Kennedy, John
Kennedy, Sarali...
King, Richard M. . . .
King, Edwin D ,
King, Minnie S
King, Mary J:
King, William.......
48 South Park Street.
When
received.
Nov. 1833.
March 1, 1867.
Nov. 3, 1876.
Feb. 6, 1876.
May 15, 1868.
Nov. 22, 1874.
Nov. 13, 1874.
Dec. 27, 1874.
April 13, I860.
Dec. 13, 1873.
1888.
Jan. 18, 1874.
Nov. 16, 1874.
Nov. 22, 1874.
Nov. 29, 1874.
March 1, 1872.
Dec. 6, 1873.
Dec. 27, 1874.
Jan. 24, 1875.
.....•...,,. ....
April 30, 1869.
2 Morris Street.
......
Lawson, William T.
Lockie, Henrietta. . .
Martin, Charles
Mason, Mrs
Miller, Catherine.....
Elmsdale
62 Queen Street
68 South Park Street.
60 South Park Street..
May 3, 1861.
Nov. 16. 1874o
Nov. 22, 1874.
Dec. 6, 1874.
July 31, 1868.
June 3, 1870,
Dec. 4, 1874.
June 3, 1870.
[Dec. 31, 1875.
April 30, 1869.
April 16, 1869,
Nov. 16, 1874.
> . . . ... 4
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68 South Park Street.
Fenwick Street
Fawson Street
Sunderland, England.
Jan. 4, 1856.
Jan. 30, 1863.
Jan. 31. 1868.
April ao, 1869,
Feb. 3, 1871.
Nov. 27, 1874.
Sept. 6, 1873.
' • • • • • «
Her Majesty's Navy Dec. 26, 1868,
H^^tynpith... Oct. 2, 1871:
*«u uuiwngcn istrec t iMay 17, 1871,
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NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
Miller, Rev. John. . . .
Miller, Mrs. John....
Moir, Maria
Moir, James W
Morse, Samuel
Moser, Elijah
Moser, Lydla ,
Moser, Emma
Mosher, Minnie
Murray, Lillie
Murray, Jennette
Murray, Robert
Murray, Mrs. William.
.......
256 Gottingen Street.
McClure, Elizabeth . . .
McCormack, Mary A. .
McDonald, Eliza
McDonald, Mrs. James
McDonald, James
Mcintosh, Mary
McLatchy, Harriet
McNaughton, Isabella. .
McNeil, Mary Ann
McVean, John
McVean, Ann
McDonald, Annie
48 Morris Street
30 Salter Street.* .* ." .' .* '.'.'.'.
Spring Garden Road. . . .
" " ....
22 Blowers Street. ,.'.""
Deaf and Dumb School*.
Murray Place
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When
received.
May 17, 187J.
Sept. 1, 1871.
Nov. 15, 1874.
Oct. 1, 1869.
June 3, 1870.
Jan 2, 1874.
March 22, 1876.
Ian. 2, 1874.
Nov. 15, 1874.
Dec. 6, 1874.
Nov. 27, 1874.
• •••••• I
>•••••••••,,
North Park Street!
Old Ladies' Home *.
••••••»,
••••••••••«•,
'"•••
Cor. Queen & Sackville St«. .
119 CornwaUis Street .' .'
Naylor, Eliza
Nickerson, Priscilla.
Noonan, Mark
Northup, Laleah....
Norwood, Margaret.
Nunn, Lydia.
• « • • • 1
295 Brunswick Street.
58 South Park Street.
West Street
O'Dcnnell, William D.
O'Donnell, Annie
Ogilvie, Robert
Paint, Henry N. . . .
Paint, Christiana S
Palmer, Mrs
3 Dundonald Street".
135 Lockman Street.
July 3, 1864.
Nov. 6, 1874.
Feb. 28, 1868.
March 1, 1872.
Nov. 6, 1874.
May 3, 1861.
May 7, 1871.
.... ••......,..
Feb. 1, 18(iO.
Oct. 9, 1842.
March 25, 1838.
May 14, 1876.
April 29, 1864.
March 3, 1876.
Feb. 6, 1875.
Oct. 31, 1856.
Pfov. 22, 1874.
HerM^e6ty>sNavy::.*:::::::FuTy3?,'i8S:
1 Annandale Street.
SB^^^^S!^^-^^^^'-
Parker, William F
Parker, Mary A..
Payson, Augusta.
Payson, Adolphus
Payzant, Lewis S
Payzant, Mary...
Payzant, Clara...
Payzant, Lewis..
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Dartmouth . . .*
it
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Jan 4, 1856.
1848.
Oct. 3, 1875.
May, 1852.
Nov. 22, 1874.
Dec. 13, 1874.
Dec. 10, 1876.
April 3, 1868.
April 3, 1874.
June 4, 1869,
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Nov. 22, 1.374.
May 4, 1877,
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NAMES.
Peakes, Mary
Pickles, Amelia
RESIDENCE.
Brunswick street
When
received.
Prince, Sarah A.
Prince, Ruth ,..
Puttner, Charles E.
Puttner, Louisa....
Quigley, Prances ..
Reid, William
lleid, Rachel A
Khuland, John W. . . . ! i
Khuland, Susan L
Rhuland, Maude. . . .
Rhuland Cecilia ."
Robinson, Catherine R
Robinson, Sarah J....
Robinson, Emma R. . . .
9 Tower Road
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Oct. 10, 1875.
Aug. 14, 1870.
Nov. 27, 1874.
14 South Hollls Street june 4, 1876.
Foot Of Russell Street {nov. 6, 1874
Morris Street, (West)..*.*.*.*.*
14 Hurds Lane.
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Aug. 1, 1862.
62 Queen Street.
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feaunders, Maria K. F. . .
Saunders, Margaret M. . . . .* ."
fefiunders, John Cramp .
Saunders, Maria K. h\ ...'.'." ,
Se den, Stephen ino-f«,„ *,
Selden, Maria R. . . ! |Dartmouth
Selden, Maria E «
I'S: 1,^"°'."'.: ■ ■ • ••■•'•••H "'"r" s''"^"---'
Shiels, Annie ' '*
Skinner, William ....!.""
Smith, Rachel
c"i'V'A.^*"- James...;;:;;
SSf"' .^^'■«*^«t
teutchffc, Blanche
Sutcliffe, John J..
Sutton, Mrs
Sweeney, Manias ...'.';;."*'
Sweeney, Ellen
Nov. 22, 1874.
Dec. 20, 1874.
April 30, 1869.
Nov. 26, 1869.
<(
Jan. 31, 1868.
Nov. 6, 1874.
Dec. 13, 1874.
>••••••.
South Street .'.
Her Majesty's Army; ; ; ;.* [ ] [ '.
Ill South Park Street
2o6 Gottingen Street
United States.
Lumber Yard.
it
Thomas, Eliza....
J racy, Ann Eliza
iurner, John
Twining, Adele.
Iwiuinc. Arfhi.f
wimng, Arthur T.
Uhlman, Martha...,
114 Maitland Street.
Barrington Street . .
South Mollis Street.
South Street
Newport.
Nov. 29, 1844,
1845.
April 27, I860,
May 17, 1871.
Jan. 2, 1874.
Nov. 4, 1866.
July 31, 1868.
Nov. 29, 1861.
Nov. 13, 1874.
Oct. 31, 1856.
Dec. 20, 1874.
March 30, 1800.
May 17, 1871.
April 5, 1868.
Feb. 28, 1868.
1856,
Dec. 20, 1874.
iJune 6, 182».
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NAMES.
Taux, Jane.
Ward, Bessie
Webber, Daniel
Webber, Ann
Weeks, Sara
Wilson, Sarah L
Winock, Maria
Wisdom, Bessie E
Wisdom, William H
Wisdom, Mrs. William H. . . .
Wiseman, William
Wiseman, William
Wiseman, Sarah
Wood, Andrew L
Wood, Julia
Worth, Sophia
Wright, Henrietta
WhUmaa, Clement H
RESIDENCE.
Sunderland, England.
Gottingen Street
Dispensary
Dartmouth...
United States
Dartmouth
68 Pleasant Street...
Her M^esty's Army.
Larwrencetown
Dresden Row
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Cor. Argyle & Prince Stteets,
Dartmouth ,
When
received.
Dec. 20, 1874.
Nov. Zy 1865.
(t «
April 12, 1869.
Dec. 20, 1874.
Nov. 26, 1869.
Dec. 6, 1874.
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July 31, 1868.
Sept. 3, 1875.
Dec. 6, 1874.
Dec. 18, 1874.
May 3, 1872.
Jan. 10, 1875.
Aug. 1877.
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Morning at 11 o'clock, and Evening at 7 o'clock. Sabbath
School and Bible Class at 10 minutes before 3 o'clock, P. M.
The Lord's Supper on the first Sabbath of each month, at the
close of the morning service.
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OFFICERS.
Superintendent, — DBACcm E. D. Kima.
Treasurer, — A. L. Wood.
Recording Secretary, — Arthur Whitman,
Librarian, — George Hart.
Assistant Librarian, — Arthur T. Twining.
Prayer-meetings every Wednesday and Friday Evening,
except the Friday evening next before the first Sabbath of
each month, on which evening Conference Meeting is held.
A Financial Meeting is held quarterly, and other business
meetings as occasion requires.
The Ladii'Js' Sewing Circle meets during the Winter once
a week at the new Vestry on Spring Garden Road.
The Women's Mission Aid Society holds its prayer meeting
in the vestry once a month.
The funds require^ to meet the expenses of the church
and Sabbath School are contributed at the morning and
evening Sabbath services, by depositing the same in platen
passed to each member of the church and congregation.
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Several years ago it was found that the Vestry of Granville
Street Church was altogether inadequate to accommodate the
Sabbath School, Prayer-meetings, and Conference Meetings
of the Church, and efforts were made to secure a piece of
land in a desirable situation on which a more commodious
buildmg might be erected. In 1870 lots were purchased for
this purpose on the corner of Spring Garden Road and Queen
Street.
A large Hall has now been erected thereon, to answer the
purpose of a Vestry, having a large Lecture Room, capable
of seatmg about 400 persons, Class-rooms, Library, Ladies^
Room, and apartments for the Sexton.
. ^* is in contemplation to dispose of the Chapel and Vestry
m (rranville Street, and then to complete the design by the
erection of a New Church edifice on Spring Garden Road.
The object of this Society is the promotion of social inter-
course and the advancement of the moral and intellectual
welfare of its members.
Monthly meetings are held, during the Winter season, in
the Spring Garden Vestry. ^
OFFICERS.
President^— E. G. W. Greenwood, Esq.
Vice-Presidents, \ ^^T^Lp' I>elaney,
' ^ B. H. Eaton, Es^.
Secretary-Treasurer,— John BvROOYNE.
f Miss Paint,
Committee, ^ ♦' Emma Robinson,
( Mr, C. H. Whitman.
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FIFTIETH AlllliVERSARY EXERCISES
OP
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m f^%mm%<
SnKW? !" P™y«''""''**'"S ^'o™ 10 to 11 o'clock on
Sabbath morning. It was opened by Rev. C. Tupner D B
who read the first hymn, and offered prayer.^^he i^;
i. M Saunder. read the 48th Psalm, and gave an address
SeH„d lev i I B^rr'r '''"'' ^'=^''*",T «•
The T?^v M, c;ii • . ", ■ "^^ ^"PP^"' 8"^« a" address.
Ihe Kev. Mr B,ll, m addressing the meeting, referred to
Dr^Tupper with much love and kindness. The Eev gen"
tleman said there were four scenes in the lifeli Dr
toTdelfts^ T%'"'r ^j' ■"•"•^' ""-^ ^«™<' J'- heart
to Its depths. First, when he saw the venerable Edward
Manning baptue him ; second, when he dedicated himself
^Uherstwo^i,-*,"''."'"",^'' J""! *« "ands „rthe
I .itiiers laid on his head in ordination : and fourth when
U took fan^we 1 of him last year on 'what was regard S
Zt; U ^'f ° ^'^- ^''^^ '"^^""g ^«^ deeply int,^
Dr Tuppe^'"^ """" *"* ^^"^ ^'•- ™ "'fe™'! *<>
"■.ttVbv°Ri''"V f '^"° T"' P'"""='>«'^ *° ^ '■■"•ge congre-
extS; fnnn/r , """""I. e^m-n^nced the pastor read
^^S^ltlltV'^^"'''''''^ ^'"^ ^'- Chase to the first
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. The Sabbath School held its services at 3 o'clock, P. M.,
in the old chapel. The 23rd Psalm was read by Dr. Tupper.
Prayer was offered by Ptev. J. F. Avery, of the 3rd Baptist
Church, Halifax. After a review of Paul's missionary
tours by the School, superintended by Deacon E. D. Kin«
addresses were given by Drs. Crawley and Tupper, anl
Brother E. G. W. Greenwood. Dr. Crawley taught in i
School with the late General Eeckwith, in the old Dutcl
Church, and he supposed it was the first Sabbath School in
Halifax. T. H. Rand, D. C. L., also addressed the School.
A large congregation assembled in the evening to hear
the Eev. I. E. Bill. To open the services prayer was offered
by Dr. Tupper. Isaiah xlix. 15, " Can a woman forget her
sucking child," &c., was taken for a text. The sermon was
characterized by much pathos and fervency. The Rev.
gentleman referred to some of the members of the Church
who had gone to their eternal reward. A suitable tribute
was paid to the memory of Deacons J. W. Nutting, J. W.
Johnston, and Brother John Ferguson. At the close of the
sermon the pastor read the address of Dr. Chase to Rev. A.
Caswell on the occasion of his ordination. The closing
prayer was offered by Dr. Crawley. An awful solemnity
rested on the congregation while this prayer was offered to
God, and the Spirit seemed to lift up the Dr.'s heart in
unusual fervency.
On Monday evening the church and congregation took
tea together in the Vestry on Spring Garden Road. After
tea was over, addiN3Sses were given by the pastor, Dr.
Tupper, E. G. W. Greenwood, Revds. A. S. Hunt, J. W.
Manning, J. F. Avery, John Miller ; and by T. H. Rand,
D, C. L., and Hon. Dr. Parker.
On Tuesday evening the Sabbath School took tea together
in the Vestry. Rev. J. F. Avery gave an interesting lecture,
over one hour long, and illustrated it by large pictures of
scenes in the Pilgrim's Progress, hung on the wall.
ock, P. M.,
Dr. Tupper.
3r(l 13aptist
missionan
]. D. Kinf
upper, an<|
iaught in
old Dutcl
li School in
the School,
ng to hear
was offered
1 forget her
sermon was
The Rev.
ihe Church
ble tribute
ing, J. W.
close of the
to Rev. A.
rhe closing
i solemnity
I offered to
's heart in
J
gation took
>ad. After
aastor, Dr.
Lint, J. W.
H. Rand,
bea together
;ing lecture,
pictures of
11.
Rev» t>v. Craivlejj.
CrTrBII-.EE SEI2,D^03Sr.
BY REV. E. A. CRAWLEY, D. D.
The Sermon preached on Lord's Day morning, the 30th
September, 1877, being the Fiftieth Anniversary op
Granville Street Baptist Church, Halifax.
"Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, rejoice."—
Philippians IV. 4.
Gladness and rejoicing, on the part of His creatures, is
doubtless more acceptable to God than weeping and sorrow.
Nor that these last are unnecessary ; on the contrary, there
are conditions of the heart and conduct when to weep and
be afflicted is the only proper state of mind. But this
is not what God appears finally to aim at in his dealings
with men, nor what is most acceptable, as I judge,
in his sight.
The world, as He has made it, is full of studied occasions
of gladness. The sorrows are man-made far more than
God-made. Joy and rejoicing are our ultimate duty, as
well as privilege, and sorrows are appointed as a needful
preparation for joy. This true state of the case has, I
think, been greatly overlooked.
• Men have read distinctly such passages as these, "Be
afflicted and mourn and weep ; let your laughter be turned
into mourning, and your joy into heaviness," and have not
seemed to discern with equal clearness how often, both
under the old dispensation and the new, God's people are
commanded to rejoice. This is probably owing to that
proneness to sin and consequent feebleness of faith that
have ever tended to conceal from men the exceeding
f*oodppfia nf ClnA psnp.p.inllv in the crosDcL and the rich
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abuiulanco of the provision made to take away all sin, an.I
rcif,n Of joy Iho Mosaic Dispensation inif?ht iwleca be
more than a dispensation of rewards and gladness • and vet
even that dispensation aimed ultimately at he "afeC
happiness and prosperity of the Jewish people nothing
but their disobedience made it otherwise, or defeatedlh!
pacious end designed. Still, the multitude of observances
imposed a heavy burthen which, as the Apostle Paul
acknowledges neither they, of his' time, nor the 'fathers
chapter" If^.e . ""I *" 'T'' I' »"°Sether of anl"
cnaracter. If the law frowned with its grave rebukes tb„
gospel smiles with joyous invitations. And if under the
old economy, the tone of address to the people may be slu
to have chiefly been "obey or suffer," iider the new The
language wo hear addressed to us throughout is belfevT and
ZTto W 7eW rpvf> "•* '^^' earnestness P?u1
cries to his beloved Philippian converts, " Rejoice in the
Lord alway, and again I say, rejoice."
1. It is our purpose in this discourse first to unre
compliance with these words as a Christian duty S
words alone are sufficient to shew it to be so. Being called
on to rejoice, by the express language of an apostohc <
injunction, we mi^t acknowledge if to be evrdenfty ou
duty to comply. But more than this. Let us reflect that
thegospel IS a messageto usof a triumphant and glorious work
of God, contaimng infinite good for the whole race of man
The burthen of the message is that of a vast and wondwus
deliverance. The whole story is in its advent and hi ° ts
m:LZ7 b"v the ' "' ^"^Z ^"^"''.''^ ""^h '^ ""ested am
measured by the magmtude and severity of a minfnl
sacrifice, by which the good announced was attained M
narrow, and earth-bound must that man's mind be who has
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not aoul enough in him to feel and acknowled^^o the
inferior joya of life, of spring-time, of harvest, of health, or
any of the innocent forms of human happiness. All the
great gifts of nature, indeed, utter a call to men to rejoice
before God on account of them ; and most men acknowledge
the justice of the call. But the gospel makes a similar
claim. It calls on men to rejoice on account of good
conferred. A great work of God, of infinite cost, bringing
joyous deliverance, and announced to men as a message of
vast good from Heaven to earth, must needs make it their
duty to rejoice in it. The difference between the natural and
the spiritual gifts lies in the infinite value of gospel benefits
compared with those of life and nature ; and the duty in
the one case is therefore infinitely greater than in the other.
It is dishonoring to God whenever men refuse or neglect to
acknowledge the natural gifts as proceeding from Him, and
as such to rejoice in them. How much more dishonoring
to Him it must be to refuse or neglect to acknowledge or
to rejoice in the infinitely greater gift of salvation !
2. The duty of Christian joy may further appear by
considering how especially and constantly the gospel
requires faith ; which argues that it is needed in order that
we may know what vast blessings are conferred on us, and
knowing them, gratefully and intelligently rejoice in the
possession ; and, like the men healed in gospel history,
glorify God for the great gifts conferred. But what a
world of promise faith grasps. It puts a man at once into
possession of all the blessings and mercies of the reign of
grace ; joys
innumerable follow in its train ; some of them
seem to flash upon us in the words, " Love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, faith {i. e., increase of faith),
meekness, temperance." But if these great blessings are
appointed to follow faith, and are such as must occasion
great joy to those who possess them, then it must be their
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duty to obey that appointment, and to rejoice continually
and thankfully on account of these gifts. Faith was
indeed required of the Hebrews also, whose ancestor,
Abraham, was especially commended for his faith, and
therefore is styled the Father of the Faithful. But it is in
a more peculiar sense that faith is requisite to the Christian,
for to him, by faith, the whole law becomes fulfilled in
Christ. The fulfilment of the law, which the Jew could
obtain only by a careful and anxious observance of all its
ordinances, the Christian obtains by casting himself by
faith on the atonement and righteousness of Christ. "Well
then may he rejoice for whom the law, that is in his case
the whole moral law, is so entirely fulfilled that the
wonderful result follows which is expressed in the words,
" There is now no condemnation to him that is in Christ
Jesus."
Faith, then, lays a broad and deep foundation for joy.
Thus our Heavenly Father designed it to be. Joy is our
duty, and we are so far disobedient and ungrateful as we
fail to rejoice ; we may have much need of sorrow and
repentance ; but it were better so to repent and believe as
to abound in occasions of joy.
But if the duty of rejoicing is proved by its implying
faith, the leading duty of the Christian life, how much
7nore evidently is it a Christian duty to rejoice if we
consider more particularly the nature of the blessings that
faith thus grasps. A prodigious scope of view here opens
before us ; a single discourse can but glance at the joyous
fruits of faith. We would aim to strike if possible a few
notes familiar to all Christians in unison with this Jubilee
of joy and praise. We have referred to the wonderful
truth that there is now no condemnation to those who are
in Christ Jesus ; and this applies of course to all Christians;
for they all are in Christ by faith. But this truth calls for
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more attentive thought, vvnai, ■* ^ ^^ jj j
thing it is ;-no condemnation! Ihere is no ao ^^
condemnation is a necessary result ^ " •
certainly follows the M^^^^J^ *: '^ruo'^s'' criml
follows idleness ;-as an evil «— f^j^^ , ^^^ what is
^'"''' "tt ttian tfati lit should vindicate and enforce
ThrC'^ Wm ttmilionl of God's jnt-Uigent — res
*:tlZ to respect Him if sin a^d *« -^ haU^J«
permitted to roam °^«f *^\*,'''r^.Xo" they deserve 1
dominion, and not m««t *^ '=°"f T'^^^j-, ^e^ „ Christ,
And yet, to every repentmg^^^^^^^^^ "^^^ Tan possibly b^
condemnation is utterly done a^^ ly. ''J' expressly
-^ irVtirtrdlhatG d L^wT-jist, a^d the
H*^l=H«a:streir^^rfir-
-r i^=- — ^e^t:^rofTirers
a precious f "''^, *„^'^^''\ fa^j' ^Wsician lost all hope ; what
which even the most ski it-u l'".>» ,. lona-continued
abundance, or even "l"!^^' f;';7^^^'«of\S, compared
and grinding poverty ! f '^^ an^J ^^ "Jj ever; sentence,
-"^'^T^'^oTth coXltZ that jLtice and
every syllable «« ' ^« /\ i„,t months and years of
conscience had reco dect > ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^
„„behof aiid ^"^ «'^' y-^^-^,^ darkness and dou^t ; wake up
you, and say, WaKeupno lom-er in the niire of
from sin and 'i»^'«l\e ,i g'^"^'"^"" thrareat truth and
And waking so, remember that love lor on
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increased purity of heart and life, inevitably fellow ; rejoice
then also in this.
3. But another fruit of faith and ground of joy is this,
that, condemation gone, there follows of necessity fellowship
with God. The divine picture in Genesis, of God Avalking
in the garden in the cool of the evening together with His
solemn and yet familiar enquiries addressed to our first
parents after their sin, suggests to us the happier intercourse
that must have previously subsisted. Isaac, also, meditating
in the field at eventide ; Jacob wrestling with God at
Peniel ; and especially the marvellous nearness to God so
often shewn in the writings of the Psalmists, and of the
Prophets, are of the same character ; the spirit, too, of the
gospel as a Divine scheme of reconciliation between God
and man, wrought out by One who is both man and God ;
and our social nature which makes fellowship so needful,
and much more that might be gathered from scripture
statements and hints ; all this seems to indicate to us that
God, by the gospel, the great remedial process, is drawing
all redeemed souls into ultimate nearness to Himself. Will
not this form an integral part of the happiness of Heaven
— Christ, and God in Christ in blessed union with hi^i
people forever 1 For God, we may be assured, will not do
things by halves. He will perfect all he has designed.
He shews His glory in redemption in the sacrifice that
obtained it ; and all the heart-searchings and heart-writhings
that may have led to the personal redemption of each saved
individual ; but He will shew His glory yet more grandly
by effecting through redemption a perfect fellowship of his
once lost creatures with Himself. Oh who can fitly describe
the final joy of this, or the duty of joy in such a prospect.
Pellowship with God, what marvellous words ! We
shudder awe-struck when our eye is turned on our unwor-
thiness and sin. Like Peter, we seem to say, "Depart
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from me for I am a sinful man, Oli Lord." But it will
never do to stop there. Well may we, indeed, like Moses,
remove the shoes from oft' our feet, for the place whereon
we stand is holy ground : hut we dishonour God and
degrad.e His Word, if we do not learn to look upon this
hurning hush, "burning yet unconsumed," — man in
communion with God,— as a grand reality which the
feeblest saint may know. Prayer is such communion,— all
real prayer ; so is a solemn but blessed sense of awe in the
Divine Presence ; nearer still is the consciousness of Christ
present with His people, and ourselves among them. One
is astonished to perceive how early it began. The opening
address of the Lord's prayer instantly brought the first
disciples, imperfect as they were, into the endeared relation
to God of children, holding simple but real fellowship with
their Father ; they on earth and He in heaven ; but the
distance between earth and heaven gone, or turned
miraculously into a greater nearness. Even on earth a wise
father desires his dear children to confide in him; to make
him their counsellor ; the companion of all their thoughts
and purposes. How much more does God require from tis
a holy familiarity— an urgent importunity ; and even an
infinite minuteness of detail while we seek His presence.
I find no words strong and clear enough to set forth the
consciousness which I trust God has given me of His
infinite approbation of trust and fellowship and nearness to
Him, on the part of his redeemed children ;— and which
consciousness increases and becomes stronger and clearer at
every new aspect of Gospel truth.
At the risk of saying too much, I venture to refer to one
or two thoughts more that point to the same end— the
duty of joy. One of these may perhaps be characterised as
the great delusion of men ; the bubble of mistake and error
burst. Error cannot stand for an instant in the focus of
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the burning light that, wherever faith is simple-hearted and
strong, the Spirit pours into the understanding and heart of
him who is taught of God ; and all his people, more or less,
are so taught. And accordingly, it will he found, wherever
we have the means of knoAving, that some great radical
delusion fades away, like the mist before the rising sun, in
every soul whom God teaches ; and thus it is the fact, that
in certain great fundamental principles. Christians of every
sort or class are found, whenever they understand one
another, to agree. The delusion, for instance, is burst
practically, if not in theory, that disposes men to trust in
themselves — their virtues, their ceremonies, instead of
altogether in Christ. Thomas a Kempis, in this matter,
in the midst of innumerable ceremonies imposed by
what he reverenced as a just authority, stood neverthe-
less on the eame platform with John Wesley, with Calvin,
with Zuinghus, and in every case of conversion where
human inventions are fewer, and faith is strong and simple,
how thick and wide a delusion with regard to worldly
views and judgments is dispelled by the clear light of
God's word. How many a simple hearted soul, taught of
God, all the world over, is to-day rejoicing in the liberty of
Christ, which he consciously possesses through the bursting
of the bubble of worldly judgments. What a clear light
shews him, for example, that he has in his heart and soul
something infinitely better than all that millions of human
wealth could bring him ! And with what astonishment
and gladness he enters again and again that Tomple of
Truth — the Word of God — to find all his convictions of the
vanity of the world, and the solid reality and priceless
value of the gospel rewards renewed and magnified. He
gladly acknowledges his duty to rejoice in this, and as he
thus refreshes his soul, a further joy springs up within him,
often growing stronger and stronger in the conviction that
the same lio'ht that burst his delusions, and brought him
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liberty may phiiie on others witli the same convictions and
the same joyous effect. And so, that disciple— man or
woman— wakes to the perception, however humble, m each
case the appointed lot in life, that in this conscious hght
and liberty a call is heard to a noble course of hfe-long
labor: labor for Christ— for souls— for salvation. I^or is
the little thlt may be possible in many cases to be done
operate so as to extinguish or even cloud the joy of saving
souls • it is ioy unspeakable to put even one feeble hand on
the rope that may draw a human soul away from destructive
delusions and idolatries to God and Christ It seems
needless to say that the Christian cannot but acknow-
ledge his obligation to rejoice in this. Here it is we may
read the true interpretation of the heroic lives of such men
as Schwartz or Henry Martyn, Carey or Judson. :No
\ earthly ioys to them were to be compared to the joy ot
^ laboring to save a soul, no duty higher than to earn that
II. We may be permitted here to add a few thoughts on
the uses of joy. . . -.n i • „
1 It crives Christian health ; it is itself, when genuine, a
state of health. It breathes heaven. It is an earnest of
the heavenly inheritance. , ^ -, ,. a
2 It lavs a foundation of gratitude to God, stronger and
deeper tlmn any other. The largest gratitude because
rendered for the largest gift, the gift of joyful union with
God through Christ.
3 It promotes true Christian feUowship, because love
and* joy are twin sisters. Where joy is, there is love;
wherever love is, there is joy.
4 But more especially it appears to be essential to any
.large measure of that love which earnestly c1o;-res and
laT)ors for the salvation of souls. And this seems easy to
understand, for wherever the heart swells, and the lace
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beams with sincere, humbli;, but earnest Christian joy,
that Christian wields an almost irresistible force. God is
in him and His most broken words are clothed with
eloquence and power.
Long centuries ago, David, though a king, knew this,
and had felt it in himself. " Eestore unto me," said he in
his grief, for he had grieviously sinned, but noAv deeply
repented, " rebtore unto me the joy of thy salration," and
almost immediately adds, " Then shall I teach transgressors
thy way, and sinners shall be converted unto Thee." He
recognizes distinctly the intimate bond between joy and its
attendant benelits of converting power and the salvation of
souls. Thus it is that God's Spirit works, and this is no
doubt a chief mefiMS of Christian increase in individual
growth, and more especially in the salvation of souls.
The highest case of joy moving forward to the loftiest
achievement is given to us in the case of our Lord himself,
" who, it is written, for the joy set before him, endured
the cross, despising the shame, and is set down on the right
hand of the Majesty on high."
Let none suppose that in these remarks I would depreciate
the more sombre Christian graces ; it has been said or
hinted already that they all have tlieir api)ropriate places.
But joy has its appropriate place also.
III. But we now turn in the direction of particular
occasions of Christian joy.
Many an incident in life may to each one assume this
character ; a recovery from sickness ; tlie removal of
some threatening calamity ; the escape of ones-self, or
of a dear friend, from imminent peril ; the day, or
even hour of spiritual Inrtli of ourselves, or of our
friends; all or each of these occurrences m-.xj afford
fitting occasions of tlianksgiving and joyful praise. To
dedicate to these occiUTcnces some sp'^'C-al service of
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^ckno^yledcreInent to God ; or even to raise such service
*, " muk of an Anniversary, to be observed by ou.
iends and children, as well as by ourselves ; nught seem to
be iustified by the nature and value of tne blessing
^knot ed>ed7 But there nmy be also, no doubt, a signal
propriety in a simUar acknowledgement niade by comnnmi-
tiToi remarkable occasions of Divine goodness. The
Jubilee of the iewish law seems to have been attended >vrth
services of this sort. A most remarkable period was that
fifU h y ar to the Jewish nation. The twelve tribes had
n"v pasled through seven weeks of years; on e-ry seventt^
year of each week of years, dl servile tod had ceased he
land lay untiUed, and the vine undressed ; and yet he
tri e production of each sixth year had over failed the
3 wTth plenty ; and the people suffered no -nt though
all servile labor ceased on each seventh year. Ihen, too
'withlov every oond-man found himself liberated and
7eturnex['to hTs^amily, set free from his bondage ; every
dtbt was released ; and the whole land shouted or joy
was the iov of a wide-spread deliverance from the pressure
rrnrof"S:tli?oX^alug on the faf«.^;^the
^.,» I,„„di-Pdth anniversary of such occasions, special services
one hundieiltli ai nivc ^ y of some special mercy.
Thffoui^^i; a S^ Church followed by fifty
JloTftreserving -e that has continual to gwe i
life and increase, may be an occasion of this "^ ^hi , we
all know, is the specua mark you seek o^^^-^^,,,,
"o'rSert^:^lle"L celebration may be not
3 Oil juu^^ ,.iviv.oter but miii^t be allowed to liaYb
peculiar value.
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A gathering of sincere souls formed into a (;hiircli of Jesus
Christ, has in it a spiritual worth -which words arc unahle
to express. It is the recognized testimony given by each
soul^ composing such community that lie' has received at
Ood's hand the greatest gift heaY«n ever bestowed on eartli.
It declares to the world that Christ is with His people as
He will be " with them even to the end of the world." It
rebukes, meekly but firmly, the opposition of worldly
men to the kingdom of Christ— or their sinful indifference
or neglect. 8atan does not love such scenes as the founding
of Christian clmrches ; and no doubt he Avill, if possible^
so mar or intercept the work that fifty years, or a much
less period, may shew more of decay than growth ; and,
if he can only effect it, will utterly wipe out the early
planting of the right hand of God. Whether this dark
work, aiming fiendish war against the work of God, shall
have been discerned by yourselves or others from year to
year of the fifty years you celebrate, or any part of them,
be assured the war hm been waged ; and you meet to-day
to raise high to heaven your hallelujahs of joy and praise
for the deliverances experienced. Your rejoicing is that as
the fathers, faty years ago, under God's hand planted this
vine, and therein gave to the world their testimony of
faith in Christ, and in Him only, for salvation and spiritual
life ; so you, this day, as constituting the same community,
are enabled by God's good hand to utter forth, despite all
Satan's power and wiles, the same testimonv, the same
Onristian confession.
Time forbids that I should dwell long on the memories
of tlie past ; but there are those noAv crowding my thoughts,
over the recollection of Avliose names one might wcfi be
Ijardoned for shedding mingled tears of sorrow and of joy.
Sorrow that we see thom not among us, but greater' joy
in the assurance that they fought the good fight, that tiiey
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kept the faith, and found laid up for them the crown of
dory which (lod, the rij?htcom Judge sha I « "o t^»;""^
Wm/dav I have now iraiierfcctly set fortli a few select
-tiS'ot the -luty of CI. 'istian joy ; 1 hav;-, Rlaneed at he
ur-'t such joy, and have noticed «-^P--l.;^-*y "^/^j
and praise on such '"""™^'-'*/'"«^» ,;'"^,*'*Si I ow-
riJWond nryvumo^ power 0^^^^^^^^^
waiving some points that might iiave ^^ i' ^pti to offer
heei forming,, preserving, guiding, a J-f-^^^^^^'^^/S-
may be permitted to see, «"»■" "'^ ' , ^j^ ^q tkoiujht
to the past fifty, and yet more a^ m^^"*' ^^^ ^,^^^ ^j^u
strength. .^«>^ ,^Jf^^' ^'„ ^,,, true that aU their springs
workers with God, it is no i«- „. ^jj needful
of life and strength »^,'~f J ^ Whence conies the
help then issues f^-°"'«'-«„;;™^~a Tissues with the
r£"tir ::rarsr Angimpossihie.
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Work for God depending on God, according to His word
in the Gospel, and while iiica^asc and Christian prosperity
are thus assured, our f'lc'! and Father shall, douhtl'^ss,
more and more fulfil in you the wonderful arrangement in
the kingdom of His grace that makes His people fiud their
highest duty in their highest joy.
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THE PAITHFUIiNESS OF GOD.
OuTi iNE OF A Discourse Preached by Kev. I. P.ill on
THE Fiftieth Anniversary of the Granville Street
Church, Halifax, :^. B., Sept. 30th, 1877.
^^ Can a woman ^or^^fl^^^^^^J^^^^^^
fo^^^ettXwTnVl^o?^^^^^^^^ xlix. 15.
Where in God's great universe, will you find love deeper,
w nere, 111 vxu „ existing in the mother's
more unchanging, than the love txisun^ i
heart for the infant of her bosom 1 It is one ot t le
troigest passions of the human soul : more, it i- 1— ^
element of her being. She is made to ove. S^^^^^^^^^^^^^
n« i« tnis created love, it sometimes fails. 1^ orgettuiiess
take i pkce and the helpless babe is cast out to pensh
The mother may forget the child of her bosom. Tlie dark
Iwe humau hktory illustrate ami confirm this tact.
Sough all mothers should prove false to their o.ynm-
stincts, and evrry human tie should be severed, yet, saith
Jehovah, " will I not forget thee.
god's unfailing kemembrance of his church
is the central thought of our text. He never forgets His
church • AVhv 1
1st Because of the infinite depths of His love for her.
It s leeper tl,an the love of vvonran-deeper than t^ie kve
of ■uic'els It knows no bottom, bound or shore. It ante-
lit fll finite affection, and finds its source -the infinite
perfections of Jehovah, '^ere "ever was a mo^^n tin t^^^
cvcles of the eternal past when God did not 1«^« H^^ "^"^^'^
and that infinite atfcction wiU extend on tl'^'^M';^*^^
ages of the eternal future. " I have loved thee with an
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everlastinrr Jove; tliorcforo with lovinj,' kindness I liave
drawn thee." Clieiisliino' f(,r His church this immeasurable
hive, He will iiot forj^et lier.
2nd. Because of the price He has paid for her.
Had He given all the unnumbered systems of worlds
which crowd tlie immensity of space for the redemption of
His church, liow vast the price ! Or liad He sent forth all
His angels, clierubim and seraphim, to ofler themselves in
one iinmense hecatomb on tlie altar of sacrifice, who could
measure the cost 1
But all tliis would not suffice. Therefore, He selected
the brightest, ricliest, purest gem of heaven. His co-equal
co-essential, and co-eternal Son, iind gave Him as a sacrifice
to atone for human guilt. Had He commissioned Him
simply to visit the temples and palaces of earth, to expound
the laws of the Infinite ; to i)erform miracles of mercy ;
to relieve the distresses of suffering humanity ; and to set
a brilliant example of integrity, holiness and truth, that
would have been marvellous condescension on His part, but
He gave Him to tlie Ijuffetings, the stripes, the shame, the
torture and the death oi the ignominious cross. " It pleased
the Lord to bruise Him." " Tlie Lord hath laid on Him
the iniquities of us all." Would He pu-chase His church
at such an infinite price, and then fail to remember her 1
Do we readily forget that which has cost us much 1 'Not
so. Is^'either will Jehovah forget those for whom He gave
His dear Son to die.
3rd. Because of the relations in which He has placed
Himself to His people.
He styles himself their Father, " I will be a father unto
you, and ye shall be my sons and my daughters, saith the
Lord God Almighty." '' J*>ecause ye are sons, God hath sent
forth the spirit of his Son in your hearts, crying Abba,
Father." Does a father forget his son ? He has spread his
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canvass t.. the broeze, or ho has gone. U. a clistant shore ; of
Deradveuture he has wauclere,! from U,e path;, virtue, doe
?h father fail to reiueiuber hin, J His thoughts by daj an.
his dreams by niglit attend the t.jotslel)s <'{ tM « »" f
one Sowith the great Father. His child s m the lion's
r; • in the burning f>.rnaee ; in tlie Hoods of great ^vater. ;
in . rison eells ; in tl.e martyr's tlau.e ; but be is not forgot-
ten An"els minister to these hei,^ of salvation an<l the
^.^hty bulwarks of the olivine perfeetion defend them from
a hann. " When thou passest through the waters they
"Xt overflow thee ; through the hre t -« s'la -t be
burned " The eternal Father cannot, will not, torgct tlie
sous and daughters of His paternal love.
A"ain He is the husband of His church. I have
betroCl thee unto me forever/' "Thy ^^^^_
husband ; the Lord of hosts is lus name Does the hus
band forget the wife of his youths Amid l^ff^, c^^^^^^f,
temntations at home or abroad, does she not live in his
Sermeinories. What though the ...sliing W^^^
■iffliction be ui>on her, or the once fair brow be wrinkled
w"" or the cheeic, once so fresh and blooming be now
;i ai^'wan, yet is she not remembered . by her husband
with a love still more tender and yearning 1 I* i""'' \°
shows himself unworthy of the name of a man But,
should he remembrance of the earthly husband fail, the
memory of the divine Husband will live t»'';'V«. H ■
brX the church, is wedded to him in a union as immutable
as the throne of the Eternal, and therefore He can never
f omet her. ,. ,
Finally, His church caiinnt be forgotten because ot the
importa/t mission committed to her care. She is His own
chosen aooncy to l)reak up all tlie foundations of sm, to
:on ravine all the designs of Satan, and to Vr^^V^^
establish a pure Christianity throughout the whole eaith.
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This grand mission He knows she cannot perform without
His constant guidance and aid. Paul plants, ApoUos
waters, but He giveth the increase. Her prayers and efforts
are effectual just in proportion as they are made so by the
power and grace of the ever present Divinity. For her
comfort therefore, and encouragement. He has told her, "Lo,
I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
Were He to forget her, her mission must prove a tremen-
dous failure, l)ut as readily inay we expect Him to forget
the perfections of His own being or the jKirposes of His
own heart, as to fail of remembering the interests of His
own dear church. In all her afflictions He is afflicted, and
the angel of His presence is constantly by her side to give
efficiency to her ministrations, to answer her requests, and
to croAvn her labors with triumphant success.
In conclusion, let us see if tliis central thought of our
text has not been beautifully illustrated and confirmed in
the history of this church. Fifty years ago seven members
were organised here as the Granville Street Baptist Church.
This was done, we doubt not, under the guidance of Him
who says, "yet will I not forget thee." Has He forgotten
this brancli of His spiritual liousehold '? Let your history
answer. The first seven liave all gone to their reward,
many of their successors in tlie faith have also gone up
higher. Some dissatisfied ones L .ve Joined other com-
munions-; others have left to join churches of the same
faith, in the Dominion, in the United States, in England
and elsewhere; and some to join churches of th3 same
order, and shed the light of truth in other sections of the
city. So that tlie original church has become not only a
mother, but a grandmotlujr ; and still you are strong in
numbers and in faitli, giving glory to God. Surely the care
of your covenant God and Saviour over you iias been
unremitting and abiding.
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Then has He not greatly honored you in permittinj; you
to XbuI a prominent 'part, through you--»^-*.p ^
+^^« TTmriP and Foreicii Missions, m tounding ana
rr^nTforWs^^isf^Uy^nstitutions of learning ^^^^^^^^
?r^ to-dav imparting blessings unnumhered to aU the
churches of our land? and in conducting our denom.nationa
S^^rchmay itbesaid, this and that man was born hen,
Suallv bom ; created anew in Christ Jesus ; plucked as
r a brand f^m the burning. Fresh on memory's page
Z dav a^ some of those seasons of reviving mercy enjoyed
ntrWoT^place. when precious souls ^^^^^^^^^.^
Jesus and -wdu^g y<n. t^^^^^^^^^^ .^^J^Twly --
IZluZ'^Slo^^^^'^^ the worship and service
of ailTn the waters of christian baptism. Blessed seasons
:^^ner..g merc^^^^^^^^^
sou: and all that is within me, bless His_loly name liiess
the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefats.
B^ b fore closing I must be permitted to ^^^';;^
emotional powei, uiuuio ^ „ . ^
r.f +1.P (kn<^ers and miseries of a lite ol sm, <iiua
;:;::el.g to tm the fulness and the preciou.sness of the
i*d
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gospel of Christ. J. W. Johnston, late Judge in Equity,
with a mighty grasp of thought, and in words of burning
eloquence, unfolding, as in the iight of a sunbeam, the
unsearchable riches of Christ. Then there were honorable
women, not a few. We remember their names, but will
not repeat them, who, in social, domestic and church life,
difiused the light and lustre of a living christian faith over
all who came within the circle of their influence. These,
with many other dear departed ones have joined the church
triumphant ; and we seem to see them as they walk the
golden streets of the New Jeiusalem in robes of spotless
purity, with the Alleluias of God upon their lips, i» holy
rapture exclaiming, *' Blessing and glory and wisdom and
thanksgiving and honor and power and might be unto our
God forever and ever." Who knows but some of these
glorified spirits are hovering over us to-night 1
" The church above and church below,
But one conamunion make."
Let mo ask, in closing. Are we all members of God's
spiritual ciiuioh 1 If not, first of all hasten to the blood of
atonenibiiL for cleansing, and then unite with God's church,
which He will remember in eternal love when all material
things shall be wrapped in flame, when the final judgement is
set and the books of eternity are opened. Gracious Heaven,
grant that we may all find mercy in that day ! Amen !
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