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Article: We shall not see his like again: Raymond A. Humphries was a dear friend and great teacher.(lives: lived)
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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We met one another in 1962. It was not long before our two families became good friends. Raymond and Cindy lived on Isle Jesu in an area called Duvemay. He had been appointed the minister of St. John's there. The two families visited one another until Raymond and Cindy left Montreal for California.
At meetings of presbytery, he was often quite hilarious. One evening, the Convenor of Church Extension reported that all new congregations were doing well with the exception of St. John's, Duvernay. He wondered whether the young minister there was doing enough to visit Protestants in the area. Raymond replied: "Moderator, I invite the Convenor to come to Duvernay and ...