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JACOB CROW
[People's Press, 11 January 1901]
Jacob Crow, Esq., familiarly known in the Methodist church as Father Crow, spoke last Sabbath morning at the close of the sermon. He is a remarkable man for his years, being 90 years old on the 12th of August last. It is very seldom indeed that we meet any one who carries his years so easily and so well.
Mr. Crow has been a Methodist for many years and has witnessed the growth of his church from humble beginnings to its present strength. He knew of the first Methodist church erected in Toronto. It was a frame building about 40 feet square, and cost about $250. There are now 32 churches, valued at over one million dollars, with a membership of about 13,000, and nearly 17,000 teachers, officers and Sunday School scholars in the Sunday schools. The number of ministers and probationers in the Dominion is 2,032 with 284,902 members and 267,654 S.S. scholars.
The value of the churches alone is upwards of eleven million dollars. The yearly income of the missionary society for the Dominion is more than a quarter of a million dollars, and in less than two years since the inception of the 20th century fund movement nearly one million dollars has been raised for it. Those members who may not have been present on Sabbath morning will no doubt be encouraged by these facts and figures. Well might we say, “What hath God wrought!” Is it not also encouraging to the workers of other Christian churches to continue their good work. We have entered upon a New Year and a new century; let us have increased zeal so that when the Bridegroom cometh we may have our lamps trimmed and burning and oil in our vessels with our lamps.
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