Western Locals

Thin column ll ruler-red lor new‘ ' interact but ulvertlnlnl of nutunz may he lnlcrled at

“w”. nurd m-ml, puyuhla In

1 mus ‘duuivc.

..\I'IRI'I NOSE ‘GUARDS. heavy .A '1», in stoes a Bruce's. M“ s“ t ' 4829-8-17-21.

_.(LOODRICII safety Silvertown “m. prcvt- their worth in hot wea- -l r \\'l1i'11 dangerous blow-outs ure ‘c lll1‘lll. lluy a new set at Bra/eels ‘m... L-5828-8-15-2i.

_.\v\'l‘l'IR-GI..»\.\$ fci" presening (lfjllS a‘. ‘lliyloi- Drug 0a., Kensing- 101:.

_sl'l:.\\'EII5 and fly oil in slot-l: a: lliziwPs‘, L-5829-8-l7-21.

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d. was ztvcrtctl 1“ritlu_v night Horn when 11 young mall - drzving a 1111110 car tuiiu-d . '.‘10 diiih to avoid a hirsc

‘ The aiiioiiiobilc turned 1' and is b'dl_\' broken up, .lvi\'0r_ l1or.'.0 1111.1 \\'1l‘_"l]\ 0‘.- "ltl the driver o!‘ the ear ivas; .:“:.11'ii1<'il. T110 road \v11. \0rv oil Fruluv : ' ' drhlny;

i1111d ‘l‘l ‘llilf: omiued l'f‘ll(l1‘l‘(‘(l trio by .\I0.~.s1‘s. . .‘.io11"t.‘1in T. W li‘1‘.'lcv \\' F '

. :1‘.o the 110.111" of in Prolitt. as oiminist . 0 lll0l‘llliilf s0:v;<‘i' undci‘ . ‘ d‘r1‘ n i110 cl: r \'."1‘

Tl re were no (‘rs-ans in‘ .l‘(‘llI‘S 1111911 the pri-eni 1 was btiili. Of those who‘

.1:'i 111 the s'11'.111", f.l1_v,v0:11's‘ a 1.1.11‘ two 1111111011. \\\ . 11'0- ‘ .\ll'> Iicberl. Ilovviicss who is 1 faithful munhu‘ of 1110 "ind iovl-z lltlll in the mornirl: . 11nd M1‘. lil . Gfddn- } 01111011 t ‘ aozan Ailissienziz; , the ll.l‘»ltll'.'ll(‘ of l“ 1' 'l‘ W Gncd- ‘ lvzll ilult this c11::‘:'."'»'io'1 moved 1 ‘rm an uftcin r i:“- to a . and ev." 11' 0.‘, and a piient factor, ‘ irlaince report- d (‘veiling scr- l :1: {"11 oi‘ i110 Church _‘ ivto | 011cc ‘ made to the...» \\l1o \\1‘r0 the nnd cniiri i1‘ church work- ‘ ‘ “ho have‘

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uxs '.‘al arid IPI c111 dc '. l the foudtitiiui for true CI . ‘. woi'l:.~l1ip. Outstanding among . ‘v is thi name of the late Wil- ':1, a l1o11~-."l1olcl i1:'.ii10 in of the couzrci: lion.

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hi. organized fr. ‘11c sunnuu‘ of lllllil for over forty yrars."-(‘.<>ri'

Parrsoiials '3 Lucy $llll1lltlI\$. Wilmot. spent the week-ind with h0r , Mrs, Lorne crazier, Kelvin.

—.\fr. Kenneth I\I0Kav, Kelvin, h1_i' returned 1101110, at . spending a holiday with fricud; n1 Clifton.

~!\Ir. Inrnc afar-Kay; New Lon- do" is visiting in ’i‘.vn0 Valley, the 8111's: of Mr. Ralph alecLeiui.

' 311$ Ruth l\I‘.1cN0ill has return- rrl io Sununcrsidc aftc; 1110111111111 W“ delightful weeks in the eastern P111". of the Island. S

‘".\Il$S Katherine Darby arrived as! week from New York to spend ".1110 weeks at ll(‘l‘ summer home in 51 El0aiiors.--S.

~- Misses l.’l11:',“.r.r0t and Ruh_\'0.\'l1ic liurdo, Lillian and II0l0ii Forbes “ ' l't‘illl'llf‘fl to their honivs in l\ \'ill. after spending a very p - H711 liolidzrv camping iii Eldgeviuner. boilli lledeque.

---l.\fastei' Lloyd and P10111011 Hogg. I'll» of Mr. and Airs. IValter Iiogg, Bfllwluc. \ s operated on and ion- 5 removed in the Prince County li-ll on Thursday‘, Mrs, Help; gmllillllcd 111 town uiih her hoys. nil was the gurs‘. of 110i‘ innit. Mrs. P l3. Cl Sprint 5t

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FUNERAL IIIREWIORS AND EDIIIAIJVIIERS

Prince Count; Hospital

Ambulance in (‘barge

Summcrsldc, lledcuue and Ifcnrington Phone 33-1.

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WELL DRILLING

II your water supply is fiat lust what you would like to have, why not give us a cull.

No mutter how small or how large your job ls-whethcr you "Md a well for domestic manu- facturing fire or town Dill‘- imsm, we have equipment that will correspond with the work to be done. skilled men to x "ilfrute it and 29 years of ex- = nerience beck of us . . . Ren- sonoble prices.

All work guaranteed to stand I the test of time.

‘Trask Well C0., Ltd. VAUGIIAN II . (BROOM Manager for P. E. I.

Summerslde Phone 297.

ClflQikUnt

o; (h, 533mb {l)t"!lllllllll! of

, visit ih.s province. This was in 1791,

‘.\l\'t‘ a charge soon develoved 1M0

A stirring chapter in pioneer PYP-‘llvtcriiiii achievement in this Jlffivilicc was unfolded in the ad- 1(ll't‘.\‘“L‘.S' (lclivered at. the c0mm0m_ oration of the 100th anniversary of i111‘ Gvtltlil‘ M0111 rial Church, Ne\v . lrflllrldll. last week. i The follotving atldress by Rev, J, K011‘ Fl".l.'\'.‘l'. l).D.. was read in Dr. I<‘r11.'.ei"$ unzivoidahli‘ absence by the P151111’. Rvv. Victor E. Osborn.

,r1o.\'1-:I;i1 rmasnvvianzzi ' 1 IN I’. u. ISLAND

A few weeks ago over in Pictou we commemoiuitezl the 150th anni-

Wc are also co111i110111oi'at.ing this vcar the 145th annzversary of the Pvcslwtcriflnism on Prince Ezhvarrl Island. Di‘, Mac. (“c1101. then livim; in Pictouylvns the first Pi‘(‘.\lJ.\'ll‘l'l£\lI minister Lo

"lid tliis vist was repeated as often as his lli'illlf7ll\ lab rs on the main- land would admit. On cach of these 111155101‘ " trollrs ht‘ preached and admini "cd the sacraments in all the ]ll‘lilL‘l])lil settlements. After the arrival of Rev. Peter (iordon at s1, Peters, and 0f Rev. John Keir at Malpeciuc. his visit-J became less ll'(~_ qucnt. his time being fully oceup 0d ‘ on the mainland.

At the time of D1'. 1\IacGr0eor's firm, visit to "The Island" tl10:~.' was ‘"111’ 01W road ill the whole prov- ln00—v../ r0111 Charlottetown to Ct7\'(‘ll(‘:ltl. 11 distance of (lilac-n "HIPS. This road led along the l!"!‘ill 8110K‘. and travellers were fi-rriril acr ss ihc numerous creel-m 111 0111100.. or dug-outs, and their l1oi'.--.'s, if they had any, swam after thcin.

The lll‘.\l. Protestant. minister to >0t1l0 on Prince Edward Island Wits the Rev. Theoplrliis Dedirisay of

Inspiring Chaptt-n-In Island Re-I ligious History Unfolded At Last Week’s Observance Of A 100th Anniversary Of Geddie i Memorial Chu_rc_l_1, New London.

the church at Malpequo whore in 1810 he was ordained and installed as pastor whch position. as we have said, he held for nearly fifty years.

All Extensive Field

and PRINCE

Pioneer Presbyterianism In Prince Edward Islan

peared in the Charlottetown Guar- d'an on September 17, i927. 1 find this paragraph:

“It. l5 quite impossible here to do more than touch the fringe of the work of Dr. Keir and the influence of his work in Malpequc on the whole Dominion, the moderators of the General Assembly, the profes- sors of theological colleges, who re- ceived their training and influence frOm this nrst marked scholar, theologian, and preacher.”

The W1".l.(‘I‘ recalls that years ago while on his holiday- meeting Dr. Isaac Murray tthen retired) in Charlottetown and his telling him that although he had enjoyed the privilcrge of sitting at the feet of Dr. Charles Hodge, the eminent theologian of Princctli, he consid- cred D1‘. Keir the greater of the two as a imacher and theologian.

The ordinati n of a minister being

I an event that only once before had

taken place in the province, nearly the ivlioli: OI Richmond Bay. Bed- eqnc. Llavendish and Ncw London, were present on the occasion. At the time of Mr. Kcirflq settlement, the whole of Pr .ce Cunty and a Riff-K‘ Dart of Queens County may be .d to have coiistitlltctl his par- ish. Such an cxtciis ye licld involv- ed a. vast amount of ])ll_\‘slf‘1‘il toil for it must. b0 remembered that there were then almost no roads, very few hoivcs and c‘ s, and practically 110110 (I the luxilims and comforts ‘flllqveil by those of us who am liv- ing today.

In the year I843 Dr. Keir was ap- pointed to the honourable and rc- Slmiisiblc position of professor cf theology in the Presbyterian Church of tllc Lower Province. This ap- pointment’ added grcatly to his lab- ors as 11's l)J\\‘£‘l‘S for many years had been taxcd t1 nearly their ut- most. capacitv. and ht? continued to fill this position in addition to his pastoral duties. His jubilee-the 50th anniversary‘ of his ordination- ioek place 111 the month of June 1857. and the large gathering from .‘1ll parts 4f the province. as well as from neighbouring provinces gave evidence of the hiah esteem 1n which hc was held by the church l!l‘l"I‘l‘illl_\‘. In the ftilowing ycar. 1115B. while attending a meeting of the Svuod in T1'11i'o. Nova Scntia. he died suddenly in the 79th year of his age and in the 51st year of his n1ini.~tr_v.

It is int" stlnq to note that for, Lltrce years. 11844-18461. the the;-

1110 Eprscopal Church. iia resided in Covchcatl and rode into Chav- lottetown every Sunday morning tzi preach. He arrived on the ‘Island’ in the yicar 1775 and officiated as Rector of the Episcopal Church in‘ Charlottetown from that date til‘. his death which took place on lifarch 4th i823. He was descended from the exiled Hugu-cnois Ci France. and was originally u Pres- byterian. A5 a preacher, he was said to be thoroughly Calvlnistc, of liberal mind and kindly ciisposition, Before. tl10r~e were any other min- istcrs on the Island he baptixcdthc children of the Presbyterians-in- ziecd the children of Protestants and Catholics alike. Bislnp McEachcrn of the Roman Catholic Church was the next settled m‘. stcr. He is said to have been a man oi’ truly Catholic spirit, and was respected and beloved by all. Not a few of the Preshvterians received baptism for their children at the hands of this good bishop. The reason why I mcnti n these men here is ba- eause of the contribution which they rendered to the cause of Presbyterianism in its early days on "The Island."

First Ordination

The first Presbyterian minister to be scitlcd on Prince Edward Island and the first to be ordained was the Rev. Peter Gordon. This was in I806 when he was ordained and inducted into the 1iast:ral charge of Covchead. St. Peters. and Bay Fortune. ll: was naiurallv of a delicate constitution and inheritintf the germs of consumption. the toil 11nd ex csurc involved in perform- ‘ the pastoral work cf so exten-

is

tuberculosis and terminated his use- lul lilc.

Another pioneer of the Chlllfili “'11s the Rev. Andrew Nichol, a prcaclvsr from the Associate 5171M! of‘ Scotland. lie died after one vcnr‘. service in the Richmond nay eongi gallon. In the year 18:21. he was succeeded by U10 R9“ Wlnmm MaeGrcgor. whose pastorate ex- tended over It Pvrlod 0f 26 lfirs" Mr. MIITGP-‘KOI’ was a preacher of’ great. (‘1II‘ll(‘.~lll(‘SS and of more than ordinary p aver. and li’s contribu- tion to the early 1115101111 "I FY95‘ byiterianism in the province cannot be over- 1.-‘d.

But of all ihe pioneers of Pres- bytorianism in Prince Edward Is- land the most noted was Rev. John Keir. This “'11s due not enly i/l hi5 outstanding ability and seholarshill but. to the fact that. for many yicorfi he was the leadim! PTMIP-“lr l" in" theological cnllcgv.‘ of the itfaritimt‘. Province‘; and also to the fact. that‘ almost. his entire ministry 0f fill) years was spent in the IIFOVIIICP- For this reason. it may not be out of’ place to make a more cidPlidPll reference to the work of this great pioneer.

The Rev. John Keir ivas the sec- ond minister to settle m Prlnvl‘ Edward Island and the second to be ordained. He was born in Si:- lingshue. Scotland. February 2.1710- stuclied theology under the fainoll.“ Rev. A. Bruce, professor of theoloill’ ln the General Asszeiatc Svlltlll- and was licensed at. Glasgfiw iii the ycnr I803. In iaoa he was aiiiioilii- ed missionary to Nova. Scotia. In

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logical elas es were l/ld in Dr. Kc r‘s house. The sessions were opened in October and lasted for two months. Dr. Kcir was the sole instructor. and among his students o'er? some who afterwards rose to posit-ins of great eminence. Among these was the late Sir William Dawson, the noted geologist and Principal of McGill University‘. A11- othcr was the Rev. Isaac Murray. D.D., perhaps the most scholarly minister in the Maritime Provinces in his day. Another was the Rev. George Patterson, D.D., the xv-rll known author of the life of John Geddie, Memoir of Rev. James MacGvcgor. and other books of his- torical value.

Tributes to Dr. Keir

Dr. Patterson, in his life of Dr. Keir, expresses his appreciation and the appreciation of his fellow-stu- dents for their old teacher in the following words:

“We reckon the few weeks spent annually with Dr. Keir as not. only among the most pleasant but also among tlz-e most valuable for our Christian prgrcss and ministerial usefulness. We have never sat un- der one who in the handling of the themes of Christian Doctrine, pre- scnted them more as great. practi- cal realities, nor one who left dccP- er impressions on our m nds of the duties and responsibilities of the sacred office."

The Rev. J. M. McLeod. history of Presbyterlanlsm Prince Edward Island, say " “As a man, as a christian, as a minister of Jesus Christ, as profes- sor of theology. us President of the Board of Foregn MISSIONS. Mid In all the various relnttns of life. Dr. Keir deservedly stood high ln the estimation of his brethren and of the whole church."

The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on hhn by Amherst College, U.S.A.. one of the most noted colleges in the United states, which shows that he was known far beyond thl‘ blinds °f his own church.

It ‘s also interesting to note that. in Moclinwck and Strong's Elwy- clopaedia there is a brief sketch of his lifFthls again testifying l0 hi5 wide reputation.

In an account of’ the dedication of the church naw occupivd by ti"! Malpeque congregation w‘h1el1 ap-

in his on

Such was the career of on" “l osc life and wcrk for fifty year.» bound un \v'ih the pioneer (lav ;ol Presblierianisiii Oli Prince Ed- i ward Island.

Dr. Geildifs Labnurs

Associated with Dr. Keir from 183B to I845 1 s John GezldiiaCan- adals first mi 'l0ll.'ll'_\' to the heath- en. and minister of cllVclitllsll and New London ClIlll't‘ll‘."S for seven years. At. that time the whclc Is- land was little more than a mission field.

Dr. Geddie travciwcd provhic". visltlnq every‘

the

to be found. Ilc lOFllWtl rt mis- sionary srscietv in his own congre- gation in 1837. and throirzh his i11- llucncc m=s~-ionary s0'.'i0t.‘s were formed in all the onercgations of the Presbytery, and their first eon- trbutions were sent to the London Missionary Society. the Synod decided to iiiirlcrtakc the support 0f a foreign missionarynDr. Geddie offered his a '\‘ices which were accepted. Thus. from this little Island there went ._ut the flrstCun-

‘Whcn I landed on Anrgvtcumlhcrc was not a Christian. and before I left there was not a heathen. on the Island."

Pioneer Difficulties

Prcsbytcrianlsm in poiiznn of Prmtv.‘ lijdvsard Island ldates from the year I831. At. ilmi time the \\'l1 1e of Prince west of ’I‘_vnc Valley. constituted one congrciffition and was undcrthc more of Rev. John C. Sinclair. lThough the field 11 large. the ‘population was spai e. there being in all only fifty seven fami ' ‘Tliotigh Tignish “'11s only twcu. m‘lcs from i110 nearest church, it took the pe ple of that settlement

turn home. They started on Satur- day morning; and travelled around the shore till they came to the Montrosc River. Over this river they were paddled in a log canoe. their horses swiimning after them. They then pursued their way ,i:> where the church stood. Here they spent their Sabbath. a11d on Mon- day ictrzicccl their steps. Mr. sin- clair was succeeded by the Rev. Allan FTascr. and it was he who really laid the foundation of Pres- byterinnism 1n this part of the province. He. died in the year 1870. after a ministry of filteen years. One of the most noted pioneers of Prcsbyicrianlsm in the "Island" province was the Rev. John Mc- Lennan, who was s-snt out by the Church of Scotland in the vcar 1821i and who shortly after his arr.val was ordaiirsd and inducted in Ecl- fast. Mr. Afcbennan was the only min stci‘ in connection wit-h the

at that time. and besides his own congregation which then embraced the wlrle of Bellini. Wood Islands. (‘wo1':eto\\'i1. and .\iurr;1_v Harbour. 11c also gave frcqurnt. supply t» Charlottetoxvn. New London, and other places. From the vast extent of Mr. lvicLcniiairs parish. the scar- city of roads. the entire absence of all the mod-Pro c mforts of travel. the exposure and hard-hips which he endured in the 1i0rioi'ina11cc of hi5 ministerial duties. inust have been great. in the extreme. With all our modern convcn cnccs and improved highways. few ministers today would be willing to undertake the toil borne by this able. faithful and devoted servant of God. After nearly thirty years of faithful scr- vice Mr. Mebennan returned to his native land and in 1111' year 1852 passed to his reward. One of his ddughtcrs was married to the Ricv. Dr. Jenkins. at one tine‘ minister of St. Paul's Church. alontrml. and another to Rev.‘ Dr. Gordon. for-

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Church 0.1 Scotland on the Island‘

COUNTY CHRONICLE

liltliy 1).‘ ilqiilll U! IQLNJHS QUEBEC. KIRK-stop, and prior t,» that a pro- year he was ordained and llltiliilivtl. lessor in Pine Hill College, Halifax. The ministers taking part n: 11.0

It is also interesting to note that ordination and induction s~rvicc~ among the early ministers of Prince were Rev. John Keir, Rev, Ii0l)t~i' Edward Island was Rev. George M. Douglas, and R. S. Patterson, _\ir,' Grant, afterwards principal 0f Dunbar after 8 yfiars of faithful Quiz-en's College. Halifax. Another service resigned h‘sclii11'_i.~;~, l)'.1l'll‘.L{ name well known to us all was the this time he succeeded in 11011.11: Rev. Alexander Falconer, father q! a. comfortable church bbllltllllfl’ and Sir_ Robert Falconer, of Toronto in gEllllCfLIlg together quite a nimi- UIT-VOY-Siil’. and who from 1862 t0 ber of families who now Coll.'.,“u'_" I869 was minister of Zion Church. an important section of the t‘ Charlottetown. gregatlm of Clifton and Gran

Many other names are associated In the year I858 Mr. Dunbar 1' . with ihe early hisi ry of the Pres- taken silddellly ill and than bot“. byterian Church on Prince Edward his own dwelling and the scho Island. and if time permitted would i house in which he had so long j‘ be worthy of fuller mention-such;ourcd.

as. cg. those of Rev. R. S. Patter- ‘ The next minister settled in son. Dr. Isaac Murray. Rev. J. M. . London was the one who r nu.- MCLPQU- RW- N"i1 McKay. R01’. we are haiiourini; UNIT‘ . Jon.‘ William Frame, Rev. Alexander Gedde. He xvas qltlllliled end ill- Slli ‘lfilltl. RN‘. William R1155. ‘ (luvteil Ninrch l3. 12128. The cal

Alcxand0i' Murray, and many .‘», all of whose names arewrit- tcn in the Laml ‘s Book of L‘f0.

was szrguerl by 34 001111111111111111’; and‘ 7 adhcixvnts. Rev. Robert Douglas prc‘ 'llf‘(l the ordir."

Railroads were not thought. "f. and there wcr-c no von\'eni0nc2s1 of travel such as we have now. Yet 1 whole l Fvlflelllvfli l centennial annlvcl arv- ' in which Presbyterian fan1if1e:;\\'erei

In I845 whenl

fldifln nliF-Siflllflry- 811d 0110 ‘if lilt‘ l in which we are meeting today is-over a p01‘ oil of 28 most successful. for h-e could say. i (m;- Qf we be“ spilkifnfntg in (ha

the western l

County 1

three (lays to go to church and re- ‘

Island. and 0h are the names of Rflv, R, s, Patterson ,,;..»..,..; the men Willi lillfl the foundation v cjming Samoan upon which \\‘c are building today, in 134.; i)“. q.

ion of under-

lr‘! l1~ 111th our" mid oral-Phil inking the supp l‘. oi a 1...». I. l1" lflllflllilm‘ IWIUF“ 50d. i110 missionary among the lwatl ‘.

ill." 11111111. the laiiliful. who brought lxloiug 1h. 511mg M, l‘ii\"' ll ‘[1 =\\'\'=\.\'- Ill the S etlllS of (Ieildie in the form of an o

Lllln un\'.'i.0. they ma‘: HPIII to have it “'11s sent down to Pr.‘ l)‘."l‘ . n01‘: 110d. But. they are in peace; ‘gt-port at next meet liq o] Svrod fthcir reward is with i110 Lord. and Then" ivcls considerable opp suioi‘. i 5110 (rare cf them with the ltfost '1' llvsi on a"1"'u!1t of il1i-:'1't‘:1t11ei'il ‘High. 'l‘l1ev lzvc in ur hcarLs and i in lho home field as well as th" the i'(‘lll"llllJl'1lllL‘C of 1.110111 is d-Calflcxpcnsc. But the following '1‘ and bl ed. f 111117.. i‘. 111"‘. with fl1)l7l‘l\\'.ll

They . from their labors; but ' the 5.11mi J1fl‘.‘tl'll“[‘fl for a‘ 1 their woiks do loilmv llltlll. ary Dr. Gcrlilic ollcrcrl his w 1 11 ere accepted. Tli REVIEW OI‘ ’l"ll.'~i PAIIISII 0F c i1. 10d to his separation \',

NEW LONDON

1 took place October 20. I845, ‘l. ‘ ‘ as has already been said. from th was also; little eommunztv thcrc went fo .cr for the 1 the first Canadian mis onary. .. one of the most s110e0.~..\iiiE, for hi» It. 5.701113 scareoy necessary that I ‘ could say. "When I land» d on A11- ‘should spcak of your history here ‘ eytuiu there was nt a chrlstuin as a {val church. Many cf yoirnnd before I left there 1111s no‘. :1

know more about this than I do. 1 heather on the I laudf My purpose today has been t.o givcl ‘the back-zrouiitl, to call the honour] 1