Taylorside Assembly, SK
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West of the North Hastings area is Huntsville, a town a little over 100 miles due north of Toronto. About twelve miles from there is Deer Lake. In about 1890, evangelist David Scott came to Deer Lake to preach. He found an old unused school house, and found people receptive to the Gospel. He labored there until an assembly was planted, even bringing his bride there. The Christians probably first met in the home of John and Martha Nickason or James W. Nickason in 1890.
Under Mr. Scott’s direction, the Christians built a small Deer Lake Gospel Hall, ON on a piece of land on the north side of Stephenson Road 1. Traveling preachers held Gospel meetings there over a period of many years, including N.D. Brown, J.J. Rouse, Fred Watson, Herbert Harris, Ormer Sprunt, Ed Heels, and many others. J.J. Rouse pioneered at Emberson, and would walk 14 miles down to Deer Lake on a Saturday and stay at John Nickason’s, Remember the Lord on Sunday, and walk back to Emberson in the afternoon to hold a Gospel meeting there in the evening. As was the custom, the Christians at Deer Lake Gospel Hall, ON held yearly conferences for many years, in a tent pitched in a field just west of the Hall.
One early member of the assembly was Herbert Taylor, who was saved in 1891. He later moved to Saskatchewan and settled near Taylorside, an area named for him, and was instrumental in the formation of the Taylorside Assembly, SK. Some other early members of the assembly were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Orr, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Orr, Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes Sr., Mrs. Joe Oliver Sr., Mrs. Humphrey, and the Huggins family.
It seems that the assembly ceased to Break Bread about 1925. Some of the Deer Lake Christians traveled to Huntsville to Break Bread in the Huntsville Gospel Hall, ON. Alfred Huggins continued on in Deer Lake with a Sunday School work that he carried on faithfully for over 40 years. Gospel series were held in the little Deer Lake hall many times in the 1930s and 1940s. Among the preachers then were Ben Widdifield, Ernie Sprunt, and David Adams. From 1957 on, Gospel meetings were held every Sunday evening in the little hall. Brethren came from Huntsville to preach, and Alf Huggins and Bert French would help.
About 30 assembly Christians living in the Deer Lake area were in fellowship in the Huntsville Gospel Hall, ON in the 1960s. With encouragement of the Christians at Huntsville, they began talking of hiving off and reviving the assembly at Deer Lake. When a level plot across from Alf Huggins’ home was donated, and several large financial contributions were made, these Christians began construction of a larger hall in 1976, and in 1977 the Christians were Remembering the Lord in the new Deer Lake Gospel Hall, ON. Today, there are about 40 to 50 adults and youngsters in the assembly.
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Taylorside Assembly, SK
South River Christian Assembly, ON
Burk’s Falls Gospel Chapel, ON
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Dan H. Smith, Ed.D. President, Emmaus Bible College
[edit] Resources
Questionnaire responses and other correspondence
The 75th Anniversary of The Windsor Assembly, 1916 to 1991
Excerpts from a History of the Brethren Movement, by Norman E. Crawford
Sketch of the History of Bethel Gospel Chapel North Bay, Ontario, 1997; based on book to be published in 1999: When Your Children Ask, by Donald E. Carney
The History of the Barrie Ontario Assemblies, by H. Bruce Hicks
Brief History of Early Assembly Work in North America, by Norman Crawford, 1999
Until He Comes, A History of the Spring St. Assembly, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, 1899-1997, by Wayne and Heather Rodgers
History of the Lansing Assembly, by Hubert Lucas, Sr., 1973
Reflections of Turner Road Chapel, 1930-1990
In His Name, by John S. Robertson, March 1960 (a history of Toronto Assemblies)
A Kernel of Wheat, by Chester Donaldson, 1982, updated 1994
A Grain of Mustard Seed, The Story of Bible Fellowship Assembly, by Chester Donaldson,1983
Deer Lake Gospel Hall, by Bert French, 1997
The Growth of God’s Assembly, Planted in Welland, by Lorne Yade, 1985
Saved to Serve, by John M. Martin, Gospel Folio Press, Grand Rapids, MI 1994
Wallenstein Bible Chapel, The first thirty years, 1968-1998, by Albert Martin, 1998
Englehart, 1933-1993, 60 Years of Memories of an Assembly and its People, by P. Wood, 1993
History of Christians Gathered Unto the name of the Lord Jesus Christ at Strongville, Ontario, by Mrs. William Williams and others, 1990.
A Record of Gospel Testimony in Northern Ontario, by Bethuel Carr, 1979
Graphite Bible Chapel, by Doug Robinson, undated
Waverley Gospel Hall, undated
Let The Tide Come In, by C. Ernest Tatham, 1976
Shoreacres Bible Chapel, 1959 - 1994, 35th Anniversary Reunion
When Your Children Ask, a History of Bethel Gospel Chapel North, Ontario, by Donald E. Carney, 1999; published by Donald E. Carney
The Brethren Movement in North Hastings 1885 - 1924 (A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Historical Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary), by Robert Garry Jenkins, May 1986.
History of Bancroft Area Assemblies, Garry Jenkins, unpublished, 1986.
Letters of Interest, August/September 1955, p. 14; October 1955, p. 15; January 1959, p. 7; December 1966, p. 8; June 1969, p. 14; September 1975, p. 20
