This part of the Country, I have also seen when it had neither frame houses nor

carriage roads. Where I travelled today, I have travelled by blaze, I mean part of the way from Alberton to Campbellton guided by Mr. James Wells of Cascumpec in

1841. Even in the neighborhood of the church, I have slept in the log house of a kind Highlander, Samuel MacPherson, and dined, after preaching, in the board shanty of a generous Lowlander, while the first crop of tall wheat was growing and waving. When I see ranges of cultivated farms, and scores of good houses and well-filled barns in succession, I conclude that the financial means of a hearty congregational life are there. Let the Ramsays and others whom I met with, and those whom I regret that I did not see, join in hearty effort with their minister to become a church of a noble spirit and of good deeds, a church which will be known as a Light On West Point, and a Power through the land.

RETURN

A pleasant evening was that Tuesday evening spent at the mill establishment of the Rose Hill Ramsays at Pierre Jacques, and the drive the next day was memorable, it not for its length, certainly for its depth. I thought that I had known what mud was, having travelled on roads varying in depth from four or five to six or eight inches, with occasional dip of a foot, but there were parts of this western road where the ordinary sounding was about one foot, and the great depths were fully two. A friend, Arthur, with his two horse team, worked his way through all, compelling with gentle persuasion the reluctant ferryman what he stoutly maintained was im- possible, to cross Grand River Ferry, against wind and rain, on that dark night. So may he work his way through all difficulties, and as he helped me on my way, he was awarded with Help on every time of need.

My sleep was sounder that night from the knowledge that my next appointment at Malpeque could be overtaken with ease, driven by Mr. A. MacGregor to Rev. W.R. Frame’s Manse on Wednesday, and meeting there, Mr. Laird. The evening

found me at the Manse in Malpeque.”'03

REV. CHARLES FRASER 1871 - 1882

Rev. Charles Fraser was born in Cavendish, P.E.I. and educated in Halifax and Princeton, U.S.A. On May 25, 1885 the Rev. Charles Fraser, of Prince Edward Island Presbytery, died after a brief illness in Richmond Bay East. Rev. Fraser was ordained and inducted on May 25, 1871, and was for about ten years pastor of West Point, Brae, and Campbellton, Prince Edward Island, a Charge that required for its thorough working a great deal of physicial strength and endurance as well as mental

and spiritual strength. After an arduous pastorate of about ten years Mr. Fraser demitted his charge on August 20, 1872, and for the sake of his health purchased a

farm to which he devoted a good deal of attention greatly to the benefit of his health.

103 “The Supplementary Fund in Prince Edward Island," Home and Foreign Record of the Presbyterian Church. February, 1869.

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