"_Q_.Shall the minutes of Dec.Q.M., 1810, respecting preacher's house be agreed to by this Q.M.? _A_.Yes, we are agreed that the house shall be built upon the grounds given by Messrs.Dixon and Harris.
"_Q_.Who shall be the trustees of the said house? _A_.John Fawcett, Jr., Chas.Dixon, Jr., Edwin Dixon, Esq., Rich.Bowser and Thomas Roach, Esq.
"_Q_.Who shall we employ to build the house? _A_.Chas.Dixon, Jr., who has engaged to finish it in a workmanlike manner for L200, according to plan, N.B., 35 ft.by 24, one story and half high and of brick."BAPTISTS.
In 1763 a Baptist church at Swansea, Mass., left in a body and settled in Sackville, bringing their pastor with them.They numbered thirteen members.Almost all of them returned to Massachusetts in 1771.The Baptists were the first Protestant denomination in Sackville, but had no church building until about the year 1800.That year Joseph Crandall organized the church, and they at once proceeded to erect a building in which to worship.The site chosen was at the Four Corners.The church which replaced this one in 1830 was called Beulah.
The first Baptist association for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia met in Sackville in 1810.Sackville was represented by Elders Jos.Crandall and Jonathan Cole, and by Messrs.Wm.Lawrence and Jos.Read.There were twenty-two elders and messengers present, representing fourteen churches.Amongst the representatives were Fathers Murray and Harding, and Peter Crandall, Nathan Cleveland and Elijah Estabrooks.A letter published in August, 1810, by Rev.David Merrill, in the AMERICANBAPTIST MAGAZINE, reports his visit to the Association, in Sackville, as a member of the Lincoln Association, Maine.He is jubilant with hope for the new work and exclaims in triumph, "Babylon appears to be in full retreat." It is said that at a revival service in the Beulah Church, in 1822, conducted by Fathers Crandall, Tupper and McCully, twenty-five persons were immersed in Morris's millpond.During the service a woman stood up to exhort, handing her infant of six months to a bystander.The woman was Mrs.Tupper, and the infant the future Sir Charles Tupper.This must have been Sir Charles's first appearance in public life.