the season. Boat sailing will be in connection with the Tea. P.S . ??? Tea to be on the table at 11 o'clock. Tickets 20 C. Children half price. Donations will be thankfully received. And from The Presbyterian, March 10, 1881: The new Presbyterian Church at Stanhope will be opened for Divine Service on Sabbath the 13th, inst. Services will be as follows; by Rev. Dr. Murray at 11 o'clock a.m.; by Mr. Baker , Little York , at 3 p.m.; by the Pastor, or another, at 7p.m. It is expected on this, as on other occasions, that the collection at each service will be very large ??? in keeping with the liberality of a benevolent and Christian people. This latter expectation was not entirely borne out, due, as is so often the case, to the weather and the roads: The Presbyterian, March 17,1881. THE NE W PRESB YTERIAN CHURCH A T STANHOPE Last Sabbath the 13th inst. being the day appointed for the opening of this church, proving unfavourable from the state of the roads, one of the clergymen expected to officiate did not get forward and the attendance was smaller than otherwise would have been. Services were conducted by the Pastor and Mr. Baker , who preached an acceptable and edifying discourse, and the collections, we under?? stand, amounted to upwards of $50. But a wish has been expressed in order to afford an opportunity to many who desired to be present, and leave some token of their sympathy, to continue the services over next Sabbath, the 20th, and the Rev. Mr. Murray will therefore ( D.V .) preach in the morning in the Central Church; and also at 3:00 in the afternoon at Stanhope . There will also be services held at the same place, Stanhope , at 7 in the evening. The collection taken at the door, on entrance, in aid of the building fund. One can only hope that the collection, on the second time round, came up to expectation. Changes and Renovations to Stanhope Church Over the years various repairs, improvements and alterations to the church have been carried out. Around the turn of the century an organ was purchased, paid for by concerts and pie socials; it was still in action (at times unwillingly) in the church's Centennial Year, when the congregation received thankfully the generous gift of a beautiful Hammond electric organ from Mrs. Helena Bell in memory of her husband, the Hon. Reginald R. Bell . Electricity was installed in 1946, with new lighting fixtures donated by the Bank of Commerce in Charlottetown , through the efforts of Ray Carr . About this time the church was painted inside and 71