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BIBLE CHRISTIAN CLERGY IN THE EBENEZER BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FROM 1845 to 1870

William Harris 1845

Francis Metherall 1846 - 52

William Callaway 1853 - 54

Robert Wilson 1854 - 55

Jacob Gale 1855 - 56

Francis Metherall 1857 - 61

William Woodman Jane 1859 - Apr. 1859 John Watson Butcher 1859 - 6 3

J .T. Sencebaugh 1862

Thomas Short 1863 - 64

Francis Metherall 1863 - 70

Isaac Ashley 1864 - 65

William Partridge Hunt 1866 - 67

James Joseph Rice 1866 — 67

A. Richards Oct. 1868 - Nov. 1868 John Chapple 1868 — 70

PASTORS OF THE WEST CAPE CIRCUIT 1871 - 1883

John Chapple 1871 Francis Metherall 1871 - 74 John G. Yelland 1872 — 75 Francis Metherall 1875 Thomas Sabine 1875 - 76 C. Roberts 1876 John Ball 1877 - 78 John W. Ferry 1879 - 80 William Bryenton 1881 - 82 John Ball 1883

Note: The Ebenezer Bible Christian Church was also known as the Lot 7

Bible Christian Church in Cape Wolfe, Lot 7.

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MILBURN BIBLE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION

The people of Milburn formed a Bible Christian Society in 1850 and were served by Class Leaders as well as preachers from the Ebenezer Circuit in West Cape and later from the West Cape Circuit. They were known as Bryanites after

the founder of their sect, William O’Bryan, as well as Bible Christians.

From the earliest days remembered, probably 1850, services were held in the home of Nathaniel Boulter, continuing for

meetings became half Bible Christian and half Methodist.

The Wesleyan Magazine dated November 26, 1885 reported that, “At

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