Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-05-29
Letters from Canada.

LeIteTS IEoh Soioaos
The following are some extracts from
letters of Charles Ghiselin, Jr., who is en-
gagged in Home Missionary work under
the Canadian Board. in lgnace, Ontario,
Canada, to his father, Rev. DR.. Charles
Ghiselin, of Shepherdstown.
May 7, 1913.
Dear Papa
Last Sunday enjoyed very much
being in Toronto. That morning ! en-
joyed especially hearing DR.. Andrew
Robertson, of the St. James Presbyterian
church, who preached very line sermon
on Gods calling to Moses out OF Inc
burning bush. That night went to the
Sherbourne St. Methodist church. where
the pastor preached on works done by
Christ. Afterwards very interesting
meeting of the Younge St. Mission was
held. Our train left Toronto MONDAY
night. There were seven Princeton
Seminary students aboard so that we had
a very pleasant trip. All the country IN
mart of Ontario through which we passed
IS very barren and desolate, being literal
ly filled with stone. All the way large
aud small lakes were dotted here and
there forming a great network OF water.
Yesterday the weather became very chill
ly and we could see vast cakes OF ices on
the lakes and an overcoat telt very coh-
Portable. AT about six O'Clock this morn,
ing the train reached lgnace. You wouio
hardly think there were 800 people from
the Jew houses here. These are almost
all low frame structures painted req OF
white. The people are mostly English,
Irish and Scotch. There are three
churches in Ignace, Catholic, Anglican
and PRESBYTERIAN. The Catholics are
VERY weak, having services only once a
month. The Presbyterian and English
churches are about equal in strength and
numbers. Our church is nice new
structure, painted yellow, about two
thirds as large as the Presbyterian church
AT KearneysVille. Only one service each
SUNDAY is held in the lgnace Presbyterian
church and only one in the lgnace Eng,
lish church, so that people may attend
both places. Also will have Sunday
school TO carry along. There are two
outside fields about thirty and seventy
miles away where ! may preach about
once month.
At the present am lodging and board
ing at the railroad Y. IA. {. A.,a white
stone building, better than any other IN
town. The Secretary OF this Canadian
Pacific r. R. Y. M. c. A.. Mr.. Dudley, is
a man from Craigsville near Staunton, va.
He has been especially nice to me. His
brother, Washington and Lee man,
took dinner with lis today. The boy
waiting on the table was from Virginia,
also the only man in the office at the
time was travelling representative OF a
Chicago firm, who was born and raised
in Richmond, Va. We enjoyed very
much talking about affairs in the United
Stated, yirginia, and at Washington and
Lee. This was remarkable occurrence,
and feel very mnch at home here, being
associated with these people. On the
train and at the station in Toronto my
suit cases were examined by Canadian
custom officials. | am now working
hard on my sermon for next Sunday.
May II, 1913.
After being in Ignace about five days,
like il very much. am staying at the
railroad Y. M. c. A., where everything
is very nice. Here we get to read all the
daily newspapers and current magazines,
besides few good bookS-We get very
good things to eat here. Practically ali
the men are engaged in railroad work.
Some stay in the machine shops at ig-
mace. and others travel on the trains in
this district. All OF them work on SUM-
day as well as on the six week days.
Hence it is hard to get them out to church
Sunday morning, although fairly good
number will come out at night. AT the
present | am engaged in getting up a
choir. Mr.. Jones who is a good musician
is helping me very much to get together
and TO train quartette. We have sew
eral good singers in our congregation.
Most OF the lgnace people attend both
the English and Presbyterian Churches.
so that there is little distinction between
the two congregations. | visit both Eng
liSh and PRESBYTERIAN people alike. A
Union Sunday School is carried on by
both churches. have only few Can
adams in my congregation. Most OF my
people are Scotch, Irish, or English, fav-
ing come from the old country. YeSter-
day morning there were about twenty
five people at Church. The service went
along very we'll, considering the fact that
il was the first time ever preached in a
church. The people were very atten-
tive. got along fairly well with my
sermon, but hope that can do much bet
ter in the future. | took Mark VIII: 50
as my text. Since the country here is
too rocky and barren to be cultivated,
there are no country people, and ! do
not need a horse. There is lake about
half mile away where hope TO do some
good canoeing this summer. The air is
very cool and invigorating. Last Thurs
day very slight snow fell.
May 10, 1913.
would like very much for you to send
me the Register which gives great deal
of news about events in Shepherdstown.
Neither of my two boxes OF books from
PRINCETON has reached me yet. From
my Greek New Testament, my Seminary
Notes and my Bible | am getting many
ideas tor my sermonizing. Last night
we had service in the Presbyterian
Church. The singing was very good,
we had special music by the quartette
besides very pretty solo by a young
man. got along fairly well with my
sermon, although the church was I'M
comfortably warm. With lots OF love,
Your Affectionate Son,
Charles (Ihicelin Ir