accomplishment. Astheyear 1891 came toanend, the Charlottetown Baptist Churchchanged their operational year from fiscal to calendar, so the annual meeting was held in the evening on December 31st, rather than late spring. How times have changed! Can you imagine the reaction today if an annual meeting was called on New Year's Eve? In 1891, however, these Baptists were far more interested in the welfare of their church than in any New Year's celebrations, and there was an excellent turnout of members. In the annual statement, one of the interesting figures on the Income side were Pew Rentals, that now provided $322.25 annually to the church. Collections came from two sources, noted as Envelopes - $1069.26 and Loose - $398.08. On the Expense side, it showed the janitor and organist each being paid $50 for their efforts. Missions received $150 and a special entry called Fire received $56.30. That entry no doubt referred to a special donation collected and made to families involved in the tragic coal mine explosion of February 21,1891, that cost the Cumberland County Town of Springhill , Nova Scotia , the lives of 25 of its citizens. In June of 1892, the Charlottetown Baptist Church received a new Act of Incorporation. The old Act it replaced had come into effect in 1845 and was an Incorporation of the five trustees, as the church came into existence. This new Act was for the church, and this time it named six trustees in the persons of Arthur W. Sterns , G.B. Norton , Robert Vanlderstine , James MacLeod , C.H. Schurman and Neil MacLeod . Clerk Edward D. Sterns did not keep notes as detailed as those provided by former clerks, James DesBrisay and Nathan Davies . His minutes of meetings were usually limited to listing those who had been accepted as members through baptism or transfer letters received from other churches, as well as members who had received dismission letters, allowing them to transfer their memberships elsewhere. Unless something was controversial or cost a lot of money, it just did not seem important enough to record. Reverend John Alexander Gordon, who came to Baptist as an interim pastor in 1889 and stayed for almost four years, received a call in early June of 1893 from the Main Street Baptist Church in Saint John, New Brunswick . He accepted and left having helped his church survive a very tough period of time and earn a tremendous amount of community respect for the faith it had shown in facing adversity. He personally had baptized over 90 new members. It was John Gordon , more than anyone else, who is credited with solving the massive debt in 1889 and encouraging the construction of a new church. The big difference now, financially, was that they had a major asset in a beautiful new church on . Rev. John Gordon also served the Maritime Baptist Convention as its president in 1892, and would be fondly remembered by all Charlottetown Baptists . The next pastor called to the church was Rev. C. William Rev. C. William Corey