A LEGACY OF FAITH Chapter 2 Establishing on Rev. Frank H. Sinnott , in his History of the Baptists on Prince Edward Island states, "....The first visit of any clergyman connected with the Baptist cause, of which we have any record, is Rev. Henry Alline , the famous "New Light Baptist" preacher from Nova Scotia , who came to St. John's Island in 1782." Alline found the people on the Island, "...very dark and most of them openly profane". He was obviously not impressed with their spiritual and moral standards, found very few professing Christians and often encountered "...strong opposition to his preaching". In John Brebner 's Neutral Yankees of Nova Scotia , Henry Alline is described as "...a preacher gifted with an extraordinary religious eloquence who toured the communities of Nova Scotia and St. John's Island and shattered their congregations, leaving his converts filled with moral zeal but without an orderly church structure." Alline and Rev. William Black , a vocal follower of John Wesley , were without question the dominant evangelistic preachers in Nova Scotia , in the latter years of the 18th century. The "New Light Baptist" teachings of Alline and Black's "New Methodism" often created conflicts in communities, and there is well documented evidence of harsh Rev. FrankH . Sinnott words directed toward each other. Their preaching tours did awaken settlements and establish churches, and the results of their efforts led to the creation of both Baptist and Methodist/Wesleyan associations in Nova Scotia . When Henry Alline was dying, William Black sent him a letter expressing the following, "...Although we differ in sentiment, let us manifest our love for each other. Shall we destroy the work of God? God forbid! May the Lord take away all bigotry and fill us both with pure, Catholic love." A significant happening occurred in the House of Assembly on St. John's Island in 1799. St. John's Island was the English name given to the former French colony of lie Ste Jean and there was some confusion as travelers were getting it mixed up with the remote community of St. John's, in Newfoundland . There was some consideration given to changing the name to "New Ireland" but that thinking