written for Rev. Whitman , he would first have to return to Prince Edward Island to face the charges. Traveling in 1890 was at best a slow process, especially from Illinois . With no alternative if he was to continue his career, Edward Whitman showed up at the March 26th Baptist prayer meeting in Charlottetown and the clerk's note states: ...After prayers, Rev. Edward Whitman made an oration and also read a letter from the clerk of the Baptist church in Joliet, Illinois . The prayer meeting suddenly convened into a business meeting where 16 brethren were formed into a special Committee to investigate the charges of Brothers HeartzandFoy. The special committee met all of the following day. On April 4, the Committee made a simple statement to a general church meeting: "By a unanimous vote of the Charlottetown BaptistChurch, Reverend Edward Whitman is hereby expelled from membership until he humbly will confess his faults before the Church ". By this time Rev. Whitman had returned to Illinois , and there is no evidence that a dismission letter was ever given to him by Baptist. Two weeks later, two letters of dismission were sent to Indiana at the request of Mrs. Whitman and their daughter, Bessie. This was the last ever noted about the charges, the subject, or Reverend Edward Whitman . In early 1890, W.F. Scantlebury took over as church treasurer and one of his first efforts was to issue, for the first time, quarterly financial statements to members. The first quarter statement again showed growth in membership and some reduction in the overall debt. Four interesting entries on the expense side of the ledger were; the organist's salary of $25, a Poor Fund donation of $72.42, a Rev. Whitman investigation cost of $9.90 and one we can't quite understand.....Water for the Baptistry, 70 cents. The brick and stone Baptist Church on the corner of Prince and Fitzroy Streets was almost complete by early December, 1890. The Daily Examiner ran a story calling it a credit to the city and noted the fortitude and faith of the Baptists in recovering so quickly. They called the new church, "The costliest and best arranged in the Maritimes, with a seating capacity of 600", and credited builder J-W. Cox with excellent workmanship. The story listed the dimensions of the main building as 40' x 65', with an 85 foot tower and slate roof. The article noted the 30' x 50' Sunday School hall on the south side, with a vestry room, choir room and baptistry on the east side. One unique feature of the new church was that it had two main doors on , one at each corner to provide safe and easy access to and from the sanctuary. Another interesting feature was a series of small "turret" windows on the front three sides of the sanctuary, some of which exist in the city to this day, in both the current Baptist Church and a number of private homes. The new Charlottetown Baptist Church was almost completed, only 19 months after the devastating fire had left the members without a facility and seemingly hopelessly ln debt. Their effort was considered yet another tremendous display of faith. ss