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Assembly work at Hope Town, some 60 kilometers east of Black Cape, was started in about 1895 by brethren McCaffery and Lyman. The brethren McCaffery and Lyman had also been involved in the beginnings of the work at Black Cape some half-dozen years before initiating the work here. This meeting was numerically stronger than others in the area, but always seemed to lack local gift, and dwindled away as some died and others left the district. When the New Carlisle meeting started, many of the Hope Town group gravitated there. This being said, it was still in operation at least as late as 1948 when Samuel Stewart was "appointed pastor of the Christian Brethren Church at Hopetown, Quebec." This meant that the assembly, being legally affiliated with the recently incorporated Christian Brethren Church in the Province of Quebec (the Corporation), he was officially recognized by the government to register births and deaths as well as celebrate marriages for members of the congregation. The name “pastor” was irksome but new government regulations required it. Eventually such persons became known as “civil pastors” and, eventually “officiants”, since now they are only authorized to officiate at marriage ceremonies. Names associated with this assembly, in addition to the above, include Roland Hayes, Wilson Huntington, William Hayes, Samuel Stewart, Hudson Sinclair and Lyall Hayes. | Assembly work at Hope Town, some 60 kilometers east of Black Cape, was started in about 1895 by brethren McCaffery and Lyman. The brethren McCaffery and Lyman had also been involved in the beginnings of the work at Black Cape some half-dozen years before initiating the work here. This meeting was numerically stronger than others in the area, but always seemed to lack local gift, and dwindled away as some died and others left the district. When the New Carlisle meeting started, many of the Hope Town group gravitated there. This being said, it was still in operation at least as late as 1948 when Samuel Stewart was "appointed pastor of the Christian Brethren Church at Hopetown, Quebec." This meant that the assembly, being legally affiliated with the recently incorporated Christian Brethren Church in the Province of Quebec (the Corporation), he was officially recognized by the government to register births and deaths as well as celebrate marriages for members of the congregation. The name “pastor” was irksome but new government regulations required it. Eventually such persons became known as “civil pastors” and, eventually “officiants”, since now they are only authorized to officiate at marriage ceremonies. Names associated with this assembly, in addition to the above, include Roland Hayes, Wilson Huntington, William Hayes, Samuel Stewart, Hudson Sinclair and Lyall Hayes. | ||
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Revision as of 22:20, 3 October 2020
Assembly work at Hope Town, some 60 kilometers east of Black Cape, was started in about 1895 by brethren McCaffery and Lyman. The brethren McCaffery and Lyman had also been involved in the beginnings of the work at Black Cape some half-dozen years before initiating the work here. This meeting was numerically stronger than others in the area, but always seemed to lack local gift, and dwindled away as some died and others left the district. When the New Carlisle meeting started, many of the Hope Town group gravitated there. This being said, it was still in operation at least as late as 1948 when Samuel Stewart was "appointed pastor of the Christian Brethren Church at Hopetown, Quebec." This meant that the assembly, being legally affiliated with the recently incorporated Christian Brethren Church in the Province of Quebec (the Corporation), he was officially recognized by the government to register births and deaths as well as celebrate marriages for members of the congregation. The name “pastor” was irksome but new government regulations required it. Eventually such persons became known as “civil pastors” and, eventually “officiants”, since now they are only authorized to officiate at marriage ceremonies. Names associated with this assembly, in addition to the above, include Roland Hayes, Wilson Huntington, William Hayes, Samuel Stewart, Hudson Sinclair and Lyall Hayes.
SOURCE
The author's The Early History of English Brethren Assemblies on Quebec's Gaspé Coast
