HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE EAST POINT BAPTIST CHURCH REV . E. A. McPHEE , 18961900 Pastor McPhec was an earnest preacher and a faithful pastor. Good progress was made during his pastorate. Twenty-one were added to the membership. REV . J. W. GARDINER , 1900-1906 Mr. Gardiner was born in England in 1841. He was a graduate of Crawley College, Oxford , and was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1873. His death at the age of eighty-five indicates that he gave over fifty years to the work of the ministry. Moving to Canada in 1891 he held pas¬ torates at Antigonish, and , Nova Scotia . He was six vears pastor of the Kingsboro Baptist Church. During that period there were added to the church fifty-four new members. He was a man of strong convictions, deep devotion and unwavering faith. The Association was held here during bis pastorate, 1904. Much importance was attached to the number of ministers attending our Association. Besides the pas¬ tor those present were, M. W. Brown , H. Y. Corey , and Rev. Professor E. M. Kierstead of Acadia College.