REV. J. D. CASEWELL’S FIRST PASTORATE
The Church being again without a pastor, instructed their clerk, Mr. James Holman, who was going to England on business, to apply to Rev. Mr. Lester, an eminent Baptist minister of Liverpool, for advice in regard to a suitable young man as future pastor. He responded to the wishes of the Church and selected J. D. Casewell. He accepted the proposal to come to St. John, and before leaving England was ordained. He was inducted into the pastorate in June, 1835. His eminent pulpit talents, combined with a kind and generous heart, gave great promise of future success. He continued to serve the Church two years when his health gave out and he left for his native land.
Rev. Samuel Bancroft then supplied the Church for the second time, as he had previously done in 1830. He was a man of sterling piety, and sincere devotion to the cause of Christ, and several converts were added to the church during his ministry. He died at an advanced age in 1876, and rests from his labors.
