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myrrh. The true worship of the Christmas season lays at the feet of Christ the gifts of a loving heart and a consecrated life."

Services in accordance with the rites of the Church of Christ and Salvation.Army, were also observed at the usual hours.

And thus Christmas Day, Anno Domini 1897, was solemnized as when first those various congregations were formed and their sacred temples erected within the precincts of Charlottetown.

IN now closing this little volume I cannot omit expressing my thanks and gratitude to my many patrons who suggested and induced me to enter upon the task of compiling this little work, giving and collected from manuscripts, papers and other documents, showing some of the most prominent events— military, political, and moral. which in point of interest is second to none of the British North American Colonies.

That in so voluminous a work, entering into so many details, we have entirely escaped error, no one can reasonably expect, but we have taken great pains to avoid mistakes, and we believe there are as few within these pages, as in any volume of the kind published. Extending from a period of more than four centuries ago, down to one of the most eventful times in British history—the Jubilee of the 60th year of Her Most Gracious Majesty’s reign—June 20th 1897.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.