After a few weeks sickness, following a severe operation, he passed peacefully 
     
     away in the unshaken Christian faith which had sustained him through life and 
     
     which he proclaimed for the fifty-seven years of his ministry. 
     
    
   
   
    
     He is survived by his wife. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The funeral service was held in Queens Square Church, Saint John, NB. on 
     
     Sabbath afternoon, May 8th, and interment was made in Fernhill Cemetery. ”3° 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
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     Rev. John Goldsmith Rev. John Goldsmith, Mabel and Violet Goldsmith 
     
     REV. JOHN GOLDSMITH 
     
     1896 - 1900 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Rev. John Goldsmith was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, on May 26, 1853, 
     
     the third son of Thomas Goldsmith and his wife Eleanor Sayle. He received his early 
     
     education on the Isle of Man and gave his life to Christ at the age of eleven. He 
     
     labored for the Savior as a prayer leader, Sunday School teacher, and soon after, a 
     
     local preacher. When the call came from the Methodist Church, he entered the 
     
     duties of the ministry. 
     
    
   
   
    
     His father, Thomas Goldsmith, was a jeweler who operated a jewelry and clock 
     
     store in Douglas, Isle of Man. Not much is known about the early life of John 
     
     Goldsmith, but he went to Prince Edward Island in 1875, in response to an appeal of 
     
     the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Conference. He was ordained in 
     
     Charlottetown in 1879, but before ordination, he preached in Mount Stewart and 
     
     Margate, P.E.I. from 1875 to 1877. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The following announcement appeared in the Prince Edward Island Examiner 
     
     on December 22, 1879, “Married on the 15th instance at the residence of the bride’s 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     30 Minutes of the United Church Conference, 1932. 
     
    
   
   
    
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