Milburn, a settlement of ten to fifteen families, services since before 1855 were held in the house of Nathaniel Boulter. In winter, a large, old-fashioned fireplace piled high with logs threw a cheerful life and warmth on the congregation”.

Mrs. Robert Woodside said that her mother, Mrs. Dyment (nee Boulter) remembered the Methodist ministers who used to preach in the home of her father, Nathaniel Boulter. The names of the ministers such as the Rev. Aquila Lucas and the Rev. Joseph Seller indicate that the Methodists had out-numbered the Bible Christians and that the congregation had become Methodist in the 1870’s.

The October 3, 1884 issue of The Wesleyan on page 4 contains an account of the new church building which the Milburn Congregation had decided to erect, “New church at Milburn dedicated Sunday, August 31, 1884. Sermon in the morning by the Rev. Matthew Richey Knight, Alberton; in afternoon by the Rev. L.W. Wickett, London, Ontario; in evening by Rev. A.B. MacLeod of the Presbyterian Church. The people of Milburn feel proud of their church. They have erected one of the finest country churches on this end of the Island. Free of debt. It is one of the four churches on the newly organized West Cape Circuit which was half Wesleyan and half Bible Christian. Now a parsonage is needed”. According to Mrs. Robert Woodside, the new church building was constructed by Silas Betts.

The Wesleyan on November 26, 1885, stated, “In the past few years, Milburn built a neat and comfortable church which is out of debt”.

The year, 1884, was an appropriate year for the Milburn congregation to build their new church. This was the year that the Bible Christians and the

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