Elmer Ramsay , who attended the Sunday School at St . James, recalled the prayers of Jabez who was Superintendent of Sunday School. 'Jabez stood straight and tall with his eyes closed. There was no limit to the eloquence of his prayers." other points on the . Religion was not always first and foremost on his mind for he was known as a bit of a rebel in his younger days before he experienced a religious conversion. As told by his grandson and namesake, Harold Jabez Yeo , the conversion happened as Jabez was walking home from the back forty. As he was getting over a barb wire fence, he was struck by the Holy Spirit. For a period of time the old fel¬ low straddled the fence; one foot on one side, one on the other, almost as if there was a struggle for his soul. Finally the good won out and Jabez was reformed. This conversion probably occurred some time between the birth of his oldest son Samuel Henry (Harry) and his second son John Wesley . Wesley was obviously called after the great evangelist and founder of Jabez's beloved Methodist faith. Jabez's knowledge of the Bible was illustrated in a story told by his great-grandson, H. Mayne Yeo. 'Jabez liked to chew tobacco, as was common in those days. One of the Ministers was against tobacco and tried to dissuade Jabez from the habit. Know¬ ing the old man's love for the Bible the minister argued, 'But tobacco is not mentioned in the Bible!' 'Oh Yes,' Jabez responded. 'Tobacco is mentioned in the Bible.' 'What' said the astonished minister. Ahuh' said Jabez, ' Psalm 84, Verse 6 speaks of the Valley ofBacca.'" Jabez, in his later years, was seen walking almost contin¬ ually between his home and St . James Methodist Church. He carried his Bible with him, and at short notice, was always prepared to preach a sermon or debate the various versions of scripture passage. The following is Jabez's obituary from The Summerside Journal published on June 24 of 1935: An old and respected resident of Lot 16 passed away on Friday in the person of Mr. Jabez Yeo , age 83. The deceased was the last survivor of a family of eleven, 83 Leaders of the Church