3. breadth and twelve feet high, it was dedicated to Alexis by Bishop Plessis on July 17, lgi2, and stood down close to the shore beside the old burying ground where sleep the pioneer settlers of , There are no very old tombstones to be seen in this ancient cemetery5 those placed there in the early days were made of old red sand stone and have crumbled away. The second church was built in 1824, The builder was Bartlett Dunphy. The third church was built in I653 by Lawrence Murphy and Lawrence Peters It stood on rising ground overlooking one cf the fairest landscapes of Prince Edward Island until it was replaced by the present inspiring structure in 1930. On this spot, the line of vision is broken by two beautiful bays, the points of land that separate them being high and well wooded in parts, while the farms thereon give evidence of great fertility. This church was sixty feet in length by forty-two in widths the height of the wall was twenty-two feet. Between 1870 and I872 a sanctuary and vestibule were added to it. The high altar which came from Montreal was delicately though profusely colored in blue and gold with touches of pink, grey, and brown, The frontal was carton plerre, a representation of the Last Supper In bas-relief, Above the altar was a fine stained-glass window representing the Holy Family, (Ihis window is now above the altar in New Zealand Mission Church which was built in 1932 to servo the people of that area,). The cemetery of is considered oy some to be one of the most beautiful on the Island, It lies to the east of the church and is shaded by many graceful white birch trees. The monument to Reverend Edward Walker , D,D. who served as pastor for forty-six years adds grace and beauty to this city of the Dead, This parish possesses several relics of the past, the dearest among them which is the bell, Long ago in the dim past the English govern¬ ment being determined to get rid of the French Inhabitants of the then populous little town of Pierre situated on the harbour of that name, sent three hundred of the French adrift in a leaky vessel avowedly with the intention of transporting them to France, Before . leaving, these poor people as was the custom of the Acadians buried such things as they considered too sacred to fall into the hands of the English, among which was their church bell. In 1870 a Mr Garret Barry of Peter's Harbour while ploughing in his field struck some object that gave a metallic .soun^ and which proved to be the bell of the old church of Pierre which had lain unharmed in the earth for ome hundred fifteen years, Mr Barry presented his treasure trove to the parishioners of Morell who exchanged it for a new bell with the people of , The old relic was rapturously welcomed by the descendants of its first owners and was trilled by kindness. Everybody wanted to ring it and everybody did ring it; in consequence it was oroken and had to be ecast. In 1882 it was placed in the tower of the old church and, when the present church was built, it was placed in its tower there to call the faithful to Mass and devotions,