Located on Brickdam, Stabroek Georgetown, the Smith Memorial Congregational Church will be hosting a thanksgiving service at the church building in commemoration of its 168th anniversary on Sunday,Wholesale Jerseys, from 09:00 hours.The church which was officially opened for public worship in 1844 will be hosting this service in respects to the historical and religious prestige embedded in the origination of the institute.Smith Memorial Congregational Church according to its Pastor Justice Oslen Small,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, was erected as a tribute to the memory of the late Reverent John Smith,Cheap Baseball Jerseys, a missionary of the London Missionary Society formed in 1795. Its north to south layout was as a mark of protest.Smith, the churchgoers claimed, was a hero and advocate for humanity made known locally and internationally by the famous book ‘Demerara Martyr’ written by Rev. E. A. Wallbridge,NFL Jerseys Outlet, another missionary of the London Society who also led the pastorate at the church in that period.It was said that Smith did not favour the slave ideology and felt the need to have the trade erased. Despite the wishes of the plantocracy,Jerseys NFL Cheap, Smith taught slaves how to read. He clearly detested slavery proven by his conduct and emotional writings.Smith was arrested and tried for inciting and supporting the resistance to slavery. He received this honor after he had fought feverishly to have the East Coast Slave Insurrection of 1823 fulfilled. The 26-year-old pastor who was brought to Guyana in 1817 as a replacement for the then Pioneer Missionary Rev. John Wray at the Bethel Church, Le Ressouvenir,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, East Coast Demerara died in prison in 1824 after the plantocracy sought to restrain his actions in assisting the slaves. This landed the freedom fighter in the lock ups and in controversy with the law.It was stated that Smith’s trial and conviction was mainly based on fabricated evidence brought forth by his accusers. He was sentenced to hang but as a result of unfairness at his trial, London opted to immediately have the man sent to his homeland to have his case reviewed. The late Pastor passed away in his prison cell only three days before his reprieved was received while.Smith’s legacy is upheld by the church its dwellers. Earlier this year the church site was marked a heritage site where an interpretive heritage marker was installed by the national Trust of Guyana.