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dock. Of the names signed to this petition only one person is now 

 h'ving, Alexander R. Christie, Toronto. 



A legacy of ;^750 was left by Jno. Young to the church and a state- 

 ment is made that part of it is invested in Montreal Harbor Loan. 

 Rev. Mr. McGill reports that he has received £^2 los. in interest for the 

 balance which by condition of the will he could use for himself, but 

 minutes go on to say, this he generously allows to church. The only 

 tablet in St. Andrew's is in southern vestibule, reading thus :— " Sacred 

 to the memory of Jno. Young, Esq., long a merchant in Niagara, return- 

 ing home in pain and infirmity he was drowned in Lake Ontario, where 

 his body rests awaiting the hour when the sea shall give up her dead. 

 In his last illness concerned for the spiritual welfare of coming genera- 

 tions he ordained a bequest for the perpetual maintenance of divine 

 ordinances in this church. He met death July 29, 1840, aged 73. Pray 

 for the peace of Jerusalem, because of the house of the Lord I will seek 

 thy good." In 1845 a presentation to Rev. Dr. McGill, on occasion of 

 leaving for Montreal, of breakfast and tea set of massive silver. To this 

 are signed 64 names, of which now living are Thos. Elliot, Andrew 

 Carnochan, Jas. McFarland. It is singular that while Montreal gave a 

 minister to Niagara in its early days the chief city of Canada was now 

 indebted to Niagara for an able preacher. The present manse was built 

 by Dr. McGill, and purchased from him with legacy of Mr. Young, as the 

 handsome pulpit was the gift of Mr. Young. 



Among the names signed in 1850 to the call to Rev. J. B. Mowatt, 

 now professor of Hebrew, Queen's University, now living are only Jno. 

 M. Lawder, Jas. G. Currie, Jas. M. Dunn, Jno. Currie, Andrew Tor- 

 rance. The memory of Rev. Dr. Mowatt is yet cherished in Niagara. 

 In 185 1 is noticed the very handsome sum paid in to support of church 

 by non-commissioned officers and privates of Royal Canadian Rifles here, 

 who attend St. Andrew's. In 1852 is purchased a bell; having enjoyed 

 the use of one for nine years, 1804 to 181 3, they were without one 

 for almost forty years. In 1854 a Glebe is purchased with ;^I50 offered 

 by Clergy Reserve Commissioners, they afterwards raised ^50 to com- 

 plete the purchase. In this period the church twice sustained serious 

 injury from storms, the roof being taken off and other damage sustained. 



Of the names signed to call to Rev. Chas. Campbell in 1858 we have 

 a startling commentary on the slow but sure approach of death, of 68 

 names only four persons are now living, Jas. M. Dunn, Jno. Blake, Thos. 

 Elliot, Robt. Murray. Having now come to comparatively recent times 

 we may fitly close with an extract from the records of St. Andrew's, on 

 the death of Wm. Duff Miller, which goes on in stately periods thus, 



