�INDEX BAPTIST CHURCH ELGIN COUNTY Elgin association of Baptist ehurehesa A History. ·october 1967 Section 1 (blue page} First Southwold Baptist Church - 1121 - 1902 Iona Station Baptist Church - 1903 - 1965 Section 2 (green page) Eden Baptist Church. Hundredth Anniversary Section J (yellow page} ELGIN GOU �ELGJ1I ;-\ ~ s0 cJ;-\Tj 0 I I O F CJ-JURCJ-JE~ 'j967 ELGIN COut TY Ll RA: CONTENTS . L Outline of the development of the Elgln Association of Baptist Churches. 2. List of the churches in the

detached from Middlesex and formed the County of Elgin. The county was named for the Governor- General Lord Elgin. ( James Bruce, 8th earl of Elgin). The name Upper Canada was used until Confederation in 1867, and since then our province has been called Ontario , being named after Lake Ontario. �ELGIN ASSOCIATION OF BAPTIST CHURCHES. A General History. All ye, assemble yourselves and hear " ( Isaiah 48; 14) must have been the Bible verse that inspired the early Baptist settlers to band themselves together

and de- voted the remainder of his life to the colonization ot several counties in Southern Ontario. On Mny 21. 1803, he took up his abode in what is now known u Port Talbot. With him came George Crane, the firllt settler to take up land in Elain County. In 1100, Leslie Patterson and tristers left Ferman- agh, Ireland, and settled in Erie, Penns.yh·ania. Here, �Leslie married Lydia Backus fro V nn nt an his · te , Fr nc marri d John Pe from Ja d. �into and ol. Talbot w buri d in th cern t ry cro

interest was created that nearly 3, 000 Non- Catholics turned out as well as area Catholics. One Baptist Minister was so moved that he wanted to walk in the procession — on being told that this might invalidate the rally he was content to stay among the spectators. In 1944, St. Mary' s Church was decorated in such a fine manner that in the opinion of competent critics it holds first place among the smaller churches of the diocese. At the rectory a new bathroom and hot water heating system were installed