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Inasmuch 



Gift of 

 Queen Anne, 

 1712 



The Muncey 

 Indians 



Published, 

 1852 



to King Edward, it was given the title of &quot;His 

 Majesty s Chapel of the Mohawks.&quot; The first 

 Bible used was the gift of Queen Anne, who also 

 gave a set of Communion plate, of burnished 

 silver, engraved with the Royal Coat of Arms, 

 This plate was divided with those who settled on 

 the banks of the Bay of Quinte. &quot;In all the 

 wide region later known as the province of Upper 

 Canada, as yet no other Protestant Sanctuary 

 had opened its doors for the use of Christian 

 believers. With the erection of this temple of 

 the Mohawks begins the history of the Protestant 

 churches in one of the fairest sections of the 

 Dominion of Canada. It was a sweet and solemn 

 bell that pealed out its message when service was 

 held on those Sabbaths in pioneer days. Into 

 the solitudes it rang, wakening the stillness, 

 echoing to hill-top ,and throbbing down to distant 

 valley. Up and along the river stole the glad 

 some strain, the first call to prayer ever heard 

 in this scarcely broken wilderness. From among 

 the trees emerged the exiled people of the Long 

 House. They mingled together; they entered 

 the courts of the Great Spirit, silent and full of 

 awe. There they listened to the Gospel story 

 and burst forth into many happy songs of thanks 

 giving and of love.&quot; 



West of London, Ontario, on the banks of the 

 Thames, is the Muncey Reserve. The author of 

 an old volume, entitled &quot;Missions and Mission 

 aries,&quot; gives a curious piece of information con 

 cerning a nephew of Tecumseh, that other famous 



