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Excerpt from Early Saint John Methodism and History of Centenary Methodist Church, Saint John, N. B: A Jubilee Souvenir Centuary Church having completed its fiftieth year, a committee was appointed by the Trustee and Quarterly Boards to prepare a programme, the carrying out of which would give due recognition to that event. The duty of preparing a paper, in which leading facts connected with the church's history should be noted, was assigned to me, coupled with the further duty of reading the same at some time during the celebration. It was soon found, however, that no matter how concisely the statements might be made, if the paper was to be at all complete, too much time would be demanded for its presentation. T was then asked to prepare an historical sketch, something in the nature of what is presented in the following pages, which, with an account of the Jubilee itself, should be published in book form as a Jubilee Souvenir. The duty having been accepted, was found to be much more arduous than anticipated. A paper, incomplete in itself, was prepared and read at one of the exercises during the Jubilee season, but further than that, in consequence of pressure of business, no attention could possibly be given to the subject for some months. After many days, I now present the result of my search, conscious of imperfection, and with no claim to literary merit, yet with a satisfaction that in a few instances I have rescued some items that soon might have been among the things forgotten. There are many incidents in the history of a church which, for the time being, demand little attention. Years afterwards they are brought to the surface and yield an interest which it was not thought attached to them. With the itinerant system, of necessity there are many changes in the pastorate; moreover, the congregation is constantly changing. As a rule, no record is kept beyond matters of routine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.