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Tlio Nistory oI a Methodist Iiiroalt Ia Prim Edward Island

Tracing its Roots "in the Cultural, Educational and Commercial Fields of the Community.

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CHAPTER NINE (Continued)

At the Last service held in the old church in the spring of 1867. Rev.

c .mm,, viewing his congregation from the hlsah P1119"; 101' m8 l ‘m... preached iroui the mt, “Now that which docayeth lild 15-“ th old is ready to vanish away." Hebrew-s 8:18. in a sermon. which ‘£12 doubtless challenging his congregation to build a~iine new house ‘ Sh“, seem; iroin the Scripture text to have been also an aipoloiy d “or inoval of the old. The third and present church was built {amiss}; eight months oi i887 with considerable deeputoh and with- ll

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.. ,olmmaoca.llumasocdrrcebvterls.nirvmlower uni‘; ill-ear on how to s... thirty-eight hundred Method: M Minis build finish and pew a church, so x s1. wiin a vestfy- 80 X m dod “in {reasonable pralit. One brilliantly conceived short- ‘41 and money-saver was the erection inside the tower oi the coin ‘m- m then hoisted into its place seventy-eight feet from the ground. Th“ Elven... as remembered by Wm. '1‘. Bowness, was accomplish- 1min u, muehh-ope and tackle as would rig s. shipl Oi the carpen- ld w» worked on the church only one. “m” Guy HOW 0! 118F111!- ms “huh lived to seo its 60th anniversary. He had the pleasure oi “m; ‘lltalll $47 irom J Harrison MacFarlane, one oi the present elders a v s ' g m, church. . nmuimrisereeersawdvbervls ' m‘ r§",,‘j.,Z§,‘§'f.§‘ finaQt from those In the old. They were long. ' ush ushi ns showing to advantage and {flenddsaasllrildartildeewglhlillt mo?» oi cwhicgi they were made. The ISA-ll” men“ u! pulpit table and chairs. costing seventy dollars. chancel lug-h‘ ‘u: o’ H A. Ompwnl A new Bu‘ mm one with“, u‘ nommh w notes!) was on the will?" 1°!’ u" m“ um‘ h“ mung mu. William G. Strong. n. tool: precedence ever Jamil w w’: 13cc gift which went to the veetry tor fiundly 5¢l1°°1 "l9- Oohixuniufln‘ u” Mom" gm. at this time was a set oi collection ‘misc: irom wellington Burns oi summerslde. i

services o1 the new Church en

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mu, wyight presiding at the new orrsn. mic the Iii » _ .- al, hu tn tor Rev. r. c. 'l.‘ume..

m“ m £0: '1, nnzvplacbeuéligritoi? oi, Ctizrmtdwn and RW- 6‘- W- m?“ :1 ovum; marched impressively i111 U" 1181* T“ “"1"” ' to tn

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m... Second Chronicles. twenty-moth dilator I 5* w“ ‘which by e strange eo-incidenca, showed a. similar dly I114 “ti. ior the dedication or Coleman's rsmrlv ‘WW "i" m" ‘m 31".... clay or the first month to sanctity. and on the tiiihih d‘? °' .. 1m- month came they to the porch oi the Lord. _

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-- bowie.” <9"- Th. m‘. mam,‘ aggregation o! iive hundred ch h m: the ieas moi-m ornamented I "m" '1" “mm ‘h’ “w, a mm to overnowiaz. were in their place! sssin for the an service Many oi them were tron-i other Prince County “W?” ' tim pert wsherhlchlnrgallilnbethirt $.53 oiethe new church meant slatflnk z n tebl homes in nedeqiio- The m" servim was ogrpiayenawith Roy. C. W. ‘Hamilton Preach‘; chm _ :2, Aipproprate anhems I m‘ holiiiicllidelfilnsafiayer ifieth: Sziellraefiiricere Desire." At the evening "m"! u. ‘tor oi First Methodist Church. Chariot-WWW“. m“ 1411341112»: irom a text iound in the second chapter oi Daniel. iariy-iourth aha sorry-filth W!“ _ , , m ‘m tended th dedloatory lf-Tvlb“ Uuignlremenber’ ‘I t“ “algal-hm 3131c?‘ ln 1818 ‘when the first church had m. o ned Orie oi these Mrs. Nathaniel wi-ishi- o! Kori-h BM"- hiowhpilsmillsi-ly to the community as Aunt Nancy, mu speciilcalilyuas air u...” whom. imisgfiogiz eigerjlifi-"é-llzwénd he: fifi§',f'§f,1“§$§.. u? nedeque in 85th year. and Jesse Wrlih‘; lt-memm in his sou. yearQftamdhzlmgbfilfibzglzkvlggnalfinzlwgf"“tar rum,‘ obs‘ mm, ximsdihr. first Methodist services had been held. Job Igrlgeilitaoi Middleton and Frances Wriihl». Wm W Wlmm“ schummn‘ were ihe_ only ones oi the Stephen Wriaht 1:?!’ WW2; five 215:3 house oi worship. Nathaniel Hueetiii. in l!!! 95 Y9" n‘ ~ ~01 g, go’ pygbgbly brought. the only adult memories oi the begin ngs Memmmm M, m, Qpgnjn‘ oi the third church.

Bedgqug Methodist; were never very l much interested itn their history. Believing that llie is a. one way street. thty W"? P181119 cm‘

when with what lay ahead on the Hish Wiiv rather then thliikiiis vi /

a past they could not retravel. They mieht net asree wit-h Wliuwii miurchlll that “the longer you can look back the further you can look for-ward." but wen the least hlstorically-lM-linld Wifld Mllnli. from I briei study oif Bedeque Church annals, that history hes imWPl-"W 1"" sons for the open mind. One oi these lessons, self-evident. thouih oitcn overlooked. is the relative unimportance oi church buildings which nil church histories, including this one, seem to delight in telling about. y Fruitful Years

‘rue important thing during Mr. Turner's three W" Pill-mt!» (1866-1889), was not the building oi a new church. It was rather the "additig to the church oi such as should be saved." The church is nevrr u building apart iroin believers, and Mr. Turner was instru- mental, by the Spirit's guidance and the powerful working of a re- rzvnl throughout the whole circuit. in bringing nearly a hundred mruibers into the body oi Olirist. Nearly s hal.i were ircnn Centreville Church, and while a few were teen-aged most were oi the age class which sixty years later would be called "young odiult.”

who can mess/tire the velue to a chumh of a new Membership which included three irom the Black family. Wm- Ciillbwk- Coll" c1118- Mri. John Davidson, Mrs. Fred Davidson, three daughters oi the Nel- seu lumen iamlly, w. Artemas beard and four daughters, ‘rhomsa 34°F“. Ellis Moyse, Mrs. Wes. Newson, three oi the Vlckerson iam- lly. live Wrights and many others who cerne into fellowship at Cenireville at this time, and for many years gave, and in a iew in- stances continue on earth to give. their. best in the service oi the

Master? 1n Searletown also the newly acquired membership oi this ,

Dliiod Was to provide leadership material for meny were With will!

names as Trueman, Lowther, i-luestls, Wright, beard. Block. Myer! mil '

We"! occurring frequently in the list oi new cornmun‘ his.

The new mgmbgrg wore goon_glven responsible" offices in the rliurch. Rev. Wm. Harrison, .who succeeded. Mr." ‘mint! l-ii P159"

in 1889, nominated "Bro. Wm. Callback and BrmOharles B. Wright" in "

18W as members d the board oi. trustees to which they were daily elected. In 1802 new cemetery trustees including Thoniss Moyse. Alli- '°" Hoover. Albert Bell. a. M. Wright. Colin wrisht. W. A. Loud. A- '1‘- wfllhl- and Robert Price were appointed. In the same year the rea- ianation oi Mei-ice Wrightss chspei sioward brousht to that Office William Callbcck who was to iill the position in the faithful manner ‘Wllired oi stewards for fdity years. Additional prayer leaders ap- Iointed on the circuit at this time included:-

Scarletown-Jbewis Truemen.

Menus-wanna: Callbeok. _ .

Oarleton—David T. Lowther, Henry lowther, lowis Lend. , South shore-Robert Price, William wright, Nethaniel Pserson.

Th! licenaiiil’ o! Thomas Moyse as a local preacher on trial by the

Him-wily Meetine o! nseeaibor l6. ion, marked‘ the oflicial beginnin: '

f“; liiy-vreachinl career unequalled for persuasive power and iar- ln ltliis results in the annals oi Bedeque Church. ‘nae Joy oi bring- “? hers to Christ has been the keynote oi a; devoted liie which lies ‘eulfgllfi-esion in many other ways, but which counted personal evan- ml t "Ll-he most satisfying oi Mia's achievements. m. Mama's mov- mufiilwwir. before Presbytery in october ma, to the delight in ‘wkiiglthe Masters work. sometimes thought cl as the usinistsr‘: i». isrlzis" t’. i": ‘a hi"; ' . e . wee ua ua n ac m“ “"3" Mo: were coaauotaeon other

. . oi the circuit none l? "m" in lower neaequa cemetery. sfministerial term also

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siunod responsibility (or payment oi the lut $362. Major Wright and Colin Wright were the merchants and postmaster: at this time at Oentreville and Central Bedeque, respectively.

The Bedeque Methodists were but little ahead oi their older con- temporary. the Bedcquc Presbyterian congregation, who in 189i erected what was also their third house oi God. Built by Thomas Beatty and dedicated the same year, it was a fine oxannple oi rural architecture. But as s flue house doesn't necessarily mean a. iine home, so the real glgry oi the Presbyterian congregation was not in s building but In the body oi believers who came every Lordis Day irons the east and from the ivcst, from the north and irom the south; ior many oi them a six to tei mile (lrivc, uith a ialthiillriess pleasing to preachers and astounding to strangers.

The iower-Bedequers who came to dour-oh in the winter-time over the ice could not help but ieel how convenient it would be to come aver the waiter in the summer. Shortly alter the building oi the third church a. movement got iuider way which, in 1893, resulted in a. petition signed by iour hunch-oil people asking the government to build a. bridge and abolteau ironi i-loivatvs Shore to Murray's Island, claiming that from eight hundred to a thousand acres oi marsh land could be rs- clnimed. The dream never materialist-d though the agitation kept up for a number of years.

New Church Dedicated

The new church was dedicated during the ministry oi Rev. W. Tufts, the third pastor st North Bedeque. Rev. R. S. Patterson had completed his long unbroken ‘ministry oi iILfty-slx years in 1882, when death called for the seemingly tireless servant, who, as preacher, ferm- er, schoolmaster, iaivycr and even sometimes, physician, gave to his flock the fatherly care and example which only the word pastor in all its richest meaning could encompass. A generous man, tithing in his early years. and. double-tithing (one-fifth) in later liie. Mr. Patterson still managed to leave, as a monument to his industry, a. sizeaibls estoio st his death. His suvscessor in the North Bedeque pulpit, Rev. W. Scott, stayed but four years, being the immediato predecessor oi Mr. Tuiits who demitied the charge in 1892.

M. Central Beclcque, the Baptists, not. feeling the need o! dils- carding the ancient land-mark, still clung to their old meeting-house. Hovrever in 1894. under the guidance oi Rev. W. H. Warren, the church was made to look like new by the addition oi tower and vestry and a thorough renovation in furnishings and interior decoration. The con- gregation meanwhile used the Methodist church for Sunday aiternoori services. The miid-iveek prayer service has no early mention in Metho- dist records. being possibly first introduced into the community by_ the Baptist brethren, who in 1854 in their Bedcque record book. asked that Wednesday evening prayer meetings should be held "irom house L: house, at seven o'clock in the summer and early candle light. in iviriter."

i To Be Continued)

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-—'I'll9 Y. P. S. a! the Summer- alde Church oi Christ held its ‘Weekly meeting on Tuesday even- ing in the church hall with Miss Marie Dekker in charge o! the Worship period and Mr. Leigh Unlrletter presiding during the business session. Plans were made for an Easter play entitled. "The first Easier", After an interesting Bible Quiz, conducted by the Min- ma, on the hills and mountains oi the Holy Land, games were playeot-S.

—-The "Gulding- Light" C. G. I. T. oi Bummeraide Trinity chum-i held its weekly meeting In Dpworth 1-1511 on Tuesday evening. Gloria Wood- side presided during the devotional Period and was assisted by Mrs. William Heckbert, who read the BCflDture lesson. The {ourih Chapter oi the study Book “Under the T6399" was discussed by Mrs, R. B. Dewar. Reby Best was in the chair during the business session, the to the absence 0i the presidfi Esther MacKay. who is a patient In Prince County Hospital. Arrange- ments were made for affiliation with the senior w. M. s. on the first Tile-ides’ in March. also to. the “Pow Wow" and initiation on the 911-118 dill’. Plans were discussed

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—’l‘he Bummer-side A. Y. P, A. held its regular meeting in St. Mary's Hall on Tuesday evening with Miss Helen Mills presiding. The Misses shiriey (Jules and Frances Lock were appointed to the Members ip Committee. Ar- mangements were made to hold a" Rummage Bale in the hall on Sat- urday afternoon, February 28. De- tailed plans were made whereby the members will take over the church services on February 29 in st. Eleanors in the afternoon 3nd in Sunmerside ln the evening. The first chapter 0i Study Book Ntm- ber One was begun and an inter- esting discussion was led by Mr, David Cornish. After the meeting adjourned the members worked gt

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Friends and relatives in Prince Edward Island will regret to learn oi the death on Sunday. February, 8th. oi Dr, N. W. Leurd, Si‘. at. his home in Jersey City, N. J. Born in ‘Pryon. January l5. i033. Norman Wright [card was the iourih son oi the late John N. and Frances Jane Leard and was in his 56th year. An older brother, Mr, Wm. E. ‘Lcurd oi’ Beatty, Sask. who re- cently celebrated liis birthday is the last surviving mem- ber oi this iaanll}.

N. W. Leard was educated 1t Prince oi Wales College then taught for a number of years at Port Hill before going on to the University of Pennsylvania Dental School where he graduated in 1890. His dental practice was in Jersey City where he lived for the last. fifty-eight years.

Fri-deceased by his wife iiii- into Ruili Ami Waiiiiigiun, lig leaves his sun, Dr. Norman W. Leard, Jr. oi Upper Montclalr. N. J. and two daughters, the Misses Ruth I. and Mary G. of Jersey City, and three grandchildren. Mr, J. R. 14mm or ibis city is a nephew oi the de- ceased.

Funeral ‘services were held on Wednesday February 11th., with Rev. A. Boylan Fitzgerald olficiat- ing and with members oi Bergen Lodge oi the Free Masons in at- tvndflnce- Dr- Lcard, a 33rd. degree mason. vras a prominent [internal figure ln Jersey City,

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