,_..=.~.,-..._ m... _ ‘Ilia History oi a Methodist lilreiiit lit Prince Edward island Tracing its Roots in the Cultural, Educational and Commercial Fields of the Community. B! l. l. B. CHAPTER NINE (Continued) Wednesday evening prayer services were held once s month in the hall at Middleton and the school house at. Cheltoii. Middleton's hall, built iii 1880 was sold in December. 1946, and is now used as a residence by Keith Aiilecis. Many hallowed associations gathered round this struc- ture in ita sixty years oi public service, arid its Biblical motto. painted on l-hb Wall. “Honor the Lord With Thy Substance and Wit-h the First Beailpelque [kitted Churchl ovesvies- Grey-WWW" FIEQUARY 2g. 194.3 coiiiciden was remarltablrbecauee the birth in each ease. but a iew weeks aiter the arrival o! the iamily in Bedequo. (Jbanglng Iaoea The minister's salary was on the way up. sreduaiiy inmssine iron srso in 100s to $1,000 in 101i. church Union. i-houah still a lone way oil’, was the desire oi the Bedeque Methodists. as revealed in I plebis- cite taken in 1912 which recorded a favourable vote o! 288 to 4. Time's unrelenting hand was chattel!!! i319 Y"?! “W14 ml‘ cmiPfll-llm” council table. Mslor Wright. mast sueceesiul oi Centrevilies merch- ants, died in 100'! and A. '1‘. Wright in 1912. In the latter year, Galvin Leard and '1‘. J. ‘HUD!!! were eiinolnifli "llivml 5mm‘!!- "4 5°“ Stuart and Melvin Johnson ushers. my. Cieorlo Ayers came to Bedei-‘illl ls buster for the important years oi the First World War, and aided and abatffld bl’ hi! W1"- M" Ayers. who was beloved o! all, made important contributions to the circuit work, especially amen: the young people. During Mr. Ayers ministry. Miss Louise‘ Bchurman. later Mrs. John Stuart. bwlm! l!“ rgguhr organist, e position she was to hold ior thirty years oi faith- tiil service. Post-war advancement in the church undeinthe pastoral oversight oi Rev. George Somers could not be measured in slvlnn alone, or perhaps at all; but it is worthy oi record that the circuit rais- ed $4.424 (or the National Campaign Forward Movement iund oi the church t. this time. Twenty-live o! the subscriptions were each ior one hu dred dollars or more. Perhaps the happiest and pioudest oments among Bedeque Methodists during Mr. Somers‘ stay were tho occasions which saw Louise Callbeclvs msignation as a missionary (or Japan. and Claire Wright's acceptance as s. candidate ior.the min- istry. moneys payable to the said firm. NOTICE of Dissolution NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership lately subsist. ing between us, the undersigned Eldon Huestis and Kenneth Hueatis, carrying on business as Taxi Drivers, under the lirm _ name of "l'luestie'e Taxi" in the Town oi Summerside, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent, so far as regards the said Kenneth Huestis, who retires from the Firm. t The business in future will be carried on some name Huestie's Taxi by the said E-ldon Huestis, who will pay and discharge all debts and liabilities and receive all under the Multa o! All Thine Increase," was a percept practiced by many who there attended services. New Century Leaders The exhorters and leaders in this first year o! the new century in- cluded, John Craig, Nelson Inmzin. D. S. Wright, A. S. Wright, Wm. Callback, Lewis Truenian, D. '1‘. Loivtlicr, LBWlS Leurd, Henry Lcwther, Robert Price, Thomas Hudson. Nathaniel Pearson, Hermite Myers. Herbert Muttart, Major Lowtlier and Wm. S. Muttari. None of them Notified eloquence in preaching but all could conduct a meeting, loud a Mamie. drive home ii religious truth and pray criiemporaneoufl with considerable zeal. Enough were ready to serve =0 that no one in- .. i REV. HAMMOND JOHNSON Superintendent oi’ the Bzcleque Circuit 1910 - 1914 ,7__._. . . had been in use in 1901, it might have described what. happened the Church set-up when the three trustee boards for church. parsonage and cemetery were amalgamated into one. The inid-iveek prayer meeting was still widely attended. possibly never more so than aiithe tum oi the century. Family worship. conducted in a great many Ee- deque homes. was also perhaps at its peak at this time. The old style oi asking a blessing at the beginning oi each meal arid returning thanks at its close was giving ground in many homes to a short erase which required d the pudding no proof ‘ere combining tho thanks with the blessing. Social Evenings The mcst enjoyable evenings in the social liie ri this period were those when gathered roulid the organ the young and old bieiided their . voices in the Stclplien Foster cmssics. 0r scncs iii-t laid the sinufe homey things oi life, like The Old Oilkfiil-Bllikfil. the One F‘ _v or Bringing in the Sheaves. Sunday 531135 were found so among the great hy-"niis oi the Church but more often in the iii-arr- sprightly publications oi Moody and Sanka)’. For Sii'i:i:i_\'-ii'::lii citu ch service a fast marc and smart. buggy were not ab=o'i.2ly' necewr-v ' but in many young hearts much to b: desired and envied. C-ie ,. fri have been a rash prophet indeed to suggest that. in iwantvwiive years time on a summer sunciay morning the church yard wguld b; 11mg!" REV. NEIL lwacLiAiUCl-EAN Superintendent oi’ the Bedeque Circuit 1903 - 1900 I divid-ual was overworked. Herb Muttart, who later Joined the Salva- tion Army had moved out ta Western Canada, led nine services in e-zght months; but five appointments was the maximum ior any oi the others, including the local preachers, Drtvld Rogers and Thomas Moyse, who were expected to give a more finished address to a more formal meeting than that which the exhcrters led. Two E-pworth Lea- gues at this period, one zit Bedeque under the presidency oi Thomas Mcyse, and one at Smrletotvn presided over by Mrs. George Wright, took charge cf occasional, Sunday services at Carleton and Cape Trav- "59. in addition to supplying in Searleioixn. ' The iive Sunday schools on the charge were represented on the Quarterly Board by the superintendents-William Callback at. Bedeque: Lewis Trucman, Scsrletoitdi: Hermes Myers, Carletcii; W. s. Muttsrt, Cape Traverse; and Mrs. S. Lawihrr. Cheltcn. In June oi 1002 the Quarterly Board authorized the pastor to engage “Brother Ernest Weeks" to take his place (or two months. thus ccmmencing a happy re» lstionship between Bedeque and Mr. Weeks which time had only rtrengthcned. The new century brought llS changes; and, ii’ the word streamlined r REV. GEORGE AYERS Superintendent oi the Bededue Circuit I 1914 - 191B out with gas-buggies. yet the new century wasn't two years out- September 12, 1002-beiore Jesse A. wright wrote in his diary:- "Walter Doull brought an automobile here this p.m. I had a ride in it.“ . The next summer under the general guidance o! a new Minister. Rev. Neil MacLau-chlaii. Jeise A. Wright planned and directed the moving out. of the end oi the Church to provide an extra iiiteeii ieet ior choir and other purposes. It was nicely done under contract by MsJor Sohurman at a cost oi nearly $600. making a very pleasing chancel which was honoured with a re-opening on the iirst Sunday iii November, 1903. Jesse Wright's devotion to the Oentreville Church led to a giit oi gas lamps in the same year (1906) that he became choli- director. More important than church lights was the eiplrltilll light shining on the circuit. The oiiieial board gave its iormai thanks in June oi two to lirothci- Thomas Moyevdor his work in connection with special services during the preceding winter. Rev. George Steel. who came to the circuit in 1906, arranged with luv. Ernest Weeks ior pulpit supply the same auinnier while he al.- tended General Conierence. During m. Steel's pastorate a new con-i munion service, presented by Miss Louise Orosiby in memory oi hr, parents. Georse Oroaby and his wile. Ami Wright, w“ gratefully i-e ceived. It. replaced the old pewter set which had been given to the church by Centrevilleh early IflQfOhlfltn John Beer. This pewter set consisting oi a tankard and two cups was given by the Board to firs. A. I1‘. ‘Wright. a daughter oi theoriginai donor. The present individual communion set is the giit oi Mrs. Jessie Schurman‘ (nee Eiiaebeth cali- beclti whose granddether Wm. Wright for many years prepared the elemen‘s ior the lord's supper in the first and second churches. in the ministerial succession Rev. Hammond Johnson“ iolioweie Mr. steel in 1010. He brought to his w rl: many iiue glita o! heart and mind. combining an evangelical presentation oi the Word with a truly mega’: the tutti-cult nook. “Illa wile, the‘ Tbfllibi‘ Georgia Herri- IQFIIUIIWWF :01 the Btiieque Circuit minis‘ , at he: iztheitnfii: oigl-lfiifisswh ‘the mum‘: "ll. ' WI at the some parsonage where aha gave birth to a loo in 1010- ‘the .. ot-.. deque with no divisive action in either Methodist or Presbyterian Con- gregations: those o! loyalties and change oi membership due to QeOGW-Phlcil m"- ness which time and understanding eventually wo ior a year or two very little change was evident. North Bedcquc. and Rev. ing the transitional period. shared with their people a ieelini mil 11°31‘ ing was lost save their church's denominational name. which. like s bride's is gladly surrendered to the larger coming one. _ terian? ericari Alliances or United Churches. w body, depending on _ twice. in which case the counted could (eel nothing else but ilatterecl. In the last year oi its solely Methodist liie. beiore entering into the “.159. huylzans oi Union, Bcdeque Methodist Circuit which had been born in a rev ducted b) Mr. Foster, iiriale to its separate career. Church Union came quietly at bath Centreville and North Be- lt brought its problems oi local church government, and DATED at Summerside this l9l|l day of February i948, i-lied out. However Q Rev. D. K. Ross at P. A. FitzPatrick at Centreville, pastors dur- ~ ELDON HUESTIS KENNETH HUESTIS loyalty o! twe families be- Was Bedeque jinited still a Methodist Church? Or was it ixelsxby- i, wii . ted in world Councils. Norl- m- _--~—————'- . "_*. _”'“*“"*~ It was hon Ecumeerliiritéziqrediforhierences. Bedeque, like all other T0 UP RICE OUTPUT Ilsh BOIOIIIPS l0 F9110" 0“ Qliilflllll ouid count as either- a Methodist or Presbyterian “'3 Pmducth“ i" "l" 3m“ v - ll’ ll; or might even count FREEITOW , Sierra Lcoiio --‘ —--- who was CB. in! lite ro (CP)_ prosaic“ for gmwlrrg motel NEW YORK, Feb. 22 _ iAp)__ rice in West Africa are belns m- Allie Reynolds. New York Yarilirs ve5¢|ggted_ WM, Clark, former iig- pitcher who refused an earlier or. i-iculturzil director for Beiigat iiiiii fer, sigiieil today for a salary rs- 1TH. Hutchinson, roiimei- chief lr- varied in excess of $20,000. iii-y- rigatlon engineer for the United iiolds last year iron l0 LZPIJlCs aiiil Provinces oi India, are in ilig Brit- lost eight. i _.__....___._____. ___.__-_-_-—-————~-—~~ ival experienced another under the special service con~ the Farmer Evangelist. irom Maine; a iitting do YOU go ' to ilie Garbage , lor Grace i is‘? Your answer is no: But it’s YES, for millions, in dozens (To Be Continuedl of ruined lands. l \ In war-torn countries everywhere, millions of chil- dren pry into garbage pails for food to eat. Starving. ragged, ill, with no schools, no school equipment, these children are citizens of this world, in which they should _ be fut-ure leaders, teachers, workers. ' They must be fed and clothed and educated. The Canadian Appeal for Children is a campaign sponsored by National Organizations ‘throughout Canada. It ' must raise a minimum of $10,000,000. Canada has pledged that amount as her sharein a world-widecffort. ', YOUR help is needed. Here is your opportunity to do something very real to save humanity and the world in which YOUR children will have to live. You may not be canvassed; but any Canadian BANK will accept your contribution. Surely you will help." 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