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| A small band of faithful men and women under the leadership of evangelists first held their meetings during the summer months in the form of camp meetings in the forest and at irregular intervals during the winter months from home to home. A young man, Edmund Sheppard, from the Church of the Disciples in Nottingham, England, came to Canada in 1843, and in 1849 taught school where the village of Mapleton now stands. He also preached and directed his efforts towards the foundation of a church. He was aided by a number of Baptists, who joined him. In an early record book we read: -- |
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�The congregation of South Dorchester, under the auspices of a providing and indulgent God first met at the home of Brother E. Sheppard on Lord�s Day, January 6, 1850. Here the candlestick was set up. May it never be removed until the world and all earthly churches shall be no more. Amen � Randall Bentley and Edmund Sheppard.� | ||||||