Chapter XXX

The Quakers—Among the Settlers—From Penn—Duchess County—First
Meeting-house—David Sand—Elijah Hick—Visiting Canada—James
Noxen—A first settler—Their mode of worship—In Sophiasburg—The
meeting-house—Joseph Leavens—Hicksites—Traveling—Death, aged 92—
Extract, Picton Sun—The first preaching places—First English
church—In private houses—At Sandwich—The Indian church at the
bay—Ernesttown—First Methodist church—Preaching at Niagara—First
church in Kingston—At Waterloo—At Niagara—Churches at Kingston,
1817—In Hallowell—Thurlow—Methodist meeting-houses, 1816—At
Montreal—Building chapels in olden times—Occupying the frame—The
old Methodist chapels—In Hallowell township—In the fifth town—
St. Lawrence—First English Church, Belleville—Mr. Campbell—First
time in the pulpit—How he got out—The old church superseded—
Church, front of Sidney—Rev. John Cochrane—Rev. Mr. Grier—First
Presbyterian Church in Belleville—Rev. Mr. Ketcham—First
Methodist Church in Belleville—Healey, Puffer—The site of the
church—A second one 279