Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-09-07

goods even were all across the
line came a most urgent offer
from IL men of Montreal, eve
have bought church building
here point st. Charles. Prom
Use us that you will be our first
pastor if we will give you a
years rest.
He promised, and in Is
months the family were back
again on Canadian soil. In the
year gone these men had re-
paired and beautifed the
church they had bought, had
gathered quite a Sunday school
and now with great delight raj
lied around their new pastor, so
long expected. Quite a revival
started now in this new field.
For six months all labored ga
thering souls. Then they organ
lied the church, starting with
so members. After five years
of unceasing though encourage
ing labor he left the church es-
tablished with 500 members.
Tried Strength Too Far
But he had tried. his strength
too far. He must rest. So next
they passed three happy and
easier years in the beautiful
towns of Melbourne and liver
ton on the st. Francis river.
And now, nevertheless, he de-
cided he must leave Canada.
He was too we'll known and
there were too many calls COM
ing to him. He loved the rail-
road men that he had labored
with in Montreal, Island Pond,
Vermont; had lots of them.
The same Grand Trunk men
he had known before. Also the
church there urgently called
him, and he went.
Now he must "settle down."
He had seen three-score years.
He would stay in the "states."
So in the beginning of the Goth
century Thomas Hall of Ireland
declared his intentions of be-
coming an American citizen
and five years later got his pa
pers.
The church in Island Pond
revived and grew, discharged
its mortgage and gave up it's
help from the State Missionary
One very sad thing occurred
now, but it drew all hearts to
the new pastor. One of the old
est sons of the family was kill
ed in China, fighting in the A
nerican army, defending the
in Pekin in the
Boxer rebellion in 1898.
Health Fails
Not long after this, too, Mrs.
Halls health began to fail and |
not even the long summers at
Did Orchard could seem to
}ring her up, SO at last, in 1913
'iT, Hall was left a widower,
With all his children married
md gone from home except
elsie. He could not go on, he
must resign and make a change
But the church at Island Pond
would not accept his resigna-
ion. They had to get another
but they printed his
anne on their church calendar
very Sunday as pastor emeri-
US.
DR.. Hall then went into
vangelistic work, mostly for
he State of Vermont, though
Ie did. spend six months again
n his dear old Dominion, this
ime in st. John, N. B. But here
lie found that something was
wrong and that only a serious
urgical operation could save
lis life. On the evening of his
daughters wedding day, 1917,
lie had to be hurried away to
he Montreal hospital. and for
hree months his life hung in
he balance.
But he came safely through
nd even seemed to renew his
'outh, marrying again. this
ime a Miss Snow, daughter of
Congregational minister, a
Bates college graduate and for
20 years a school teacher.
With her on their little farm
It Old Orchard he had passed
hese last years happy every
moment" till on Decoration
Jay he was stricken with a SER
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