TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES 95

Many changes have taken place since the French had their homes here, but one often hears from the older folk of the remains of the Acadian homes, an old cellar, well, graves, etc., which all tell their own tale of the cosy homes they had, before being driven away to other lands.

Well repaid were those who reverently turned aside to sit in the old Covenanter church in Grand Pré; to see the double-deck pulpit, the box pews, and outside the graves of many distinguished members of Sir Robert Borden’s family. As at Sheffield, the story of the heroic inception of the religious life of the community was told by the minister. '

As we sat in the pews our thoughts wandered back to the days of the hardy pioneers, and a sense of the sanctity of this Temple came over us all.

This historic Presbyterian church was built in 1804. The first church goers were settlers from the New Eng- land States, who came to live in this district after the expulsion of the Acadians. Rev. James Murdock preached here from 1767 to 1791. Some of the later ministers were Revs. Thos. Gilmour, Geo. Struthers and Wm. Somerville. The latter who was of the Covenanter body, ministered to a huge district, and insisted on the singing of the Psalms. This church remained in the hands of the Coven- anters until 1912. Now it is a part of the United Church, services being held in it part time in the year.

In the cemetery outside the church, we saw the first grave, that of Rev. Thomas Gilmour, buried 1811. The inscription thereon is in Latin.

Proceeding down the hillside, and under a Norman arch, we passed into Evangeli'ne’s Memorial Park—into Acadia! Yes, and into Normandy itself! A gentle melan— choly enfolded us. Voices were hushed as one reviewed the sorrowful story of Longfellow’s Evangeline, the