were describing the conditions of their new life and were persistent in their requests that missionaries be sent by the Bible Christians to fill a great void in the colony.

One area, near Charlottetown, on the Union Road, Winslow Road, and the Brackley Point Road, was settled mostly by English people between 1820 and 1830. Until 1832, there had been no religious services held for these people, and, as a result, any observance of the Sabbath was largely forgotten. It must also be realized that the settlers were struggling for their lives in the midst of the isolation, poverty, and wild conditions of their surroundings, and religion did not have the highest

priority.

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10. APPOINTMENT OF THE REV. FRANCIS METHERALL TO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

One of the residents on Union Road was Mr. Abbott who, with his wife, had been Bible Christians in England and wished to have the Bible Christians establish that denomination in Prince Edward Island. In 1831, the English Con- ference received an urgent appeal for a missionary from Mr. Abbott as well as a similar request from Bible Christians in Ontario. In spite of very limited income, and many requests for aid to Home Missions as well as Foreign Missions, the

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