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University of New Haven (Yale College), soliciting his aid in regard 

 to the unsatisfactory ecclesiastical situation then prevailing in Nova 

 Scotia. This situation had been brought about by the appointment, 

 in 1776, of the Rev. Charles Inglis, as Bishop of Nova Scotia with a 

 salary of £1,000 per annum, by Royal letters patent, an event which 

 excited not alittle the jealousy of the various dissenting bodies in the 

 Province. It was even feared that this step might be the prelude to 

 the introduction of a legal establishment of the Anglican Church, with 

 tithes and other oppressive regulations from which the "Dissenters" 

 had sought an asylum in America. 



Leaving Boston, Mr. Gillmore sailed for Halifax, and on October 

 30th, was met by his family at Ardoise Hill. Speaking of his arrival, 

 home, he writes: "The few names that walk with me in this barren 

 country have manifested great joy at my return — for poverty prevents 

 not spiritual joy, even in a wilderness, although we hang our harps 

 on the willows and weep as often as we remember Zion." At Windsor 

 and Newport, he continued to minister until 1791, when he removed 

 to Horton, in King's County, where he succeeded the Rev. Mr. Murdoch 

 in the pastorate of the Kirk at Grand Pré, and where he rented a farm 

 from the Hon. Mr. Cochrane of Halifax. At Windsor and Newport 

 he was succeeded by the Rev. James Munroe. 



Part of Mr. Gillmore's family were by this time grown up and his 

 circumstances were much more comfortable. At last he seemed to 

 have found a haven from reverses and troubles, and here he lived and 

 labored until his death, some twenty years later. He died rather 

 suddenly, September 30, 1811, at the age of 91. About three year 

 before he passed away, he had been taken ill and at first it was thought 

 his illness would prove fatal, but he recovered and was not again sick 

 until the day he died. He was mourned by three sons and several 

 daughters, his wife having probably died sometime before. He sleeps 

 in the burying ground near the church where for so long he preached, 

 and the slab which now marks his grave is inscribed in Latin. In 

 private life Mr. Gillmore was highly esteemed. He was devoted to the 

 spiritual welfare of his parishioners, and the hardships of his life do not 

 seem to have changed his natural tendency to free social intercourse. His 

 kindly nature and pleasant manners made him popular wherever he went. 



The inscription on his tombstone, written most probably by some 

 other Clergyman, after his death, is as follows: — 



Hie in Dcposito jaoet Corpus (îeorgii Gillmore 

 trifi;('«inio die Septembris annoque Aetatis nonoges- 

 imo mortuus est Anno Domini 1811. 

 Manibus Presbyterii Ordinem sacrum accepit 

 et multos annos Evangelium prcdicavit 

 in modo et tramite recto. 



