HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Our church history dates back to two great Methodist leaders in England : John and Charles Wesley and several Methodist missionaries who were sent out from England to look after the religious needs of the people in this largely unsettled island. Benjamin Chappell in Gharlottctown and Theodore Wright in Bcdcquc- Tryon area wore responsible for securing Methodist missionaries to win new converts and to gather '.'cthodists into congregations. In 1359 the Methodists in recommended that a missionary,, the Rev. Robert Wilson , be sent to "he area along the coast between West Cape and .. As a result of these efforts, the settlers, many of whom were originally from and Tryon , were formed into a mission in 1860 with the Rev. William C . Brown as pastor of thirteen preaching places and according to the earliest records Elmsdale was one of those preaching places. Three years later, in 1363 it was recommended that 'vest be divided with a separate preacher for Cascumpcc, Kildarc, Tignish , and other places. In 1867 the single title West Cape " appears with Rev. C. W. Dockrill as Superintendent and, 'according to the record of the earliest ministers to serve the Methodists of the Albcrton area were: Rev. C. W. Dockrill (1367-59) and in 1869 Rev. J. G. Bigncy . In 1370 the title " West Cape " is replaced by ■'Albcrton" with Rev. J. G. Bigncy as pastor (1369-72). He was succeeded by Rev. L. S. Johnson (1872-75) under whose leadership a Methodist Society was formed in Albcrton in 1372. According to the Quarterly Board Minutes for August 16, 1375, nA young man, the Rev. • Aquila Lucas is expected to be here in October 1875. His three-quarter salary is estimated at $150.00 and his board at $66.00. It is thought that friends will lend him horses for journeys to save expenses to the circuit (1875-78)." In 1879 during the pastorate of the Rev. Joseph Scllar land for the construction of a church in Elmsdalc was obtained in 1880 from Mr. Malcolm Matthews . From the records in the Albcrton Wcslcyan Methodist Register 1867-90, Book 1, we find the first Marriage , .Nov. .13, 1880, Charles Morgan ,