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First Methodist (‘lnlrch

The Prince: Street Methodist Church is an imposing brick building of the Gothic style of architecture. The first Methodist on the Island was Benjamin Chappell, who came

out from London in 1774. He took a great interest in religious matters, and kept up correspondlence with the Rev. John Wes- ley. The fiirst Methodist minister stationed here was tthe Rev. Thomas Bulpitt. He arrived in 1807 and died in 1849. For many yearrs the services were held in private hotuses and in the Court House. In 1810 at site near the London House corner was; purchased, and a chapel was erected on it a few years later. In 1835 a more commodious building was erected on Prince St.. where the parsonage now stands. The corner stone of the present large and beautiful church was laid on the Queen’s Biirthday, 1863. This edifice is 115 feet lomg, 68 feet wide, and 42 feet to the eaves. The congregation is numerous and wealth y. The Sunday School numbers over 600 scholars and about 50 teachers. A long succession of capable ministers have filled the pulpit. The present incumbent, the Rev. (George M. Campbell, is an able and eloquent preacher, and under his ministry the cause of religion has greatly prospered. Services on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. rm. Prayer Meetings on 'Wednesdays and Frid xys at 7.30 p. m.

(‘llllrch of England-«st. Peter‘s

Situated in the north-west corner of RochEord Square, is the Cathedral for Prince Edward Island, of the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia (exercising ecclesiastical jurisdiction over this Province). While the brlding is neither handsome nor im» = posing, the church is one of the best— equipped in Canada. Built by voluntary subscriptions in 1868, it was consecrated on the Feast of its Patron Saint, St. Peter, ' 29th June, 1879. For its first incumbent it had the saintly George Wright Hodgson, M.A., one of Canada’s foremost sons, who by his learning and piety, his eloquence and activity, his broad-mindedness and large-hearted sympathies, not only rose to a foremost position in the estimation 0t his fellow-churchmen in the Dominion, but enjoyed the well-deserved distinction