Presbytery:St. Lawrence
Organization:Sept. 23, 1840
Membership:53 communicant; 31 baptized
Pastor:Garrett Mann
Website:
www.lisbonrpc.org
When the first Covenanter forefathers of the Lisbon RP Church
came up the St. Lawrence River from Ireland in 1819, folklore says
they were bound for Ohio but met with “an event in Providence” at
Massena, N.Y. Whatever the event was, they found their way to make
a home in Lisbon. After more Covenanters came, the story is that
Psalm 42 was aptly sung at the first prayer meeting held in 1827:
“Like as the hart for water brooks, In thirst doth pant and bray,
So pants my longing soul, O God, That come to Thee I may” (Rous
version). Worship was first in small “societies,”
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