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REV. JAMES CLARKE, M.A. REV. A. F. ATKINSON, D. D.

REV. ROBERT KER.
REV. HENRY HOLLAND, B. A. REV. E. M. BLAND.

ST. * GSORGG'S

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Jubilee Celebration

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REV. ROBERT KER,

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JUBILEE COLLECT.

(Prepared by the Rector.)

O, God, in whom our fathers trusted and were not confounded, and in
whose Almighty custody their souls abide in joy and felicity until the Great
Day of Account, be pleased, in the fulness of Thine everlasting love, to bless
those who are now assembled in Thy holy name. Sanctify this Jubilee ser
vice to our spiritual advancement; bless its hallowed lessons to our eternal
profit, the good of Thy church and the increase of vital religion in our souls.
Accept our thank offerings to-day, and when our humble and imperfect ser
vices are finished on earth, of Thy boundless mercy receive us into everlast
ing rest, through the Atoning blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

The prosperity of a church, as of a nation, depends
largely on its connection with the past. The accumulated
lessons of its by-gone history are its rich inheritance, — The
Late Dr. Light foot, Lord Bishop of Durham.

It is earnestly hoped that among the many who have been or are asso
ciated with the old parish church, there may be some who, moved by a desire
to honor God with their substance, would like to help us in a substantial way
and identify their names with the future history of this church and parish.
We would beg to commend to all such the following list of our most pressing
needs: —

i. An Endowment Fund, to yield say $750 per annum,
ii. Suitable School Building near the church and,

in. Pulpit and Lectern.

"Charge them who are rich in this world, that they be ready to give and
glad to distribute; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against
the time to come, that they may attain eternal life."

Church-

and Centenary Review.

1S41. "OUR JUBILEE."

§HE following pages, making up "Our Jubilee" souvenir, but practically
our centenary, are, as far as possible, a record of verified facts, where such
verification was possible, and, we may, therefore, modestly hope that the book
will not be without a certain value to the future historian of this city and
parish. It is not necessary to say much by way of preface, but this place
affords a convenient opportunity for saying a few things that had better go on
record. In the first place, we thank, with all sincerity, each and every one
who, by contributions, however small or however large, helped to make our
Jubilee what it was, a most unequivocal success. We are free to say that we
expected the members of St. George's Church congregation would acquit
themselves with credit, and we were not disappointed. To the willing workers,
as well as to the willing givers, our heartiest thanks are due and tendered.
The Jubilee offertory brings us within measurable distance of placing the

church and parish as they were on the day when Dr. Atkinson felt compelled,
through physical infirmity, to resign his position as Rector; that is to say,
entirely free from debt. Our present total indebtedness is not greatlv in ex
cess of $1,400, and we sincerely trust that early measures will be taken to
wipe out this small balance. Once clear of debt, very cogent reasons will be
required to induce us to contract any such serious liability in future. We owe
it to ourselves, to the parish and to the wider interests of religion, that we
make our church life as little of a burden as possible. Nor ought we ever to
feel satisfied until each year's income more than balances each year's expendi
ture. We should aim at this as our minimum requirement, and failing to
reach this position — disguise matters as we may — our church life is not in a
healthy condition. In trnth, much more than this is required, and the Pro
testant Episcopal Church in the United States is taking the initiative in what
promises to be a very healthful movement. The conviction has been steadily
growing among the members of our sister church to the South that even when in
come balances expenditure, many precarious elements still remain unaccount
ed for. The continued fluctuation of families, the ever present trend of popu
lation to the great cities, the almost general collapse of church finances dur
ing the holiday season, and the many irregularities in the payment of pew
rents; all these are matters that have to be taken into account. But even if
it were not so, it is strongly felt that a hand-to-mouth sort of provision is little
likely to promote spiritual life in the church. But further, it is recognized
that our present methods of church finances are directly responsible for the
many more than questionable agencies to which congregations have recourse
for the purpose of keeping up a flickering and frequently useless existence.
Money raising, as it is now pursued, is at once the disgrace and the weakness
of our churches. It has lowered the whole tone of church life, and is practi
cally reducing congregations to the position of clubs, whose sole business it is
to raise money, and the more ingenuity displayed in doing it, the greater is their
success assumed to be. The true functions of Christ ' s Church are spiritual — first ,
last and always. If true to her Divine mission, she is a living witness for
Jesus Christ, holding before men the grand ideal, which is a "new life," higher
than the world and not subordinate to worldly methods. It is not for us to
throw stones at anyone, but "Our Jubilee" offertory proves that there is "a
more excellent way," and that as we value the dignified history of our parish

church, so should we seek to keep it free from those "Cheap John" methods
of financing, which have become so popular in our day. Instead of "growing
in grace," churches seek to grow in expert, and sometimes not over honest
methods of getting money, so that,—

''The church alone with conscience quiet
Can thrive upon this doubtful diet."

Is it to be wondered at, that Faith and Hope and Charity die in modern
congregations, or that they give place to empty profession, ceaseless wrangle
and a complete reversal of the Apostolic injunction: "Preferring one another
in love?" To remedy all this, a movement is steadily taking place in favor of
Parochial Endowments, thus securing a certain fixed income and depending
upon Christian liberality for such further voluntary help as may be necessary.
As an illustration of the tendency in the direction indicated, it may be men
tioned that "In the introduction to the present Year Book of St. George's
Church, New York, Dr. Rainsford urges his people to make an effort to raise
an endowment fund sufficiently large to yield almost a sum that will meet
the running expenses of the church. Dr. Rainsford feels it very important
for his church to remain in its present position. He thinks a fund of at least
four hundred thousand dollars will be required for this purpose. A member
of the vestry has most generously agreed to give a sum equal to that contri
buted by the rest of the parish within the next five years, towards raising the
amount required."

May I suggest to the members of St. George's congregation the advisa
bility of aiming at something of this sort. We have a small endowment at
present, not very large, I am sorry to say, and year by year it appears to be
getting smaller, until at present it only yields an income of about $250 per
annum. If we were enabled to add to this a further amount of say $750, the
future life of the parish would be financially secure, and would contribute, in
no small measure, to the ultimate removal of pew rents. Should this Jubilee
Souvenir fall into the hands of any present or past member of St. George's
Church, who, moved by kindly remembrances of the past and anxious to asso
ciate themselves with the future life of the church, no better way can possibly
be suggested than by making an endowment for the benefit of St. George's
Church. Thirteen or fourteen thousand dollars bequeathed to carry on the
work of the church in this parish and city, would be an investment calculated

to bless the givers as well as the receivers. The grandest, the fullest and by
far the most impressive revelation on the sublime subject of death and immor
tality, is that contained in the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, xv.
Chapter and yet the Apostle has scarcely finished that tremendous subject,
when he adds: "Now concerning the collection for the Saints, as I have given
order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the
week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered him, that
there be no gatherings when I come."

This is a very suggestive fact, and a very clear indication of how our
churches ought to be supported. With these thoughts, we leave the matter,
praying that some in our congregation may be moved to devise "liberal
things," and that, one and all, we may keep in constant remembrance this
word of the Apostle:

"THE TIME IS SHORT."

JUBILEE

WT was not without much deliberation and forethought that the congre-
1^3 gation of St. George's Church decided upon taking a step, the wisdom of
which has been amply justified by subsequent events. Early in the summer
of 1891, the Rector called the congregation together for the purpose of ascer
taining if it were their wish to celebrate the jubilee of the consecration of St.
George's Church, and if so, what form it should take. After careful discus
sion, it was unanimously agreed that an event so important ought to be cele
brated in an appropriate manner, but the exact form was left open for further
consideration. In the meantime a committee of ladies was appointed to open
communication with former members of St. George's congregation, not resi
dent in St. Catharines, to find out how far, if at all, they would be willing to
assist is such a commemoration. Circulars to the number of seventy-two
were sent out by the committee, but they failed to elicit any opinion on the
subject. The summer holidays then intervened, and no further action was
taken until Monday, September 21, 1891. In response to a notice given on
Sunday, September 20, a meeting of the congregation was held in the School
House, Raymond street, Rev. Mr. Ker in the chair. There were also present:
Judge Senkler, Colonel Carlisle, R. H. Smith, C. Young, Mrs. and Miss
Dougan, Miss Haight, Mrs. and Miss Greenwood, Mrs. and Miss Coy, Miss
Eccles, Miss Ingersoll, Miss Taylor, Miss Arnold, Mrs. Haynes, Mrs. Ker, Mrs.

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Senkler, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Neelon, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. H. Miller, and others
ever ready to help forward the work of the church. The outcome of this
meeting was a committee consisting of Mrs. Richard Miller, Mrs. D. C.
Haynes, Mrs. S. D. Woodruff, Mrs. James Taylor, Messrs. T. B. Bate, J.
Clench, W. H. Collinson, R. H. Smith, S. D. Woodruff and the Church
Wardens. It is only necessary to say that the work of this committee was
practically entrusted to Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Haynes, and that these ladies
performed their task most efficiently and to the satisfaction of all concerned.
About the middle of November a final meeting was held, when the Rector
and Church Wardens submitted a plan for the jubilee celebration, which was
adopted unanimously; and it was formally determined to hold such commemo
ration on the 6th, yth and 8th of December, following, and that invitations
were to be sent to clergymen who had at any time been officially connected
with the parish, and, if the Rector considered it necessary or desirable, some
special preacher should be asked for the occasion. The musical part of the
service was entrusted to the organist, Mr. Harry Smith; the literary work to
the Rector, Church Wardens Mr. T. B. Bate and Mr. C. M. Arnold, and the
arrangements connected with the Jubilee Banquet were taken charge of by the
ladies of the congregation. Recognizing the fact that the time for preparation
was short, everybody set to work with a will, and for three weeks every mem
ber of the congregation appeared to be suffering from a new form of disease,
which, for lack of a better medical term, we shall call "Jubilee Fever." The
first invitation sent out was, of course, to the Bishop of the Diocese, who re
plied on November i8th, regretting his inability to be present, but His Lord
ship begged the Rector "to give expression to his regret that engagements of
several weeks' standing rendered it impossible for him to be present, except
at unreasonable inconvenience to others, and he prayed the congregation to
accept the assurance of his hearty desire that prosperity might attend St.
George's parish, and that the many rich blessings which God has in store for
those who love him, might rest on the members of St. George's church, both
In families and as individuals."

The Venerable Archdeacon Dixon of Guelph, who was the first curate
in St. George's, in 1848, also wrote, regretting that he could not be present.
He said: "I feel, however, a deep interest in your proceedings for, no doubt
you are aware, that more than forty years ago I commenced my ministerial

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Work in your church as curate to Dr. Atkinson. On leaving, I was presented
with a very gratifying address from the congregation, which I still have, but
alas, few of those who signed it are left. * * * * The Rev. Canon Bull
was curate at St. George's after me, and also the Venerable Archdeacon
Lauder. Thus, you will see, how intimately I have been connected with your
dear old town and church."

Other clergymen who had been more or less intimately identified with
the parish, also wrote in a spirit of kindly remembrance, but most of them,
owing to the pressure of Advent work, were unable to be present. The
arrangements for the celebration were pushed vigorously forward and by
Saturday evening, December 5th, everything was in readiness for "the great
event."

About ten o'clock Sunday morning, December 6th, 1891, being the
Second Sunday in Advent, the chimes of old St. George's rang out joyously,
and gave warning that the great "Fifty Year Celebration" was shortly to
commence. Thanks to the untiring energy of Miss Eccles, Miss Woodruff,
Miss Rykert and other willing workers, the church was beautifully decorated
for the occasion. In the vestibule there was a large photo of Dr. Atkinson,
appropriately wreathed with evergreens, while in close proximity were some
of the time worn documents of the church, dating back to 1796, together with
a plan of the old pews and a pencil sketch of the church in the olden days.
The chancel never appeared to greater advantage. There was a most tasteful
arrangement of beautiful white chrysanthemums, so that pulpit and lectern
appeared to grow out of a perfect bed of flowers. The memory of Mr. Hol
land came in for its full share of recognition, and the cross, with which his
name has become associated, was also gracefully festooned for the occasion;
and that nothing might be wanting which loving sympathy could accomplish,
the mural tablet, placed to the memory of the late "Rev. James Clarke, Pritni
Rectoris" was also wreathed in evergreens. Scroll work surrounded the gal
leries, the lettering being the excellent work of one of our own young men,
Mr. J. Richardson. Soon after the chimes were heard, the worshippers began
to assemble, and continued to gather until there was a very large congrega
tion present, and' not a few once familiar to the old parish church occupied
seats, and, doubtless, many of them conjured up out of memory's mystic
chambers, the men and women who "long ago" sat with them and worshipped

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within the sacred walls of the parish church. Punctually as the chimes rang
out their last notes and intimated that n a. m. had come, the andante tones
of the organ pealed out under the skilful manipulation of Mr. Smith, and the
large choir filed out of the vestry, followed by the officiating clergymen: Rev.
Professor Hodgins, B. A., Ridley College, Rev. Principal Miller, M. A., Rid
ley College, and Rev. Robert Ker, Rector of St. George's Church. The Rev.
Mr. Hodgins read Morning Prayer, and the Rev. Mr. Miller took the Ante-
Communion service. An order of service was distributed through the church,
of which the following is the first page :

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, ST. CATHARINES.
(FOUNDED CIRC. A. D. 1791.)

1841— JUBILEE CELEBRATION— 1891.

"O God, we have heard with our ears, and
our fathers have declared unto us, the noble
works that Thou didst in their days, and in the
old time before them."

IB-Si.

Rev. Abraham Fuller Atkinson, Rector.

Churchwardens.

Rev. Robert Ker, - Rector.

judge Senkler, I

Colonel Carlisle, } Church Wardens.

I. SAMUEL, VII. C., 12 V.

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" Morning Prayer" commenced with the appropriate hymn :

O God, our Help in ages past,

Our Hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,

And our eternal Home !

Under the shadow of Thy throne

Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,

And our defense is sure.

Before the hills in order stood,

Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,

To endless years the same.

A thousand ages in Thy sight,

Are like an evening gone ;
Short as the watch that ends the night

Before the rising sun.

Time, like an ever-rolling stream,

Bears all its sons away ;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream

Dies at the opening day.

O God, our Help in ages past,

Our Hope for years to come ;
Be thou our Guide while life shall last,

And our eternal Home !

The usual service then proceeded, and was very heartily and reverently
joined in by the. congregation present. Special Psalms, 84 and 87 were
chanted. Below we give the order of the jubilee music :

Andante Lohr

Hymn 165 — Tune "Bethlehem" Sullivan

Venite No. 9 Nares

Psalms 84, 87 Woodward-Humphrey

First Lesson Leviticus, XXV. c. , 8 v.

Te Deum in B. flat Illsley

Second Lesson Romans XIII

Jubilate Marsh

Anthem— "Lift Up Your Heads" Hopkins

Ante-Communion Service — "Kyrie" Gottschalk

Hymn — "Till He Come" Bickersteth

Historic Sermon The Rector

Jubilee Offertory By whole congregation

Soloist — Mrs. Dorsett-Birchall

Prayer for Whole State of Christ's Church Militant

Celebration of Holy Communion All invited

"Ye do show the Lord's death till he come. ." — i Cor. xi. 26.

Till he come — O let the words
Linger on the trembling chords ;
Let the little while between
In their golden light be seen ;
Let us think how heaven and home
Lie beyond that "Till He Come."

When the weary ones we love
Enter on their rest above,
Seems the earth so poor and vast,
All our life-joy overcast !
Hush, be every murmur dumb;
It is only "Till he come."

Clouds and conflicts round us press ;
Would we have one sorrow less ?
All the sharpness of the cross,
All that tells the earth is loss,
Death, and darkness, and the tomb,
Only whisper "Till He Come."

See, the feast of love is spread.
Drink the wine, and break the bread,,
Sweet memorials — till the Lord
Call us round His Heavenly board ;
Some from earth, from glory some,
Sever'd only "Till He Come."

The Rev. Mr. Ker, Rector of St. George's Church, entered the pulpit
about noon and read the following words from Lev. xxx. c., part 10 v.: "And
ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty thorought all the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you." The Rector
spoke for three-quarters of an hour, dealing chiefly with the earlier history of
St. George's Parish, that is to say, from 1791, when it was a mission district,
until it became a Crown Rectory. Nothing could exceed the profound atten
tion of the congregation. To not a few of those present the information given
in the address was entirely new, but to the older members the words of the
sacred volume were not altogether inapplicable: "But many of the chief of the
fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the found
ation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice." — Ezra
iii, part 12 v. The historic address delivered on this memorable occasion
will be found in full below, and has been carefully collated from such disjecta
membra as were available. On returning to the Holy Table the Rector took
his usual place, on the north side, and read the sentences, after which the
jubilee offertory was taken up to meet a mortgage of $3,500, which has been

resting On the parish for some years past. Taking account of the
offertory in the evening, the total amount reached the magnificent sum of
$2,400, or probably $2,450, for which we devoutly say, Laus Deo. Nearly
one hundred communicants remained to carry out the command of the
Divine Master, "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
show the Lord's death till He come,"

AFTERNOON, 3 P. M.

In the afternoon the Children's Jubilee service was held in the church,
Mr. Maybee, the Superintendent, and a full staff of teachers being in attend
ance. Several of the parents and other members of the congregation were
also present. The singing of the children was much praised, and their
answering when subjected to a viva voce examination by the Rector, was
prompt and accurate. Two Jubilee Banners were presented by Mrs. Harry
Carlisle to the successful classes in the Junior and Senior Departments. Amy
McManus, who had obtained the highest number of marks in the Senior
Classes, and B. Towers in the Junior, had the honor of receiving the banners
and placing them beside their respective classes. An offertory of $7 was
taken up for the Sunday School Piano Fund.

EVENING PRAYER.

An enormously large congregation gathered in St. George's Church for
Evening Prayer. The gas star, at the apex of the chancel, was lighted, and
added considerably to the beauty of the decorations. The Rev. Professor
Hodgins, of Bishop Ridley College, again kindly gave his valuable help to the
Rector in the service. The following order was observed:

Prelude ........................................ Gounod

Hymn 240 — Tune "St. George" ......................

Psalms 24, 47, 122 ..................... Farrant-Chatres

Cantate ........ \

I in F ....................... Miron-Ward

Anthem— "Hark, Hark My Soul" ................ Shelley

Hymn 289 — Tune "St. Sylvester" ....................

Special Sermon .............................. The Rector

Jubilee Offertory ..................................

Solo — Selected ....................................

Hymn 231 ........................................

March ........................................ Wagner

Soloist — Miss M. Spence.

Too much praise cannot be given to the choir for their excellent work,
which, from first to last, left nothing to be desired, and one paper described
the singing by Mrs. Dorsett-Birchall and Miss Spence as simply "superb,1'
but, where all were excellent, praise would be invidious.

The Rector preached in the evening from Daniel v. c. and part 5 v.,
"The King saw the part of the hand that wrote." The sermon dealt with the
Divine Providence which regulates the destinies of men and churches, and
the active agencies, some of which we see, but most of which at the time
remain hidden. We see "joy" and "happiness" written upon the bridal
wreath, but how often does it happen that we only see part of the hand that
writes, and but part even of the writing. Then again, what unutterable sor
row have we not seen written — what deep anguish, what heart breaks, what
terrible losses, what unspeakable bereavements, and yet we have only seen
part of the hand that writes. Beyond these days of agony and sorrow there
is the fulness of joy, so that the great Apostolic logician declares in full view
of all life's darkest reverses, "That the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." To
wait the manifestation of God's purpose is one of Faith's supreme tests, but
let us remember the injunction, "Be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the
Lord," for

"Beyond the smiling and the weeping,

You shall be soon,

Beyond the waking and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,

You shall be soon.
Love, rest and home ! Sweet hope !
Lord tarry not, but come.

"Beyond the parting and the meeting,

You shall be soon,

Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond this pulse's fever beating,

You shall be soon,
Love, rest and home ! Sweet hope !

Lord, tarry not, but come."

During the offertory Miss Spence sang a solo very effectively, after which
the day's services were brought to a close with the beautiful hymn,
"Forever with the Lord."

The congregation, doubtless feeling that the event was historic, joined
very heartily in the singing. Then, with prayer, fervently uttered, that God

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would be pleased so to "dispose the way of His servants towards the attain
ment of everlasting salvation ; that, among all the changes and chances of this
mortal life they may ever be defended by His most gracious and ready help,"
followed by the solemn Benediction of the church, the Jubilee services of 1891
glided peacefully and happily into the mystic realms of history.
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1891.

The second important item in the "Jubilee Celebration" took place on
Monday evening, at 7.30 p. m., in the presence of a congregation larger if
possible, than that which assembled in the church on the previous Sunday
evening. Every available pew was occupied. Several clergymen occupied
seats in the congregation. Rev. Rural Dean Gribble, Rector of Port Dal-
housie; Rev. E. M. Bland, Rector of Christ's Church Cathedral, Hamilton;
and Rev. Robert Ker, Rector of St. George's, were present in their surplices,
Mr. Gribble read a few introductory prayers, after which the programme, as
given below, was gone through, in the order laid down, except that the second
part was, by special request, opened with the beautiful anthem, which had
been sung the previous evening, "Hark, Hark My Soul." The offertory on
the occasion amounted to $41.42.

MONDAY EVENING.

7.30 P. M. SHARP.

JUBILEE SERVICE OF PRAISE.

PROGRAMME. — PART I.

1. Hymn 178 — Tune, "Oriel"

2. Address Rev. E. M. Bland

3. Anthem — "Praise the Lord, all nations" .... Lambillotte

Choir.

4. Solo — "Mount of Olives," Parker

Mrs. Dorsett-Birchall.

5. Solo — "David's song before Saul" Bordese

Mr. A. W. Impey.

6. Quartette — "Come Holy Spirit" Millard

Mrs. Welch, Miss Shickluna, Messrs. Phelps
and Towers.

7. Solo — "Arise My Soul" Gabriel

Miss Chadwick (Ingersoll.)

8. Duet — "In the Cross of Christ I Glory" Abt

Miss Grubs, Mr. Impey.

(Recit — "Confounded be all they" .. ..) ,
Solo. . T - Costa

I Air — "They shall be turned back" j

Miss Spence.

PART II.

1. Duet — "My Faith Looks up to Thee" Lachner

Misses Mack and Hunt.

2. Anthem — "Gloria" Mozart

Choir.

3. Solo— Selected

Miss Chad wick:

Organ -(<a) Andante No 2 WelY

" ( (b) March (Priests) Mendelssohn

Miss May.

5. Solo — "Dream of Bethlehem" Rodney

Miss Birchall.

6. Quartette — "Jesus Lover of My Soul" Williams

Miss Spence, Mrs. Towers, Messrs. Phelps
and Towers.

7. — "Praise God from whom all blessings Flow"

H. E. SMITH, Organist.

TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1891.

This was the concluding day of the Jubilee celebration, and partook en
tirely of a festive character, being in the shape of a commemorative dinner
and conversazione. The dinner took place in "Haynes Block," and was des
cribed by competent judges as one of the most delightful at which they were
ever present. For the benefit of the ladies who shall take charge of the Jubilee
Dinner in A. D, 1941, we give the menu below. We present it in this per
manent form because at the next Jubilee gathering the chances are greatly
against our being present, either to advise — which is important, or to find
fault, which is perhaps more important still, because of fifty who can advise
readily, only about one in that number can find fault intelligently, and will
our charming lady friends of A. D. 1941 believe it, that not even the intelli
gent "fiftieth" was found to complain of the Jubilee Dinner of 1891.

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MENU.

"He that hath no appetite for this let him depart."

Escalloped Oysters.

Celery. Tomato Catsup.

BOILED.

Sugar Cured Ham. Pressed Ox Tongue.

ROAST. '

Prime Ribs Beef. Turkey with Dressing, Cranberry Sauce.
Spring Ducks, Apple Sauce. Baked Pork and Beans.

RELISHES.
English Pickles. Chow Chow.

VEGETABLES.

Mashed Potatoes.

SALADS.

Chicken. Lobster. Potato.

PASTRY.

English Plum Pudding, Sauce Cognac.
Home Made Mince Pie. Apple Pie.

DESSERT.

Pound Cake. Lady Cake. Cocoanut Cake. Trifle.

Chocolate Cake. Charlotte Russe. Sherry Wine Jelly.

Vanilla Ice Cream. Strawberry Ice Cream.

FRUIT.

Apples. Oranges. Bananas. Grapes

Crackers. Stilton Cheese,

Tea. Coffee.

'Is this the end?"

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Speaking for the information of our successors in 1941 we may tell them —
confidentially of course, that it has sometimes happened in our days — which by
the way are much belauded by their admirers as the most wonderful of all
days, that the best part of the dinner has frequently been the menu, that is to say,
there was more on the menu card than anywhere else, but our ladies reversed
all this and put more every where else than on the menu card. Good sisters of
A. D., 1941, emulate their example. Perhaps you are curious to know the
names of the ladies who so unsparingly provided our Jubilee Banquet.
Here they are : —

MRS. S. D. WOODRUFF,
JAMES TAYLOR,

" D. C. HAYNES,
R. MILLER,
E. J. SENKLER,

" E; R. WARNER,

" RICHARD PETERSON,
W. H. COLLINSON,
C. M ARNOLD,
H. H. CARLISLE.

" R. H. SMITH,
J. R. SEYMOUR,
A. J. GREENWOOD,

" D. W. BIXBY,
WM. DOUG AN.

Nearly two hundred sat down at intervals to dinner which was served
from 6 p. m., until 8.30 p. m. The young ladies of the congregation who
waited upon the tables were very charming young ladies, and quite cap
tivated the hearts of the guests; indeed, if our modesty did not restrain
us, we would say there never were such charming young ladies at any time
or in any place ; and if those of 1941 are superior, we are certain that no further
improvement will be possible. Those who were not rendered hors de combat
by the beauty of the ladies and those who survived the seductive influence
of the "Sauce Cognac," adjourned to "Beaver Hall," where another treat
was provided. The Rev. Mr. Ker took the chair, and after bestowing hearty
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upon a large number of gentlemen to speak, and would beg to limit them to
about five minutes each. To Mr. J. P. Merritt, the oldest living member of St.
George's Church was assigned the honor of leading off. He was followed by
Canon Bull, a former Curate, and Mr. Burson, Pastor of Knox Presbyterian
Church. Very Rev. Dean Harris, Rector of St. Catherine's Roman Catholic
Church, was called upon, but he had to leave the Hall before the speaking
began, a remark that applies to Mr. Armitage, St. Thomas' Church; Mr.
Ardill, St. James', Merritton ; Mr. McKeown, County Crown Attorney and
Mr. George B. Towers.

Judge Clarke, of Ohio, U. S. A., grandson of the Rev. Mr. Clarke the first
Rector, was called upon and made a very neat speech ; Mr. S. Neelon also
made a good speech. He was followed by the Rev. Mr. Spencer, Rector of
Thorold ; Rev. Mr. Shutt, St. Barnabas ; and Col. Carlisle; Sheriff Dawson,
representing our Roman Catholic neighbors ; Mr. H. A. King, Judge Senkler,
Mr. Johnson Clench, representing the Ex-wardens ; Mr. Fred. MacDonald,
Master in Chancery, on behalf of the old families, and Mr. George Peterson on
behalf of the Young Men of St. George's Church. Some very good singing
was interspersed among the speeches and the whole was brought to a close
about 10 p. m., by

"Praise God from whom all blessings flow."

Historic Review.

tURING the closing years of the i8th century the wonderful drama of hu
man ambition which had been so effectively played on this new conti
nent, shifted back again to the more congenial atmosphere of the Old World, and
left us for a time in comparative peace. It is true that there were not want
ing ominous portents of that fierce and pitiless storm of death, which swept
Europe from the Gates of Paris to the very heart of snow-bound Russia. One
black and awful death line marked the course of the storm as it swept in
the terrific majesty of Battle from the Capital of the Caesar's to the Golden
Horn, and rolled in an appalling death tide over the plains of Waterloo and
back again in waves of conquest, into the very streets of the French Cap
ital. But only the Divine voice of the prophet could have told us what was
coming upon the earth, or how one man's unbridled ambition could work such
awful havoc, and make such a bloody record upon the pages of history. The
closing years of the Century found the Niagara Peninsula in peace. The
horrible atrocities of the Revolutionary period were still fresh in most minds,
but the terrible war-whoop of the Indian did not disturb the industrial pur
suits of our fathers; the scent of blood, had become faint; the tomahawk was
unused, and the Indian tribes on our frontier had buried the hatchet never
again, save once, to be exhumed in civilized warfare. The United Empire
Loyalists who had forsaken all to follow the British flag, were with rare
courage manfully battling against the discomforts of their new life and joy-

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fully enduring hardships to which but few of them had ever been accus
tomed. No sounds disturbed the deep stillness of the primeval forest save
the cheery voice of peaceful labor and prosperous wood craft. Men of ster
ling worth and unswerving loyalty had taken possession of the Niagara
Peninsula and in the closing years of the last Century were literally "chopping"
out their homes and making for themselves and their posterity "a local hab
itation and a name." It is to their credit to say that while they contended
against vast odds and enormous difficulties, they were not men to permit
themselves to be frightened by the one, nor to be seriously deterred from
their purpose by the other. They were verily the stuff out of which great
nations are built and a strong people nurtured. In their day they were wise and
heroic master builders who laid the foundations of our Civil and Religious
Liberty broad and deep, and as van-guard citizens they proved their right to lead
because, when necessity demanded the sacrifice, they willingly and cheerfully
gave up home, and even life itself, in the cause of faith and patriotism. Nature
herself pays homage to such entitled nobility and year by year the spray
taken up from the mighty cataract of Niagara drops in gentle dew upon the
graves of men and women of whose life and achievements any nation might
well feel proud. Let our Jubilee songs to-day be wafted over their honored
dust, and if our lot is happier than theirs, let our sense of gratitude be mingled
with the memories of their struggles and of their hard won victories. In this
Jubilee celebration it is not posssible to think of ourselves and to forget them,
for, truth forces the willing confession that we reap to-day because they
sowed, and we gather because they planted. Where the vine and peach now
yield a rich and willing harvest to an industrious and prosperous people the
U. E. Loyalists received 1:heir grim Baptism of National Life, and often since
then have they vindicated their right to make choice of their own flag.
They were men of earnest convictions both in religion and in politics, and it
may be said with all truthfulness of the pioneers on this Niagara Peninsula,
that, as a people, they never permitted themselves to forget that a community
without religion is as little to be trusted as a ship without a helm. It was
the spirit of true piety that built the double sanctuary of church and home
and made us, what we are I trust vto-day, a law abiding and a God fearing
community. Our present commemorative services partake largely, not
merely of a Jubilee, but also of a centenary character. Sometime between 1791 —

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1794 this was a mission parish of the English church. It is not possible to
fix the exact date, but it is positively certain that about this time, one hun
dred years ago, your fathers joined in the beautiful Liturgy of the Church
of England and the Songs of Zion were sung amid the old pine trees and
the story of Divine Love was told by lips long silent in the dust.

On the 1 7th February, 1796, we enter upon the region of authentic
history, for on that date the old documents tell us of certain proceedings and
of subscriptions made to secure "an appointment to the church at St.
Catharines, together with the names and the amount subscribed by each," viz:

£. s. d.

John Backhouse 12 o o

John Hayner - 16 o 6

Jacob Dittrick 26 10 6

Abraham Clendennan 6 i o

Benjamin Froilick 3 o o

Henry Smith 3 o o

Zechariah Hayner 3 o o

Richard Hayner 2 o o

Albert Hayner i o o

Adam Hayner 3 o o

Cornelius Pollock i o o

John Decow (so spelled) 2 o o

Robert Cammel 10 o o

John Turney 6 o o

John Brown 5 o o

William Hay 5 o o

Obediah Hopkins o 8 o

Fetter (Sic) Hopkins i o o

Asa Waterhouse o 10 o

John Wilson, Jr., Beaver Dam i o o

Hugh Wilson i o o

John Kelly Q 8 o

Jonathan Nunn o 8 o

George Cooke o 8 o

[acob Upper o 8 o

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Peter Metier, George Homer, Stephen Petrim. Philip Metier, Andrew
Hansler, Jacob Bowman, (on the mountain) George Keefer, Mich'l Seaton,
Jacob Ball, Jr., George Hartsell, John Steven, Adam Hutt, John Dennis and
others, making in all £121. 123. od This appears, having regard to the con
dition of matters generally, a fairly liberal effort in the interests of religion
Ready money was certainly not plentiful, a fact that is incidentally brought out
by a Presbyterian subscription list quoted by McCollum, and referred to by Dr.
Gregg in his History of the Presbyterian Church in Canada p. 186. (Note.)

Pelham February 24th, 1823.

"We the subscribers do agree to pay Mr. Eastman, forty bushels
of merchantable wheat, for the purpose of having the Gospel preached for
one year, once a month, and the wheat to be delivered at the house of John
B. Comforts, on or before the 25th day of January next."

It appears that the original site of the old church was fixed upon near the
residence of the late Mr. Holland Macdonald, the land having been given to
the congregation by the Hon. Robert Hamilton, of Queenston, and I am
indebted to my friend Mr. J. P. Merritt, for a copy of a valuable document,
which establishes beyond all question the fact that St. George s Church, in
its original form of St. Catharines' Episcopal Church, out-dates all other
religious bodies in this city.

COPY OF A GRANT FOR THE

TWELVE MILE CREEK CHURCH AND LAND.
JANUARY, 1798.

Know all men by these Presents, that I, Robert Hamilton, Esq., of Queens-
ton, in the Home District of Upper Canada, Merchant ; being possessed of a
deed for five hundred acres of land in the Township of Grantham, in same
District and Province, known by numbers iS.igand 20, in the 6th Concession,
and numbers 22 and 23 in the roth Concession of that Township (as per deed
registered in the secretary's office, yth June 1796 Liber B. folio 97, as may
more fully appear.) For, and in consideration of one penny to me in hand
paid by John Gould and Abel Letten, the present Church Wardens in that
Township of Grantham, in behalf of themselves and other inhabitants of that
Township ; have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant
unto the aforesaid John Gould and Abel Letten, as now Church Wardens, and

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to their successors in office, for and in behalf of the whole inhabitants of the
said town forever, a portion of the said lots of land containing about two
acres, or thereby situated around where the present church is built and
bounded as follows : — By a line parallel to and twenty yards in front of the
present church, running from the edge of the road which rises the hill from
the creek running towards the present farm-house seventy yards ; thence
running towards the road which leads down the creek one hundred and forty
yards ; thence in a line towards the road which comes from the creek seventy
yards, and thence along said road to the place of setting out, about one
hundred and forty yards. To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of
land to them, the aforesaid Churchwardens and to their successors in office for
the use of the inhabitants of that Township forever, and for, the purpose of
having a Church and School House on said land, with the express Proviso
that these buildings shall be maintained and supported thereon, and that
should they at any future period be neglected for the space of seven years at
one time, so that these buildings shall go to decay for want of attention and
of repairs, then shall this deed be null and void and the land thereby granted
shall revert to the said Robert Hamilton, or to his heirs or assigns ; and to
the full and complete performance of the deed or grant I do hereby bind
myself, my heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents.

Signed by me, and to which I shall affix my seal at Queenston in the said
District and Province before mentioned, this twenty-fourth day of January,
in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Eight.

R. HAMILTON. (L.S.)

In presence of
ROBT. MURRAY,
WM. K. HAMILTON,
JOHN R. HAMILTON.

Copied from Mr. Merritt's documents ; read over and is certified this 6th
December 1891, by J. P. Merritt.

In 1817, a survey was made of the Church land and we give herewith
the report which was presented to the church wardens, Messrs. T. Merritt
and Geo. Adams.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE CHURCH RESERVATION.

ST. CATHARINES TWELVE MILE CREEK.

Beginning on a course south 68 degrees west and distance forty feet, from a
post planted one chain and ninety three links from the south east corner of
Paul Shipman's House, on a course south twenty-three degrees east from the
said corner ; thence south sixty-eight degrees west three chains and seventy-
one links ; thence south thirty-two degrees east four chains and fifty links to
a post, thence north sixty-eight degrees east three chains and thirty-
seven links to a post, thence north twenty-seven degrees west four chains and
fifty-five links, to the place of beginning, containing by admeasurement one
acre, two roods and sixteen perches, be the same more or less.

24th May, 1817. RICHARD COCKRELL, Dep'y Surveyor.

On the 24th January 1810, an agreement was entered into between Her
man Hosteter, Joseph Smith, Thos. Adams, George Adams, John May and
Paul Shipman as trustees, and Jacob Dittrick and Thomas Adams "to put in
four circular window frames to St. Catharines' Church, 12 Mile Creek."

For the benefit of our readers we give below a verbatim copy of this
interesting agreement. It reads as follows :—

We, the undernamed Trustees of St. Catharines Church,
have Jointly agreed with Jacob Dittrick, and Thos.
Adams, Carpenters, to finish and compleat, a piece or
pieces of Work as agreed on. Viz, To put in four Circular
Window frames, to St. Catharines Church 12 Mile
Creek, & find Boards & Nails to compleat the same,
Likewise to line the inside of said church, four feet high,
on the inside with f Inch Boards, from the Lower floor
furnish Boards & Nails &c, for and in consideration, of
the said Trustees paying Us Jointly forty four pound
twelve Shillings, N. Y. C. on or before the first day of
June Next,' Given under our hands in the penal sum of
two Hundred, as Witness our hands this 24th, Jan'y 1810.
HERMAN HOSTETER,
JOSEPH SMITH,
THOS. ADAMS,
GEO. ADAMS, .
JOHN MAY,
PAUL SHIPMAN.
St. Catharines Jany. 24th 1810.

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The following year, on the 28th August, 1811, Mr. Thomas Adams furnishes
the trustees with an account for work done ten years previously. So far there is
but little prominence given to the church wardens, but having regard to the
position of the church itself this need cause no surprise.

In 1810 we see that the Church was advancing, and although it appears to
have been but a primitive building internally and externally, nevertheless it was
making headway; but just at this point there was a serious interruption. The
terrible trumpet blast of war was heard and for two years industrial pursuits
were suspended while the inhabitants, young and old, engaged in a terrific and
unequal struggle in defence of their homes and fatherland, against unprovoked
and unjustifiable invasion. Let the bones of those who fell at Queenston, at
Niagara, at Stoney Creek, at Beaver Dams and at Lundy's Lane tell the story
of "right against might," and how a handful of ill-equipped, ill-disciplined
and often ill-fed volunteers beat back with dauntless courage the vastly
superior forces that were hurled against them. The scene of battle
shifted — now here, to-morrow there, but everywhere leaving behind it the
wounded and the dying. The tears of fatherless children, the broken hearted
sobs of the widow and the agonized cries of those fighting the last and greatest
of all fights — these are the things constituting the dark scroll-work upon which
we write the deeds of the warrior and the conqueror. Our Church in thistown
was promptly opened as an hospital and it remained opened during the war.
Now, after the lapse of seventy-seven years, if it were possible we would like to
know the history of the maimed and wounded victims of war who found a refuge
within its unpretending walls; and from whence they came, upon whom the
shadow of the Divine Light fell as they passed from the church below to the
Church of the first-born above. The old building as an hospital had answered a
good end so far as the public interests were concerned, but for purposes of Divine
Worship it was rendered practically useless. We are glad that our old church
was so used, for by this fact we are brought very close to the events of
1812 — 1814. We find the following account among the records. It reads
thus :

"An estimate of damage done a Church in the Village of St. Catharines
at Twelve Mile Creek by the British Troops using it as an hospital in the
years 1813 and 1814.

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£ s. ».

Damages ............ 100 o. o.

We certify, the above to be a fair valuation of the above damages.

The Butler here named is Col. Butler of the well-known Butler's Rangers.
The claim does not appear to have been settled with any undue haste, although
subsequently reduced to £60 and even when passed upon, it was not made
available to the Church for a long time afterwards.

On Saturday, 3rd July, '1819, there was a meeting of the trustees of the
Church of St. Catharines, called, curiously enough, by request of the inhabitants,
implying one of two things ; either that the inhabitants were all members of
the Church of England, or what is probably more likely that the general in
habitants had a sort of common interest in it. In corroboration of this latter
view it would appear that our Presbyterian brethren unquestionably had
some pew rights in the old building ; and as our services were not kept up
very regularly, it is quite certain that they occupied the building at
intervals with ourselves. The graveyard was beyond doubt common property,
because three years later the neglected burying ground attached to this church
became the resting place of a Presbyterian clergyman who wielded no small in
fluence in this community. An unpretending stone still marks the last rest
ing place of the "Rev. Lewis Williams, a native of Henllan, Carmarthanshire,
South Wales, England, who laboured a faithful Minister and Steward of God
in this place for several years and departed this life September 25th, 1822, in
the 63rd year of his age, universally lamented." Standing inclose proximity is a
larger stone erected to the memory of a much younger servant of Christ, the
Rev. Richard Lyons Me Arthur, M. A., Trinity College, Dublin, who was for
some months Curate of St. George's Church, and, who died the i3th June,
1857, aged 30 years. No question of Church order or discipline ever disturbs
the quiet of these two servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, but lying there
peacefully — forgotten alike by friend and foe — far from their native land, and
from those who loved them in life, their ashes co-mingle in a great lesson of
fraternity and charity. Let them rest. They sleep well, until the voice of the
Lord shall call His loved ones home from every forgotten spot of earth, when
not one shall be missing. But to return to the meeting of 3rd July 1819; it

appears .that five resolutions were adopted, the first of which authorized
Messrs. Dittrick, Wm. Chisholm, George Adams and W. H. Merritt, to fence
in the church and burying ground. The third was a peremptory demand
upon defaulting pew holders to come forward and make payment by the ist
October, otherwise the pews would be sold ; the fourth resolution is conceived
in much the same spirit, while the fifth ordered a petition to be presented "to
the Bishop of Quebec to send out a pious clergyman ; we paying ^50 currency
per annum, and -furnish him with a comfortable parsonage house."

The correspondence on this subject with the Bishop included the question
of the damages done in 1813 and 1814 by the British troops when using the
building as an hospital. This fact is conclusive that the building was then
and previously the property of the English Church. No progress was made
as to the actual receipt of the money awarded as compensation for the war
Joss, but the Bishop says he is willing, pending payment by the government of
the assessed sum of £60, to grant £50 as a loan towards the repairs of
the church and is sorry that the funds do not permit him to afford a larger
amount. "With respect," says the Bishop's secretary "to your inquiry
whether a resident clergyman can be fixed at St. Catharines this summer,
the Bishop regrets his inability to give you a satisfactory answer. The
affairs of the society who send out and support the missionaries are at present
undergoing some changes and some measures are in contemplation by which
they hope to be enabled to augment the number of missions in Canada.
Till the result shall be known the Bishop can say nothing positive. He will,
however, immediately make some arrangement by which the Clergy at Chip-
pawa, Fort George and Grimsby will in rotation pay an occasional visit to
St. Catharines." This was, it will be remembered in 1823, but up to
that date, and for some time subsequently, the old Church building,
as referred to above, had been occupied at various times and periods alternately
by the Presbyterians and ourselves, but it was now deemed necessary to
perpetuate the exclusive use of and ownership in the Church of England
alone ; accordingly on the i2th November, 1825, at a public meeting, arrange
ments were entered into, appropriating the Church and lands to our sole use,
payment being made to such Presbyterians as claimed for pews ; such in point
of fact was the state of matters at the close of the year 1827. On the
24th June. 1828, we hear for the second time of the Churchwardens; on that

date the Rev. Mr. Parkin writing from Montreal, addresses his letter "To
the Churchwardens and Trustees of the Church at St. Catharines." Mr.
Parkin says he has at length effected an arrangement with the Lord Bishop
by which he is enabled to take charge of the Mission at St. Catharines; he
hopes to leave Chambly by the end of July, and as for house accommodation
he says that "the house shown to me when with yeu last year (1827) would
answer very well." Mr. Parkin strongly recommends the immediate collec
tion of the subscription for the parsonage ; he placed the amount necessary to
build it at ^300, but the Bishop thought this insufficient ; at any rate a sub
scription was made amounting to over three hundred and twenty pounds, and
containing one hundred and twenty-five subscribers. This most interesting list
is as follows : —

"Subscriptions in aid of erecting a parsonage in St. Catharines for a resi
dent minister of the Episcopal Church, 1829.

We the undersigned promise to pay the several sums opposite to our
respective names to the Churchwardens, when required by them or to their

order" : —

£. S. D.

1 Job Northrup, St. Catharines 25 o o

2 Wm. H. Merritt, St. Catharines 25 o o

3 George Adams, St. Catharines 15 o o

4 Thomas Merritt, sr., St. Catharines 12 10 o

5 Henry Mittleberger, " 1210 o

6 J. H. Clendennnan, " 12 10 o

7 Elias S. Adams, " 10 o o

8 Robert Campbell, " 10 o o

9 John Hainer, " . . . 10 o o

10 Samuel Wood, Grantham 6 5 o

11 Jacob Dittrick, sr., Grantham 6 5 o

12 Theophilus Brundige, Grantham 6 5 o

13 Wm. Chisholm, St. Catharines 6 5 o

14 James Black, 6 5 o

15 Chancey Beadle, " 6 5 o

16 Luther Dyer, " 6 5 o

17 H. N. Morson, 6 5 o

18 Wm. C. Chace, " 6 5 o

19 Charles Rolls, Grantham 5 o o

20 Oliver Phelps, " 5 o o

21 John Hodgkinson, " 3 2 6

22 Thomas Thatcher, St. Catharines 2 10 o

23 D. W. Smith, 2 10 o

24 Alfred Barret, " 2 10 o

25 Jacob Hainer, " 2 10 o

26 Peter S. Campbell, Grantham 2 10 o

27 Jacob Hosteter, 2 10 o

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28 George Keefer, Thorold

29 John Clark, Louth

30 F. L. Converse, St. Catharines . . .

31 Edwin Seeord, Grantham

32 Jacob Hartsel, " „

33 Isaac Lacey,
34 Ralph Darby "

35 Seth Keith,

36 Henry F. Pawling, "

37 Elias Durham, "

38 William May,

39 Henry Campbell, " •

40 Robert Hodgkinson, "

41 William Wilev, "

42 Daniel Dewey, "

43 Jacob Keefer, Thorold,

44 George Keefer, "

45 J- W. Garrison, Wainfleet

46 Cornelius Darby, St. Catharines. . .

47 John Scott,

48 Hiram Leaven worth,

49 H. N. Camp

50 W. H. Sanderson,

51 Johnson Butler,

52 J. R. Webster,

53 James Little,

.........

54 James Fitzgerald,

55 Geo. J. Stow,
56 E. W. Stephenson

57 Joseph Mark well,

58 Peter Lampman, Niagara

59 Henry Ball, Grantham,

....... I

60 George Stull, "

61 George Turney, "

62 John Bessey, jr., "

63 Christian May, " . .

64 Gershom Wright, St. Catharines..

65 James Clement,

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66 James Dunlop,

67 N. B. Godell,

68 John Wright,

69 A. Finn,

70 J. P.Raymond,

71 John Gilleland,

72 Lyman Parsons,

73 Rufus Wright,

74 Samuel Martin,

75 Stephen St. John, Louth

76 James Patterson, "

77 Henry Smith, "

78 William Smith, Jordan

79 John Bessey, sr,, Grantham

80 J. P. Hoyck,

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£. S. D.

81 Lyod Nickerson, Grantham o '10 o

82 Francis Hodgkinson, " o 10 o

83 Jesse Pawling, o 10 o

84 Joseph Butler, " o 10 o

85 Wm. Read, sr., " o 10 o

86 Robert Read, " o 10 o

87 John McDade " o 10 o

88 John Nickerson, " o 5 o

89 McMullen, " o 5 o

go John Lampman, " o 5 o

91 John Wright, jr., Si. Catharines; o 5 o

92 Lawra Morey, o 5 o

93 P. Nelson, o 5 o

94 Nicholas Thorn. '• o 5 o

95 Adam Chrysler, Thorold, o 5 o

96 James Mclntyre, " o 5 o

97 Peter Lashier, Harbour o 5 o

98 Rufus Davis, " o 13 6

99 John Robinson, Grantham o 15 o

100 Adam Bowman,

IDT John R. Tenbroeck, " i 5 o

102 Peter Tenbroeck, " i o o

103 Lilas Vandecar, i 5 o

104 Darius Davenport, " o 15 o

105 John Johnson, o 15 o

106 Cornelius, Johnson, " o 10 o

107 George Ackert, 2 o o

108 John McCarthy, " o 10 o

109 Jacob Dittrick, i 5 o

no Adam Goold, o 10 o

in John Clendennan, " 2 10 o

112 Thomas Darling, "

113 John B. Hainor, " o 5 o

114 Robert Burns, " 5 o o

115 Jacob Finney, o 15 o

116 Elz. Northrup, " 12 10 o

1 17 Miss Northrup, 6 5 o

i:8 Oliver Phelp's, " 7 10 o

119 E. C. Griffing, o 15 o

120 Jacob Bowry, 2 10 o

121 John Donaldson, " o 5 o

122 Garret Schram, "

123 Dan'l Clendennan, Louth o 15 o

124 Ebenezer Collver, " o 10 o

125 Jesse Jones, " o 10 o

Of the above one hundred and twenty-five subscribers not one, so far as
we are aware, is alive to-day, but the record of their liberality remains and
St. George's Church would be ungrateful, indeed, if she failed to recall their
names or neglected to pay loving tribute to the memory of those who thus
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rest in Christ, their example is eloquent -to remind us that "God is not
unrighteous, that He will forget your works, and labour that proceedeth of
love; which love ye have showed for his Name's sake, who have ministered
unto the saints, and yet do minister."

A good deal of enthusiasm was manifested in the undertaking,
and the foundation, frame, siding and chimneys were built, but owing
to the want of sufficient funds there was danger of all that had been done
coming to naught. In this emergency the Rev. James Clarke appears to have
been called upon, and it was decided that he should take the land at the
original cost and terms, and for the house a mortgage was to be given on the
property in the sum of £ 135 payable by his heirs, executors, administrators or
assigns, within one year after his removal from the incumbency or his demise.
It is not quite clear how long Mr. Parkin had charge of the Mission, but it can
hardly have been more than a couple of years, as we find Mr. Clarke in charge
about 1830.

On the 4th May 1832, it was resolved at a vestry meeting to procure a lot
of one acre for "a new Church and Burial Ground" and an acre and a half
was ultimately secured by an exchange with W. H. Merritt, Esq., for a piece
of land in the rear of the block buildings, from which he was to remove
the graves at his own expense. It was during 1832 that the cholera pre
vailed here and no more interments were permitted in the old burying
ground.

In 1835 a sale of the old church land was effected and vigorous and ener
getic measures were taken to begin the new Church, and with such success
that the corner stone was laid with full Masonic honors on the aoth July, 1835-
The scroll deposited beneath the corner stone reads as follows : —

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH,

DIOCESE OF QUEBEC.

Episcopal Bishops : The Right Rev. Lord Bishop Mountain.

Second and now present Bishop : The Hon. and Rt. Rev. Chas J. Stewart.

The Foundation or Corner Stone of this Church was laid in the Town
of St. Catharines, on Monday the 2oth day of July, in Anno Lucis 5835, and
in the fifth year of the Reign of William 4th of Great Britain and Ireland,
King, Defender of the Faith, &c.

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A. D. 1835.

The present Incumbent of the Church, The Rev. James Clarke.

In the year of our Lord 1795 the Honorable Robert Hamilton, of Queens-
town, granted to George Adams and Thomas Merritt, Esquires, two acres of
land in St. Catharines, in trust to them and their successors for the site of a
Church and burial ground for the Church of England, in the Province of
Upper Canada, upon which a church was erected, but the great increase of
the population of this Town requiring a more extensive and suitable building
wherein to perform public worship, the now trustees — Henry Mittleberger and
Elias Adams — have disposed of the said grant in order to enable them to erect
the building which now encloses this scroll. For that purpose Wm. Hamilton
Merritt, Esquire, has also conveyed to Henry Mittleberger and Elias Smith
Adams, Esquires, trustees and elected Churchwardens for the Township of
Grantham, one acre and one-tenth of land, to which they have added, by pur
chase from the funds of the Church lands, granted by the late Honorable
Robert Hamilton, a piece of ground for a burial place, in front of which this
Church now stands; being 45x60 feet.

Erected during the administration of Sir John Colborne, K. C. B., Lieu
tenant Governor of the Province.

Builders of Mason Work, James Gilleland, sr.; of Joiner Work, Samue)
Haight.

Saint George's Lodge. No. 15, at Saint Catharines; first Provincial Grand
Master, Rt. Worshipful George Adams.

Former Masters in Succession : —
Worshipful Thomas Merritt, Worshipful George Adams,

Amos M. Kinney, " Charles Ingersoll,

Ebenezer Collver, Robert Campbell,

Peter Ten Broeck Pawling, " Jonathan H. Clendennan,

George Rykert, Peter S. Campbell,

Jacob Dittrick, David William Smith.

Present Officers of the Lodge: — Jonathan H. Clendennan, W. M.; Lewis
Traver, S. W.; George Ackert, J. W.; Samuel Dolson, S. D.; Joseph Mark-
well, (deceased) J. D.; Elias S. Adams, Secretary,; Peter Smith Campbell,
Treasurer,; John Wright, Tyler.

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Population of St. Catharines in February A. D., 1835, as taken by the
assessors 1130. Contains an ancient '/Episcopal Church" a "Roman
Catholic Church," a "Presbyterian Church," (not completed); a "Canadian
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel" and a Chapel for people of colour.

It was not until 1837, tnat the new building was covered in, and in August
of that year, a contract was entered into with Mr. Sam'l Haight, to complete the
whole of the carpenter and joiners' work at $1500. on or before the ist April
1838. The names of Mr. Robt. Waud and Mr. Godfrey Waud, also appear
among others who contracted on the building. But our forefathers
in the faith were building in troublous times. The Rebellion of 1837
and the many disasters that overtook our financial institutions about that
period rendered it imperative upon those having the administration of our
funds to proceed cautiously and slowly. To their credit, be it said, that they
more than justified the trust placed in them. There were of course some
zealous members of the congregation who thought that the work on the
Church ought to be pushed more vigorously to completion than at the rate
at which it appeared to be going. But those having charge of the finances
are, generally speaking, better able to judge their position and capacity than
those not possessing that knowledge. At any rate, the real or apparent delay
produced an interesting correspondence in the Journal in 1839. On the 24th
January, 1839, "Amicus" wrote, lamenting the unfinished state of "the Epis
copal Church, in the village" The gauntlet thus thrown down was vigorously
taken up by "Old looth" "Episcopalian" and others. The correspondence
created quite an interest in the community ; ultimately "a friend to the com
pletion of the church" interposed, urging greater energy, particularly as there
was no good reason why it should not be pressed forward. "The congregation"
says this writer, "is the richest and most respectable in or about St. Catharines.
On Sunday last, there were Seven Magistrates and Two M. P's at Church, and
frequently there have been-Nine of the former, all members of the congregation
of the Episcopal Church of St. Catharines." Of the gentlemen participating
in that controversy only "Amicus" (Mr. J. P. Merritt) remains. "A friend to
the completion," was, I believe, the Rev. Mr. Clarke, and the quaint Norn
de plume, "Old tooth" was Mr. J. Mittleberger. They were all animated by
right motives, and this stirring of each other up to duty is a very pleasant

reminiscence of "The forefathers of the hamlet."

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At this point I remind myself that I should fail in my duty as
the present Rector of this parish, if I omitted to pay tribute to the
memory of a faithful churchman, and one who gave time and money and
talent of a high order to advance the interests of the church in this community.
I refer to the late Mr. Henry Mittleberger. Judging him by the very scanty
materials at my disposal, I should imagine him to have been a gentlemen of
high Christian courtesy ; a model of accuracy and order, and perhaps better
than all these, a broad-minded Christian, who, loving the Church of England
with no scanty devotion, was nevertheless ready to bid every man God speed who
loved the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Truly "the memory of the just is
blessed." Mr. E. S. Adams was his faithful coadjutor in trying times, and
although the existing materials contain but scanty reference to Mr. Adams,
he was evidently not less faithful to our interests, and on behalf of St. George's
Church we place to-day upon their honored graves our wreaths of posthu
mous gratitude. Both of these devoted churchmen have long since passed
from "labor to eternal refreshment," but they have left behind them a stain
less record and an example of devotion to the prosperity of the Church, which
we may well emulate.

"Lives of such men, will remind us,

"We may make our lives sublime,

"And departing, leave behind us

"Foot-prints on the sands of time."

It is a source of deep gratification to be able to say that the widow of the
late Mr. Henry Mittleberger is still with us, and our earnest prayer is that
she may be long spared to her numerous friends and the Church. ,

Of the official acts performed by the Reverend Mr. Clarke, we have no
record. This is to be regretted on many grounds, because he must cer
tainly have married, baptized and buried not a few during his Incumbency
of eight or ten years. The Reverend Mr. Clarke was a Graduate in Arts of
Trinity College, Dublin ; and before coming to Canada had been for many
years acting curate of a church in the Diocese of Armagh. His death was
the most tragic of any clergyman of our church on the Niagara Peninsula.
Mr. Merritt in that exceedingly valuable book, "The Biography of the Hon.
W. H. Merritt, M. P." briefly refers to the matter, but from Mr. Merritt we
have personally learned the melancholy details. On the fatal Sunday Mr.
Merritt had kindly consented to take Mr. Clarke to Port Dalhousie for after
noon service. Mr. Merritt's servant had rather carelessly harnessed the horse

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too clo^e to the buggy, so that going down the hill to the bridge, crossing over
the old canal, the vehicle struck the horse's feet, causing it to run away. Mr.
Clarke was thrown out near the bridge and was probably struck on the'
head by the axle. Mr. Merritt was thrown upon the bridge, and had a won
derfully narrow escape, and for days afterwards he had no clear idea of what
had happened. The melancholy news was sent to Bishop Strachan by the
Churchwardens Messrs. James R. Benson and John Clark, and as his Lord-
hip's reply is of historic value I place it upon record, verbatim.

Bytown, 6th August, 1840.

Gentlemen — I beg to acknowledge your letter, dated lyth July, communi
cating to me the melancholy intelligence of the Rev. Mr. Clark's death-
Deeply do I sympathize with you and his bereaved family in this bitter dis
pensation. His goodness of heart, simplicity of character and readiness to
make any sacrifices to promote peace and harmony among his people, had
long won my best esteem. His manner and appearance were highly in his
favor, and but a few weeks have elapsed since I partook of his hospitality and
experienced his kindness of disposition and the amiability of his deportment.
He was also a faithful servant of God, and, according to the measure of his
ability, earnest in the discharge of his sacred duty ; deeply therefore do I par
ticipate in your arid the congregation's grief, among whom he has so long and
worthily labored and proved himself so useful and zealous a member, on
an event by which the church has been deprived of so excellent a servant.

In regard to filling up the vacancy it will require much consideration. St.
Catharines is now a station of great importance, and from the character and
attainments of many of the congregation, a clergyman in every respect qualified
may not be immediately attainable — but I want to find one suitable, at no dis
tant period, and, in the meantime, temporary provision will be made by
the neighboring clergy for the performance of Divine Worship.

I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your obedient humble servant.

JOHN TORONTO.

James R. Benson and John Clark Esqrs, Churchwardens, St. Catharines.
[Bytown was the old name of Ottawa, called after Col. Bye.]

The congregation subsequently marked their appreciation of Mr. Clarke's
worth, by placing a tablet to his memory, on the interior of the west wall of
this church. It is of course in Latin, but for those not familiar with that
language we add a free translation.

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IN MEMORIAM
VIRI REVERNDI JACOB: CLARKE,
e COLL. TRIM. AP. DUBLIN, A. M.

PER VIGINTI ANNOS
ECCLESIJE MULLABRACENSIS

APUD IERNENSES

OLIM CURAM GERENTIS

DEINDE Hujus LONGINQU^; PAROCHI^:

RECTORIS PRIMI
ABHINC, EXACTO DECENNIO
FLEBILITER EREPTI
HOCCE MARMOR

AMICI MCERENTES
PONENDUM CURAVERUNT

OBIIT CARPENTO Excussus
Quo AD MUNIA SACRA

EXEQUENDA VEHEBATUR

DIE JULII xiv

^ETATIS LXIII

ANNO SALUTATIS NOSTR.E

MDCCCXL.

Vigilate igitur, nescitis enim, quando.
Domus Dominus Venturas sit, sero, an media
nocte, an gallicinio, an mane: ne si de improviso
venerit vos inveniat dormientes. Quae autem
vobis dico, omnibus dico, vigilate.

MARC, xin, 35, 36 37.

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TRANSLATION.

IN MEMORY OF

The Reverend James Clarke, M. A., T. C. D., who prior to his coming to
this country, (olim) had filled the position of acting Curate in the Church of
Mullabrack, Diocese of Armagh, Ireland, and subsequently became the first
Rector of this distant parish, from which, after a service of exactly ten years
he had a melancholy removal. He was thrown from his carriage when going
to discharge his sacred duties, and died on the i4th July, 1840, aged 63 years,
His sorrowing friends have caused this Tablet to be erected to the memory
of him, thus suddenly snatched from them.

"Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the Master of the house cometh ;
at even or at midnight or at the cock crowing or in the morning ; lest coming
suddenly He find you sleeping, and what I say unto you I say unto all,
watch."

Service had only been held twice in the new Church when Mr. Clarke
met his untimely death, and it was therefore of some moment that a new
Rector should be appointed with as little delay as possible, and accordingly a
meeting of the congregation was held on Monday, August 24th, 1840, asking
for the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Atkinson, with the result detailed
below.

Toronto, ist September, 1840.

Gentlemen : — 1 have the honor to acknowledge your letter, dated the 26th
ult., enclosing certain proceedings of a meeting of the congregation of St.
George's Church in St. Catharines, held on Monday the 24th day of August
last.

On the subject of supplying the vacancy occasioned by the lamented
death of your late worthy Rector, the Rev'd Jas. Clarke, and although it is
not customary to receive applications from congregations, which, in a manner
go to the selection of a clergyman already settled in another parish, yet hav
ing seen Mr. Atkinson, and conversed with him on the subject, and believing
St. Catharines offers a larger field for the exertion of his superior talents, I
feel inclined to accede to your wishes.

It is, however, to be understood that the aid in support of their clergyman,
given by the congregation, is to be during his Incumbency, not for a short
period of years. This is a condition which the poverty of the Church and

the want of funds from any other source compel me to make, for the stipend
allowed either by the Government or the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign parts is too small to support a respectable clergyman in any
part of the Province without other assistance, much less a place rising into
such prosperity, intelligence and genteelity as that of St. Catharines.

Mr. Atkinson is one of the most eloquent and pious preachers in the
Diocese, and most acceptable wherever he is known. I cannot, therefore,
doubt but that the congregation will readily change in their resolution the
words "five years" to "during his Incumbency." Tn regard to the period of
his removal it must depend in a great degree on Mr. Atkinson's own con
venience, and the arrangements which can be made about supplying.the vacancy
which his acceptance of St. Catharines must occasion. I should wish the
whole matter settled this Fall, but it may not be possible to effect it before
Spring. I have the honor to be, Yours &c.,

JOHN TORONTO.

Messrs. Clark and Benson, Churchwardens.

The arrangements wished for by the Bishop were apparently carried out,
for, early in November, 1840, we find Dr. Atkinson performing the usual
functions of a Parish Minister. On the 5th November, 1840, we have a record
of a joint and several bond for one hundred pounds, as an additional salary to
Dr. Atkinson. The names of the gentlemen signing this bond are : George
Rykert, James Taylor, Geo. Adams, W. Hamilton Merritt, George Prescott,
Wm. B. Robinson, James R. Benson and }no. Mittleberger. On the 3rd
November, 1840, Dr. Atkinson performed his first recorded Faptism in this
Parish, when George Richard Prescott, son of 'George and Anne Prescott
was Baptized, the sponsors being Wm. B. Robinson, E. M. Patterson.
Thomas C. Kesfer, Frances L. Cattley and Eliza Clark. Twelve days later,
namely on the 1 5th November, 1840, he buried Jane, the two-year-old child
of Richard and Marg't Boyle, of the Township of Grantham. On the 2yth of
November, 1840, he joined in Holy Matrimony, Robert Franklin, jr.,
(widower), and Mary Anne Gibson, (spinster) in the presence of Thomas
Towers, Louisa Towers and Robert Franklin. And thus with Life's Mysteri
ous Story of "Births, Marriages and Deaths" we are carried forward into the
New Year of 1841. When the year was scarcely three days old, Mrs. C. M.
Merritt wrote her "Dear Mother" a bright sparkling letter which you will find
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as follows:— "Our new Church looked very neat on Christmas day — the
pillars wound with evergreens and festoons in front of the gallery ; but best
of all, we have a good, faithful clergyman and a large and attentive congre
gation." St. George's Church now emerges from its past fifty years of fitful,
curious and not uneventful parochial history, and, under the strong personality
of the brilliant, scholarly and kind-hearted Dr. Atkinson, it becomes the
recognized Centre of Church Life for a wide district of country and a rapidly
advancing community. "The Church was consecrated," so runs the record, "to
the Worship of Almighty God, on Tuesday the Tyth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-one, by the Hon. and Right Reverend
Father in God, John, Lord Bishop of Toronto. The burial ground adjoining
was also consecrated at the same time. The Clergy present on the occasion
were the Reverends Henry James Grasett, Chaplain to the Lord Bishop ;
William Leeming, Rector of Chippawa ; Thomas Creen, Rector of Niagara;
F. W. Miller, Minister of St. George's Chapel-of-Ease, Drummondville ;
George Grout, Rector of Grimsby ; John Anderson, Rector of Fort Erie ;
Thomas B. Fuller, Rector of Thorold ; George M. Armstrong, Missionary in
Louth; and Abraham Fuller Atkinson, Rector of St. Catharines,"

On the same ijth August, 1841, Dr. Atkinson "was inducted into the
Rectory of St. Catharines, upon the mandate of the Reverend Henry James
Grasett, assistant minister of Toronto, and Commissary in things spiritual to
the Lord Bishop of Toronto, by the Reverend Thomas Creen, Rector of Niagara,
in the presence of George Rykert, Churchwarden, George Adams, E. S.
Adams and W. B. Robinson. Mr. Benson, ;the other Churchwarden, was absent.
On Sunday the 5th September, 1841, Dr. Atkinson publicly read his assent
and consent to the Articles of 1562, and the Order of Rites and Ceremonies as
contained in the Book of Common Prayer. We now pass over an intervening
period of three years, and on the iyth of September, 1844, the CORNER STONE
of a new tower and addition to St. George's Church was laid by the Hon.
and Right Reverend John Strachan, D. D., L. L. D., Bishop of the Diocese;
attended by the Rev'ds. William Leeming, Thomas Creen, Geo. F. R. Grout,
John Anderson, J. L. Alexander, Thos. B. Fuller, Bold. C. Hill, Michael
Boomer, George Mortimer Armstrong, Abraham F. Atkinson and a large con
gregation. Messrs. Henry Mittleberger and George Prescott were the Church
wardens. The tower was completed in 1845, and the story of its erection is
thus told : —

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THIS TOWER WAS ERECTED
AND TWELVE FREE PEWS SET APART,

A. D., 1845.

CHIEFLY BY A BEQUEST OF THE

LATE NEHEMIAH MERRITT, ESQ.,

OF ST. JOHN'S N. B.,

IN MEMORY OF HIS LATE BROTHER AND SISTER
THOMAS AND MARY MERRITT, THE FORMER WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT ST. CATHARINES, MAY,
1842, AND THE LATTER IN MARCH, 1843.

Mr. Merritt's generosity is worthy of all praise, and we might well wish
that others, moved by his pious example, would so consecrate at least a por
tion of their wealth to such an endowment of this Church and Parish, that
pew rents may become a thing of the past.

Improvements were made in the Church Building from time to time,
until you see it as it now stands; but it'is needless to dwell at any length upon
these details. The question of the insufficiency of Church accommodation
was one that gave Dr. Atkinson a good deal of trouble. As a possible solution
of the difficulty, he tried the experiment of a free afternoon service, at 3 p. m.,
but without any very marked success. In a circular issued, inviting the co
operation of his people in the experiment, he says, under date June yth, 1861:

"By the late Census it would appear that the Members belonging to the
United Church of England and Ireland, in this town, number about 1900, for
two-thirds of whom there is no Church accommodation. This is a serious
evil which all must deplore, and it is one which will continue to increase with
the growth of the population, unless some timely remedy is provided. Th
most effectual course would be the erection of a second Church in a suitable
position. But as that is an object which at the present moment cannot, I
fear, be undertaken with hope of success, the next best remedy is to open the
Parish Church for a Free Service to which all, now unprovided with sittings,
may have access."

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But long before this date (1861,) the burden of years had begun to tell upon
a constitution never too robust, and probably if we date back to 1854, or
1855, we shaH not be far astray as to the time when Dr. Atkinson's health
gave occasion for anxiety, because from that date forward there is no mis
taking the tendency to lean upon the Rev. Mr. Robart's vigorous help. On
the 5th of March, 1861, Dr. Atkinson was, for the first time in his twenty
years' residence in this Parish, compelled to absent himself from a vestry
meeting called to deal with some important matter of finance, likely appar
ently to provoke warm discussion ; but he is anxious that it should be calm
and Christ-like, and he writes his "Dearly Beloved Friends and Parishioners"
a letter full of love and tenderness — just such a letter as would have done credit to
"Paul the aged" ; he had hope and confidence that they would not forget that
they were assembled in the House of God and that the manifestation of any
unseemly warmth could serve no good purpose, nor promote the welfare and
prosperity of their beloved Church. Let everything be done in a kind and
Christian spirit with all lowliness and meekness, forbearing one another in love
and endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. If this
be the case, you may then be assured that God's blessing will rest upon your
efforts, and that ye yourselves will enjoy the comfort of an approving con
science. Commending you to the Grace of God and the guidance of His
Holy Spirit, and hoping that much good will result from your deliberations,
believe me to be, my dear Parishioners, your affectionate friend and Pastor,
A. F. Atkinson."

Such a letter as the above preserves the high traditional courtesy, and
fine Christian Spirit of the Old Time English Church Clergyman, of whom
there never was a better type than Abraham Fuller Atkinson.

Early in 1864, Dr. Atkinson formally resigned the Rectorship of this
Parish. Mrs. Jas. Taylor has assured me that every possible effort was made to
induce him to withdraw his resignation, but without success. Never did
pastor and people separate more unwillingly, but Dr. Atkinson felt that his
health was too much impaired to warrant him in holding the Rectorship, and
his high sense of duty was not to be overcome even by the warmest pleadings
of an unusually warm heart, We can but faintly imagine what it must have
cost Dr. Atkinson to say "Farewell." Seeing that his determination was not
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deep and irreparable loss. An address arid presentation was immediately set
on foot and speaking of it, the Constitutional newspaper of this city said : —

"The congregation of St. George's Church in this town having determined
that the Rev. Dr. Atkinson's long and arduous labours in their behalf should
not terminate without the presentation of some testimonial to mark their
sense of gratefulness, met recently and appointed a committee — consisting of
Messrs. H. Mittleberger, T. R. Merritt. J. R. Benson, J. F. Saxon, J. Taylor,
and other gentlemen, — to carry out their wishes. The result is a handsome
purse of about $1,250 and the following address, which has been beautifully
engrossed on parchment" : —
To the Rev. Abraham Fuller Atkinson, D. C.L., Rector of the Parish of St.

Catharines :

REVEREND AND DEAR SIR. — After many years of toil in the Christian
Ministry, twenty-three of which you have spent among us, we can truly com
prehend that earnest wish you have felt for timely rest in the evening of your
days. Still, the announcement of your resignation as Rector of this Parish, a
position you have so highly adorned, is felt with deep regret by your people,
interwoven as every thread of your social life has been with that of ours, and
that of our families. Indeed, the separation of a beloved pastor from his flock,
after so many years, cannot otherwise than recall endearing recollections of
the past. The Parish register for nearly a quarter of a century will
clearly point as an index to those many changes that have taken place since
your advent here, and to occasions upon which we have been aided by your
pastoral ministrations. During all this long period you have ever been found
the same — a sincere and discreet friend, a prudent counsellor, and an eloquent
and elightened illustrator of gospel truths ; and the best tribute we can pay to
the soundness of your judgment and the moderation of your views in all
things, is the peace and unity existing in this congregation. The time, dear
sir, that you have sojourned here, has been momentous in changes, not in
worldly affairs only, but in the Church ; and you have yourself witnessed in
that space a generation pass away — for how few now are left of those who
once were familiar faces in the then infant state of the parish ; and how many
there are you leave as recognized members of the Church, then and until
lately unknown ! In all this retrospect there is something agreeable to dwell
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under your charge this congregation and parish have largely increased, while
you leave the Church itself in its temporalities on a sound and permanent
basis.

And now, Rev. and dear sir, in bidding you an affectionate farewell, we beg
your acceptance of the acompanying testimonial of our esteem and regard.
And we cannot close this feeble expression of our sentiments without wishing
you and Mrs. Atkinson — to whose many excellent qualities and kindness of
heart we are, as a community, so much indebted— every comfort in your
retirement with your estimable family ; fervently hoping that you may be
permitted to enjoy that peace and rest here which is the Christian's Life
and that hereafter which is the pilgrims only hope, a place in that far
off and better land — that land of everlasting light, where trouble and pain
will cease, and joy will live forever, in the presence of that Saviour whose
faithful servant and disciple you have been.

. We remain Rev. and Dear Sir, on behalf of the congregation,
Yours affectionately,

TAMES TAYLOR, I ~, ,

C. P. CAMP, '[Churchwardens.

AND OTHERS.

St. Catharines, April 26th, 1864.

The following is the reply of the Rev. Dr. Atkinson to the address and
testimonial presented to him by his congregation on retiring from the Rector
ship of his Parish : —

ToJ as. Taylor and C. P. Camp, Esqrs. Churchwardens, on behalf of the Con
gregation of St. George's Church, St. Catharines : —

MY DEAR FRIENDS : — I have just received your most kind and touching
address, and have read it with feelings which I shall not attempt to describe.

Compelled by the pressure of physical infirmity — after a constant
service in the Christian ministry of six and thirty years, nearly four and
twenty of which have been spent with you — to seek repose, I feel it to be no
small comfort and satisfaction to bear with me into retirement this gratifying
tribute of esteem and affection from a people among whom I have lived so long
in the endearing relation of Pastor — more especially as it has been gained, I
trust, by no compromise of principle, or by shunning to declare the whole

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counsel of God. For while deeply and painfully conscious of many very

many, imperfections and short-comings in the sight of the Great Master in
Heaven, and how inadequately I have discharged my duties, I still hope I
may be permitted to say that it has ever been my earnest desire to promote
your spiritual welfare, to keep back nothing which might be profitable to you,
and to preach faithfully among you the gospel of Christ. Whatever, there
fore, it be, which affords a hope that I have not labored in vain, and that my
services have met with your favorable acceptance, must be regarded by me
with sincere satisfaction. Viewed in this light, your affectionate address,
and the substantial proof of your regard which besides you have given, are
rendered'doubly valuable in my estimation, and shall ever bo^held in grateful
remembrance.

You touchingly allude to the many changes that have taken place in the
Parish since I first became the Incumbent. There are few congregations
perhaps in the Diocese which have been more marked by changes than that
of St. George's— changes, too, of a very impressive character. And while we
cannot but rejoice at the large increase of the congregation— that the Church
and Rectory are free of debt— and that the temporalities of the Parish are
placed on a sound and permanent basis— our joy nevertheless, is chastened
by the recollection of the changes that have occurred, and of the many valu
able members, of the congregation that have been taken, and whose loss will
be long and deeply felt by those that are left behind. These changes, how
ever dear friends, are but indications of the great change that awaits us all,
and to prepare for which will be our highest wisdom.

Accept my warmest thanks for the kind wishes you express for myself
and for Mrs. Atkinson, who has ever felt the liveliest interest in everything
connected with the welfare of the parish, and which by us both are most
cordially reciprocated.

And now may the God of love and peace be with you as a congregation
and as individuals ; and may He so influence your hear'ts by the power of His
grace, that in the great and final day of account you may constitute the joy
and crown of rejoicing to those who have preached among you the unsearch
able riches of Christ !

Ever, my dear friends,

Affectionately yours,
Napanee, May, igth, 1864. A. F. ATKINSON.

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After a short stay at Napanee, Dr. Atkinson took up his permanent resi
dence in Toronto, but the journey was nearly finished, and less than two
years after penning the reply to his "Beloved Parishioners," the "Golden
Gates" were opened, and the faithful servant of Jesus Christ was called to his
exceeding great reward. On the 24th of February, 1866, at his residence, Queen
Street, Toronto, Dr. Atkinson entered upon his rest, at the age of 63 years,
and in his death this earth became poorer by as saintly a character as ever
ministered in the Church. But his family and friends were consoled by the
thought that : —

It is not death to die,

Tc) leave this weary road,
And 'midst the brotherhood on high, •

To be at home with God.

It is not death to close

The eyes long dimmed with tears,
And wake in glorious repose

To spend eternal years.

It is not death to bear

The wrench that sets us free
From dungeon chain, to breathe the air.

Of boundless liberty.

It is not death to fling

Aside this sinful dust,
And rise on strong exulting wing

To live among the just.

Jesus, Thou Prince of Life,

Thy chosen cannot die,
Like Thee, they conquer in the strife

To reign with Thee on high.

The burden of his message was Christ and Him crucified, and unceas--
ingly he warned men everywhere to repent. His simple and guileless life was
hardly less impressive than his fervent and eloquent oratory. His reading of
the Liturgy was better than many a sermon, and few ever left the Church
without being impressed by his earnest and affectionate manner.

Let us add a few words about his early life. Dr. Atkinson was educated
at Trinity College, Dublin, and came to Canada in 1827 ; he was soon after
ordained by Dr. Charles Jas. Stewart, Bishop of Quebec. For eight years he
was attached to Christ Church, Montreal, taking occasional duty in the
neighborhood of LaPrairie. He left Montreal universally regretted, to take
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of- four years, at the expiration of which time he resigned, and as already
stated he came here in 1840, and remained until 1864. After his retirement
from active duty his health gradually failed, and on Saturday evening, Feb.
24th, 1866, he fell asleep in Jesus. He died as he had lived, full of faith and
looking for the glorious Resurrection to Eternal Life. The news of his death
reached St. Catharines on Monday morning, February 26th, and cast a deep
gloom over the whole community. It was his wish that his remains should
rest among the people that he loved so well.

The day before the funeral his remains were brought from Toronto to
the home of J. P. Merritt, Esq, from whose residence the interment
took place. During the afternoon all the places of business in the town were
closed, and an immense crowd followed the hearse. The body was borne into
St. George's Church and laid before the pulpit, from which he had so frequently
thrilled the congregation with his heart-stirring eloquence. The goth Psalm
was rendered very sweetly to one of Croft's beautiful chants in a minor key.
The Rev. Mr. Holland then read the lesson, when the following Hymn was
sung :

"Saint after Saint on earth
Has lived, and loved, and died ;
And as they left us one by one
We laid them side by side ;
We laid them down to sleep, '
But not in hope forlorn ;
We laid them but to ripen there
Till the last glorious morn."

The funeral cortege then re-formed, and went towards the Cemetery
The Clergy of the District, and some from Toronto, Hamilton and elsewhere,
together with the Choir under Mr. Sugden, followed the body from the
entrance of the Cemetery to the grave singing to the mornful tune "Adeste
Fideles" the touching hymn—

"Come forth, come on with solemn song
The road is short, the rest is long.
The Lord gave here, He calls away,

Make no delay
This home was for a passing day."

The rising and falling of their voices in the open air had a very solemn
and impressive effect. Rev. Mr. Dixon, Mr. Holland and Dr. Fuller, then
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being filled a hymn was sung —

"Who are these like stars appearing,
These before God's throne who stand ?
Each a golden crown is wearing,
Who are all this glorious band ?
Alleluia ! hark they sing,
Praising loud their Heavenly King."

"We never remember, "said the Constitutional "being present at a funeral
where deeper or more heartfelt grief appeared to be shown by the whole
assembly. It was not as a mere formality or empty ceremony: they were
there to pay the last tribute of respect to the departed, but all seemed to be
influenced by a deep feeling'of sorrow that in this world they should behold
the deceased's much-loved face no more."

The handsome Memorial Window in the chancel of this old Parish
Church bears eloquent testimony to the memory of one who deserved well
at your hands and whose rare gifts were cheerfully spent in your service. A
brass tablet near the chancel window contains this legend : —

To THE GLORY OF GOD

ANDTiN

AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE

OF THE

REVEREND ABRAHAM FULLER ATKINSON,

24 Years Rector of this Parish.

WHO DIED FEBRUARY 24TH, 1866.

This chancel window was erected by members of
the congregation, A. D., 1874.

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The appointment of a successor to such a man as Dr. Atkinson is never
a very easy task ; because at every point of his profession he stood in the first
rank. As a preacher he had no rival ; his classical scholarship was very
high, while as a loving and sympathetic pastor he was not likely ever to be
replaced in the affections of those who best knew him.

Two names, however, came prominently forward for the vacancy, namely:
the Rev. Henry Holland, Rector of Fort Erie, and the Rev. Thos. T. Robarts,
who had been Dr. Atkinson's curate for several years.

In his application for the Rectorship, the Reverend Mr. Holland set it
down as a principle, that "In performing Divine Service, it would be his
desire to adhere as closely as possible to the rule of the Church, as laid down
in the Book of Common Prayer, and in his administration generally." "I
should" said Mr. Holland "introduce no changes and adopt no measures
without first securing the intelligent approbation and obtaining the co-oper
ation of the parishioners."

I cannot forbear remarking that a rigid adherence to a principle so un
questionably sound, as Mr. Holland so solemnly pledged himself to observe,
would be the best antidote for the difficulties that have distracted many
congregations. And, if we admire the principle upon which Mr. Holland
undertook to guide the parish life, not less worthy of imitation is the Bishop's
letter defining the course he feels called upon to take in making his appoint
ments. Writing to the Rev. Mr. Robarts in reply to his application for the
Rectorship, his Lordship says: —

Toronto, t6th January, 1864.

Rev. and Dear Sir: — I have just received your letter of yesterday, in
which you state you have learned from the Rev. Dr. Atkinson, that he has

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resigned the Rectory of St. Catharines. Now, although the resignation will
not take effect till after Easter, it was quite natural that you should apprise
me of the fact. In regard to the succession, it is a received principle with me
that an Assistant Minister, after serving many years and giving satisfaction,
has established a claim that ought to be respected. NEVERTHELESS IT HAS

ALWAYS BEEN MY PRACTICE NOT TO FORCE ANY CLERGYMAN ON A PARISH
WHO IS NOT GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE, OR WHOSE MINISTRATIONS DID NOT
PROMISE A REASONABLE MEASURE OF SUCCESS, BECAUSE THE GOOD OF THE
CHURCH MUST BE OUR FIRST CONSIDERATION.

Hence, I trust that you will be able to bring forward the recommend
ation of my friend, Dr. Atkinson and the good will of your people ; and this
will make all things easy and agreeable. It is no small consideration in your
favor, that during your nine years' service no complaint has ever been to my
knowledge made against you.

I have the honor to be,

Yours, &c.

JOHN TORONTO.
The Rev. T. T. Robarts, M. A.,

St. Catharines,

Ultimately the appointment was made in favor of the Rev. Mr. Holland,
B. A., and on Tuesday the i2th July, 1864, he was inducted into the Rectory
of St. Catharines by the Rev. Mr. Ingles, M. A., on mandate from Ven. A.
N. Bethune, D. D., Archdeacon of Toronto, and Bishop's commissary.

On Sunday the 3ist of July, 1864, Mr. Holland publically "read himself
in," and as his Rectorship is of comparatively recent date there is no particu
lar necessity for doing more than pointing out the broad outlines of the course
of events during his Incumbency. At the time Mr. Holland was appointed
Rect6r, Messrs. Taylor and Camp were Churchwardens, and the financial
condition of the Parish was eminently satisfactory, but the question of
increased accommodation in the Church was pressing for solution, and I here
venture the opinion, that the measures taken to provide it were much less
radical than the situation demanded.

On the i2th of December, 1864, a Vestry Meeting was held, when it was
agreed: — "That, whereas there is a large number of persons in this Town —
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St. George's Church, there is at present no provision, and of whom, as appears
from the attendance at the services recently held in the Town Hall, many
would gladly attend Church, it is, in the opinion of this Meeting, highly ex
pedient, that at the Sunday evening services all pews should be declared free
to all comers. That with a view to the accomplishment of this object, the
Rector and Churchwardens be authorized to address a Circular to the Pew-
holders embodying this Resolution, and requesting them, in the event of their
non-concurrence therein, to intimate the same to the Rector in writing
within one week from the date of this Circular."

It appears that the above resolution was pretty generally concurred in, and
it is not unreasonable to assume that it may have helped to relieve the pressure,
but to what extent it is not easy to say.

Two years after his appointment, that is to say, in 1866, Mr. Holland
was granted leave of absence for the benefit of his health. The reports of
the Vestry Meetings about this time would appear to indicate a feeling of
unrest in the Congregation, and a very marked dissatisfaction with certain ten
dencies which Mr. Holland was manifesting for a Ritual to which the Congre
gation had not hitherto been accustomed. This unhappy, and let it be said
disastrous difference between Rector and people found expression at
a Vestry Meeting held on the 6th of May, 1867, when on motion of
Dr. Mack, seconded by Mr.' Wm. Cooke, it was proposed "That this meeting
cannot conceal its alarm at the spread of Ritualism, in many cases resulting
in withdrawal from the Church, of members both Lay and Clerical, who had
previously signalized themselves by zealous advocacy of such innovations,
and without expressing an opinion to what extent the services of St. George's
Church may have a Ritualistic tendency, object to the introduction of novel
ties distasteful to a large majority of the .congregation."

Mr. Holland declined to put the resolution, but the Vestry immediately
resolved itself into a congregational meeting, when the resolution was again
proposed and carried on division. It does not appear that this painful
divergence of opinion between the Rector and his people was ever satisfac
torily adjusted ; on the contrary it manifestly helped to precipitate the division
of the Parish, under conditions not altogether favorable for dispassionate
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whole. The matter does not appear to have been again referred to, and
apparently the attention of the Congregation is chiefly directed to enlarging
the Church and securing Sunday School accommodation. Beyond the
arrangements made in regard to these matters there is very little to mark the
successive years of Mr. Holland's Rectorship.

About 1872 the Parish of Christ's Church was formed and a neat little
edifice built on the Western Hill. The Rev. Mr. Short became first Rector
of the new Parish and continued to hold the position until 1875, when he
removed to Walkerton. He was succeeded in 1876 by Rev. Wm. Brookman.
and the following year (1877) it was deemed advisable to build a new Church
on the city side of the canal.

The corner stone of St. Thomas' Church was laid, with full Masonic
honors, on the i2th of September, 1877, by the Most Worshipful Grand
Master, J. K. Kerr, Esq. The Rev, Mr. Brookman held the position of
Rector for several years; he was succeeded by the Rev. O. J. Booth, who
remained in charge until 1886, 'when he left St. Catharines, having received a
call to the Church of Ascension, Buffalo. The Rev. W. J. Armitage was appoint
ed to the vacancy, which he has held most acceptably up to the present. It is
curious to note as a feature of modern Church life, that the Parish of Christ's
Church during its comparatively short life of twenty years has had as many
Rectors as St. George's Church during the whole of its Jubilee period; but even
St. George's Church is far less noteworthy in this respect than old St. Marks',
Niagara, where for a period of one hundred years, there have only been three
Rectors in charge. Our Church evidently contemplates a resident ministry
with all its wealth of family and, other associations, but the spirit of the age is
manifestly tending in an opposite direction, and we cannot help thinking that
the tendency is not a healthy one However, on this as on some other
questions, opinions are likely to be divided.

The founding of the Parish of Christ's Church was rapidly followed by
another division, and it appears from the minutes of Vestry, that the bound
aries of a new district for St. Barnabas were settled in 1879, so that where
twenty years ago we had only one English Church building we have now
four.

In Dr. Atkinson's time our Church accommodation was totally inade
quate : to-day it is more than ample for our present or prospective needs.

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Even should this city grow in the future the Church accommodation will be
well abreast of its requirements for a long time to come, but should the city
continue to decline— in that case, "sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."

But to return to the history of St. George's Parish proper. It will be
recollected that when Dr. Atkinson resigned in 1864, the Parish was financi
ally on "a sound and permanent basis," and yet about eighteen months after
wards we find the Rev. Mr. Holland in an address "to the members of the
Congregation" declaring that the financial condition of the Parish is, "such
as to excite serious apprehensions on the part of the Churchwardens, lest they
should be unable to meet the liabilities of the Church, and should further, at
the end of their term of office, be compelled to leave the Parish under a con
siderable burden of debt ; at their request I beg leave to bring the matter
under your notice, and at the same time to point out an obvious and simple
method by which you may relieve them from their present embarrassing
position." Mr. Holland then proceeds to give some very wholesome advice
on the subject of Church finances, which is as much to the point to-day as it
was thirty years ago.

He says the whole difficulty might be readily obviated if each member
of the Congregation could be induced to take a proper interest in a matter
which so nearly concerns the spiritual welfare of himself and his family, and
to make the very small sacrifice which the exigency of the occasion seems to
demand. Let the Sunday offertory be raised to such an amount as an aver
age contribution of Twenty-five Cents per week from each family of the Con
gregation would produce. The Churchwardens believe that there are few
among the Pewholders who could not easily contribute this small sum, while
there are many who might give double or fourfold the amount without de
priving themselves of a single indulgence. No money is so well bestowed as
that which is employed in providing for the maintenance of Divine worship,
and the keeping in decent repair of the house which God has been pleased to
call His dwelling-place. Amongst those who occupy free seats in the Church,
there are also many more than at present do so, who might and ought to
contribute their stated weekly offering, even though it were small in amount.
"None shall appear before me empty," was the Divine rule under the law.
That laid.down in the New Testament is equally definite : "Upon the first
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him." Acting upon this rule, and mindful of the stewardship he holds from
God, let each member of the Congregation determine, as in God's presence,
the amount which he may reasonably be expected to contribute towards so
important an object ; and if detained at home on any Sunday, by sickness or
any such impediment, let him religiously put aside the amount, and add it to
the following Sunday's contribution. Were such a plan generally adopted,
the Offertory would be so increased as that the aggregate income of the Parish
would suffice to meet all its expenses, and the necessity for special appeals for
funds for this purpose would be removed. Such enlarged contributions
would beget an increased interest in the Church and all that concerns it ;
and being moreover voluntary offerings, would bring with them the blessing
of Him who "loveth the cheerful giver," and who hath promised that "he
that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously."

It is fair to say that the above observations are well worthy of our best
attention. The difficulty however, to which Mr. Holland refers crops up so
repeatedly that it may be looked upon as chronic during the whole period of
his regime, and curiously enough on the gth of June, 1884, it was at a meeting
called to consider how best to make income and expenditure balance that
Mr. Holland's signature gives us the first unmistakable evidence of weakening
physical powers, and consequently, we are not surprised when we learn from
the Churchwardens, Messrs. Senkler and Carlisle, on the i6th of December
1884, that they had received a letter from Mr. Holland, stating that prolonged
ill-health compels him to retire from the active discharge of the duties of his
office, and offering to withdraw in favor of "a priest in charge." The terms
proposed by Mr. Holland and cheerfully accepted by 'the Vestry, were
certainly not unreasonable in the face of his twenty years' service ; he was
simply to retain the use of the Rectory and the small Glebe endowment
attached to it during his life time. This arrangement was formally ratified
and at the close of the meeting a resolution was moved by Mr. Arnold and
seconded by Mr. Holmes, expressing sincere regret at the causes which had
compelled the Rector to resign the active duties of his office. Thus at the
expiration of another twenty years St. George's Parish was again practically
vacant, but no serious inconvenience was likely to arise. Two presbyters of
the Diocese formally applied for the position, but it was ultimately given to
the Rev. E. M. Bland of Ingersoll, Diocese of Huron; who had been taking
temporary duty in the Parish.

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The Rev. Mr. Holland lingered some three years after retirement, but he
was little better than a wreck of his former self. A graduate of Cambridge,
he was ordained, in 1841, to a curacy in the mining region where he spent
three years. On the invitation of the Bishop of British Guiana he resigned
his English charge, and proceeded to that colony, and was appointed to
the curacy of All Saints, in the town of New Amsterdam, where he remained
for six years, but was compelled to leave on account of ill health. In 1849 he
visited Canada and the Bishop of Toronto offered him the Mission of Tyr-
connel, which he accepted, and in that remote Mission he labored faithfully
for nearly ten years.. When Huron was set off as a separate Diocese the Bishop
of Toronto offered Mr. Holland, Fort Erie, where he labored until his appoint
ment to this Parish. It will be seen from these facts that Mr. Holland had
been in the ministry for some forty-seven years, nearly half of which he spent
in this Parish.

The Rev. Mr. Holland's life and work in St. Catharines are comparatively
recent, and sufficient time has hardly elapsed to justify any one, still less his
successor in office, in expressing an opinion upon his twenty years of active
service; when, however, the time comes for making such an estimate — if it ever
does come — it will be well to remember that when Mr. Holland took charge of
this Parish he was broken in health, and there is nothing to lead me to sup
pose that his health was ever rehabilitated. Mr. Holland was, however, a
typical churchman of a school that is all too rapidly vanishing. His
learning was solid rather than brilliant, and if he possessed less of that mag
netic influence which was so marked a characteristic of his distinguished
predecessor, he was not less at every point a devout Christian and a courteous
English gentleman. The character of such a man is so well balanced, and its
harmonies so subtle that it has to be known in the true light of its own
privacy to be fully appreciated. On the other hand, it may be readily mis
understood, for the modest shrinking into one's own personality is liable to create
an impression of coldness and diffidence of manner to be looked upon as
hauteur. Mr. Holland's heart was in his work and being blessed with large
private means he was a liberal giver. Compulsory retirement from the active
duties of his office gave him a blow that but few could fully appreciate.

Writing to Mr. and Mrs. Elmslie, who I am glad to say are still with us,
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in the following words : "It is a real grief to me, the being unable
to discharge the duties of my office and to go in and out among my
people ; but the pain and disappointment are mitigated by the affectionate
feeling manifested towards me, by not a few of my Congregation and by none
more warmly than yourselves. I look forward to the return of Spring with
anxious anticipation, hoping that the warm weather will set me comparatively
free again ; meanwhile, I trust, I am remembered by you also in your prayers,
that this affliction may be a means of spiritual improvement to me, and that
if I am again permitted to speak to you all the word of life from the pulpit of
St. George's Church, it may be with more unction and benefit to the hearers,
as St. Paul expresses it in II Cor. I. "whether we be afflicted it is for your
consolation and salvation," so may it be in my case. I feel very deeply, I
assure you, how very far short I have in past time come of my duty as a
minister of Christ, and I trust that the comparative retirement which is
allotted to me has not been without its benefit in leading to self-examination
and resolutions of amendment."

A letter like the above throws a flood of light upon the simple, unaffected
and, I may add, retiring piety of a man who for nearly half a century had
ministered in holy things before the Lord. The materials are far too scanty
to enable us to speak of Mr. Holland's theological views with absolute confi
dence : but the probabilities are that it would be quite safe to place him
among the old-time High Churchmen, whose loyalty to the Reformed Church
of England, the Book of Common Prayer, and the XXXIX Articles, is in such
painful contrast to the doctrines and practices of those who, without sufficient
warrant, claim to be their legitimate successors. In a sermon preached in con
nection with the opening of St. Barnabas' Mission Chapel, from the words : —
"I speak unto wise men ; judge ye what I say" he makes use of the following
unequivocal language: —

"Next, Divine Service in this Church will be celebrated in strict accor
dance with the instructions of the Book of Common Prayer, as interpreted by
the great body of the Bishops and Clergy of the English Church, in distinction
from those who desire to introduce into Divine Service a ceremonial long un
known in the practice of the Church of England. I wish to be very clearly
understood upon this point. I gladly avail myself of this opportunity of dis
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of a ceremonial closely resembling that of the Church of Rome, and by
teachings, as I believe, drawn from Mediaeval rather than from Primitive
sources, would deprive the Church of England of her character as a Reformed
branch of the Church. Particularly, very careful examination has convinced
me that the doctrine which I have myself heard propounded by some of those
to whom I allude, respecting the holy sacrament of the body and blood of
Christ, and from which their whole system of teaching radiates, is not that of
the Book of Common Prayer. HENCE I CANNOT BUT REGARD BOTH THEIR

TEACHING AND THEIR PRACTICE AS EQUALLY INCONSISTENT WITH LOYALTY

TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND DANGEROUS TO THOSE WHO EMBRACE IT "

Mr. Holland is not less emphatic in his repudiation of those who cavil
at what they are pleased to term "the Popery of the Prayer Book."

"But while on the one hand," says Mr. Holland, "unhesitatingly avowing
the above conviction, on the other hand I as unhesitatingly declare my cordial
acceptance of the whole body of the teaching of the Church of England as
contained in the Prayer Book and recently affirmed by the Synod of this new
Diocese. I recognize .therein no germs of Popery requiring to be purged out.
I receive its teaching in its plain, literal sense, without evasion or mental
reserve. I thank God for the possession of what I feel to be a safe guide in the
interpretation of Holy Scripture. It is clearly understood by those who are
associated with me in the enterprise connected with this Chapel, that on these
principles will the services in it be regulated, and that on this understanding
only do we seek the co-operation of*others. With respect to the manner of
performing Divine Service, there can be no doubt that long usage has so far
given a sanction to the method that now generally prevails of reading the
prayers, that, WHERE IT is THE ESTABLISHED CUSTOM AND THE MAJORITY

OF THE CONGREGATION PREFER IT, IT IS THE PLAIN DUTY OF THE CLERGYMAN
TO ADHERE TO IT." (Sermon pp 4, 5, & 6, Bixby, St. Catharines, 1875.)

Such a declaration as the above is perfectly unexceptionable, but how far
it was adhered to in the practical life of the Parish, we are not now called
upon to discuss.

The declaration of principles on the part of the newly formed Synod of
the Diocese of Niagara, to which Mr. Holland makes reference, is also impor
tant and will bear reproduction. It is in the following words : — "We desire

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that the Church in the Dominion of Canada shall continue as it has been — an
integral portion of the Church of England. As members of that Church we
recognize the true Canon of Holy Scripture as received by that Church, to be
the rule and standard of faith. We acknowledge the Book of Common
Prayer and Sacraments, together with the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, to
be the true and faithful declaration of the doctrines contained in Holy
Scripture. We maintain the form of Church Government by Bishops,
Priests and Deacons, as Scriptural and Apostolical, and we declare our firm
and unaminous resolution in dependence on Divine aid, to preserve those
doctrines and that form of Church Government, and to transmit them un
impaired to our posterity. In particular we uphold the ancient doctrine of
our Church, that the Queen is rightly possessed of the chief government
or supremacy over all persons within her Dominions, in ail causes whether
ecclesiastical or civil, and we desire that such supremacy should continue
unimpaired."

Those within the Church who are seeking to render all these principles
nugatory have em barked upon an undertaking of a very, grave character, and
one likely to be pregnant with disastrous results. But we must not dwell
upon these matters, save to express the hope that the Great Head of the
Church, may be pleased to heal "our unhappy divisions" and to guide us into
the possession of all necessary truth.

But to return. As we have already intimated, Mr. Holland's health which
had been so for long a time in such a precarious condition, gradually grew
worse ; the clear mental grasp became relaxed, and finally on Tuesday,
January gth, 1888, he entered into rest: —

"The strife is o'er, the battle done,
The victory of life is won,
The song of triumph has begun.

Alleluia."

It was his own wish to rest among his former parishioners in the
"God Acre" hard by to this city, to which during his incumbency of this
Parish hardly less than 600 bodies had been consigned. Seven hundred
and seventy-two graves mark the span of Dr. Atkinson's Rectorship in
this Parish, so that the story of death is an ever present incident in our
parochial life and one with which we must always reckon.

About ii. 30 a. m,, on Thursday, January nth, 1888, the mortal remains
of Mr. Holland were carried into the Church to which close on a quarter of
a century previously he had been appointed Rector. The familiar form was
never more to be seen in this Sanctuary, but —

"What though he standeth at no earthly altar,
Yet in white raiment, on the golden floor,
Where love is perfect and no step can falter,
He serveth as a Priest for evermore.
He is not dead, but only lieth sleeping
In the sweet refuge of the Master's breast,
And far away from sorrow, toil and weeping,
He is not dead, but only taking rest."

The Very Rev. Dean Geddes delivered an address full of hope and
spiritual consolation, and the remains were then reverently carried to their last
resting place, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to Eternal Life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

A brass Memorial Cross— the gift we believe of Mrs. Holland standing
back of the Communion table, reminds the worshippers in St. George's Church
that for almost a quarter of a Century the Reverend Henry Holland ministered
to this Congregation in spiritual things, and that he closed a spotless life in
the Master's Service. It bears engraven upon its circular base the following
words : —

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

HENRY HOLLAND, PRIEST,

WHO ENTERED INTO REST

JANUARY QTH, 1888.

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We have now reached a period in the Parochial History which is so well
within the memory of all those present at this Jubilee Service, that any ex
tended comment on my part is not only uncalled for, but would be more or less
out of place. It will, however, be recollected that when Mr. Holland deter
mined to give up the active work of his ministry in the Parish, that arrange
ments were made for the duty to be carried on by a "Priest in Charge." As
already intimated, the choice of the Vestry fell upon a gentleman outside the
Diocese of Niagara, namely, the Rev. E. M. Bland, then Rector of St. James'
Church, Ingersoll, a charge which he had held for some seven or eight years, and
where he has still a large number of warm personal friends.

During the period of Mr. Holland's enforced retirement, Mr. Bland ap
plied himself vigorously to the work of Parish organization and development.
The Church was improved at considerable expense, and the Rectory which
stood badly in need of renovation, was completely overhauled at a cost of some
$1500. Details, on points such as these, possess no special interest and we
content ourselves with merely mentioning the facts.

We hurry forward, however, to the year 1887, when St. George's Con
gregation with loyal enthusiasm, resolved to celebrate the "Jubilee" of Our
Gracious Queen. It took practical shape, and a Chime of Bells was placed
in the Tower of the Church. The Bells were formally dedicated a few months
later on.

The Jubilee was loyally observed in St. Catharines as far as St. George's
was concerned, and the Festival Cantata "Ruth," by the combined city choirs,
on Monday June 2oth, was greeted by an immense Congregation, who, when
.the Church was full, were fain to stand at the windows and listen to the music
there.

The offering on that occasion for the Jubilee Bell, amounted to $203,56,
which was subsequently raised to upwards of $260.

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Speaking of the Chimes reminds us to say that much regret was felt, by
not a few members of the Congregation, at the fact that the old bell had to
vacate its place for the new ones. The Parish Magazine voiced the general
feeling in the following words : —

"The Bell which has called not only the Congregation of St. George's,
but every Congregation in the city to worship for the past forty years, that
has faithfully rung the call to prayer on Lord's-day and week-day ; feast and
fast ; through storm and shine ; through heat and cold ; that has pealed in
joy for the wedding and tolled in solemn notes for the dead, is now tongueless-
silent, lowered in the dust, never more to swing its sonorous melodies over
St. Catharines, and many a sigh born of deep sentiment is whispered over it
as it lies there under the shadow of the Church it has served so long, awaiting
consignment to another sphere of usefulness ; or perhaps to be committed
once more to the furnace thence to emerge with new notes of song, new
power, and new brightness."

In the Advent of 1887, the bells were formally dedicated by Bishop
Hamilton, and after a short peal had been rung upon them the following
hymn was sung :—

Lift them gently to the steeple,

Let our bells be set on high;
There fulfil their daily mission,

Midway 'twixt the earth and sky.
As the birds sing early matins

To the God of Nature's praise,
These their nobler daily music

To the God of Grace shall raise.

And when evening shadows soften

Chancel, Cross and tower and aisle,
They shall blend their Vesper summons

With the day's departing smile.
Christian men shall hear at distance,

In their toil or in their rest,
Joying that in one Communion

Of one Church they, too, are blest.

They that on the sick bed languish,

Full of weariness and woe,
Shall remember that for them, too,

Holy Church is gathering so.
Year by year the steeple music

O'er the tender graves shall pour,
Where the dust of Saints is garnered,

Till the Master comes once more.

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Till the day of sheaves ingathering,

Till the harvest of the earth,
Till the Saints rise in their order,

Glorious in their second birth.
Till Jerusalem beholding

That His glory in the East
Shall, at the Archangel's trumpet,

Enter in to keep the feast.

Lift them gently to the steeple,

Let our bells be set on high;
There fulfil their daily mission

Midway 'twixt the earth and sky.
Christ, to Thee the world's salvation!

Father, Spirit, unto Thee!
Low we bend in adoration,

Ever blessed One and Three. AMEN.

An original hymn was also kindly sent by the Rev. Chas. Hutchins, of
Medford, Mass, entitled :—

DEDICATION OF CHURCH BELLS.

Raised between the earth and heaven,

Now our bells are set on high;
In the Name of Him who giveth

Skill and strength and industry.

For His praise we meekly lay them

As a gift beneath His throne;
All their sweet and noblest music

Shall resound for Him alone.

Faithful men afar shall listen,

'Mid their daily toil or rest,
While the melody shall bid them

Love the Church where all are blest.

Earth's rejoicings, bright and holy,

Shall be signed with joyful peal;
And the music from the steeple

Styall our faith and love reveal.

They who languish, sick and lonely,

Shall be minded as they sigh,
Of the Church's one communion,

God's true home and family.

When the spirits of the faithful

Pass away to light and peace,
Solemn tones shall then forewarn us

Soon our life and work must cease.

May their loud and well-tuned voices

Pealing forth in grand accord,
Lift our hearts through joy and sorrow

To Thy throne, Most Gracious Lord.

Glory be from earth and heaven

To the Blessed Trinity;
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

Glory evermore to Thee. AMEN.

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A brass tablet in the Vestibule of the Church records the chief facts

connected with the bells in permanent form.

To THE GLORY OF GOD, COMMEMORATING THE JlJBI-

LEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA, A. D. 1837-87.

G
OLD ST. GEORGE, A. D. 1847. RECAST 1887.

GIVEN BY HIS WIFE IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES

TAYLOR. BORN 1819; DIED 1886.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF WlLLIAM HENRY MlLLER.

DIED APRIL STH, 1886; AGED 42 YEARS.
C

GIVEN BY HER CHILDREN IN LOVING MEMORY OF

FLORA BATE, A. D. 1883.

WILLIAM HARVEY ENTERED INTO REST MARCH
28, A. D. 1847.

E
ALL SAINTS' DAY, A. D. 1887.

F
THE CHILDREN'S BELL, A. D. 1887.

CARRIE B. COLLINSON. A THANK OFFERING
FEBRUARY, A. D. 1887.

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It would appear that the difficulty which was never entirely absent since
the year when Mr. Holland made his first appeal, was again making itself felt,
and in the month of October, 1887, a series of very important meetings were
held by the Vestry and the Advisory Board, looking towards a readjustment
of the Church Finances, in an increase of the income and reduction of the
expenditure. With this object an active house-to-house and individual can
vas was prosecuted by a committee of gentlemen, whose labors were chiefly
directed towards increasing the weekly offerings by the systematic means of
the envelope pledges, and who were also to receive donations for the immedi
ate payment of outstanding accounts. "In view of these pressing liabilities
of income and expenditure " says the Parish Magazine, "and as the Rectory
debt has been reduced to $600, and is well secured, the Advisory Board have
decided to ask the Guild House-to-House Chapter to discontinue their labors
for the present, and hope that all who have hitherto contributed through this
source will be prevailed upon to continue giving the same amount, only in
weekly in place of monthly instalments. A general united effort, now ac
quiesced in by the whole Parish, will place our Church not merely in a satis
factory financial position, but, looking higher than that, will put her in the
position that the Church ought to be, in the sight of God ; for a Church in
constant debt can not be a Church after God's own heart, and the Christian
Church should seek to show forth for the example of others, the highest em
bodiment of the Scriptural precept "Owe no man any thing but to love one
another." We have no means of discovering what success attended this
judicious arrangement.

The following year (1888), had just opened when Mr. Holland
was called away, and a few days after his interment, namely, on
the iyth January, 1888, a meeting of the Congregation was held when
in was moved and seconded: "That his Lordship the Bishop be respectfully
requested to appoint Rev. E. M. Bland, Rector of this Parish; that the
Churchwardens and Lay Delegates be requested to take the earliest
opportunity of forwarding to his Lordship a copy of this resolution." There
was no reason why the appointment should be delayed and as a matter of fact
no unnecessary delay occurred. Mr. Bland was permanently appointed in
compliance with the wishes of the congregation, and was duly inducted on
Tuesday 28th, March, 1888, by the Yen. William McMurray.D.D., D.C.L.,

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Archdeacon of Niagara, Messrs. Ellis and Guiton being the Churchwardens.

Sometime during the year 1888, it was deemed advisable to take a very
important step in the establishment of a Cottage Home, and it was evidently
pushed on with much vigor, for in the month of November, Miss Arnold
presented the following report : —

"Our Cottage Home in connection with St. George's Church, and under
the supervision of the Rector, is now thoroughly organized, at No. 12 Geneva
street, with accommodation for three men and three women, in addition to
the matron and her assistant.

A large and well chosen Committee of the Visitors' Chapter of St. George's
Guild has been appointed: the Head of which, Mrs. R. Miller is fully capable
of suggesting and carrying out plans for the future comfort and welfare of its
inmates. A home such as this for the aged poor must claim the sympathy of
all Christian people. Although our numbers are as yet small, in consequence
of not having sufficient accommodation, we trust in another year to carry out
our scheme on a larger scale, and by that means will not confine ourselves to
members of our own Church, since we feel that charity to the poor should
be widely extended to all denominations. Those we have at present admitted
most fully appreciate the efforts made by the matron of the institution (a
most efficient woman carefully selected for the purpose) in providing for their
comfort, It is most gratifying to learn this and to feel that they are capable
of drawing the contrast between their old lives of squalid misery and their
present warmth and cleanliness.

It has long been the wish of the Rector to establish a Home such as this,
and as his wish has been carried out in the hearty co-operation of those con
nected with him, we trust it may be a success, and that now as well as in the
future his effort will be blessed, and that more than earthly aid will be con
tributed to so earnest and heartfelt an undertaking.

There are other homes in St. Catharines but none that can so directly
appeal to our best feelings. All poor enlist our sympathy, but how much more
the aged, those who are beyond helping themselves and who have arrived at
that time of life when the sad thought suggests itself, "None careth for me."

The following were the officers of the Home and constituted the Visitors'
Chapter of the Guild :— Mrs. Wright, Matron; Mrs. R. Miller, Head; Mrs.
Harvey, Deputy; Miss G. E. B. Bate, Treasurer; Miss Arnold, Secretary.

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Committee — Mrs. Woodruff, Mrs. Haynes, Mrs. Neelon, Mrs. R,
Woodruff, Mrs. Dougan, Mrs. Bland, Mrs. J. Clench. Miss Walker, Miss
Greenwood, Miss M. Bate, Miss Harris, Miss A. Hare.

There can be no doubt that the "Cottage Home" had in the above ladies
all the materials that go to make up success, but we anticipate that it was
found to be a much heavier load than the founders had anticipated, for it was
soon afterwards abandoned; indeed, with an excellent "General Hospital"
and comparatively small population, it is an open question if there was at any
time a pressing need for the Cottage Home ; still it was a well meant effort to
alleviate distress and as such merits notice and commendation.

The year 1889 was destined to have an important influence upon the
destinies of this Parish. The vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. Mock-
ridge, acting Rector of the Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton, rendered a new
appointment necessary, and among those to whom the position was offered
was your late Rector ; he declined the appointment in the first instance but
was subsequently led to reconsider the matter and ultimately to accept,
and on the i5th of July, 1889, the Rev. Mr. Bland, announced to a special
meeting of this Vestry, that he was about to sever his connection with the
Parish, to accept the position of Rector in Charge of fhe Cathedral, Hamilton.

His valedictory address which we reproduce, appeared during the month
of August, He said : —

My Dear Brethren : — As already announced through the medium of the
Special Vestry Meeting on July i5th, I am about to sever my brief connection
with this Parish, having been for the second time urged to accept the position
of Rector in Charge of the Cathedral at Hamilton, an invitation which,
while I declined when first offered to me in March last, I did not feel justified
in putting from me the second time ; especially as the matter has been pressed
upon me by the members of that Congregation and many of my brother clergy
as being my duty to the Church at large, as well as to that large and impor
tant Parish.

I trust that you will believe me when I say that it will not be without
regrets that I shall conclude my four-and-a-half years of ministry among
you, during which I have received much encouragement and have been per
mitted to see marked signs of progress. Especially shall I cherish feelings of

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the kindest nature towards the members of St. George's Guild, who have
been, in every department, my loyal fellow- workers, and who will, I feel con
fident, afford to my successor the same sympathy and co-operation that they
have ever given to me, respecting not so much the man as the office towards
which they must be ever loyally and faithfully disposed. Most generous
efforts have been made to induce me to reconsider my determination— efforts
which have rendered it very painful for me to persist, as I am made to feel by
them that I am causing pain by my removal, but I want to set before
myself and you the law of duty and ask your constant prayers that I
may be able to fulfil it wherever it pleases God to place me. I purpose to
return to you the last week in August and shall have two Sundays more in St.
George's, after which I must attend the meeting of Provincial Synod in
Montreal, and thence return to assume my new work definitely at the
Cathedral. I trust that though our connection be severed, our relations will
not be, but that we may mutually feel that there are ties between us that
neither time rior distance can dissolve ; and may you find in my successor one
more worthy and better able to lead you faithfully and consistently in the
paths of righteousness.

Be assured that St. George's will ever have my earnest prayers and best
wishes for its constant welfare, and belive me to be,

Yours very faithfully in Christ Jesus,

EDWARD M. BLAND.

He had officially guided the destinies of the Parish for four-and-a-half
years, and for a portion of that time was Rector, not merely dc facto but de
jure. During the course of his Incumbency Mr. Bland made commendable
efforts to keep alive a most useful Parish help, in the shape of a localized
Magazine, but the results were not encouraging, and he gives frank expression
to his disappointment in the following words : "It was much hoped that there
would be an increase of subscribers this year ('89), but there is, unfortunately,
such a minimum of interest taken in our Parish Magazine, that it has been impos
sible to carry it on without financial loss to the editor. It is'this lack of esprit dc
corps, of determination to stand by parochial institutions because they are part
of the Parish, that is a great hindrance to St. George's ; we stand alone from
each other as units instead of combining, even at the risk of a little personal
self-sacrifice, for the common welfare. Now, more than ever we should up-

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hold the principle of the old motto "United we stand, divided we fall." So
many of us stand by to criticize when we ought to fall into line and work,
and when the critical time comes it is often too late for action and we are
"sorry we did not realize it sooner."

These disappointments to which Mr. Bland was subject and the lack of
interest on the part of those who might help are, unfortunately, not by any
means a rare experience, although their lack of rarity does not greatly
diminish from their bitterness.

Mr. Bland, as Rector of the Cathedral, has entered upon a wide sphere
of we hope, useful work, and we join with his friends in wishing him every
prosperity, and an abundant success in all his labors, begun, continued and
ended in, and for, the cause of our dear Lord and Master Jesus Christ.

of t^e ^reseqt Rector.

The vacancy created by Mr. Eland's resignation produced a regrettable
conflict between the Episcopal and Parochial authorities, which fortunately
was attended with fewer injurious results than might have been anticipated.
These events are too recent to need detailed reference, and our duty now is to
deal with them simply as part of the current history of the Church lying
distinctly within its Jubilee limits.

About the closing days of July, 1889, the present Rector of St. George's
Church, held a similar position in St. James' Church, Ingersoll, Diocese of
Huron, but at the date in question he was in' New York City, and in
temporary charge of St. John's Church, Staten Island. About that time, and
subsequently, he received letters from the Churchwardens of this Parish
inviting him to come and take duty for one or more Sundays in St. George's
Church; positively declining to do this he was afterwards urged to permit
his name to be brought before the Vestry and Congregation as a possible
candidate, but again he felt obliged to decline and here he hoped the matter had
ended, so far as he was personally concerned, for being happily situated
in Ingersoll, as he was, he could see no sufficient reason for disturbing
the pleasant relations existing between himself and the Congregation of St.
James' Church in that place; and accordingly, he felt unable to accept the
honor which the official representatives of this Church were desirous of con.
ferring upon him.

There were, however, a great many applicants for this parish, and among
them not a few whose length of service in the Church and Diocese unquestion
ably gave them a strong claim to recognition ; add to this, that the Bishop
was necessarily anxious to secure their appointment. It is 'not needful to
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any one of whom, would, we doubt not, have been in every respect
suitable for this, or indeed for any other position in the Diocese ;
but experience goes to prove that it is exceedingly difficult to make
ecclesiastical appointments upon equitable lines. Among others who ap
peared in the list of candidates was the Rev. James Roy, a Presbyter
of the Diocese of Toronto, and a gentleman of undoubted ability.
He took duty in this Church on Sundays i5th, 22nd and 2Qth of September,
1889, and with such general acceptance to the Congregation, that at a meeting
of the Vestry, held Monday evening, September 3oth, a memorial was pre
sented, signed by 102 members of the congregation requesting Dr. Roy's
appointment. In furtherance of the wishes of the memorialists, the Lay
Delegates and Churchwardens were instructed to nominate Dr. Roy for the
position of Rector. There is evidence that the Lay Delegates or some of
them were opposed to Dr. Roy's appointment, but on what grounds we have
no means of judging ; at any rate, negotiations were promptly opened with
His Lordship the Bishop, although but little progress was made for several
weeks.

The 26th article of the Constitution, of the Diocese of Niagara, reads as
follows: "The patronage of Rectories and parishes shall be placed in the
hands of His Lordship the Bishop of the Diocese, on the understanding that
His Lordship will make no appointment without consultation being first held
with the Churchwardens and Lay Representatives of the vacant Parish."

It was owing to the conflicting interpretations put upon the above Canon
that the trouble became so intensified. The regular quarterly meeting of the
Vestry was held on the i8th October, 1889, and we give the following
report which appeared at the time in the public press :-

"The trouble that has been brewing in St. George's Episcopal Church
for some time past over the appointment of a Rector to succeed Mr. Bland
has assumed quite an interesting phase as the resolutions passed at Friday
night's Vestry meeting will show.

Mr. Fowler acted as chairman and reported to the meeting the failure of
the deputation to Hamilton and the refusal of the Bishop to appoint Rev
Dr. Roy (the congregation's choice) to the vacancy, and. the Bishop also
refused to give the delegates the name of his nominee

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Moved by Mr. J. Clench, and seconded by Mr. Geo. Cook :
That, whereas at the last Vestry meeting of St. George's Church a reso
lution was passed by a large majority instructing our Churchwardens and
Lay Representatives to support the appointment of Rev. Jas. Roy as Rector
of St. George's Church, and whereas a requisition to the same effect was also
signed' by 102 members of the congregation, embracing over four-fifths of the
pews and sittings in the Church, and whereas we are informed that Win.
Ellis and Josiah Holmes, while assuming to act as legal representatives,
instead of supporting the wishes of the congregation, strenuously opposed the
same before the Bishop. Be it resolved that in the opinion of this Vestry the
conduct of the said Ellis and Holmes has been a gross violation of their duty
and a breach of the trust reposed in them by this congregation, and they are
hereby called upon to resign a position which they have shown themselves
unworthy of filling.

Carried — Yeas, 54 ; nays, 18.

Moved by Judge Senkler, seconded by Mr. J. W. Coy :

That whereas the Churchwardens have reported to this meeting that His
Lordship has expressed himself as disinclined to carry into effect the wishes
of this congregation and appoint the Rev. Dr. Roy, that this meeting expresses
its full confidence in Dr. Roy, and its anxious wish that he should be ap
pointed, and that the Churchwardens and Lay Representatives are instructed
to press upon His Lordship that such appointment be made, and that it is
our opinion that the refusal of His Lordship will entail the most serious
consequences upon St. George's Church and its congregation.

Carried — Yeas, 54 ; nays 22.

On motion of Mr. W. H. Charles, seconded by Mr. J. W. Johnson, Judge
Senkler and Messrs. S. D. Woodruff. J. P. Merritt, Capt. Neelon, J. W. Coy,
Johnson Clench, H. A. King, and W. H. Collinson were appointed a committee
with whom the Churchwardens may consult in an emergency, and upon
whose advice they may act. Carried.

Moved by Mr. J. Clench, seconded by Mr, H. A. King :

That the stipend of the incoming Rector of St. George's Church be reduced
to the sum of $i per year, to take effect from the date of his appointment by
the Bishop."

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Several meetings were subsequently held and many interviews had with
the Bishop, but it became painfully evident that no arrangement mutually
satisfactory to all the parties concerned could be arrived at.

About the end of October. 1889, communication was again opened with
Mr. Ker, upon whom it was urged that the wider interests of the Church
might be fairly considered and that his acceptance of the Rectorship would
be likely to smooth over existing difficulties, and give the Congregation what
it sorely needed, namely, the restoration of peace and harmony; and while
this view of the situation had unquestionably great weight with him, he never
theless felt compelled to telegraph the Wardens so late as the 3oth November,
1889, that he must positively decline to give any pledge that he would then, or
subsequently accept the Rectorship, even though it were offered unanimously,
at the same time fully recognizing the honor done him in pressing such
an important position upon his acceptance.

In the meantime the following petition was circulated and largely signed.
As a record of the state of matters in this Parish when the present Rector
was invited to assume charge, it is a significantly interesting document.

TO HIS LORDSHIP, THE BISHOP OF NIAGARA :
We, the undersigned pewholders and members of St. George's Church,
St. Catharines, respectfully represent to your Lordship the following facts :
Our Church has been for sometime past in a very unsettled state and our
Congregation has been growing smaller, and our members are attending other
churches or abstaining from attending their own.

Owing to the refusal of your Lordship to appoint the Rev. Dr. Roy to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Bland, as requested
by a large majority of the Congregation, the members supporting Dr. Roy are
grievously vexed, and there is great danger that our Congregation will become
broken up, and our dissatisfied members arrayed in a warfare against any
person your Lordship may name, unless sanctioned by the majority of our
Congregation.

In view of these facts and for the purpose of healing the differences which
have arisen, and again uniting our Congregation and restoring peace, harmony
and good-will among our members, we respectfully request your Lordship
that in the event of your still refusing to appoint the Rev. Dr. Roy to fill the

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vacancy in our Church

, caused by the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Bland,

your Lordship will be

pleased to appoint the Rev.

Robert Ker, of Ingersoll,

to the vacant position,

we pledging ourselves to do

all in our power to sustain

him in the position and

unite our members together

again.

And your petitioners will ever pray, &c..

Sylvester Neelon,

T. B. Bate,

Henry J. Taylor,

Emily St. G. Bate,

G. E. B. Bate,

Frances Taylor,

L. A. Taylor,

Cecilia Bate,

Mary Bate,

T. B. Bate, jr.,

William Ellis,

P. H. Guiton,

(H. Yale,

H. G. Hunt,

John S. Carlisle,,

F. S. Greenwood. M. D. Annie Dougan,

M. Greenwood,

M. Miller,

C. M. Arnold,

G. B. Towers,

John Gwinner, v

Ella S. H. Groves,

Addie L. Fowler,

S. S. Neelon,

Emma King, v

Mary King,

D. D'E. Potter,

Geo. C. Carlisle,

J. T. Groves,

B. Schram,

J^ W- Johnson,

T. Morton,

C. Chapman,

F. Stinson,

D. Bennett,

M. B. Groves,

N . Groves,

N. V. Groves,

H. M. Helliwell,

H. J. Rolls,

Thos. L. Rolls,

M. Cairns,

R. H. Smith,

Mrs. R. H. Smith.

Miss Anderson,

Miss Austin,

E. D. Dorr,

W. H. Read.

H. D. Carlisle,

L. C. Helliwell,

M. Helliwell,

W. P. HelliweH,

A. C. E. L. Brown.

S. S. Cox,

A. C. Carlisle,

Mrs. Yale,

Annie Walker,

Emilie Grubs,

Bessie Clark,

Kate M. Coy,

Tiliie Cort,

A. N. Linsday,

W. G. Maybee,

G. M. Yale,

F. W. Stinson,

M. Swarthout,

C. E. Read,

E. A. Stinson,

Annie E. Stinson,

Tom Cambray,

Mrs. j. Clark,

Mary Cambray,

K. Ellis,

N. Hunt,

L. Ross,

K. Dunn,

J. J. Trorey,

Anna Lawrence,

Nellie Ross,

John S. Davis,

M. C. Arnold,

Mrs. Grubs,

I. Woodruff,

N. Woodruff,

L.. Morton,

Mary Phenix,

A H. Taylor,

A. P. Gwinner,

M M. J. Harris,

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Mrs. J. S. Harris, W. H. Charles, M. A. Charles,

Ina. Charles, Wilmina Laurence, Mrs. Cambray,

Mrs. Waud, David Laurence, Eleanor King,

M. King, Mrs. Millon, E, A. Jukes,

Isabella Towers.

Such was the position of matters on the 2nd of December 1889, when a
special meeting of the Vestry was held for the purpose of coming to some
final arrangement. An excellent spirit appeared to animate the meeting, and
it was moved by Capt. Neelon, seconded by Judge Senkler :

"That with a view of putting an end to the differences existing as to the
appointment of the Rector for St. George's Church, this Vestry meeting
recommends the appointment of the Rev. Robert Ker, and directs and requires
the Lay Delegates and Wardens to press for his appointment."

A further resolution at same meeting, appointed Judge Senkler, Messrs.
S. D. Woodruff, S. Neelon, J. Clench. J. W.Coy, J. P. Merritt, H. A. King, G.
C. Carlisle and W. H. Collinson, a committee to assist the Lay Delegates
and Wardens in having the nomination ratified.

Thus the dangers that had threatened this Parish were happily averted,
and having regard to all the circumstances the present Rector felt that it only
needed the authoritative voice of the Bishop of the Diocese to reach him,
to enable him to give a definite answer to the call. The following letter came
in due course :

HAMILTON, December 31 st, 1889.

My dear Mr. Ker :— The Vestry and Lay Officials of St. George's Church,
St. Catharines, have united in desiring to have you as their Rector, and I am
ready to appoint you, if you are willing to accept.

There is a very comfortable house, recently renewed, and the endowment
yields a little over $300. What the people will give is unknown to me.

In case you should desire to communicate with them, the names of the
Wardens are J. B. Fowler, Esq. and Wm. B. Towers, Esq.

The Parish has been vacant since August, so that it is important that the
active supervision of an earnest Pastor should be afforded to them with as
little delay as may be.

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I need not say that my good wishes will attend you in your new home
and sphere of work, which will, I trust, be full of happiness for yourself, and
health for your family.

Believe me, yours very faithfully,

CHARLES NIAGARA.
The Rev. R. Ker, Ingersoll.

Your Rector concurred most heartily with His Lordship in the necessity
that existed for putting a speedy termination to the interregnum which had
practically existed in the parish for nearly six months. A reply was immedi
ately forwarded to the Lord Bishop, thanking him for his kindly letter offering
us the Rectorship of this Parish, and expressing our personal appreciation of
the honor conferred upon us in the nomination to one of the most important
parishes in the Diocese, and we begged to assure his Lordship that no unneces
sary delay would be made by us in reaching a decision. We then wrote your
Churchwardens, informing them that the Lord Bishop of the Diocese had been
good enough to honor us with an offer of the Rectorship of this important
Parish, tfut that before reaching a definite conclusion on a matter of equal
importance to them and us, we were most anxious to have the honor of a
personal interview with the Churchwardens and other official representatives
of the congregation.

Such a meeting took place on the gth of January, 1890, when your
Rector was met at the G. T. R. railway station, and cordially greeted by the
Wardens, Lay Delegates and other prominent members of the Church. On
arrival he found that he was to have the pleasure of meeting the Sunday
School children at their annual entertainment. As a matter of interest we
give the programme :

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ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.

(Raymond Streeet.)

On Thursday Evening, January gth, 1890.
PROGRAMME.

1 Carol

2 Santa-Glaus, (A Comedy)

3 Recitation .

4 Instrumental Duet

$ Dialogue . . , .

6 Recitation

7 Carol ,

T Address

2 Song

3 Recitation

4 Dialogue
- Song

6 Carol

1 Distribution of Prizes

2 Fairy Scene — Spectacular

3 Carol

- Sunday School,

Infant Class,

Birr Brown.

Violet Towers and Florence Schram,

Eva Ball and Jessie Southcott,

Daisy Schram,

... Sunday School.

PART II.

PART III.

By Rev. Robert Ker.

W. B. Towers, Jr.

Bella Moors

Four Girls and Two Boys.

Richard Schram.

Sunday School.

Infant Class.
Sunday School.

Doors open at 7.30. Concert at 8 p. m.
Admission— Adults 25 cents. Children 15 cents.

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On Sunday, January iath, 1890, we officiated*in this Church for the first
time, and preached at morning Service from St. Mark VIII, part 23rd verse:
"He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town." In the
evening, from Isaiah LX, part i8th verse: "Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation,
and thy gates Praise."

On Monday evening following (isth) there was an informal meeting of the
Vestry, when we had an interesting conversation with the members and
ultimately signified our intention of accepting the Rectorship. On our return
to Ingersoll much kindly pressure was brought to bear to cause us to recon
sider our contemplated resignation of that parish, and could your Rector have
fully anticipated the depth of feeling manifested by his removal, it would have
been very difficult indeed to have effected a change. Deeply attached as he
was, and is, to the Godly Bishop of Huron, the following letter, had it been
received any day before his coming to St. Catharines, would have decided
the matter once for all against our acceptance of this parish.

THE BISHOP'S ROOM, SYNOD OFFICE, DIOCESE OF HURON.

LONDON, Ontario, January 2ist, 1890.

Dear Mr. Ker : — A deputation from your Parish waited upon me yester
day, and expressed great anxiety that your services should be retained. They
have authorized me to write to you and say that if you will only consent to
remain among them, the Vestry will raise your salary to the sum of $1500
per annum. Allow me to press this upon your acceptance, and, if possible,
reconsider the whole matter.

Your Vestry would like an answer before Thursday night.

Yours, MAURICE S. HURON.

It was our pledged word to your representatives that forced us regret
fully to decline. The financial advantages were in favor of Ingersoll, but
above all the advantages of retaining our happy intercourse with a dearly
beloved Bishop, a fraternal body of co-workers among the Clergy, and a
thoroughly loyal and attached parish, made it more difficult to leave than we
could possibly have supposed. Need it be added that we left Ingersoll with
deep regret, or that we still cherish the warmest possible affection for our
former congregation in that charming Parish.

So.

But after all has been §aid — "God rules and guides," even where human
personality appears to have the strongest apparent influence in shaping the
course of events, for how true it is that : —

Deep in unfathomable mines,

Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up His bright designs,

And works His Sovereign will.

On Monday evening, January 2Oth, 1890, a vestry meeting was held here
when the following resolution, moved by Judge Senkler, seconded by J. W°
Coy, was passed unanimously : "That the Vestry of St. George's Church
desire to offer their grateful thanks to His Lordship the Bishop of Niagara
for appointing the Rev. Robert Ker to the Rectory of this Church, such ap
pointment being in accordance with the unanimous wish of the congregation,
and also to express their conviction that this action of His Lordship will greatly
tend to maintain and increase the respect and affection now entertained by
them towards His Lordship and to promote that kindly feeling which it is
so important should exist in every Diocese between the Bishop and the
Laity."

The vestry clerk was instructed to forward to His Lordship, a copy of the
above resolution. This was accordingly done and a suitable reply shortly
afterwards received.

On the ist March, 1890, Rev. Mr. Ker was duly instituted and as the
letter of Institution may not be familiar to some of our people we place it on
record.

Charles, by Divine permission Lord Bishop of Niagara, to our well beloved
in Christ. Robert Ker, clerk in Holy orders. GREETING— We admit you
to the Rectory of the Parish Church of St. George in the City of St. Catharines
within our Diocese and jurisdiction, and we do hereby duly and canonically
institute you in and to the said Rectory and invest you with all and singular,
the rights, members and appurtenances thereto belonging, you having first in
our presence made and subscribed the declarations and taken the oaths re
quired by Canon XIV of the Provincial Synod of the Church of England in

Canada And we do by these presents commit unto you the care and govern
ment of the souls of the Parishioners of the said parish, and do authorize
you to preach the word of God in the Parish Church aforesaid.

In testimony whereof, we have set our hand and caused our Episcopal
-seal to be affixed to these presents.

CHARLES NIAGARA,
[SEAL] At Hamilton, ist March, 1800.

On Tuesday the iSth March, 1890. the induction service was held in the
Church. The following details were published in the Journal on Wednesday
the i gth.

"A large number of the parishioners and our citizens generally were
present at St. George's Church on Tuesday evening to witness the solemn
ceremony of placing the Rev Robert Ker, lately appointed Rector, in full
charge thereof. Shortly after eight o'clock there were assembled in the vestry
room the Rt. Rev.^ C. Hamilton, Bishop of the Diocese of Niagara,
Rev. Canon Arnold, of Niagara; Rev. J. C. Garrett, Niagara; Rev.
Mr. Gribble, Port Dalhousie ; Rev. Mr. McNab, St. Barnabas", city;
Rev. Mr. Armi'tage, St. Thomas1, city ; Rev. Mr. Miller, Ridley College, city;
Rev. Mr. Ardill, Merritton ; Rev. Mr. Spencer, Thorold ; Rev. Mr. Fessenden,
Chippewa ; Rev. Mr. Piper, Smithville, and the Rev Mr, Ker.

When the members of the choir had taken their seats, the organ pealed
forth the music of a processional hymn, and the Reverend gentlemen entered
the Church, the rear being brought up by the Bishop bearing his pastoral
staff. A few moments were then spent in silent prayer, after which the
beautiful 21 5th hymn, "The Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord,"
was announced, and heartily sung by the choir and congregation. The Bishop
•and the Rev. Mr. Ker then advanced to the front of the chancel, and His
Lordship said they were assembled to induct their worthy fellow-worker, the
Rev. R. Ker, as rector to this Parish, he having been appointed by us to that
holy and godly charge, in which, under the blessings of Almighty God, they
prayed he would prove a worthy and faithful shepherd His Lordship then

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put the usual questions to the Rector, which being duly answered, he
handed him the keys of the Church, and also the Bible and book of Common
Prayer, with the exhortation that he would be a true and faithful custodian
of the former and a diligent student of the word of God and all pertaining
thereto. The usual evening service of the Church was then commenced by the
•Rev. Mr. Ardill reading the Exhortation, Confession and Absolution, and also
the i26th, i32nd and i33rd psalms. The Rev. Mr. Piper read the
first lesson from the 33rd chap of Ezekiel, which was followed with an ex
cellent rendition of the Magnificat by the choir. The second lesson, from the
loth Chap, of St. Luke, was read by the Rev. Mr. Armitage, and the Rev. Mr.
Miller read the creed and prayers.

The choir then sang a beautiful anthem selected from St. Paul's Epistle
to the Romans, and after a special prayer for the welfare and success of the
newly appointed Rector, the Bishop delivered a short address, basing his text
on the 5th Chap, of the ist Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, i2th and
i 3th verses :

"And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you,
and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you.

"And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake, and be at
peace among yourselves."

Mr. Ker's official connection with this Congregation dates from i2th
of January, 1890, and it is only known, to the Great Disposer of all things how
long he may be permitted to serve the Church in this Parish, but long or
short, his most anxious desire is "to preach Christ, and Him crucified," as the
Alpha and Omega of all human hopes and the foundation of all spiritual con
solation. At the same time he would fain emulate the Apostolic example and
• be a preacher of living sympathy and good-will 'to all among whom his lot is

)cast. Fully sensible of his own many infirmities he can only hope to follow
in the steps of his distinguished predecessors at a great distance, but with the
good-will already shown him, he trusts more to the kindly forbearance of
his people than to any merits of his own.

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Such in brief is the history of this Parish since its inception fully one
hundred years ago. We have endeavored to tell the story fairly, briefly and
dispassionately, so that those who read it in the years to come may learn how
we, in our days, and our ancestors in theirs, carried on the work of the
Church. Between the lines you will be able to read how our fathers labored
or perchance, where we failed.

When the Jubilee is held in 1941, most of us now present shall have
passed from time into Eternity ; our dust shall mingle with its kindred dust
in the valley or on the hillside, and even our names shall have become a faint
memory, although it is doubtful if we may hope for even this much. In life's
wonderful Kaleidoscope new scenes, new faces and new duties will ever pre
sent themselves. Young faces of to-day shall have become worn arid wrinkled
and old faces a vision of the memory; but let us ask the men and women, who,
in the Jubilee celebration of 1941, shall review such memories of our lives as
may survive the decaying hand of time, to bear -gently upon our mistakes and
to throw the mantle of a wider charity over the imperfections which their
clearer vision shall discover in our lives. We ask them to believe at least this
of us : that we were animated by a sincere love for our Church and a spirit
of loyal attachment to the faith of our forefathers.

We look forward with confident assurance to the future of this old Parish
Church, and we rejoice to think that the shadow of its heaven pointing spire
will fall upon many future generations of worshippers who shall gather within
these sacred walls. History is not made in a day, and such history as yours
is a heritage of which any congregation might feel proud. It was within these

walls that your fathers and mothers worshipped ; it was at this sacred font they
were received into Christ's Holy Church ; it was here in Holy Matrimony
they pledged themselves in bonds which were only sundered by death. Here
the Church blessed them as children, and here she folded them in arms of
faith and gently consigned them to the keeping of Him, who is the
"Resurrection and the Life." When the sorrows of life thickened around
their path, she pointed them in hope to the time when "the wicked cease from
troubling, and the weary are at rest" ; when their steps faltered, and fainting
they sank by the way, her's was the voice to cheer and hold them up in
life's fierce conflict.

Sitting in the pews you occupy to-day, were men and women of like
passions with yourselves. Some of them were nearly related to you, all of
them were your co-worshippers. They listened to the story of Christ's love
as we listen to it, and it brought to them, as it brings to us, hope and conso
lation and fulness of joy. When life's darker shadows gathered around them
and the fierce and furious blasts of sorrow swept over their storm-tossed souls,
here it was that the light glinting from "the sea of Glass mingled with
fire" penetrated their souls with the Divine radiance and filled them with the
peace "which passeth all understanding." To-day their vision forms mingle
tvith ours and give us an impalpable but no less real identity with those who
have gone before. We stand, then, on historic ground, and we stand face to face
with the men and the women who made sacrifices to give us this House of
Prayer. Next to the home, this Parish Church ought to be to us the dearest
spot upon earth, and I am at a loss to understand the mental or spiritual state
of mind that can under-value or lightly regard such a heritage. To the many
who have never had a spiritual home, all churches are, I fancy, pretty much
alike, but let us see to it, that we use our best efforts to make Old St.
George's worthy of the men whose devotion and piety gave us such an in
heritance.

Through the all but impenetrable mists that hide the future, we may not
rashly speak of the years to come, but enough is manifest in the signs of the
present time to render the words on yonder mural table (Rev. Mr. Clarke's) if
possible, more imperative than ever : Qucs autem Vobis dico, omnibus dico
vigilatc. Let this Church hold fast to the faith, and let no plausible theories
of doctrine, or capricious fancies of Ritual ever divert us from the truth

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—grand and fundamental as it is— that "the Bleed of Jesus Christ, God's Son,
cleanseth us from all sin." Fifty years ago Dr Atkinson preached this Gospel
from this pulpit, and now, almost at the expiration of the XIX century, with all
its mighty advances in practical science, and its vast strides in all kinds of
knowledge, I venture modestly to declare my unchangeable conviction that there
is no other Gospel worth preaching. "Christ crucified" is the only power cap
able of helping poor sinful humanity in its poverty and wretchedness. Day
by day we are furnished with the most indubitable evidence that formalism
in religion, accompanied even by high profession, is utterly powerless in
Changing the Life, although it frequently happens that a change of opinion is
substituted for a change of heart. With great zeal and ceaseless activity for
the externals of religious life, men and women remain as Godless, as censorious
as unforgiving as they ever were, and their religion works no change. Humbly
then shall we follow Dr. Atkinson's great example and preach Christ as a
power on the soul and a transforming influence on the life. Falling short of
this we become as "sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal," a blind leader of the
blind, and a builder with untempered mortar. We raise the standard of the
cross and our fellowship in the past is real : —

One family we dwell in Him, one Church above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream— the narrow stream of death ,

One army of the living God, to His command we bow,

Part of the host have crossed the flood and part are crossing now.

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LIST OF OFFICERS, &c., OF

ST. GSORGG'S CHURCH,

RECTOR.
REV. ROBERT KER, THE RECTORY, KING STREET.

CHURCH SERVICES.

SUNDAYS.

HOLY COMMUNION — On ist Sunday in the month at mid-day. On 3rd
Sunday in the month at 8 a. m., and at other times as announced

MORNING SERVICE II.OOA. M.

EVENING SERVICE 7.00 p. M.

SI.-.NDAY SCHOOL AND BIBLE CLASS 3.00 p. M.

WEEK DAYS
HOLY DAYS 10 30 A. M.

In Lent — Evening Prayer Daily , . . . 5.00 P M.

Every Friday — Litany and Bible Lecture, . 7.30 P M.

Choir Practice — Friday Evening , . . 8 30 P. M.

HOLY BAPTISM. — On the Last Sunday in the month, or as may be
arranged with the Rector.

CHURCH WARDENS.

Judge Senkler, . . . Office — Judge's Chambers, Court House,
Lieut Col. Carlisle, Office — St. Paul Street.

RIGHT REV. DR. FULLER,

1ST BISHOP OF NIAGARA

Judge Senkler.

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DELEGATES TO SYNOD.

J. H. Tngersoll.

J. W. Coy.

ADVISORY BOARD.

C. M. Arnold,

R H. Smith,

Thos. B. Bate,

H. G. Hunt,

Geo. C. Carlisle,

W. G. Thompson,

W. H. Charles,

H. A. King,

Geo. Cook,

Johnson Clench,

S. Neelon,

W. H. Collinson,

J. Southcott,

S. D. Woodruff.

Harry Smith,

J. T. Groves,

SIDSEMEX

George Cook,
A. K. Woodruff,
B. Schram,

W. H. Charles.
J. H. Ingersoll,
Richard Schram,
Hugh Eccles.

Johnson Clench,
Thos. Todd,
George Peterson,

ORGANIST.

VESTRY CLERK.

Merritton.

St. Paul Street.

George Gander,

SEXTON.

. Residence— 140 Church Street.

William J. Smith,

Morris' Mills.

SUNDAY SCHOOL.

W G. May bee,
B. Schram,
Thos. Cambray,
George Cook,
Fred Lowe,
B. Schram,

Superintendent

Assistant Superintendent

Librarian,

Assistant Librarian.

Treasurer

Miss May Rees,

INFANT CLASS.

Geneva Street.

ST GEORGE'S BRANCH OF W. A. M. A.

Mrs. Ker, . . - • President.

Mrs. S. D Woodruff. ist Vice-President.

Mrs. S. Neelon, 2nd Vice-President

Mrs Johnson Clench, Recording Secretary.

Mrs. H. Carlisle, . . . Treasurer

Miss F. L. Bate, . . . Corresponding Secretary.

Mrs. Seymour and Mrs. R. H. Smith, members of the Board appointed

by the Reetor.

Mrs. Senkler and Mrs. Haynes, . Delegates to Diosesan Board.
Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. John Clark, . Auditors.

President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Custodian of Funds

LADIES S. S. AID SOCIETY.

... Mrs. R. Millef.

Mrs. A. J. Greenwood.

Miss Walker.

. . . Miss Yale

Rector and President

ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE.

Mrs Seymour, Mrs. Smith,

Mrs. Towers.

SEWING COMMITTEE.

Miss Bate,

Miss Walker.

Mrs. Warner,

REFRESHMENT COMMITTEE.

Mrs. Dougan,

Mrs ClarU

DECOKATIO-N COMMITTEE.

Mrs. Johnson Clench, v . President

Miss Eccles, Miss Annie Rykert, Miss F. L. Bate

Miss Ida Woodruff, Mrs H.Carlisle,

WEEKLY ENVELOPES

Miss Ida Woodruff.

King Street.

POOR FUND

Mrs Harvey,

Church Street

go.

The original Parish Organization of St. George's Church was
under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Quebec, and was then
called St. Catharines' Episcopal Church. With the sub-division
of the large Diocese of Quebec, we passed in due course to the Diocese of
Montreal, and still later to that of Toronto. The present Diocese of Niagara
was separated from Toronto in 1875, and is the smallest of the Canadian
Dioceses in point of area, although in the number of its Clergy, it exceeds several.
The Diocese is triangular in shape, and is bounded on the West by the
Diocese of Huron, on the south by Lake Erie, and on the East by the Diocese
of Toronto, Lake Ontario and the River Niagara.

The Church members number 20,547 °f whom about a third are com
municants. There are 71 Clergy, and 22 Lay Readers. Parishes, Missions and
Stations, 107.

The Diocese of Niagara comprises the counties of Lincoln, Welland,
Haldimand, Wentworth, Wellington and Halt on.

FIRST BISHOP.— The Rt. Rev. Thomas Brock Fuller; D. D.; D. C. L.
Consecrated. 1876, Died 1884.

PRESENT BISHOP. — The Rt. Rev. Charles Hamilton, D. D.; D. C. L.
Residence, Hamilton, Ont.

CHANCELLOR. — Edward Martin, Q. C.

REGISTRAR. — F. E. Kilvert, Esq.

HON. SECRETARIES. — Clerical, Rev. W. R. Clark, M. A., Ancaster; Lay,
Mr. J. J. Mason. Hamilton, Ont.

SECRETARY-TREASURER. — Mr. J. J. Mason, Hamilton, Ont.

ARCHDEACONS. — The Yen. Alexander Dixon, D. D and Yen. William
McMurray, D. D.; D. C. L.

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RIGHT REVEREND CHAS. HAMILTON,

2ND BISHOP OF NIAGARA.

CANONS.— The Rev. Messrs. W. B. Curran, M. A , Stewart Houston, M.
A, F. L. Osier, M. A., T. Bolton Read, D. D., J. B. Worrell, M. A., R.
Arnold, B A., W. Belt, M. A., G. A. Bull, M. A., R. G. Sutherland, M. A.

RECTORS OF ST. GEORGE'S PARISH.
A. D., 1830 — 1840. — Rev. James Clarke, M. A.

1840—1864 — Rev Abraham Fuller Atkinson, D. C. L
t864 — 1888 — Rev. Henry Holland, B. A.
!S88— 1889 — Rev. E. M. Bland,
:88g — — . — Rev. Robert Ker.

CURATES OF ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.

From the list of Curates which have served in St. George's Church, some
names may possibly have escaped our notice, although we have sought to
make it as accurate as the materials permitted. The length of service in each
case we could not ascertain, but generally speaking, it was, with the excep
tion of the Rev. Mr. Robart's, comparatively brief— the Rev. Mr. McArthur's
painfully so. He appears to have been acting cotemporaneously with Mr.
Robarts, but he only served a few months before he was called away to rest,
and of him with all our departed brethren, we say:—

Until the day break and the shadows flee away,

Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting.

1846— Rev. R. Shanklin. . Deceased.

1848— Rev. Alex. Dixon . . Archdeacon of Guelph.

1852— Rev. George A. Bull Rector Stamford.

1854— Rev. J. S. Lauder Archdeacon of Ottawa.

1854— Rev. T. T. Robarts Deceased.

1857— -Rev. Richard Lyons McArthur Deceased.

1864— Rev. J. Dinzey U. S. A.

1865— Rev. Jas. Gallagher, . . England.

1866— Rev J.Francis Cayuga.

1869— Rev. J. McLean Ballard U. S. A.
1874— Rev. A. W. McNab

!876— Rev. H. J. Holmes . England.

I878— Rev. Jas. B. Mead u- s A

l882_Rev. R. Moore Toronto.

1883 — Rev. P. Owen Jones • s- A-

1884— Rev. E. M. Bland Rector Cathedral.

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LIST OF CHURCH WARDENS,

In reference to the sub-joined list of Church Wardens, it is necessary to Say,
that having no regular record to consult we were compelled to have recourse
to the most indirect methods of ascertaining their names, such as finding some
account charged against them, a note made by them, or some documents bear
ing their signatures. This plan necessarily involved a good deal of labor,
but the Editor hopes that he has attained a fair measure of accuracy
he has left blanks to be filled with the names of the Wardens who shall be
elected in the future ; so that whoever is Rector in A.D. 1941, will have no diffi
culty in compiling a second edition of this Jubilee Souvenir

1798 — 99 .... John Gould and Abel Letten.

1817 — 18 . . Thomas Merritt and George Adams.

1829 — 30 .... George Adams and Thomas Merritt.
1830 — 31

I^3I — 32 • Henry Mittleberger and E. S Adams.

J832—33

*833—34

1834—35
1835—36 .

'836—37

1837—38

^838—39 .

1839 — 40 . . James R. Benson and Richard A. Clark.

1840 — 41 .

1841 — 42 . . . George Rykert and James R Benson.

1842 — 43 ... " H. Mittleberger.

1 843— 44

1844 — 45 . George Prescott

1845—46

1 846—47

1847 — 48 . . Anthony K. Boomer.

1848—49 .

1849 — 50 .. James Taylor and Richard A Clark

1850 — 51 George Rykert and Anthony K. Boomer

1851—52

1852—53

1853—54

1854—55
*855— 56
1856—57
1857-58
1858—59
1859 — 60
1860 — 6 i
1861—62 •
1862—63 •
1863—64
1864—65 .
1865—66
! 866— 67 .
1867—68
1868—69 .
1869 — 70
1870 — 71
1871—72
1872—73 .

1873—74
I874--75 .
1875—76
1876-77 .
1877—78
1878-79 .
1879—80
1880— 8 1 .
1881 — 82
1882—83 .
1883—84
1884—85
1885—86
r886— 87 .

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George Rykert and James R. Boyd.

Dr. Henry R. Goodman and Wm, H. Merritt, jr.

Thomas H. Graydon and Joseph B. Boomer.
v " . " Wm. McGivern.

J. F. Saxon and T. R Merritt

James Taylor and C. P. Camp.

C. M. Arnold and Thos. Burns.

Richard Woodruff and G. P. M. Ball.
Josiah Holmes "

Thomas Burns and

Thomas L. Helliwell.

Major Powell and J. W. Coy

Chas. Riordan and Jas. A. Miller.

George C. Carlisle and W. W. Greenwood.
" " Judge Senkler.

Judge Senkler and Johnson Clench.
William Ellis and A. M. McRae.

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88 . William Ellis and P. H. Guiton

1888—89 . .-",-?•••

1889—90 J. B. Fowler and W. B. Towers,

1890—91 . . Judge Senkler and Geo. C. Carlisle.

1891—92

1892—93
1893—94
1894—95
1895—96
1896—97
1897-98
1898—99
1899 — oo

1900 — i

1901 — 2

1902— 3

1903— 4

1904— 5

1905— 6

1906— 7

1907— 8

1908— 9
1909 — 10
1910 — ii
1911—12
1912—13
1913—14
1914—15

St. George's Church, St. Catharines.

1915 — i&
1916 — 17
1917—18
1918 — 19
1919 — 20

I92O 21

1921 — 22
1922—23
1923—24
1924—25
1925—26
1926 — 27
1927 — 28
1928 — 29
1929—30
1930—31
1931—32
1932—33
1933—34
1934-35

I935—36
1936—37
1937—38
1938—39
1939—4°
1940—41
1941—42

ur Marriacie Records.

TWO CHURCH RSCORPS

"TILL DEATH US DO PART,"

The congregational meeting which decided upon the form that our Jubilee
should take, also decided that the Editor should include in the "Jubilee
Souvenir" the publication of our Marriage Register as being in itself a docu
ment of deep personal interest and likely in the near future to prove of great
historic value. It was found, however, that the Rev. Mr. Clarke's register
(1836-1840) was missing and a most diligent search failed to get any infor
mation respecting it.

Previous to Mr. Clarke's Incumbency of this Parish it is not clear that
any register was kept as distinct from that which may be looked upon as the
Record for the whole Niagara Penisula, and even for Toronto itself. We refer

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of course to Mr. Addison's valuable Register of Weddings, Burials and Bap
tisms, so highly prized by St. Mark's Parish, Niagara-on-the-Lake, and by all
lovers of the early history of our country. We had no difficulty therefore in
reaching the conclusion that this historic souvenir would be incomplete if we
failed to include some account of St. Mark's Parish as well as a record of the
marriages celebrated by the Rev. Mr Addison during his long missionary life in
this section of Canada The Rev Robert Addison was appointed a missionary to
this country in the year 1791, by that grand old Society, for whose labors we
in Canada can never feel sufficiently thankful. If the "Society for the Propa
gation of the Gospel in Foreign parts" had nothing to show but the history
which clusters around old St. Mark's honored and interesting Centennial it
would be an ample compensation for all the labor and expenditure be
stowed upon the whole of Upper Canada as it was once called. The
Rev. Mr. Addison appears to have reached Montreal in 1791, but owing
to circumstances, he was compelled to winter in that city and did not
reach the neighborhood of Fort George until the early summer of 1792.
The date of his arrival is not quite certain, but the record of his first
official act is July 9, 1792, and from that date forward he is a prominent
figure in the early history of this Peninsula. He must have pushed forward
his work with great vigor, for, as we have already seen, "St. Catharines Epis
copal Church" was actively making its arrangements for a new Building in
1796, and the inference we draw from Mr Merritt's remarks on this subject
is this, that what is now St George's was actually in existence at a very much
earlier date, probably 1793 or 1791 and "maintained without the supervision
of a regular Pastor." (Biography of Hon W. H. Merritt page 69) But at
this stage, I feel, I cannot do better than quote from an exceedingly able and
well considered paper read by Miss Janet Carnochan of Niagara before the
Canadian Institute, July 2, 1890, entitled : —

"TWO FRONTIER CHURCHES "

"The oft-repeated sneer" says the learned Authoress, "that Canada has
no history has been easily refuted in the case of our Easter^ Provinces with
their store of French chivalry and Saxon force, of missionary zeal and Indian
barbarities, of fortresses taken and retaken, but still the phrase lingers with
regard to Ontario. Surely we in this Niagara peninsula lack nothing to dis-

prove a statement which, to our shame, many among us allow to pass as if it
were a truth. When we think that within the last two centuries four races
have here fought for empire, that within sight of us are traces of the adven
turous La Salle who traversed thousands of miles by sea and land to perish so
miserably on the banks of the river of his search ; when we think of this spot
as an Indian camping ground, of the lilies of France yielding to the flag of Britain
even before Wolfe's great victory, of the landing here of loyal men driven from
their homes of plenty to hew out in the forests of this new land a shelter under
the flag they loved; of invasion, and of three years bitter strife, surely we have
a right to say we have a history.

In my attempt to sketch the story of these two churches I have an
ample store of very different materials, a picturesque grey stone church with
projecting buttresses and square tower peeping through the branches of
magnificent old trees, many tablets inside and out, tombstones hacked and
defaced by the rude hand of war, an old register dating back to 1792, kept
with scrupulous neatness, all these in the one case ; in the other, in the old
volume which lies before me, the interesting business records of almost a cen
tury from 1794, if not of so romantic a nature, still shewing the sterling metal
of this people, telling of bright days and dark days, of prosperity and adver
sity, of lightning stroke and tornado, as well as of 'conflagration pale; ' of
patient and strenuous efforts by appeals to Governor and Queen from this,
almost the first Presbyterian Church in Upper Canada. It may be questioned
if any other churches in our land can shew such interesting records.

Now, that the modern tourist has invaded our quiet town and learned of
the beauties with which we are long familiar, I am always pleased to remember
that as a child I loved and admired St. Mark's, that it was my ideal of an old
English parish church, and churchyard, and in those days the tourist had not
come to tell us what to admire When the late lamented Dean Stanley visited
St Mark's he said, "this is a piece of old England, do not allow it to be
altered." The parish of St. Mark's is unique in this particular, that in almost
a century that has elapsed there have only been three incumbents, one with a
record of 37 years, another 27, the third, the Ven. Archdeacon McMurray,
by whose courtesy I have had access to this record, of 34 years. Its
value is shewn by the fact that permission was obtained some years since to
copy all the earlier pages, and this has been placed in the archives of the His-
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torical Society of the city of Buffalo. The Rev. Mr. Addison must have had
a vein of quiet humor, as shewn by the quaint remarks interpolated here and
there alike at baptism, wedding or burial. He was evidently a scholar and a
lover of books, for his library of several hundred volumes, now in the possess
ion of the church, would bring from far and near the lovers of rare 'and curious
old books. Here is a Breeches Bible and Prayer Book in which prayer is
offered for Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I., and in dull dusky leather
many rare and valuable books to rejoice the heart of the bibliomaniac.

The first marriage entry is "August 23, 1792, Henry Warren, bachelor, to
Catherine Aglow, spinster. August 24th, Capt. James Hamilton, to Louisa,
his wife." The remark appended to this tells a tale of a new country. "They
had been married by some commanding officer or magistrate and thought it
more decent to have the office repeated " "April 12, 1794, William Dixon,
bachelor, to Charlotte Adlem, spinster. May i5th, Col. John Butler of the
Rangers buried, (my patron)." Here is a pathetic entry, "July, 1794, buried
a child of a poor stranger called Chambers. September gth, buried a soldier
surfeited by drinking cold water. Baptisms, September 3rd, Cloe, a mulatto.
Married, John Jacks and Rose Moore, negroes." These must have come to
their new homes slaves, but to the honor of Canada, be it said, by Act of the
Parliament which sat within sight of this spot, declared free, long before Brit
ain by hard fought struggles in the House of Commons, had given her chatt
els freedom, or our neighbors by the unstinted pouring out of millions, and of
a more costly treasure of tears and blood, did the same. The next entry tells
of the time when Niagara was the capital, "Buried, an infant child of the Attor
ney General's servant ; and October loth, R. B. Tickell buried," and the
comment on some to us never-to-be explained tragedy, "Alas he was starved,"
"September 24th, White, the butcher from England, and an Indian child."
It is noticeable that Mr. Addison must have been indefatigable in his exertions,
for we find him baptizing at 12 Mile Creek, 20 Mile Creek, 40 Mile Creek,
Ancaster, Fort Erie, St. Catharines, Head of the Lake, Chippawa, Grantham>
Falls, York, Long Point. On these occasions and when people came from long
distances to Niagara, there are often a great many Baptisms recorded on the
one day, the comment "of riper years" shewing that many besides children were
baptized. June 24, 1799, occurs a well-known name. "Baptism, Allan Napier
McNabb, from York," as also occur the names of Ridout, Givens, Macaulay

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from the same place. "Buried, -, worn out by excess at the age of 49',

Baptized, Amos Smith, of riper years. Buried, old Mr. Doudle. Baptized,
1801, David, son of Isaac, a Mohawk Indian. Buried, 1802, Cut Nose John
son, a Mohawk chief. Poor old Trumper, Capt. Pilkington's gardener."
These slight descriptive terms show a human interest, a kind heart, and a
humorous vein. It is remarkable that in all the early notices of baptisms, there
is nothing but the name and those of the father and mother ; after some time
come notices of godmothers, and in 1806 this fuller notice : "May 3rd, Eliza
Ann Maria Vigoreux, daughter of Capt Henry, Royal Engineers, and Eliza ;
godfather Rev. Louis Vigoreux, godmothers Dowager, Lady Spencer and
Anna Maria Vigoreux." Here is the name of one who justly or unjustly re
ceived much blame in the war. "Baptism, November 20, 1808, Augustus
Margaret Firth, daughter of Col Henry Proctor, commandant of the 4ist
Regiment, and Elizabeth Married December n, 1807, Lieutenant Wm.
Proctor, brother of Col. Henry Proctor, commanding at Fort George, to Joan
Crooks. November, 1807, John Conrad Gatman, an old German. Buried,
1810, Master Taylor of looth Regiment, killed by lightning. Old Amen Mis-
ner, May 5, 1812. Married, Thomas McCormack, bachelor, to Augusta Jar-
vis, spinster."

Here is the brief record of the hero of Upper Canada, who did so much
by wise counsels, prompt action, and undaunted courage, to save our country
and repel the invader, who, galloping away in the early morning, was brought
back by his companions in arms in sorrow and gloom, a corpse. "October 16,
1812, burials Gen. Sir Isaac Brock, Col. John McDonald, they fell together at
Queenston, and they were buried together in the north-east bastion of Fort
George" In the Buffalo paper, in which some of these were copied, occurs
the rather astonishing and not easily to be understood statement, "we now
approach the period of the second war of independence. " How an armed in
vasion of a peaceful neighboring country can be called a war of Independence
by the invader is an unsolved mystery. Also referring to the burning of our
town by the Americans, before evacuating our territory, these words occur ;
'In one of the engagements between the opposing forces St. Mark's took fire,
and all but the solid stone wall was consumed." See how differently the
same event can be described by different people

During the time of the occupation of the town by the Americans from

tor.

May to December, the notices go on in St. Mark's Register, but it may be
noted that there are no marriages except those of two Indian chiefs, thus re
corded, "Mohawk chief Capt. Norton, to his wife Catherine, 1 think on ayth
July, 1813, when she was baptized, and Jacob Johnson, another Mohawk chief
Was married to his wife Mary on 2ist August this year. Buried, July xyth,
Col. C. Bishop died of his wounds." As this brave young soldier was buried
at Lundy's Lane, Mr. Addison must have been called on to ride all these miles
to perform this service. The next item gives us another glimpse of warfare.
"On the day on which the engagement between Sir James Yeo and Comman
der Chauncey took place on the Lake, our dear friend Mrs. McXabb was
buried in Mr. Servos' burying ground, supposed to be 2gth September, 1813."
This, history gives as the 28th September, but it is evident that during this
exciting period some of the entries have been made from memory. Here is
an entry which shows that though Parliament had been removed, Niagara
was preferred as a burial place to York. "loth June, i8iG— Buried, George
Lane, Esq., Usher of the Black Rod." "Married, 1817, Rev. Wm. Samson,
minister of Grimsby, to Maria Nelles; Buried, 1819. James Rogers, innkeeper,"
and the remark, "a bad profession for any but very sober men." September
23rd, 1822, Poor old Hope. February 23rd— Baptised Agnes Strachan,
daughter of Hon. Dr. J. Strachan, Rector of York, and Ann, his wife." Here
may be seen the names of most of the Regiments that have been quartered
here, 4ist, 8th King's, looth, ggth, yoth, Sappers and Miners. Of these we
find traces in buttons picked up at Fort George with these numbers

Rev. Mr. Addison was military chaplain for many years. In 1820 we
find another name as performing baptisms in that capacity. The last entry
in this hand is 1827, in tremulous characters signed instead of full name, "R.
A." And here, in another hand, is recorded the burial of this venerable man,
whose zeal, piety and kindness of heart we have seen told, all Unwittingly, in
these pages, "October gth, 1829 — The Rev. Robt. Addison departed this life
on the 6th, in the 75th year of his age." On the outside wall of the church
is a large tablet to his memory, and inside another with this inscription :

"In memory .of Rev. Robt. Addison, first missionary in this district of the
venerable the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
He commenced his labors in 1792, which, by the blessing of Divine Provi
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minister of St. Mark's in the town, he visited and officiated in different parts
of this and adjoining districts until other missionaries arrived. 'Remember
them which have the rule over you ' "

The Church was consecrated in 1828, on Sunday, August, 3rd, by the
Hon. and Rt. Rev. Charles James, brother of the Earl of Galloway, and Lord
Bishop of Quebec, in the presence of His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland,
K. C. B., his staff, and other dignitaries. Morning prayer was said by the
Rev. Robt Addison, the Lessons and Litany by Rev. Thos. Creen, the assistant
minister, the Bishop preaching.

So far, I have not met with any documentary evidence to show exactly
when the church was built, or how long in process of construction. The new
part can be plainly seen forming the cross, while the nave containing the
tower is the old part, as shewn by the color of the stone. The pulpits,
curiously 'carved, have the date 1843.

Before the church was built, the congregation seems to have met in the
Court House, near the site of the present one, and in the interval during and
after the war in the Old Indian Council Chamber, afterwards used as an
hospital, lately burned down. This last, with the buildings known as Butler's
Barracks, was not burned with the rest of the town, as the British troops
were reported to be entering, and they were thus saved. Here are two letters
brought to my notice by our distinguished litterateur, Mr. Wm Kirby, which
have been lying forgotten, and now after seventy years throw a flood of light,
giving us information unexpected as it is invaluable, and which, through the
kindness of the Rev. Archdeacon McMurray, I have been allowed to copy.
They were written by Col. \Vm. Claus to Hon. and Rev. Dr. Stuart asking
assistance from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

NIAGARA, II. C,, January :8th, 1818.

"Anxious that something should be clone towards rebuilding our church,
which in the winter of 18.13 was unfortunately destroyed by the enemy at the
time our town was burnt, I would not take this freedom if there appeared
the most distant prospect or steps taken to make it even in a state that we
could attend Divine Service, but during this season it is hardly possible to
attend. It remains in the state the Commissariat put it, for the purpose of
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trifling addition of a temporary reading desk and gallery for the troops, Your
Lordship saw the state it was in last summer. Nothing whatever has been
done or likely to be done. It is not even weather proof. The church was
made use of in 1812 as an hospital for the wounded. We were deprived of
our all and have barely the means of getting covering for ourselves and
families, to which must be attributed the melancholy state the church
remains in, &c., &c."

The next letter is dated Niagara, aoth September, 1820, and first speaks
of the visit formerly paid and goes on thus ; "It may not be amiss to re
capitulate. Previous to war of 1812 the small congregation of Niagara erectdd
at their own expense a church which cost £1200 cy. After its destruction by
fire, application was made in 1816 to His Majesty's Government for some aid
towards putting it into a state to perform Divine Service in, when His
Majesty was graciously pleased to order £500 stg. which has been received
and applied, but falls short of accomplishing our wish. Our congregation
are too poor to expect much from them. From their living within gunshot of
the enemy's lines, they suffered the loss of all they possessed, burnt out and
plundered of everything, and they had really not yet recovered their misfor
tunes from the late unhappy events, &c., &c."

The answer to this letter is dated 25th December, 1820, mentions that the
Society had lately placed money in the hands of the Bishop of Quebec for aid
in building churches, and refers the writer to him.

The churchyard is very interesting and also unique, for here may be
traced the rifle pits constructed during the war. The church was occupied by
both armies. After the battle of Queenston Heights it was used as a
hospital for our wounded, then by the Americans as a barracks, and again by
our own commissariat. What an eventful history ! Could these stones
speak, (and do they not speak eloquently of the past ?) what disputed points
in <nir history might' not be cleared up ? The lover of the curious may find
many strangely pathetic and sometimes strangely grotesque lines here, the
desire to be remembered being so strongly implanted in the human breast,
but I only copy here those having some bearing on the history of the place.

Length ot service seems to be the rule, for in the graveyard is an in
scription : "in memory of Jno. Ray, 50 years parish clerk of St. Mark's,

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who died at an advanced age, Oct. 6th, 1846." The oldest record is placed
inside the Eastern door, having been found partly covered up in the graveyard
and placed here for safety. It is rudely carved and imperfectly spelled by
some hand unskilled in, or all unused to such work :

LENERD BLANCK

DESeaCED

5 AUG

1782

Not many feet from the church is the large flat stone, so often visited,
hacked and marred, for to such an ignoble use as a butcher's block were
these sacred memorials put in 1813. The hatchet marks have almost
obliterated some of the words

"To the memory of Charles Morison, a native of Scotland, who resided
many years at Machilimacinac as a merchant, and since the cession of that
post to the United States, as a British subject by election; for loyalty to his
sovereign and integrity in his dealings, he was ever remarkable; he died here
on his way to Montreal on the sixth day of September, 1802, aged about 65."

In the porch, at the north door of the older part of the church is a tablet
which brings back to us the rattle of musketry and rush of foemen the day
when Niagara was taken.

"In memory of Capt. M. McLelland, aged 42 years, Charles Wright and
Win. Cameron in the 23th year of their age, of the ist Regiment of Lincoln
Militia, w^ho gloriously fell on the 2jth day of May 1813, also Adjutant
Lloyd of the 8th King's Regiment of Infantry.

As lurid li^htnin^s dart their vivid light.
So poured they forth their fires in bloody hVh't.
They bravely fell and saved their country's cause,
They loved tluar Constitution, Kiny and Laws."

The last three words, it is needless to remark, are in capital letters L:
excuse for the absence of poetry in these lines, it may be said that the people
of these days were too busy writing history with their swords to trouble
about elaborating musical couplets or quatrains.

Here we unroll a page of history, a name handed down to obloquy by the
skill of the poet and the imaginative powers of the sensational writer, but ne
doubt Time, which rights man}- wrongs, will do justice to the memory of one
•v; bitterly spoken of by the English poet and American historian : when even

Henry VIII finds a justifier, we may hope to see some histories we wot of
revised. The poet Campbell acknowledged his information on the subject
had been incorrect, but how difficult to rectify the wrong !

"Fear God and honor the king. In memory of Col. John Butler, His
Majesty's Commissioner for Indian Affairs, born in New London, Connecticut,
1728. His life was spent honorably in the service of the Crown. In the
war with France for the conquest of Canada he was distinguished at the battle
of Lake George, September, 1755, at the siege of Fort Niagara, and its capit
ulation 25th July, 1759. In the war of 1776 he took up arms in defence of the
unity of the Empire, and raised and commanded the Royal American Regi
ment of Butler's Rangers. A sincere Christian as well as a brave soldier, he
was one of the founders and the first patron of this parish. He died at Niag
ara, May, 1796, and is interred in the family burying ground near this town.
Erected 1880."

Outside the eastern wall is the story of one who has been fondly remem
bered, for his tragic fate is recorded also inside the church on a marble tablet.

"Sacred to the memory of Capt. Copeland Radcliffe, of His Britannic
Majesty's Navy, who fell whilst gallantly leading on his men to board one of
the enemy's schooners at anchor off Fort Erie on the night of the i7th Aug.,
1814." One is erected at request of brothers and 'sisters by his nephew, the
other by Capt. Dawes, R N., at request of his mother. We cannot but drop
a tear to the memory of a brave young sailor. Another near this, "Donald
Campbell, Islay, Argyleshire, Fort Major of Fort George, died ist December,
1812. Interred on west side of Garrison Gate at Fort George." Also the
name of Lieut. -Col. Elliot, K C. B., who fought in Peninsular war, Col.
Kingsmille, and a daughter of Chief Justice Sewell. In the church altogether
are fifteen tablets, two in the vestibules and three on the outer walls. It may
be noted that seven are to military and naval heroes, four to clergyman ; four
women's names are here handed down.

Much might be said of the beauty of the spot, of the quaint pulpits and
vaulted roof, of the chime of bells and the air of quiet repose, but where so
many facts have to be recorded, the aesthetic and the emotional must be left
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One Hundred Years of Matrimony — A
Valuable Historic Record.

TWO OLD PARISH REGISTERS

" THE OLD, OLD STORY."

[The following marriages copied from St Mark's Church Register, Nia
gara, were performed by the Rev. Robert Addison,]

August
August
August

August

January

February

April

May

June

july

July

October

December

23 — Henry Warren, bachelor, and Catherine Aglor, spinster.

23— Michael Showers and Elnor Thorn.

24 — Capt. James Hamilton, to Louisa his wife. (They had been married by some

commanding officer or magistrate and thought it more decent to have the
office repeated.)
27— Capt. Crawford and Widow Farewell.

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24— Dr. Robert Richardson, bachelor, and Magdalen Asken, Spinster.
4 — Daniel Cassidy, widower, and Ann Dennis, spinster.

2 — James Everingham, bachelor, and Catharine Lemon, spinster.
14— Mathew Pearson, bachelor, and Catharine Cowell, widow.

4 — James Barley, bachelor, and Mary Crysler, spinster.

5 — Ensign Lemonie, bachelor, and Susan Johnson, Spinster. x

6 — Alexander Allen, bachelor, and Mary Sporbeck, widow.
13 — Wm. Spencer, bachelor, and Rachael Ostrander, spinster.
21— Peter Holme, and Sarah Goodman.

26 — Wm. Knott, bachelor, and Eliza Haggerty, spinster.

6 — John Hitchcock, bachelor, and Martha Ball, spinster.
24 — Wm. Price, bachelor, and Phoebe Soper, spinster.

6 — Bartholomew Dunn, bachelor, and Margaret Harslip, spinster.

9— George Lowe, bachelor, and Elizabeth, McGrath, spinster.
29— Daniel Gleersand, bachelor, and Mary VanEvery, widow.

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March

April

June

July

September 26

October

November

December

9 —

George Brown, bachelor, and Mary Cheen, spinster; of 5th Rcgt.
Andrew VanEvery, bachelor, and Jane Purbice, spinster.
Fred. Smith, bachelor, and Elizabeth Rosamyer, spinster.
Wm. Dickson, bachelor, and Charlotte Adams, spinster.
Evos Scott, bachelor, and Christiana Beaumond, spinster.
Isaac Smith, bachelor, and Sarah Showers, spinster.
Cornelius Dougan, bachelor, and Nancy Adams, spinster.
Samuel Mather, bachelor, and Dorithy DuForest, spinster.

Briant, bachelor, and Eve Durham, spinster.
Jacob Ostrander, bachelor, and Ellen Clarke, spinster.
James Hurst, bachelor, and Margaret Kamp, spinster.
Thomas Adams, bachelor, and Margaret Disher, spinster.
John Wilson, bachelor, and Jane Adams, spinster.
George Adams, bachelor, and Phcebe Smith, widow.

January 26
March 3

March 9

March 15

March 24
April ii

April

May

June

August

John Cain, bachelor, and Ann Fitzgerald, widow.
John Chrysler, bachelor, and Elizabeth Morden, spinster.
Mathew Woomwood, bachelor, and Mary Wintermute, spinster.
Wm. Wallace, bachelor, and Ann Doudle, spinster.
Cornelius Volick, bachelor, and Eve Larraway, spinster.
James McBride, bachelor, and Sarah Read, widow.
Peter Whitney, bachelor, and Margaret Haynes, spinster.
Isaac Birch, bachelor, and Deborah Bellinger, spinster.

— James Muirhead, bachelor, and Deborah Butler, spinster.
Andrew Templeton, bachelor, and Mary Johnson, spinster.
Ebenezer Hodges, bachelor, and Polly Sceeley, spinster.

— James Clark, bachelor, and Elizabeth Hare, spinster.

— John Jacks, bachelor, and Rose Moore, spinster, (negroes).

March 6 — John Edens, bachelor, and Martha Allen, spinster.

April 27— Lieut. Falkner, of sth Regt., bachelor, and M. Redding, spinster.

June 22— Capt. George Hill, widower, and Isabella Ford, widow.

jujy 17— James Wallace, bachelor, and Charity Double, spinster.

October i— David Kamp, bachelor, and Rebecca Ransier, spinster.

December 7 — Alexander Stewart, bachelor, and Jemima Johnson, spinster.

December 13— John Soper, bachelor, and Elizabeth Price, -spinster.

Februajy 5 — Moses and Phebe, Negro slaves of Mr Secretary Jarvis.

February 12— George-Woodley, bachelor, and Catherine Bowman, spinster.
March 6— John Cain, and 'Sarah Clarke.

March 6 — Roger Bland, bachelor, and Sarah Haynes, spinster.

March n -Charles Sillick, bachelor, and Elizabeth Gibson, spinster.

March 19— Zachariah Hayner, bachelor, and Sophia Brown, spinster.
May 2— Abraham Nelles, bachelor, and Catharine Ball, spinster.

July 9— Jacob TenBroeck, bachelor, and Priscilla Read, spinster.

September 30— Samuel Backhouse, bachelor, and Mary Percy, spinster.

2 — Adam Beemer, bachelor, and Eve Bowman, spinster.

6 — John Muirhead, bachelor, and Elizabeth Vanderlip, spinster.
n — Barnabas Cain, widower, and Cyble Clinton, widow.

4— George Havens, bachelor, and Elizabeth Rice, spinster.
17— Stephen Prichard, bachelor, and Anna Collier, spinster.

7— William Havens, bachelor, and Elizabeth Schram, spinster.
10— Jonathan Jones, bachelor, and Sarah Kelley, spinster.

3 — Titus Simons, bachelor, and Elizabeth Green, spinster.

4 — William Emery, bachelor, and Mary Holiday, widow.
2 — Samuel Boyd, bachelor, and Jane Gregory, spinster.

7 — Joel Wooding, bachelor, and Susan Shields, spinster.
31 — Elias Gillis, bachelor, and Rebecca Layton, spinster.

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October 12— Cuff Williams and Ann, Negroes from Mr. C. McNabb's.
October 23 — John Boyce, bachelor, and Mary McLaughlin, spinster.
November 7 — Jacob Cockannon, bachelor, and Mary Stephens, spinster.
November 26 — Thomas Burch, bachelor, and Elizabeth Nicholson, spinster.
December 29— Lieutenant James Givens, bachelor, and Anglica Andrews, spinster.

January

February

March

April

June

September

December

May 27— Daniel Fuller, bachelor, and Susan Harris, Spinster.

June 19 — John Sedan and Mary Humphreys.

July 6 — John Johnstone, bachelor, and Margaret Anderson, spinster.

July 1 6— William Nelles, bachelor, and Margaret Ball, spinster.

August 13— Peter Cochle, bachelor, and Elizabeth Boyce, spinster.

August 25— Major Slater and Christina Thomas.

September 3— George Campbell, bachelor, and Elizabeth McLaughlin.

September 14 — Bethuel Bunker and Josette Ambroisoule.

October 21— Col. Samuel Smith, bachelor, and Jane Isabella Clarke, spinst

December 3— Benjamin Skinner, bachelor, and Eliza Drean, spinster.

December 7— James Davidson, widower, and Margaret Clarke, spinster.

December 24— William Parnell, Bachelor, and Elizabeth Goring, spinster.

December 29 — Libbius Porter, bachelor, and Ann Adams, spinster.

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January 14 — John Neach, bachelor, and Mary Lighthall, spinster.

January 15 — Jsnathan Leet, bachelor, and Elizabeth Godfrey, spinster.

January 23 — Enoch Monett, bachelor, and Jane McKenzie, spinster.

February 16— John Morrison, bachelor, and Mary Campbell.

February 22 — Alexander Douglas, bachelor, and Margaret DeMille.

February 23 — James Macklem, bachelor, and Lydia Smith, spinster.

February 23 — Edmund Raymond, bachelor, and Eliza Wintermute, spinster.

February 23— Elihu Sheldon, bachelor, and Nancy Dickinson, spinster. -

February 25 — Samuel Rose and Jane Hayes.

March 3— William Devenish, bachelor, and Jane Webster, spinster.

March 13— John Symington, bachelor, and Elizabeth Crooks, widow.

March 22 — Eustace Payne, bachelor, and Nancy Jacobs, spinster.
May 5— John Thompson, bachelor, and Catharine Stuart, spinster.

July 6 — Thomas James, bachelor, an Mary Bowers, spinster.

July 12— John Eglesham, bachelor, and Elizabeth Jack, spinster.

August 9 — Samuel McKay, bachelor, and Mary Whapon, spinster.

August 17— John Johnson Laffity, bachelor, and Mary Johnson, spinster.
August 20 — David Price, bachelor, and Margaret Gaunder, spinster.
August 26 — Abner Everet, bachelor, Catharine Lichman, spinster.
October 2 — Solomon Skinner, bachelor, and Rachael B. Vrooman.
October 19 — Arthur Burton, bachelor, and Sarah Wallace.
October 20 — Benjamin Carty and Mary Suttonfield (Americans).
December i — Prince Robinson and Phillis (negroes).
December 30 — Jacquis Merchand, bachelor, and Elizabeth Bowman, spinster.

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January i— John Laplace, bachelor, and Elizabeth McFall, spinster.

January 6 — Michael Bellinger, bachelor, and Mary Koch, spinster,

Febiuary 12— John Coltman, widower, and Elizabeth Lyons, spinster.

February 14— Andrew Smith, bachelor, and Nancy Lyons, spinster.

February 23 — William Bowen and Elizabeth Brown.

February 28 — James Guggins, bachelor, and Content Bassell, spinster.

March 2 — Mathias Steel, bachelor, and Catharine Anderson.

July 23 — Thomas Waters, bachelor, and Judith Fritz, spinster.

July 25 — William D. Powell, bachelor, and Sarah Stephenson, spinster.

July 26— William Needham, bachelor, and Catharine McDonald, spinster.

August 27 — Edward Taylor, bachelor, and Hannah Collard, spinster.

September i — Adam Bowman: bachelor, and Hannah May.

October i — John Smith, bachelor, and Catharine Goring, spinster.

October 25 — Erasmus Kelly, bachelor, and Anna Boyd.

November 6 — John Alexander, bachelor, and Mary Christiane Talbot.

November 19 — Garret Schram, bachelor, and Leah Vanatten, spinster.

November 22 — John Riely, bachelor, and Catharine Vanatten, spinster.

November 24— John Martin Horton, bachelor, and Catharine Dorshimer.

November 29— Samuel Davidson, bachelor, and Flora McDonell.

December 9 — Jonas Larraway, bachelor, and Maria Griffin, spinster.

December 20 — George Turney, bachelor, and Ann Smith, spinster.

December 21— Allan McDougal, bachelor, and Fredorica Whitsele.

1SO2.

January i — John Miller, bachelor, and Catharine Woolman, spinster.
January 3 — John Campbell, bachelor, and Lucretia Barley, widow.

January 6 — Conrad Miller, bachelor, and Magdeline Brown, spinster.

January 19 — James Cushman, bachelor, and Mary Boise, spinster.

February 3 — Theodore J. Forbes, bachelor (Royal Artillery), and Elizabeth Herbert, spin
ster.

March 2— John Bownan, bachelor, and Elizabeth Hoghstrohper, spinster.

March 28 — David Thompson, bachelor, and Jane Gamble, spinster.

March 30— John Robertson, bachelor, and Elizabeth Read, spinster.
April 5 — Alexander Marshall, bachelor, and Mary Gray, spinster.

April 6— James Coninoven, bachelor, and Julia Lambeth, spinster.

April 22 — John McClellan, bachelor, and Jane Thompson.

May 26 — William Parker, widower, and Catharine Parsley, widow.

July 15— John Hatter and Anna Magdaline Gastman.
July 15— Johnson Butler, widower, and Susan Hatt, spinster.

5— John May, bachelor, and Dorothy Hainer, spinster.
31— Edward Gahan, bachelor, and Mary Fields, spinster.

21 — William Kent, bachelor, and Rebecca Bradshavv, spinster.

22 — Jesse Jones, bachelor, and Anna Beemer, spinster.

22 — Richard Griffin, bachelor, and Anna Colver, spinster.
29— Peter McBride, bachelor, and Eliza Hurst, spinster.

i— Sergt. Thomas Cummins, bachelor, and Eliza Woods.

5 — David VanEvery, bachelor, and Elizabeth James, spinster.

7— Duncan Clow, bachelor, and Eliza Smith, spinster.

7— John Emery, bachelor, and Jane McBride.
21— Charles Trump, bachelor, and Christina Cooke, spinster.

4 — Elias Smith, bachelor, and Ann Secord, spinster.
n— James Millmine, bachelor, and Mary Lutis.
6 — Ambroise DeFarcy, bachelor, and Ellen Weymouth, spinster.
19— Calvin Grant, bachelor, and Elizabeth Brown, spinster.

August

September

October

November

December

January 2 — John Lyons, bachelor, and Elizabeth Barlow, spinster.

January n — Peter Walsh, bachelor, and Sophia Brady, widow.

June 9— James Maitland McCullah, bachelor, and Sarah Woodruff, spinstei .

September 20 — Thos. Dickson, Esq., widower, and Archange Grant, spinster.

December 21— Martin McClellan, bachelor, and Eliza Grant, spinster.

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Janaary 10 — Henry Redicher, bachelor, and Jane Butcher, spinster.

April i — William Lawrence, bachelor, and Mary Cudney.

June 21 — Joseph Smith, bachelor, and Jane Brown, widow.

July 25— George Forsythe, bachelor, and Catharine Ten Broeck, spinster.

August 23— George Reed, bachelor, and Clementina Secord, spinster.

September 9 — Isaac Secord, bachelor, and Caroline May Margaret Bindle, spinster.

September 10 — Robert Juipter. bachelor, and Mary Ann Arrishew, spinster.

October 28 — George Ball, bachelor, and Catherine Oberholtzer, spinster.

November 2 — Samuel Bingle, bachelor, and Maria Waddel, spinster.

November 4 — Thomas Butler, bachelor, and Ann TenBroeck, spinster.

±sos.

April 22 — Alexander McKee, bachelor, and Sarah Powis, spinster,

June 26 — Jonh Read Phoenix, bachelor, and Margaret Read, spinster.

July 2 — William Westover, bachelor, and Catherine Hostetter, spinster.

September 4 — Hugh Freel, bachelor, and Anna Clinton, spinster.

October 20— Stephen Couteur, bachelor, and Charlotte Francoeur, sr inster.

November 5— Fred Augustus Goring, bachelor, and Ann Hostetter.

November 16— Daniel Crostwait, bachelor, and Elizabeth Bradshaw, spin

ieos.

January 6— Henry Tacer, widower, and Mary Reynolds, widow,

January 26 — Henry Schram, bachelor, and Catherine Conway, spinster.

March 20 — Thomas McGuire, bachelor, 4ist. Regt., and Bridget Saunders, spinstei.

April 6 — Francis Crooks, bachelor, and Mary Stagg, spinster.

Jdly 13 — Benjamin Fairchild, widower, and Margaret Muir, spin

August 10— John Silverthorn, bachelor, and Mary Steinhoff, spinster.

September 14— Abraham Phoenix, bachelor, and Ellen Hodgkinson, spinster.

September 18— Isaac Swayze, widower, and Lena Ferris, widow.

October n — James Freel, bachelor, and Nancy Chambers, spinster.
November 2 — Robert Chesnut, bachelor, and Nancy Fisher, widow

•November 26 — Abraham Cooke, bachelor, and Eve Clyne, spinster.

December 17— James Glover, bachelor, and Elizabeth Pettit, spinster.

March 19— Soloman Vrooman, bachelor, and Mary Brown, spinster.

April 19— Piere LePoint, bachelor, and Catharine Francoeur, spinster.

May 19— John Milton, Sergt. 4ist Regiment, bachelor, and Lettice Miller, spinster.

May 24— David Putman, bachelor, and Dorithy Hainer, spinster.

June 30— St. John Baptiste Roussau, of the Indian Department, widower, and Mar

garet Clyne, spinster.

Ju]y i— Louis Haynes, bachelor, and Eve Clandenin, spinster.

October 21— Samuel Hatt, Esq., -bachelor, (from Ancaster), and Margeret Thompson,

spinster, (from Niagara).

November i— George August Ball, bachelor, and Ann Fowling, spinster.
November 15— James Cudney. bachelor, and Mary Young, spinster.
November 25— Jacob Boyce, bachelor, and Catherine Risenburgh, spinster.
December n— Lieutenant William Proctor, bachelor (brother to Colonel Henry command
ing at Fort George), and Jean Crooke, spinster.

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January 2 — Harmonious House, bachelor, and Susan Bradt.

April 2— Andrew Heron, widower, and Catherine McLeod, widow.

May i— John Futrell, bachelor, and Sarah Bouman, spinster.

May 3— John Secord, bachelor, and Jennett Crooks, spinster.

May 19— Alexander Simcoe Stephenson, bachelor, and Catharine Hainer.

May 22 -Thomas B. Gough, Esq., bachelor, and Margaret McBride, spinster.

December i— William Crooks, Esq., bachelor, and Mary Butler, spinster.

December 8 -James Crooks, bachelor, and Jane Cummings, spinster.

December 26— Michael Coom, widower, and Margaret Smith, widow.

January 8— Joseph Wheaton, bachelor, and Elizabeth Rowe, widow.

March 30— Thomas Clark, bachelor, and Mary Margaret Kerr, spinster.

May 4 -Jacob H. Ball, bachelor, and Catharine Clement, spinster.

May 3o-Carston Chorus, bachelor, and Mary Cartleman, spinster.

June 18 - John Smith, bachelor, and Elizabeth Cox, spinster.

July 30— Major William C. Short 4ist Regiment, widower, and Jane Crooks, spinster.

August 20 — Frank Wilson, bachelor, and Nancy Philips, spinster.

August 30— James Murphet Hutchinson, 100 H Regiment, widower, and Ellen guinn.

widow.
September 7— Samuel Wood, bachelor, Assistant Commissary, and Eleanor Fowling.

spinster.

October 10— Cornelius Harrington, bachelor, and Nancy Favourite, looth Regiment.
December 14— John Wilson, widower, and Ann McFarland, spinster.

±B1O.

April 20 — Malon Burvvell, Esq., bachelor, and Sarah Harm, spinster, from near Fort

Erie.

May 2— Timothy Stuart, widower, and Theodosia Owens, spinster.

June 5 — Thomas Smith, bachelor, and Anna Hall, widow.

July 29 — Abraham Larzelerc, bachelor, and Catherine Young, spinster.

August — James Gordon, Esq., Asst. Corny., bachelor, and Caroline Merritt, spinster.

September —Russell Atkin Smith, bachelor, and Unice Martin, spinster.
October —Thomas Deary, bachelor, and Sarah Beauquett, widow.

October i — William Lee and Jane Boies (of color).
November — Benjamin Slaytor, widower, and Sarah Parker, widow.

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March 9 — Jonathan Lawrence, widower, and Hannah Snigley, widow.

August ii — James Fallen, private soldier looth Regiment, bachelor, and Margaret Mc-

Kenzie, spinster.

August 18 — Ebenezer Collven, widower, and Phoebe Coon, widow, (from 15 Mile Creek).
December 5— Alexander Thorn, Sergeant 4ist Regiment, bachelor, and Harriet E. Smith,

spinster.

December 9— Joseph Halzt, widower, and Lucy Cooper, spinster.
December 16 —Alexander Cameron, Esq., bachelor, and Catharine Butler, spinster.
December 17— James Waters and Clarissa Lovell (of color.)
December* 21 — Robert Nicholl Esq. from Woodhouse, bachelor, and Theresa Wright, spinster

1312.

March 30 — Benjamin Geale, Lieutenant 4ist Regiment, bachelor, and Catharine Clans,

spinster.

May 5 — Thomas McCormick, bachelor, and Augusta H. Jarvis, spinster.

June 28 — John Stevenson, soldier 4ist Regiment, bachelor, and Ann Hone, spinster.

October 6— James Durand of Barton, widower, and Kazia Morrison, spinster.

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January 11— James Jackson, Royal Artillery, bachelor, and Martha Saunders, spinster.

February 15 — George Brewer, bachelor, and Elizabeth Sutcliffe, spinster.

March 29— Lieutenant Alexander Garrett of 4gth Regiment, bachelor, and Amelia

Thompson, spinster.

April 4 — Daniel Sealy, private 4gth Regiment, bachelor, and Mary Madlan, spinster.

May 2 — John Bender, bachelor, and Catherine Bradt, spinster.

The Mohawk Chief Captain Norton was married to his wife Catharine (I think), on July
27th, when she was baptized, and Jacob Johnson, another Mohawk Chief was married to his
wife Mary on the 2ist of August, this year.

January

February

March

ig— Stephen Pritchard, widower, and Judith Hay, widow.
20— Zacharias Richart, widower, and Pamela Hall, widow.
13 — John Smith, bachelor, and Sarah Andersen.

22 — Russell McWhittaker, bachelor, and Ann Libson, widow.

23 — John Berry, widower, and May Dockhart, widow.

13— Arba Stinson, bachelor, and Catherine Houstenburgh, spinster.
13— George Bond, bachelor, and Hannah Hill, spinster.

15 — John C. Ball, bachelor, and Margaret Frey, spinster.
4 — Sergeant Hay Fenton, Royal Scots, bachelor, and Amelia Ball, spinster.
17— Thomas Stewart, Lieutenant Royal Scots, bachelor, and Mary Domford,

spinster.

9— Thomas Denshaw, Royal Scots, bachelor, and Margaret McPherson, spinster.
30 — Abraham Jackson, Gunner Royal Artillery, and Mary McKenzie, spinster.
8 — Richard Hope, widower, and Elizabeth Howell, widow.
19 — Thomas McNamara, Purser of the Charu'dl, bachelor, and Margaret Ann

Lowe, spinster.
28 -Thomas Newton, Gunner Marine Artillery, bachelor, and Catharine Thomp-

• son, wTidow.
22— Michael, Corporal Royal Sappers and Miners, bachelor, and Margaret Fen-

ton, widow.

9— Sergeant John Knox, Royal Scots, bachelor, and Ann McCormick, widow.
13 -David Douchy, private zooth Regiment, and Mary Quinn, widow.
7— James Murray, gun smith, bachelor, and Elizabeth Read, widow.
16— Sergeant George Smith, Royal Scots, bachelor, and Martha Philips, widow.
28— Isaac Ryan, bachelor, and Margaret La Ville, spinster.

March

April

May

May
July
September

September
October

November
November
December
December
December

April 20 — George Philpotts, Lieutenant Royal Engineers, bachelor, and Miss Maria

NcNabb, spinster.

April 23— Robert Chrysler, bachelor, and Anna Robbs, widow.

June 4 — John Oakley, clerk field train, bachelor, and Mary Henry, spinster.

June 8— George Keefer, widower, and Jane Emery, widow.

July 10— Thomas Arnold, D. A. C. G., bachelor, and Mary Crooks, spinster. x

July 20— Robert Moore, clerk in the Commissariat, widower, and Maria Young.

spinster.
October 17— Thomas McQuarters, Corporal Royal Cavalary Volunteers, bachelor, and

Jane McQuillan, spinster.

October 18 — John Hunt, bachelor, and May Dayton, spinster.
October 29 — John Astor, bachelor, and Rachael Camp, spinster.

Memorandum. — I have lost the date of the following marriages, which took place some
time in this month, viz. :

— John Criley, Sergeant Sand Regiment, and Margaret Robinson.

— John Wenbin, Sergeant Sand Regiment and Sarah Studley.

January 4 — Walter Dettrick, bachelor, and Jane Fields, spinster.

January 4 — Joseph Coddington, bachelor, and Hannah Standliff, spinster.

January 18 — John Clendening, bachelor, and Margaret Dettrick, spinster.

January 25 — Mr. Alexander Hamilton, bachelor, and Miss Hannah Jarvis, spinster.

March 2 — Michael Dailey, bachelor, and Mary Price, spinster.

April 18— William Trumble, Assistant Sergant 37th Regiment, bachelor, and Man

Secord, spinster.

May 23 — John Cox, bachelor, and Salome Hughston, spinster.

June 13 — William Stoneman, bachelor, and Mary Rossin, widow.

September 4— William Dailey, private ggth Regiment, bachelor, and Mary Evans, spinster -
September 5— Bryan Conden, bachelor, and Susan Cox, spinster.
September 5— Charles Ingersoll, bachelor, and Ann Maria Merritt, spinster.

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October 3 — Robert Gillespie, Esq., Montreal, bachelor, and Ann Agnes Kerr, spinster.

October 13— Sergeant William Boyd, Royal Artillery, bachelor, and Sarah Hamilton,

widow.

October 26— John Wilbers, private ggth Regiment, bachelor, and Ellen Lafferty, widow.

October 30— Michael Thompson, widower. Margaret Evly, widow.
November 7— Jacob A. Ball, bachelor, and Elizabeth Hostetter, spinster, Grantharn.

November n — George Read, sea man, bachelor, and Mary Carey, spinster.

November 28 — John Jarvis and Ann Peters, (of color).

December 12 -Boyle Travers, bachelor, and Hannah Larraway, spinster.

January
January

January
April
April
July

July

September
November
November

December

January

April

May

Jaly

July

August

September

November
November

2— Robert McDougall, bachelor, and Mary Wilson, spinster.

25 — Thomas Bushby, Lieutenant Royal Navy, bachelor, and Miss Sarah Dick-

son, spinster.

26 — Lancelot Chase, bachelor, and Catherine Harvey, spinster.

3— Peter Lampman, bachelor, and Ann McKeil, spinster.
21— Baptist Blanchard, bachelor, and Mary Depote, spinster.

ig--Tannatt Thompson, Esq., D. A. C. G., bachelor, and Margaret Ann Usher,
spinster.

21 — Rev. William Sampson, Minister, Grirnsby, bachelor, and Maria Elizabeth

Nelles, spinster.

i — Josiah Secord, widower, Mary Baxter, spinster.
n — Abraham Hostetter, bachelor, and Mary Donaldson, spinster.
13 — George Connolly, Esq., 99 Regiment, bachelor, and Elizabeth Plummer Ad-
dison, spinster.

22 — Edward Doyle, widower, of Kingston, and Elizabeth Ann Pointer, spinster.

±e±Q.

17 — Charles C. Alexander, Lieutenant Royal Engineers, bachelor, and Jane
Racey, spinster.

27 — Francis Greenfield, bachelor, and Christina Annet, spinster, 7oth Regiment.
23— Benjamin Merethew, widower, and Martha Hill, widow.

i — Robert Kay, Sergeant, 7oth Regiment, bachelor, and Amey Monk, spinster.
27 — Abraham Secord, bachelor, and Elizabeth Lampman, spinster.

8 — Neil McVicker, private 7oth Regiment, and Dorcas Hanway.
14— Joseph Philips, bachelor, and Ann Hays, spinster, servants to Mr. Billings of

the Commissariat.

17 — Richard Pointer, widower, and Elizabeth Enipy, Queenston.
6— John Barker, bachelor, and Lydia Pier, Stamford.

21 — James Wilson, Bombardier Royal Artillery, bachelor, and Catharine Barns,
spinster.

29 — John Tindle, bachelor, and Mary Bowman, spinster; both of Stamford.

30 — James Wilson, brewer, bachelor, and Mary Biggar, spinster.

January 14 — James Gray McLean of Montreal, bachelor, and Mary Douglas Bertie,

spinster.

February 9 — Jacob Barninger, bachelor, and Mary Bowman, spinster, 15 Mile Creek.
March 6 — James Patterson, Master of schooner Mayflower, bachelor, and Ann Young.

spinster.

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4— Cupitson Walker and Margaret Lee (of color).
10— Mr. John Ross, Merchant, bachelor, and Alice Kerby, spinster.
13— Samuel Potts, bachelor, and Mary Dockstader, spinster.
30— John McDonnell, private 63rd Regt., bachelor, and Elizabeth Short, spinster.
14— Claud Scott Brown of Kingston, D. A. C. G., bachelor, and Elizabeth Sym
ington, spinster.

9 — Henry Ferron, 63d Regiment, bachelor, and Catherine Powell, spinster.

±320.

12— Matthew McMullen, bachelor, and Rosiana Hodgkinson, of Grantham.
13 — Andrew Donaldson of Grantham, bachelor, and Dorcas Burch of Louth.

spinster.
18 — Robert I. Kerr, bachelor, and Mary W. Douglas, spinster, at the Hon. Mr.

Clarke's, Stamford.

30— John Shannon, bachelor, and Hannah Merrill, spinster, Shorthills.
16— Lieut. John Campbell Gordon, bachelor, and Miss Mary Thompson, spinster.
17 — Robert Dickson, Esq., Barrister at Law, and Miss Mary McKay, spinster.
9 — Louis Livingston, bachelor, and Mary Lee, widow, from Shorthills.

January
January

March

March
May
October
December

January 17 — John McMahon and Mary Hodgkinson, both of Grantham.
October 3 — William Allan, bachelor, and Sarah Mandigo, (of color).
November 21— William Ward, bachelor, and Mary Claus, spinster, (of color).

1Q22.

5 — William Benjamin Robinson of White Church in Home District Esq. bach

elor, and Ann Elizabeth Jarvis, spinster.
26— George Henry, bachelor, and Mary Tole, spinster.
15— Peter M. Ball, bachelor, and Jane Wilson, spinster.
4 — Anthony Dusty, bachelor, and Mary Goodbeau, widow.

24— John Whitton, bachelor, and Jane Cassady, spinster.

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14 — George Cain, bachelor, and Letty Adams, spinster.
16 — Robert Grey, bachelor, and Mary M. Emery, spinster.
26 — William Smith, widower, and Catherine Owens, widow.

6— Donald Chisholm, bachelor, and Harriet McDougal, widow,
10 — Samuel McCarter, bachelor, and Sarah Eastman, widow.
14 — John Beach, bachelor, and Sarah Dailey, spinster.
14 — David W.Camp, Grimsby, bachelor, and Adelia Northrup, spinster, Grantham .

14 — Elias Smith Adams, bachelor, and Susan Merritt, spinster, Grantham.

5— James Whitten, bachelor, and Jane Jobbit.

25— Thomas Green, bachelor, and Ann D. Ball, Thorold; by William Leening..

minister, Chippawa.

May

June
August
December
December

January

March

April

June

October

November

December

January 15 — James H. Sampson, bachelor, and Elizabeth Rogers, spinster, by license.
April 10 — John Calcut Bach, private 76th Regiment, discharged, and Mary Blackney,

spinster, by banns.
May 17 — John B-. Muirhead, Esq., and Ann Dockstadder, spinster, by license,

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September 16 — J. P. Slocum, bachelor, and Maria B. Slingerland, spinster, by license.
October 16 — Thomas McNamara, widower, and Ann Henry, spinster, by license.
November 23 — David William Smith, Esq., bachelor, and Harriet Secord, spinster, of

Queenston, by license.
December 16 — Walter Butler, bachelor, and Caroline Pottet, spinster.

[The above marriages appear to have been celebrated in 1824 by Rev. R. W. Tunney,
chaplain to the forces at Fort George.]

March 21 — Charles Ward, saddler, bachelor, and Margaret Campbell, spinster.

March 27— John McGlashan, storekeeper in the Commissariat, bachelor, and Jane

Withers, both of Niagara.

April 6 -Alexander Campbell, stone cutter, and Elizabeth Greenley.

June 8 — James Butler, bachelor, and Ann Ten Broeck, Grantham.

June 10— Rhodolphus Planner, Gore District, and Mary Ann Cox, Niagara.

July 2— John Green, Stamford, bachelor, 68th Regt., and Betsey Griffith of Niagara,

spinster.

January 4— John Claus, bachelor, and Mary Stewart, spinster.

January 13 — Patrick Pagan, stone cutter, bachelor, and Lucy Asket, spinster.

January 25 — Enos Nickerson, bachelor, and Ann Westover, spinster, both of Grantham.

February 3 — Joshua Ferris Cushman of Niagara, bachelor, and Ann Connover, spinster,

Grantham.

March 9— John Gillenn, and bachelor, and Sarah Hosteler, spinster, both of Grantham.

April 7 — Lewis Butler and Jane Bushman of color.

August 22 — Thomas Hero, bachelor, and Jenney Johnson, widow, of color.

November 5— Richard Fitzgerald, bachelor, and Sophia Fitzgibbon, spinster.

less.

August 21— Philo Sanford of Rochester, N. Y., bachelor, and Martha Burgess, spinster.

September 12 — Patrick Gorman| bachelor, and Rose Ann Denim.

September 25 — William Moffatt, bachelor, and Ann Phillips, widow.

October 19— Isaac Lacey, bachelor, and Maria Larroway, spinster.

October 26 — James Muirhead, bachelor, and Mary Heron, spinster.

November 25— John McClelland, bachelor, and Mary Flinllan, spinster.

December 12 — Thomas Read, bachelor, and Bridget Dwier, widow.

This year is not signed but is evidently written by Rev. Mr. Creen, who appears in the
'"ecord of three subesquent years.

January 15— John Scott, bachelor, and Ellen Swayze spinster.

March 26— Alexander Millar, bachelor, and Mary Chew, spinster.

April 15— Donald Campbell, bachelor, and Rebecca Motherwell, spinster.

May 16— James Wilson, bachelor, and Janet Elliott, spinster.

June 16— James Jeremiah Ralston, bachelor, and Mary Shaw, spinster.

June 30— Herman Hoffstader, bachelor, and Catherine Carrol, spinster.

August 8 — James Adams and Rachel Crysler, of color, spinster.

September 13 — George Buchan, bachelor, and Elizabeth Jones, widow.

December 27 — Nathan Green, bachelor, and Fanny Miller, spinster.

n8.

January

March

April

June

July

September

October

November

December

February

March

October

18— Benjamin Ulman, bachelor, and Elizabeth Fields, spinster.
3— John Russell Shute, bachelor, and Mary Hawn, spinster.

26— Seth Johnson, Esq., Lieut. Second Regiment, U. S. Infantry widower, and
Mary Cumings Spence, spinster, were married at Fort Niagara by Mr.
Thomas Creen, assistant minister.

21— Thomas Lennox, bachelor, and Elizabeth Rafferty, spinster.

30— John Cornals, bachelor, and Sarah Ryne, spinster.

1 8— William Vanderburg, bachelor, and Temperance Hotchkiss, spinster.

19— Ruben H. Boughten, bachelor, and Maria Barton, spinster.
21— Samuel Secord, bachelor, and Elizabeth Weaver, spinster.
28— Archibald Craig, bachelor, and Mary McClelland, spinster.

20— William S. Chittenden, bachelor, and Joan Woodruff, spinster.

23— Alexander Heron of Niagara, bachelor, and Cynthia Bogardus, spinster.

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10— Edward Clarke Campbell, barrister, bachelor, and Ann Isabella Burns,

spinster.
n— William Cassadey, bachelor, and Catherine Anderson, spinster.

24— John Coughall, bachelor, and Joanne Merrithew.

3— William Dickson Swa-yze, bachelor, and Mary Durham.

4— Richard Moffatt, bachelor, and Mary Taylor.

10— Colley Alexander Foster, bachelor, and Ann Muirhead, widow.
14— Peter Ball Clement, bachelor, and Elizabeth Duzzler, spinster.
28 — Stephen Mede and Lucy Leonard, Stamford.

The foregoing marriage entries necessarily include all those parties in which our people
are interested, even remotely. About 1830 the Rev. Mf. Clarke came to reside in St. Catharines
as first Rector of this parish, and as a matter of course kept his own register which is now
unfortunately missing, so that we have thus an interval of ten years which are practically
blank. From Dr. Atkinson's time up to the present the record is complete.

Nov. 27— Robert Franklin jr., and Mary Ann Gibson, St. Catharines; witnesses: Thomas
Towers, Louisa Towers, Robert Franklin ; by Rev. A. F. Atkinson.

Dec 2— John Edgar, Dunnville, and Annie McCullock, Port Colborne; witnesses: Lyclia
McCullock, Robert Lattimore, Robert Heney ; by A. F. Atkinson.

Dec. 17 — John Lenox, of Niagara, and Ellen Adams, St. Catharines; witnesses: Thomas
Fleming, James Gilliland; by A. F. Atkinson.

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Jan. 8— Gabriel Gollan, Township of Loath, and Amelia O'Hare, Township of Louth ;

witnesses: Robert Osborne, Sophia Snyder ; by A. F. Atkinson.
Feb. 5— John McGirk, Dunnville, and Alice Dickson, Township of Moulton; witnesses:

R. A. Clark, Mary Clark; by A. F. Atkinson.
Apr. 13-Patrick Donnelly McElderry, Town of Niagara, and Ann Hostetter, Township of

Granthatn; witnesses: Angus Cook, James P. Ralston, E. McElderry, J. B.

Matthews ; by A. F. Atkinson.
May i— Peter Barnes, Township of Esquesing, District of Gore, and Margaret Stull, Town

ship ot Grantham; witnesses: Adam Stull, Henry Stull, Math. Dittrick, Richard

H. Secord ; by A. F. Atkinson.

May 20— Thomas Lampson, Town of Niagara, and Eleanor Moore, Township of Grantham;
witnesses: John W. Ball, John M. Moore, Wm. Ferru , John Moore; by A. F.'
Atkinson.

May 25— George Williams, Town of Niagara, and Maria Bell, Town of Niagara; witnesses:

John Taylor, Mary Wilson; by A. F. Atkinson.
July 29— George Hegen, St. Catherines, and Ellen Hunt, St. Catharines; witnesses: John G.

Hunt, Daniel McCart, William McCowan, etc.; by A. F. Atkinson.
Aug. 2— Francis Washington, St. Catharines, and Elizabeth Coleman, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Richard Emily, Catharine Wilkinson, John A. Mulock, Lydia Burkitt; by

A. F. Atkinson.

Dec. 4— John Hudson, St. Catharines, and Anna Rose Perrin, Township of Louth; witnesses:
John Perrin, Amos Perrin, Joseph Juby; by A. F. Atkinson.

Dec. 19— Henry Maxey, St. Catharines, and Mary Ann Harris, St. Catharines; witnesses:
James Harris, Sarah Harris, John A. Mulock; by A. F. Atkinson.

Jan. 12— Peter Lampman, Township of Niagara, and Charlotte Cole, Township of Grantham;

witnesses: John Cole, Ingoldsby Fuller, William R. Havens; by A. F. Atkinson.
Jan. 22— William Grogan, Township of Grantham, and Catharine Brennan, Township of

Grantham; witnesses: John Boyle, Ann Boyle, Andrew Wilson, Bridget Spore;

by A. F. Atkinson.

Feb. ic— -Thomas Fleming, Town of Niagara, and Zillah Ramsay, Town of St. Catharines;

witnesses: Jamos Morrison, Thomas Read, Archibald Mitchell, Henry Carlisle;

by A. F. Atkinson.
Feb. 16 — Ralph Smith, Township of Grantham, and Isabella Bradley, Township of Gran

tham; witnesses: John Wilson, Andrew Wilson, Anne Boyle; by A. F. Atkinson.
July 12— Richard Boyle, Township of Grantham, and Maria Gordon, Township of Humber-

stone; witnesses : John Gordon, Eliza Boyle, Stephen Boyle, John A. Mulock;

by A. F. Atkinson.
July 17— John Ashern, of Niagara, and Elizabeth Yeo, of Niagara; witnesses: Robert Collins,

Elizabeth Collins: by Rev. George M. Armstrong.
Nov. 29 — John Wolfe, Township of Grantham, and Jane Balfour, Township of Grantham;

witnesses: Thomas Furlong, Jane Read, John A. Mulock: by A. F. Atkinson.

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Dec. 5 — John Ashby, Private in H. M. 3rd Batt. Incorporated Militia, St. Catharines, and

Catharine Ryan, St. Catharines; witnesses: Charles Wilcox, Charlotte Hunt,

Samuel Workman; by A. F. Atkinson.
Dec. 28— John Botham, Corporal in H. M. srd Batt. Incorporated Militia, St. Catharines,

and Catharine Johnson, St. Catharines; witnesses: Charles Wilcox, Eliza Roberts,

John A. Mulock; by A. F. Atkinson.

Apr. 20— Michael Boyle, Port Robinson, and Margaret Smyth, Township of Grantham; wit

nesses: Richard M. Boyle, A. K. Boomer, George Forbes, Stephen Boyle; by A.

F. Atkinson.
May 20— William Greenwood, St Catharines, and Eleanor Stowell, St. Catharines; witnesses:

Josiah Holmes, John Hudson, Thomas Clapham, John A. Mulock; by A. F. Atkin-,

son.
Sept. 5 — George Offspring, Township of Grantham, and Elisabeth O'Neil, Township of Gran

tham; witnesses: Thomas O'Neil, John Murphy, Isabella Smith; by A. F. Atkin

son.
Nov. 15— William Atkinson, St. Catharines, and Isabella Franklin, St. Catharines; witnesses:

Edward Tyrrell, Catharine Clark, George A. Clark, George M. Armstrong; by A.

F. Atkinson.
Nov. 15 — Angus Cooke, junr., Township of Grantham, and Margaret Hosteler, Township of

Grantham; witnesses: John McCulloch, Angus Cooke, senr., Elisabeth Hosteter;

by George M. Armstrong.

Jan. 21 — Chichester Moore, St. Catharines, and Sarah Harris, St. Catharines; witnesses:

James Harris, Robert Wyatt, Mary Ann Harris; by A. F. Atkinson.
Jan. 25 — George Gamble, St. Catharines, and Mary Ann Harding, St. Catharines; witnesses:

James Neil, Camelia Neil, James Galbraith; by A. F. Atkinson.
Feb. 22 — William Servos, junr., Township of Grantham, and Elisabeth Hosteter, Township of

Grantham; witnesses: P. C. Servos, Margaret Hosteter, D. K. Servos, William N.

Ball; by George M. Armstrong.
Mar. i — James Buchanan, St. Catharines, Mary Anne Shelters, Township of Humberstone;

witnesses: A. K. Boomer, Richard Forrest; by A. F. Atkinson.
Apr. ii — Thomas Wilson, St. Catharines, and Catharine Sexsmith, St. Catharines; witnesses:

George Sexsmith, George Forbes, Sarah Sexsmith; by A. F. Atkinson.
June 4 — Bernard Foley, Attorney at Law, St. Catharines, and F'rances Eliza Arnold, St.

Catharines; witnesses: John Clark, Richard Arnold, Catharine Clark, William A.

Chisholm; by A. F. Atkinson.
June 5 — William Clossom Chace, St. Catharines, and Jane Eliza King, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Bridgewater Merridith, Lorenzo D. Raymond, Wm. Hamilton Merritt,

Mary Arnold, James R. Benson; by A. F. Atkinson.
July 28 -Henry Clarke, Township of Stamford, and Martha Anne Taylor, Township of Louth;

witnesses: William Taylor, Harriet Harper, Hanna Johnson; by A. F. Atkinson.
Aug. 27 — Arthur Bradley, Township of Grantham, and Margaret Raynard, Township of Gran

tham; witnesses: Simon Boyle, Eliza Boyle; by G. M. Armstrong.

Oct. 28 — Francis Whitwell, Township of Pelhani, and Martha Start, Township of Grantham;

witnesses: George Dasby, Eliza etart, Thomas Scottock, Nathan J. Swayze; by

A. F. Atkinson.
Dec. 16— Thomas Wilson, Township of Grantham, and Margaret Nowlan, Township of Gran

tham; witnesses: Ben. Betts, Judath Reynor; by G. M. Armstrong.

Jan. i —Nicholas Atkinson, St. Catharines, and Hannah Whitwell, St. Catharines; witnesses:

Fredrick Schram, Margaret Schram, George Wm. P. Atkinson; by A. F. Atkinson.
Jan. i — Solomon Simons, Township of Grantham, and Maria Secord, Township of Gran

tham; witnesses: Geo. Forbes, Eliza Secord, George Wm. P. Atkinson; by A. F.

Atkinson.
Jan. 7 — Michael Breen, Township (blank), and Mary Brady, Township (blank), witnesses

Patrick Rohen, Michael Flynn, Ellen Rohen; by A. F. Atkinson.
Feb. ii— Robert Bagg, Township of Gainsborough, and Mary Ann Sturges, Township of

Niagara; witnesses: George Sturges, Absalom Dix, William Bagg, Ann Surby; by

A. F: Atkinson.
Mar. 20 — Robert McKay and Sarah McCombs, both of the Township of Grantham ; wit

nesses: Leon Verdure, William P. Atkinson, Sapronia Neeland; by G. M. Arm

strong.
May 3 — Uzzial Clark Lee, Town of London, C. W., and Frances Cornell, Township of

Grantham; witnesses : E. M. Thompson, L. D. Raymond, John Ralph Lee, Wm.

Thomson, F. Thomson; by A. F. Atkinson.
May 8— William Thomson, Township of Toronto, Home District, and Margaret Foley, St.

Catharines; witnesses: Bernard Foley, Lorenzo Raymond, E. W. Thomson, F.

Thomson, Fanny Foley; by A. F. Atkinson.

May 22 — William Read and Rosena Ann Flander, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses:
George Flander, Robert Flander, Jacob Nellis; by A. F. Atkinson.

June 7 — William Rowe and Mary Ann Sharp, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: William
Walker, Anne Walker; by A. F. Atkinson.

June 15 — William Mcjames and Ellen Leighton, both of St. Catharines, witnesses: C,
Hughes, George Sadler, William P. Atkinson; by A. F. Atkinson.

July 10 — Theophilus Mack, M D., and Catharine Jane Adams, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses : E. S. Adams, Charles John Robinson, Thomas R. Merritt, Catharine

Clark and several others; by A. F. Atkinson.
July 15 — William Fletcher and Harriet Hargrave, both of the Village of Drummondville,

Township of Stamford ; witnesses : William Prouse, John A. Orchard, Eleanor

Hargrave; by A. F. Atkinson.
Sept. 6— Richard Atkinson Clarke and Sophia Raymond, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Truman Raymond, Eliza Raymond, Theophilus Mack, Lorenzo Raymond, Wil

liam A. Ohrisholm; by A. F. Atkinson.
Sept. 23 — Alexander Edwards, Deputy Asst. Comr. General, and Anne Merritt, St. Johns. N.

B.; witnesses: Charles Merritt, Wm. Hamilton Merritt, N. Merritt, Wm. Wright,

Thomas R. Merritt, M. Adams, James R. Benson; by A. F. Atkinson.
Oct. ii — Bolton Swritzer and Margaret Fitzpatrick, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Alex

ander McKenzie, Eliza R. Henderson; by Rev. R. G. Garrett.

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Oct. 30— James Baxter, Town of Chatham, Western District, and Rosemond Woodall, St.

Catharines; witnesses: James Woodall, William Stinton, Elizabeth Brown and

several others; by A. F. Atkinson.
Dec. 18 — John Watson and Margaret Watson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Joseph

Watson, Alexander Watson, Thomas Hastings, Jane Hastings; by A. F. Atkinson.

Jan. 20 -Henry Stull and Hannah Eliza Stull, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses :

Richard Secord, James Stull, James Durham; by Rev. Robert Shanklin.
Feb. 4— Job Singer and Matilda Brooker, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James Brooker

Ann Brooker; by Robert Shanklin.
Mar. 3— John Patrick Martin Mitchell and Susan Smith, both of Township of Pelham; wit

nesses: Joshua Hyatt jr., Sarah Ann Hyatt; by A. F. Atkinson.
April 9— William Stainton and Elizabeth Brown, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses:

Mary Ann Hood, Harriet Woodall, C. Woodall, James Woodall, Richard Wood,

by Robert Shanklin.
May 14— Thomas Lock Jenkins, Township of Bayham, London District, and Mary Leonard;

Clements, Township of Grantham; witnesses: John Christie, Eliza Christie,

George Prescott, Mary Jane Coffing, Dave Boyd, Robert Shanklin ; by A. F.

Atkinson.
May 14— William Cain, Township of Niagara, and Eliza Cudney, Township of Grantham:

witnesses: Daniel Cudney, Eleanor Cudney, Travers Cain, by Robert Shanklin.
May 21— Robert Flanders and Susan Read, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses: Cor

nelius Read, George Read, Jane Sanderson; by Robert Shanklin.
May 27— James Frederick Saxon, City of Toronto, and Elizabeth Blake Christie, St. Cath

arines; witnesses: John Christie, M. Boyd, M. H. Stewart, James R. McKnight,
^ Elizabeth Christie, Maria Nichol; by A. F. Atkinson.
May 28— Arthur Bradley and Ellen Foley, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses : Ed-

^ mund Boyle, Simon Boyle, Eliza Boyle; by Robert Shanklin. 4.

May 28— George Meebyn and Ellen Muloy, both of St. Catharines ; witnesses -. W. F. Olds-

^f Thomas Johnston, William Mabee; by Robert Shanklin. »
June 2— James Butler, Township of Pelham, and Rebecca Pratt, Town of St. Catharines;

witnesses : William Chase, Richard Forrest, Lucy Chase, William Atkinson ; by

A. F. Atkinson.
Aug. i— Johnston Campbell and Helen Sager, both of District of Niagara; witnesses: John

Cole, Elizabeth Rowe, Jane Cole; by Robert Shanklin.
Aug. 16— Michael Worthon, and Hannah Fry, both of District of Niagara, witnesses; Will-

son Prikit, Elisabeth Imby; by Robert Shanklin.
Oct. 17— Charles Ogilvy Jamieson, Town of St. Catharines,, and Ann Taylor, Township of

Grantham; witnesses: A. N. Tod, John Taylor, Charil Havens, John Havens,

Wm. Kipock; by A. F. Atkinson.
Nov. 15— Francis Nicholls, Township of Louth, and Susan Roadhouse, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Thos. Hilts, Louis Nicholls; by Robert Shanklin.
Nov. 28— Edward Priddy, and Hannah Rebecca Draper, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

William Pearson Fradt, Sarah McDonell, Ann Maria Elliott, Mary AnnGladwin;

by A. F. Atkinson.

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Dec. 9 — John George Yaus (or Fans), and Caroline Armbrust, both of the Township of Pel-
ham; witnesses: John Buffington, Patrick Gallagher (?) ; by Robert Shariklin.

Dec. 28 — James Start, Township of Louth, and Mary Jane May, St, Catharines; witnesses:
James Wood, George Darf, Susan Darby, Elisabeth Darby, G. W. P. Atkinson; by-
Robert Shanklin.

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Jan. 13 — George Frost, Township of Clinton, and Roseanna Moore, Township of Gainsbor

ough; witnesses: D. McMillan, Wm. P. Atkinson; by Robert Shanklin.
Feb. 14— William Osborn and Jane Gadsby, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: E. S. Adams,

R. Shanklin, Thomas Osborn; by A. F. Atkinson.
Mar. 12— Lewis Innes Leslie and Mary Anne Sanderson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

E. S. Adams, Miss Crosby, Samuel Keefer, Anna E. Keefer, John Page; by A. F.

Atkinson.

Ma>' 3— Jean Baptiste Rapin and Julia Belmore Globensky, both of this parish; witnesses:
Marcus Brown, William Maugh, Mary Belmore; by Robert Shanklin.

June 10 — William Morgan Eccles, Barrister at Law, and Catharine Clark, both of this parish:
witnesses: John Clark George W. Burton, E. S. Adams, Hugh Eccles, Jepica
Eccles, James R. Benson, R. Shanklin, W. G. T. Downs, Jane Clark; by A. F.
Atkinson.

Sept. 8 — John Harris and Isabella Blakeley, both of this parish; witnesses: John Belford,

James Groat, T. Buchanan; by Robert Shanklin.
Sept. 14— John Clark, City of Philadelphia, Pa., and Elizabeth Murphy Stephenson, St. Cath

arines; witnesses: Elezear William Stephenson, A. K. Boomer, Geo. Prescott.

Wm. A. Chrisholm, E. J. McKenny, and many others; by A. F. Atkinson.
Nov. 2 — Charles Cochran and Indiana Butler, (people of color), both of this parish; wit

nesses: Thomas Douglas, Robert White, Virginia Holonsworth, Abraham Hoi-

onsworth; by A. F. Atkinson.
Dec. 8 — William Gadsby and Mary Sweeny, both of this parish; witnesses: Louis Rock,

Christienia Rock; by Robert Shanklin.
Dec. 16— John Smyth and Eliza Boyle, both of this parish; witnesses: Andrew Boyle,

Stephen Boyle, Simon Boyle, Elizabeth Grant and others; by A. F. Atkinson.
Dec. 21— Edward Bradley and Anne Bradley, both of this parish; witnesses: Edward Boyle.

Isabella Wilson, Andrew Wilson; by Robert Shanklin.

Jan. i — Charles Thornton Bate and Minerva Thorpe Clement, both of this parish; wit

nesses: Earth. Tench, R. Shanklin, Mary Adams, Wm. P. Atkinson; by A. F.

Atkinson.
Feb. 27 — Phoenix Lansing, City of Buffalo, N. Y.,and Mary Anne Anderson, St. Catharines:

witnesses: S. W. Hubbard, Jane Grey, H. Grey, Thomas Douglas; by A. F.

Atkinson.
May 18— Thomas Boyle and Margaret Bradley, both of this parish; witnesses: Robert Brad

ley, Edward McLaughlin, Alex. Bradley, Andrew Dancey ; by Robert Shanklin.
June 7— Thomas Lees Helliwell, City of Toronto, and Mary Adams, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: M. M. Helliwell, Thos. R. Merritt, Thos. Clark, N. Merritt, Wm. Hamil

ton Merritt, J. H. Ingersoll; by A. F. Atkinson.

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June 7 — Augustus Jukes, City of Toronto, and Phebe Maria Adams, Town of St. Catharines,

witnesses: James R. Benson, E. S. Adams, William H. Merritt, jr., Theo.

Mack, J. Ingersoll, M. M. Helliwell; by A. F. Atkinson.
Sept. 9— John Sager and Charlotte Goring, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses: Fran

cis A. Goring, John B. Goring, Elisabeth Rowe; by A. F. Atkinson.
Oct. 26 — Francis Auselin Goring, Township of Grantham, and Catharine Clement, Town

ship of Niagara; witnesses: Jacob Hosteter, Rebecca Clement, Herman Hosteter,

Maria Clement; by A. F. Atkinson.
Nov. 30— Robert Foster and Eliza Stinson, both of this parish; witnesses: Thomas Stinson.

James Stinson, Margaret Stinson; by A. F. Atkinson.
Dec. 12— James Secord Smith and Susan Maria Hodgkinson, both of this parish: witnesses:

Robert Hodgkinson, Sarah Markle, James Hodgkinson; by A. F. Atkinson.

Jan. 3 — Casper Bradley and Mary Smith, both of this parish; witnesses; Michael Boyle,

Stephen Boyle, Elisabeth Boyle; by A. F. Atkinson.
Jan. 24— William Brown Phipps, City of Toronto, and Lucy Amanda McKenney, Town of

St. Catharines; witnesses: E. S.Adams, Wm. A. Chisholm, M. Marigold, Isabella

Cameron; by A. F. Atkinson.
Feb. 13 — James McLean, alias McLane, Township of Louth, and Ellen Stinson, of this par

ish; witnesses: Ellen Stinson, John Stinson; Thomas Stinson; by Rev. Alexander

Dixon.
April 9 — John Mills and Eliza Anne Primas, both of Township of Niagara; witnesses: Henry

Davis, Anna Me Manns, Henry Gay; by Alexander Dixon.
May 14 — William Harris and Catherine Haynes, both of this parish; witnesses: Edmund

Nichols, Ann Harris; by Rev. Alexander Dixon.
May 29 -William Booth and Elisabeth Grant, both of this parish; witnesses: George Grant.

Edward Boyle; by Alexander Dixon.
June 13 — Elijah Evans, Township of Thorold, and Emelia Smith, of this parish; witnesses:

Niel Downey, Wm. P. Atkinson; by Alexander Dixon.
Aug. 25 — Daniel Lawson and Elisabeth Anne Jackson, (people of color), witnesses: G. W. P.

Atkinson, Wm. P. Atkinson; by Robert Shanklin.
Oct. 16 — James Taylor and Lisette Anne Bate, both of this parish; witnesses: Wm. Hamil

ton Merritt, H. N. Bate, E. A. E. Nelles, L. E. Arnold, Charles W. Bate; by A.

F. Atkinson.
Dec. 4— John Frizell, East Oxford in District of Brock, and Phoebe Cole, of this parish;

witnesses: Solom. S. Cole, John Cole, Eliza Smith; by Robert Shanklin.

Feb. 26 — Frederick Giphard, Township of Louth, and Mary Anne Moore, Township of Clin
ton; witnesses: George Frost, Rosannah Frost, John Spence; by Robert Shanklin.

July 7 — George Eli McMullin and Ann Matilda Miller, both of Town of Niagara; witnesses:
Robt. Fleming, Sarah Fleming; by A. F. Atkinson.

July 25— George Elsey and Anne Diegnan, both of City of Hamilton; witnesses; George Mc-
Namara, Hannah Kily; by A. F. Atkinson.

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Oct. 9— James E. Butler and Sarah Pratt, both of this parish; witnesses: William Butler,

Elisabeth Forrest, Henry Ashdown; by Robert Shanklin.
Nov. 14 — James Bendle 'and Susan Wright, both of this parish; witnesses: John Reynard,

Anne Wright, Wm. P. Atkinson; by Robert Shanklin.
Nov. 26— John Smiley and Margaret Johnson, both of this parish; witnesses: John Johnson,

Catharine McDonald; by Robert Shanklin.
Nov. 26 — Joseph Upper, Township of Thorold, and Sarah Clarke, of this parish; witnesses:

Charles Clark, Sarah S. MeCombs, James Laughlin: by Robert Shanklin.
Dec. 30 — Thomas Keyes and Anne Jane Brown, both of this parish; witnesses: Christopher

Jones, Sarah Brown, John B. Jones; by A. F. Atkinson.

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Jan. 9— Eliud Wellington Nickerson and Maria Cassady, both of this parish; witnesses:
David Nickerson, Anne Cassady, John Rickard; by Robert Shanklin.

Mar. 6— Richard Goold, Township of Louth, and Maria Clement, Township of Niagara;
witnesses: Morgan Rennie, Gertrude Ball, Leonard Goold; by Robert Shanklin.

April 10 — Jacob Jones and Joanna Jones, (people of color), both of this parish; witnesses:
John Jones, Elisabeth Howard, Wm. P. Atkinson; by Robert Shanklin.

June 26 — Isaac Stills and Mary Anne Webb, (people of color), both of this parish; witnesses:
James Smith, Elizabeth Shepherd, Wm. P. Atkinson; by Robert Shanklin.

June 30— William Baron and Elisabeth Jones, both of this parish; witnesses: William Green
wood, Ellanor Greenwood; by Robert Shanklin.

July 3 — John Henshaw and Anne Ryan, both of this parish; witnesses: Jane Reynard,
Samuel Smith, Eliza Bradley; by Robert Shanklin.

Aug. 21 — William Backen and Mary Foley, both of this parish; witnesses: John Johnson.
Cath. Peterson, Margaret Johnson, by Robert Shanklin.

Sept. ii -William McGiverin and Jane Clark, both of this parish; witnesses: John Clark,
Thomas Clark, Henry J. Mittleberger, Hugh Eccles, Andrew Martin, William
Eccles, Evestus Arnold, Jessica Eccles; by A. F. Atkinson.

Sept. 28 — Alexander Gibson and Catherine Quinn, both of this parish; witnesses: Henry
House, William Calder, K. M. Terron; by Robert Shanklin.

Sept. 29 — Alexander Richard Stephen', Penetanguishene, and Sarah [Parke, Port Colborne;
witnesses: Thomas Parke, Edward Wheeler, Valentine Hall, Jane Parke, Thomas
' Clark; by Robert Shanklin.

Oct. i — Samuel Smith, Township of Stamford, and Eliza Bradley, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: George Huff, Catharine Smyth, Bartholomew Boyle; by Robert Shanklin.

Nov. 12— Edwin Wright, St. Catharines, and Sarah Anne Purser or Purcer, St. Catharines;
witnesses: Tamer Williams, Harriet Williams; by Robert Shanklin.

Dec. 18 — Robert Smith Fowlie and Elisabeth Hensleigh, both of this parish; witnesses: E.
W. Stephenson, H. J. Mittleberger, Bessey J. Gibson, A. K. Boomer; by A. F.
Atkinson.

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Jan. 27 — Edward Linnenbank and Margaret Overholt, both of Township of Louth; wit
nesses: Jacob Overholt, Anna Overholt; by Rev. George A. Bull.

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Feb. 12 — James O'Farrell, St. Catharines, and Caroline Star Mitchel, Township of Grimsby;
witnesses: Wm. Henry Mitchell, M. P. West; by George A. Bull.

Feb. 21 — William Fradd and Ann Abbott, both of County of Haldimand; witnesses: Richard
Fradd, George Scruton, Sarah Scruton; by A. F. Atkinson.

April 6 — Thomas Woodside, Township of Clinton, and Matilda Houston, St. Catharines;
witnesses: Charles Penmngton, Mary Mitchell. John Mitchell, Eliza Foster; by
A. F. Atkinson.

May 8 — Richard Hinchey and Clarissa Haynes, both of this parish, witnesses: George
Grant, Mary Bradley; by George A. Bull,

May ii— James Hamilton Ingersoll, Ingersoll, and Francis Eliza Jacobs, St. Catharines;
witnesses: Wm. Hamilton Merritt, Wm. Hamilton Merritt jr., Jas. R. Benson, E.
S. Adams, N. Merritt, Thos. R. Merritt; by A. F. Atkinson.

June 8 — Henry Jackson and Mary Anne Preston, (people of color). 1 oth of this parish; wit
nesses: George Williams, Anna Thomas; by George A. Bull.

Aug. 14— Balzar Dull, Township of Clinton, and Magdalene Claver, Township ot Louth. wit
nesses: Oilman H. Moyer, George Mirutsa; by George A. Bui',

Aug. 29— William Scott and Elizabeth Jones, (persons of color), both of this parish; witnesses;
William Robinson, Elisabeth Howard, Willis Stack; by Robert Shanklin.

Aug. 31 — Franklin McKenny and Isabella Harris, (persons of color), both of St. Catharines;
witnesses: Hannah Wathan, Eliza Sharp, Wm. P. Atkinson; by Robert Shanklin.

Sept. 18— Edward James and Margaret Syfert, both of this parish; witnesses: Frances Brown-
low, Sarah Brownlow, Mathew Smith, Folgaum Darafact: by George A. Bull.

Oct. 27— George Field, Township of Niagara, and Elisabeth Smith, Township of Pelham;
witnesses: Thomas Smith, Jane Smith, Mrs. Buckbee; by George A. Bull.

Nov. 8— Alexander S. Johnson, City ot New York, and Catharine Maria Crysler, St. Cath
arines; witnesses: R. M. Lrysler, John Crysler, Elsie Crysler, Anne Atkinson; by
A. F. Atkinson,

Dec. 8 — George Wright and Hannah McGuire, both of Township of Thorold; witnesses:
Edward Bradley, Cathrine Burley; by George A, Bull.

Dec. 16— William Collen and Magdelene Whistler, both of Village of Chippawa; witnesses:
George Francis Wilson, Jane Grey; by George A. Bull.

Dec. 18 -Robert Stevenson and Susan Mozealor, (persons of color), both of this parish, wit
nesses: Henry A, Newton, Frances Newton, Wm. P. Atkinson; by George A. Bull.

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Feb. 8— John Graham and Ann Peterson, both of this parish; witnesses: Catharine Peter
son, Robert Graham, Irwin Buchanan; by George A. Bull.

Mar. 31— John McLane, Township of Lonth, and Elisabeth Stinson, St. Catharines; wit--
nessesjohn Stinson, Ellen Stinson, James McLane; by A. F. Atkinson.

May 31 — John Johnston and Mary Anne McCann, both of this parish; witnesses: John Me
Cann, Lucy McCann, John Ross; by A. F. Atkinson.

April 7 — George Mauthe and Phebe alias Philippinan Dohn alias Doan, both of Township
of Clinton; witnesses: Ellen Stinson, Sophia Armbrast; by George A. Bull.

April 21 — Henry Hilder and Catharine O'Neil, both of Village of Chippawa ; witnesses1:
Thomas Raison, Jeiss Walker; by A. F. Atkinson.

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May 18 — Thomas Butler, Township of Louth, and Maria Pratt, St. Catharines; witnesses;

Peter Ecker, Maria Butler, Win. F. Atkinson; by A. F. Atkinson.
May 31 — James Hoople and Celinda Haynes, both of this parish; witnesses: James Haynes,

Elisabeth Haynes, William Harris; by A. F. Atkinson.
June 8 — Henry Sparrow and Catharine Belford, both of this parish; witnesses: Edward Bel-

ford, Edward Milvin, Elisabeth Williams, Margaret Milvin; by A. F. Atkinson.
June 23— John Augustus King and Letheanne Robinson, (people of color), both of St. Cath

arines; witnesses William M. Porter, Amandia Peek, Henry Ball, Henry Meyers;

by A. F. Atkinson.

July 20— Thomas Barnes and Elisabeth Williams, both of this parish; witnesses: George

Clutterbreck, Eliza Clutterbreck; by A, F. Atkinson.
July 25 — William Hand, County of Simcoe, C. W., and Mary Bradley, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Wm. Bradley, Anne Bradley, George Atkinson; by A. F. Atkinson.
July 28- Henry Latchman and Hannah Herbert, both of this parish; witnesses: George1

Clutterbreck, Eliza Clutterbreck, W. P. Atkinson; by A. F. Atkinson.
Aug. iS— Hugh Marshall and Margaret Sullivan, both of Township of Grimsby; witnesses:

Wm. P. Atkinson, Melinda Ansley; by A. F. Atkinson.
Sept. 8 — James Henderson and Alma Jackson, alias Darrow, (people of color), both of St,

Catharines; witnesses: William Johnson, William Dolman, Leth Ann King; by

A. F. Atkinson.

Nov. 2 — Thomas Jaus and Catharine Saugus, both of Township of Louth; witnesses: George
Jaus, John Martin Jaus, Wm. P. Atkinson; by Rev. J. S. Lauder.

Nov. 26 — Robert Dyson and Mary Suggat, both of this parish; witnesses: Richard Cheslee.
Thomas Sweet; by J. S. Lauder,

Dec. 30— Thomas Bradley, St. Catharines, and Sarah Winslow, Thorold; witnesses: Edward
McLaughlin, Jane Winslow, Edward Jackson, Wm. P. Atkinson; by J. S. Lauder.

Jan. 3 — Edward Grant and Jane Flewellen, both of St, Catharines; witnesses: James Fie-

wellen, Ann Jackson, Wm. P. Atkinson; by J. S. Lauder.
Jan. 10— James Flewellen and Ann Jackson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Thomas Fle

wellen, Margaret Bradley, Wm. P, Atkinson; by J. S. Lauder.
Jan. ii — Sutton Frizelle, East Oxford C. W., and Mary Lampman, Township of Niagara;

witnesses: Archibald Lampman, Peter Lampman; by J. S. Lauder.
Jan. 27 -James Howard and Elisabeth Howard, (colored), both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

William Smith, — — ; by J. S. Lauder,

Feb. 25 — William Lewis and Mary Jane Boyle, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Richard

Bradley, Mary Ann Bradley; by J. S. Lauder,

Mar. 8 — John Taylor and Mary Lamb, both of Township of Stamford; witnesses: Joseph
Taylor, William Lamb; by J. S. Lauder.

Mar. 16— Isaac Lawson and Malvina Lewis, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Cain Duncan,
Charles F. Woodward, Charles H. Ingersoll; by J. S. Lauder.

April 8— James Raynerd and Catharine Bradley, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Robert
Bradley, Mary Ann Bradley; by J, S. Lauder.

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April ^6— Richard Woodruff and Cornelia McCium, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Rich
ard Miller, Julia Woodruff, M. L. Hellivvell, J. H. Connoly, J. P. Boomer, by A.
F. Atkinson.

May 3 — Henry Murray, Township of Downie, County of Perth, C. W., and Elisabeth Maria
Forrest, St. Catharines; witnesses: R. Forrest, E. Forrest, Mary J. G. Grant,
Thomas Murphy. Thomas Sutclift, E. Frazer; by A. F. Atkinson.

May 24 — Thomas William Brady and Lucy Jane Chatfield, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:
Walter Chatfield, William H. Dunn; by J. S. Lauder.

June 15 -John Gadsby and Anne Gray, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:^Elijah Gadsby,

Fanny Gadsby; by J. S. Lauder.
June 16 — John Davis and Margaret Gibson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James Gilles-

pie, Thomas Gibson; by J. S. Lauder.
June .^*-William Wilson and Mary Bradley, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Alexander

Bradley Margaret Bradley, George Grant; by A. F. Atkinson.
Sept. 26— Archey Barlow, City of Hamilton, and Julia Wood. St. Catharines: witnesses

Harriet Lee, F. M. Atkinson; by J. S. Lauder.

Oct. 19- John G. Johnson and Mary Mackie, (people of color), both of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Win. Crupp, J. T. Watson, Mary Jane Fillson; by A. F. Atkinson.
Oct. 19 — Absalom Griffin Smith and Henrietta Bigelow, both of Township1 of Flamboro',

County of Wentworth; witnesses: Cecil A. G. Webbe, F. M. Atkinson; by A. F.

Atkinson. ^

Oct. 27 — John Fildman, Township of^Louth, and Mary Ann Whiiien. Township of Bertier;

witnesses: Philip Wismer, Dilman F. Mover; by Rev. Thorias T. Robarts.
Dec. 18 — Charles Scheyger and Mario Dolina Franken, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Christopher Fralie; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Dec. 20 — Samuel DeVeaux Woodruff and Jane Sanderson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

J. P. Boomer, Louis J. Leslie, Mary Ann Leslie, O. King, and many others; by A.

F. Atkinson.
Dec. 24— Raspberry Ambes and Mary Elisabeth Mclntosh, (people of color), both of St.

Catharines; witnesses: Robert White, Sylvester West, Amelia Shields; by Thomas

T. Robarts.
Dec. 26— John Liesh and Mary Grobb, both of Township of Clinton; witnesses: Darby

Featherson, Henry Grobb; by Thomas T. Robarts.

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Jan. 3 — Thomas Powers Casey and Anne Eliza Adams, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:
Henry Latcham, Jane Saunders; by Robert Shanklin.

Feb. i — Walter Chatfield, Village of Chippawa, and Hannah Knight, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Thomas D. Gender, Ann Chatfield, William Buckham, Eliza Buckham;
by Thomas T. Robarts.

Mar. 3— Thomas Charles Dorrinton and Mary Moloy, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:
John Caine, Alice Clarke, James Canng; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Mar. 15 -John Jones and Catharine McNabb, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Mary Caug-
hell, F. M. Atkinson; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Mar. 23 -George Kells and Bridget Tracy, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Hugh Cameron.
Ellen Sugars, Hannah Cameron; by Thomas E. Robarts.

April 3— William Thomas, Township of Stamford, and Anne Goring, St. Catharines: wit

nesses1; Leeming J. Goring, Sarah A. Gilleland, Joseph S. Lampman, William P.

Atkinson; by A. F. Atkinson.
May 17— John Symington Clark and Fannie Wyly, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: John

L. Helliwell, Wm. L. Dittrick, William Hamilton Merritt jr., James R. Benson,

Thomas Clark, George Rykert; by A. F. Atkinson.
May 31 — John Ross and Lucy McCann, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: John McCann,

Sophia McCann, Edward Ashbarry; by A. F. Atkinson.
Aug. 21— Edward Ashbarry and Sophia McCann, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: John

McCann, John McCann jr.: by Thomas T. Robarts.
Aug. 28 — Christen Heist, Township of Pelham, and Barbara Cressman, Township of Clin

ton; witnesses: Charles Braner, Juphine Heist; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Aug. 29— Robert Boyle and Catharine Brady, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses:

Matthew Bradley, Mary Ann Bradley; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Sept. 4— James Sparks and Mary Killaly, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: William B.

Buchan, F. M. Atkinson; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Sept. 13— John Martin, Village of Port Dalhousie, and Margaret Rogers, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Mary Anne Rogers, William Martin; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Oct. 28 — John Stolz and Eliza Hamilton, both of this parish; witnesses: Annie Melville,

Thomas Dogherty, F. M. Atkinson; by A. F". Atkinson.
Oct. 30— Lorenzo Dulmage Raymond, and Mary Jane Cochran, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: W. S. Copeland, Truman Raymond, C. M. Arnold, Martin Snively, Eliza

A. Raymond, Erastus B. Raymond; by A. F. Atkinson.
Nov. r — William Wilson and Clarissa Ballard, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Henry

Myers, William Hutchinson; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Nov. 6— John McLaren, Town of Gait, and Rachel Oliver, St. Catharines; witnesses: Elisa

beth Oliver, Robert Oliver, Sarah Oliver, Robert Gilholm; by Thomas T. Rob-

arts.
Dec. 6— Thomas Brownlee and Lucinda Wilson, both of this parish; witnesses: John Wil

son, James Wilson, Emeline Wilson; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Jan. 10— John Smith and- Melinda Mitchell, (people of color), both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: John Runner, Julia Anne Warner; by Rev. J. Torrance.
Feb. 5 Samuel Duffin and Mary Ann Bradley, both of this parish: witnesses: Edmund

Bradley, Stephen Bradley, Elisabeth Boyle, Richard Bradley; by A. F. Atkinson.
Feb. 27- David West and Caroline Williams, (people of cojor), both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: M. Gibson, Robert White, Richard Artson; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Mar. 13 — Isaac S. Gulp and Catharine Moyer, both of Township of Clinton; witnesses:

Tobias Armbrust, Elisabeth Culp; by Thomas T. Robarts.
April 3 — Thomas Frederick Graydon and Emily Alexandrina Prescott, both of St. Cathar

ines: witnesses: Thomas Graydon, Stephen Robert Cattley, John Prescott,

James McCaughey, William R. Laird. Marie Prescott, S. A. Graydon; by A. F.

Atkinson.
April 28— William Paiee and Sophia Bardon, (people of color), witnesses : David West,

Caroline West; by Thomas T. Robarts.

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June 5-John Titterington and Martha Goold, hot], of St. Catharines; witnesses: JohnTobin.

Edwin S. Leavenworth, Ann Johnston; by Thomas T. Robarts.
June lo-William Chandler and Sarah Sparks, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: William

M. Buchan, James Sparks; by Thomas T. Robarts.
June 23-James Kearnes and Mary Maskrey, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: William

McGay, R. Forrest; by Thomas T. Robarts.
June 30- William Henry Johnson and Mary Jane West, both of Township of Grimsby wit-

esses: Ellen Jones, LeClerc Atkinson; by Thomas T. Robarts.

July 13- William Williams and Emily Wheaton, (people of color), both of this parish- wit-

: F. D. Madden, Patey Ann Madden, H. W. Flommy; by Robert Shanklin.

Aug. 2i-Robert Montgomery, Township of Clinton, and Martha Corbitt Township of

Louth; witnesses: Mathew McClare, Ann McClare, John R. Tufford; by A. F.

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Sept. n-Robert Nutty, City of Memphis, State of Tennessee, U. S. A, and Annie Henrietta
Woodward, St. Catharines ; witnesses : E. F. Woodward, William P. Atkinson,
E. A. Mittleberger, Ann Atkinson and others; by A. F. Atkinson.

Oct. 29-James Murray and Catharine Parsons, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Tims.
Smith, E. Andrews, John Murray, Henry Creighton; by A. F. Atkinson.

Nov. 24-Thomas Kennedy and Margaret Moonev, both of St. Catharines: witnesses- Jame,
Doherty, LeClerc Atkinson and another; by Rev. R. Lyons Me Arthur.

Dec. 2-William Brown and Catharine Augusta Allinson, both of St. Catharines: witnesses:
snry Tmgey Mole, Mary Ann Mole, LeClerc Atkinson; by R. Lyons Me Arthur.

Dec. n-Alfred Edwin Rykert and Catharine Ann McDonald, both of St. Catharines- wit
nesses: Rolland MacDonald, George Rykert, Benjamin Parsons, William Mac-
Donald, Phillip Maughan, J. R. Benson, George L. Rykert; by A. F. Atkinson.

Dec. n-William Patterson, Town of Paris, C. W., and Maria McVeigh. St. Catharines- wit-
!s: William Tinlin, R. A. Clarke, Mary Anne McVeigh; by A. F. Atkinson.

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Jan. 6-Robert Hornby, M. D., City of Cleveland, O., and Mary Jane Tisdall, St. Cathar-

arines; witnesses: Alfred Willett, Jane T. Willett. M. Ansley, G. Hornby Win

P. Atkinson, John Frazer; by A. F. Atkinson.
Jan. 26-James Burns and Margaret MoFadden, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Samuel

Burke, Pascal LeClerc G. Atkinson; by R. Lyons McArthur.
Feb. f,-Charles Leeming Ball, Township of Thorold, and Ellen Letitia Tousley, Township

>fGrantham; witnesses:. J. B.Allison, Eliza Spillers; by Rev. W. Leeming.
April 23-William Hamilton Tinlin and Mary Ann McVeigh, both of St. Catharines- wit

nesses. William Patterson, Marie Patterson. John Wood, Matilda Tinlin- by \

F. Atkinson.

April 23-John Edward Browne. Village of Thorold. and Matilda Paffard St Catharines
witnesses: Richard Dunbrill jr., H. Paflard, Helena Paffard. l-:ii/a Browne- by \
F. Atkinson.

April 30-Thomas Wright Nichol, Town of Chatham, C. W., and Sarah Ann Gravdon S(
Catharines; witnesses: Frank E. Marcon, Thomas F. Graydon. Thomas H Gray
don, Melinda Ansley, Emily A. Graydon ami many others; by A. F. Atkinson

AuK. i-Peter Upper, Thorold, an f Isabella Donaldson, Bradford; witnesses: William N

rrent, Andrew Upper, Eliza Donaldson; by Thomas T. Robarts.
AUK. 2-Cleveland Forbes and Sarah Andalusia Hall, both of City of Buftalo N Y.- wit

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\;V<"r ""1S<V- ' M' Wi1Ha"ls' Ro11^ Macdonald, B. C. Rumsej
Austin Finn. N,l>,,n K. Hopkins; by Thomas T. Robarts.

ames Daily a.,,1 Jan, Winsfow, both of Village of Thorold; witnesses: Thomas

FlueLlen, Mary Reynard; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Dec. S-William Baron, widower, and Elisabeth Fowlie, both of St. Catharines- witnesses;
William Greenwood, Eleanor Greenwood, Adelaide Fowlie, Robert Fowlie- by
1 nomas T. Robarts.

Dec. 22-John Halligan and Ma,, McFadden, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: fame,
irnes, Margarel Burn< s; by Thomas T. Robarts.

iase.

Feb. ,-Lewis Metzler Cl< men, and Charlotte Eliza Chrysler, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: E. S. Adams, C. A. Clement, J. S. Clement: bv Thomas T Robarts '
-Benjamin. Dales, jr., London. Eng., and now of this parish, and Elisabeth Cathe

ne' Thomas T. Robarts, Sarah E. Hamilton. May Hamilton; bvA.'l".

, 10-Charles Henry P |] and Harriet Peters Phelps. both of St. Catharines- wit-

J' ;'"'"> Benson« Calvin Phelps, Caroline Adams. Laura Armstrong

John Powell; bv A. F, Atkinson.

Aprils-John Lepper and Sarah Catharine Emmetj, both of St. Catharines; witnesses

's \ . Lepper, Arthur Lemper, Julia Emmett; by Thomas T. Robarts.

May 21 -Thomas Jones, St. Catharines, and Mary Johnston, Port Dalhousie; witnesses: H
L. Gibson. Mary Jones; by A. F. Atkinson.

May 26 -Thomas Johnson 'and Sarah Pa,,,, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Richard

Chester, I homas Pa.^et; by A. F. Atkinson.
Majc-^-Edward James McCarty and Mary Brennan, both of this parish- wit,,,.

Paget. Mary Gorman; by A. F.Atkinson.

U"e r2-J°Thn Staim"n >""1 WaH Ann Howl,,. bo,h of Township of Moulton; witnes

Jonathan Woodall, Hannah Woodall; bv A. F. Atkinson.
ames Radcliffeand Sophia Ha!!, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Charlott,

Hall, Thomas II. Powers, Edward Hall; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Sept. 2-CharlesAn. Arthur Bowen and Louisa Victoria Towers, both of s, Cathar

witnesses; H. M. Giles. Duncan McFarland, A. Bowen Thos Clark F M r

can, Thomas ft Towers: by A. 1-'. Atkinson.
Sept: r4-Charles Morgan Arnold and Elisabeth Anne Mittleberger: witnesses H Mini

berger.E. S. Adams. I-;. G. Atkinson. Thomas Clark. M. f () Helliwel] Wn

Mittleberger, J. H. I,,,, rsoll; by A. 1-. Atkinson.
NOV" T S-"'('' McConlcey, Cit, 6f Toronto, and Frances Eleanor Carlisle, Village of

Stamford: witnesses: Henrj Carlisle, Daniel Scrinton. Mark Leo Carlisle Fosenh

Carlisle; by A. I-'. Atkin-on.

rov. i6-Samuel Amsden. \'illa,, of Dunnville, County of Haldimand, and Helena fohanna
oterCaley. St. ( atha sses: R. Caley, Francis Caley. John McMurdo

A. C. Caley; by A. 1

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Dec. 19 — Peter Vanderlip and Jane Semantha Ball, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: E.
Durham, Augusta A. Ball, James H. Ball, Martin E. Ball; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Jan. 20— Henry Kingsbury and Maria Dungey, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Arthur

Boulden, Anna Jones; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Jan. 30— Patrick Plater and Mary Jane Hill, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Teresa Gar

ner, Burr Plato; by Thomas T. Robarts.
March 8 — Frank Brooke Brega, Village of Brampton, County of Peel, and Charlotte Emily

Birdsall, Township of Toronto; witnesses: J. H. Bowne, C. M. Brega; by Rev.

James John Bogert.
April 6— John Ronalds and Emily Agues Massingberd, both of City of London, C. W.; wit

nesses: F. Massingberd, Henry Ronalds, M. E. L. Ronalds, Theop. Mack, Henry

Massingberd; by Thomas T. Robarts.
April 27— John Grant, Town of Chatham, and Ellen Woodall, St. Catharines; witnesses:

Thomas Grant. Hannah Woodall. Mary Carr; by James J. Bogert.
May 10— Thomas Edward Howard, City of Toronto, and Ellen Callaghan, St. Catharines;

witnesses: R. H. Howard, William Donaldson, Thomas T. Robarts, Carrie T.

Parish; by A, F. Atkinson.

May 17 — Thomas Hostetter and Emma Jane Smith, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Geo.
Smith, Julia Kimball, Sarah Gilleland, Herman R.. Hostetter, Nelson Haight; by
A. F. Atkinson.

Aug. 4— William Russell Pease and Jane Delia Hynds, both of City of Buffalo, N. Y.: wit

nesses: Thomas T. Robarts, P. Le Clerc Atkinson; by Rev. J. Gamble Geddes.
Sept. 29 — Philip Prin and Frances Brownlow, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James Mc-

Kelvey, Sarah Brownlow, Harriet Williams, Frances Brownlow; by Thomas T.

Robarts.
Nov. 23 — William Strachan McMurray, Town of Paris, C. W., and Harriet Elisabeth Ham

ilton, St. Catharines; witnesses: Hester M. Hamilton, J. Sauin McMurray, Wm.

McMurray, D. D., D. C. L., Theop. Mack; by Rev. William Strachan McMurray.

±eso.

Mar. 13
April n
May 31

-Beniamin Hawkins, wHower, and Ellen Connor, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:
Richard Wright, Sarah Ann Wright; by Thomas T. Robarts.

-John Ross, Town of Paris, C. W., and Rachael McVeigh, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Alex. Qr.in, Sarah E. Broderick, William Brownlee; by Thomas T.
Robarts.

--William Harding Jones and Sophia Stinson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:
Samuel Walker, Mary Ann King; by Thomas T. Robarts.

—Arthur Lepper and Julia Emmett, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Walter W.
Tyrill, Julia Kimball, John Lepper; by Thomas T. Robarts.

-James John Boeert, Clerk in Holy Orders of Town of Prescott, and Elisabeth
Grant Atkinson, St. Catharines; witnesses: A. F. Atkinson. D. P., G. Atkinson,
William P. Atkinson, W. A. Merry, Mary M. Fuller, M. Ansley, E. W. Babcock,
Beverley Jones, Richard Bogert; by Rev. Saltern Givens.

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S«:pt. 12— Richard Newman and Margaret Carney, both of Village of Port Dalhousie; wit

nesses: John Holder, Eliza Holder; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Sept. 13 — John Cole, widower, and Mary Ann Maxey, widow, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: James Harris, Sarah Baines; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Oct. 5— John Calvert and Charlotte Buckmaster, both of Township of Dunn; witnesses;

Thomas D. Phillipps, Henry Yale; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Nov. 13— John Stephenson and Amelia Sarah Strainge, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Mary Ann Strainge, J. H. Connoly; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Dec. :8— Robert Bradley and Annabella Wilson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Thomas

Wilson, Susan Wilson; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Jan. 3 — Edward Watchorn, Township of Minto, C. W., and Anne Stone, St. Catharines;

witnesses. Edmond Bradley, William Hare; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Jan. 8— John Gilmore and Lydia Harris, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James Bird,

Elisabeth Harris; by Thomas T. Robarts.
July 15— James Kyle, Town of Brockville, and Victoria Howse, St. Catharines; witnesses:

William A. Mittleberger, H. Mittleberger, Henry Howse, Evadna Arnold; by

A. F. Atkinson.
Sept. 10— George Barr, Private in H. M. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, and Mary Anne

Mai-chant, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Mary Illsey, Charles Illsey, Corpl.

R. C. R.; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Oct. 14— Thomas Davis and Eli/a Ann McFarland, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Ellen

Turney, William McFarland; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Oct. 1 6— Alexander Thomas, widower, and Abigail Mallyon (maiden name Law), both of
St. Catharines; witnesses: G. V. Hamilton, Bessey Walker, James Wood; by

Thomas T. Robarts.
Dec. 3- Robert Taylor Burns, Town of Lindsay, C. W., and Elizabeth Margaret Empson

Giles, St. Catharines; witnesses: Theophilus Mack, Thomas Burns, H. M. Giles,

Sarah Giles, Alfred Willett, Bernard Giles; by A. F. Atkinson.
j)ec. 18— William Henry Sheldon and Louisa Purser, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

James Saunders, Mary Ann Morton, Matilda Purser; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Dec. 24— Thomas Wand and Ann Saunders, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: John Martin-

dale, Jane Saunders, James Saunders; by Thomas T. Robarts.

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j.(>h. i3-James Bird and Elisabeth Harris, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James Harris,

Alley Ann Harris; by Thomas T. Robarts.
March 4— John Guinter and Bethiah Laws, both of Township of Pelham; witnesses: Andrew

Hansler, jr., W. Watson; by Thomas T. Robarts.
May 5— James Wilkinson and Elisabeth Bradley, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Agnes

Cochran, Robert Bradley; by Thomas T. Robarts.
June 5— George William Peirce and Julia Power Adams, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Thomas Adams, Thomas Clark, Caioline Adams, H. Killaly, A. M. Benson,

Margaret Peirce, Thomas Rogers Hamilton; by A. F. Atkinson.

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Juiie 23— Henry George S'abine,'Towri of Clifton, and Rebecca Jane Dittrick, St. Catharine :>.
witnesses: R. T. Dittrick, Rosco Dittrick, Margery Ann Dittrick; by Thomas T.
Robarts.

July 15— Joseph Purcer and Caroline Williams, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Alfred

C. Ellis, Mary Anne Williams; by Thomas T. Robarts.
July 21— Richard Glassbrook and Esther Hodgins (maiden name Dalton), both of St. Cath

arines; witnesses: John Lawson, Mary Lawson; by Rev. W. E> Cooper.
July 31— John Parrel, City of London, C. W., and Louisa Parsons, Village ot Beamsville;:

witnesses: Henry Parsons, Sarah Parsons; by Rev. Edward Denroche;
Sept. ii— William Adams Mittleberger and Julia Maria Burns, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: H. Mittleberger, Thomas Burns, Robert E. Burns, Charles E. Mittleber--

ger, James Benson, E. Campbell; by A. F. Atkinson.
Nov. ii— Charles Gamon, Town of Collingwood, County of Sirncoe, and Margaret Parke.

St. Catharines; witnesses: Thomas Parke, Clarence Moberly, Edward D. Parke,

Elisabeth Stainage, H. R. Parke; by A. F. Atkinson.
Dec. 17— Alexander Williams and Frances Jackson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Ed-

mond Bradley, Eliza Bradley; by Thomas T. Robarts.

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Jan. 27— John Kingston and Elizabeth Epsey, both of Village of Port Colborne, County of
Welland; witnesses: William Cooke, Ellen Cooke, Joseph Espey; by Thomas T.
Robarts.

Feb. 19— George Ephraim Patterson, Town of Perth, County of Lanark, and Allie Ann Har

ris, St. Catharines; witnesses: James Harris, Maria Souter, John Wright, James

Harris; by Thomas T. Robarts.
Feb. 26— Joseph Jackson, City of Toronto, and Alice Jordan, Village of Port Robinson; wit

nesses: David Hughes, Mary Ann Hughes, William Servos, Elisabeth Jordan; by

Thomas T. Robarts.

June 4— Henry Martin Giles and Jane Peirce, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Alicia
Peirce, J. Bevans Giles, G. M. Peirce, J. L. Giles; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Oct. 6— Charles Sharpe, Dacotah Mills, Township of Nelson, and Adelaide Fowlie, St
Catharines; witnesses: Robert Fowlie, Albert Fowlie, William Baron; by A. F.
Atkinson.

Oct. 13— Henry John Broderick Brownrigg, Deputy Commissary-General, City of Montreal •
and Alice Emma Macdonald, St. Catharines; witnesses: Rolland McDonald, J.
Lance Gravelay, Agnes McDonald, Bella Nellis, Jonathan E. Elmes; by A. F.
Atkinson.

Oct. 27— Edward Dean and Mary Anne Williams, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: George,
Clutterbuck, Caroline Purser; by Thomas T. Robafts.

Feb. 18— George Bartholomew Boyle and Frances Boyle, both of St. Catharines; witnesses;

Andrew Boyle, Arthur R. Boyle, Frances Mary Boyle; by A. F. Atkinson.
Mar. 29— William Sagittary Champ, City of Hamilton, and Sarah Emily Mitchell Hillman •

St. Catharines; witnesses: O. Hillman, J. S. Champ, E. J. C. Street, E. Champ/

H. Colbeck, J. Colbeck; by Thomas T. Robarts1,

April 5— William Fredrick Terry, M. D., Town of Oakville, C. W., and Catharina Stirling,
City of Hamilton; witnesses: Edward Woolverton, John Shaw, Emily H. Ratt»
ray; by A. F. "Atkinson.

June 10— James Solomon Ford, Wilmington, Del., and Sarah Ann Matilda Purser, St. Cath
arines; witnesses: Cornelius John Cole, Agnes Lydian; by Rev. Henry Holland.

Sept. 19 — Robert Kennedy and Henrietta Jane Patterson, both of Town of Niagara; witnesses:
F. A. B. Clench, Robert Peterson; by Henry Holland.

Oct. 3— Arsephus Higgins and Elisabeth Jane Gorman, both of Pittsburgh, Pa.; witnesses:
George Gorman, William Joseph Cuff; by Henry Holland.

Oct. 6 — Leonard Durham and Catharine Durham, both ot Township of Grantham; wit
nesses: James Durham, W. N. Hutt; by Henry Holland.

Oct. 26 — Michael Kane and Josephine Morey. both of St. Catharines; witnesses: John
Joslin, J. E. Henning; by Henry Holland.

Oct. 27 — James A. Merrigold, City of Chicago, 111., and Mary A. Bussell, Toronto; witnesses:
Hiram Slate, William A. Chisholm; by Henry Holland.

Nov. 10 — Francis Louis Mack and Caroline Adams, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James
Benson, Augustus Jukes; by Henry Holland.

Dec. 14— John Cook Thomson, City of Quebec, and Carolina Arabella Nellis, St. Catharines;
witnesses: Newland Maynard, Catharine J. V. Racey; by Henry Holland.

Dec. 29 — Herbert Griffiths and Charlotte Hall, both of this parish; witnesses: William
Welch, Louisa Hall; by Henry Holland.

isss,

Jan. 3 — Samuel Fisher, Township of Grantham, and Isabella McKeague, Village ot Thor-
old; witnesses: William Aikens, Mary Beatty; by Henry Holland.

Feb. 18 — Archie Storrs and Annie Williams, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: John
Sheehan, Fanny Williams; by Henry Holland.

Mar. 16— Francis Meighan and Mary Jane Steel, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses:
Alfred Henton, Matilda Henton; by Henry Holland.

April 13 — Richard Wells Councer and Emma Jane Ferguson, both of Port Robinson: wit
nesses: Andrew Davis, Thalia Davis-; by Henry Holland.

May 8— John Armstrong, Township of North Cayuga, and Elizabeth Ross, Village of Port
Dalhousie; witnesses: Curtis Rose, Margaret'Merun; by Henry Holland.

June 8 — James Andrew S. Miller and Henrietta Louisa Ranney-, both of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: John H. Miller, Harriet E. Sandbridge; by Rev. Charles H. Badgley.

Sept. 21 — Charles Lizmore and Emily Goodenough, both of Town of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Richard Simmons, Mrs-, Meighen; by Rev. Joseph Dinzey.

•Nov. 28— William Geddes Stark, City of Hamilton, and Caroline Elisabeth Towers, St.
Catharines; witnesses: A/Bowen, Thomas H. Towers; by Henry Holland

Dec. 14— Richard Wright and Amelia Purser, both of town of St. Catharines; witnesses.
Joseph Purser, Sarah A. Wright; by Henry Holland.

Oec. 25— James Old, Caledonia, County of Haldimand, and Millicent Heleanor Holmes
Township of Grantham; witnesses: Josiah Holmes, William Greenwood: 1>\
Henry Holland.

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jan. i— William Winslow, Thorold, County of Welland, and Amelia White, Grantham;

witnesses: G. S. Yokome, M. A. McMahon; by Henry Holland.
Jan. 15 -John Johnson, Port Dalhousie, and Caroline Ostrom, St. Catharines; witnesses:.

Thomas O'Donnell, Annie Reid; by Henry Holland.

Jan. i7-Thomas Porter and Augusta Kimball, both of Town of St. Catharines, County of
Lincoln, Province of Canada;: witnesses;- J. V. Lepper, C,-C. Riggins, Jane Kim-
ball; by Henry Holland.
Mar. 15— Alfred N. Tenbroeck and Eliza Emmett.both of Township of Grantham; witnesses;

William H, Emmett, Mary M. Secord; by Henry Holland,.
May 7— Charles Newman, Town of Windsor, and Harriet Mills, Town of St. Catharines;

witnesses: Elisabeth Mills, James Mills, Elisabeth Mills; by Joseph Dinzey.
May 25— James Ward and Jane McKenney,. both of City of Toronto; witnesses: George-

Davies, Alexander McGlashan, Sarah McKenney; by Joseph Dinzey.
Aug. 18— Robert Partington and Hannah Bailey, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Thomas

Hackett, Eliza Hackett; by Rev. John Francis..
Sept. 3— John Howe Pullman, Town of Niagara and Elisabeth Florence Secord, Grantham;.

witnesses: Samuel Secord, Mary Waiters; by Joseph Dinzey.

Sept. 17— Rev. Abram Nelles, widower, County of Brant, and Sarah A. Macklem, Village of
Chippawa; witnesses: William Harvey, M. L. Harvey; by Rev. E. R. Stinson,
Incumbent St. John's Church, Louth.

Nov. 14— Joseph Graham and Elizabeth Montgomery, both of Town of St. Catharines,
County of Lincoln, Province of Canada; witnesses: Frederick Vine, Samuel
Montgomery Esther Emma Montgomery, Isabella Montgomery; by John
Francis.

Dec. 7— Henry Samuel Witty, Town of Brantford, and Caroline Black, St. Catharines;
witnesses: Eleazer King, Fanny Witty; by Henry Holland,

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Jan. 16— Lawrence1 Pol'a-rd of this town and Margaret Stonehonse of the same place; wit
nesses: Calvin C. Cosby, Nancy Ann Smith; by John Francis.

June ii— James Bradley, Township of Grantham, and Elisabeth Mills, Town of St. Cathar
ines; witnesses: William Bradley, Catharine Hurley; by Henry Holland.

June 24 -William Bradley, Township of Grantham, and Jane Anne Clogg, Town of St.
Catharines; witnesses: John Bradley, Mary Clogg; by Henry Holland.

(iily 19— James McPherson Reeve and Johannah Martha Woodhouse, both of City of To
ronto; witness: Augustus Jukes; by Henry Holland.

Aug. 6— John Kei'r Gordon and Mary Jemima Burgess, both of Town of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: E. R. Coleman-. J. K. Black; by John Francis.

Sept. 24— William Hindson, Township of Grantham, and Agnes Lambert, same Township;
witnesses: William H. Tuffbrd, Alice Eliza Hindson; by Henry Holland.

Oct. 3 -Charles William Paterson, City of Toronto, and Mary Benson, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: J. A. Paterson, Sarah C. Benson; by Thomas T. Robarts.

Oct. (j— Hugh L. Cole and Susan Tarleton, both of Mobile, U. S. A.; witnesses: E, P. Dar-
/.an, J. A. Early, Ellen Tarleton; by Henry Holland.

Nov. 5 — Charles Hemphill and Ann Augusta Harris, both of Town of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: William Francis Young, Jane Stover, John Wright; by John Francis.
Nov. 20— John Morier Turnbull, widower, and Salina Jane Birnie, widow, both of St. Catha

rines; witnesses: Alexander Dorrington, Margaret Ann Stovin; John Francis.
Nov. 26 — Arthur Grantham, widower, City of Toronto, and Malinda Ansley, St. Catharines;

witnesses: J. H. Ansley, William P. Atkinson, Bertha Shanklin, H. Isabella

Atkinson; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 28— Newell Bate, City of Ottawa, and Elisabeth Taylor, St. Catharines; witnesses:

C. E. Hamilton, Ross Bryson, Thomas Burns, J. B. Benson; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 28 -J. Ambrose Goodman and Helen Taylor, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: C. E.

Hamilton, Ross Bryson, J. B. Benson, Thomas Burns; by Henry Holland.
Dec. ii — Joseph Irwin and Mary Jane Williams, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Calvin

Cook Cosby, Nancy Ann Smitt; by John Francis.

isee.

Mar. jo— Harry Murton, Town of Guelph, and Marian Atkinson, St. Catharines; witnesses:

Charles P. Hill, Curtis Murton, Maria Kingston, Emma Towers; by Henry Hol

land.
May 8— Cornelius John Clifford, Port Dalhousie, and Charlotte Malonia Wheeler, St.

Catharines; witnesses: Sarah Wheeler, John Hood; by Henry Holland.
June 10— James A. De Potie, Village of Georgetown, County of Halton, and Maria Brown-

lee, Township of Grantham; witnesses: John Robertson, Lucinda De Potie,

Andrew Secord; by Henry Holland.
Aug. 26— James Lucas and Vitellah Preston, both of St. Catharines; witnesses Thomas

Morgan, Lucretia Preston, Deborah Jones, by Henry Holland.
Oct. 12 — William Fisher and Ann Jane Aikens, both of Township of Grantham; witnesses:

W. B. Carey, Andrew Aikens, Margaret Strong; by Henry Holland,
Oct. 13 — George Beverley Reynolds and Elisabeth Scotter, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Jennie Stovin, Jane Hollingworth, Mary J. Madden; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 10 — John Anderson and Hannah Saunders, widow, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

William Brant, Elisabeth Reynolds; by Alex. Dixon.
Dec. 26— Charles Edward Laumann, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Sarah Louisa Bowen, St. Catha

rines; witnesses: Henry Morison, Emma Towers, Jane C. Timmonds, William

Geddes Stark; by Henry Holland.

Jan. 4 — John Thomas Winslow, Township of Grantham, and Frances Josephine Hall,

Cincinnati, Ohio; witnesses: Albert Chatfield, Sarah Ann Winslow, W. Chat-

field, Mrs. A. Chatfield, by Henry Holland.
Jan. 13 — Henry Higgins, Village of Allanburgh, and Ann Jane Smith, Centreville; witnesses:

George Burley, Margaret Gillan, Casper Brader, Alice Bradley; by Henry Hol

land.
Feb. 2 — William Spence and Grace Burgess, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James

Burgess, Ann Burgess, Warren Spence, Robert Spence; by Henry Holland.
Mar. 4— Alexander Brown, City of Toronto, and Catharine Reeves, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Wm. Kinniger, Mary Reeves, C. C. Nelson; by Henry Holland.

Aug. 24— David Thomas Duncombe, Simcoe, County of Norfolk, and Ernily Rebecca Cam
eron Powell, St. Catharines; witnesses: C. W. Reilly, Florence Powell, John
Powell and others; by Henry Holland.

Aug. 24— George James Douglas, St. Catharines, and Mary Jane Ford, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Win. C. Boyer, D. Boyer; by Henry Holland.

Sept. 8— Simeon Edwin Perkiss and Julia T. Spink, both of Hamilton; witnesses: P. L
Scriven, M. A. Scriven; by Rev. J. McLean Ballard.

Nov. 28— James Gordon, Township of Niagara, and Emily Brooker, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Edward Charles Brooker, Matilda Webb, George Gander; by J. McLean
Ballard.

Dec. 14— William Hayden, City of London, Ont., and Eliza Ann Boyle, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: J. McLean Ballard, James Boyle, William Boyle, Miss Jane Fowler.
R. H. Smith, Jane Stover; by Henry Holland.

Dec. 28.— Henry Purser and Fanny Litle, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: W. Purser,
Margaret Litle, Mrs. McCallum; by J. McLean Ballard.

Dec. 29- Simpson H. Graydon, City of London, Ont., and Margaret Pierce, St. Catharines;
witnesses: G. William Pierce, Alicia Pierce, William Foote, Mary Graydon; by
Henry Holland.

Dfcc. Jo— George Turner, Thorold, and Amelia Jane Greengrass, St. Catharines; witnesses:
Jennie E. Henning, Samuel Montgomery, Sarah Jane Greengrass, James Mouu-
deskey; by Henry Holland.

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Jan. 31— Francis Oriel and Ellen Dee, both residing at Rochester, New York State; wit
nesses; R. Woodruff, Eleonora Holland, Mary L. Holland; by Henry Holland.

Feb. 9— James John Harvey and Elizabeth Mary Harvey, both residing at St. Catharines;
witnesses: A . W. Harvey, Thomas P. Harvey, John C. Woodruff, Rhoda M,
Forbes; by Henry Holland.

Mar. 22— Henry Hare and Anna Mills, both residing at St. Catharines; witnesses: James
Collier, Mary McGinnis, Elisabeth Bralb; by J. McLean Ballard,

April 5— James Gander, St. Catharines, and Adelaide Parnall, Grantham; witnesses: Wm,
Parnall, Jane Parnall, William A. Parnall; by Henry Holland.

April 28— Barnabas Albert Haynes, Grantham. and Sarah Jessie Greengrass, St. Catharines;
witnesses: Alexander Dittrick, Jennie E. Henning, George Turner, M. Green-
grass; by Henry Holland.

May 9 -Neil Christiansen and Mary Ann Phenix, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James
Meadows, Maria Meadows; by Henry Holland.

IIIIH 2— Daniel Robert Wilkie and Sarah Caroline Benson, both of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: James Johnson, jr., Mr. Allan Cassels, Susan Benson, R. C. Miller, Helen
Benson, Calvin Brown, Edith Atkinson. Blanche Ingersoll; by Henry Holland.

June 13 — \Villiam Walker and Lavinia Dougherty, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Charles
Farrell, David Cooper; by Henry Holland.

July 7 — John Henderson, Wainfleet, and Margaret Johnston, Wellanport; witnesses: Ed.
Henderson, J. W. Johnston, Agnes Jane Makeigue, Susan Elisabeth Makeigue,
by Henry Holland.

I uly 18 — Robert Charles Guerin and Agnes Carter, both of Clifton^ witnesses: Wm. M. Paul,
L. K. Binkley, C. E. Davis, R. M. Carter. Sarah Guerin, R. F. Carter, B. A.
Haynrs; by Henry Holland.

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July 19— James Hepburn Burns, St. Louis, U. S. A., and Edith Stovin, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: John E. Kennedy, Julia K. Stovin, Thomas Clark, Alice Stovin; by-
Thomas T. Robarts.

July 27— Thomas Clarke, Woodstock, and Fannie Williams, St. Catharines; witnesses:

James Williams, Jane L. Wright, Clara Wright; by J. McLean Ballard.
July 27— Walden E. Clarke and Fanny Hack, both of Woodstock; witnesses: Wm. H. Hack,

Clara Wright, Jane L. Wright; by J. McLean Ballard.
Aug. 4— Edward William Putland and Maria Louisa Calcott, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: James J. Wilson, Amelia Calcott, Ann Eliza Calcott; by J. McLean

Ballard.
Sept. 29— Calvin Brown and Alicia Helen Benson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Albert G.

Brown, Thomas R. Merritt, Emily R. Merritt, Bella Dixon; by Thomas T.

Robarts.

Nov. i— Beverley Riley, Pattsburgh, U. S., and Eliza Ann Young, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Robert C. Young, Caroline F. Lee; by J. McLean Ballard.
Nov. 23— John Bullivant, Grantham, and Letticia Ann Milton, St. Catharines; witnesses:

S. D, Woodruff, F. Bullivant, Henry Carlisle, Annie Leslie; by Henry Holland.
Dec. i-Henry Powell Page and Emma Hodgson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Sarah

O'Hara, Emily Brooks; by Henry Holland.
Dec. 13— Frederick Pickering and Henrietta Dorothen Wolff, both of St, Catharines; wit

nesses: George Gander, Eleonora Holland; by Henry Holland.

Feb. 8— Thomas Clark and Margaret Sarah Tinline, both of Port Dalhousie; witnesses:

Wm, Powell, Annie Reid; by J. McLean Ballard,
July 5— Charles Colthurst and Elisabeth Jane Mclntyre, both of Hamilton; witnesses:

Mary Letitia Holland, George Gander; by Henry Holland.
July ao-John Edward Caroll and Margery Harris, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Sarah

Hall; James Brownlee, James Harris; by Rev. A. L. Shaw, Missionary, Grantham.
Aug. i— James Noble and Mary Ellen Stanton, both of Port Dalhousie; witnesses: Thomas

Woodall, Deloss May; by Henry Holland.
Aug. 10— John Swanson and Emma Fletcher, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Samuel

Fletcher, Priscilla Fletcher, Agnes Leeper; by J. McLean Ballard.
Aug. 24— John Thomas Lee, Georgetown, D. C., and Mallie McGuinn, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Samuel M. Mason, Alex, Moore, Catharine Moore, Mary Talbott; by

Henry Holland.

Sept. 20— Patrick Steep, Thorold, and Frances Urlockei, Grantham; witnesses: Michael
Urlocker, Louisa Urlocker, Sarah Steep, John P. Boucock; by J. McLean
Ballard.

Oct. 18— Thomas James Prior, Merritton, and Sarah Ann Winslow, Merritton; witnesses:

George Paton, Florence E. Knight, Win. Winslow, Mrs. Wm. Winslow; by-

Henry Holland.
Nov. 7— Thomas Brigham Bentley, B. M., Sutton, Co. York, and Catherine McKenzie

Anderson, Co. York; witnesses: Charles Norton, Mrs. M. J. Norton; by Henry-

Holland.

Dec ry— Theodore Thompson, St. Catharines, and Harriet Groves, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: T. P. Thompson, George Groves; by Henry Holland.

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M;ir. 3— John Bradley, Merritton, and Semanthe Bessey, Merritton; witnesses: John

Foley,, Jonathan Jackson; by Henry Holland.
June ii — James A. Gage, Township of Barton, and Harriet Amelia Lottridge, Township of

Saltfleet; witnesses: P. R. Gage, H. J. Gage; by Henry Holland.
13— Adelbert Clark Tuttle, of St. Catharines, and Margaret Eleanor S. Carlisle, of St.

Catharines; witnesses. Wm. Dougan, M. D., Annie Carlisle, Albert G. Brown.

Fannie Keating, George C. Carlisle; by Henry Holland,
nly 3 — Wallace Tufts, Township of Crowland, and Maria Hanna, Township of Crowland;

witnesses: Wm. Hanna, Sarah Tufts; by Henry Holland.
July 10 — John Hastings, Hamilton, P. C., and Jane Mulholland, Port Robinson; witnesses:

Reginald H. Starr, C. A. Graft; by Henry Holland.
July 25 — George Albert Thomas and Elizabeth Watson, both of Port Robinson; witnesses:

John H. Watson, Elizabeth H. Murray; by Henry Holland.
Oct. 23— John Boyle, Carbondale, Pa., U. S. A., and Jane Boyle, St. Catharines; witnesses:

William Huston, Mary Boyle; by Henry Holland.
Oct. 23— George Everett Cooper and Julia Ann Smith, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Robert McNicol, Sarah McLean, William Young, Georgie Smith; by Henry

Holland.
Oc'. 30— Dexter D'E. Potter, Fonthill, and Anne Bullivant, St. Catharines; witnesses: J. S.

Buchner, Martha Bullivant, Thomas Bullivant, Laliah Potter, John Bullivant, J.

McLean Ballard; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 5— John Jeeves and Augusta Ray, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: George Jeeves,

Lizzie MacKinder;,by Henry Holland.
Nov. 12 — Philip H. Grobb and Alice M. Dittrick,both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Chancey

Dittrick, H. J. Hainer, Alex Dittrick; by Henry Holland.

Dec. 4 — George Ben. Brooks and Theresa Helena Henshaw, both of Grantham; wit
nesses: Thos. R. Merrltt, Stephen R. Boyle, Elizabeth Landor, Annie M. Benson;

by John McLean Ballard.
Dec. ii— John Akir.s and Sarah Haynes, both of the Township of Wainfleet; witnesses: John

Simpson, Jeannette Ballard and another; by John McLean Ballard.
Dec. 24 — James Brewer andGeraldine Elizabeth Wheeler, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Augusta Wheeler, Jane L. Quirt, Robt. Wheeler and another; by John McLean

Ballard.

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Jan. 29 — Phileskey Edwin Stanley of London, Ont., and Ellen Peterson, of St. Catharines;

witnesses: \"S. W. Fitzgerald, Katie Peterson, Alex. Munro, Maggie Stanley; by

Henry Holland.
Feb. ii — John Goodliffe, Byron, N. Y., and Margaret Clambert, St. Catharines; witnesses:

W. H. Hooke, Florence Knight, Hannah Chatfield, W. Clambert; by John

McLean Ballard.

April 1 6 - James Raymond Clark and Caroline Bertha Tucker, both of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: F. J. Helliwell, S. K. Clarke, L. D. Raymond, E. A. Clarke; by Henry

Holland.
April 16— Saml. Gilbert Crow and Elizabeth Keating, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: W.

H. Brownlee, Edward Ellis; by Henry Holland.

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23— Henry Brown, Merritton, and Emma Burridge, St. Catharines; witnesses: John
Etheridge, Mary Williams; by Henry Holland.

ii— William Wellington Taylor and Mary Moors, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:
Win. Walkinshaw, Lucy A. A. Smith; by Henry Holland.

28— Henry Charles Hevvard and Anne Elizabeth Saunders, both of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Thos. H. McCoomb, Martha M. Phipps; by Henry Holland.

30-Thos Chas. Dorrington, widower, Port Robinson, and Margaret Jane Hanna
Foley, widow, Welland; witnesses: P. H. Morin, Emeline Hannah- by Rev
William Short.

7— William Dougan and Ann Helena Carlisle, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Geo.

C. Carlisle, A. M. Spencer; Alex. McLaren, Henrietta D. Carlisle, Thomas T.

Robarts, Ann E. Stinson, Thos. Clark, S. Dougan; by Henry Holland.
14— Benjamin Harriman and Ann J. Gibson, both of Chippawa; witnesses: John E.

Whalley, Susanna Gibson; by Henry Holland,
ii— Patrick C. Conley, Mobile, Ala., U. S. A., and Mary E. Carnes, Memphis, Tenn.;

witnesses: Saml. Tate, H. K. Averell, Thos. D. Radcliffe, Lizzie T. Tait, Lizzie

T. Radcliffe; by Thomas T. Robarts.
23— Frank Warren, Brooklin, Township ofWhitby, and Henrietta Elizabeth Burns;

St. Catharines; witnesses: John W. Burnham, Bella A. Burns, Fred. J. Helliwell,'

J. White, jr., Annie Taylor, Hugh Eccles, Mary Maxwell, Louisa L. Chisholm';

by Henry Holland.

19— Edmund F. Cowan, Princeton, Ont., and Isabella Hill, St. Catharines; witnesses:
E. W. Cowan. Charles Popham Hill, A. M. Hill, Mary D. Moore- by Henry
Holland.

ii -Saml. H. Wallis, Montreal, P. Q., and Anne Susan Leslie, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: L. W. Benjamin, Amy Woodruff, John P. Leslie, S. D. Woodruff; by
Henry Holland.

23— Benjamin Ferguson, Township of Collingwood, and Margaret Braden, Township
of Humberstone; witnesses: Edith H. Holmes, C. B. Ogden; by Henry Holland.

30— George S. Holmested, Toronto; and Edith Maria Atkinson, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Beverley Jones, Bella Atkinson, J. H. Ansley, Win. P. Atkinson, Robert
Shanklin, Thomas T. Robarts; by J. J. Bogert.

Mar. 1 1 -Douglas Smith and Maria Alice Welch, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: David
Smith, Camilla V. Watson; by Henty Holland.

July 13 -Edward Richard John Russel and Matilda Eliza Chapman, both of Merritton; wit
nesses: H. Brown, Emma Brown; by A. W. Macnab.

July 16— Arthur Holingsworth Hollaad, Montreal, and Alicia Peirce, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: G. W. Peirce, W. D. Peirce, Martha Holland, Elenora Holland, H. M.
Giles; by Henry Holland.

Aug. 22— John Saunders, St. Catharines, and Louisa Dodwell, London, Ont.; witnesses:
.Francis W. Kirkpatrick, George Gander; by A. W. Macnab.

Aug. 27 James Williams and Martha Amelia Nath, both of Port Dalhousie; witnesses: John
E. Read, E. J. Powell; by A. W. Macnab.

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Sept. 7— David Nottage and Susan Hayden, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: William H.

Dunn, Walter H. Silvester; by A. W. Macnab.
Sept. 23— Johnson Clench and Eliza Izard, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: D. W. Bixbys

G. W. Clench; by A. W. Macnab.
Sept. 29— William Dunmer Powell and Octavia Smith, both of St. Catharines; witnesses;

Thos. Clark, Emily F. Smith, Frances Smith, Alex. W. Macnab; by Henry
. Holland.
Oct. 13 — Joseph Harnish and Caroline Knoll, both of Humberstone; witnesses: C. J. Hol

land, Mary L. Macrae; by Henry Holland,
Oct. 27— Isaac Johnson and Mary Scott, both of Port Dalhousie; witnesses: George Hous

ton, Jemima MeDougal; by Henry Holland.
Oct. 28 — George Jeeves and Julia Woodruff, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Rossanna

Woodruff, Fredrick Bridges; by A. McNab.
Oct. 28— Josiah Bradish, Fair Plains, Mich., and Mary Ann Nelson, St Catharines; wit

nesses: M. G. Bates, Ann M. Frankland, Arthur Aikine, G. T. Frankland, Amalia

D. Aikine, Henry R. Frankland; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 16— Charles Hy. Walkerly and Elizabeth Crosby, both of Port Dalhousie; witnesses-

Fred. Wood, Amanda Runchey; by Henry Holland.
Dec. 3 — Matthew Henry Little, Hamilton, and Mary Ann Meadows, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Henry J. Todd, Ida Locke; by Henry Holland.
Dec. 15— Fredrick Potts and Charlotte Rebecca Lawrence, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Robert J. Black, Susan Lawrence, J. E. Lawrence; by A. W. Macnab.
Dec. 21— Richard Birbeck, Thorold, .and Florence Elizabeth Knight, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: Geo. Clark, J. Batten, Miss Little, Miss Davy, Miss Dorr, Miss Chant-

bers, Matthew Booth, A. Little; by Henry Holland.
Dec. 22 — Nelson Alex. Morley, Thorold, and Ann Eliza Calcott, St. Catharines; witnesses:

James Lemon, Amelia Calcott, James Calcott; by Henry Holland.

April 10 — Archibald Crawford and Mary Ann Pay, both of Grantham; witnesses: Edward

Pay, Mary Jane Gates; by Henry Holland.
May 3 — Francis David Hillson, London, Ont., and Charlotte Elizabeth Clement, Niagara;

witnesses: Calvin Wesley Anderson, Elisabeth Hillson; by Henry Holland.
May 9 — Joseph Miller and Mary Elisabeth Cowell, both of Grantham; witnesses: E. Cowell,

Eliza Ann Cockle; by Henry Holland.
May 22 — John William Marling, Halifax, N. S., and Emma Sophia Bingham Birchall, St,

Catharines; Witnesses: J. W. Henry, J. W. Birchall, Frank King, A. P. Birchall;

by Henry Holland.
May 27 — James F. Lowe and Kate Southcott,*both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Win. H.

Lowe, Frances Pennington, John T. Sonthcott, Matilda Lowe; by Henry Hol--

land,
June 12 — Alfred Cornelius Ellis, Toronto, and Philomena Gordon, St. Catharines; witnesses;

Domnick Gordon, Ellen Murphy; by Henry Holland.
June 17 — Llewellyn Henry T. Robertson, Toronto, and Annie Flora Taylor, St. Catharines;

witnesses: W. B. Crombie, Agnes Taylor, Henry J. Taylor, Elisabftth Eleanor

Beaty, Louisa L. Chisholm, John Wm. Molson, Maggie L. Bate, H. Cecil Givins-,

by Henry Holland.

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July 12— Luther Orrfen Upper and Delphine Pennyman, both of Merrittcn; witnesses: Jared

James Upper, Julia Pennyman; by Henry Holland.

Aug. 4— George William Henry, Thorold, and Annie Payne Birchall, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: T. W. Fisher, J. Gamble Geddis, L. Bolton, F. L. Hooper, John t».

Evans, C. H. Evans, Frank King, T. Shivers Birchall, Alex. W. Macnab; by

Henry Holland.
Sept. 23— Joseph Thurston See an Mary Jane Ette, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Harry

See, Eliza Ette, John W. Coy; by A. W. Macnab.
Oct. 12— Frank Hill and Levadne Eleanor Johnston, both of Louth; witnesses: Mary

Gregory, Andrew Gregory, A. A. Hill, Annie M. Hill; by Henry Holland
Oct. 27 -James John Higman and Alice Kitson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Emma

Thuresson, Thos. C. Kittson, Laughlin Leitch; by Henry Holland.
Nov. I7_Fredk. Av Goring, Township of Niagara, and Celia Stull, Township of Granthanv;

Witnesses: Win. Sword, Augusta Sword; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 27— Jacob Guinter, Pelham, Anna Scallen, Fonthill; witnesses: Isaiah S. Hansler,

Charlotte Scallen, Thomas Bate Tucker; by Henry Holland,
jjec. 3i—Joseph Lindner and Emma Jane Sharp, both of S.t. Catharines; witnesses: Jacob

Butler Pickard, Annie Maria Pickard; by Henry Holland.

Jan. 5-Rienzi Athel Main waring, St. George, Co. Brant, and Amelia Maria Date, St.

Catharines; witnesses: George H. Bull, Florence Mainwaring, H. H. Date, Henry

Holland, B. A.; by Rev. A. R. Stinson, M. A.
Ma> 8— Hnry Bowness and Anna Dowling, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Charles

Seymour, Annie Brodie; by Alex. W. Macnab.
July 15— John Cunningham and Margaret Spalding both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Thomas Dover, Agnes Vigar; by Henry Holland.
Aug. 5— James Peter Patterson and Maria Penton, both of Port Dalhousie; witnesses: Criaf-

les T. Winter, Mary Shaley, Nina Holland; by Henry Holland.
Sept. 7— Charles Steele and Charlotte Hood, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Norman

McLeod, Hugh Craig, Mary Slingerland; by Rfev. H. F. Holmes.
Sept. 20— John Edward Whally and Mary Hearn, both of Welland; witnesses: James Muii

Harriet Hearn; by H. F. Holmes.
Oct. 4— Lucius Heward Maughan Helliwell and Louisa Clementina Neelon, both of St.

Catharines; witnesses: R. A. Helliwell, Margaret Woodruff, J. Bevans Giles,

Hamilton Kane; by Henry Holland. .

Oct. ^ William Townley Benson and Augusta Jane Neelon, both of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Wm. T. Nichols, Minnie Benson, J. B. Giles, Hamilton Kane; by Henry

Holland.
Nov. 6— John Hemphill and Margaret Murphy, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Charles

Whitten, Agnes Hall; by Henry Holland.
I3ec 24_Richard Pew and Hannah Rymer, both of Village of Allanburg; witnesses: Thoma-

Rymer, George Gander; by H. F. Holmes.
Dec. 27— Joseph Lawrence and Ellen Fuller, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Jonathan

Fuller, Fanny Powers; by Henry Holland,

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Jan. 15 — Charles Hunter and Emily J. Lavvder, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Annis
Thomson, Henry Lawder; by Rev. Arthur Brutthie, Incumbent, Georgetown.

Feb. 13 -Charles Win. Nash, Town of Dundas, and Harriet Burns Campbell, Town of
Niagara; witnesses: Thomas Burns, Elenor S. Campbell, F. B. Burns- by Henry
Holland.

Mar. ' 6— Isaac Atkin and Ellen Ann Dennis, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: James W.

Grant, Clara Dennis; by Henry Holland.
Mar. 14— Win. Fredk. Green, City of London, Ont., and Elisabeth H. Holmes, City of St.

Catharines; witnesses: J. A. Holmes, Robert Wallace, Chas. E. Holmes; by

Henry Holland.

Sept. 5 — Richard Cowell and Ellen Dunnigan, both of Grantham; witnesses: Joseph Miller.
May Miller; by H. F. Holmes.

Sept. 12— Wm. Fredk. Walker, City of Hamilton, and Sarah Amanda Holmes, City of St.

Catharines; witnesses. F. R. Despard, A. Walker; by H. F. Holmes.
Sept. i3-James Walton Jackson, widower, St. Catharines, and Julia Hayes, Rochester, N.Y.

witnesses: Danniel Lee, Fannie Driscoll; by J. McLean Ballard.
Sept. 18 -George Mercer, City of Hamilton, and Angelina F. Irvine, Grantham; witnesses:

R. D. Irvine, Esther Irvine; by H. F. Holmes.
Nov. 7— Paul H. Marshall and Susan A. Jukes, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: R. A.

Helliwell, C. A. Jukes; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 21— James Hostetter and Ellen Dorrington, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Joseph

Smith, Mary A. Dorrington; by Henry Holland.

Feb. 27— George Wm. Tallman, Town of Clifton, and Eva B. Warren, Jordan, N. Y.; wit

nesses: H. Forrister Holmes, Sarah E. Holland; by Henry Holland.
June 5- -Win. Geo. Nichols and Jessie Eliza Ranney, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Joseph Woodruff, Stephen Heward; by Henry Holland.
Aug. i— Robert Ross and Mary Ann Grisdale, both of Port Rowan; witnesses: Gideon

Grisdale, Wm. Grisdale, Mary Lattimore; by Henry Holland.
Sept. 23 — John Carlton and Jane Graham, both of City of Kingston; witnesses: Sarah E.

Holland, Arthur Holland; by Henry Holland.
Oct. 23— Thomas Howell Clapham, Town of Keightly, Yorkshire, England, and Catharine

Elenor Greenwood, St. Catharines; witnesses: George C. Carlisle, Louisa V.

Greenwood; by Henry Holland.
Oct. 26— Benj. Mitchell Makepeace, Baltimore, U. S. A., and Phronie Lewis, St. Catharines;

witnesses: John W. Lewis, Thomas W. Lewis, Georgie M. Lewis, Hattie Lewis;

by Henry Holland.

April 2 -Theodore Secord and Elizabeth C. Lefraugh, both of Township of Grantham; wit
nesses: E. J. Robinson, Jennie Secord, Francis D. Solyner, Emma E. Secord; by
Henry Holland.

June 6 -Walter Charles Hooker and Ella Sherman, both of Town of Angelica, N. Y.; wit
nesses: Caroline Ogden, Z. Ogden; by Rev. J. B. Mead.

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July 5 — William Scott and Mary Ann M.Thompson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Jane

Hollingsworth, Mary Ann Bothrell; by Jas. B. Mead.
July 21 — John Doig and Jane House, both of Port Dalhousie; witnesses: John Bowman

Josephine Perry; by Jas. B. Mead.
Sept. i— Chas. Fredk. Peters and Emma Kay Woodruff, both of Town of St. Davids: wit

nesses: Sylvester J. Woodruff, Maggie L. Woodruff; by Jas. B. Mead.
Sept. 8 — Samuel F. Cowin and Louisa Pearce, both of Grantham; witnesses: C. J. Holland,

L. M. Holland; by Henry Holland.
Sept. 9 — Joseph Shaw, Drummondville, and Christina Green, Chippawa; witnesses: F. H.T.

Walton, Margaret Purvis; by Henry Holland.
Oct. 15— John Wm. Bowman and Josephine Perry, both of Port Dalhousie; witnesses: Saml.

Perry, Louisa Perry; by Jas. B. Mead.
Nov. 1 8— Frank W. Morse, New York, U. S. A., and Frances Millard, Port Dalhousie; wit

nesses: Libby Millard, Sue M. Nixon; by Jas B. Mead.

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June 2 — Richard Glassbrook, Town of Niagaca, and Eliza Russell, Township of Niagara;

witnesses: Thomas Kelley, Mary Kelley; by Henry Holland.
July 5— Wm. Wilson, City of Rochester, N. Y., and Priscilla Fletcher, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: D. W.lson, L. Fletcher, Wm. H. Fletcher; by Henry Holland.
Oct. 21— Saml. Cocker, widower, and Mary Catharine Bruce, both of St. Catharines; wit

ness: Garland W. Clench; by Jas. B. Mead.
Dec. 22— Robert Gregory Cox and Susan S. Kelty, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: E. W.

Kelty, Geo. A. Mackenzie; by Henry Holland.

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Feb. 8 - Charles Young and Ellen Young, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: F. J. Wilson,

Mary A. Drake; by Henry Holland.
April 28— John Eliot Woodbridge, Youngstown, Ohio, U. S. A., and Carrie Camp Price, St.

Catharines; witnesses: Isabel Price, Jas. D. Tait; by Henry Holland.
June 10— George Sommerville and Elizabeth McCort, both of Willoughby Township; wit

nesses: Sarah E. Haskell, L. M. H. Holland; by Henry Holland.
Dec. 7— Saml. Cumpson, Town of Niagara, and Mary Ann Thompson, Youngstown, N. Y.;

witnesses: R. T. Moore, Curate, Eleanora Holland; by Henry Holland.

June 12— Clarence Jas. McCuaig, Toronto, and Emma Margt. Rykert, St. Catharines; wit

nesses: J. C. Rykert, Annie Rykert, Colin A. McCuaig; by Heny Holland.
Aug. 31— Charles Sydney Wm. Long, Village of Parkdale, and Clarissa Rosena Kimpton,

Toronto; witnesses: J. H. Londry, F. Burns; by Henry Holland.
Sept. 7— Charles Hunter Engel, City of Philadelphia, U. S. A., and Anna Mary Hippie,

Hamburg, Pa., U. S. A.; witnesses: Lucy Holland, Louisa Mortimer; by Rev.

Robt. Moore.
Oct. 25 — Evans Davis, City of London, and Louisa Victoria Greenwood, St. Catharines;

witnesses: G. P. Jones, H. Lizzie Greenwood; by Dr. Hellmuth, Bishop of

Huron.

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Oct. 31— George Mortimer Neelon and Mary Alberta Arnold, both of St. Catharines; vvit-

. nesses: C. M. Arnold, L. C. Hellivvell; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 10 — Thomas Purcell and Bella Stone, both of St. Catharines; witnesses; Wm. Barrett,

James Reynolds, Annie Stoue; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 16 - Daniel Webster Bixby and Caroline Bloodgood Clench, both of St. Catharines;

witnesses: G. Whistler Clench, Charles Bixby; by Henry Holland.

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Jan. 10 — Rev. Robert James Moore and Lucy Martha Holland, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: W. N. Drennan, Nina Holland, John T. Haskell; by Henry Holland.
April ii — James L. Campbell, Town of Simcoe, and Mary Louisa Taylor, St. Catharines;

witnesses: J. Amos Dean, Frances Cole, Agnes Taylor; by Henry Holland.
July 17 — James Colly and Elizabeth Trueman, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Robert J.

Moore, Robert B. Holland; by Henry Holland.
Aug. 15 — Henry H. Carlise, and Anabella Chishohn Goodman, both of St. Catharines; wit

nesses: John S. Carlisle, Daisy Land; by Robt. J Moore.
No date — Francis Cole, Town of Tilsonburg, and Agnes Thornton Taylor, City of St. Cath

arines; witnesses: J. H. Patterson, Elfa McGivern; by Rev. P. Owen Jones, M.D.
Oct. 1 1— Davis Robert Lyons and Mary Margaret Motley, both of St. Catharines; witness:

George Gander; by Robt. J. Moore.
Oct. 19— T,homas Taylor, widower, and Margt. Moore, widow, both of Township of Niagara;

witnesses; R. Glassbrook, Eliza Glassbrook; by Robt. J. Moore.
Dec. 27 — Frank Carl, Township of Niagara, and Maggie Warner, Gra'ntham; witnesses: R.

B. Holland, Chas. Cole; by R. J. Moore.

April 23 — Wm. Hopgood and Eliza Butler, both of St. Ca'tharines; witnesses: W. Orr, Flora

Mclntosh; by R. J. Moore.
July 12— Edwifi Charles Healy and Blanche Meredith, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: G.-

E, B. Bate, Robert B. Holland; by R. J. Moore.
July 21— George Wm. Kirnpton, City of Buffalo, N. Y., and Emma Ruddle, City of St. Cath

arines; witnesses: Albert E. Vetter, Orpha Glass; by R: L Moore.
Aug. 7— Edward Burns, widower, Elora, County Wellington, and Isabella Ann Burns, St.

Catharines; witnesses; Arthur Burns, Florence Burns, R. E. Burns; by R. J.

Moore.
Aug. 18— Joseph H. Begley and Catherine M. Crawford, both of the City of Hamilton, Conn

ty Wentworth; witnesses: Sarah C. Kingdon, Eleanor King; by R. J. Moore.
Sept. 2— Wm. Heatley, City of Brantford, and Emily Jane Saunders, City of St. Catharines:

witnesses: M. Ryan, A, Mathefs; by R. J. Moore.
Oct. 8 -Newell Bate, widower. City of Ottawa, and Clementina Holland, St. Catharines;

witnesses: Robt. J. Moore, Thos. Dickinson; by Henry Holland.
Nov. 19 — James Fitzgerald and Catherine Mary Fitzgerald, both of City of Hamilton.

witnesses: Jacob Smith, Maggie Smith; by R. J. Moore.
Deo. 31 — Sylvester Neelon and Louisa Latham Chishohn, both of St. Catharines; witnesses;

W. A. Ciiisholm, W. R. Chishohn; by HeYiry Hollatad.

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fan. 26— Wellington G. Ker and Jessie Bothrell, both of City of Detroit, Mich;; no witnesses:

by Robt. J. Moore.
Mar. 14 — William Thos. Ward and Harriet Laskey, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: J.

Lynch, Elizabeth Lynch; by Henry Holland.
Sept. 23 — Henry J. Rolls and Isabella Emma Tugman, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: J<

M. Crysler, M. A. Butler; by Rev. E. M. Bland.
Oct. i — Frank Morningstar, Warren, Pa., U. S. A., and Barbara Schurr, St. Catharines;

witnesses: Elias Morningstar, Annie Schurr; by E. M. Bland.

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Jan. 28 — William Ingram Price and Susie Craig Atkinson, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

J. G. Rioidoh, Philip J. Price, Annie Atkinson, Isabel Price; by E. M. Bland.
April 19— Wm. George Trapnell and Adelaide Josephine Hallett, both of Township of Gran-

thain; witnesses: Catherine Hallett, George Gander; by E. M. Bland.
June 17 — George Amine Robinson, City of Ottawa, and Elizabeth Warburton Kelty, City of

St. Catharines; witnesses: E. W. Robinson, Isabella Cassels; by E. M. Bland.
June 19 — David Muckle, City of Toronto, and Cynthea L. Kinnaird, Township of Waintlcrt :

witnesses: Maria A. Bland, M. A. A. Ellis; by E. M. Bland.
Oct. 28 — Theodore Joseph Wagner and Minnie Bernhart, both of Town of Gait, County

Waterloo; witnesses: Maria A. Bland, George Gander; by E. M. Bland.
Dec. i— Isaac Murray Wardell and Janet Ross, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: E. C»

Ross, W. H. Tinlin; by E. M. Bland.
Dec. 21 — William Beverly Clark, Port Dalhousie, and Adele Nina Groves, St. Catharines;

witnesses: John C. Eccles, Bella Groves, Bessie Clark; by E. M. Bland.

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Feb. 16— Charles W. Winslow, Dunnville, and Annie Sheehan, Grantham; witnesses: Maria

A. Bland, John Gough Brick; by E. M. Bland.
Feb. 22— David Gumming and Duretta Louisa Slbtts, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Alex. W. Macnab, Mafia A. Bland; by E. M. Bland.
April 28— Henry Albert Booth, Village of Jordan, and Mary Ann Hunt, Village of Bridgeport;

witnesses: .Stephen J. Hunt, Hattie E. Kreamer; by E. M. Bland.
Oct. 17 — George Martyn Bligh and Mary Caroline Ross both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

A. M. Macrea, Agnes Ross; by E-. M. Bland.
Nov. 15— Thomas Doland and Rebecca Wisner, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: John

Cox, Mary Conners; by E. M. Bland.
Dec. 23— Wm. Andrew Nixon and Eliza Morrison, both of Town of Welland; witnesses:

Harry L. Bland, Minnie Griffiths; by E. M. Bland.
Dec. 27— Johnson Clench, City of St. Catharines, and Margaret Bland, Village of Wanstead,

England; witnesses: G. Whistler Clench, Henry L. Bland, Louisa M. Beck,

Maria A. Bland; by E. M. Bland.

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.{unc it— John McBride and Endora E. A. Brownlee, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: H,
J. Johnston, Edith Brownlee; by E. M. Bland.

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Scut. 20— George A. C. Dunstan, City of Toronto, and Ida M. C. Palmer, St. Catharines'
witnesses: Sydney B. Sykes, Birdie Palmer, Dora W. Dunstan; by K. M. Bland.

Dec. 4— Charles Ed. Bradt and Mary Carroll Lardner, widow, both of St. Catharines*;
witnesses: F. A. Abell, L. Bradt; by E. M. Bland.

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May 23— Frank Delaney and Alice King, both of Town of Clifton; witnesses: Eleanor King,
Martha King; by E. M. Bland.

June 26 — James Hamilton Ingersoll and Florence Nightingale Fowler, both of St. Cath
arines; witnesses: John C. Eccles, Hattie Martin, Agnes Bate; by E. M. Bland.

July 16 — David Borland, City of Toronto, and Mary Ann E. Fletcher, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: R. Bloomer, S. Fletcher; by E. M. Bland.

Aug. 8— Henry J. Taylor and Agnes Henrietta Bate, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: W.
B. Crombie, Flora L. Bate; by E. M. Bland.

IS SO.

June 1 6 — James T. Mitchell and Maria Reilley, both of St. Catharines; witnesses; John
Riley, Sarah Riley; by Rev. Robt. Ker.

June ig — Francis John Gribble, Port Dalhousie, and Emily Jolliffe, St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Aggie Jolliffe, A. W. Gribble; by Robert Ker.

June 26 — Simcoe M. Daly, City of Woodstock, and Nellie Groves, St. Catharines; witnesses:
J. P. Willis, Maud Groves, Annie Daly; by Robert Ker.

July 15 — Edward Harvey Neelon and Minnie M, Harris, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:
Peter A. McCallum, Alice H. Dunbar; by Robert Ker.

July 1 6 — Herman Fredk. Hostetter, Township of Niagara, and Rose T. Bligh, St. Catharines;
witnesses: J. C. Hostetter, E. A. Bligh; by Robert Ker.

Dec. 30— Thomas A. Owen, St Catharines, and Eleanor Amanda Merrick, Village of Athens,
Out.; witnesses: Henry O'Loughlin, Gertrude O'Loughlin; by Rev. P.W. Smith.

Jan. 26— Wm. Robt. Townsend, Port Dalhousie, and Lizzie C. Manshreck, St. Catharines;

witnesses: Annie A. Elliotl, Lizzie S. Ker; by Robert Ker.
Feb. 5— George A. Hamilton and Helen A. Woodruff, both of St. Catharines; witnesses: Ida

Woodruff, Eloise Woodruff, C. W. Hamilton, Edward H. Woodruff; by Robert

Ker.
July 3 — Benjamin Brown, Merritton, and Mary Bews, Benton, N. Y.; witness: John Nes-

bitt; by Robert Ker.
AUL;. 22 — Francis Summers Pearce, St. Catharines, and Jennie Young, Merritton; witnesses:

Alice Young, L. S. Ker; by Robert Ker.
Nov. 7 — William A. Fenn, Queenston, and Ida MacLellan, Tonawanda, N. Y.; witnesses:

M. Walt, L. S. Ker; by. Robert Ker.

Feb. 10— Edward Albert Day and Matilda Elizabeth Cort, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Ella Nicholson, E. G. Switzer; by Robert Ker.
Feb. 29 -John McCormick and Annie Josephine Smith, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

Thomas McCormick, Katie McCormick; by Robert Ker.

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May 9 — John Alex. Newman, City of Buffalo, U. S. A., and Jennie Gilmore, St. Catharines;

witnesses: Wm. Henry Newman, Mary A. Gilmore, Isaac Gilmore, ''Mrs. Isaac

Gilmore; by Robert Ker.
June 20 — Wellington Graham Maybee and Esther Emma Montgomery, both of St. Catharines;

witnesses: Mabel T. Montgomery, Frank D. Burgar; by Robert Ker.

June 25 — Francis Edwin Lawrence and Cassie Eliza Clarke, both of St. Catharines; wit
nesses: Lottie Smith, R. J. Patterson; by Robert Ker.
July 12 — William Marwood Simpson, St. Catharines, and Janet Carlisle, widow, Suspension

Bridge, U. S. A.; witnesses: Thomas Slater, Lizzie Ker; by Robert Ker.
Aug. 4 — Thomas Wm. Rees and Ella May Slough, both of St. Catharines; witness: Lizzie

Ker; by Robert Ker.
Aug. 31 — Alex. Curtis Greenlaw and Mary Ann Gander, both of St. Catharines; witnesses:

James E. Ruddle, Lottie Ruddle; by Robert Ker.

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REV. DR. SCADDING'S PAPER-A VALUABLE HIS
TORICAL CONTRIBUTION.

Presentation to Archdeacon McMurray— Addresses by
Canon Bull, Rev. Dr. Langtry, Etc.

DECLARATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT .

The history of St. Mark's Church, Miagara-on-the-Lake, is in many
respects very closely interwoven with that of St. George's rhurcb, St. Cath
arines. Historically they have largely occupied common ground and both
have sprung from a common origin; this being so, it has been felt that the
present volume would be more or less incomplete without giving some
account of the Centennial Celebration of St. Mark's Church , which commenced
on Saturday morning, July gth, 1892, and terminated the following Monday,
July nth.

The service on Saturday, July gth, began as usual at n a. m., but for
some time previous the musical chimes in the tower rang out a merry greet
ing. The church has a handsome interior, and was decorated with flowers
and ferns about the chancel, reading desk and choir seats, with the figures
"1792-1892" in flowers on the handsome stained glass chancel window.

Among the interesting reminders of the antiquity of the edifice is a large
tablet inside the entrance to the memory of "the Rev. Robert Addison, first
missionary of this district, of the venerable Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in foreign parts. He commenced his labors in 1792, which, by the

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blessing of Divine Providence, he was enabled to continue for 37 years.
Besides his stated services as a minister of St. Mark's Church in this town, he
visited and officiated in different parts of this and the adjoining districts until
other missionaries arrived. He was born in Westmoreland, England, and
died October 6th, 1829, in the 75th year of his age."

Amongst other persons present in the congregation were noticed Mr. J.
P. Merritt and MissMerritt, Mrs. W. H. Collison, The Pines, Niagara; Mrs.
Robert Ker, St. Catharines; Mrs. Ingersoll and Miss Ingersoll, St. Catharines;
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Chippewa, a great granddaughter of the late Robert Addi-
son, the first Rector of the parish; Mr. James McMurrayand Mrs. McMurray,
Toronto; Mrs. Killaly, Judge Baxter and Mrs. Baxter, Thorold.

Eighteen clergymen were present at the morning service clad in their
official robes, and the various parts of the service were taken as follows: —
From the beginning to Apostles' Creed, Rev. Canon Houston, M. A.; first
lesson, Rev. James Ardill, I. Chronicles, xxix., to v. 21; second lesson, Rev.
Rural Dean Downie, Rector, Berlin, II. Peter, i ; from Apostles' Creed to
end of Third Collect, Rev. Canon Bull, M. A.; Ten Commandments, Yen.
Archdeacon Dixon; Epistle, Rev. Rural Dean Gribble; Gospel, Rev. E. J.
Fessenden, B. A

Rev. A. H. Baldwin, Toronto, gave a most interesting and instructive
review of the progress of church work during the hundred years just closing.
As a Canadian, Mr. Baldwin said he felt proud and honored in taking part
in such a celebration. The past years had seen deeds and works done for
Christ in the district of Niagara of which Canadians might well be proud.
The history of the establishment of the church at Niagara was full of stirring
and gallant deeds. The present generation could not realize the tremendous
odds that had to be faced by our early missionaries, and it was to
their heroic labors that the church in Canada owed its position to-day. Mr.
Baldwin then gave a sketch of the establishment of the church and of its
progress since 1792. He paid a warm tribute to the faithful service performed
in the parish by the Ven. Archdeacon McMurray. The preacher also showed
how the Church of England in the United States had grown and pros
pered despite the intense opposition that was shown to it after the rebellion.
To-day the church in the United States was perhaps the most influential in
that country. He thought that all should take the greatest comfort and

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encouragement from the past history of the church in the United States and
Canada and go forward with increased confidence for success in the future.
Mr. Baldwin alluded to the debt that now rests on the parish and towards
the liquidation of which the offertories would be devoted. It should be under
stood that this debt was incurred for the school house and fences, and was
not connected with the Church proper.

There was next an administration of Holy Communion, the Venerable
Archdeacon McMurray being the celebrant, after which, resident and visit
ing clergy adjourned to the school house adjoining, where luncheon had
been prepared by the ladies of the congregation, amongst whom Mrs. McMur
ray, Mrs. Howgill, Mrs. Morson, Mrs. H. A. Garrett, Miss Gale, with
many others, were prominently active.

SATURDAY, JULY 9th, 4 P- m.

Unveiling Tablet erected to commemorate Centenary of Parish.

Collect (Prevent us etc), and Scripture Lesson, The Venerable Arch
deacon McMurray — Gen. xxvin 10 to end.

Unveiling Tablet — The Reverend Canon Read, D. D.

Brief Addresses — Canon Read, W. Fessenden, B. A., and The Venerable
Archdeacon of Niagara. Closing exercises, Venerable Archdeacon Dixon.

The tablet was unveiled by Rev. Canon Read, D. D., Grimsby, in
the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. It contains the following in
scription: — "To the glory of God this tablet is erected by the congregation of
St. Mark's Church in grateful commemoration, of the looth anniversary of
lhe foundation of the parish on the gth of July, 1792. The nave of the church
was built about 1807 and burned during the war of 1812, the walls only re
maining. It was restored in 1826 and enlarged to its present, dimensions in
1843. During the century the living has been held by the following incum.
bents: Rev. Robert Addison, July, 1792, to 1829; Rev. Thomas Creen, from
1829 to 1857; Rev- William McMurray, D. D., D. C. L., Archdeacon of
Niagara, to the. present time, assisted since 1889 by Rev. J. C. Garrett as
curate in charge. D. B. Macdougall, J. R. Wilkinson, church wardens."

The tablet is of brass, 32x27 inches, of ornamental design, erected by the
Anglo-Colonial Manufacturing Co., of Toronto.

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Appropriate addreses were delivered by Canon Read arid Mr. FeSsendetl,
Chippawa, after which came

A TOUCHING VALEDICTORY.

Ven. Archceacon McMurray, D. D., thought it highly fitting that the
day should have been observed in the manner it had. Rev. Robert Addison,
the first incumbent, was a man of some position in the Old Country, and, he
understood, a fellow of one of the great universities. There were but three
ministers in Upper Canada at the time Rev. Robert Addison was here. Mr.
Addison was a travelling missionary, and his field of labour had extended from
York to the London district. He was appointed by Governor Simcoe chaplain
to the first Provincial Government, in which capacity he served for many
years. Divine Service was held in log cabins till the present church was
built in 1807. The church had been used as an hospital in 1812. It was so
used for both parties at the battle of Queenston Heights, and surely such an
historic event was worthy of being recalled here. The body of the late Robert
Addison was interred beneath the Chancel, and his valuable library of I.ooo
volumes, which indicates his scholarly attainments, had been generously
donated to the rector of the parish. During the incumbency of Rev. Thomas
Creen, the second clergyman in charge, 'the nave of the church had been
entirely restored from its somewhat ruined condition. The fact that the
parish was now, after 100 years, being served by its thifd incumbent, was an
event that was perhaps unequalled in the history of churches on this side of
the Atlantic. In conclusion he would say, in the words of St, Paul, "Stand
fast in the Lord my dearly beloved brethren and be careful for nothing, but
in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known unto God and the peace of God which passeth all understanding
shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ. Finally, Brethren,
whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things
are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatso
ever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any
praise, think on these things and the God of Peace shall be with you."

SATURDAY, JULY gth, 7.30 p. m.

EVENING PRAYER.

Preacher, The Reverend Robert Ker.

The service on Saturday evening was participated in by most of those1

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who were present at morning prayer. A full report of the sermon delivered
on the occasion appeared in the Toronto Mail and St. Catharines Star, and in
response to a widely expressed wish, we reproduce it as it appeared in those
papers.

The Rev. Robert Ker, rector of St. Georgeis Church, St. Catharines,
preached the second centennial sermon this evening. He took for his text the
following words: — "This shall be written for those that Come after and the
people which shall be born shall praise the Lord." Psalm cii., 18, Prayer
Book version. He said :— We are gathered here to-night under circumstan
ces as unusual as they are unquestionably solemn and impressive. It is the
time of the evening sacrifice, and at an hour when we are strikingly reminded
by our surroundings that "The night cometh when no man can work." The
stream of time has carried us swiftly forward until the present, when we find
that the shadows of the centuries have deepened about our path, and as we
worship together in this house of prayer we can almost feel the dying pulse
beats of twice a thousand years. The atmosphere we breathe to-night is
laden with the perfumes of history. Here, there, and yonder repose the
actors in as great a drama as ever gave stability to a young nation or infused
a new people with the spirit of an uuquenchable patriotism. Soldiers and
citizens — patriots and heroes, who fought well— none better. They gave all
that men ever gave or could give in defense of home, of honor, and of right,
and now

On Fame's etferhal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,

And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.

Just one hundred years ago — so runneth the record — Rev. Robert Addi-
son formally planted the flag of English Churchmanship on this Niagara pen
insula, and a fairer heritage never fell to the lot of any people. Prose almost
merges into poetry when we describe it in the language of the great prophet
and say. — "It is a good land; a land of brooks of water ; of fountains and
depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and
vines . , . and honey, a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarce
ness, thou shalt not lack anything in it ; a land whose stones are iron* and out
of whose hills thou mayest dig brass."

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THIS NIAGARA PENINSULA

of* ours is a gem set amid the sparkling waters of two seas, and the sun that
bathes in glory the vast possessions of our Empress Queen shines on no fairer
land than ours. Looking over its far extended area; its homes of happiness
and contentment ; its industrious and intelligent people; its vineyards and
peach orchards, and upon the evidences of prosperity everywhere, we are
forced to exclaim with the Psalmist : — "The lines are fallen unto us in pleasant
places ; Yea, we have a goodly heritage." But if we go back a little over a
hundred years this fair land was a vast wilderness, in which the Indian
roamed unchallenged, save by hostile tribes on the war path Then the great
Niagara Catract rolled forth its mighty Te Deums in all but eternal solitude,
while nature hid her matchless, but unappreciated beauties from the dusky
children whose ear was as much untuned to the melody of her songs as their
eye was to discover in the primitive forests the beauty of her Gothic archings.
Truly "the light of other days" was dim and feeble byond our conception.
But God moves wonderfully among the mystic lights of history, and accom
plishes His mighty purposes by strange methods and unthought of agencies.
It was manifestly so in the settlement of Upper Canada. South of the great
lakes the colonists had engaged in a fierce struggle for national independence,
and the closing years of the i8th century found the Revolutionary arms trium
phant. To a minority of the people, however, the victory of the colonists
brought nothing but gloom and sadness, and to those of them who were firmly
convinced that their duty was to maintain the unity of the Empire a new flag
had no attractions to be put in comparison with the old. The success of the
Revolution had carried the loyal minority to a point where they must decide
as to their future, and decide too under circumstances as painful as they were
momentous. To decide for the Revolutionary part* meant home and family
and comfort and security. On the contrary, to decide for "King and Consti
tution" meant the loss of all these — possibly even of life itself. But

How can a man die better than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods.

Never was a decision reached so entirely worthy of a great cause. Against
the potent influences of home and self interest they placed their honor and
their loyalty, and these were in their judgment of more value than all earthly
advantages combined. A self-seeking and an ease-loving generation may sneer

at their devotion to King and Fatherland, and cast ridicule upon it as a mere
sentiment, but history, which has immortalized patriotic devotion in all ages,
\vill hardly fail in doing justice to the memory of the men and women who,
for the faith that was in them, became outcasts and wanderers among the
rude and uncivilized forces of a new world. Not fewer than ten thousand *

UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS

sought shelter in the wilds of Cinada, hoping to make for themselves and their
families a new and. if possible, a permanent home. It was a bold and cour
ageous venture to throw themselves upon the mercies of an inhospitable
wilderness and to encounter the manifold perils incidental to sucn a state of
life. But they were equal to the occasion, and proved themselves to be
entirely worthy of their future destiny. From Montreal westward they
located at many points along the course of the dividing waters, such as at
Kingston, the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, Niagara river, Lake Erie, and
along up to the Detroit river. Let us in these days, accustomed as we are to
rapid and comfortable transit in Pullman cars and vestibuled trains, remem
ber that one hundred years ago there were no such facilities, and that the
network of railways now covering this peninsula was in those days unthought of.
The bark canoe antedated the stage coach, and the loyalists who came to
reside here in some instances coasted in row boats from Montreal, trailing
them up the rapids of the St, Lawrence, while in other instances they carried
their effects on pack-horses through the vast wilderness which intervened
between their abandoned dwellings in the old colonies and their contemplated
homes in this. History tells us how they suffered and how manfully they
fought, but history cannot tell us, nor does it pretend to do so. of the tears
they shed, of their heart-breaks, of the pain of disunited homes, and of the
endless trials patiently and heroically endured. Their grain for daily food
was ground by hand-mills, and when these primitive agents were replaced by
water power the early settlers often coasted from fifty to one hundred miles to
have their grinding done. And yet, in the face of difficulties that would have
driven weaker natures to despair, we see them reverently uncovering in the
presence of their Creator and humbly acknowledging their obligations as "the
people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand."

A WRITER OF HISTORIC EMINENCE

has laid it down that there are certatn essentials which much be possessed by

any people hoping to be great or prosperous; namely, that there should b6
"loyalty and moderation, respect for the law, for property, and for authority;
and that there ought to be a community of feeling amongst the people result
ing in a common patriotism; and finally that there ought to be such a mingling
of classes that able and honorable men would naturally rise to the surface as
leaders." The conditions here pointed out unquestionably existed among
the United Empire Loyslists in a very marked degree, and fully justify the
general accuracy of the historian's estimate.

Writers speak in glowing terms of the "Mayflower" and the memories
that gather around "Plymouth Rock," but without at all seeking to disparage
worth at the expense of truth, I make little hesitation in saying that when the
whole st.ory shall have been told, the United Empire Loyalists, in point of
true heroism, of earnest devotion, and of unostentatious piety, are superior at
every point to the Pilgrim Fathers. The United Empire Loyalists were not
merely men of courage and devotion, but above all they were God-fearing
men in an eminent degree, and they were men who adhered to their Church
even when that Church in its corporate capacity was slow, if not absolutely
negligent, in following them with that "order of service," to which so many of
them had been, for a long series of years, accustomed. From the biography'
of the Hon. Wm. H. Merfitt we gather that it was not unusual for the mem--
bers of ourChurc'h to assemble together for worship, and that they maintained 9
their ecclesiastical life without the supervision of a regular pastor. So far as
the English Church is concerned I have no means of determining how far the
regimental chaplains, who, I assume, accompanied the troops that were
quartered in this country, made themselves useful in the interests of religion,
but I hazard the opinion that they were by no means unduly zealous for the
progress of their church ; but the church's lack of service to her sc'attered chil
dren was to a great extent compensated for by the activity of voluntary effort, and
by the labours of those Godly and faithful Ministers who were sent out to this
country by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ;
and in the good providence of God it is owing to the labours of that society
that we have at this time an opportunity of celebrating the centennial of St.
Mark's Church and parish.

IN THE YEAR 1791

the Rev. Robert Addison was sent out by the venerable S. P. G as a mission--

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city to this part of Canada ; he arrived Montreal in due Course, and was
Under the necessity of wintering in that city, so that he did not reach this
Peninsula until the summer of 1792. The exact date of his arrival is not
known, but the documentary evidence in this parish proves that he performed
his first official act in connection with his new appointment on the gth July,
1792. just one hundred years ago to-day.

It is noteworthy as a coincidence that almost simultaneously with this
event was the proclamation of the Act which, at least in some form, gave this
province constitutional government. It is difficult for us to realize the fact
that the Rev. Mr. Addison was the first and for a long time the only minister
of our Church in the whole of this district, sweeping around bv York (now
Toronto), and including pretty much the whole of the great dioceses of To
ronto, Huron and Niagara. Had Mr. Addison kept a diary of his work and
of the progress of events during his ministry it would have been of incalcul^
able value to the future historian, but so far as I have been able to discover the
only literary remains we have of this excellent man is the unique parish re
gister belonging to this church. As we have already stated, he began his
labours here in 1792, but how soon after he commenced the building of this
church does not appear very clear. There is documentary evidence to show
that the building of St. Catharine's Episcopal Church, Twelve Mile Creek,
better known now as St. George's Church, St, Catharines, was begun in
1795-96, while it appears from your Tablet to be unveiled to-morrow that the
Nave of St. Mark's Church was not built until 1807, so that while St. Mark's
is apparently the oldest organized congregation, St. Catharines has a clear
title to the oldest Church building. If the present edifice was opened for
public worship about St. Mark's Day it would sufficiently account for the
-name. But we must proceed. Not far from the sacred edifice in which
\ve worship to-night the Parliament of Upper Canada had its birth. It met
in a small frame building which did duty as a House of Parliament and a
Governor's residence. It assembled for the despatch of business on the i7th
September, 1792, sat for nearly one month, and closed its session on the i5th
October, 1792. It was no't a very imposing assembly, but its proceedings
"were very business-like, and

GOVERNOR SIMCOE SAID

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example among their respective counties regular habits of piety and morality,
the sweet foundations of all private and public felicity." We may pause to
express regret that Niagara, then Newark, with its unsurpassed water ways,
did not remain the capital of this great province. Military considerations
dictated the change, as Governor Simcoe was apparently too nervous about
our neighbors' Fort on the other side of the river. We note the fact that
religion and prosperity went hand in hand in this country, and from a popu
lation of ten thousand in the whole of Upper Canada in 7791 there was a very
steady increase until 1812-14 when, without any sufficient justification, these
shores were invaded and its still struggling inhabitants compelled to endure
all the horrors of war. St. Mark's church played no inconspicuous part in
that eventful struggle. Again and again the storm of battle surged against these
walls, and again and again the force of its angry waves was broken. The grass
which grows so green to-day around this sacred edifice was once dyed red
with the blood of patriots and heroes. Outside this building you can easily
trace the sinuous windings of "trench" and "breastwork" where men played the
awful game of death and won glory. Read on that tablet in the vestibule
without how McLelland, and Wright, and Cameron, and Lloyd fell gloriously,
and let Fort George's "Lonely Sycamore," so sweetly sung by your local
poetess, tell of other heroes and other patriots for whom story has weaved no
chaplets and of whose deeds mural tablets contain no record. But they live
in the peace of the present, and known or unknown we engrave their memories
on the heart of national gratitude and pay to-night our centennial tribute to
their worth, Through all the awful and exciting events of that war the first
rector of this parish pursued the even tenor of his way until the 6th October,
1829. when he was called to rest. For thirty-seven years he had ministered
in this parish, and died at the good old age of three score and fifteen. He
was followed in the rectorship by the Rev Thomas Creen, another faithfuj
minister of Christ, who labored here for twenty-seven years, The vacancy
created by Mr. Green's demise was filled by the appointment of your present
rector, the

VEX. ARCHDEACON M'MURRAY,

who for well nigh forty years has faithfully ministered to you in spiritual
things; for a still further period he has zealously labored as a devoted minister
of the New Testament. His absence at this centennial celebration would

have meant a great blank in the old parish, but if possible a greater blank in
the Canadian Church; but we are thankful to say Archdeacon McMurray is
still with us, and although suffering from the inevitable infirmities of age, is
as clear intellectually as that day in 1864 when he had the distinguished and
unusual honor, rarely conferred upon a colonial clergyman, of preaching
beneath the dome of St. Paul's cathedral, London, to the many thousands
who gathered to hear him I am sure that many prayers will be offered at
this centennial celebration that the archdeacon may be long spared among
us. A few weeks ago he took me through your historic and interesting grave
yard, pointing out each separate place of note, until finally we came to his
own family lot, where he showed the preacher his contemplated resting place,
I could not help thinking of St. Paul, who had a similarly calm view of the
end when he said: "I am now ready to be offered up and the time of my
departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course.
I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of right
eousness which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give meat that day; and
not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing." On this
centennial night we call up the men who fought and suffered, and we would
gladly question them as to the parts they severally played, the hopes by which
they were animated, and what they think of those who now inherit the fruits
of their blood. But the horoscope of the future must be cast by ourselves.
The full moon looks down to-night upon as peaceful a scene as man ever
witnessed —

Afar the lake spreads like a sea, and near the river broad blue deep,
The waters flowing silently, as resting from their frantic leap,
Nor distant far, the mountain crowned, with column pointing to the sky,
While all forego the humbler mound, where other heroes mouldering lie.

For over a hundred years this land has been shadowed by

"THE METEOR FLAG OF ENGLAND,"

and I am sure I speak the sentiments of the great mass of our people when I
say that we desire in the future, as in the past, to remain an integral portion
of the British Empire. Nay, more, we should but ill repay the memory of
our fathers and the treasures of blood and toil expended to maintain "British
connection" were we to throw it lightly away for a piece of bread or a mess
of pottage. To do so would be to render ourselves recreant to the best tradi-
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self-denial and self-sacrifices have made the first 'chapters of Canadian history
so illustrious. Our connection with Great Britain is not one of subjection
but of affiliation, and we have no desire whatever to break the ties which bind
us. But standing to-night as it were upon the pinnacle of the century, we
may not lightly ignore the facts of the present, nor too confidently dogmatize
upon the possibilities of the future. As we see things at present so could we
wish, in the interest of this fair home of ours, to see them one hundred years
hence; and as the flag of Old England floats peacefully to-night over Canada's
five millions of happy, prosperous, and God-fearing British subjects, may it then
float over fifty millions. But we must not fail to recognize the fact that we are
living at a period of much social disturbance and change, and no one can
confidentl} tell what the future has in store, either for ourselves or the nation
to which we belong. Academical speculations as to our possible future need
not seriously disconcert us, nor need we fear that they will, even remotely,
imperil the stability of the British Constitution; but what we have to fear is
the growth of a people whose God is self-interest and whose religion is that of
the earth earthy — men and women who are dominated by the God of this
world, and who recognize no higher standard of morality than that dictated
by their own sweet wills. We dread to see the Bible ignored, Sunday as a
day of rest persistently disregarded, public worship shunned, and private
devotion almost totally neglected; but above all we should fear, and not with
out reason, to see the sanctities of home impinged upon, or the abominations
of divorce popularized in this Canada of ours. I make free to say that no
constitutional barriers can long resist the disruption of family life, and that
no people lightly regarding the

SANCTITIES OF MARRIAGE

can hope ,to be permanently great or even permanently free. National life
has its vital functions located in the home, and therefore it is that we regard
with undisguised alarm the tendency of population to great centres and the
consequent depletion of our rural homesteads. We cannot, however, turn back
the shadow upon the dial of Ahaz, but we can try to sanctify the homes of a
new social order, and we can urge upon each other a deeper love for home — a
transcript of the rest that is to be, and a loyal, religious and patriotic attach
ment to Canadian national life. This land is the home of many by adoption,
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a grander of more to be desired birthplace never fell to the lot of any people.
I urge then from this historic pulpit, and upon this historic occasion, the con
stant, religious and paramount duty of trust in God and an unswerving devo
tion to the high interests of Canadian nationality.

But ere the lights, go out in the House of God on this centennial night,
pardon me if I pay one last tribute to the memory of our deceased brethren
who. as rectors of this parish, labored so zealously for the advancement of the
Church of England in our midst. Their good work is being faithfully carried
on by the present rector of St. Mark's and his energetic assistant. This church
has been recently renovated and the parish life is smooth and prosperous in
all its details. And now that our church work for the century is reaching a
close, we can look back upon a great deal accomplished and much good done. '
Would that it had continued unimpeded until we should have heard, from
one end of Canada to the other, every man say in the tongue wherein he was
born the beautiful liturgy of our Church. But we are now painfully reminded
that instead of leading the religious life of the community we take third or
fourth rank, with the prospect, it may be, of dropping still lower.

IT IS VERY HUMILIATING,

and many causes have been assigned for our lack of progress. Some of these
causes are transparent enough, while others are less obvious but not less
effective in swelling the present unsatisfactory state of our Church life. There
is, too, an ever widening gap between laity and clergy, caused in the main by
propagandists who are seeking to replace the old and dignified service of our
Church— so fragrant of great memories, of devout piety and profound schol
arship — by a grotesque and tawdry imitation of the Latin ritual, and a ceaseless
and unspiritual multiplication of "dead ordinances. " For our dignified and
eminently spiritual liturgy our people are called upon to substitute the mere
tricious and sensational. Bad grammar and worse theology have usurped
the seats once occupied by the disciples of Bull, of Stillingfleet, of Andrews,
of Butler, of Wheatley, and other illustrious post-Reformation divines who
shed so much lustre upon the scholarship and learning of the English Church.
There were intellectual giants in those days with whom it wonld be worse
than folly to compare the modern experts in kindergarten ritual. In the mean
time we ought to pray most earnestly for the revival of spiritual religion in
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antidote to the materialistic ecclesiasticism which is to some extent
popular at present, and which permits men without any claim to personal
piety to obtain control in our congregations and to work infinite mischief
by their inconsistent lives. For our own part, while we most solemnly
repudiate those fantastic theories of ritual and doctrine formally, officially
and historically condemned by the English Church, and desire that this fact
should be written for "those that come after," yet we long for the dawn of a
happier period when the disturbing elements shall have vanished in "the
fuller light" and when professing Christians shall learn that "charity," and
not "dogma," is the badge of our citizenship. In the meanwhile the forms
of soldiers, of statesmen, of patriots, and of citizens that have to-night lent
their mystic presence to this congregation now vanish ; we bid them return to
their peaceful rest —

Not amid charnel stones

And coffins thick and dark with ancient mould,

With tattered pall and fringe of cankered gold,

but to peaceful graves beneath our maples, to the moss-covered trench over
which birds sing their sweetest songs and flowers cast their softest perfumes.
How true that:

"For us will dawn no new centennial day,

Our very memories will have passed away,
i Our beating hearts be still, our bodies dust,

Our joys and sorrows o'er— our swords but rust.

Yet gallant deeds will live in history's page,

In fireside stories told to youth by age,

But Sacred Writ still warns us yet again,

How soldier's science and his valor's vain,

Unless the Lord of Hosts the city keep

The mighty tremble and the watchmen sleep.

Return, grim soldiers, to your silent home,

Where we, when duty's done, will also come." *

SUNDAY, JULY ioth, n a. m.

Morning Prayer and Holy Communion. Celebrant and Preacher, the
Right Rev. Dr. Coxe, Bishop of Western New York.

The centennary celebration of St. Mark's parish was continued to-day,
three special services being held in the historic old church. The following
clergymen assisted at the morning service: Rev. Rural Dean Gribble, Rev.
W. W. Wade, Rev. J. Lee, Rev. S. Johnston, B. A., Ven. Archdeacon Dixon,
D. C L., and Rev. Canon Read, since (deceased.)

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The sermon was preached by Right Rev. A. Cleveland Coxe, D. D.,
LL. D. Bishop of Western New York, from I. Cor. xii. 26. "Whether one
member suffer," etc. The Bishop, in commencing his powerful sermon, said
that those divisions which separated different races and classes of people
were all judged by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which united and bound
together men of every nation and every tongue. He had the privilege that
day of assisting at this solemn festival in the absence of the bishop of this
diocese. The edifice in which they were gathered that day had been closely
connected with the turbulence that resulted from the strife of nations, but it
was one of the grandest evidences .of the power of the Gospel that representa
tives of nations once engaged in bitter strife could now meet together for the
worship and glory of the God of Peace. The Gospel of Jesus Christ was one
of peace, and through its beneficent influence wars were fewer and strife less
bitter as each year passed away. Sometimes complaints were made of the
slow progress of Christianity, but when it was considered that ages passed in
the accomplishment of the wondrous works of God, that since the creation
of man the centre of the solar system had not completed a sihgle revolution
on the dial plate of the universe, the period that had elapsed since Christ
came to the earth pales into insignificance.

The past century in Canada had seen a marvellous spread of the Gospel,
first preached in the Niagara District by the founder of St. Mark's, Rev.
Robert Addison. The bishop then sketched the early history of the estab
lishment of the Episcopal Church in Canada, and particularly of the work of
Robert Addison, the missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel. God be thanked, he continued, for the history of this venerable
church which has just completed 100 years of useful and blessed work. Since
the time of its foundation by the devoted Addison there had been only three
incumbents— the present one, the Yen. Archdeacon McMurray, having labor
ed in that parish for nearly forty years Since his early manhood he had
been engaged in missionary work with a zeal and a single eye for God's glory
that had earned him the respect and admiration of all who knew him. It was
a cause for deep thankfulness that their venerable brother had been spared
to see this great anniversary.

After the anthem "Lift up your heads ye everlasting gates" had been
sung, Holy Communion was administered.

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An item of interest during the service was the presence of Mrs. Manners
of Toronto, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Chippawa, grandchildren of Rev Robert
Addison, and six of his great-grandchildren.

At evening service the same day there was a very large congregation. The
Ven. Archdeacon Dixon, D. C. L., preached an eloquent and scholarly ser
mon, during the course of which he made the following reference to the wonder'
ful progress of this country:

"Near my former residence on the south shore of Lake Ontario, and on a
high bluff overlooking its flashing waters, there stood a cherry tree of gigantic
dimensions, towering to a great height and with many far-spreading branches
and in due season bearing immense crops of small black cherries. This tree
stood on the farm of one of the early settlers and there was a touching story
attached to it. When the family, who lived, I think, in Pennsylvania, joined
in the exodus after the revolution had been accomplished, a young girl of the
party, as they left the dear old homestead, drew up with the roots a little
cherry seedling, a mere switch, and wrapping earth and moss round the root
kept it moist, and so carried it through the long, weary journey, finally plant
ing it at the new Canadian home that had been allotted to them, where it
grew and flourished until it attained its present vast size. And what a striking
parable we have in this incident of the marvellous growth and development
of our country and the gigantic strides it has made in all things pertaining to
high civilization and material progress, The history of those loyalists is one
of the most touching illustrations of enthusiastic self-sacrificing patriotism to
be found in the annals of any country. Forsaking their pleasant homes, en
deared by myriads of hallowed associations, they marched forth into the
trackless wilderness. They had no Moses to cheer them as a divinely
appointed guide, with the prophetic visions of the rich fertile valleys, snd
sunny vine-clad hills and sparkling brooks, and flowing rivers of the promised
land, no one to point out the goodly mountain. No, the pole star was their
sole guide, and the undying flame of their loyalty ever illumined their weary
path Yet even so in this their new home the Church has become the goodly
mountain — having grown from the solitary mission into many dioceses — the
goodly mountain of Moses' desire — the mystical vision of Daniel partly
fulfilled— the stone becoming the mountain."

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Speaking of the work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts, he said:

" Weil indeed may the Canadian Church unite in the grateful thanksgiv
ing of the American Church, to that venerable Society, the S.P.G., for to it we
are indebted as they were under God, for the first foundation of our church and
a long continuance of loving care and protection. And to it we owe a special
debt of gratitude for Robert Addison, a scholar of high reputation, and
gentleman, who resigned his bright prospects in England to devote his life to
mission work in a country which was at that time regarded as the most trying
in privations of all the missionary fields. Having lived for several years in
the Niagara District, where many of my parishioners were descendants of the
United Empire Loyalists, I became familiar with their traditions of the days
of old and heard touching stories of the heroism of Mr. Addison amid the
trials of war, and also of his arduous work in his vast mission field. Many of
those aged men and women had been baptized by him and some married by the
banks of the small rivers that run into Lake Ontario, in his periodical coasting
trips round the lake as far as Little York, where he occasionally gave a church
service, and there the Ven. Archdeacon McMurray, then a young lad, remem
bers seeing him in the streets wearing his academic gown."

MONDAY, JULY nth.

The last day's proceedings of the celebration of the centennial of St. Mark's
opened at 8 o'clock this morning with the administration of holy communion
by Rural Dean Gribble. The offertory on the occasion was devoted to the
library fund of the Deanery. At 10 o'clock the summer quarterly meeting of
the ruri-decanal chapter of Lincoln and Welland was held in the
Town Hall, there being a large attendance. The chair was taken by Rev.
Rural Dean Gribble, who invited Rev. Rural Dean Downie of Berlin, Diocese
of Huron, and Rev. John Evans of the diocese of Western New York, to take

!part in the proceedings. Prayer was offered by Rev. P. L. Spencer, after
•which the study of the seventh chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the
Greek was taken up, being followed by a discussion of the prayer book pre
face "of cermonies." After the meeting the visitors were again entertained
at luncheon in the school house by the ladies of the congregation.

At 2.30 a considerable congregation assembled in the church to hear a

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paper by Dr. Sca'dding on the church annals of Niagara, 1790-1892. The
paper was read for the venerable essayist by Rev C R Lee of Hamilton,
Following is the paper : —

CHURCH ANNALS.

The present is an era of century celebrations. All the civilized portions
of the habitable world are this year commemorating the four hundredth anni
versary of the discovery of America by Columbus. In 1874 was the so-called
Caxton celebration, commemorating the introduction of printing into England
in 1474. £n 1883 was observed the four hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Luther. In 1864 we had the ter-centenary of Shakespeare. In 1876 the
people of the United States observed their centennial. In the present year
the Province of Ontario is doing the same thing for itself, as the successor to
the Province of Upper Canada, in which its present system of representative
government was proclaimed on the i6th of July. 1792. Semi-centennials, too
it has become the practice to observe. In 1884 the City of Toronto celebrat
ed the fiftieth year of its corporate existence. The jubilee of her Majesty
Queen Victoria made the year 1887 forever memorable, and in 1889 the Dio
cese of Toronto held its jubilee, recalling the consecration of its first bishop
Dr. John Strachan, in 1839. Even the lapse of a quarter of a century is held
to be worthy cf special commemoration. Thus in the present year the
Dominion of Canada has celebrated the 25th year of its career. The custom
of thus reviewing the past at stated intervals is based on precedents to be
found in Holy Writ, in the injunctions given to the Hebrew nation concern
ing the Sabbatical or jubilee year, an observance fraught with good to the
Jewish people. The commemorations first enumerated have all of them
caused the voice of praise and thanksgiving to be heard over extensive areas
and in situations of much prominence.

We come now to a celebration of a humbler character and calculated to
excite an interest in fewer minds, although in this instance likewise, from
some peculiarites connected with it, the attention given to it will certainly be
by no means simply local. The parish of St. Mark's, Niagara. This year
commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of its establishment as a mission
in 1792. The registry of the parish of St. Mark's, Niagara, commences at
that early date, when the first missionary was settled at this place, by the
venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, in the person of the Rev.

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Robert Addison, whose ministrations were continued down to the year 1829.
The tradition at Niagara at one time was that Governor Simcoe had some:
thing to do with the building of a portion of the present St. Mark's Church
but it now appears that the edifice was not begun to be erected in stone until
the year 1807. Still it is highly probable that the excellent Governor took
some action in regard to the establishment of religious worship at Niagara,
and the site of the church may have been set apart by him at the spot where
it now stands and a temporary wooden structure erected thereupon. It
seems unlikely, when the character of the Lieutenant-Governor is considered,
marked, as we know it was, by a solemn sense of religious duty, that he
should, during an administration lasting from 1791-1796, have refrained from
some such proceeding as this. We are incidentally made aware that even in
his famour canvas house, temporarily set up at York in 1793, regular
religious services were maintained. Thus we have the ever memorable land
surveyor, Augustus Jones, while engaged in laying out, under the Governor's
eye, the town plot of York, recording in his journal that after transacting
business with the Lieutenant-Governor "at the camp," that is, while resident
in this celebrated canvas abode of his, that he attended prayers there. His
entry is, "Went to camp on the ist September, 1793; attended prayers."
(See the writer's "Four Decades of York, Upper Canada," page 16). With
out doubt the Lieutenant-Governor would have arrangements made in con
junction with the recognized missionary of the neighborhood, Mr. Addison,
for public worship, on Sundays at all events, whenever it should be practic
able, and that, too, as we may well believe, at or near the site of the present
Church of St. Mark.

ROBERT ADDISON.

Mr. Addison was a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford. We have thus
to imagine him, in the days of his youth, often traversing the grand quadrangle
of Wolsey's College, and often, no doubt, paying a visit to the not far off
shady resort in the historic grounds so well known to everyone as
"Addison's Walk," so called from his illustrious namesake, Joseph Addison.
His surroundings at Oxford were doubtless congenial to his character, and I
have been assured that Bishop Watson of Llandaff, the well known author of
the "Apology," had said that the English Church was losing a promising
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the scene of his ministrations. His prospects at home were bright. To be a
member of Christ Church, Oxford, gave a prestige to a man everywhere in
England, and this determination on the part of Mr. Addison was plainly an
act of unselfishness. The national church was calling on her sons personally
to assist her in fulfilling her duty towards the wide domain within her juris
diction through the acquisition of Canada. He felt himself impelled to obey
that call. The English Church was fortunate in having so worthy a repre
sentative in these parts at so early a period. Mr. Addison's character and
abilities were duly appreciated In the calendars of the day his name appears
not only on the list of those who form the board for the general superintend
ence of education in Upper Canada and those who are appointed trustees of
the public schools of the Niagara District, but also on the list of the commis
sioners of the peace or general magistrates, in which capacity Mr. Addison's
name figures in company with those of Thomas Dickson, John Ball, Robert
Nelles, William Crooks, Samuel Street, Abraham Nelles, George Keefer,
James Kerby, James Macklem, John Powell, John Servos, W. H. Merritt, J;
B. Clench; and many others familiar even yet to us of the present generation.
Many little extracts have already been made and circulated from the casual
memoranda entered by Mr. Addison in the parochial register of St. Mark's, ,
dating back to July gth, 1792, all showing him to have been a man of great
soundness of judgment and full of human sympathy. On the whole, in fact,
he may be said to have possessed not a few of the qualifications sought for by
good Sir Roger de Coverly in his chaplain and the parson of a parish, such as
"a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper and competent scholarship."
The reports of his mission in Canada, transmitted periodically by him to the
"society" at home, would be, if collected and reprinted here, a most interest
ing historical record and a valuable boon to the Canadian public. T have in
my own possession a short autograph letter addressed by Mr. Addison to a
young soldier of fortune named Chiniquy, from Lower Canada, breaking away
from the narrow traditions in which he had been brought up and desiring to
obtain employment among the more enterprising people of the west, with
whom he seems to have met with some success. In this note Mr. Addison
appears in the pleasing light of a fatherly adviser to a young stranger, who;
by some means had been brought into friendly relations with him. The letter
is dated from Chippawa. While the headquarters of Mr. Addison were a?

Niagara, there were innumerable stations in other directions visited profes
sionally by him. The Indians of the Grand River were familiar with his
presence, and the Mohawk Chief, Brant, is said to have acted as his interpreter
there. Mr. Addison's letter to Chiniquy is addressed to him at York, and
reads as follows:

CHIPPAWA, Oct. 8, 1806.

Dear Sir,— I have only a few minutes allowed me to tell you how very
much I am pleased to hear from Mr. Jackson that you are very useful and
agreeable to him. Suffer me to press this consideration upon you, that active
industry, aided by frugality, is the parent of wealth. I do not expect you to
be a hermit, and as I find you are doing well I will finish this dull advice by
expressing my sincere wish that you may continue to do so. We elderly men
are sad correspondents. By endeavoring to be of use we sometimes ruu the
hazard of offending by our grave admonitions. You know we have had the
honor of His Excellency on this side of the water, and everyone seems highly
pleased with his affability and politeness. He was waited'upon by the magis
trates and principal inhabitants of Niagara with an address in which was a
high compliment to General Hunter, and let me tell you that his answer
was still more complimentary to that departed worthy. You will see both
the address and answer in your paper, and will then prize them for yourself.
You will find that the sentiments concerning the late administration on the
Niagara side are very different to wnat they are on yours. Our assize has
been unusually long. I think it lasted ten days, and all I observed was con
ducted well. The grand judge gave general satisfaction, and he is a gentleman
of great and finished abilities. I hope to find you in good health and spirits
at the session.

And am most truly your obedient, very humble servant

ROBERT ADDISON.
Mr. Chiniquy.

The Mr. Jackson here named had probably patronized Chiniquy in some
way, and he may also have had word of encouragement from General Hunter,
whose loss is here regretted. The new Governor must have been Gore, and
the grand judge was no doubt Judge Thorpe, who, strange to say, was a
"Reformer," and. whilst retaining his judicial character, became a member
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prevailing "on this side of the water," that is, the Niagara side of Lake
Ontario, and that prevailing on "your," that is, the York side, where the
feeling was perhaps less "liberal."

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS.

I myself remember Mr. Addisou very well. When a boy I have heard
him repeatedly officiate at St. James' Church, at York. His oval, intellectual
countenance and finished style of reading made a strong impression. In
addition I particularly remember observing him as he walked arrayed in his
academic gown, bands and clerical hat from the church after the service,
down King street to the Quetton St. George mansion still standing entire on
that street, and now occupied by the Canada Company. He was there often
entertained as a guest during his visits to York from Niagara by Mr. John
Spread Baldwin. Mr. Addison was chaplain to the House of Assembly, and
used to come over to York and remain there during the annual session of
Parliament. A formerly well known picture by Westall, entitled "Going- to
Church," exhibits the figure of a clergyman which, to my mind, always
recalls the c,omely form of the first missionary at Niagara, as seen passing
along King street in his canonicals, as just described. I have caused a pho
tographic copy of Westall's picture to be made by N. C. Shorey of Toronto,
with an inscription appended, "In memoriam: Robert Addison, missionary,
St. Mark's Church, Niagara, A. D. 1792, A. D. 1829." As will be seen by the
accompanying example, the costumes of the parishioners, male and female,
surrounding the pastor in Westall's picture, is that which was in vogue among
our U. E.'s and other pioneer settlers at the close of the last century. At a
later period Mr. Addison built a house for himself, styled by -him "Lake
Lodge," on some property acquired close to the Town of Niagara, wherein,
as might be expected from his scholarly instincts, a library soon accumulated
around him, a considerable portion of which is still preserved as an heirloom
in the parsonage attached to St. Mark's Church. We have in this library a
deposit of the solid divinity common in English parsonages some sixty years
since, including works by Warburton, Waterland, Jeremy Taylor, John
Jackson, Leslie, and so forth Voluminous folio copies of Pool's "Synopsis,"
Bayle's "Critical Dictionary," and Clarendon's ''History of the Great
Rebellion." All likewise seem here to be remarkably in place. There is to
be noted also a black-letter quarto copy of the Geneva version of the Bible,

with the liturgy attached, of the time of Charles the First. With great
appropriateness, at his decease, in 1829, the mortal remains of Mr. Addison
were deposited under the chancel of St, Mark's Church. It is curious to con
jecture why the name of St. Mark should have been chosen as the designation
of the church at the mouth of the Niagara River. There are not many
churches distinguished by that name, but there is a very famous one, how
ever, at Venice, of ancient foundation. Everyone has heard of San Marco
there and the lion with which it is so conspicuously adorned. Early medieval
sculptors and painters made, as we know, the lion to be an emblem of the
Evangelist St. Mark. Perhaps this figure, coinciding as it did with a popular
emblem of Old England, may have taken the fancy of the lo>al and patriotic first
missionary here, and so he may have been induced to have attached to his
church when at last it rose from the ground, a solid edifice of stone, the name
of the saint whose symbol was the lion. Did not a lion holding a key sym
bolize Gibralter? And here, too, was an important military post appertaining
to Great Britain guarding the entrance to a pass leading into the interior—
into the very heart of the British possessions on this continent.

A pleasing watercolor drawing of the old St. Mark's Church of Mr.
Addison's time is in existence. It shows a well-proportioned edifice of mod
erate size, an apse-shaped chancel with hipped roof over it; the rest of the
roof not steep but rather flat There is a square tower surmounted by a bell
turret, with a garceful, slender spire. On the whole it resembles, in many
points, one of the[French churches that one sees along the river in Lower Can
ada. Below the broad Niagara is seen flowing placidly into Lake Ontario
and across on the point stands the old French fort as it was before transform
ed by modern enlargements. In 1843 when transcepts and a new chancel
were added to the old St. Mark's, the bell turret and spire were removed and
four pinnacles in their stead were placed at the angles of the square tower.
These changes were made during the rectorship of the ReV. Mr. Creen.
Since then the whole interior has been rearranged in accordance with eccles
iastical rules, as now well understood. This change has been made through
the instrumentality of the Ven. Archdeacon McMurray, who has also secured
the erection of a convenient schoolhouse close by, as well as a handsome and
most commodious parsonage house, in spacious grounds, immediately adjoin
ing. During his incumbency, likewise, St. Mark's has been provided with a

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chime of bells, through the liberality of Walter Hamilton Dixon and John
Scale Dixon of Niagara. The Ven. Archdeacon McMurray, who still survi
ves, is the third rector since the foundation of the mission in 1792, Mr. Addi-
son and Mr. Green being the only predecessors. Few parishes in Canada
can present a history so simple, so happily uninterrupted by vicissitudes, ex
cepting those which are necessarily attendant on progress and improvement.

CONCLUDING SPEECHES.

At the conclusion of Dr. Scadding's valuable paper, Rev. J. C. Garret
invited Rev. P. L. Spencer to address the gathering. Mr. Spencer said he
thought while they had been listening with so much interest to the admirable
paper of Dr. Scadding, that while they were engaged in commemorating the
past stirring history of the church they should take courage from that glorious
history and look forward with confidence to the future.

Canon Bull, who next addressed the meeting, thanked the venerable
Archdeacon for the kind invitation he had extended to him to be present, and
also for the kind manner in which he and bis assistant, Rev. J. C. Garret, had
entertained him and the visiting clergy. He had heard with the profoundest
interest Dr. Scadding's masterly paper, and only hoped that steps would be
taken to have it printed, together with other historical papers, and bound up
for library use. The hundred years of history which had passed since the
building of the church bristled with stirring incident, and Canadians could
not be too careful in preserving every historical record that would hand down
to future generations the noble deeds of their forefathers.

Rev. Dr. Langtry was next asked to address the meeting. He said he
was only there as a visitor, and had not expected to make an address, still a
few names had occurred to him of men who had been connected with the
work of the Church of England prior to Rev. Robert Addison's arrival. Mr.
Langtry gave some interesting particulars of the splendid work of Rev. J.
Ogilvie, who \vho worked in the Niagara District as early as 1748, and Rev.
D. Stewart, of 1794. He closed his remarks with an appropriate reference to
the long and faithful labors of the rector, Ven. Archdeacon McMurray.

In a few heartfelt sentences the venerable archdeacon returned thanks
for the affectionate terms in which all the speakers had referred to him. He
had been spared for the long term of 61 years of continuous service, and if
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a reward more precious to him than any other could be. The guiding pfin-
'ciple he had endeavoured to follow thorought his long life was to do all for
the glory and honor of God. The Archdeacon closed with a kindly reference
to the aid he had received from Rev, J. C. Garrett since he had come to Nia
gara, four years ago. The venerable gentleman was visibly affected as he re
sumed his sent.

Rev. J. C. Garrett, who has been curate in charge of the parish for the
past four years and upon whom, owing to the advanced age of the venerable
rector, the care and work of the parish has principally rested, closed the pro
ceedings by thanking the visiting brethren for their attendance, and the choir
and organist of St. Mary's-on-the-Hill, Buffalo, for the great assistance with
the music. Mr. Garrett alluded to the unavoidable absence of the bishop of
the diocese and other bishops who had hoped to have been present as having
been a disappointment, but of one thing they were sure, that their own
bishop was with them in heart and soul in that great celebration.

AFFECTION'S OFFERING.

A very gratifying and appropriate little ceremony was performed in the
•evening, when Mayor Henry Pafford of Niagara-on.the-Lake on behalf of the
parishioners of St. Mark's, presented the venerable rector and Mrs. McMurra\
•with a very handsome Onyx clock, two side pieces of Onyx and a reading lamp
and shade. The following was inscribed on the clock: — ''Presented by the
•congregation of St. Mark's to Venerable Archdeacon and Mrs. McMurray to
mark the centenary of the parish and the estimable part the archdeacon has
taken therein for nearly 36 years. July g. 1892."

A gratifying feature of the centenary celebrations was the liberal amount
of the offertories, which will enable the trustees to reduce the debt of $1,500
incurred for the school-house and recent alterations by nearly f 360. Among
the relatives of the Rev. Robert Addison, the founder of St. Mark's, who were
present were three of his great-grandsons — Di. R. A. Stephenson. Toronto;
Rev. E. Vicars Stephenson, Toronto, and Mr. Allan Stephenson, Drummond-
ville, all sons of the late Judge Stephenson of Cayuga. Ven. Archdeacon
McMurray and daughter, Mrs. Killaly of Morristown, were also present.

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SATURDAY JULY i6th, 1892.

Just four days later, and ere the soft music "of Holy Chant and Psalm"
which told the story of one hundred years of our ecclesiastical life had been
wafted from around the Sacred precincts of old St. Mark's, the story of our
Political Life was taken up and told with the blare of trumpets and the thun
der notes of the hoarse-throated cannon. It was substantially the same story,
but told from a different standpoint and in the habiliments of war, rather
than of peace. Fort George that has witnessed so many stirring episodes,
was for an hour or two quickened into life and activity — and memories of
"Auld Lang Syne" were revived — memories that carried people back to a
time when a line of British steel stretched from Niagara to Fort Erie, and
when contending forces were locked in the deadly embrace of war. But
no thoughts of war disturbed the minds of those who gathered around the old
Fort to rehearse the story of Constitutional Government as told one hundred
years ago. As a popular demonstration, it was not as well managed as it
might have been, and local elements were less prominent than could have
been desired; indeed, not a few present questioned the propriety of the cele
bration at that particular time, remembering that the Proclamation was
made at Kingston, and not at Niagara, and that the Parliament of Upper
Canada did not assemble until the middle of September, a date that would
have been entirely suitable and in complete harmony with historical as well as
geographical accuracy But let this pass with the remark that even Centen
ary celebrations are not free from the sacrilegious hands of the bungler. The
boat which contained His Honor Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpatrick, and the
Provincial Premier, Sir Oliver Mowat, did not arrive until about 2 p. m.,
when a procession was extemporized, in the following order, to Fort George:
Nineteenth Battalion Band.

Welland Field Battery.
Officers of Military in Uniform.

Lundy's Lane Band.
Lundy's Lane Historical Society.

Niagara Band.

Niagara Historical Society.

Citizens of Niagara.

Firemen of Niagara.

Officials of Lincoln and Welland.
Band of the Army and Navy Veterans.

Army and Navy Veterans.

York Pioneers and Ontario Historical Society.

Centennial Celebration Committee.

Guests in Carriages.

On a platform erected on the northern bastion of Fort George His Honor
the Lieutenant-Governor and others took up their positions. About one thou
sand people assembled at the Fort, among them being several American
soldiers. The Nineteenth Battalion Band played the National Anthem, and
when the strains of music had died away, His Honor spoke as follows:

Ladies and Gentlemen,— We are assembled here to-day to recall the inci
dents of one hundred years ago, and to celebrate in as fitting a manner as we
can the one hundredth anniversary of the granting of constitutional and pop
ular government to the Province of Upper Canada, now the Province of On
tario. It is fitting and proper that I should at once, and without further pre
face, read to you the Proclamation which was issued by Governor Simcoe on
the sixteenth day of July, 1792.

HISTORICAL RESUME. .

His Honor then read the following synopsis of historical incidents and
the proclamation referred to :

During the French regime in Canada the white population was scattered
over a wide area, and located in places suitable for the prosecution of trade
rather than the practice of agriculture.

West of Montreal the chief settlements were at rataraqui (now Kings
ton), Niagara, Detroit, Michillimackinac, and on the Ohio, Illinois and Mis
sissippi rivers.

The nucleus of each settlement was a fort, which served to protect the
French traders and their families alike against Indian savages and English
rivals.

The whole region above referred to was known under the name of
"Canada," while the French territory to the south of the Ohio and the west
of the Mississippi was called -'Louisiana."

During the period from 1757 to 1763, the "Seven Years' War" raged in
different parts of the world— Europe, India, the West Indies, and the greater

part of what is now the United States and Canada — east of the Mississippi-
involving Great Britain and France in a final struggle for supremacy in North
America.

In 1759, the last year of George II., Quebec surrendered to Admiral
Saunders and General Townshend, and in the same year Fort Niagara was
taken by Sir William. Johnston. In 1760, the first year of George III , Mont
real surrendered to General Amherst, and it was expressly stipulated in the
articles of capitulation that the settlements of Detroit and Michillimackinac
should be included in the surrender.

In 1763, by the Treaty of Paris, the whole of Canada was formally ceded
by France to Great Britain. The territory covered by this cession was never
accurately defined, but it included undoubtedly the whole of the region north
of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, besides the great valley of the St.
Lawrence.

Later in the same year, 1763, George III., by royal proclamation, created
the "Government of Quebec," with an area and boundaries almost coincident
with those of the Province of Quebec to-day. In 1764 General Murray was,
by Royal Commission, appointed the first civil Governor of the new
"colony*"

In 1774 the Quebec Act, passed by the British Parliament, enlarged the
Province of Quebec by including in it all the territory ceded under the
Treaty of Paris, 1763. Besides the now existing Provinces of Quebec and
Ontario, it comprised the States of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wis
consin and part of Minnesota.

By the Treaty of Paris, 1783, all these States were separated from Que
bec, which was confined to the north bank of the St. Lawrence westward of
the intersection of the forty-fifth parallel of latitude, and were included in the
United States of America, the Independence of which was by the same treaty
fully acknowledged.

The Quebec Act of 1774 created a Legislative Council, made up of mem.
bers appointed by the Crown "to ordain regulations for the future welfare
and good government of the Province." By 1791 the influence of English-
speaking settlers from the neighboring self-governing States had made appar
ent the unsuitability of this legislative machinery, and in that year the Con
stitutional Act was passed by the British Parliament, creating a Legislative

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Assembly and Council for each of the two Provinces of Upper and Lo\Ver
'Canada, into which Quebec was about to be divided by order of the King-in-
Council.

On the twenty-fourth of August, 1791, two such orders were passed. The
former fixed the line of division between Upper and Lower Canada as it is
to-day between Ontario and Quebec, and as it has been throughout the whole
•of the century; the latter ordered the issue of a warrant authorizing the
Governor of Quebec to fix a day for the Act to go into operation.

Lieutenant-Governor Alured 'Clarke in the absence of the Governor,
Lord Dorchester, proclaimed the 26th of December, 1791, as the day when
the division of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada should take effect. Mr
Clarke was appointed the first Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada, and
on the seventh of May, 1792, he issued, at Quebec, the proclamation dividing
that Province into electoral districts for its first Parliament.

Colonel John Graves Simcoe was appointed the first Lieutenant-Gover
nor of Upper Canada. At Kingston, on the sixteenth day of July, 1792, the
•centennial anniversary of which we have met this, day to commemorate, he
issued the proclamation dividing the new Province into electoral districts for
the election of the first Parliament of Upper Canada.

This first Parliament met here at Niagara, then Newark, on the seven
teenth of September, but it has been deemed expedient to commemorate the
issue of the proclamation rather than the assembling of the Parliament, be
cause the former may fairly be regarded as, from a constitutional point of
view, the more fundamental event of the two.

The terms of this proclamation are of sufficient public interest to warrant
the reproduction of its substance in this place and on this occasion.

PROCLAMATION.

"J. Graves, Simcoe;

"-'George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland,
King ', 'Defender of the Faith, and so forth, etc.; etc. To all our loving sub
jects, whom these presents concern:

"Whereas, in pursuance of an Act of Parliament, lately made and pro
vided, passed in the thirty-first year of our reign, and of authority by us
given for that purpose, our late Province of Quebec is become divided into
the two Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, and our Lieutenant-

r8o.

Governor of the said Province of Upper Canada, by power from us derived,
is authorized, in the absence of our right trusty and well-beloved Guy, Lord
Dorchester, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of our said Province of
Upper Canada, to divide the said Province of Upper Canada into districts,
counties, circles, or towns and townships for the purpose of effectuating the
intent of the said Act of Parliament, and to declare and appoint the number
of representatives to be chosen by each, to serve in the Assembly of the said
Province: Know, ye, therefore, that our trusty and well-beloved John
Graves Simcoe, Esq., our Lieutenant-Governor of our said Province of Upper
Canada, in the absence of the said Governor-in-Chief, hath, and by this our
proclamation doth, divide the said Province of Upper Canada into counties,
and hath and doth appoint and declare the number of representatives of
them, and each of them, to be as hereinafter limited, named, declared, a££^
appointed."

Under this proclamation the Province was divided into nineteen counties,
of each of which the boundaries are accurately given. They were named as
follows:

1. Glengarry. 7. Ontario. 14. York.

2. Stormont. 8. Addington, 15. Lincoln.
3 Dundas. 9. Lennox. 16. Norfolk.

4. Grenville. 10. Prince Edward. 17. Suffolk.

5. Leeds. n. Hastings, 18. Essex.

6. Frontenac. 12. Northumberland. 19. Kent.

13. Durham.

The number of representatives to be elected to the Legislative Assembly
was fixed by the proclamation at sixteen, distributed among the counties as

follows:

Glengarry 2

Stormont.

Dundas

Grenville

Leeds and Frontenac

Ontario and Addington

Prince Edward

Lennox, Hastings and Northumberland..
Durham, York and Lincoln (first riding)

Lincoln (second riding)

Lincoln (third riding) ,

Lincoln (fourth riding) and Norfolk ,

Suffolk and Essex ,

Kent..,

The concluding paragraph of the proclamation reads:

"In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made pat
ent, and the great seal of our said Province of Upper Canada to be hereunto
affixed. Witness our trusty and well-beloved John Graves Simcoe, Esquire,
our Lieutenant-Governor of our said Province of Upper Canada, and Colonel
commanding our forces in Upper Canada, etc , at our Government house in
the town of Kingston, this sixteenth day of July, in the year of Our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-two, and in the thirty-second year of
our reign.

[Signed], "J. G. S.

"WILLIAM JARVIS, Secretary."

THE U. E. LOYALISTS.

When he had concluded read ing the historical document his Honor further
addressed the people by saying:

Ladies and Gentlemen, — I have been asked to say a few words to you
before the rest of the programme is gone on with, and I will have great
pleasure in complying with that request, although I must say this is not a
very easy place to speak from. The high wind makes it so difficult to be heard
that I shall be compelled to cut my remarks short. Perhaps that will be
more acceptable, seeing that our day has been cut short owing to the non-
arrival of the boat bringing us from Toronto. I will only say that I think it
is good to be here. (Hear, hear.) It is good for us to talk of the days of our
ancestors, and recall the trials and hardships which the people endured in
the earlier days of the settlement of this country. We have among us to-day
some of the direct descendants of those who took part in the establishment
of constitutional government 100 years ago. We have here to-day a grandson
of one of Governor Simcoe's Ministers. That brings us very close to him.
The grandson of Sir Alexander Grant, who was a very important member of
Governor Simcoe's Government. While we are commemorating here to-day
the issuing of the proclamation by Governor Simcoe, it is well that we should
just look for a moment at the man who was distinguished for the zeal and
fidelity with which he served his country. He was distinguished for many
acts of intrepid bravery, for his calm and correct judgment, and for his true
and honorable conduct in all his actions. He was a man who was well known,
and was sent here on account of the energy and judgment and discretion which

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he had shown in the service of his king in other parts of the world. He was
sent here to govern a people few in numbers, but a people who had suffered
losses and privations and endured untold hardships for the sake of the old
flag— (hear, hear)— men who for their loyalty and fidelity to their king had
lost property aud had suffered hardships while living among the people of
what was then known as the American States, that had succeeded in achiev
ing their independence Of these Loyalists many had sought

REFUGE IN NEW YORK CITY,

which was then the last point that the British forces held, and when, in 1783,
peace was declared between the Mother Country and the American States,
the order came for New York to be evacuated by the British troops, the
Governor of New York at that time found that he had in his charge a large
number of Loyalists-people who had come in from the different States to seek
the protection of the old flag, which they had served, and for serving which
they had suffered, lost their property and been imprisoned. The Governor
had several hundreds, yes, thousands of these people, and he knew not what
to do with them. He heard that there was a man named Captain Michael
Grass in the garrison, who had been a prisoner at Fort Frontenac during the
time that the French held that stronghold. He sent for Captain Grass and
asked him what kind of a conntry that was up there. Captain Grass told
him that the people could live there, and that they would find it a fine coun
try. The Governor said, "Will you undertake to pilot these Loyalists to that
country if I give you transports and ships?" Captain Grass undertook the
task. Ships were engaged and provisioned, and they set out upon their voyage
along the rugged Atlantic coast and up the majestic St. Lawrence as far as
Sorel, which was reached in the winter of 1783; there they encamped, and in
the following spring they came up the River St. Lawrence in boats and bat-
teaux, arriving in June, 1784, when they formed an encampment and waited
until the country was surveyed preparatory to the apportionment to them of the
land. When the Government was informed of the success of Captain Grass in
the transportation of these Loyalists to British soil, he was told that he should
have first choice of a lot of the land to be apportioned, and he chose a lot on
which part of Kingston now stands. He afterwards exchanged that lot and
took one farther out in the country, and his grandson lives on that farm
io-day. Other refugees and Loyalists crossed to Niagara and settled

lalong the 'north shore of Lal<e Erie. These were the people — a few thousand
Loyalists — when Governor Simcoe was called upon to assume the Governor
ship of Upper Canada. There were at that time also about 10,000 Indians
here, all of whom, like the Loyalists, had fought for the cause of Britain and
\vere Icyal to British connection. Governor Simcoe found this country at
that time covered by a dense and almost impenetrable forest, and he made
his journeys from Kingston here by water. When he went to Detroit he had
to go through an almost trackless wilderness When he went a few years
afterwards he lay out a site for a town where Toronto now stands; there was
not a house between the two places and he had to pitch his tent there. Is it
not interesting to recall all these things, to have some regard for the deeds of*
our forefathers? (Hear, hear.) Do we not, in view of the trials and diffi
culties so nobly surmounted, feel inspired to emulate their noble careers,
bearing in mind that

"Who is unworthy the blessings of the bruve

Is b'ase in mind and born to be slave."

Let us all endeavor to learn something of the early history of our country,
'and see what our forefathers have done

FOR THEIR POSTERITY.

When we think of the progress of Ontario we ought to feel proud. What a
change has come over this country How differently we travel coming here
on those magnificent steamers or the railways. How different the means of
transit had Simcoe and the members of Parliament whom he invited to come
and give him the benefit of their advice in Niagara in 1792. How science
;and literature have progressed. Arts, agriculture, commerce and manufac
tures have all advanced and have made this country one of the most pros
perous countries en the face of the globe. When we look at all the comfortable
and contented homes that are spread over this immense Province of Ontario,
with her rich fields of waving grain ready to be gathered into the storehouses,
with her herds of cattle grazing on the pasture lands, and withal her great
wealth, we ought to be gratified and pleased. We are not only a prosperous
and contented people, but a God-fearing people. Anyone who travels over
this country sees upon every hilltop churches with their spires pointing
heavenwards, telling the people of God's love for man. There are many
subjects to which I might refer, chiefly showing why this country is happy

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and propserous. Let us think of the heroic deeds of our ancestors, of the
privations and troubles which they had in settling this country in the earlier
days, and let us be thankful that Canada to-day remains true to that flag
which these men upheld, Let us, everyone, man, woman and child, determine
that as far as in them lie, they will endeavor to keep this country true to the old
flag. (Applause ) I feel thankful that I should be permitted to-day, as
Governor of this important, populous and rich Province of Ontario, to speak
as one of the successors of Governor Simcoe, and I hope that the course of
events during my term of office will be such that we will still further perpetuate
the name written here, and that we may hand down this valuable heritage to our
" children and our children's children with its name unsullied. I thank you,
gentlemen. (Applause.

JOSEPH BRANT'S PRAYER BOOK.

At the close of the Lieutenant-Governor's address a royal salute was
fired, immediately after which Rev. Canon Bull read selections from the Book
of Common Prayer, with a special allusion in the General Thanksgiving for
liberty and civil and religious rights. The book which he used was once the
property of Joseph Brant, the great Indian chief, and was published in 1774.
The proceedings here closed with the singing of a verse of the National
Anthem, and the people dispersed for dinner, after which about 2,000 men,
women and children, and American soldiers assembled in the park, where a
platform had been erected.

The Lieutenant-Governor took the chair and loyal and enthusiastic
speeches were made by a number oY gentlemen from Toronto, the most note
worthy being that of Sir Oliver Mowat, who strongly opposed the views of a
rather unimportant minority, who are supposed to favor Annexation to the
United States. It was an excellent speech, conceived in a truly patriotic
spirit and ways deservedly applauded thoroughout its delivery.

GREETINGS TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

On behalf of the Pioneer and Historical Societies of Ontario, Rev Canon
Bull, in the absence of Rev. Dr. Scadding, presented his Honor the Lieuten
ant-Governor with the following address ; —

"The Presidents of the various Pioneer and Historical Societies of Ontario,
on behalf of their respective bodies, assembled at Niagara this i6th day of
July, 1892, to commemorate the looth anniversary of the founding of the

Province of Upper Canada, take the opportunity of this auspicious hour to
heartily greet you as the representative of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen
Victoria, and as the successor of the wise and brave first Lieutenant Govenor
Simcoe of 100 years ago; also to congratulate you upon occupying fhat dis
tinguished position in the glorious succession of British rulers in this part of
the Greater Britain. We pray that the Divine Providence over-ruling the
Empire may ever preserve to us our ancient liberties and the succession of
our ancient rulers, and bless you in your high office in guiding the destinies

of this fair province, first called Upper Canada.

GEORGE A. BULL, M, A.
Vice-President, on behalf of the Pioneers and Historical Societies of Ontario.

THANKS FOR THE ADDRESS

In accepting the address his Honour desired to thank the members of
the Historical and Pioneer Societies for expressing their appreciation of his
appointment as Lieutenant-Governor. He felt proud of Sir Oliver's speech,
and was confident that the majority of the people were British in sentiment.
He was certain the British emblem would still continue to be handed down in
Canada, and he hoped when his time of office was at an end to pass it on un
sullied and untarnished. He expressed regret at having had no notice of the
address, so that he might have had a suitable reply prepared. He would,
however, send a reply later- (Applause).

Lieut. Col. Denison of Toronto, and Sheriff McKellar of Hamilton, made
appropriate speeches.

DESCENDED FROM JOSEPH BRANT.

The Lieutenant-Governor introduced Dr. Oronhyatekha by'saying that
when Governor Simcoe had charge of affairs in Canada he had one of the
greatest Indians (Joseph Brant) of his time to assist him, and he (the speaker)
had great pleasure in calling upon one of his descendents, Dr, Oronhyatekha.

With heart and soul Dr. Oronhaytekha endorsed every word that fell
from the lips of Sir Oliver. He was pleased in having the honour of speaking
on behalf of the Six Nation Indians. As a Mohawk Indian it gave him satis
faction to think of the aid his tribe had given to maintain the British con
nection. His father and uncle had aided in driving the Yankees out of Cana
da, and he hoped this country would never be handed over to another nation.
When in times past the Indians had assisted the whites when they got into a

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corner (laughter) — they did their best to maintain the country as a part of

the British Empire. The Indian race was not dying out in Ontario In 1844
the Mowhawks of the Bay of Quinte numbered 383; in 1857, 562; in 1860, 589;
in 1876, 725; in 1880 889; in 1890, 1,056. By these statistics it was evident
his own tribe was not decreasing. In 1844 their- total number was 2,223; in
1857, 2,169; in 1860, 2,718; in 1870, 2,869; in 1880, 3,204; in 1890, 3,425. In
Ontario there weae 17,018 Indians. They had 3,992 houses, 2,079 barns, and
were cultivating 65,000 acres of land. The Indians were so well off that they
had loaned to the Government $3,052,712, which he hoped the Government
would repay when it became wealthier. (Laughter). In 1891 they paid for
teachers $27,712. In the older Provinces the Indians owned 18,147 farm
implements, had 19,570 head of cattle, 16,367 horses, and 13,877 sheep and
pigs. They raised in 1891, 91,378 bushels of wheat, 297,867 bushels of other
grains, 19,498 tons of hay, and other products. The total value of their farm
products in that year was $1,568,063. It was therefore evident that the In
dian was doing something for Canada. If at any time it came that it would
be necessary for them to fight they would be ready to do so.

The Lieutenant-Governor announced the close of the proceedings as
follows:— This brings the afternoon ceremonies to an end. We will now close
by singing a verse of "God Save the Queen." The verse was sung, and the
audience dispersed.

Words of Hymn
Put Under Ban

The words of the popular hymn
"Beautiful Isle of Somewhere",
placed under ban by Cardinal
O'Connell of Boston, are:
Somewhere the sun is shining,

Somewhere the song birds dwell/'
Hush then, thy sad repining,

God lives, and al! is well.

Somewhere, somewhere,
Beautiful isle of somewhere,

Land of the true,

Where we live anew,
Beautiful isle of somewhere.

Somewhere the day is longer,

Somewhere the task is done,
Somewhere the heart is stronger,

Somewhere the guerdon won.
Somewhere the load is lifted,

Close by an open gate,
Somewhere the clouds are rifted,

Somewhere the angels wait.

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