and returning to their home for supper, staying overnight, vis¬ iting the next day, and returning home to Bideford . She reports of the minister, Rev. E. S. Weeks , holding a missionary service and being very pleased that the collection, to be given to missions, amounted to $9.21. She also noted that it was sad that road conditions prevented the minister travelling from Bideford to hold services in spring and fall. The young people then went to either the Presbyterian service in Central or the Baptist service in Belmont. John and Harriet Yeo had ten children, two of whom died in infancy. One of their daughters, Gretha (1884-1952) was organist at the Methodist Church for many years; she was also a trustee and the church treasurer. She married Sterling Tucker in 1924 and moved to North Bedeque . Her sister, Isabelle Monkley (1877-1969) also played the church organ and led the singing. John and Harriet's son, Earle, took over the home farm. John and Harriet are buried in the Lot 16 Methodist Cemetery JabezYeo (1852-1935) Lay Preacher Before his death on June 21, 1935, Jabez Yeo lived to witness the birth and death of his beloved St . James Methodist Church. It was from the pulpit of St . James that Jabez con¬ ducted a powerful and passionate lay ministry. For the major¬ ity of his adulthood he worked and prayed for the church that became the center of his life. Jabez lived and worked on a small farm in Central which he obtained from his mother. Jabez's oldest surviving grand¬ daughter, Blanche Yeo , remembers her grandfather as a gen¬ tle, kind man. The Bible was his great passion and he would share it with his granddaughter as he read her the stories while holding her on his knee. Prayers were said down on the knees. A favourite saying of his was, "A quiet time makes a wise head."2 Much of Jabez's time was given to travelling to Bible meetings and engaging with others who had the same interest. As a lay preacher, Jabez rendered services in Lot 16 and at 82 United Church and Its People