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the Bideford Circuit for those years and left to serve in the United States in 1880.

Henry Penna (1876-1878)

Henry Penna was born in Newlyn East, Devon, England in 1856 and was ordained to the Methodist ministry in St. John, New Brunswick in 1880. He served St.James in Lot 16 as part of the Bideford Circuit and was known to be studious and an independent thinker. In his ministry, he was strong in

faith and a great comfort to those under his care. He retired in 1920 and made his home in St.John until his death in 1939.

John Goldsmith (1878-1881)

John Goldsmith came to serve the Bideford Circuit while he was still working towards his full ordinance with the Methodist Church. He was ordained in 1879 and remained in the Circuit for an additional two years.

\V. E. Johnston (1881-1883)

Rev. W E. Johnston, BA, Was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1853. He received his education at Mount Allison Academy and University, graduating in 1878. He was ordained into the Christian ministry and accepted as a mem— ber of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Confer- ence in 1881, the same year he came to serve in the Bideford Circuit. He married Eliza Hayes, with whom he had seven children.

Rev.Johnston was known as a highly spiritual man, a great supporter of Prohibition, and a gifted speaker with a keen sense of humour. He retired in 1913 and lived for a time in Kensington before moving to Calgary, Alberta where he died in 1936.

Edwin Charles Turner (1883—1886)

BC. Turner was born in Baie Verte, New Brunswick in 1850. In 1872, he was accepted into ministry in the Methodist Church and served three years in the Bideford Circuit with St.

James in Lot 16 as part ofhis charge. He died in 1921.

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