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     FOREWORD 
     
    
   
   
    
     This book had its origin in the preliminary research which was started in 1979 in 
     
     connection with the 100th Anniversary of the Miminegash United Church Building. 
     
     As a result of those earlier studies, so much material was gathered about the 
     
     churches in western Prince County, that it was decided to make a permanent record 
     
     for future generations. 
     
    
   
   
    
     While we have researched diligently for five years, we do not assume that this is 
     
     all there is to know about the religious lives and customs of our ancestors. For that 
     
     reason, we invite interested writers and researchers to continue these studies. There 
     
     is still opportunity to know more about the Methodists, the Presbyterians, and the 
     
     Bible Christians on provincial and local levels. In the meanwhile, we have stopped 
     
     some of the erosion of facts, dates, and events connected with these churches, and 
     
     this may be the most important contribution of this book. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The project for this publication was directed by the Campbellton — 
     
     Miminegash United Church Fellowship in association with The New Horizon’s 
     
     Program of Health and Welfare Canada. The directors of the project were: Vance 
     
     MaCKay, Lois Maclnnis, Allan Shaw, Mary Cousins, Bertha Palmer, George 
     
     MacKay, Georgie Mclnnis, Robert Shaw, Barbara Rix, and Hilda Ellsworth.