obtain admission. The consecration then took place, ac- companied by an impressive address obviating the pre— judices entertained by many to the rite. The old 100th Psalm was then sung by the entire congregation, and the morning service followed, the Bishop reading the Lesson. After the hymn “How did my heart rejoice to hear,” etc., the Bishop preached from “Ye will not come to me that ye may have life,” and the windows being all open he was listened to with attention by a large crowd of persons outside, as well as by a very crowded congregation Within.

The total cost of St. Stephen’s Church at the time of its con— secration was £260. This was not Bishop Binney’s first visit to the parish as he had confirmed a class of thirty-five at New London in

June, 1854. The New London vineyard was well tilled in the decade when

William Meek tended it. The Third Pond schoolroom was frequent- ly crowded to hear him. Once in the winter of 1856 he crawled on hands and knees through deep snow to that station so as not to disappoint the people. Another time he got lost on the way home to New London, and arrived, torn and wet, after an absence of sixteen hours. Schoolrooms at the Baltic and Fermoy were also faithfully used for weekday services. Occasionally he conducted a service in Cavendish Where six church families lived. A boat usually came for him. Mr. Meek remarked that Cavendish was awkwardly situated, for to come from that place to church at New London often meant facing contrary winds and a rough sea. Cavendish people continued to attend St. Thomas’s within living memory, coming by boat and bringing dinner with them. From time to time Mr. Meek went to Springfield to keep the church open there, giving up some of his own Sunday services in consequence. Malpeque oc- cupied part of his care, and he hoped, as his predecessors had done, to see an Anglican church there some day. He writes:

Wednesday, July 12, 1861. Early off this morning on my 1%? ,4. p . . .,

WILLIAM MEEK J. H. READ 22