HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE EAST POINT BAPTIST CHURCH center and soul of his preaching and his private ministry. He was of a peculiarly sensitive disposition, never pushing his own interests to the front. He was self-asserting only in his defence of right and found his greatest joy in proclaiming the all sufficient grace of Christ. Almost his last words, uttered in the presence of the writer just a few moments be¬ fore his passing, were, "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee. Thirty-eight persons were received into the church during his ministry. O. N. Chipman . Rev. Malcolm Ross visited and preached here often; from the time Mr. Shaw was here until he died. Mr. Ross was a kind, courteous, sympathetic gentleman. He was a great man in prayer. He was a plain teacher of the word of God , everybody liked to hear him. He was always ready to extend a helping hand to pastors. He was here helping Pastor Bishop when he got word of his wife's death. It is worthy of note that from the time the word of her death came there was only forty-five minutes until the train left. Mr. Bishop , who could only walk with the support of a cane, caught his horse in the field, harnessed it and had Mr. Ross in Souris in time for the train. His boys admired him. Speaking of him Clarence says, "I revered him when he was alive, in death he is my saint." During this pastorate, in the fall of 1891, Rev. Isaiah Wallace , D.D . assisted the pastor in evan¬ gelistic meetings, a large number were baptized. Mr. Wallace says in his "Reminiscences" one of the candidates was a middle-aged man, a brother of one of the deacons. It wa,< touching to see this deacon affectionately leading his brother down into the water. These were evidently Deacon William McVean and his brother James, as James was baptized by Mr. Wallace , Nov. 1st, that year. Mr. Wallace was a noted evangelist of the Maritime Provinces. He baptized about four thousand persons and likely as many more were bap¬ tized by pastors he helped as a result of his services. He was for a time acting Principal of the Baptist College at Fredericton, N. B. Mrs. Wal ¬ lace and Mrs. (Prof.) Silas McVean were cousins. — H. G. M . lu