. Nt , I "; I r I HDMID. I -0 -'0 ) n TRCS) 5hJ r 'l': 1l.:35q.._R51 Cop. q. \_\ 1<7 . ,# I J l'ft,. '1 . J"=- J Il ', IIITEGRITY . -- INDUSTRY IIITllLlGENtE. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY. Reference Departm ent. THIS BOOK MUST NOT BE. TAKE.N OUT OF THE ROOM. nt:"c 8 1933 ROBERTSON'S LANDMARKSOFToRONTO A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE OLD TOWN OF YORK from 1792 until 1837 AND OF Toronto from 1834 to 19 0 4 ALSO Nearly Three Hundred Engravings of the Churches of Toronto Embracing the Picture of Every hurch Obtainable from 1800-1904. FOURTH SERIES-COMPLETE. REPUBLlf,HED FROM THE TORONTO "EVENING TELEGRAM." TORONTO: J. ROSS ROBERTSON. 1904. J:Dto.!red aoeordin&, to the Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year on" tboURa.Oa hundred a.nd tour, by J. Ross ROBERTSON, at the Department of AgriC1llt!lre. Ottawa. 'b DEC 8 1933 PREF ACE. This s the fourth volume or senes of "The lAmdmarkø of Toronto.. which I have issued. The sketches hare all appeared as with former volump- , in the columns of The Toronto Evening Tel , and the Inter- est awakened by the reading of the history c: an important feature in civic Ufe-that of the history of the churches, Induces me to continue the issa.e of the Ludrnarks in this forn1. The three precooing volumes 8l'e nearly out of print, the first volume absolutely. The merit of. the first volume is testified to by the fact t.J.at although issued at $2 a volume It Is now $6, and very difficult to obta.in. No book of its kind in Canada has commandOO. more attention than the volumes which record the lüe and hIstory of the capital c ty of Ontario from 1792-1903, and the fact that at tills date It NOuld iJe impossible to get togetter the information and engravings which embellish the first volume, makes the earlier volumes all th-e more interesting. 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Their valu 3 may be shown in the fact that two sets of the three volumes. extra illustrated, have been SOL... by a bookseller, one to Lhe Public Library in Toronto, :wd another set to a private collector for $150 for each set. Copies of this volume may be had by sending $2 to The Evening Tele- gram Office, Toronto. Volumes II. and IlL may also be obtained. Oooasion- aJ.ly a copy of Volume I. is offered for sale, but at the increased price of $6, and where collectors desire that volume it may be possible, scarce as It 1B. to obtain it. Of this, the fourth volume, only a limited Dumber have been i and. as it will not be reprinted, those who desire a copy should subscribe as BOOD af er its issue as possible. The engravings in aU the volum s are copyright, and cannot be n- publishoo in any other form except by permission. Every effort has been made to make the historT of the churches c0m- plete, and it is expected that every church and very member wil1 sub- scribe for at least one copy. Eaeh volume has a complete Inð...A, nM only of the subject matter but of tho f11 n c:!tr",tj"n<:_ Tlr1 t}Jp E>-; volume ñlrnishes to the people of To- ronto a un!qm conection l chtl1"c'h 'history that must interest all who are Interested in local clmrch history and its work in this ity during the mor than century of years that have rolled by since the old Town of YOI1!:: was f01J1lded. J. ROSS ROBERTSO _ LANDMARKS OF TORONTO. CONTENTS_ CHAPTER I. Introrluctory Remarks-Their Or- igin and Growth-Their Minis- isters, Officials and Leading Memb"t>rs, with Other Particu- Jars ." '.. ... '" ... ..... CRA P'rER II. Trinity - An Historic Church -Full of Years and Honours CHA PTER III. St. Gf"or e's-The First West End An lkan Parish-Some Not- ablp Parishion"'"s '" ... ... CHAPTER IV. Sr. Paul's-The Olfl-time York- viJIe Place of Worship-The Grammar School '" ." .... CHA PTER V. Holy Trinity-The First Free and Open Chur"h in Toronto - A Gift from England ... ... .. CHAPTER VI. t. Ftpphpn' The First Church In the CHv West of Spadina Ave- nne-Its Founder ... ... ... CHAPTER VII. St. .John's-Thoe OJd Military rtnlr ;l-Its History and De- velopmpnt '" '" ... ... ... CHAPTER VIII. Cemetpry Chapel-The Predeces- sor of the prpsent St. Peter's, How the Work was Extended 33 CHAPTER IX. St. Pptpr'R-The Origin of the C'hnr('h-Who Originated the BuiJcling-The First Memb'ers CHAPTER X. CbttTC'h of the Redeemf"r-Thp sec- on(l YorkvlJJe Church-Those Who Runt It-A Long Pastor- ate... .. .... .. ....... CHAPTER XI. at. Lu)re's-The First Frame Church and Its Succes80r-A Proeperous Work... ... ... 40 CHAPTER xn. PAn A11 Saint.8'-An Offshoot from 8t. Luke's and Holy TrinIty-A Large Congregation '" ... .. 46 1 CHAPTER XIII. St. Andrew's-The summer ehureh on the Island-Its Ministers 11 CHAPTER XIV. 2 St. Bartholomew's-An Eaet Ene.! Rectory In a Qufoet Neighbour- hood ... ". ... ... ... .... IS CHAPTER XV. Church of the Ascensfon-A Down- town Parish In Memory of Canon BaJdwln .., '.. 10 CHAPTER XVI. St. Matthias-A Typical ßlgh Church Service antI Con ega- tlon '" ... .., ... ... .... a 16 CHAPTER XVII. I St. Thomas-A Prosperous CongTe- gatfon Fonned from Sma]] .Be- 24/ ginnin :prn iVrii.' .... 6S Grace - A Church Fonned from Holy Trinity Congregation.. 15 CHAPTER XIX. 29 St. PhiUp's-A West End Parish with a Pleasln Rpf'nrcl .. CHAPTER XX. St. Mary Magdalene-A Hearty Service and Rltual-A WeIT- worked Parish ... ... ... ... 11 CHAPTER XXI. St. Mary tb-e Virgln-A North-weøt 36/ . . r . Y. . g .I 83 CHAPTER XXII. St. AJban's Cathedral-The Cath- edral Church of the Diocese f!t. Toronto ... ... ... ... ... .. 84 CHAPTER XXIII. Trinity College-The handeomll University Chapel and læ m - tory ... '" ... ... ... .... 88 6 PAGB 57 76 4 Ti CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXIV. PAG.I CHAPTER XXXIX. PAO. 8t. A!lne's and St. Olave's-The ! Christ Church, Deer Park - A FI st Brockto!l Place of Wor- I Pretty Suburban Church with ShIP for AnglIc8JJft ... ... .. 88 I Many Earnest Workers. .. .. 117 CHAPTER XXV. I CHAPTER XL Church of the Messiah-An Archi- Tent Church - The Summer tectural Gem in the Northern I Church Where Gathers a Con- Suburbs ... '" '.. .'. .... 91 I gregaUon of AU Denomina- CHAPTER XXVI. tions ... ... ... ... ... ..... 111 St.. Cyprian'g-A Small Chureh I CHAPTER XLI. with an Excellent Record ... 92 St. Augustine-A BuiJding Which CHAPTER XXVll. I was nearly lost to the mem- st. Mark's, .Parkdale-An Ener- bers of the Anglican body, 119. 601 eUc Rector and a Very Large CHAPTER XLII Congregation ... ... ... .... 9-' The Presbyterian Churche -Pre- CHAPTER XXVIll. I fatory Remarks - The First 8l Sfmon's-An Edifice in' the Toronto Presbyterians and North-eaBt Part of the City Their Places of Worship- with a Pleasing History ..... 9G I Growth of Presbyterianism .. no CHAPTER XXIX. CHAPTER XLIII. St. Barnabas-The Anglican PI St. Andrew's. King Street West- of Worship Built on the Old The First Toronto Presbyter- Givens ProP'ertv ... ". ..... 99 I Ian Church - Its Minisrers CHAPTER. XXX. from the Beginning-Some In- Church of the Epiphany-An Oft- I cidents of Striking Interest.. nl shoot from St. Mark's with an CHAPTER XLIV. Excellent Record ... '" .... 101 I Knox Church-A Church with an CHAPTER. XXXI. I Unprecedented Record in a St Matthew's-An East End Par- I Busy Part of.the City... ... 214 ish with a Very Handsome I CHAPTER XLV. Edifice '" ... ... .. _ ... ... 103 1 Duch'ess Street Mission-Useful CHAPTER XXXII. Organization in a Poor and B1. Martin's-The Church Known Populous District ... ... ... 223 as "St. Martin's-in-the-Fields" 105 : CHAPTER XLVI. CHAPTER XXXIII. I , Old St. Andrew.s Chnrch-A Pres- at. Margaret's-A Hearty Service, byterian Congregation with a with an Energetic Rector and Long and Pro rf'Ssivf' Record 225 United PeoDle ... '" ... ... 106 CHAPTER XLVII. CHAPTER XXXIV. I Cooke's Church-One of the Prin- St. Clement's-The Only Anglican cipal Organizations in the Church In the Extreme East Presbyterian Denomination ., 233 End of th'e City .., ... .... 107 CHAPTER XL VIII. CHAPTER XXXV. LeslieviHe Church-The First St. John's, Norway-A Pretty I Presbytf'rian Place of Worship Country Church. with its Off- I East of thf' Don ... ... .... 231 ehoot at Chester ... ... ..... 110 CHAPTER XLIX. CHAPTER XXXVI. I St. James' Presbyterian-Largl"' 8t. Mark's, Toronto Junction-The and Influential Congregation- First Anglican Church Built In Excellent Work Accomplished 23t That Part of York Township.. 113 1 CHAPTER L. CHAPTER XXXVII. St. John's-United and Large Con- St. John's, Toronto Junction-On gregation with a Pleasing Re- the Old Humber Plains With- I cord. .. ... ... ." .,. ..... 24. in sig-ht of th-e Lake ... ... 115 1 CHAPTER LI. CHAPTER XXXVIIT. Charles Street Presbyterfan-A St. mement's, Eglinton-A Pretty I Prosperous Place of Worship North Toronto Church Con. on Charles Street, now Re- nected with York :\'IiUs ... .. 116 moved to Bloor Street East.. 241 CONTENTS. vii CHAPTER LII. PAG. CHAPTER LXIV. PAG. I2rskfne Presbyterian-Large and St. Paul's Presbyterian-A Flour- Handl50me Church Wh iShing Congregation which at Many Useful Men HaTe Minis- First Worshipped in a Carpen- tered ... ." ... ... ... ... m t-er's Shop ... ". ... ... .. .185 CHAPTER LID. CHAPTER LXV. Central Presbyterian-o e a Su- Bonar Presbyterian-A Band of burban Church. now in the I Enthusiastic Workers Make Midst of the City, has a s- Continued and Substantial ing History ... ... ... ..... 258 Progress ... ... ... ... .... 181 CHAPTER LIV. I CHAPTER LXVI. Conege Street Presbyterian - A . . Prosperous and United Con- West resbytenan Flrst P - gregation with a Record for I terlan Church In West End-- Useful Work ... ... ... ... 263 Mission Work Progress ..... 231 CHAPTER LV. I CHAPTER LXVII. Reformro Presbyterian-Faithful Church of the Covenant-A North to Old Traditions and Ideals- End Congregation Whieh bas Neither Organ or Hymn Book 266 Surmounted Many Difticultleø 290 CHAPTER LVI. CHAPTER LXVIII. Parkrtale Presbyterian-A West Cowan Ave. Presbyterian-Park- End Church-Its Inception, De- dale Presbyterians Who Haft velopment and Progress .... 268 Done Earnest and ExceIleDt CHAPTER LVII. Work ... ... ... ... ... .. 291 Independent Presbyterian-Earn- CHAPTER LXIX. est Band of Workers Who Or- Deer Park Presbyterian-A Pretty ganized a Church Outside of Church Which was Long Ago GeIl'eral Body ... ... ... .... !72 a Mission Sunday School .... 293 CHAPTER LVIII. CHAPTER LXX. Bloor Street Presbyterlan-Hand- East Presbyterian-Now KnoW'll some Church and Large Con- as St. Giles'-Formerly a MIø- greg-ation in North-west Part sion Originating in the "S1x- of City ... ... ... ... ... .. 273 ties" . .. ... ... ... ... .... !94 CHAPTER LIX. CHAPTER LXXI. St. Enoch's Presbyterian-An East South Side Presbyterian-A COD- End Church with Peopl-e and gregation Originally Organ- Pastor Always in Unison.... !76 ired Under Very Great Dim- CHAPTER LX. cuUies ". ... ... ... .'. .. sot Chalmers' Presbyterian-A Flour- CHAPTER LXXII. ishing West End Con grega- St. Andrew's Institute--A Social tion in a Suburban Netghbour- and Religious Influence Exer- hood ... ... ... ... ... .... 278 I clsed Wisely for Many Year'B 300 CHAPTER LXI. CHAPTER LXXIII. St. Mark's Presbyterian - A York Presbyterian:-A Suburban Church Where in 1860 the Church which has Accomplish- "Wild Flowers O'er the 3ð Plain" Grew and Flourished.. 280 ed Much Useful Work ... ... 3 CHAPTER LXII. CHAPTER LXXIV. Fern Avenue Presbyterian-uSlow St. Michael's Cathedral-The Cath- but Sure"-A Small Church, edral Church of Toronto DiOo but a Congregation Filling cese--Its Hierarchy and its Every Seat ... _.. ... ... .. 283 Clergy ... .. - .. . .. ... .. 308 CHAPTER LXIII. CHAPTER LXXV. Dovercourt Road Presbyterian-A St. Paul's Roman Catholic-The Sman Congregation from First Roman Catholic Church Which "t;'vceUent Results Are Erected in the City-Some of Obtained ... ... ... ... .... 284 its Notable Rectors ... ..... 315 viü CONTENTS. CHAPTER LXXVI. FAG. I CHAPTER LXXXVIII. PA(D St. Mary's, Rom n Catholic-The Carlton Street Methodist-Large Earliest West End Place of and Flourishing Congregation Worship Erected by the Ro- with a good record... ... .. 357 man Catholics ... ... ... .. 320 CHAPTER LXXXIX. CHAPTER LXXVII. Berkeley Street Methodist-The St. Baeil's, Roman Catholic-Fam- Old Place of Worship for East ous for its Educational as well End Methodists ... ... .... 361 as Parochial Work... ... .. 323 CHAPTER XC. CHAPTER LXXVIII, Sherbourne Street Methodist- Our Lady of Lourdes-The The Handsomest Church in Church of the Archiepiscopal Central Toronto... ... ..... 363 Palace in the North-east of CHAPTER XCI. the City ... ... ... ... ..... 328 Bathurst Street Methodist-Marks CHAPTER LXXIX. Expansion of Toronto's St. H len's, Roman Catholic-- Methodist Churches ... .... 364 Once the Parish Church of CHAPTER XCII. the Suburb of Brockton ..... 333 Agnes Street Methodist-Story of CHAPTER LXXX. I it Origin, its Founder and St. Patrick's, Roman Catholic - I FIrst Pastor ... ... ... ... 3Ga FJourishing West End Congre- I CHAPTER XCIII. gation in ChargE> of Redempt- Queen Street Methodist-A con- orIst Fathers ... ... ... ... 335 gregation worshipping in the CHAPTER LXXXI. Vicinity since the UThirties" 370 St. Peter's and St. Cecilia's-Off-! CHAPTER XCIV. shoots respectively from St. I ' Yonge Street Methodist - The Mary's and St. Helen's Par- Most Northerly Methodist lshes ... ... ... ... ... ... 338: Church in the City ... ... .. 371 CHAPTER LXXXII. I CHAPTER XCV. Church of the Sacred Heart-The I St. Paul's Methodist-A Handsome Only French Congregation in i Strudure, with a Large Con- To onto-Formerly a Presby- I gregation ... ... ... ... ... 371 terian Church ... ... ... ... 339 CHAPTER XCVI. CHAPTER LXXXIII. i Dunn Ave. Methodist-The Hand- St. JOS'eph's, LeslieviUe--Where I somest Ecclesiastical Struc- Earnest Work has Accom- i ture in the West End... ... 371 pUshed Splendid Results .... 340, CHAPTER XCVII. CHAPTER LXXXIV. : ParUament Street Methodist-A The Methodist Body-A brief re- Pioneer Church in the Relig- sume of the Rise and Progress lous Life of the East End. .. 379 of That Denomination in Tor- CHAPTER XCVIII. onto ." ... ... ... ... .... 342 Broadway Tabernacle--An Impos- Richmond Street Methodist-The ! ing Bunding Where Once "Cathedral of Methodism" in I Stood the Military "Block- Ontario-Its Earlier Pastors. 342 I house" ... '.' ... ... ... .. 384 CHAPTER LXXXV. ! CHAPTER XCIX. The MetropoUtan-Church with i Centennial Methodist-A North an Eventful History of Nearly I End Church Doing Quiet but a Century '.' ... ... ... .. 348 Effective Work .., ... ..... 387 CHAPTER LXXXVI. I CHAPTER C. Central Methodist-First Metho- I Wood green Methodist - Named dist Church in Northern Por- After Two Wen-known Metho- tion of Toronto ... ... ..... 350 I . di8t Ministers ... ... ... ... 38'1 CHAPTER LXXXVII. CHAPTER CI. E]m Street Methodist-Prosperous : Perth Avenu'e Methodist-A Small Church in One of the Poorer Church Which has had Many City Districts ... ... ... ... 353 Difficulties ... ... ... ... .. 389 COXTE TS. ix CHAPTER CII. PM;]'; CHAPTER CXVI. PAGE C1inton Street lVIethodist-A Con- West Toronto Methodist-A Hand- gregaUon Which has from the some Church Where Once First been Progressive .., .. 390 were Brickfields ... ... .... 411 CHAPTER CIII. CHAPTER CXVIl. Wesley Church, Dundas Slreet- Davhwille Methodist-Semi-rural Built on Land Which in 1860 Church in the Northern Sub- was used for an Orchard ... 392 urbs ... ... ... ... ... .... 412 CHAPTER CIV. CHAPTER CXVIIl. St. Clarens Avenue Methodist- Hope Methodist, Little York- The First Methodist Church Handsome Church in the Ran- in the Old Brockton Suburb.. 394 way Suburb ... ... ... .... 415 CHAPTER CV. CHAPTER CXIX. Euclid Avenue Methodist-An Off- Eglinton :\-lethodist--once a Conn- shoot from Que'en St. \Ves' try, now a Suburban Congre- Congregation ... ... ... ... 395 gation ... ... ... ... ... .. 41T CHAPTER CVI. CHAPTER CXX. Epworth Methodist-A Small Un- St. Alban's, Methodist-The Old pretentióm; Building-An Off- Parkda!e Mis.sion-Some Suc- shoot from Bathurst Street.. 397 cessful \Vork ... ... ... ... 418 CHAPTER CVII. CHAPTER CXXI. Gerrard Street Methodist - Situ- Davenport Mehodist-A Sw.burban ated in the Midst of a Work- Place of Worship Founded in the "Forties" ... ... ... .... 4:20 men's District ... ... ..... 398 CHAPTER CXXIl. CHAPTER CVIII. Free l\l'ethodist-Independent Con- Queen Street Methodist-An Old , gregation 'Vorking on Metho- Suburban Church Around · I dist Principles ... ... ..... 4:20 Which are many Memories.. 400 CHAPTER CXXIII. CHAPTER CIX. The Bautist Body-History of the Westmoreland Moethodist-Result Ris and Progress of That De- of Perseverance in Church nomination of 'Christians in Work and Extension ... ... 401 the City. .. .. .... ." ... .. 422 CHAPTER CX. Jarvis St. Baptist-A Most Feeble Simpson Avenue M-ethodist - An CongreJ!ation in 1829. CrowD- Offshoot of Woodgreen and ed with Success in Later Queen East Congregations .. 402! Years ... .,. ... '" ... ... 422 CHAPTER CXI. I CHAPTER CXXIV. Trinity Methodist-The Handsom- . Bloor St. Baptist-Church with a est Ecclesiastical Building in Phenomena}]y Successful Era That Portion of Toronto .... 403 -Its Internal Growth ... ... 4:30 CHAPTER CXIl. CHAPTER CXXV. Crawford Street Methodist-For- : 1 Dovercourt Road Baptist--out- merly was known as Berean come of an Energetic Mission Church ... ... ... ... ... .. 404 i -Beautiful and Commodious CHAPTER CXIII. I ' Structure ... ... '" ... ... 434 New Richmond Methodist-The CHA PTER CXXVI. Successor of the Old Church, · Immanuel Baptist-Organization the "Cathedral of Methodism" 406 of Missions-Spirit of Self-sac- CHAPTER CXIV. I rifice from Inceptioil ... ... 43'1 King St. East Methodist-A Build- 1 CHAPTER CXXVII. ing Removed from Teraulay Beverley St. Baptist-Large and St., Formerly "The People's U8'eful Congregations - It!! Church" ... ... ... ... .... 407 I History and its Pastors ... .. 440 CHAPTER CXV. I CHAPTER CXXVIlI. Zion Methodist, Bracondale - Ca- First Ave. Baptist-First Baptist pacious Church, Built Where Place of Worship Erected east It was Urgently Required ... 408 of the Don ... ... ... ... .. 4401 x CONTENTS. CHAPTER CXXIX PAGE I CHAPTER CXLII. PAO. Parliament St. Baptist-A Congre- Royce Ave. Baptist-Started as a &"ation of Workers-Theory of Mission from Dovercourt road Church Giving ... ... ..... <: erlY used by Disciples of Chapel ... ... ... ... ... '" 584 . t ... ... ... ... .... 528 I Bible Training School, CoUege St., The Gospel Hall, Broadview Ave. 529 1 where Deaf and Dumb Congre- First Unitarian Ch., Jarvis St... 531 gation Meet. .. ... ... ". " 585 Dundas St. Methodist Ch., 1860.. 536; St. James' Church (first church Building formery occupied by I also).... .. ... ... ... ". 586 Swedenborgians, Elm St.... 538 I St. James' Church, erected 1831 Meeting House of Swedenborg- I burned 1839 ... ... ... ....: 587 ians. Elm Grove and Mel- I St. .James' Cath'edral, erected 1840, bourne Aves... ... ... .... 540 burned 1849 ... ... ... .... 588 Church of the Latter Day Sã.ints, I The present Cathedral ... ... .. 589 Camden St... ". ... ...... 543' St. S"lviour's Episcopal Ch., East Catholic Apostolic Church, Gould I Toronto. .. ... .. .... ..... 590 and Victoria Sts... _" .... 545 St. Jude's Episcopal Ch., Roncoo- Catholic Apostolic Ch., Bay St.. 550 valles Ave... ... ... ... " 591 German Evangelical Ch. (Luther- St. Paul's Ch., Bloor St. East .. 592 an), Bond St.. old building.. 551 St. John's, Anglican, Portland St., German Evangelical Ch. (Luther- the old church ... ." ... ... 592 an), Bond St., new building.. 553 I Church of the Holy Family, Ro- Holy Rlm::som Syn::lgog-ue, Bond st. 557 man Catholic, King St. and Church on Richmond St., formerly Close Ave... '.. . .. ... 593 us('>rl as Synagogue ... 558 St. Francis' Ch.. R. C., Arthur Holy RIossom Syn!}gogue (old), I and Grace Sts... ... ... ". 594 Richmond St. Rast .. . . . .. 559 I St. John's Roman Catholic, East Jewish A embly Rooms, Rich- Toronto... ... ... '" ..... 595 mond St. West '" '" ... " 5611 Victoria Presbyterian Church. An- Jewi!';h RVnqg-fJg'l1"P. Universitv :we 562 i neUe and Medland St8., Tor- Jewish M eting- House, Edw: rd St. 564 1 onto Junction '" ... 596 Austrian Synagogue, Chestnut Bonar Presbyterian Ch.." 598 St.. East Side ... ." '" '" 565 Kew Beach Presbyterian Ch. .. .. 599 Y. M. C. A.. Yonge and McGill Sts. 567 King St. East Methodist Ch..... 600 Earlv Church. corner Edward and First Methodist Church ... ..... 601 Teraulay ... '" ... ... ... 571 British Wesleyan Chapel ... .... 601 Afric n l\,fpthodist Ch.. Richmond Adelaide St. Methodist Ch... ... 602 St. West ... ... ... ... .... 571 Old P. M. Chapel, Bay St., 1832-52 603 African Methodist Ch.. Edward St. 572 N.C. Methodist Ch., Temperance st 603 Britis'l1. Methodist Episcopal Ch.. Dobson's Church, Yorkville Ave.. 603 Chestnut St.... '" '" .... 573, Methodist Church, south side of Adventists' Church, Montrose i King St. East, about 1855 '" 603 A nue ". ... -." '" . _ _ .. 574' Primitive Methodist Ch., Alice St., Dovercourt Congregational Ch., 1852-75 ... ... ... ... '" .. 604 Salem Ave., used by Free Elm St. Methodist Ch.. old church 605 Methodists ... '" '" ... .. 575 Primitive Methodist Ch., Cumb'er- Syrian CathoJic Ch.. south-east I land St... ... ... .,. '" .. 605 corner Vi('toria and Shuter 8ot$. 576 Fonnerly Methodist Ch. School- Interior of Rt. Joseph's Convent I honse, Winchester St... ... 605 Cha}n'l. " '" ... '" ... ... 577 U. P. Church (Dr. Jennings). Bay Interior of Lorptto A hbey Cha.nel 578 Street ... ... ... ... ... '" 606 Interior of Wyc1ifre ColIegt' First Knox Church ... ... ... .. 607 Chapel ... .. . . . .. 579 Second Knox Church ... ... ... 6'"07 Interior of McMaster University Church on site of Richmond RalI, Chapel ... '" ... ... ... .. 580 Richmond St... ... ... .... 608 Interior of Victoria Universttv Thp Denison Church, Churchtn Cha.pel ... ... ... '" ... .'. 58] Ave.. ] 857 ... ... .., ... .. 608 LANDMARKS OF TORONTO. THE OITY.S OHUROHES. CHAPTER I. I Anglican churches that of st. Ja':mes' : (the old parllih church) has been en- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. I tirely omitted; this Ì8 because a sepa- - rate account of that church has al- TlMlr . .Slu :sad Gr.wa.-T.elr III..... I r.e.ady bee.n fully publis.hed in a for- .e..... ._da" a" L.....g He.ber. with! mer volume. fU..r r.rll..larfl. I Anclther thinO" to be mentioned is 'rIhe 'history of the churches of To- i thi , that beca se t e first Presby" ronto during the century or more that: tenan church rl!>ed, naID:ely, st. thlP city has beßn in existenoo has ne\er Andrew's, was lroilt m 1834, It must heretofore been puùli.sbed in one nnt b:, PrP 'l.mød there were no T!es- vO;Ullle or collectively. Sketches of bytena-zl'S m York 11-p to that tune.. vuriO'UJ c.hurchee in the city, of their ï heró "", re many Lmilies and indi- 1'a.stors and the.ir chief offioors have \'idual members among the very small from tim4'} to time appeared in the daily pü!)ulation of l s than 'o.()OO on n1p. I apers and in magazine Ij.rticlea, but Bult they W&"e m a minority. and 82Þ they hß.ve never been collected to- sembled for worsh p in pnvdte hou::;es gether exoent in a fragm.e.ntary man- or rhaps a hired room. Tho great ner; they 1ie buried in the. ne.wspaper ffiRjOr.i.ty of the residents in York in file.s at tbe 'various public libraI' es or 18'30 Wf'T.' Anglw:l.ns, Homan Catholics in ramp'lÌe' form and tho"'e \\he> want and Methodists, though among th m to avail thean-;elves of t e information all they did ne,t provide church aCcom- contained in these de.scriptive aC- moda'tion for morf' than thirty-three CQlUnts. have of Len Ithe very greatest per cent. of the population, if they difficulty in finding the accounts ,'.v'n accolffip]j'shed that. Now, on the theJ:lli:elves. OIther hand, in Toronto Township, Scar- In 'he following pages the Anglican boro" and Vau,ghan, there were fIour- Roma.n Catholic, P:re,;ùyterÌ'1n. Me.th'}- ishing Presbyterian churches and con- dist, Baptist and CongregatiQll:l.lÏst gregatiDns, but neither Anglican nor ohurche.s are arra,nge.ct in grours. The M":PJthodil"t minist('rs or churches. These Sl.llvation Army. though having BeV- lutier """ere in a'S great a minority in eral _nlace.. of meeting. is de.alt with the country dilStricts as the Presby- in one chapter. in which each plac2 of terians Wf're in York. \\ors.hip is g.,>pHately noticed. Ch"plers Illustrations are given not only of are dso to th Y( ung \Yomen's Chnslhn but as they were some years ago. Fot' As.sociations. Every place of worsbip Instance, Knox chuich is shown with wLether it is Christian or Jewish, in or the steeple, though the latter was de- near TIOl'onto i-; described in this book, strayed by fire 1n 1895. The old church every effort having heen made to make of St. John's, Norway, is giv n, as is it t'ls co.ì1!Ø 1 ete.as possible. AB far as also thf\ modern one. The Richmond practic:Lblol} t,he chu.rches in the vari- street J\fethodist church is r,Ü-en; so OIUS group.s .ru.:1,ve bee;n arranged in also is it suc-ce::;sor, the l\IcCaul street c.hronol..ogical order, and "in no single church, knowlI as the New Richmond. caS!> huve the names of lay memoors These few introductory remarks;] re heJpers woo have pssisted e.ither aU that is necf'ss:Lry to enable the in 1 he formn-l...ion of the congTegat.;om reader to Eee from the contents of 1 he or in e:n>.cting lobe e11ifice, })('",n omitted. volume that what has been attempted T.hat, of cour&', n ,lns where it has hag bee."l to gÜ-e ;1 clear history of been pO 8ib1e to c tain the names. eyery church. wholly irrespective of It will be noticM that among the denomination or of creed. 2 LA D IA..R.KS OF TORONTO. mU6tÿ records in its archives are in- scrib6d names that are honoured in civic hietory for probity and integrj . and fond}y che.rished in the affec- A. allli..le e....rch - Fall ., Y.... ... tionate rem.embranoe of th:s genera- Do..ar.. tion. But. now the time-honoured waUs, Way down among the smoke and dirt upon which the storms of ne:'t,rly f:ve a;nd dust of factories in a section of decades have beaten, aTe worn Wlth the city notable more'for its industrial I age. and dingy W . ith t e .rlust and d.ï rt tha.n its fine arts, amid surroundings of many yea ns, and Tnn tõ" sta.nds lIke that aTe homeJy and uninteresting. e th :r-beaten m;1u<;o eum bury- stands init,. church. Mbre than half ; -.qq Wlthin ltae.1f the greatness and OHAPrER TI. TRINITY CHURCH. . "t; . ".. \. . ;. -' , . . 'u:r",.! 'U ,...! ,1 JL;"J I TB.INITY CHURCH, XING STRZKT EAST. a oonttITY has gone by since it aroee, I glory of the past. Allover this city In 1843. 0. magniíioe.nt piece of archi- I are scattered thousands of people tectUT6, that was the pride of faithful whOSß feet have crossed its threshold chUTChme.n. Withi.n its wa.ns were I and wh08ßo heads ha.ve bow d in adora- wont to meet the anæstors of those tion before the God to whom its altar whoee indu8try and enterpr:se in these was dedicated 80 long ago. And in that Io:ter days have gi,en Toronto an I other quiet city of the dead forever fGvla.b1e pos:tion amid the beautiful reat many who. in the time-honoured ci.tiøI of. the worlds occident. Ppon the past. united the-ÌI voices in the oelebra- LA D L\nKS OF TORO.xTO. I ion of its OOautiful ritual, and doubt- lea."> found therrein that comfort and guidance. that smoothed their pathway to the gra ve. In one. 8ßn , therefore, Trinity is valuable more for its memor:es and the hiatoric inte.rest attaching to it than for what it is extrinsically to-day. Just as this generation of peopJ.e surrounds itself with greater m&gnif nce and dr>g.ance of living, in every way, 80 this old hiðtoric church, onoo itself j.1'reat, has been far outstripped by la.rger, more pretentious and more elegant edifices. Slowly but surely it ha6 seen the city growing away from its nurturiBg care and reaching out for gre 1 ter beauty a.nd glory towards thf' northern hiM-country and along I hf' western 1 h')rou hf., req nntil not mllch more of it is 1Ie.ft than sacred a6. iat 0:18 an l tender :rnemor e,. But even 'with all tb"s farsak zaent the old ('hurch ha.s a vital:ty that is remark- ab1.p; one paris'} after another has bPcn taken from its tecritory; one famPy after ancther has \eft its rews to find a ne,\- church-hOl8le more con- vf'nient; a long procession has gone f1ram its dOJrs never to return, tmt even with aU th:s draught upon ita strength it.. energy, though impaired, is unahatNI, and it deserves special noti for its pn',ent worth and work as 'H'll a,; f()r the history attaching to it. In To.l'O 1to's Church of England }'i j()ry f-',t. J :mes' Catbedral and T;i Úty >orth-east to join Queen street on the west of the Don. On the east it is bounded by Trinity street, so named after the church; on the west by an- other little street so-called, but really only a lane, dignified by the name of Erin street; while Derby street limit. the property on the south. The grounds are spacious, and contain. on King street, the rectory, built in 1853, 3 at a cost of ;1;:1,400, and. at the south- ern side, a long, 100\-set rambling school hous . part of which was built. in 1848 by Enoch Turner, the western end ha vin heen aèdpd during t he pres- ent pastorate at a cost of $:3,000. A six feet Ligh pickeL fence separates tbe property from the streets. The church is immediately noticeahle on account of its antiquated appearance and rather quaint architecture, being \\hat is known as the undecorated. perpendicular Gothic, such as was popular in England at the close of the thirteenth century. The edifice is 70 x 43 feeL in dimension, \\ith a square' tower of 80 feet, surmounted with a pinnacle at each corner. The church was built in 1843, and at that time it was intended to run up a' spire of 30 feet, but the money was wanting. an<1 it remains spireless to this day. It is of red brick with! white brick buttresses to relieve the monotony of its appearance. There are three en- trances, the central one being through the tower, which slightly projects from the body of the building, and the others on either side. The mould- . ings above the doorways are of wood. and the \\ hole external appearance of the building is evidence of its age. The following Is a description of the church as it appeared in 1887. It v. ill be interesting, so as to compare the church with what it is in 18Y8- "The same evidence confronts the vis- itor when he enters the church. The walls are plain and bare, the floors and stairways well worn, the furniture se- verely simple, and somehow it all con- veys the impression of the homely, un- fåshionable style of earlier days, though, with some modern improve- ments, it is a pleasant and comfoI'tahle place. There are three spacious vesti- bules, one for each entrance, the two on the sides containing stairways to the gallery, which is a roomy place I running along the northern end of the church and extending into it òver three pews' space. Opposite the galleI'1' is the chancel, a very narrow com- partment containing a plain com- munion altar amply covered with a heavy red cloth. On each side is a throne chair; in front is a hardwood rail and before it a cushia..lSOll. "The aisles of the church have strips' Bind upon it are carved these words: of carpet running along their lengths, "A a testimony of respect for hc>r but otherwise the floor is bare. Some ch racter aI!d affection for her memory of the pews are cushianed and some th!s tablet IS erected by the ladies of are not, just as the fancy of the occu- thIs congregation." pant dictates. The building seats four . "Opposite this. on the western ,,'a'I, hundred people and is heated from fur- IS another to the memory of Rev. WIll. naces recently introduced. Before that Honeywood Ripley, B:A., <;If Univen;ity sto-res were used. and the old iron I Oo l ge. Oxford, the fIrst 1Dcumb nt f brackets upon which the long pipes Tnmtr, chun , who served It. SIX rested are yet to be s en Jutting from I ye.a.rs . fr ly. Wlt.hout money, nd wlth- the walls. The room IS amply lighted ,out pnce. He dIed Ocwber 2 nd. 1849, by eleven large stained glass windows. i aged 34 :v:ea.rs. He w s honorary spcre- of the lancet øeriatð form' they are ' t.a.ry of the ch h diocese of Toronto . . ht d ., and second classIcal master of Upper yery ung at;\ pr tty, not only on- Canada College He cha.llenged the g he .entenng .hght, but beautIfy- I hærtfelt respe t and affection of h18 mg It With a vanety of colou s. The I parishioners, who have thus given ex- ' floor. when the church was b llt. was pression to their feeling. 80 arranged as to have two alslt's and Of. a centre the latter place beino- devoted In thf' west 'n r rt of the gallery to free' seating accommod:tion for are two memonals m honour f . -'" d . . Ja.mes Gooderham Worts and hIs wIfe rangoers an casual Vlsl.tors; at that Sarah. The children of this estimable tune also b ro arge vestnes were con- couple have set apart a paciOU8 me- structed WithIn the church. But morial pew on the gallery formerly these were removed later. and ten)'ears occupied by this family. The pew is ago more moderI!- pews were llltro- linf'd. cushioned and curtained in black, duced and ?1 er Improvements n;ade while five old-style chairs occupy its upon tþ.e ong n l appear nce of thl.ngs fmnt portion. . 80 that now it IS not q lte so ancleñt I "Th" rise of Trinity church ca.me a.bout ID looks. A ß( at gasaher of twentY'" as follows:-In the early "forties" that four bur e!s depen,rls from th centre part of the city where the church now 01. the ceIlIng; dynn the dehvery 011 stands, was called the Park. Many of the sermon the lIght IS turned low. for, its residents were members of the econ?ffiy"s sake, it is. pr sumed. thus I United Church of England and Ire- pattmg the congregatiOn mto the hazy1 I Land, and they earnestly desired the mystery of semi-darkness, a condition I establishment of a church of their ry favourable for napping or little own faith. No other Protestant de- soci&l amenities. In this case, however. ,nomiIlj8;tion had a church in that see- no advantage is taken of the twilight. I tion and this fact rendered the build- Underneath each window is a little tm I in/! of one more feasible. So on the trough to ca,tc.h the water, forcing its i 12th day of J:uly, 1842, a couple of gen- way through the time-worn frames I tlemen met In the house of Mr. Rey- when the indriven snow is melting. nolds. .on King street (in the park) IP/bich then runs down through a small I BJ?d resolved t.o buy land and proceed pipe underneath the floor. I Wlth the erectIoo of.8. church. A c.on- 0< Above the vestry entrance a little! l'a;ct was entered mt or the bUlld- round-faced clock merrily ticks a.way' mg of the present. edl, lCe . at a C?st the hours. Next to it is a magnificent I of .e1,800.. The EnglIsh 8?,c ety for the mu.ral memorial, with an ornamentally , P:ropagaho of the Gospel m the colo- car'Vled base, on which rest columns Dies contnbuted .e120. supporting & heavy a.nd an enriched' "SUCC.eBB oo.mP with too effort. The entablature with & lar e urn in the late Mr. Alexander Dixon secured the centre. This is built m memory of gra.nt for the new church from he William Gooderham, who was born at I society named, and he was the mOVlll Soole, Norfolk:, England. August 29th, spirit in securing subscriptions. being 1790. and died August 20th, 1881. "one aNy assisted by William Gooderha.m, 01. the original founders, largest bene- J. G. Beard. Joseph ShUster, Enoch Tur- factors. and for thirty-five years ner and Samuel Mitchell. Bishop churchwarden of this church." Directly I S'trachan gave two lots. one on Farlia. opposite is an exactly similar tablet! ment street and one on Power street; in memory of Harriet Gooderham. his i Chief Justice John Beverley Robinson wife, born a.t Sipton, Suffolk, England. . gave a ten-acre lot on Kingston road }kwember 1st. .180 , dipd arch 5th, for the rector's income. This lot "\\ a.s 1885. I sold in 18 6 for $35,000. In addition to ". Å tablet in the form oif a Sbie-Jd on ' building the school house Mr. Turner LAi' D IAHKS OF TORON rO. I) left $5,000 for improvements and :jþ;!,- maode cognizant of the difficulty ot 000 for the enlargement of the church, serving a parish with all outward cir- contracts for wh.ich are now under way. cumstances against it. and yet he Mr. Gooderham also left $1.00J for re- spe's.ks very highly of his people. and paiÏrs. With all this. however, there very kindly of the na.ture of the work was a debt of $4 001) for a long time; he has had to do. At personal expense it wa.'i reduced during the pastorate to himse]f he has ministered to his of Dr. Mitchell, who was Mr. Ripley's cong>regation, and exemplified in his successor, and served from January, own life all labours that charity that. 1850. to July, 1852. At the latter date unfortuna ely, is becoming rare in the the Rev. Alexa.nder Sanson became the pulpits of all cities where mercenary incumbent. and has been the pastor considerations too often determine since 0898.) 1 what is denominated 'called of the "Tht> income of tbe rector. derived L 1my on the south. 1849 until 185:!-Rev. Mr. Mitchell .'TÌle Rev. Alexander &.n8 n. who has (resigned June, 1852.) so long and faithfully served the his- 185:! until 1898-Rev. Alexander San- toric old church. was educated in Edm- son. burgh. He was pastor of St. .John's, The last-named gentleman still con- York Mills. the second rectorate in this tinues in office. In Trinity's earlier part of the country for ten years. He days the Anglican Bishop of Townto also served st. Paul's two years, gratui- oftentimes officiated. as did Revs. H. tously, in connection with St. John's, Scadding, D.D., and Walter Stennett. which was then a wealthy church. The wardens have been:- Charles Mathews, first classical mas. 1852-1 53-A. Joseph, Thomas Haworth. tar of Upper Ce.nada College, was his 1853-186G-.W. Gooderham. Enoch Tur- .-,sistant. Mr. Sanson is a white.- nero haired, benevolvent-looking gentleman 186G-1874-.W. Gooderham. J. H. Blake. of the old school type, dignified and 1874-1 82-W. Gooderham. J. G. 'Vorts. courteous, but pleasant and agreeable 18æ-l 83-J. G. Worts, Lewis Reford. in manne.r. Asi e from giving hard. 1 '!3-1885-Lewis I!-efor , S. R. Heakes. oo1.d facts and fIgures to the reportpr ]8 5-1 8(j-John GIllespie, R. 1\1. Carn- be was exceedingly averse to any per _ eTon. sonal mention. He has alwtLys oPpn 18 6-1889-J. Gillespie, J. R. Whiteside. I L \ D)OIARKS OF TORONTO. f889-1891-A. J. Boulton, J. J. Davis. is very comfortable in arrangement 1891-1893-A. E. O'Me:ara., J. J. Davis. and furnishing; it seats about 750 per- 1893.-1894-Jobn Sanson, C. R. Cooper. sons, and a ("onsiderahle part of it is 1894-1899--C. R. Cooper, C. H. Beavis. free and uJnappropriated. A spacious The choir, a mixed one of both male gallery extends across the western end, a d female voices, o }lto wear aUT- I which is the facade, and there are two phces, t ough t e SIt III the. e ancef. small transept gallerie . Tbe organ IS Of aSsIstant mlllisters at Tnmty not placed in the south-east corner of the preVIously named, who have been re- building and is artistically decorated. gularly attacbe.d there haye bee:ç. The cJba.ncel measures 20 feet by 11 b1;1t two, R,e.v. Ml. S. B.tldwrn, now feet in depth, and contains sittings for BIshop of Huron, and thf> present the choir. A magnificently decorated (1898) curate" Rev. T R. O'Meara. The window occupies a large section of the Ia.tter gentleman was educated a ! eastern wall above the altar. The Port Hope, and ",Vycliffe College, To- handsome lectern is located in the ronto, and came. to Trinity Church in front centre of the chancel, while tbe 1890. pulpit is to be seen to the north of it. A!. marble baptismal font is placed in the north aisle near the fron t of the building. ,\Vhen the writer inspected the build- ing for tilie purpose of this article he Tile Plrat We.' .lId .A.DCIl ft. r.r....- found it tastefully decorated with me- "011I<<' "o&ablf' P"..llIhl..er.. mentoes of the happy Ohristmas time. At John street 8!nd Stephanið place, I Wreaths of evergreen were grace- JUst above Queen, stands St. George's fully twined about the columns, while Church, one of Toronto's oldest iliumlllated shields hung upon the churches, occupying a very prominent walls. A series of evergreen, lancet plal'e in its religious life and history. form, Gothic arches spanned the front The church is built in the early Eng- of the chancel with the star of the lish Gothic style, 96 feet long hy 50 Nativity in the centre. Appropnate wide. with a spire 150 feet high, of mottoes and emblems were deftly ar- white brick, now dingy and weather- ranged within the chancel, giving it stained, and is a gracf'ful structure, the semblance of a miniature oower. with aJ proportion so arranged as to The four dooades that have passed since give it a sompwhat massive appearance the erection of the church give it an as well. There are three entrances, atmosphere of antiquity and, with from '.John street, with anothpr inb that, the historic interest and attrac- the vpstry from the north and p'" tion always attac,hed to the old and from the south. The Sunday sel\( venerable. building is directly connected with t;k The service and church of st. orge church on the east, and a commodious was in 1888 described in the fol!owing aDd convenient rectory is huilt Just account: north of t'he church. The ground upon "The style of service at st. George's which the thrpe buildings are erected' is considered to be the most English was gIven to the parish in 1844 11Y the; in Toronto. It is not ritualistic, but late Mr. and Mrs. D.Arcy Boulton, of conforms with the established usage of the Grange. The church was begun in . the Church of England. The morning that year, and was opened for service I service is a plain one, but the evening November 9th, 1845. The tota\l cost was service is largely choral. The choir of 124,000. The church was consecrated men and bOYB is a surpliced one, and on St. Andrew's day, 1853, by the late these are assisted by a number of ladies. Bishop Strachan. The church has a widely established re- The first impression made upon the putation for excellent music, and just- mind of a visitor when entering the ly so. The music is Anglican in char- building is tha1t of its cathedral char- acte.r, and no operatic or sensational aeter. The tall columns and grac('ful self>ctions are used for the purpose of arcbes dividing the nave from tha catching the. curiosity of th{' public. aisles give the interior an appearan 'e The sole end and aim of the service of great space. A number of the win- ms to be the effort to reach an dows are fillpd wi'th stained glass of idea] form of worship, stripped of bar- varied designs, and are memorial WlD- I ren negations on the one side and fI orid dows. One such is tha.t on the north, ex{'rcises on the other. The style of which commemorates the life of Clara the Englit;.b Churoh in the mothercoun- Perkins and that of her brother, Fren- . try i,s cIOBely ad'hered to, much to the erick Campbell Perkins. 1'he church edification of the great mass of wor- CHAPTER IU. ST. GEORGE'S. LA!\. DMARKS OF TORONTO. '1 shippers. at this church. It is a popu- ! abandoned and the committee dl&- lar church, so much so that it is often! solved. A second one was formed the exceedingly difficult to secure sitting I members being Right Rev. John accommodation. T.ne congregations are I strach , .D. D., 13Ii.5OOp of Thronto, ,very large and the work haa so grown Hion. \VIliiam Cayley, \Villiam Hen:r:y upon the hands of the rector that it Boulton, J. G. Spragge, James G. 'Chew- was found necessary to employ two as- ett and Clarke Gamble. sistant ministers. These have been Tbe church Wa5 subsequently erected secured in the persons of Revs. P. J. on the site. where it now stands which Moore and F M. Webster. There are was the gift of D'Arcy Boulton: of the 400 communIcant members of the Grange. When finally OOtIIlpleted, the c]:lUrch and 350 .of these have c mmu- t had reached nearly $28,000. The nIcated on one day. The Chnstmas bmlde,r was John Ritchey and the- offertory in 1886 was ovér '$300. architect Henry Bowyer Lane. "There are more than 400 children Tbe first organ in the church was connected with the twoSunday schools, built by War e.n, of Montreal, in 1857, one of which is connected with the and was rebmlt by Warren & Son, of Phoehe street mission hall work. In Toronto, in 1880. this hall the Church Army began its The c.hurch was freed from debt and work in Canada in 1885. The object consee.rated to the service of God on of this Army is to evangelize the low Novelffioor OOth, 1853, st. Andrew's day. classes of society; its aim is precisely The 8IChool house w:as e cted in 1857, that of the Salvation Army, but its the C?rner atone bemg laId on August methods are dignified and orderly. 2Ot:h that year. The parsonage was Special attention is also given at this bmlt III 1865. hall to temperance work, and so far The o"!-ergy of St. org 's since the with the most encouraging results. foundatIOn of the parIsh m 1847 have .. A Home for the Aged has also been I been: _ established in the parish, which is man- I Rector6-Rev. Charles Ruttan, 1844- aged by the Sisters of St. John the I ' 1848; Re.v. Stephen Lett, LL.D., 1848- Divine. A property on Larch street I 18G ; Rev. Thomas Brock Fuller, 1862- was purchased tor the Home at a cost 1 1875; Re.v. John D' Arcy Cayley, 1875. of $4,500. A paper called' St. George's Mir. Ruttan until Easter, 1896, was Parish Journal' is published, contain- rector of .&t: John's churc , Norway, ing historical information, notices of I when he re6 1 gned that. appOintment m services and meetings, besides a well- consequence of advanCIng years. Dr. selected quantity of reading matter. Lett became rector of Guelph, and died "The total value of the parish pro- I there sev ral years ago: Rev. T: B. Ful- perty is about $30,000, all of which is Ie! W1as m 1 75 .appomted B1Shop of fully insured. $1,020 was received in NIagara. He dIed ill 887. He was sue- 1885 for missionary purposes, with cpeded at St. George s by the present about $400 from the unday school, I rector. . over $300 from the Phoebe street mis- I ,])he. assIstant cle.rgy have been: sion hall, $450 for the poor, about $3,- 1857-Re.v. W. A. Adamson. 700 from the offertory, over $1,800 for 1 62-Rbv. E. L. Wells. pew rents, and over f600 from the 1865-66-Rev. Richard Harrison Church Home. The congregation raises 1866-7D-Re.v. '.D. S. EJJerby. about $11,000 yearly for parochial and 1870-73-Rev. C. .T. Machin. missionary work, and this statement 187D-Rev. A. G. L. Thew. affords the reader some idea of the 1874-Re.v. E. H. Cole. great work being done by the church 1874-75-Re.v. J. D. Cayley. of st. George the Martyr. 1876-81-Rev. C. HI: Mbck:ridge. · · · · · · 1880-Rev. J. F. Jowitt. Briefly, the history of St. George's IP8 -83-Re.v. Joeeph F. White. church and parish is as follows: The 1883-85-Re.v. W. Clark. first mission distriot, an offshoot from 1884-Rev. G. M. Kingston. St. James' church, was organized in 1885-89-Re.v. R. .J. !\Wore. De.oe.mber, 1843. The original committee 1886-87-Re.v. F. M:. Web6ter. consisted of Re.v. Henry James Gra- 18fìO-91--Rev. Allan A. Pitman, Rev. øett, Vice-Chancellor Jameson, F. T. M:. C. Dickenson. Billings, H. Boys and Henry Rowsell. 1893-Re.v. Oswald Rigby, Rev. E. O. It was proposOO. to erect the church Cayley, Rev. C. Lutz, Rev. H. S\ymonds, on a plot of land contiguoUB to where eBsistants either as locum 'tenens or the neral H'OSpital stood, on the in absence. of rector. north-west corner of John and King I Rev. E. aullock,:May to October, streets. This site was subsequentlY 1893. 8 LA DMARKS OF TORONTO. r _ ._ - "-s?: - _ _, -- -. .=- _._--- ':- . iI :-::;;:::: - ----= - -- --- -- - -:". ;. ::-- -;: ----- . -r-0---:"..:i2-- ;,?.. 'l' ì;: 0:- -ç:;;;:;;:::-ý n' -: \'\\ 1 \ ..?"" . jl: :: ..1:; , "í - . flil :;; . ,- .III :I - M ' . A. ;,?'.: ' t '. S'1'. GEOItGE'S CHURCH, JOHN 8'!'R.r.r. Rev. Prebendary Bn.llook, of Eng- land, February, 1893. special mission. R3V. J. S. Btroughall, October, 1893, to February, 1895. Rev. H. P. Lowe., February, 1895. The wardens ha.ve been: 1854148-Wm. H'. Boulton, Wm. Wake- field. 1848 49-J. H. Ca.meron, Thos. Ba.mes. 1849-50-John Arnold. John Henry Le- froy, R. A. 1850-51-J. H. Leíroy, R.A., J. G. Horne. LANDMARKS OF TORONTO. {) 10 LANDMARKS OF TORONTO. 1851-5 -John Henry Lefroy, R. A., S. B. Ha.rman. 1853-55-T. P. Robarts. John Arnold. 1855-56-John Arnold. Kivas fully. 185&-57-T. P. Robarts, S. B. Harman. 1857-58-8. B. Harman. R. B. DenißOn. 1858-59-R. B. Denißon. Kivas Tully. 1859 6O-John Boulton. 1860-Kiv8S Tully. John Boulton, re- signed June 6th. 1860, When we re elected W m. l\I cClea.ry. John H llya.rd Cameron. 1861 62-Wm. IoCleary, John Hill- yard Cameron. 1862-66-John Boulton, Huson W. M. . Murray. 186ß-68-Huson \V. 1\I'. Murray. A. R. Boswell. 1868-77-A. R. Boswell. Samuel William Farrell. 1877-78-E. I. Chadwick. \Vm. Greey. 1878--80-Edward M. Chadwick. Elmes Henderson. 1880-81-E. M. Chadwick, Alexander Ja.m.es BUrrowes. 1881-83-E. ::\f. Chadwick. Stephen tt, M.D. Tbe Old Time YorkYllle Place e.f W.rII.lp 1883-85-E. M. Chadwick. G. T. Harman. -The GrftDlR1nr lie-hoot. 1882-8(i-E. lVI. Chadwick, Harry Hayes. The. following account, very slightly 1886-87-E. M. Chadwick. \V. M. Mur- ltered, was given of St. Paul's in 1886. ra,y. It is now reruhl ; shed. It 'reads thus: 18S7-90-S. Bruoo Harman. R. B. '3treet. . .'No more. beautiful 81lllBet bathed th. 1890-96-8. Bruce Harman; George P. world in g'lory than that which en- Reid. wrapped the dying day laat Sabbath 1896-99-R. B. street, R. W. Barkér, evening. Golden shafts of light linger- The Sunday sob.ool room is a large, ed abou the. tree ops as f crowning lofty building with very little adorn- theiIlL wIth celestial :radIance. The ment. The floor and seats are bare. fe.athered .songsters .se med to carol and the:.3 is an appearance of rugged more. mU Ic.c'l ly as If lD ]'elSpon to simplicity about it. Oppning from it the. d.ay-kmg 5 farewell. The .brlght .are the infant class room. Bible class I green leav grew tremulous m the rooms. robing room. kitchen. etc. breeze pa lDg among. them never .s> . . ...,. softly, as If loth to disturb the. qUIet The ftrSt lDcumbent of St. tTt"orge S that rested like a benediction UPOll was Rev. Charles. Ruttan. In 1848 Dr. I the. day going down into the grave of Lett became th.e !ncumbe!lt. The same the. night. The hallowed. qu!et is broken year Mr. WIlham C'aIg r: who IS by othe.r BOunds than those of nature. well. remembered by many citizens. was F!rOiID out of an ivy-clad tower come appomted sexton. In 1861 Dr. LeU re- the peaJing notes ð! the vesper bell; Blgttled and Rev. T: B. uller became rising above. all sounds and yet ming- the rector. He res ed 1D 1\far,' 1875, ling with the tones of all the cathedral when he was. m.a.de Bishop of NIagara. . chimes come, now ponderously, now aJ.- and was suoceed_ed by the present rec- , most merrily, until from all over this tor. Rev. :T. D. Cayley, M.A. beautiful city of churches one grand Mr. Cayley. who is well known metallic chorus risoo upon the even- throughout the city, was born in Lon- ing air calling men to song and don. EnglaJ1d. He wns educated at praye.r. Upper Canada Colle and Trinity Col- "The. streets of the city, so quiet dur- lege University. In 1860 he was or- ing the. sunny hours of the bea,utiful dained in England deacon. and the fol- day, are. now crowded with peopæ find. lowing year priest. by the Bishop of ing their way to the. favonrite church. London. After remaining in England Among theBe was the writer of this three years he came bark to Canada. I sketch, and he was met with evidences and 'W'aß incumbent at Whitby eleven on all 8Ídes that however the Sabbath yea.rs. In the a.utumn of 1874 he was I may be ,obserrved on the SlUrf ;a in appointed 3.SBistant minister at St. r 's. and rector Íl1 May, 1875. When the parish completed its jubilee in 1893 the staff of the church was as follows :- Cle.rgy-Reverends J. D. Cayley and J. S. Broughall. Churchwardens - S. Bruce Harman, G-eorge P. Reid. Sides- me.n-F. Arnoldi, Q.C.. E. D. Armour. Q. C., C. R. W. Biggar. Q. C.. H. E. Bla.nchford, A. M. Browne. Frank Cay- ley, A. J. C10Be, \V. B. Close. Frank P. Cowan, M.D., S. J. Davies. J. C. Hari- son, G. F. Harman. C. D. Heath. C. E. Holmes, A. C. Bedford-Jones. H. H. Langton, F. Lightbourn. Inglis T,ough, M.D., L. McJ\furray, H. W. 1\1. Murray, Q.C., II. C. Parsons. H. S. Strathy, R. B. streßt, \V. B. Strickland, C. V. M. Temple, Harry Winsor. E. H. Keating. Organist and Choir Master-E. W. Phillips. CHA PTER IV. ST. PAUL'S. LAND:M:AHKS OF TORONTO. 11 apirit it is Dot SO extensivew kept ås is si.veness and solidity, although it is not SQlmetimes imagined. There are many a large building; its outline is well pro- private arrangements in this city w ere- portioned and it is an ideal structure. by illicit tra.ffic of various kinds is go- such a one 3.ß is frequently met with ing forward regardless of the s cred in the land ø,crOSB the sea-the real cha.racter of the day. A walk through home of the Church of Eng:and. The RoBedale glen, through the cemeteries, building runs east and WE'st. with an OYer the Don and along its banks will entrance iDto the vestry and thence into re\'ool the fact that n<>t only are there' the transept. and another, with a fine many non-churchl-giOerB, but there is porch, on tl1e Bloor street side; a"1other freedom of enjoyment Dot obta.inable on entrance on 'the \\'\88t has about it a a.ny other day. And this is not con-- tpmporary wooden porch. In each of fined to poor people; the residences and I th northern and southern transepts glroun?s of some of our. 'wealthier c ti- I there is a large stained glass window zens III the upper porbon of the CIty composed of a number of circular and were seen to contain man) persons that J foliated smaller di\'isions, that make ha.d discharged their religious duty by tJhem ornamentaL The nave, a long, goi.ng to church in the morning and narrow one, has six cinque-foil win- leavin.s- their pews vacant for "the com- dows, with a very large one in the mon people' in the evening. But it west end. The roof is composed of WBa a plellßant and refreshing sight to I darkly stained, open tim}'er work, sup- Bee little children merrily skipping over ported by massive Bton( arches resting the beautifuL lawns in innocent play. upon heavy stone columns. 'Vhile these 'While the contented mother luxuriously are not disproportIonate in any way, enjoyed the picture from the open wÏD- they seriously interfere with hoth the dt)W of a richly furnished drawing-room. 'Big.ht and hearing of those seated di- Bights like this with the evening air rectly between them and the chancel. perfumed with the fragrance of flowers he interior is. prettily painted in a.nd ma.de mellow with bird-songs; with I hght . colours with ornamental lJ?r- beautüuL residence5 that seemed ver- I ders; m every part of the church SCrip- itabLe palaces of art; with avenues I ture mottoes are:yainted in urig.ht gilt whooe long, cool arches of interlacing J letters, old Enghsh style,. upon a dark tree-tops made iJwitingly pleasant. no I red backgrou,?-d, and thIs work p:r: e - wOIlder one's steps became insensibly I sents pleaBmg appearance. WJ:11 slower while drinking in the peace and there IS much of the cath ral pIrit beauty of the even-time. I a?<,ut. the c urch, these bnght c lou s " ith a.ll t i loveliness of nature at- gIve t an au of fres ness and hfe In tum.ng the SPlI'lt to \voTJlÙ)jp the Power plea mg contrast wIth the som re that created it, nothing is loot by en-; heavmess that generally ac mpames tering a. beautifuL church where the: the catþ ra.l style of archltectutre. classic surroundings complement the I Just wlthm the northern entrance outside naturaL beauty. And St. Paul's i s ands a. larg , heavy sandstone bap- church is an attmcti\'e one; it is mOBt I bsmal font. 'Ihe pews are very plam eIigibJy situated on thf' southf"Tn sii!e nd only those a.re carpete1- and cush- of Bloor street, east of J a.rvis. There is ! Ion d whose owners so. de lre; na:row no fence or enclQ5ure to mar the beauty I strIps of carpets are laId m thE' aIsles. of the surroundiog)3, and in this re- "Above the arch spanning the chan- BþOOt the church simply anticipates what cel is a motto which reads: 'Whoso- ta8te will generaLLy demand in the ever will, let him take of the water of. future. church stands well bø.ck life freely: Outside on the left is the from the street, and iB reached by neat I pulpit, whose desk and panels are cov- wooden walks running in g-raceful line&!ll ered with red velve.t; the lectern is ()(Ver a. clooely' trimmed and very exten- I also 8. plain desk, and is near the pul- sive 'ÆIoWD surrounding" it. A clamber-! pit. The organist sits within the ingo vine climbs profUl.'lely up by a beau,.. , chancel; above him is a set of pipes, tiful window until it almost entirely; prettily ornamented; another set is ooo.ceals the little "bell swung in a I visible in the southern transept, and lIluaint-looking tower. One is instinc- the uuilder has avoided the mistake, tively reminded o.f the ivy-clad towers so frequently made in churches, of en- O! romance .and poetry, and somehow tirely burying the organ in .an enclosed there seems to be peculia.r fitness in chamber, from ou of whIch no full the wreat.b.in.g of the ivy a.bout a church sound can be obtaIned; very much of er. ' an otherwise fine; musical effect is lost '''Ph''' nuirMing is a (rl)thic sto.nop. c;truc- . by tne organ being walled in. tu.re and conveys an impre.."Ision of mas- "Seats for the choir are fixed at l LA '\"D)IARKS OF TORONTO. right angles to the n'ave within the is partially deaf he is taken well for- chancël, which is entirely carpeted and ward. I .But no other distinction is is ample for all deman'ìs made upon ade; a plainly, poorly-dressed visitor it. Th-> altar is an exceedingly plain l served Just as politely as one more one, I ut the reredos is a handsome lghly f voured in these matters; even piece of work, extending entirely across little chlldren were kindly shown to the eastern wall, and is made of stone sea s, and everything was done to make Mosaic; immediately above it is the: 30,11 l!lco ers welcome and comfortable. motto, cut in stone, which reads: 'II?-e audIence was what may be termed 'Glory to God in the highest on earth mIscellaneous, that is, it was composed peacp, good-will toward men.' The of all cla;'!SeB f people; a few were stained glass window is richly wrought I there bearmg eVIdences of w.ealth about in fresh, bright colours, and is orna- . t em, b t the large maJoTl.ty of the mented with various emblems and' 125 present were of the mIddle class &'ymbols. On the arch above it is in-' o people. It was nu! a large congrega- scribed: Holiness becometh Thine hon-the church wIll seat 600-but it house, 0 Lord, forever: as very decorous one, and its dis- .'There are three memorials in st. tmcÌlve feature wa the heartiness Paul's church. The first one is engrav- and niversality of participation in the ed in brass upon a black marble tablet serVlCe. The latter was an exceedingly and reads:- plain service; for a Church of Eng- Erected by the c9 m pn.nio!ls of his household Land service it was just within the in affectionate remembrance of regulations and no more. The choir ROBERT HENDERSON. composed of ladies and gentlemen t the number of about twenty, with Mr. who was lost with six. others b:v the Geddes as or g anist , wa s not dl . stl . n - foundering- of the yacht . Foam off Niagara, guisÞ.able from the congregation in July 11th, 1874, in thel 21st the musical service. so familiar did year of- his age. everyone seem with the chants and 10 the fourth watch' of the night Jesus responses. There is no choral in the Went unto them walking on the sea. responses save on the part of one '.Within the chancel, on the north strong voice that was particularly wall, is a very handsome white mar- noticeable for its musical intonation ble memorial erected to the memory when brought into comparison with of Rev. Saltern Givins, who was rector the ordinary responses. The service, of the church twenty-four years. He like the congregation, is a conserva- was missionary at Tyend naga on the tive one. almost painfully so. But Bay of Quinte, nineteen ypars, and fjll- everybody was interested, enjoyed and ed every {-osition to which he was call. was benefited by it. ed with fidelity and zeal, for which he was much beloved. He was born " It began with the singing of a in this city April 8th, 1P09, and died hymn and then followed the rubric of at Colborne, October 30th, 1880. Such the prayer-book. The rector, Rev. T. is the statement inscribed llpon the me- C. Des Barres. conducted the service, orial. ,and in some resnects he is a novel "A plainer memorial is seen imme.- reader. There is nothing artificial diately opposite, honouring R.ev. W. . about his reading; in fact it is in- F. Checkley, M.A., who died Jan. 3rd, tensely natural: he does not intone 1879, and it rea s 'This table is erect- but reads rapidly, with an emphatic ed by a few fnends who desIre to re- utterance that runs along in a sort cor<;l his faithful ministry in this I of staceato style that seems almost pa,:psh:.. ; business-like. But the readin'g is re- ;u was mt thIS church that the. fresbing and attractive, because it is rlter found. hIS w y last Sunday even- not stilted or assumed; there is no mg. He was ImmedIately confronted by whine about it; it is taken easily, a gentlemanly usher and shown to a naturally and is properly interpreted. seat, and was handed a prayer book . '. . . a.nd h$mn book. It is a custom in The smglng IS .ex ellent, not fmel,. this church to provide all strangers shaded. because It IS too general. b t with these books; a collection of them , tuneful, well measure and. arID;onl- is kept on hand for "this special pur- ously expressed. The a lllflCat, or pose. The attention shown all visitors ng of tþe. B! sed VIrgIn, and the is one of the most considell"ate and, Nunc Dlmlttls, or Song of St. courteous nature. as soon as a person Simeon, were especially well sung. Iemt\3rs he is met by the usher, who Four hymns were sung the last of provides him with an eligible seat, and which, · Lead. kindly Light,' was an extra efforts are used to accommodate .exquisite selection and seemed so a.p- individual circumstances; if a person propriate in its sentiment, for LA:\ D-'L\llKS OF TOnOXTO. 13 dark: ess of night was then rapidly en- I erB the fl oor adds to this feeIin of folding the earth. insen-;ihly remind- warmth and comfort. Prettily paint- ing one of the Deed of some guiding l ed mottoes adorn the walls; neat little light amid the gloom of the coming settees and a convenient desk for earh night "",hen all earth's toilers shall I teacher, with a large organ, constitute gather the drapery of everlasting sleep the furniture, and it is a most de- about their spf'nt lives. lightful room for Sunday school pur- "J\fr. Des Barr'es' sermon was a short poses. Opening Crom it ann running one. based upon the text: 'Who his into the exteosion eastward is a long own self bare our sins in his own body I narrow library iurnisbed" ith 980 0il1 the tree,' and was a plea for 'the volumes. The Sund3.Y school numhers grand old doctrine of the Atonement. 350, with Mr. John G. Greey as super- as a suhstitutional affair. intendent. Next lc the main room are "The land and the church cost about I two large weJl-furnished Bible class $29.000. The rectory, just east of the rooms, and them comes the Infant church, and the extensive double class room, by far the finest in this school house south-west of it cost $10,- city. It is carpeted with a beautiful -- .n 'I, " _ " ",. "". ""''' - _.....__1r. .. .,,- .. ST. PAUI}S CHURCH, BLOOR STRßET EAST. 000 additional This school house is a I Brussels, and has a tier of graned seats model of elegance and comfort that made of brightIy-coloured wood. The amounts almost to luxury. It is in I walls are of the clearest \\'hite, and Ð. the shape of an L, that part of it run- beautiful circular window with an ele- ni.ng north and south being devoted gant combination of parti-coloured, to the main school. The facade is stone, variously shaped panes of glass is in- but the remaining portion is built of I serted in the eastern wall. Above it white brick with red brick ornamen- is a "handsome scroll artistically paint- ta.tion. The main room is wainscotted ed upon th white wall containing the and has a white kalsomined ceiling. I sentence 'Suffer little children to The white bricks of the wall are point- come unto Me and forbid them not.' ed with black paint, while the red brick A little organ, a blackboard, maps, adornments have white pointing; al- I etc., are at hand for the entertainment though the walls are not plastered the I and instruction of the little ones for room does not convey that idea of cold- whom no more delightful room can be nel!ls that is generally associated with I imagined. No woneler that one of the a.n unplasterecl room. Doubtless the boys rt>IDarkeel: '[f any fellow ('onws rich Brussels carpet that entirely COy- in here with muddy boots we'll bounce 14 LANDMARKS OF TORONTO. him.' The infant class increased fifty years that have since elapsed there per cent. within the last year. has been no change in the incumbency "So far as ascertained St. Paul's is of the chure-h. But to make the story the second offshoot from St. James' complete something remains to be told cathedral, and is about fifty years old. about old St. Paul's. In volume I. of The first building was a wooden one, the landmarkB a cut of the old build- erected upon the ground where the ing has aJready appeared. and some rectory now stands. The land was few particulars given about the church deeded to the church by Hon. G. W. and its erection. Allan, who gave his portion without In a paper -ftated .June 18th. 1842 n-muneration, and the late James Hen- now in the writer's possession. ap derson. The congregation bec me too pears the following account of the large or the 'p,:w accommodatIon, and opening service. a sectIon pebtlOn d for r ovaI 1;0 "The new church near the toll gate Bloor street west, .th pehtIOn was on Yonge street, was opened for the granted and the buddIng was also performance of divine service on the taken and pla;ced upon what was calI- . mørnin of Bundaty 1 t th 12th' t" d Potter's FIeld, and later developed I It may be remar ' tha whe Sthe mto the Church of the Redeemer. It I first 8t P I' b "1t Oh h t t was to remain a chapel of St. Paul's . au s was UI urc s ree until the latter was free of debt, and I nly extende as far as Carlton this condition existed until Rev. Sep- : reet. .Tarvls street from the corner timus Jones wa.s appointed rector of Queen street east was only a sandy the former church. lane. as was also Sherbourne street, .. Steps were then taken to build a then own north of Queen stre t as new church, and this was done about Allan s Lan . 'Vest of St. Pauls on 25 years ago. The late Mrs. Proudfoot the south sIde of Bloor street there managed a bazaar that netted $4,000, I was scarcely a house between the and this was the nucleus for the new I church and. Yonge street. and on the building; and the late 'V. A. Baldwin i northern sIde there were only some mortgaged his farm for $8,000 to com- I three o:r: four houses between the nd plete the church, and when this debt of Ja.rVls street and the Red LIOn was discharged the church was conse- I Hotel, on the north-east corner of crated. The rectors, as far as could be I YO!1ge and Bloor streets, close to learned, were Rev. 8. Givins. who had whiCh was the toll gate referred to as his curates Revs. Dr. Adamson, !he newspaper account continu s;- Government Chaplain; A. Williams, I The Rev. Cha;rle J.\{atthews offlcla- John Langtry Septimus Jones \V F ted upon the occaSIOn. and we had the Checkley and' T. C. Des Barr s. Mr: gratification of hearing him deliver an Des Barres has no curate because the appropriate and animated Sermon from egress of several parishes from st. : Ir King IV., 8, 9. e building of a Paul's has obviated the necessity of htt.le chamber for. Elisha by the Shun- supporting two ministers. His salary I amlte as very Skllfu l:t and eloquent- is $1,500 with tlie use of the rectory; ly a'PP led to the plntu l wants of he has been rector eight years. the nmghbourhood m whICh the new "Within the last thirty-five years church sta ds. and furnished the . St. Paul's has been the mother of five I preacher wIth many powerful argu- parishes, viz.: Church of the Redeemer, ments for recommending the people to st. Luke's. St. Peter's, a portion of use every effort towards securing the Christ çl!urch, Deer Park, and the services of a resident minister. A re- new St. Simon's. But its old-time vig- i spectable congregation of one hundred our is unabated notwithstanding this persons had assembled and a coUec- draft n its strength. It has about tion of about .e3 14s ($14.80) was made 150 communicating members and a I in a.id of the building fund. It was a yearly income of about $3,600. In fact, matter of sincere rejoicing to all pre- last year was more prosperous than !lent to take part in the simple and any year before; $3,000 was spent for I well conducted services of this new permanent improvement and 32,000 little sanctuary." will be spent this year. The church- I The same paper contains this adver- wardens who so successfully care for tisement:- the interests of St. Paul's are Messrs. TIEIiE NEW OHURCH Wm. B. Evans and .T. R. Roof." . . . .. . '.fhe foregoing portion of the history of St. Paul's church and congregation was written In 1886. and in the twelve NEAR THE TOJ,L GAT!!: ON YONGE :0: TRE ET. "On Thursday next. 23rd inst., a meeting at which the Lord Bishop will I.A D IARKS OF TORONTO. 16 preside will be held in this c1mrch. I ' Owing to ill-health Mr. McKenzie re- The object of the mf'eting is to organ- tired from the incumr,ency in 185::;, and ize a congregation in conformity with was followed hy the Rev. 'V. A. John- the Church Temporalities Act. All son. :Curing th? tf'rm of offi of the persons who are disposed to rent or I lattf'r clergyman a controversy and di- purchase pews or seats will then havf' I I vision aros' in ,the congrega.tion re- an opportunity of doing so. and are spucting the theological leanings and particularly requested to attend. The " t':>.a.ching of l\'Ir. Johnson. His sermons church will hold two hundred. by a portion of his flock were declared "On Sunday morning the 26th inst., I to savour more of Rome tha.n of th a sermon will be preached in this Reformf'd Church of England, whild church by the Rev. Dr. McCau], Prin- on the othf'r hand an almost equally tipal of Upper Ca.nada College. in aid I large number of his parishioners gave of the building fund." him their warm and hearty support. Toronto. 17th June, 1842. ; There was on hath sides no desire to The first incumbent of St. Paul's cast th gl;ghtest imputa.tion on Mr. I i 1\ 't -: '\ / \ ; --:-",. - - -- - ( . , ".. j ' iJß /I -== -'. - \'-;'I; t ffltf./ ==... ,.; -==- 1it. -====- ,.x i I =: ib --=---=:t -- - \:, \ II - )1 ---- "', ." ' .' -= , ; .,. -r- -= . ."J '/ --......".--i !L'-' S T. PAUL'S CHURCH, B LOOR 8TREKT, 1843 was the Reverend John George Dal- I Johnson's character; all admitted hil!l hoste McKenzie, who continued in perfect and absolute sincerity, but the charge until 1855. In addition to un- very fact of his eoarnestness rendf'r \d dertaking the cure of soð.ls at st. his opp()lIlents all the more desirous Paul's, Mr. McKenzie conducted a I that he should lesave St. Paul's, as he school. known as "St. Paul's Church I was, to their way of thinking, prt'3ch- Grammar &hool," in his residence, ing erronf'OUS doctrines. though fuBy the second houge to the east of the believing himself tn the truth of what oourch on th.... same side of Bloor street. I he taught. Among his pupils werp members of the I After long. painful and heaten. con- J'arvis, Henderson, Blake. Baldwin. tro',- r:>.v. l\fr. Johnson resigned hiB Murray and Oreese families. charge and w nt to Weston. where as. , /_ '" . / .:: ' ,..:/};; - 'f ; /./47 / . $:A -.,:' ";"";3t ././., . / 1 . //.!f7 /' - ;.--. JIll ':'"' i/ iØ 16 LANDMARKS OF TOnOSTO. rector of St. Philip's he remained for 1870-1871-T. B. Blackwood, G. M. many long years after the troubles at R.a. St. Paul's ha.d been bu.ried in oblivion 1871-1872-G. :\f. Rae, E. J. Jarvis. so far as he W'aS concerned. 1872-1873-J. T. Smith, John Symons. Following Mr. Johnson came Mr. 1873-18ï4-Fl'ank Draper, Captain Givins, who was in turn succeeded by , Stupart. the present rector. 1874-1877-Captain Stupart. William The clergy of st. Paul's since its Scarldi.ng. foundation have heen these:- 1877-1878-Benry Skynner. J. R. Roaf. Rectors-Rev. J. G. D. McKenzie, 1878-1880- 'V. H. Draper. ,Yo B. Evans. about 18 to 1855; Rev. W. A. John- '1880-1881-t\rajor R. J .Evans, ,V. B. son, 1855; Rev. Saltern "Givins, 1856- Evans. 1879; Rev. T. C. Desbarres, 1f;79-98. . 1881-1883- 'V. B. Evans, R. H. Gray. Assistant Clergy-Rev. l\fr. Schrte- 188 -1884-\Y. B. Evans. ('. B. Jacke.s. ber, occasional, 1855; Rev. Dr. Ada l- 1884-1886- 'V. B. Evans, D. l\Iitchell son. 1855-56 (deceased);, Rev. A. "iJ- Macdonald. Iiams (now of St. John B); Rev. John 1886-1888- 'Yo B. EVaJls. J. R. Roaf. Langtry, 1868-69 (now of St. Luke's); 1888-1889-:\rajoI' R. J. Evans. Charles Rev. Septimus Jones (now of Redeem- Lang1ey. er); Rev. 'V. F. Checkley (deceas('-J); 1889-189.2-J. G. Greey, Charles Lang- Rev. ,T. C. Desbarres (now rector of St. ley. Paul s). 1892-1800-'V. R. SmaUpiece. J'. G. Proff'ssor Rev. H. S. Cody, of 'Vyck- I Greey liff,- C?l ege, h.as been acting as assist- 1893-1895- 'V. .R. Sma Upiece. R. Milli- ant mlDlster Since the summer of 1895, champ l'ut h-> is not responsible for parochial il895-1898-'V. G. Eakins. Charles l\Iar- work (1898). riott 'fhe following have been the ward- Organist 189'6-1Ir. McKim. ens: I From 1 until 1849 there are un- I fortunately no records showing who I CHAPTER V. wr'r wardens. Probably the affairs of I thr> district were manag by the Bis- I ' HOLY TRINITY. hop and thf' ministpr. aided by a com- -, ID ttf'e, l'ut this is little more than con- I ....e Plr.. SOree ..d Open t:hanh I. Te- J..cture, as no documents of any kind I rente-..&. fUrt Fr... EnglAlld. art' to be found relating to vestry Running westward from Yonge m etings prior to 1849. street, about 200 yards to the north The register of births, marri,ages and of Queen street, is a narrow thorough- deaths dates from 1846, but these give fare leading to a court wherpin is no clue as to whom filled the office of built the Church of the Holy Trinity, churchwarden. belonging to the Church of England. . The court is now known as Trinitv ('HI'JtCIIWAR E:,S ! square. In 1835 it was known as "the 18-m-18J -:--;eorge Willl&Dl Allan, fields," and constituted the garden James Henderson. ; and cleared space around the residence 185'::-1853-Aiex. l\Iurra,y, Captain Pat- of Dr. James :\Iacaulay, formerly an tenson. army surgeon in the Queen's Rangers. 1853-1854- Wlliiam V. B'IWOn, William His residence, called Teraulay cottage. Telfer. was removed in 1848, \\ hen Trinity 185.1-1855-J. 'V. G. Whitney, W. l\Ia.c- square was laid out. l\Iacaulay lane, kenzie. now Louisa street, was described as. 1855-1856-J. T. BIondtgeest. T. J. Pres- "fronting the fields," and from this ton. cleared space a line of unbroken forest 185 18Jï-Robert Beard, T. .T. Pres- extended as far north as the eye could ton. reach. This clearing on the north side 1857-1859- \. l\f. L. Boward, T. H. of Macaulay lane was almost inaccess- Inre. ible half a century since, and could 1859-1861-Robert Sewell, .Tas. Young. be approached only by passing around 1861-186 -Thomas Haworth. T. J. Prea- treaeherous swamps and through tang- ton. led forests. It is related by Dr. Scad- 1862-1864-T.homas Haworth, Charle..q ding that a magistrate declined an R Dickson. attempt to find Dr. Macaulay's house 1864-1868- 'V. G. Schreiber, George on account of the dangers iJy the way. Bostwick'. when he reached the eastern part of lß68-1870-Alex. ':\farlinl?;. J. B. SorIey. York one afternoon, and it required LAr\DMARJ{S OF TORONTO: 17 half of the next day to finish the energy grew Holy Trinity. The diocese journey. The residence was destroyed of Toronto Was establishl'd in 1839, by fire after iis removal to what is the Venerable Archdeacon John stra- now the southern entrance to Trinity chan being appointed the first Bishop. square. His fine personal quali.ties, his energy Twenty-five years witnessed a radical of administration, executive ability change in the appearance of this rourt, and wonderful success gaine1 him very or "fields," which was transformed" favourable notice in Great Britain and into an active, populous district, so Ireland. In this way it occurred to the that the lineR of the historian truth- mind of a benevolent lady whose name fully represent the change when they was not known, that a church should say: I be established in Bishop Strachan's dio- . Macaulay's fleld3 are fields no more; " cese in Oanada. This, was in 1845. The trowel supersedes the plough. Wh<3n he returned to 'Ioronto from a Huge inundated swamps of yore' : misslOnary tour west he found a let- Are changed to ci,,!c villas n,)w." I ter from Bishop Longley, of Ripon. WithÏIÍ a few rods of Yonge street, afh:rwards Archbishop of Oanterbu.ry, one of the main arteries of Toronto's saymg th t a.. lad;y, unknown to hIm, commercial life, enclosed on all sides ad depogl ed In his han s öß5,OOO. ster- with buildings, so that it enjoys a quasi IlD'f5 to lUlld. a ch';1rch lD t.he DIocese seclusion, even while it is readily reach- of f?ronto, shpulatlDg th:",t .It. be 8; I('d ed, stands tbis church. which in some the ChurcJ;1 of the Holy TrImty, the. respects has an unique character and ' s ats of. which were to be free and u - history. It is reached by a very Darrow I appropriated forever.... :e3,O O of this passage way from Alice street OD the , ere devoted to tht' lmldmg and öß2,OGO north, another from Louisa street on Invested as an endowment fund for the the south, and the short avenue from mcumbent. Yonge street on the east; it seems like I Toronto having been chosen as the some great giant entombed amid the I most suitable and most a.dvantageous lesser buildings on every side and I IOCali y for the church, it present site whose greatness only )ecomes appred- was gIven by Co1. hn SImco.} Macau- able when we stand wIthin the narrow lay, son of Wl, orlgmal owner of the court and look up to the battlemented land. .While the building was in pro- turrets of the twin spirelets above the 'cess of erection the unknown donor front corners. ' presented silver sacramental plate for It is a large brick structure C['uci- I pu')li use, and smaller service for form in shape, with two narro.:v tran- private ministration; she also sent a septs adjoining the chancel. There is ! large supply of fair linen anù a cover- no attempt whatever at architectural " ing of Genoa velvet for the a.ltar. 00- effect.s, the entire building being an sides surplices for the clergy. The unpretending reflex of English cath- I church was consecrated Octo':er 27th, edral churches. It runs east and west I 1847, in the presence of a large con.- the altar being at the east end th gr,>gation. On that day, at the com- main entrance at the west end 'with' mUllion service, of:50 in gold were pre- an approach from the north an:d one sented, and öß50 for a. font, besides æ50 from the south into the transepts. At 1 more for clothing to be distributed the south-east corner and entered a.mong the poor. through a small porch is a two- Rev. Henry Scadding was the rector storeyed annex, used for Jecture and from 1847 to 1875, although Rishop Sunday chool pu poses.. Strachan frequently preached there. T.þe ongm or thIS C'Ì}urch IS ground- The finances were so judiciously hand- ed In the church revIval in England led that a reserve fund was created in. the early" forties,". a revival that and the parish is now in a most f1our stimulated church archItecture so that, ishing condition, notwithstanding the ID3:ny new and ornate cburc.hes were I free Beat system, owning a parsonage bUilt and old ( JDes renovated, enlarged' in Trini)ty square, and a n'3W school 8.n!i gen rally Improved, more attention I buildmg directly opposite. Rev. John bem lVe? to artistic results in con- : Pearson, formerly of Fredericton, N.B., t IsbnctIon to the ratber rigid ar- I is rector. He is a genial, scholarly chlte ture eretof re e.xisting. AC'com-' gpntleman, interested in his work. pa.ny ng this !ev1\:al lD England her: The church has heen honoured by the groWlDg colomes were more aSRirIious- offiCial service of Rev. Dr. Scoresby, ly cared for by the National Church, thß celebrated English Arctic navi- and .a ystem tic supervision and gator and explorer, and of Bishop Sel- orgaD1z bo of Its scattered adherent.s wyn, an eminent missionary of New was mamtalßed. Out of this new-born Zealand, both of whom preached here 18 LA D:\IARKS OF TORONTO. on morf' than one occa.c;ion. Lord EI- tro::luction of daily public prayer, week- gin, whos,> sul's;"quent services in Chi- ly C'ornmunion, choral services, sur. na and India gavt> him di-stinction, was, pliced choirs, and other accessories of when Governor-General, often a wor- divine worship, which tend to make it shipp r within its walls. These facts, a thing of glory and of beauty, and connt'cted with its novel origin. serve by the many organizationc; and me- to add to its historical interest and tho:lg which exist for bringing the in- valu'3. fluence of the church to bear upon the On Odober 27th, 1884, a special com. masses, wO:lld, but for Mr. Darling's memorative service was held at which e.arnestness and zeal, coura.ge and per- time a memorial bra'5B tabl t affixed se ra ce, have. been of much later to the north wall was uncovered in . .begmlll g than It wac;; for few, a d honour of its then unknown founder. feeble, I an , wer the steps taken III The address on that occasion was de- I ' these dlrectlO.ns tII he I?-ad led the livered by Dr. Scadding, accompanied way and rallIed wIth VOiCe and ex- by appropriate religious services. The mple, as a le der of. men, the f?rces following is the inscription:- o ,the party wIth whICh he was Iden- tIfied.. THIS CHURCH In these rapidly movin times an DEDICATED TO 8difice built in 18t7 hegms to bear THE HOLY TRINITY. about itself an air of antiquity. If WAS ER.CTED THROUGH THE MUKIFICENCE OF the bui}ding is a soC'ia.tpd,. as in this A LADY RESIDE}(T IN ENGLAND, WHO. A.D. 1 l5, case, wIth a serVIce that IS vf'nerable THROUGH THE HI!- visit to Holy ERECT A CHURCH IN HIS DIOCESE UPON THE T . . t .' h .. . L . k EXPRESS CONDITIONTHATTHIi: SITTINGS THERE- nnI y gIves on9 t IS ImpreS8lOn. I.e IN SHOULD BE FREE AND UNAPPROPRIATED FOR cathe ral churches, the vastness of It liVER. WITH THAT SCM THE FABRIC WAS estabhshoo no sympat.hy hetwef'n the ERBCTED UPON A SITE GIVEK FOR TIlE PURPOSE I worshipper and the 'huilding. CatheJ- HY THE LATE LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHK SIM- 'lrals seem to be huilt more for ele- cOEMACAULEY AND AN E:-lDOWMENT PROVlDED. gance of artistic results and grandeur THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID ON THE of archit.ecture than for the comfort FIRST DAY OF JTJLY. A. D. 1846, AND THE . CHURCH WAS OPENED AND CONSECRATED BY O! co.n.enlence of devote s. The se,r- THE RIGHT REVEREND JOH:-l STRACHAN BISH- VIce IS to supply everythIng, and In OP OF 'rORONTO. ON 'l'HE EVE OF THE .FE ST OF this respect en tbedral service is the S7. Sï\lON AND JUDE, A.D. 1847. acme of all !'crvice, in that it furnishes THIS TABLET W Mil PLACED HERE BY THE CON- attractions and interest beyond the GREGATION. A.D. ]884. AS A lIIARK OF GRATI- I mere lu:\.ury of the building T O:ET ROp :II E , :A I The chancel seems far away .from the PLACE A Fl>'O RD !II. I main pntrance: the intervening space .No account of the history and ser- I s OC UP f'9- with narrow seats. divided YlCes of the church of Lh3 Holy Trinity mt? mdlVldu'1.1 compartm9nts hy. small IS complete without reference to the stnps of wood, each se,at havmg a eminent work of Rev. W. Stewart Dar- singh rail at th9 back with a book- li , who for nearly thirty years was rest in front and a kneeling hoard be- intImately associated with all it in- lOW. Th"" floor, save the three aisles terests. In 1 55 he was apfointed as- covered with matting, is uncarpeted, sist nt minister, which I osition hI' held and th?re is not a vestige of upholstery untIl 1875. when. he became the rector. ahout thp building except that or the !,>-s sO!lle on saId: - forw rdness m all good. works. ]\[ , struct th,> view and is harmoniously. Darlmg was endowed wIth such qual: -. 1 'd h i be ties of zeal, sympathy and geniality p l?ted and d coratR. , t e wal s mg that- he attrac1.>n to him the love and '\\ amscoted 8e\ eral feet from the floor. eonfidence of the young, and .. few A vpry smaH gallery, enclosed by the pastors have endf'ared themselves more t rrèts, res ahove tbe western ves- universally to their flocks." To his h!JU( , and s reJ3.Cbed by two nar:r::ow unt.iring efforts and conscientious de- \ mdlI g: sta rways, one on (' C'h SIde. vobon are largely due the present 1wo vIsItors books ar ke.pt, wIth a re- strength and influence of this parish. quest ättaJched that all persons 'WIOr- The revival of church life and work shipping there inscribe the.ir nameø in Toronto, as manifested by the in.' and addresses. J"uøt within the south- L_'\. Dl\IARKS OF TORONTO. 19 f'rn tran5 r tpft is the stone l.aptismal I T:he surpliceJf/ '\.1.11 \, ' ' / ;I 'I iI *,,8' '- v '\'1 I f ! . i b Tj -.;.. :) - 1 #. I ;?- , -. "-. )-.. '1 1:h ' I) / . , :- '. I \' ., I' r ç- . ..J __ ''\t.,-v '<.-;- \ . };,:. I I" -:" J-"""Ei?' ' 1 ' ',/ .-::: :: . - r: "' \,'1 , - 7 "',J. :". $ . '- 'f, '. " ' t ( r i, ' I ít / ': ,'0-. -'i ': . t . .; ,, ;o: "^ ' !I;'I}.r",... i ' · ; . :. ,;', ' ==- - .l"i <- ; " ';'i - · .t';: L ' .T.-. ' e' .,..k -I ii. Wi hl I,' \ , 'I _ ,. -:.. ,(&1.< '- .,' t . .f ', '.>I .J .." ". 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' -- ' ___- --., :: ' :1'\- ' ROT.Y TRnrIT'Y CHURCH, TRT1'(ITT !'!QUARK. darkly-colour d C8ise. The instrumen1t' j covered with red velvet, fringed with huilt by 4vl' & Son, of this city, is of white silk, and the monogram r. H. S.. great powt"r and resonance, capable of with a cross &rove it aU worked in in-sta.nt reduction to tàe most melodi- whitt' silk; on one corner of the altar øus combinations and tones. ProJect- I is a large service book sustained. b,- ing beyond the chancel rø.il is the pul- I a highly polished ùrass stand, whIle JIIit.. and to its left the reading desk. I a Ie> ,:"" -:"1 ...'..:' oiiJÞ":' l :- t: ,.b. .'... .it , ", : ,'11,1 ." -!J.,. ltrf:,: ;.- . f i" , ..... ,;}f .,-;: P.t .",," '" 'i' - . .I.,f - . d3 !) .,' '. w...!"",r-"' 'I: / . "!9' .,'r.. " ......) \ !,"i..",,'VJ' '" ,. t .4 '!' 4i. ; ._. l . ., 'f I J" (''1 .-;.J!ti:.... $" . .i'1_, - :. JI.'" ,,' ...... "' - L\, ...: '; ;\.. :\ i ":," '. .,.# . \. ,.....,r::., " ' 1.: Ii. 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Above as it was written then; it is the SundøJy sc.hool room, also nn- .'The 1a.rge. varigated. stained-glass furnished. unless plain settees and window above the altar pre$nts a chairs can be called furnit ure. The un- rio1a and beautiful appearance at a I plastered walls are painted white and distance. but is DOt sufficiently wel] the rofters and other woodwork of the executed to close and critical in- I roof painted dark; a huge wood stove øPeCÜon, on account o a want of clear- stands on one side and a .small recesø LA D:MARKS OF TORONTO. 21 rector and curate, were counted, slow- its stern primeval nature. A number ly .wound its way .to he .fI>'nt of the of Scripture scenes illustrated in pic- chancel, and entermg It divided at the I tures of the most ancient and inartis- sanctuary, the congregation mean- tic style are hung on the low white wh!le standing. ... walls about the room. '100 m,!-ch canno.t .be said l prals of ""The Sund&y school is a flourishing the musIcal rendItion of t IS servl e. one, numbering &bout 350 with an av- Mr. A. R. Blackburn, who IS orgallist t t d f . . and choirmaster, has developed a musl- rage a. en ance 0 over 200. In lud- cal abil.ty that makes evensong at mg a Bible class of 50 and 3 offIcers this church not only a pleasure but a.nd te chers. .More. commodiOus an. a luxury, and that, too, at no sacrl- convement .ro?ms. wLll be b.a.d when fice ot a devotional spirit; indeed, the the new bUIldmg IS completed. and to IDO:3t casual listener must be inspired this the school is anxiously looking. and uplifted by the sweetness and har- Of the $350 received by the treasurer loony of it. It was what is known as . in 1884. $60 was sent to the Indian the choral service. The prayers, the Homes a.t Sault Ste. Marie, and 200 creed and the res{:onSe8 are all intonpd volumes were added to the Sunday by the choir, compos d ntire!y of male school library. \oices, he full chOIr l this church '"Although the general character of numbermg 51 members; M of these are th b . ld . . f th t . 1 . . t men and ll:;oys. The former are divid. . e w. mg IS O. 0.. SImp LCI. y corn- ed into nine tenor.3 and 15 bass, the bmed wl l1 masslvenes , rowmg. out latter into 22 trebles and five altos. of the mlddle-aged ChrlBtJan architeo- The mingling of the fresh, clear, young tUTe tb8:t symbolizes th ru9. cat he- \ oices of the boys with the pure tenor dral þablt, yet the worshIp IS nch and and full round 1.;ass voice of the men cultivated in its ceremony. 'The ser- produces an effect that Ì-ß delightful. vice of this church in not ritualistic; The intonation of the prayers, whIch it is liturgica.l and in entire agree- to an ordi.nary Protestant of un.cult; - ment with the Church of England ser- vated musIcal taste seems novel, If not vices as celebrated in the old country irre.ligious, is, wh n condu ted w th for the last three hundred years. Oom- feehng and expression, very ImpressIve munion is celebrated every Sunday at a ? rest l. . 8 and 11 3.m., and on 'All Saints and . On thl'i occasIOn R;ev. John Pearson Holy days the Litany every Sunday mtoned the prayers m excellent style' 7. with a full, rich voice, accompanied by at 4::JO .m.: and choral. evensong at. _ the choir-the organ playing a soft and 9rdlnarl y m the mormng th servlOe low refrain, a. the petition was humble IS. a plam one, but on the first and and penitent or rising and swelling thIr Sund s of each mo th and m with triumrhant gladness when VOle. festIval days the commUnlon serVice ing the greatness and honour and glory is choral; there is evensong every day of the Almighty God. The congrega.. at 5.30. At the usual morning service tion was worshipful, nearly every in- about 400 people are present, but the dividual having the ,!8e of a prayer- evening service finds the church fill- þook. and eyery one. mtens ly foll w- ad; it seats about 800. There are 400 lI g t e ancient serVice e rLChe wIth communicants and 3,714 communion hIstorIcal value and beautIful wIth the òervices Were held during the last mel,?dy and harmony of reverent year. musl.c. Rev. George a.ttress read the "'"I should l"1æ very much to have evemng lessons and preached a short . . 1 .. I rmon. He is a minister of fine ad- !he pnvIlege of slttmg m he g: lery dress, good voice and evidently of great Ln o!der o et a gool ':Iew OL the sincerity. Two hymns were sung, one, chonsters, Bud the writer to he "Singing to welcome the pilgrims of black-robed beadle of the Holy Trm- the night," bein especially well sung. ity. The choral service before the serm()n .. ".rust wa.it a minute,' said that laste({ an hour, the sermon twenty busy functiona.ry, as he turned away miuntes. the concluding service and to look after a stove. 'Now, step this recessiona.l occupying ten minutes. way,' he resumed, opening a narrow "Attentive officials are at hand; all door at the front of one of the tur- ts at ll services re. free; t!1e rector rets; "just keøp right on till you come IS curta,med \v:herem IS st tLO ed an to a green door and push it open,' was altar from hlCh t e rvlCe IS con- the parting instruction as the little ducted. While all thIS s true to that door was cloged behind him. and tm øpecific form òf churah .life In which writer found himself in total darkness. the Holy Trlnity is embosomp(1, yet With one hand groping along t hp damp the aspect is so devoid of fini..h and circular wall and the other outstretcb- colour that it seems almost rude in e(1 to wnrd off any unseen dan er. the 2 LAXD.MÅR,l S OF TORONTO. - narrow winding stairway was followed, I in their \\ ork and anxious to accommo- by faith, not by sight, until the green I tate all enquirers with their offi- door was reached; after an almost cial services. flespairing effort to find the latch. an '.The year's reI-ort for 1885.86 shows effort not conducive to the cultivation an income of $1,120.83 through the. of a reverential temper, the door at envelope system, $2,416.69 thl'Qugh the last flew open with a bang and threat- I ' general offertory, and $586.75 through ErnJed to bring the eyes of the whole the clergy fund, while the total recei}Jts oongn>gation gallery-wardB. After I from all sources amounted to $9,514.23. enough of the accumulated dust of I The membership is divided into minor months had been cleared away from organizations for the prosecution of the unused seat a fine view of the the work the Holy Trinity feels called nave and chancel, brilliantly lighted,' ul-On to do. and the work is conscien- was dee.med a rewa.rd for the lerilousl tiously done. reflecting- credit upon its ascent. congregation, and in that \\ a.r honour- - HOJ.Y TRINITY-WEST FRO T vu:w. Far away the processional chant was l ing its generous founder. faint}". heard, like the distant mur- . . . . . mur òf so e hidden waterfall; its soft, The foregoing sketch i'rings the his- gentle mUSiC grew stronger and louder tory of Holy Trinity in great measure until the. vestry oor was opened and down to Easter, 1886. The following the surphced chorlste s slowl