History Of Presbyterianism On Prince Edward Island

Author : Samuel C. Nash
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656156542
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Historical Sketch of Zion Presbyterian Church written by Samuel C. Nash and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Sketch of Zion Presbyterian Church: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island From Its Erection to February, 1908 Murray's Hall, and undertook to cover the expenses of' the site and foundation. One of the master builders of that day (heartz Brothers) was their contractor. The superstructure was in the charge, and mostly at the cost, of the Presbytery of Pictou and the body financially known as the Hunter Fund, of Halifax. The contractors were the brothers David and William Fraser, of Pictou, Nova Scotia, and Mr. Murray. The frame of the wooden building was hewn out of the Nova Scotia forests there it was put in frame, then taken apart, carefully marked and numbered, shipped over to Charlotte town, and raised up on the prepared foundation. The building was finished and ready for the pews about the year 1860 or thereabouts. Benches were used for seating accommodation until the congregation was in a position to pay for the placing of the pews (which remain the same) as well as other inside finishings. In addition to the numerically weak state of the worshippers, the already established churches - Free and Kirk gathering in city and country, Presbyterians, lessened the new Church's chances. But the seed sown in Zion continued to grow, and now the increase is there many hundred-fold. Zion Church flourished from the very beginning, through fire, death and desertion, until it stands to-day a power for good and against evil. In these early years the pulpit was occupied for the first service by Rev. Robert Laird, afterwards by Rev. Mr. Mcgillivray, for about six months; both of these clergymen are living at this writing. Various other ministers succeeded, until a call was extended to, and accepted by, Rev. Alexander Falconer, then a young man, who became the first regular pastor in 1862. Mr. Falconer is now a Doctor of Divinity, and is still living and settled in Pictou, Nova Scotia, after forty-six years of active service at home and abroad. He conducted the spiritual affairs of the congregation until its union with the Free Church in 1870, when he sent in his demission; the union seeming to be' the result rather than. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.