City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . wereWm. Wake-ling, J. , ,J as. Hitch-ens, withthe wives ofthese fourgentlemen,and scene ofthe serviceswas thentransferredto the Meth-odist Chapelon the cor-ner of Kingand Talbotstreets, Re\.Jas. Inglisbeing thefirst years later the congregation took possession of theirown church, on the corner of York and Talbotstreets, where they worshipped for thirty-one years, or till the end of 1881. The build-ing is still standing, being used as a vs^are-house and machine shop. In
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . wereWm. Wake-ling, J. , ,J as. Hitch-ens, withthe wives ofthese fourgentlemen,and scene ofthe serviceswas thentransferredto the Meth-odist Chapelon the cor-ner of Kingand Talbotstreets, Re\.Jas. Inglisbeing thefirst years later the congregation took possession of theirown church, on the corner of York and Talbotstreets, where they worshipped for thirty-one years, or till the end of 1881. The build-ing is still standing, being used as a vs^are-house and machine shop. In 1882 the pres-ent handsome edifice on Talbot street,between Maple and Kent, was successors of Mr. Inglis in the pastoratewere Robt. Boyd (five years), Charles Camp-bell (one and one-half years), W. AUington(four years), Thos. Ure (three years), HenryWatts (two years). Dr. James Cooper (four-teen years), Jas. B. Montgomery (co-pastorfor two years), A. Grant (five and one-halfyears), W. H. Porter, who assumed thepastorate in 1885 and continued for six till the appointment of Rev. Ira Smith. Thelatter gentleman remained co-pastor tillthe past year, when he resigned, and thejiulpit is at the present time occupied byRev. Dr. Sowerby. The Adelaide StreetBaptist Chuirh is an offshoot of the parentbody, having developed from a missionstarted about twenty-three years ago. In1877 it branched out as a regular congrega-tion, with exactly fifty more members thancomposed the older body on its organizationin 1846. The pulpit was supplied from YorkStreet Church till 1878, when Rev. P. A. Mc-Ewen was oidained as the fiist Iegular pas-tor. After twoyears of serv-ice he ^vas suc-ceeded by Firth,who gave placethreeyears laterto Rev. Thos. , underwhose pastoratewas builtthe presenthandsomebrick churchon the cor-ner of Ade-laide andKing formerchurch wasa framestructure onthe oppositecorner. Itwas origi-nally a Meth-odistchurch,then sold tothe Ang
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