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had the ba ppfnees of meeting him 1n St. John, New Bru nsvfck, and 'Witne:'lRing the
ser-fe s of brilliant r-ec e ptdcn s 'that, e t.t end ed bde subsequent, pr -cgr-esa through
Cl'1 n.r..dA.
And i n this connect.Len Dr . Power a as ur ed ' the congregati on on Tbur-sday
t .he t, the Delegate de clar e d he had nowhere e ncountered a more ent.buat.e stdc recept ­
ion than in Ne vfound'land , In the beginning of this yea r he ....as comrat asdoned to
go t hrough the United St .at e e , a duty "'hleh he had hardly eccoapI dsh ed vhen he had
t o pr eside a t a Synod of the Canad i a n Bdsbope a ea emb'Ied at Que be c , From that time
t o the day of his arrival in St . J ohn ':! he was t r avelli ng ni ght an d day , giving no
res t t o his body, a nd , of c our-ee , no r epose t o his ednd , On Corpus Christi he l a i d
t he foundation et.o ne of tho'"! aev Church at Chatham, a nd a f t er t.be cer emony vhfoh \.l',"l.:'l
of course per-f'or med Inthe open air, he va s obliged to trave l by night t o H.qUfax .
On June t he 25th. he l fl' f t that port for I;ewfoundlltnd , vher -e he arrived on t he 27th.
'l'he sad sequel of t h"'J story is told else whe re .