Bishop's Chaplain to serve in St. Peter 's Church, Charlottetown . Prior to his posting in Charlottetown , he visited the city and preached an impressive sermon to the congregation of St. Paul's Church on the 8th Sunday after Trinity titled, "Christ in You". He received a very gracious letter thanking him for the sermon which he had preached and asking his permission for the congregation to publish the sermon in order to facilitate "its consideration by those who have not heard it, as well as its further pursual by ourselves".71 The good reception he enjoyed from the congregation at the Parish Church undoubtedly played an important role in the decision of Bishop Binney to send Hodgson to Charlottetown to serve as Priest in the new church. It was of primary importance for the Bishop to appoint a man to the position who was well respected by the people of Charlottetown and who understood the personalities of those involved in the struggle. The first services in the new St. Peter 's Church took place on June 13th, 1869 having been advertised in the local paper one week earlier. About forty people were present at the 8:00 a.m. celebration of Holy Communion and the 11:00 a.m. service of Morning Prayer and Litany was crowded. At 7:00 p.m. the church was full for Evening Prayer, with a large number of persons having to be turned a way at the door due to the absence of any further space in the Church. The Journal Pioneer newspaper reported that people had been attracted from many denominations and had come to view the type of services which would be offered in the new church. The controversy between the rector of St. Paul's Parish Church and the Bishop of Nova Scotia regarding the erection and control of the new church had travelled further than the congregations involved in Charlottetown . The newspaper went on to report that the Reverend G.W. Hodgson preached two "very eloquent sermons". Over 30 pounds were collected in the free offerings of that first day. Soon after Hodgson arrived and assumed his duties in Charlottetown he wrote and published a pamphlet for the congregation of St. Peter 's Church outlining the types of services to be conducted at St. Peter 's, telling them of the current financial situation of the church in regard to the debt incurred during the construction of the edifice, and informing them of his duty as he saw it. The piety of the man is evident in what he said and in the way in which he worded things: My Dear Friends: - Having been sent, by the Bishop of Nova Scotia , to take charge of this Church, I think it well to take this way of setting plainly before you the circumstances of the Church, and the work which, with God's help, I trust we may be enabled together to accomplish. 71. Letter from St. Paul's Congregation to the Reverend G.W. Hodgson , 1867. St. Peter 's Cathedral Archives. 49