At the Annual Business Meeting held January llth, 1910, the Treasurer's report showed receipts for 1909 from all sources $10,613.00 and expenditure $10,603.00.
Included in the above expenditure is the following for Denominational and other objects:
Additions during the past year: by baptism 3, by letter 3. Loss: by death 9, by dismission 9. Present Membership 488.
CENTENNIAL EXERCISES.
The Centennial Exercises of the Church were held May 22, 23, 24 and 25, 1910. All the meetings were largely attended and of a highly interesting character. The Historical Sermon delivered Sunday morning by Rev. G. O. Gates, covered the history of the Baptists of the Maritime Provinces, during the past One Hundred Years. It was a very able effort entailing a vast amount of research on the part of Dr. Gates, who for an hour and a half held the close attention of an audience which filled the auditorium to its utmost capacity.
At the Social and Reception to Dr. and Mrs. Gates, held Tuesday evening, a number of the city pastors were present and delivered brief addresses. At this meeting portraits of the late Deacon and Mrs. Dyall, which had been presented to the Church by Mr. Robert Ewing, were unveiled by Dr. Gates, who paid an eloquent and well deserved tribute to the worth of these departed members.
In the course of his remarks, Dr. Gates said: He had been looking forward for a quarter of a century to the present occasion. It had been the dream of his life that he would be permitted to take part in the exercises in connection with the Centennial Celebration of the old Church where he had officiated as pastor for so long.
The closing meeting was held on Wednesday evening. After reading of Scripture by Dr. Hay, the chairman, and prayer by Rev. Joseph McLeod, D.D., the writer gave a summary of the History of the Church, which took forty minutes in delivery, and was followed by the Revs. G. O. Gates, David Hutchinson, and A. S. Lewis, each of whom in order eloquently presented the subject assigned him, viz., The Church of the Past,—The Present,—and The Future. Deacon D. Hunt read an account of the mortgages that had been on the present buildings, after which Deacon S. H. Davis and Trustee John Vanwart coming to the platform consigned the remaining mortgage to the flames, while the large congregation rose to their feet and sang “Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow,” and the Church bell rang out a joyous peal.