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role as Sunday School teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, elder, Presbytery representative, Canadian Bible Society rep- resentative, History Committee chair, and as member of numerous other committees.

LETTER FROM STUDENT MINISTER OF THE PAST

he following letter was received from Ernest Forbes who had served as a student in Lot 16 in 1898 through to 1900.

Westminster United Church, Weston, Ont. Rev. G. Ernest Forbes, B.A.

The Manse Minister

32 William St., Weston, Ont.

June 18th, 1936.

Rev. E. R. Woodside, Miscouche, Prince Edward Island

Dear Mr. Woodside,

Thank you and your people very much for your kind invi— tation to preach at the Anniversary service at Central Lot 16 onjuly 19th next. Few things I would rather do, and it so hap- pens thatJuly is my vacation month this summer, hence I am free as far as that is concerned. The barrier however is the expense though even that I would try and circumvent were it not for the fact that my congregation here has given me three months leave of absence this fall and Mrs. Forbes and I plan vis— iting some of our Mission Fields inJapan, Korea, and China and this will take every available dollar and more.

Yes I preached my first sermon in Central Church, Lot 16, and well do I remember my feelings that beautiful May mom- ing in 1898. My text was ‘For I determined to know. nothing among you savejesus Christ and him crucified.’ It was a good text all right but I fear as much could not be said for the ser- mon. However those good people, received it and me, as they

LOT 16 UNITED CHURCH AND ITS PEOPLE