P.E.I. Heritage Buildings: Egmont Bay Church Souvenir

Monday, November 14, 2016

Egmont Bay Church Souvenir

A friend of mine found this in a box-lot he bought at an auction recently - it was amoung trinkets and dishes for $5. The church is St. Phillippe et St. Jacques in Egmont Bay - it was demolished in 1922. This little vase would pre-date that.

Here's a previous post I made in this blog...

http://peiheritagebuildings.blogspot.ca/2013/02/third-saint-phillipe-et-saint-jacques.html

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HERITAGE PRAYER

We keep forgetting all of those who lived before us.

We keep forgetting those who lived and worked in our communities.
We keep forgetting those who prayed and sang hymns in our churches before we were born.
We keep forgetting what our fathers have done for us.
We commit the sin, Lord, of assuming that everything begins with us.

We drink from wells we did not find.
We eat food from farmland we did not develop.
We enjoy freedoms which we have not earned.
We worship in churches which we did not build.
We live in communities we did not establish.
This day, make us grateful for our heritage.

Amen

cf. Cumberland Historic Village, near Ottawa - in the vestibule of Vars Knox United Church -

adapted from a prayer in the old Covenanters' Church - 1804, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.