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 THE REV. DR. BLACK. Zohy, 
 
 K,,V. I'UUFKSS..11 nncifs INTKUKSTIN.; KKM INISCKN. KS ol K.UU.NANS 
 
 |)KA1» I'ASl'ill. 
 
 Tin; I'it.NKKll"!' I'UKSIIVTKUIAN-ISM 1> TIM. N"K11I WKST. 
 1N1>IAN MISSI..NS AND THK (lUeWTII ..K THK ( 'mitlll KS, 
 
 Tlic lU'V. I'rol. Ilryci'. in iuiimuui.c i.. 
 
 1 ill M..n.liivi'inl''.'>" ll'i'l'''' lUi.lliil'oiH ul 
 ; lat I ■' l)r. l{la.k. A lar.j. ami ll.or- 
 
 1. s r and VlU-i.lion. In inlr.MlminK 
 
 ™H'a.n;i.llUaltluM>aiK'rwn,h .oh^^^^^^ 
 wiiltcn tuiulil not i)n'Vf as uUiTcMuiK as 
 s , n ii,'l.Ml.'sirc ; l.iU la' had i.i-on.isr( 
 1 r ■ onr, au.l l.a.l rlioson a suhj.'.l 
 MV (li IV.TI I K. ^^l.al 1>" woul.l nave ,l..n. 
 
 .allu'lKTi. askcclu. <U'liv.T an a.hl.Tss. 
 T ' luMnc wlmh lu' ,Ua.l .hosen vvas 
 •• hitV \<ts anil HLMinmsciMicus of Ul. 
 Illiik n\ir I'lvshvlcritui rimifer. 
 
 i ,stv"a.'ll.M.hlu. i.l.asiu.M.I N.smnK 
 i„,„u 6flluMnoslhrautirull.anso S..0- 
 
 ,„i„isUT. Slaving I..1; a ''■"''•;,■ V,,V 
 1,1, „ at Canonlni'.oii llu' s,k)1 u lu'U S "U 
 I susU...Ul.laie, 'the nuM.« and ch as- 
 ,L' (.n Cant.obie l.oe," onr day we dr.) e 
 through vallfvs of niosl fX.iuisilc boauly 
 1 1.*^ link- town of I-anulK.ln., ncs l.nn 
 lllc hoson, of llu. lulls, ,n •')V,:;^' '••;.;.^ : 
 tho Ksk. AfU'i- altcndni- a l'r'sl.>tiiv 
 ...el 1" of llu' Cliunli of Scotland, wi; ad- 1 
 mV 'd U.e I'n.shyl.TV ilinne.-. winch 
 • asronihulo.l wilh alllhc loinialitius ol 
 1 " dc... lina.." Wl.ik. a. dunuM; o u' 
 „| the iuend)ers said 10 n.c, O ., 
 •„, Ike minister of the l.amh ot 
 Ksk.lale Muir. where your first nuiuslei 
 ,,K;il!iver,Kev..lokul?laek,uaslmni 
 ',"',. ;„,,.,, I,, Ml not heinKal.let(.},^oandsee 
 he "narish, wilh its moors and sheep- 
 Iks but wasKlad to have been so near. , 
 
 ■^','\;, „,ve heard "/ '< f'''.'"" ''V\\':;y nv 
 „ii„isler, who seemed I'e.ioiced > kii nN 
 h a lad from his parish had been the 
 VesbvUM-ianPioneerinsovastal.rnor 
 
 as the North-West. On eom' ■ ,. . " 
 A.nerka with his family, the ':';;■•";•. 
 shire lad lived for a iMue 111 H'f •. (' nul , 
 New York, and eomimi «\''>"V' ' ,' 
 .,s a voun- man, was iiulneed to enter the 
 mhdstry.^This -as about the year IS U 
 That and the preiedm.Lr were ve.us 01 
 ..; (Js, moment in the reh-ions his- 
 7:,;.^':,n:,.K.da. 'rhe.waveofenllms,a^m 
 
 whieh si)read over Seolland i 
 
 fhiiirk of e'aiiiwla IteKan its mlant career. 
 One of the llrst acts of ihi' yonn;; svnoil 
 was to establish Knox College, m loron- 
 1„ Of this college .lohn Itlaek lieianie 
 one of the lirst students. Aiiion^j; Ins tcl- 
 low students were Dr. \\ ardrope, of 
 (Jueli.h, .lohn Scott, of North Urijce. I'rof. 
 M >lcl.arcii, of 'I'oionto. and others well 
 known in Canada. A snccesslul slmlcnl. 
 he wasesijccially well .ersed in the an- 
 cient classics. On comiiletiiin' hiscollep' 
 course, the youiiK probationer was 
 en"aweil by the I'rench I anadian 
 Missionary Society as ancnl lor the 
 Society. Wilhawifl for lannnanes. the 
 ener'M^tic anient of the Society niidertook 
 to leaiM I'renck, and naiiu'd smh laniil 
 iaritv with it that lie could use ,| eollo- 
 ouiailv. andeven in publii- address, lo 
 the last days of his life Dr. Itlack s pro- 
 nunciation' bore tr.ices ot this early lie- 
 (luaiiilancc wilh the French lonjitie. 
 iii;i) itivKH. 
 While the vountr student v as thus pre- 
 paring^ for his life work, a lielil ol labor 
 Wiisbeiim brought into shape lor liiin. 
 Fifteen hundred miles northwest i^t lo- 
 i-onlo, a community of Highlanders were 
 earnestly iiraviig and working to have a 
 'pastor, of the faith of ihcir lathers. 
 It \M)ulil be a story long to tell 
 in detail, <liil we undertake it 
 to relate how in ISl 1-12 a band ol Siither- 
 landshirc Highlanders came by way of 
 Hudson's l!av. under the p.alrouage ol Ike 
 Karl of Selkirk, to establish the lirsi 
 settlement in IJuperfs Land. 'Ihis little 
 band grew to some hundreds by the year 
 ISlli and in 1S17 obi.iined Irom Lord Sel 
 kirk a promise that a minister should be 
 sent to them of their own taith. liOnl 
 .Selkirk, on rcli'.rniiig to Kngland, was 
 har.isscd bv legal dilliculties. but did not 
 foi-'-el his 'iiromise. for he Iclt it in the 
 : hands ol his ,-i)nlidential agent to obtain a 
 minister lor his colony. Lord Selkirk. 111 
 IS-Ji), was compelled U) go to the south of 
 I France for his health and never returned. 
 I His .igeiil, who belonged to the Church of 
 ' l';n"land, bctravei his trust, and by the 
 Hudson's Hav Co ipany a minister was 
 i sent who found H'ese Highland colonists 
 '■■•ly ^lubhoni, ;ui(' at lirst disposed to 
 
 felt a year 
 
 later in Caiiad.i. am 
 
 1 the Free I re 
 
 peat the tragedy rf .lenny (Jeddes. iiiix. 
 
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 nidiiiii. will"- 
 
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 'inuliiiii Missioniiry M>«i<'l>,'> 
 
 and lln' roMds HI 
 MiUiHC. On iirnviu 
 
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 li.'id Ik'cii Idokiii).' 
 
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 aiiil llii'iicf iuiivfc 
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 Our i>ii)in'<'i' missi 
 .,e.|f iiilolliiTi' iit-ruxl 
 
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 was 111 
 
 Mliiuis to IViiibiiiii. 
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 I aliiint 
 
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 jonnicy. ..!■ ""' ■^'^.'j.V" -wmI 
 I of ihcfnnin'. 1 lerc nmih 
 wovUaNNai.in^iUs, lie '•lU.ni.Hd 
 ,imi>ani<>n\vasto<H<ni)> 1 oilav-i 
 
 UK 
 
 lividfs il- 
 U'u years 
 
 ., .,f a missionary, wlv",''; 
 
 ,,„IY l>n'sl)Vt.'iian iiiinislcr in Hu 
 
 ,,.,nd' 1S.-.1-1S1VJ. 
 
 When oilier PUssionaiK 
 
 ,ut lohis aid. reaehii.;-' lli<' 
 
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 , were senl 
 nniiilier "' 
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 le spoke, and lu 
 well iiiiirked. \N ' 
 nitxiil of onr. 
 Wed Kiver, 
 iilentv ol 
 lis. My 
 
 '" >;V"i'V:: u'rn-nVed'lon-linKildoiians 
 niedialely. N\ t '"",',,„ ,,,,„ivli loiiiid 
 
 "^' S i.l.alli ".' altcmU-doiie se ; 
 
 """•'•■'•"" "' '''oiiieil.i.i\: dillfreiil l-i 
 
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 Il is.jiisl 111 
 
 nal Mil 
 loUowilifJ 
 
 si ruck lis as 
 hat we were 
 
 'lVrV|::;WvVeryorManilol.aeslal.lislied. 
 
 hielly 
 
 not 
 
 uid Pn-shylerianisiii 
 
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 \s our oli.jeel 
 soiiai skeleli, we siiai 
 periods. 
 
 iiusr iMKiiv 
 
 1 iriiieiiilKM- well my I" 
 Dr. IJlaek. It wn^ "i''i' 
 '-'•- '^''- ■'^l:;:^olvedU. e^UldisUaeol- 
 
 lo iJCivc a per- 
 eliUiorate lliese 
 
 ,1 iiieelinti Willi 
 end ol l><to- 
 
 , ;;:,l-anaaianselllei..eiils. ' 'r,''^^- ' ' 
 
 |^:;Sn..'d lo'l'^nuvl.r. I rcmornhn- 
 i:.;!il*V^.l.pu.,it.now^m.,Ju;;|J- 
 
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 Asscmljl.v Itii*' 
 
iiKi> iiivi;ii oi' mil. 
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 roni|»iiriiilvcly Mnlj' l■llllll^: 
 Vivvv Mfll' 
 
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 ('iiriipiiiiy wiiM 
 
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 IiUhIii'N iif wlii'iU on 
 
 ly froiii •wli Hi'lllcr 
 
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 ri- iiii'iil to fi\iiii. A< <<>ij 
 
 lliiM!ly till- iiittux of 
 
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 liivfi-rri'il to liiivi- liM.i it -^yp 
 
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 rfiiit'iiii 
 'Thfi 
 
 ,. .., IH71 riilMril ll (• prlcfH of 
 
 ,„.. I nwi.l.- food HCH.ri'. I <ali 
 
 iHTii IoikI of pi-ovUioiiH iirrlviiiKft 
 
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 iiri' Honii- 
 
 iiiiiiuiU llml pivf.-iio ( liriNtTmiH 
 
 lie Ml ((I'licc .1 
 midiMtui'lit i 
 
 t III!' lull loin ol II poo 
 ll i^ inic (liii'Injj; 
 
 I, to l)c lifiiin HOjjtn-al a liooi 
 
 tluil I 111' lltlU' iii'ws- 
 
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 ,r WiiMiipi-;.' wiH lii'iiiiii. ••oiii 
 
 ll.i, p,.. papvr of til.- I in..' ami;- 
 
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 An a 
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 ailviTMi' p 
 
 Ist'iiliiroiix iiiorlal iimiih'i 
 
 I McKi'ii oilier (ii'lii'arifx 
 
 ui.iilv ol inrki-yH, Iiuiiih, a 
 
 11(1 
 
 Dmiiiw Wiiit.T vvi- wf 
 
 ||„> liiKl w ll" tiali'd lo laci 
 
 It oil' iroin I III' out side worn 
 
 I, SlitTill' 
 
 lllillr 
 
 ipii 
 
 inn that il \NaN iiiipos- 
 slid., to i'ivi-awax In'inlU.'iiv.'rl.aiiU. 'I'lii-* 
 r. vo Mlionaiv .■v.-nl ln.,1; pla< - in lli.'S.'ar 
 1S(VI. wli.-ii ill.- l.i;ildlnL; now ns...l as an 
 unit ion room on I lie rorn.-r ..I .Muiii .sirc.-l 
 mid I'ortap' Avi-iiM.' ".IS Imill. l>"|i^ 
 proi.li.M.-.l tlial il .-oiild noi willislMiid III. 
 wind, and wi.iil.l In- sw.-pl away. II <lld 
 ,,. „i,,. ,„,,pH. iMirllu'r. il ^vas in a 
 swliinl). and in Si-riiiji' M w.ml.l ii.-.mI to Im- 
 l.iiill Willi M boat lolloal in. It waH.oin 
 par.'.l ill ollii'i' r.'Hii.-.tH lo a ^'"V',,-* -^^^ '" 
 fipiH-araiK .•. Tlif s.Molid l.iiildliiK "an 
 
 Itoss Ih Hiiid in farly < 
 
 IllNH lo liiiv.' K<)' t'l"' 
 
 •London 'I'inu'H 
 
 lor I lie y.'ur, ami i<; iiavf 
 
 n-iid iIiiihikIi one fv. 
 
 rv day. lifinK .IhhI •' 
 
 Dli'V.M- on lln- opposite now 
 
 I'll.' sillli'ineiil iil> 
 
 I'roiii W iiiiiipeji 
 
 aloiiK I lie li^V'' 
 a iiMirow stri)) 
 Lower Canada 
 
 liuill l>v .Ml 
 Uonal<lM)ii's eorner. 
 
 and down I lie I'i^' 
 collMiMle.l of lioiises 
 hank, .'a.li on.' "i.i 
 
 ninninn liacU, as in ■ 
 
 •I'll,, houses are elii.'lly low and k'-ih''-"".^ 
 tlialelu'd. The Letter lioiises ol tlie 
 well-lo-.l.. 'isnally had a root with lonr 
 fiU'etH, known as a " oavihoii i-""f' '"•■ 
 iiH 1 or.ie h.'ard il cnli.'d ni. Hie •V'^-im- 
 Itoiliehvan ini-orreel sp.'aUer. a ' leliellioii 
 ,.„„(•.' -TlM. .el Hers n,aiiiil.i.nir.'d -linos 
 all 111.' articles tliev needed. \\ Inle all 
 
 fanned a lilH''. '>!"• ^^'•'\'' '"il"'"'"'''' 
 ;vnotlier a l.laeksiiiilh, aii..llier a weaver, 
 aii.l so on. Their fnrnil ore was ehielly 
 home nia.le. There was not a eliair to]..' 
 I.oiiuhl or l.orrow.'d in \N innii..',ii- m l.t.l. 
 'I'I.e new settlers iliielly iis.'d l.ox.'s .uid 
 ininks to sit iiiion. H "'is a <-ointii..ii 
 helief thai hrliU emild not he made in tlie 
 ,.o,„,t,.y. There w.'i'e lew ;-lii""";.v;;j. 
 ■I'iii'ie were some ol mnd. hiil a hit ol 
 slovepii.e was the eonimon resoiiree. Dr. 
 Schultz had ereel.'.l the low hruk hiul.l- 
 inus wliere the I'ott.'r Mouse stands 
 shortly h.'fore IS71, hnl popular ..pinion 
 coiisifine.l Ihei. K. Hi.i'e.ly .U'strncl M.n l>y 
 wind and frost. The .■I'ilinL's ol houses 
 were done with wood, ami i.li'.sler was 
 looked on as ,■. donhllul and dan^;en,us 
 innovation. The |..'ol.le ol tin' .■oiiiitrv. 
 w.'i'e. inaiiv of tliem,en-:aM:.'.l nr't rmpin'.i-. 
 i e. intaki.iK loads of for toSt, I'anlori 
 th.' lainoiis Ue.l Uiver earls, whi.h eaiii.' 
 ha.'k laden with nier.han. ise. Ili.'yan 
 kepi ealtle; and some line h.'i'.ls. now .is 
 ap H-ar.'d. w.-re then to 1..; seen upon th.' 
 i>laii.s. 1 have seen lar-.' huids ol native 
 horses, some of whi.h Uionnh liy.' ami six 
 vears ol.l lia.t never been in a stahli-. Ha\ 
 i-utlimi was h.-jiun on a eerlaiii .lay. ir 
 was illegal to h.'^iin sooner. Al 12 ...lo.U 
 .,, ,ii,/Ht the -<'!!!ers, wer.. seat t. 'red over 
 the plains, ami soon as 12 was nasi ol the 
 app..inte.l .lay. ea.li eul antuiid as wi. .■ a 
 spa.e of ^rass as possihl.;. andtlial ^'i« J's- 
 an.l was so ret^arded. The lluds.msHay 
 
 xi'Mrliehiml. I'll.' mall Ih.-n I'lH"' ,""^, ' 
 ,„„„i|,. III I.«71 it was iwi.e or ll>r«'; ' 
 we.'k. In Wlnt.'r we saw oii.e an Inlet- 
 val of tweiilN ..ne .lays wllhoni a mail. 
 Tier.' was m. Iele-ra|.li. We <lie.;r.-d 
 ourselv,.switli Hie ivII.'.Hon H.al -'if we 
 di.liil know aiivlhiiiK "•'">" V',"" '''"V""*; 
 lli.-v .li.l M.l- k.i..,w anythii.K ahou 
 lis" Hi.' loss hemn milHial. I he 
 
 ni.^nhanls ns.'.l all to run out of vvr- 
 
 lain lines ,.f K '^ l..war.l Spring, ha t 
 
 liiis h.'eii known to liav.' I.t'eii .■xliausled. 
 ,oal ..il also, an.l so on. The eommoi. 
 
 inenantil >sw,'r to the emp|irin« pur- 
 
 iliaser for ..I art. h's not on haii.l w.iS_. 
 ••\VeeN|.e,l tliemln hy Hi'' "r' ,'"!"• 
 .\rillinieti.iaiisus.'d t.. .ahillale Hi"' << 
 lu.lil all that ev.'iy merehanl expeeled 
 woiil.l taken tl.'el of a .U./.m l.oals as l.U'Ue 
 
 MS the one lollK wish.'.l f'"' ^ •■:'*^V.;iv tl n 
 arrival of the lirsl hoat was eer aliiH 11 
 ev.'iit of the year, and you l.reaih.'.l freely 
 after ilsarrivalash, inn aKUin a ; <'iti>'.;M' |> 
 the worl.l.- Smh was the lU'd Uixfi in 
 whi.h our pi..neer missionary spent he 
 lir.l twenty y.'ars of his minisU'r ■ ft. 
 ll is noH.eahl.'Hialall who passed I a. oUK" 
 it |o,.k l.a.k to il now with loud refrrets. 
 I.ile move.l slowly, hnl me" were thus 
 sav.'d from Hie immense pressure ol Hie 
 i.res.'iit. Ther.' was a sort of riira . Kdeii- 
 like siiiiplieily anioiiK the people, .'on- 
 trastiiiij: with Hie hiisiness shanmess am 
 keeiim'^s<.niH'i.r.'sent. The people lia.l 
 fewer wants, ami lew neopl.' were over- 
 wh.'lin.'.l with .lel.t. Uul there ar.' no 
 Klvsian li.'lds any im.r.'. ami the haleyon 
 (lavs are past. 
 
 .■|iisi:s. 
 ll a life of thirty years in a new conn- 
 li'v ..ne is .alle.l on lo i.ass thn.UKh limes 
 of' I ml and distress. In the life of Dr. 
 niaik such |..'ri.).ls were not awanliiiK' 
 
 I IIH n.ooii. IH.V2. , , ,, , 
 Th.' tirst year ai'ler his arrival the lU'd 
 Itiver broke forth from its limits and for 
 miles the H.-d River ^ ;' ''T '"'7""' ""?' 
 V asl lake. The site ..I t he city .>f . W mil; 
 pe- was .'iitirelv siil.imr.wa, a ihing that 
 has not hai.i.ened siiue. The sub.ieet of 
 ,,iir sketch then (xcupied ihe "iaii«t' 
 ereeteil bv th.' Selkirk settlers, and Nvhieli 
 still stands, thoiinh somewhat out ol re- 
 pair. Dr. Ula.k used to point out the 
 water line of the Mood about the base of 
 tliewin.lows ut the mause- , J,'"'" i"'"';;'; 
 w.'ie in ,'oiisteriiali.m. It did them liHle 
 -ood to be t .1.1 that the H.kmIs of S2(1 
 . had been a gr''.^t deal worse. The sottlers 
 
.;l\v lln' rivcT ^.'iMiliiilly ''i-^'' li" i' ■^'"" 
 
 r,,uiul>'il llK'ir ho s: by :uu\ l.y houses 
 
 ana l.iiMis thai roiihl not uilhsl.-uu I he 
 |„ivi' of llu' "vali'r, espoci illy on I oiiil 
 l)oU|j;lils, iii-ross whicli asuifl ciirnMil v,m. 
 wfiT sci'ii lloaliiiy; liowii Ihr sli-caiii. Al 
 niosl all the sell Icrs, anion-; whom was 
 Uu'ir uiinislcr. u<'iii hack tfoni llu' nv.T 
 si'MTal mill's ami were, ciuainiicil on I he 
 rlsiii^Krouml or LitllfSloiiy Alounlani. 
 l/iNrvcar i:x-.luati,v Thorn related lo ine 
 his eMiericiue illirili- I he Hood, lie llieli 
 dwell in I he Imildiie^' now occuiued hy \he 
 Hishopoi UuiierCs l.Uid. The oecupaiils 
 olth- house were driven u. the seeoiid 
 slory. and du<'ll ll"'i'e till i Ue Hood, 
 wliii-h arose Irom the .jammiiin' nl 
 allowed tin; wateis lo esr ii)e 
 
 , wont V oft lie hall-.hreeds, all •;]■"'•■'';;;;;'';, 
 unlh.:irslali.)nMl llw Court House dooi 
 as sentinels, and held in their l"'^-»'^^'"" 
 the arms of the deputation ot twelve sen 
 i„U) Iheeoui-t to watel) over ^aver. a 
 ;'i;.. ,„„... ^.ate of UK- eon,-. >.-';'''>;'• 
 lillv olheis were plaee<l as a ^ tiuaid, am 
 
 1 
 
 .„„VUts kel" nienuslant niot ion »'''iF,V'V 
 .„unris and eonveyin- inlelli'^enee ol t 
 l,rc»eedin,«s in cotut to the ma... body oul; 
 ■ i,l(. ■ No such honui's a.-e pa.d o.n 
 ,lud«esnow,as they a(l..iinislei- luslne. 
 
 iM.:'. 1 i,.,,l: iii-iee .w(i veal's l.elo.'e oui 
 
 I ii.'huletil 
 
 and is .he 
 
 f ISCIl.Tli. 
 
 .•I'lnin.is 
 
 iC the ice. 
 The people 
 w-relo he e.>iie;i'atulaled' that very few 
 lives weie lost. A I'ont.'asl lo the Hoods we 
 are eonstat.tly heai'in,;;- ot, such as that on 
 I lie Missoui-i I wo ye;irs a;j;o, of o.i the AUs- 
 Ihis \e.'> ye:u- ..l I'ei- 
 ssiia)j;ed.lhe 
 
 sissippi, or ilunni; 
 
 manv. When t he wale.'s w ere a 
 
 d his people feturnei 
 in tlu' days of Noah 
 
 peraitoes : Thi 
 in IsTl and for 
 lirsl lhi..K that 
 
 l>v 
 
 Kildonan iiasloi'am 
 
 lo thei.' homes. anil a 
 
 ei-eited their altar o.i thi' di'y laiiu a:j;ain. 
 
 They we.'e ..ot prevenied li'o.n sowiu.u' 
 
 til'ai'n and reaph.g a harvest that year. 
 
 111.-: .'AMI ^i;. . , 
 
 The eo.it iiiuitv oil 111' Hi'd Kiver lo wiile 
 (lisU'iets of' Dakota, Iowa and 1 tah h.is 
 
 i-;':if,'":;:;-.'Kr:i::;:n.;;";:ns:|ih; i;;.'..^.-.;;;"-;; 
 
 ihevaMdese.-ts of these wester.. M.ates. In Ihi 
 nivriadsof-.-asshopperssprin-upas. Ii'o... 
 I he parched soil of the sat.dy plains. W I.e.. 
 these pesls ;.re excessively i.iin.e.'ous i. 
 Ihe .Slates na.ned, soniehands ol the excess 
 ttv toward the him.idary and O'oss the 
 line In ISd-'i. havim;- been seldom present 
 .luriipj; the pivcedin.ii- forty vea.'s ti.e 
 ..•rasshoiiper appeared i.'o.n I H' N).illi- 
 Weslon Ihe Hed Itiver. The dest.'uei lo.i 
 onhi'c.'ol.se.isued. 'I'l.e k.iiduess o! ihe 
 people in Canada a.id elsewhere n.an.- 
 Vsled itself iu se..dl..tJ lyliel. On 
 theCommiUee of Helief tor dist ribul...jA 
 the supiilies sent, o.i.' l)ii'ii''>;',', ^^■•,^':.,'V' '"" 
 tivea.t.l useful men, be.'. The K, donan i 
 people werea .l.rifty and well-to-do peo- 
 )le and few i.. stances were known ot 
 Iheir I'eeeivi.i- ,'ud. rpoii Uie cle.'^iy 
 the work of ihe Com.n.ltee la.-eeiy 
 fell a..di.nlvll.osewhol.avebeenll.i'oilu,liil 
 can tell Ihe'expenditure of sympathy, .■.ml 
 llie anxious care ti.e.e is in a year ol na- 
 tional c,ila...ity. 
 
 ■111.: iii:iii;i.i.ii>N. 
 \s if a. ve.'ir of scarci.y were no' enonnh, 
 a sectio.. of the co. ........ .ilv .•ai-eil tlie lli.ii' 
 
 ,,f insurrertiou in the year tolli>w...:J.', si' L 
 The Kre..ch half-breeds h.'id aj ways bee., 
 .u.'bulent and troublesome. Not only ... 
 the e.irlv history of the country, bin in it's 
 later l.islorv ll'.ey had a slra..'^e Wiiy o 
 tui'iiint' out wi.e.i their eo.npalriols tell 
 inlothe.oilsofthehiw.and w.-h u'Uiis u. 
 their hands lo the ..umber ol sev- 
 eral liuuilreds, coinin- in to .pri"<>'i-ve 
 )eace. In HI'-' a I' r« 
 
 1 SiNcr. was b.'o.i'j;!.! up 
 the ll.iiUoi.'s I5ay 
 
 missiona.'y's a.-i'ival 
 nature of the .Metis 
 •jreat exi)la..ati' 11 of the rising: o 
 Smii- writers of our li...e .-epresent th s 
 rebelli....astl.e ;",se of a pat.'lot ..' peop e 
 ,eeki..- their rl..':hts. 1. .s "|''.^- ^^i '' " . 
 aclio.i of the KiliUman i.eople a.id I lit. I 
 pastoral i his .ia.icl. ire thai we have now 
 iMilo. Theiriiaslor wasa man ol peace. 
 11,, ..ouiiseied neiilrality. or u<».-u.i<'.' •'>■; 
 ,.,ice will, the French who had sei/.ed the 
 fo.'l, which, indeed, w.'is the counsel o 
 n.anvof the leadi.i.ii- Knj^l.sh '•'■^"lents. A 
 dilVeVeuce of opinion has always p e\ M.led 
 amou- Ihe Ku-lish-speakin- peopl'' as 
 ihisariio... Was it ri!A-hl to have becon.e 
 lia.'L.ers. in any sensi 
 
 ' .. / 'r\\ ikj vvjl •< .'I I III I II I < •_ -I — - 
 
 I'lK 
 
 with these de- 
 was a Diirninsi ipiesliim 
 several years after, 
 cave peace and res. to I he 
 
 tlie court iiresided i)\er 
 ( l,i,.f .luslice (to 
 whom, ov the way. il.is (-ou..- 
 Trv o'ives -,-1 K.'eat debt of ^ralitiide 
 forci'usliiuu'the s,)ii-il ol lu.-buence and 
 (lisoi-den liudinii l.epiu.' fiUiHy "t .nil.-'''''.. 
 This decision i..dicated the posMioi. ol 
 those who opposed the French liall-breeds 
 as rebels, .-uiil sle.wed that a h.-.n resis 
 ance should have been made lo Ihe .inpu 
 aeiil conduct of Ihe i..sui'^re..ls. Many a 
 llniehav.'Dr. lilackand 1 talked the m.il 
 terover. and ihou/h we neve.' asreed 
 it, yet nobody coulil 
 molives ami i-e.^arilin, 
 
 the jA-ooil man m tins. Ihe nie.il- 
 f his I!ed Uiver life 
 iMiMi:s..r I. II'.:. 
 We shall not enter into the l.le ol tin 
 ..-ooil a.id in.e ..la.i, to fi;.ve thai 
 iilai-eof publicity thai is !,nven 
 nowadays by the daily press, ol how ,oe., 
 ■ 1 walk. Ih.s IS overdo. .e. 
 
 ife if iuiL',ed simply 
 1 is ... li.e ..lo- 
 ts of ab'uidou ami I'csi in the home 
 
 taken by 
 St crisis ol 
 
 111. 
 help admii-inji' ll^' 
 favoi'ably the pirl 
 
 Iterce 
 to men 
 
 e.'it. and sleep am 
 Yet, what is aiiNone 
 by public appea.ances 
 ii'iell ■ ' ' ' 
 
 , ,„ , ,-,;. ,1 ... I'-li lialf 
 
 breed, iianiei 
 
 for ail olVei.se a'j.-ainsi 
 
 Sherill- l!o- relates the hem ^^ ^ . ..-^.^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^^ ^ ,^^, ^,^,^,,,^^„, |,.^^,„ 
 
 Company 
 
 vs.. seethe ma., as he .s. few l.axe el 
 
 hadslion-er domestic feeling'* Uian Di. 
 
 Black, lie loved bis ho...e, h.s w.le ami 
 
 Hiildi-e.i of all earlhlv Ihiiiu's the bes 
 
 His partner in life was a da.l^hlei o 
 
 SI.erillHoss, one of the ...osl intluenlial 
 
 me. I of lite coll.. try. whose ow.i ami 
 
 ilv's nan.es are pcserved 
 
 oiir city l!o'<s, .l.iiues, 
 
 Louisa and uliers. 
 
 three ila.iylhteis we.'e 
 
 loss oil Ihe 
 
 she was a wo. ..a., of mi. nl, most no- ,. 
 
 ,,1,1,. a. Ill well-know.i lor I.e.- kii.ili.ess to 
 
 the poor.iuil ..nfort.inale. It w.is p.uulnl 
 
 fam- 
 
 n Ihe streets of 
 
 William, .lemima. 
 
 Three sons am! 
 
 left lo ...oiil-n 'le.' 
 
 (.■.ith of .Mrs. lil.-uk in ls7:!; 
 
 r mi. Ill, most 
 
 p. I 
 
 V .,i>. ,......,. -■,:■,-,-,..■._ I-,, M,,,,.. ■ " \t i to s a.iil oesme Mil- o>-s. 
 
 ;t':ri:;uSa;e;'u;-;Uhe'!;m;^; about S .Pa..i I...... Uic 
 
 as h.s 
 I Weill y years of 
 
 -Y 
 
'I'vcrv 1 111' l<ii''W t'v- 
 
 r 
 
 s.,li„uv n.ission.., lahov was .ala- fron. i ;-;--''-l;-; ;^^..,;,;:.i;;; "..V n ,hi. 
 ,,i,„. -II,. vvi.s (111 I" ll'«' '.l"''\- ' ;^ vv-tv l.r woes and disaiMX'ii'l""'"',-^ 'V 
 
 , 7ill ■..■ world si-i'iiifd very dark to 'li"^:!5 '"/\ VM".. .! L,., .,..1, isl 
 
 him. HiH lu.an waslu.avyaslu;looki.(l 
 
 uuoi his six sweet rosebuds, while 111. 
 Ze that had hloon.ed amongst them was 
 <ut Ironi otrihe l>ra'\(h. 
 
 ,„„, „, ,,.e ,l;os;^devol;'<rau.l weU-o.m-d 
 visitors al the Kildoiiaii Manse, u as 
 od ladv still in (^'hM.yt aniens,,, tie 
 r V or- Winnipeg', the w'">;v "^^ ' '^'^ 
 |!o;s, the mother ot Mrs. I'.h ck. ^^IJ-K" 
 
 ,n. daut:hter ol a ^-reat ';'•;""''.,*. 
 
 ICm'i.'ans across ihe Mountains. Mu i n 
 
 tlw. \slor Fnr Company. He had e tt iiii 
 ;;. ,l!;,Ysonsnav N.nipany.juidw, .lis 
 
 voun- Indian l.ri.le, -■'7^«7,'' ','•,.•. 
 Mountains, and came to theH.d Kis.r 
 
 iiflnMiees of the i-f^; -'"';■;;•' ^,^;;!: 
 
 readily for his own eomfort •'' '' ' '; j'^.^. 
 pars Hut wherever he eonld he ol sii 
 V[:e\he faithful slu:vherd was p,;om,.t_h 
 
 01 
 
 OdmiVlu^l we..n 1S:;.I.:«.. H'''V^" Sl'nlen nu-'^ood^'M' 
 sons and dau-hters, ^r,''^^?'i:.,V*.'.'!, ;''.;..! part of the 
 
 visit on a 
 out fail on 
 
 :r:rwonu.; if h.hunilya.(-ol.,ny(:a, 
 
 ; :;s;'only ..ne of whon, ->;;;,~"-: 
 The old lady, an earnesi (hiislian.i 
 'v,vst,.oUaninleresl '" "'J' ' •'""'■,^' . ' ' 
 to the heart of Dr. Ulaek, who was her idol. 
 
 Her happiness was '"'''P'';'',;' "'.",•,'; h "ha'i id, proceed iiifi frol 
 visil..d the Kild.man '''";';^'^' ,', ,^' ., „„ his kindly errand, 
 the thus of the present >'.'r- '"'",. ',„' nii; s.ici M. lUllollMi;... 
 
 luVvives as l)r, Hhu ks widow.^ (-ra.H.>^ Believing that theHihleand its method 
 
 ,• .e'the faithful shenherd was pr'""!'! > 
 
 S;;!^:riirhinr-^'ih.'Hia:u^;-i.'"; 
 
 ■'. I ^e lei.ess enahled him lo n.eei wil h 
 ihelr^lrouhlesinlsracl,'andhe,,..lorm 
 
 ed his past(n-al duties unlliiichii.d>. • n 
 
 otlle^.nthankfulandtheev. n -m 
 
 I, is entire m nistry he visite<l Iwiu .i 
 
 ^r Ivf^ularly his whole -"f^-^;^ ,"' ; 
 
 •maintaiiiin.L; short >t'l.in;ious s e, n iii 
 
 uh house, and iiKiuirinjr intnlheiii 
 
 '•' ■ e.aeh familv. He imrsue.l 
 
 plan of Mnnouncmti- what 
 
 eon^mr-ilion he would 
 
 lertain day, aid with 
 
 out tail on that d;.y, in '"."'If';' 
 "^T.lliheelderof.lu.dis,riel henii^it 
 
 ,..„ with a light, plaid •'''''", 
 ,,„.,ders.wi,li,noceas,nedh,o,..-..lM,tll 
 
 s.indelij^litst..he<u-ap,m.a.l th f s.p 
 .,,■ ,,,e minister, though her 'a^o'"' '.^, 
 irom- and thou.uh the an^map-of h 
 ■^ 1 hoo.liK now ami I hen I'-ard a«;, ' 
 „ peaks in her acquire, '""^^"'■•, f „", 
 retains, at the advanced a<:e ol Ml. ill In i 
 
 r.-icullies. 
 
 As a ...vaehoi- ' l)r; Hi;^k ;umloubtea^ ^lH^-d: even ' UU-e ' Saf '';:|;;;-- -" 
 
 shoul.l he taken as a .^""h- ." ^ I ..'.''. . 
 ,„„l,,.fdoctrin. and '''••'"•,/'';';,,:, 
 
 „„.st earnest in >'*« ''I'"'!; '"'•'; '^^.^1" 
 tion of the Scr ptures. '1 he l.ihle ^o( it ly 
 :; which he w;tl almost fron. Its oi^ani/^^ 
 
 ,i„„ in ISTDtiU the -lay o his ''"";,.,.. 
 sideul,lias .lone ninch in '"C. . ..„ 
 
 The scatt.-red settlements hase all Ih < n 
 
 'd. His lirt 
 
 achinir was fiei: 
 
 Turtli 
 stroll 
 
 ;i;:;'lv..vid'mX;-raiidas ,0 metlu lua 
 
 l....M,erts call textual. In acu .; . ■ mh 
 , he phrases ami .lauses ol 1"^ '''^.' ' 
 
 ,„.,.1UmI. He had a great i;";;;;y, ;, ,% a,lvo,a.eo, u.u. ^ ■.-;■. ,.,„^,„, 
 
 ;,„alvsis. .Vccordingly he conli icd I'li' ^^ , ,„,,„.,is,.(l his own do.-trine. H.; us .1 
 
 H selv to his text ;.nd was a'^^ays sh ; "^'/^ l»'l,,, ,„„,.,, satisfaction, that in tl,.. 
 .,,,,1 s,m-eslive in los thoughts. 1 iph.il.ly 
 
 Mountain. Our pioneei w. 
 
 vinlavorofr.'adiiig theUddeaid 
 
 enconii'e'iiig religious instruclum 111 ih' 
 
 " 1 i SV UH.1S. l)r. Mlack ^^ as an eanu'st 
 
 advo.ate of total ahstinence, and consisl- 
 
 stnosf striking feature as pivar ^ 
 uas his How of laiigua;:.', and lis t, . u t 
 „t ,iinplili.atioii. Dr. Hhwk was, ,s wi 
 lavesaid.ap.'.nliarly sensitive man. his 
 
 .,„,„, ,„s were ..asily Unu-U><^uXoU.u --H-;;;'-; „;!--;■■- =>" ^vhoU: remark 
 "' ""■ """'." '"• Y'^" fllin / i tlu' sa al.lv ino.'al ami tenn.eraf n,-. .'.h.-kua 
 
 u..on..- and evil, his n.o.'al in.ligna Hon .is 
 , imesso roused that he almost ...so 
 h.' snhlimity..f a p.'oi.hel m l"^''' \V- 
 ' .,,ion of sii . He faithfully invpaivd lis 
 m'k a . I tho,.gl. gifted with m.uh la- 
 AiitV of siH'.Mh always w.M.te out Im 
 
 toteirwitliinucl.s|itisfa.'ti.m,tliat in the 
 
 old I ted Hiver settlement days, tli. nim 
 ei .r heCMinrchofKnglan. an. hi...- 
 self were i.i the habit of go.,.gth.o.gh a 
 nH.parish.-slK.ldi..g.n..et.ngsinhha' ol 
 His parish was dui iiig im 
 Inist.'vasa whole ivmark- 
 t,..Mperate. Dr. Hlackwas 
 St ar.ie... .rien.l of e>iu<ati..n. ' rom 
 
 ,he tie of his coming the K;l'>>",';^'' 
 !.;:hoolwaskeptvigoro,.svatxy.ik.w I. 
 
 ,hesch..ols in ..ther P'^Vl^,"' ,'.',;',• ,. 
 ,,,,■..1 wei-e ve.'y poor. \\ Kh a giant 11 i. 
 ,h,. lluds..irs Hay ( ompany t.. assist. 
 K;idona..scl....dwaskept.npbysubs ip- 
 
 A ;' o'"'s,;;ech always wn.te on. us - -"'^i; j; V'^ 'no muiii.'i\.al organi.a^ 
 
 s',',„.ns. The p.'opleof KihU.nan lad a 'jV,, ,„, ,.,„„„,-v, ami .... machme.-y till 
 
 hiyii ipprecialion ..f their minist.;r as a ''!'.' ;,...;„„ ^ lax for sch.iol purposes. 
 
 5;ta.'hl^l- an.l his vi.its to K.iox ( hu.ch ^ ,^;;J;,^^.:::-,„ the H..ard of l^di^atmn 
 
 were always wel.ome. ,. it„ establishmenl uii il i"'' '*^^'".'-' .,,; 
 
G 
 
 to 1)1' a pliicc of a couple of tlionsand 
 was seen llial till- collt'.nc should bf licrc. 
 uud liv dlrecUou of llu- liiMicral As.s.-mblv 
 llie ir'ansffreiu'i' was niadi-. Dr. lilat'k 
 was on its Hoard of Mananeniunt, and wiis 
 out' of its reprcHfUtatives in tlu' t ouiumI 
 of till' University of Manitoba. He re- 
 id in recoKuiliouof liis liiuli serviies 
 
 \i ' '^ ' 
 
 wliieli lliey 
 bvlerian 
 
 il\ a lot of undeliued liniils. on 
 proposed to -'ereel a snialll re> 
 (•l.iirel." in fact, a sort of "el.ai)e of ease 
 for Kildouau. This is tlic site of old 
 Knox Church. A lot was about 1>«^ «'y"^* 
 lime «iven to the Cliureh of K.ij;land but 
 thouKb now a thiii},' of the past, 
 "• siderablc pond between 
 
 ^"r "iumdl:"he":i^;..^^ xio;;^^^'^ il;;:7.:'"n;airedi,i..es, w,..-.. 
 
 1)1 
 
 Kiiifislon. 
 
 nil\ from t^ueen's^ {'olletiie 
 
 IMII VN MISSIONS. 
 
 It could iioi lie supiioseil thai a mail of 
 ihe ardent and <i;enenms disoosilion of the 
 pastor of Kildoiian would restrict bis 
 svnipalhies .md ellorls to his own parish, 
 lie had a sMiipathv for the heathen, and 
 especiallN for those at his own door, the 
 lied Indians. 'I'lie increase of the white 
 eleiileiil was so slow diiriuir the lirst 20 
 years of his iniiiislrv that (here « as little 
 rail for lunne tuission eMensions. 'I'be 
 mission 111 the Indians wasihe chilil ol 
 his own ireatio-.i, and il was natural be ! 
 should cherish il with peculi.ar alleclioii. ; 
 II,' was chief adviser of Ihe eoinmillee: 
 in Toroiiio from l.-«ili to 1.^7(1, as to the! 
 Saskatilienau Mission: and after the ^ 
 formation <ifl!ie I'resbylery of Manitoba i 
 he was Convener of its JMireifrn .Mission I 
 fommillee till his ilealb. lie saw Prince ! 
 .\lberl j^row up .trouiid our mission and j 
 become I lie most considerable settle- ; 
 nieiit of Ihe Norlli-WesI Terrilories | 
 i„ Ihe l(i vears between ISIHi .and j 
 his death. 'I'be HidiniiMouiil.iin .Mis-| 
 sion, Ihe iMirl Mllice Sioux lieserve 
 Mission, and the .Mission al Fori IVIly, 
 were all hei>;un and fosli-red by his advice, 
 lie was popular uitli all Ihe Indians, and 
 no doubl paid the penally of popularity 
 with I he red men. of heslowin^' frei'ly ol 
 his L!;oods to I hose who came so conslanlly 
 lo his door. 
 
 With his slender income, never exceed- 
 ing .*l,(MKl from his coiiure^^aliou, he 
 slru,uij;led on, the friend and benefactor of 
 the jioor rndiau, and of I he destilule new 
 settler. Mis hospitable iloor was always 
 oil Ihe swiii^-. 'I'o the lyouiiK men of this 
 coiiy;rey:;ition il mav not beunsnilable thai 
 I -rhoiild refer to Dr. Mlack's relations lo 
 
 KNOX i IIIKCII. WINNll'Kd. 
 
 The various ollshools of Ihe Kildonan 
 Coii^reiiation may be mentioned as llead- 
 iii^^ly, lo some exlenl Prince .AUicrl . per- 
 h.ips Ilijih lilutr. and laiueconi ribulioiisof 
 Ihe vounv: people of Ihe p.iiish. lo .Sprinji- : 
 lield, Sunnyside, .Milbrook and (irass- 
 mere. Tiu' most lliriv iicj: child of Kil- 
 donan is Knox Church. J W'hinipeii, .ind I 
 suppose, Ltr.indchild, SI. Andrew's. 
 Winnipi'.ii:, loo. P'or a nood ininy years 
 before the I ransl'er lo Canada, Dr. Hl.ick 
 had inainlaineil a tort ninhlly occasional 
 service in the old Court I louse, Jusl out- 
 side the w.ills of I'"orl (iarry. for Ihe mem 
 bers of Kildonan residing within reach of 
 (be Fort. The Ross. Hannatyni' •■inil 
 I, inklater families , ire ihe best Uiiowu of 
 Ihe little hauilful that attended these sei- 
 vii-es. Il \\;is ihouiJlhl best lo have a 
 church erected in Ihe village of 
 
 Winnipeg;, ;is al thai lime l''orl (iarry 
 
 and Winniiien were (|uile dlsiim-l. .\c- 
 cordindy I)r. Hiack ai.d .Mr. Hannatyne 
 
 obl.ijiied' from Ihe llud-')irs Day Company 
 
 McTavish, who }j;ave the lots 
 
 Ciovernor 
 jocularly 
 ivmarued would serve as a 'AvU Vixed be- 
 tween the two. Dr. DIacU obtained about 
 .SKKI from friends in Canada to assisi in 
 tniildinKlhis church, --id-XlM), and which 
 mav still be seen as the lirst section of the 
 rallier unsiirhtiv stables in reiir of Knox 
 Church. This was hetiiin in Wi'';-,i'<" "■^;^ 
 not completed and occupied till l.sd». . -Ml 
 (.|lorl was now made lo .«ive one service a 
 Sundav to the vill.aire of a hundred or two 
 „f people. The Kildouau session had 
 liaiw of the matter, and Dr. HIack. Ml. 
 and .Mr. Whimsler teacher of 
 .(•anie in turns, keepinji' up the 
 I remember distiiully the ap- 
 1 lilt 
 
 .McNabb 
 
 Kildonan 
 
 services. 
 
 in 
 
 the 
 
 pearance of the isohiled little church in 
 1S7I when il became my iluty to superin- 
 tend il. and from which date regular ser- 
 vices twice a day and aSunday.scho.il 
 have been maintained. The 1 i;''.'^''> '^;.'"V''ir, 
 „|- themilitarv of the expedilioii ol ISdi 
 lilted up the inside. Two small rooms 
 wer.' taken olf the interior, leaviim- a 
 space for seals, which accommodated 
 about sev.'Utv pcrsmis. The pulpit wa-s a 
 verv considerable struclure. with ii >.''^'l. 
 Colhic wooden ere<-tloii .it iheb.tck ol it,ol 
 the hifihesi style of art then in 5vo'J:ue 
 lhecounlry. 
 
 Duriiiir that llrsi \\ inter ol IS 
 ,.„n!-'re^alioii mmdiered !iboul 10 persons, 
 of whom three were women. I he remain- 
 der were chietiv vounji men, now a num- 
 ber of them Ihe le.idinii' business men ol 
 Winnipefi. On tlu' outside ol thi 
 iiiH' upon Ihe crest of Ih 
 oosis fastened toy;ether, 
 Inlsed. the designers intended I"'''';' 
 cre.Med .1 tower, "four s.piare lo all lie 
 winds of! heaven." "^IDut the lower 
 never jiDt furl her than the erecMon ' 
 upri^'hl posts. In ils nncomiilcled 
 in eve-sore, .and it \v.is Ihe 
 
 t'h.it il would not add iniicb lo Ihe 
 
 ,. slrncliire if com|)leled. One 
 
 Il is rumored 
 
 thai the sexlon. 
 
 build 
 roof, wi'ie four 
 , oiiwhich.il is siir- 
 1 to b.ivi 
 to all Ihi 
 had 
 f Ihe 
 stale il 
 
 W'lvi ■>'* n»'J»-'^iii'i* :iiiii II i».v.T (111 — i'' ''' 111' 
 
 opinion 
 
 beauty of the 
 
 (lav the posts were jione. 
 
 ' .iclin'i- on a hml from 
 
 some (iiiarler, 
 his saw, and 
 work, like llu 
 tciits "had 
 member l)l 
 
 i.ul ascended the roof with 
 haviim' .accoinplisbed hi^ 
 Arabs after foldiii'j: their 
 sileiillv stolen away." 1 re- 
 Dhick w.is lonsider.ibly <lis- 
 iVirbed bvihe aclion of ibe viiiorous yonn^i: 
 roic'reu'iition, which was or,u:uii/ed in 
 ISTli, when it ben.inilscareerby adopt inu m- 
 slrumenliil music. Kildonan heins-'a llifiii- 
 l.ni.l con-reualioii. h.id sli'oUL!.' views on 
 the "oriian .luesliou. " Dr. Dhick wiis not 
 l)V anv means si i-.imly opposed io Ihc ..r- 
 • 'iui, but wasiMlhcra neutral on the sub- 
 Ted, bill .|iiile a ripple w.as caused on the 
 Presbvleriaii sireiim, when Knox ( hurc i. 
 at a coimreiiat ioiial nieelinn-, unanimously 
 vote.l for the "oi-MU." Knox t liurch «as 
 snpplie.l duriiii: Ihe two and a hall >e;iis 
 .hiellv from the loHejie, till 1S71, at which 
 
\\mU iIh'V 
 csliylfriaii 
 
 ii'l of ftlHc" 
 <iU' of old 
 t llio saiuf 
 (jland, but 
 tlie past , 
 (I bctwfeii 
 (iovcrnor 
 joculiivly 
 f VinimI lic- 
 iiicd alionl 
 I Mssisl ill 
 iiid wliicli 
 •tioii of till' 
 irof Knox 
 lis. 1ml was 
 1 1S7(I. All 
 n' sci's ice a 
 Ircd or two 
 ssioii liad 
 
 Black, Mv. 
 
 IcarliiT of 
 liivj: up 111'' 
 ■llv llu' ap 
 
 c'liunli ill 
 
 10 siipcriii- 
 icjiular -it'i'- 
 iday School 
 ■cshylerians 
 
 itioii of 1^<"" 
 iiiiill rooms 
 Icaviiiit ;v 
 ■oimiiodatcd 
 |)iilpil was a 
 villi a liiuli 
 liack of it, of 
 n ivotint" ill 
 
 >f 1S71, tilt' 
 III persons, 
 
 'riicn-iiiaiii- 
 
 now a niiiii- 
 iiu'ss iilt'ii of 
 1)1 llic Imiltl 
 r. wci'c four 
 iirli.il is sur- 
 dcd to liavt' 
 re lo all lilt* 
 . lower li:i<l 
 eel ion of lilt' 
 ileled stale il 
 I he iiener:il 
 I niiiili to '111' 
 ijileled. l*ne 
 I is luiiioreil 
 
 a liiiil from 
 I lie roof w illi 
 luplislied liis 
 
 foldiii'j; their 
 
 11 way." 1 re- 
 isiderahly (lis- 
 |jj;oriiiis yoiin^; 
 
 ovjiriuii/eil in 
 lyadopliii'j: in- 
 1 heiiiL'a lli;j,li- 
 om'j: views on 
 Hliick w:is nol 
 ).-ie(l io the ov- 
 al on the suli- 
 
 caiised on Ihe 
 Knox Chnrcli. 
 , unaniiiioiisly 
 IX t'luii'cli "lis 
 (I a half .\e.irs 
 
 1S7I, at wliieli 
 
 lime llie little hand of lliiec elders and dl ; 
 nieniliers called the l{ev. ■lames Mohcrl- 
 Min to he the pastor. It was a matter '■: 
 «reat rejoiein^s lo Dr. Hlack and the I'les- 
 hvtery, that the con.iin'Katioii and Us 
 new "minister hi'Kaii as a sell -sustain- 
 111" cliarut'. 1 1 is an interest inu lad 
 that Dr. C'ochrane, the present Motlerator 
 of the General .\sseml)ly, was called hy 
 Knox Chill' h in \x?-'<. 
 
 A W AllM I'lilKM). 
 
 One of our pioneer's Ironti points was 
 his unwavering; fr'V . . essiiid constancy 
 as a friend. It v. ■ li'-s tleliji;lit to sil 
 and converse on i.iiost an.v topic, 
 so general and mist eliai.cous had been his 
 reading. Hut the thiiifi- he was most at 
 home in was conversation as to the 
 Christian life, its hopes and its fears. 
 There was no one who delijihtcd more iii 
 throwing; oil' all ceremony and telling '"is 
 own states of mind mid his relation to 
 (luestioiisofduty and to Christ. While 
 he was a good historian and well versed 
 in classics, and had a line knowledge of 
 men and things, yet the spiritual inter- 
 ests of his familv and his people were ever 
 with him the uppermost Ihought. Ins 
 last illness was connected liy all those 
 who knew him husl willi. the long revival 
 
 services of the Winter of ISSO-.^l in Ins 
 church, which resulted m a great blessing 
 to the congrcgatiim, but in a slate ol Iwl- 
 ilv prostration to him. Ho lell home oi 
 senile months i.i ISSl looking lor health, 
 hut he sought in vain. It was one ol the 
 m-eiitest regrets of his frujnds thai, 
 though present at the (ieneral Assenilil.v 
 in Kingston in ISSl. im the position of 
 Moderator, the highe«t placem tlie church 
 being otVered him. he was unable to ac- 
 ccDl il on account of his hi'alth. lie re- 
 turned to Kildonaii in .Inly, but sinking 
 ami gaining strength again at intervals, 
 he died on the 1th of February. bsSf 
 
 Do vou seek for a record ol his labors J 
 You I'liav see them in I'resbylerianism in 
 Jlaiiilob'ato-tlay. His voice ol kindness, 
 conscientiousnesK and love for the truth 
 still speaks, thougli he is dead. Ihe mem- 
 ory of his hardships, trials and successes 
 will be treasured iili by his fi'iouds. As 
 we studv the history of our Presbyterian 
 cause, w"e sec everywhere I he trace of the 
 hand of the pioneer. As the highest^ 
 praise of his work, I say as was said of 
 the architect of {Hi. I*'i"l ^ ' atheilral, for 
 ' his encomium, " Circumspicc look 
 around you. 
 
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