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Church on the Rock:
Church developed here because there were very few alternatives. It was battle mosquitoes, or stay in the house, or go to church; there was nowhere else to go," said a George Town resident.
Also the influence began at an early age because the church was the only provider of education in the early times. The Presbyterian Church played that role for many years with Mr. John Gray as the principal. "We all went to that school," said Warren Conolly. Eventually the Government began paying the school principal before taking over the school in full in the 60's. Said Brainward Watler: "The church took root here because the missionaries who came in those times didn't come looking for something; they came to give of their all and that's what they did. John Gray, for example, took the trouble to go to Mosquito Cay in order to understand what was going on so that when he was preaching to their families here he was part of them and could relate to them." |