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Excerpt from Early Saint John Methodism and History of Centenary Methodist Church, Saint John, N. B: A Jubilee Souvenir The duty of preparing a paper, in which leading facts connected with the church's history should be noted, was assigned to me, coupled with the further duty of reading the same at some time during the celebration. It was soon found, however, that no matter how concisely the statements might be' made, if the paper was to be at all complete, too much time would be de manded for its presentation. I was then asked to prepare an historical sketch, something in the nature of what is presented in the following pages, which, with an account of the Jubilee itself, should be published in book form as a Jubilee Souvenir. The duty having been accepted, was found to be much more arduous than anticipated. A paper, incomplete in itself, was prepared and read at one of the exercises during the Jubilee season, but further than that, in consequence of pres sure of business, no attention could possibly be given to tthe subject for some months. After many days, I now present the result of my search, conscious of imperfection, and with no claim to literary merit, yet with a satisfaction that in a few instances I have rescued some items that soon might have been among the things forgotten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.