FOREWORD

The compilation of this parish history has been a labour of love, but the fewness and the scattered nature of the sources have prolonged the work beyond expectation. I am much indebted to the Reverend W. E. Ingraham, Rector of the Parish, for his willing assistance in corroborating many details. Mr. Reagh Meek and Mr. George Ferguson of New London, and Mr. Charles MacKay of Ken- sington, have supplied information about the early story of the Church and the community. Without the unceasing local research undertaken by my mother, Mrs. L. E. Townsend, Public Librarian of Kensington, and her gentle but firm insistence that I get on with the job, the work would not have been completed.

Biographical information about the clergy was derived from many sources including Clergy Lists, Crockford’s Clerical Direc- tory, Synod Journals, Diocesan Year Books, and the like. Descend- ants of these clergymen, and registrars of dioceses in Great Britain, have given much help. Photographs have been supplied by W. W. Walker, Merion Station, Pa.; H. P. Gundy, Librarian of Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; H. J. Aylwin, Winnipeg, Man.; Mrs. Sadie E. Birt, Milton, P.E.I.; Miss Hattie McLeod, French River, P.E.I. The Public Archives of Canada has provided the map which appears in the endpapers. To these persons and institutions, and to many others which are unnamed, I express my thanks. I am specially grateful to my friend Selwyn Dewdney of London, Ontario, for drawing the cover design and three sketches.

This little history, in which frequent reference has been made to men and women of past time who have loved and served the Church, happens to be completed on a day when such persons are called to remembrance by Christendom. We therefore who still

serve and love may fittingly pray:

O Almighty God, who hast called us to faith in thee, and hast compassed us about with so great a cloud of witnesses; Grant that we, encouraged by the good examples of thy Saints, may persevere in running the race that is set before us, until at length, through thy mercy, we, with them, attain to thine eternal joy.

Wycliffe College, Toronto, All Saints’ Day, 1959 THOMAS R. MILLMAN.

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