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thoughts to which he gave utterance in the pulpit or on the public plat- 

 form wore chaste, clear and impressive. Kven to his ninetieth year, 

 when he closed a long, hrilliimt and useiul career, his face retained that 

 intellectual, refined cast which in his youth was a positive beauty.' The 

 Baptists of Nova Scotia now number over seventy-three thousand per- 

 sons, and are consequently the third largest denomination, and occupy 

 three hundred and forty churches, with one hundred and nineteen min- 

 isters. The " Free Will " Baptists also number upwards of twelve thou- 

 sand members. 



REVEREND WILLIAM BLACK 



From Reverend Dr. Rickey's Memoirs. 



IV. MethodistB — The pioneer of the Methodist church of Nova 

 Scotia, and indeed of the maritime provinces, was the Revei-end William 

 Black," who preached for half a century but made his first success at 

 Sackvillo in New Brunswick, where in the course of years, was established 



' For Jin eloquent iiiid judicious estimate of Dr. Crawley's life, see "The Crawley 

 ISIemoriiil Address" (Halif.ix, N.S.. IMS!)), by .Judge J. W. Johnston, D.C.L.,— a son 

 of tiie old Conservative eliief and .Judt^e in Etiuity.— delivered on .Tune 4, KSSD, at 

 Acadia Colleire, Wolfville. The i)ortrait I give represents him in the winter of his 

 days, and has been kindly lent me by Mrs. A. W. Savary, of Annapolis Royal. 



*See "Memoir of the late Rev. W. Black, Weslcyan Minister "; by M. Richey, 

 A.M., Halifax, N.S., IKiO. 



