Chronicles of the StJames StMethodist Church Montreal : from the first rise of Methodism in Montreal to the laying of the corner-stone of the new church on StCatherine Street . he most modern and approved character. Of the men who have stood at the helm, and guided the affairsof the Church for close on a century, our space permits of onlythe barest notice. Amongst its ministers have been some of the most distin-guished men in Methodism. Here, in the past, have been sta-tioned Alder and Stinson, Harvard and Richey, Jenkins andJeffers. In more recent years the congregation has been bene-fited an
Chronicles of the StJames StMethodist Church Montreal : from the first rise of Methodism in Montreal to the laying of the corner-stone of the new church on StCatherine Street . he most modern and approved character. Of the men who have stood at the helm, and guided the affairsof the Church for close on a century, our space permits of onlythe barest notice. Amongst its ministers have been some of the most distin-guished men in Methodism. Here, in the past, have been sta-tioned Alder and Stinson, Harvard and Richey, Jenkins andJeffers. In more recent years the congregation has been bene-fited and blessed by the ministrations of Revs. Drs. , Sutherland, Leonard Gaetz, Hugh Johnston and others. ST. JAMES STREET METHODIST CHURCH. 67 Almost every distinguished English minister who has been inthis country has occupied its pulpit—Dixon and Thornton, Wise-man, Dallinger and Coley, Arthur and Smith and Jobson, JosephParker and Newman Hall, Caughey, the Revivalist, and, mostrenowed of all, William Morley Punshon, the Apollos of Method-ism and the anointed king of modern pulpit eloquence. TheUnited States, too, has sent many of her most distinguished sons. Fourth Methodist Church, 1888. to greet us—William Taylor, the prince of missionaries; Butler,the Evangelist of India and Mexico; Tiffany, Bishop James,Newman, Peck, Beecher, and many others, have been here,and left behind the fragrance of an eloquence that will not soonbe forgotten. The roll of St. James honored laymen is very long. DanielFisher appears to stand out the most prominently in connection 68 CHRONICLES OF THE with the first church. The names of John and David Torrance,of John and Samuel Matliewson, of Thomas Kay and WilliamLunn, of Robert Campbell, and Richard Latham and JohnHilton will be inseparably associated with the memory of th<jsecond church. While standing out from all others in bold relief is the honoredname, James Ferrier ; connected with first church on St. JamesStreet, mainly influ
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