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THE SIGNAL GODERICH, ONT.
The Churches of the Town
Preachers of Various Denominations
Have Ministered to the Spiritual
Needs of the People Since the Early
Days of Settlement.
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"vending the arrival of white tuls-
siouarios, a l'hippew•a, the famous
Peter Jones. from the Credit. preached
the GolpeI. Ile was Strickfaud's
visitor, and seeuw to have left au
agreeable impression uu the initials ut
his hosts. Ou the Sunda)' morning he
met his congregation, ted sod white,
and gave them a moat powerful and
eloquent sermon, tient iu English, theu
in the native tongue lois ninnies
were beautiful and well chosen and
Lis language 1ntpressIve."
W -Th - deseribes a retlihie us tier -
Tice iu the early days of GudeNctt.
In Nig: Rev. Thus. Whitehead, a min-
ister of the Eplac•upal Methudtat
Church. visited Gudericb and cuu-
ducted a service iu the aturebouse of
the Canada Company.
St- Peter's B. C. Chitrg41
The brat ehurth edifice to he erected
lu the town seems to have been telt.
i'eter's B.C. church. A frame build=
tug was erected, in 1ti;t4, on the site at
the end of North street, the architect
beiug Rugh Chtahoini. The first re-
cord of baptism is dated 1343. Rev.
Father Schneider was lu charge at the
time. He was *U•eceetled by Rev. l'
Father Ryan,_, thea 111 succession by
Rev. Fathers Keleher, Buubat, Shea,
Watters. /Vest, Stanley. Incline, Guam.
and *lather tenipeau, the present tu-
cuwt►eut. The frame baildiug was
retfwlTed !n MG, during the pastorate
of Rev. Father (now Monsignor/
West, and to its place is the handsome
etoue edifice in which the congregation
now worships.
North Street United Church
The lots un which North street
United church aut parsonage stand
were deeded, in 1ts41, by the Cafyda
Company, to Revs. R. E. Evans and
Thus. --Fawcett, representing the Wes-
leyan Methodist Cburc•b. There is no
record available of the erection of the
Srst church. but for acme yearn a
frame building stood there which was
removed la loll), during the pastorate
of Rev. Thos. Cosford. to make room
fur the brio church whkh for so
many years soaked the congregation.
This buildiug was enlarged in 1*IJ,
during the pastorate of Rev. W. 1.1.
Poole. In 1871 a union was conaum-
mated between the New Connexion
and Wesleyan llethodfsts under the
name of the Canada Methodist Church.
For a time the Brock street and .North
street churches were both used, an un -
ordained preacher assisting the past-
or, but 1n 114714 the Bruck street prop.
(rtj was sold and, the two congrega-
tions united. Thio neeeasttated a fur-
ther einiar,ement of the North tercet
chum . w�iicb - �i to ma itiirttti[
pastorate of Rev. J. A. Williams. In
1906. during the incumbency of Rev,
G. N. Basest. the hid church was pulled
down. and the present modern struc-
ture was enrtc,i. In i1125 the union
of Congregational, Presbyterian and
Methodist t'hun•bes tekiug place, the
name was ctseneed to North street
United tbureh.
Owing to the itinerant system in
Methodist churchene. none of the min-
isters of North genet remained for
many year In its pastorate. yet among
those who served the community
through that church there were many
drowning ott•urred here. Joseph Cdr.
and Jasper Wlbaat• in recent years
North street has numbered amunaart !tit
;motors Revs- Dr. Unmet. Dr. flaxen,
1►r. 11. S. hoot all, I►r. A. Brown, W. K.
iiiager. Dr. Rutledge. H. 1). Moyer. and
J. E. Holmes. The prevent minister,
Bev. C. F. Clarke, upholder the best
traditions of his predeoesoors,
St. George's cbure.
The cdritest >rvailable records of the
Anglican t'hurch in Goderieh are those
of a baptism and a marriage per-
formed ie 1~13 by Rev. R. F. Camp -
belt a wissionary to the Huron Tract.
Since these events are recorded as'
taking place in the schoolroom. It
would appear that the church proper
was not erected, or not eomptete'L A
coegreeation seems to have been or-
es/117'0 some years previous to thin
tie,•. and worshipped inn frame build-
ing on tete south side of West street.
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ST. GE)00R iE'A (1Fft'Ia('H
for the carrying os of every depart-
ent of church work.
During the time of i'.•r. Archdeacon
El ood the following .urates. ■ atsted
bio neva G. Charmer. Richard
Hic• Jetta Walters. Arebdwcoo El-
wood as succeeded -j. '-;rnhdr. on
Young. bone curates were Revs. Wm.
Johnston, W. Hrown-s,'rtuan and R. 8.
N. Howe The met re -tor was Rev.
Mark Tu , 11. who ministered to
IIttd3 Her. Chu. Fletcher became min-
ister of the "Fatted Prestoter-Iau
(ihumh.a and when be resigned ua ac-
1 count of Ill -health he was followed by
lire. J. A. Devine, then by Rev. John
Fraser. darine Whose incumbency the
present shush was begun In 1+168 and
opened in PIR. to l$lt' Rev. nolo.
ire began his long ministry here. in
1876. when the United Preebyterlan.,
the Free Church of Canada and the
:AT PETER'S ('Ht licit
whose names, are stilt held) in loving in I$43, however, a church was built
memory. There are stilt with us., the St. Goose's i'rescent. if keit
those wbo speak of the preaching of r Rev. Archdeacon F2wtwd was 'needed
Rev. W. W. Puole and Bev. Jawea to the charge and for some thirty, -
Grabens. The scholarliness 51111 tocehle eight years serve, the pariah. honored
character of Rev. John A. Williams, not daily by his own people, but by rel
whq.Mter 1tefame one of the General denominations in the town. In 11471;
Superintendents of the M2'Itusiist a tin- completely tiestroyed the interior
Church, "endeared blot to all ti 110 of the eiitnrch and neeseeitated eztten-
pd.ell slur repairs. Them, is ripe). the
greatly built ftp the church during his present h,tadrome cllnrrtr was erected
pastorate. Other beloved ministers at the corner of `forth and Nel:w+n
Who have i*auwp 10 Heels reward wen• streets. Recently exteueive ad litlon-
Revs. Geo. Rieharclus.n..1. F Unwell, have been made to the perish hoer e
the tragic. lore of whose two .ens by Mr ttsat St. C7eorgP10' fully equlpts.i
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Pit. George's for is.•„ntyKwo years. and
who was seecesiel I>. tom by Rew. J.
11. Fnttp'ti ism: Rev. A. L. (I. Clarke,
Rev. S. S. Hardt, Aim the present rec-
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Knox Presbyterian Church
At what time the /rot Presbyterian
church was 44«144 In Ooderich is a
matter of conjecture. As early as
I�ut mention is ,rade of a congrega-
tion. bat trot „f ;r building. In 1835
It..‘.. .11es lla,k-rode wa8 called 11
pastor, ar,d ib 1'43 mention is made
in the ns•„ni• „f :e "'new church.” in
Church/ of Scotland became one body.
the local churches, Knuz and tit.
Andrew's, united, continuing for a
short time under the Joint pastorate
of Rev. Dr, ('re and Iter. Jame,, Slev.•-
right. in 18714 Gila amalgamation of
the congreatlons necessitated the en-
largement of Kaon church. Int which
the united congregation• worshipped.
Mr. :Reverted resigned In ]Pohl to
enter the minion field in the :North-
west- .From 1)81 to 1885 Rev. .1, A.
Turnbull was assistant to Dr. Ure.
in 1878 Raw. Roflt. p're was honored
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