St-David's Presbyterian Church Bell - Saint-John, New Brunswick
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N 45° 16.308 W 066° 03.401
19T E 730878 N 5017359
This bell is currently located in front of the Calvary Temple, at 83 Sydney Street, in Saint John, New Brunswick. It had been given to the second St. David's church after the first church of the same name burnt to the ground.
Waymark Code: WM12HFD
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 05/30/2020
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Inscription on the plaque located on the base supporting the bell:
The first church on this site, St. David's Presbyterian
Church was built in 1850 and destroyed in the Great Fire of 1877.
The church was rebuilt in 1878 and this bell was donated by John Fraser, James Shaw, John Boyd to commemorate the rebuilding.
The inscription reads:
"To shew forth his loving kindness in the morning, and his faithfulness every night Pslam 92:2"
The present church was erected in 1919.
"Saint David’s was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1877. Its battle with flames would continue in 1917 when it succumbed again to flames".
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