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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1^ 1^ ill 163 1^ m 1.4 1.8 1.6 ^ /APPLIED IN/MGE I ~; 1653 Easi Main Slrepl ~-a Rochesler. New York M60j USA -^S! (716) 482 - OjOO - Phone ^~ (716) 288 - 5989 - Fcix ^ .h ,0 1845-1895 ^ ^ I ^ ^ I THE STHATHAItBYN JUBILEE^' ( Historical Paper by Hon. A. B. Imnk I I Rev. Ale&. Sutherland, Firgt Pastor of Oongrega- ^ ^ tion, Took Part in the Celebration." ^ i i ^ SUMMARY OF SPEECHES BY JAftlES MACDONALD, (CUSTOMS), J AND SEVERAL OTHERS. t ^ CHARLOTTitTOWN ^ PRINTED AT THE PATRIOT OFFICE, QUEEN SQUARE ^"--xitT- 1895. t^^2£ i^r \ D ii*,^ 18-^5-1895 TflE STRflTHflliBYK JUBlIiEE X Historical Paper by Hon. A. B. fflacl^enzie -X- SUMMARY OF OTHER PROCEEDINGS (From the Daily Patriot, "The Strathalhyn Jubilee, I845-1895'" was th* motto on a large flag, which waved over a beautiful Hel 1 adjoining the Presbyterian church, at Hartsville, on Wednesday, the 3rd of July. The British ensign was also unfurled in the breeze in several parts of the grounds, in- dicative of the stuidy loyalty of thesons of the heather and their descendants. The weather was charming and tho ar- rangements admirable. There was a largo booth in which the tea tables were spread, and a refreshment stand,both of which were well provided and liberally patronized. There was also a conven- ient platform for thespeikers covered with leafy bougiis and comfortably seat ed. The attendance was good; Strathalbyn itself was en fete, and there were repre- sentatives from the neighboring congre- gations and a few from distant localities. Foremost among liiese was Kev. Aiexan- July 4th and 5th, 1895.) |der Sutherland, from Ripley, Ontario, I pastor of Strathalbyn during the great- , er part of the fifties. Though advanced I in years he is still fresh and vigorouc 1*^ received the hoarty greetings of I many of his old parishioners, by who.n he was deservedly held in high esteem. The other ministers present were Rev. A. B. McLeod, formerly of Mt, Stewart^ now of Coldstream, Nova Scotia; Rev. I^avid Sutherland, Charlotte town; lu'v D B. McLeod, Orweli; Rev. ,. --V. McKenzie, St. Peters Bay; Rov. Jose ,h Johnston, pastor elect of Cove- head, and Rev Malcolm Campbell, now the minister of Strathalbyn, who presided. Among outside gentle- men present were: lion. A. B. Mc- Kenzie, Hon. D. Uird, B. Itogers, M. L. A.. James McDonald, James McLeod, J. T. McKenzie, John M. Campbell, Chariottetown: J), a. McKinnon, M. L. A., Georgetown; \ * ' ^' ) ]f Tin.; STRATIIATJJVX JUBIIJCH William JJoHg, New London; .loJm F. McLeo-I, Orwoii ijin,. ^^.„j l-iiird, and Ino. AloDonald, \ew •iliisgow; Murdoch Jioss, Bedoque; lierl.er Ilaslanj, .Sj)nnK(iold; Miirdof]i MoUod, Argyl..; Rol.ort B. Steward, .Stratiigiirlnov; Wni. Siaipson, Lot V,- Donald (]. iloarthordalo, Lot TjO; Alex. Bruce, Valieyfield; William F.asori South Wiltshire; William Hondorson, V •■^<""» Wiltshire; Murdoch McLeod, \ West River; Hugh McMillan. New Haven; .iohi, M.Leod, Crap.ud: Noil Shaw, DeSal.Ie; John .McLean. Lon- Creek; Alex. McKenzie, Bedeque; .lohu MoK,.nzie, Summoi-field; Dr. Henderson, Union Road; Donald McLaughlin, St. Peters Road; Donald NichoUon, W D McKay and J. T. Crockett. Charlotte- town, and many others. About noon Rev. Mr. Campl.,,11 opened tho i.ro..eedmg8 by giving out the grand old paraphrase beginninL' with the words "<> God or Bethel I by whose hand riiy people still arc /ed; Who through this weary piIgri.,.aL.e Hast all our fathers led." After the paraphrase was sung, R... D. Sutherland ofleied an approprllJ^e prayer. The chiirman then called upon Jlon. A. B. MacKenzie. now of ('imr- lottetonu, but long a resident of Stiath- ' albyn and still identified with its people to treat of the Pioneers of the Betlle- nient. Hon. A. B. McKenzie'B Historical Paper. Mk. CiiAiHMAx, Lawks anu Grxti f MKN, I pretume it is unnecessary tor T'\ . :?P°'««'^a t" you as heing the first t.jadd.e,ss you on this Hu.spicio s occasion, or nothing short of a^s ^ „ 7Z- °' ^l"'y '° y""- «»d responsive obedience to the kind request of your managing committee, could induce ,"« o indertako the pleasant, but arduous task of giving you, withi.i the short compass of time neoeesarilv allotted to me, a consecutive and correct account of the pioneers of this congregation More especially as I have not had u ght errors in dates or the oin.sioS any name dear to any or all of us "ela tive to any circumstance I may have oc- casion to refer to, rather to an eiror of I the head than of the heart. Though not a native of Stiathf Ibyn - Huiatterln which 1 had no Co c" - where my early childhood as wS as many of my maturer years wore ^pe, as among the most happ,- a.ul eve U I PeTL°' "'y 'i''^' -'<' though now ' sent from among you for a period of twenty-eight yoa.s.I may truly ^.;; a il o shadows of evening boiin to lonSl en ami as the y< ars roll swiftly hylnZ never-ceasing current of tiuie /'can-v ," us all, rapi.lly towards the bourne fVon which no traveller returns, my v fn n ten roams around the 8r.>nes «n,l 1 • a»ions of early childhood-!^ cl'tlrh. l^fj^^onnA ihe.o hill« and dales ^.i" nl.ng hi-ook. the old smith v. the oj schoo -house, the gleeful childr:n Yes even the stones, and old rampikes aW the newly opened turnpike w, ra object! famih.r and of pleasant remembeiance us^SUerSnr^,t:i::;s?i!^ me'nt'' w:*^"'^'^ P'e-uresT.ul":: ,--. -ve'^nd ex-' cept two men, namely Alexander Mc in3e;*Mc?:f"r°' ^ho Pansn and Alex- ander Mclntosi; and seven women. noi haj (lurin>{ ■ many ol I have, nerous for- ribute any oinssion of 't' U8, i«la- i»y liave oc- in error ol fvthflbyn - choice — as well as are ^ppnt, 1 ev«>ntliil li now al>- pcrio'i ol ■xay, as iho longtheii '.Vi on the I carrviPk; iirne fiom ' "inintl ol- "il atsoci stering in 'aies/the . tho old kcs along I'e objects ibeiance. apprising Jitoiy na- ■'''^' M,.rdo,h 7 . l...o the north end of it. was an nn '•"'"tedan.l an unbroken wilderness c'ovcred with a h-autifu) dense for/rt of iK-avy hardwood, spruce and pine Un molested save by the paw of ffo Jd"" Talc n ''^'""'' ""i''?"^ ''^ Sabbaths I ak.ng„,to account that these peo pie were unaccustomed to the usi of irTntJi^^'"'- ^T'''''-« "-voi3' staner-., and taking ,nto lu. ther accourt that theo.iJv a|,pro.„h to their ne* seven riii|,.H t, < ad.^tHnceof voi.P ' J, ■'"■'"*■'"'" where now yp'ir beautdul manse ^tui.ls 1,, Pn,n>ersuuMtluvel,eenon£^^^^^ ,;,;""«'•"•'"••>• .-urage to (ace tie Hlicnce, the prospect of buyinir tbeir Kinnon (Domnhal Mor), . a.m:^ N ' ,.„ " lirehatarj—another type of the Uu.h Don^h^ ' ^''"1""?'* Mcintosh (Mul Doni.h)-amanof patriarchal be„ ■! ' .John Mathewson, an.i his father .Jo.a l.an, whowantbo lirst inan who S and WH.S buried at Spiirgton, .viurdoc ^cLood joiner). «n(l his Inmher Alex !^'o IS ,.til, hale and hearty though oye; I «'|.;htj- years of ag», he is the S^r o ' fi'lu.ation ,n tho settlement, and Dona ian.l Angus Beaton. These were jS H year or two afterwards bv Angus Me tS'' i^""?'"^" MacCoirmtt. John McDonald (Aini.,acl, H.ighal), AnZs and Ronald Suwart, .loh'^i Cameron Sdd"xl"l''lV,^'"^"""'^' Kelly,"Srt' lodo Ned MKinnon (Neal Uuaoh^ A^iald WcLeod (Af.c I.achlan) M.lcoll •' ! -cLood ((;allam Crubach), an. 1 is I •"cijeoa (lam lian Saor) I As all the northern i>art ol Lots 31 >.',29and 30 and all f.ot 22 save L' ^maJl portion at the north e^d- as we as the ea.stern end^ ^^^ Lots 2.7, 26 and 27 were still, an.I fo, , n"e"" T^r'^'"' "^" ""''^°'-" -"<'- ,-.-..... rn. ,i nearest neighbors to the in-stwere the Wrights 'of Middletot; Till: r/'l \ \ iJSzjiH^z Si';.: ,f:f '.K »Uri,)npr months fin»;i ,, "'"^'"^ "i" Horn was oponod in the y„ar8 mni n'e.r hr.t care was to cl. ar « UtVe mtch o gronn.l whereon to o,ec? " r Hnt cahms. which consiHteM ofM a . een feot .overe.J with spruce hark- h- .terHt,ce8l.otweontheIogsbem,,«toJe^^^ ith u,o«8 or cav with a H.nall hde^duM ' in th« feMvund ror a cHlar and a „ai 1 c.ouH oh„„noy, the lowor part of wfS" was unit of rough atones uUh a wS,. ""*ntle p.eco, and tt.o upper pm or i pats of clay mixed w th straw faiton^, , tTer'aSrTir' ^'/iX^'P'-"" wl"'t , ;' rl«^ 1 V """' '' r««ched about td feet above the roof. This nuporMructml '" a very short tia.o became ho very i, eS,f/' 'hat «reat care had to b?ex. erusedto prevent a general confW tLJi . T ""' informed a« to how Sfh «*''''^ r^'erana endured the rS of the hr«t winter in their new quartorJ bu on. thing is certain they^ fdn"' sufJer from the cold as they had ah, m , ance Of the bent fuel at their doorf""'^! f Jr^'^' "'^ '""""> °f April, however I the settlement was the scene of muoh act.v.ty. The men and boys. I.u y S sunny morn till dewy eve clfoppS trT^ and clearmg the land to plant their L K? ° r^"'"''* anJothervegetab les m while the brave women andyounXns es were equally busy making maple sul? iemg an enterprising race of men "C set to work m dead earnest deariS the fores ; as th. land at that time S very productive, the following autumn yielded to them an abundant fetu.n rr SHithirCSs'^sirr thl-fn^ext""^'- ^-'-r-lfsett n; their next care was to build a school house at Springton on a plot o Lni faTv"frth:t"'""^"'^''h^^'-^ u- ■L."'^ '"**' purpose. Their (ir«t choolhou.se was ar..therprim,tve an hett'er r""""' ''"^ '' ""*«»" earnest o better things yet fo come. Well do 1 ••eiiM-mber the ruins of this n|,| Hrhool ■y "n't""!!, OOVfl-..! „i,], |,„| h.i''nr,,'a:,','':;.;:„7:,"" 'I- p"pi. th^m \f- r ^T.* °' 8''*°o among yZ' : L™.,;,""^'"?"'. •"'! for.,™, .ilc-rn. ,?; ,''hi. 'i ; V""'" "',-",''"6 rh.' Hev. Robert .«. Patterson ^r servces Vn H "" P"'''*° religious a"i vices. In tho year IS'^7 »!,«. d I was \i»fd fiM or 80/uo rr'w '«""' to thn "8 the birth iiinpnt limn, reach of my lounvi twelvo »rl{ or turf, panps 8x10. Alexander 'ho is Htill odioe waH inforiiifld AH tho h'rohpn y Mr Neil the people »oo aiuoDg I, who wau . i{orieri""«Ia8, r.m Jnedtt th'e^mT^K'''- "*«'«"'""' thence ihi""".'"' ^' ''^''^'••' littfe bod. iLl'Vi"' .^••I>ona.d. a pria. »J.1\r-? °' 'h« new roli .,, „ ---w.,,,,^ 1111 'llminutivc » nriM^,-, * Tf """ ^J"*" in« Hather than 8ubu.It to Th« ''"'"^""y- i or a yoke" nf"'— '' "" '" "«ve a borne vantage of the bov«V^!: „!.*.*?.*''♦' a*!-! Their '-• purpose of mskln| / 7 / y V THE STRATHALBYN JUBILEK / soap and boiling maple 8«p were added In the summer of 1839 another ship b»nd o «nugrant8 from Scotland landed in Charlottetown,of whom some thirty or forty families cast in their lot with their leliow-eountrymen in Scotch settlement. Ihese ateaari^als settled in what is I'^r^^'p'^ "\''ir"'®' Johnston Road, ,^'2i,Rpse Yalley, Lot 67. Though tttey had in a measuro to contend against similar hardships with the first seUlers yet they had the advantage of the friendship experience, and assistance of those who came first, as well as the advantage of the new road, opened some BIX years before. Among these people were a considerable nuiber of earnest, pious and God-fearing men.' men who were converted under thp preaching of such men as Dr. Roderick McLeod, (Maister Ruareadh) of Snizord, ^t^- ; ^''d^%"u"^^5'' °f Red Cattle (An Chaistel Ruadh) Rev.Mr McRichard-re. cenily leceased, and Dr. McDonald (of renntosh.) ^ i Among these I may mention the! PrZl °^ Alexander McLeod, the p-n? . !'''.u*"'^ *"'* ^""^^^^ John, John ' h!; f it ^^"'i:?'") *°d John Matheson, ' he father ol the late Angus Matheson ' Immediately after his arrival Alexander McLeod took an active lead in conduot- mg religious meetings, not only in the the Springton schoolhouse, but also in private houses,in the different localities, in which his countrymen had sc^iM uttrn preaching during the su mer months, m the open air, or In a grove of | woods. In the sumners of 1840-41 I there were still a further accession of some seventy families of emigrants from i ; CO land who joined their old neighbo.s in the new settlement; these settled in the western part of Rose Vallev, .John- ston Road (easO Brookfield, West Une lioad, Last Line Boad, Hazel Grove. Junction Boad,Colville Road, and Dock Road. Among these new comers were fu^ iT° °*^ ^"I'nfnt piety, notably, the Ute Allan MoSwain of pious and immortal memory, afterwards an elder for forty-eight years- his brother Murdoch McSwain, Donal.i Buchannan and Murdoch Buchannan, who for three or four years had settled m Bonshaw, alter which he removed to Nprington. and was one of the first three elders who composed the first session at the formation of Strathalbvu rJongregation whose Jubilee we are to- day celebrating. Although Mr. Buchan- nan could not read, I believe he could fh« nw "'"i '"^"?p'"y '^« Sre^^' part of ifcr^n I**"; ""'l^^^taments; also John McLeod, (lam Mac 'oireadh Og) and Murdoch McLeod (Murachadh Beag) who settled in New London, but who from his arnval in the country closely iden - hed himself wi.h his countrymen, in tl e ?a7einM.- •'"""'• «« '^^^ * '"^n of K- 1, 'u'',^'""'' * Sood Gffilic and M f„V"^°^"'',^''"*"y conversant with both languages, but above all, he was a true ana earnest Christian in ever? sense of the word. Efe was an orator S" I no mean order. He was really the firs evangelist to Strathalbyn, and was for Zyj'^'W^^^'"^ '" catechizing an! preaching the word in the different settlements I have referred to. When he would be on the rounds both old and d;,r"''^ ^' '" ^ «""-^ ref^shing K their memories on the question, of the ^ . -horter catechism. I believe he wis instrumental in doing more real good n ' iil'J. McNeill, a G£Blic and English teacher, sent to Cape Breton, by ?onaId, Kcso ' and Mrs'Kdo'/k"'«nns'"R" '^"^'fr" and .lohn McKay' nUnUr ^'''''' •.ave .beertpr^up'' n"thr?on'' gregafion to the ^ n Jaent n ' w«re established. These'^mfl^in """•' laKepartin discussing "the auesfion" wm.^ ^rV*'*^)' f^ector FaLoner c'olm Matheson, Malcolm Ca-r,nfel! ' THK STRATHALBYN JUBII^KK S'StrtS!i;:^it«^p'uf(" by all.) Anguf "aeod^rSo'*:'"!:' Munn, Wood IslanHo. aii .? ' '^''*- (Allaia EaghanT LonL "i '*\"°^vv«in McLeod (D'omnial'^Mi. "^a Ph4?r'^'! John ilcLeofl rinn ArT,!! * ^"''O') and Ale«o,,erta'cdoS"rAi:ist'?t"'" UU.han.), Alexander McKn, on ^"'i was more closely attended ^«/°"^^ , ''";!"« coaanunion^easons *''"'"'^'^« i now" «"°'!u "'"'^ ''*y« '"«'«•»<« of what is PiLn '-• P^'*" ^^a'eohism, Bunyan"s Baxter's Sartf^s^Dre? ^^r''*'''''^' ^'^ Believer's JaineTMcSgS ; 1)oET'r"^L^'"« "' and Peter (i.ant, etc ^ Buchannan J.i^he?;:r°iitff;-P'-nthepee.' o^he questions aJtafinrM""" P''^'"'' church fh.f k2?. *?.?""'?. 'he mother |oh.rchlhanheSS,X^her cided to throw in .k ■ ' ,*'""on de- Free Church™art; ^"" '"' ^^'"' '^^ mi w!s'bel'dTw'H''^'^^ "^ P"*"'« '"«efc- b agreed tn** ''''"'*' '^ ''as unanimous- ty agreed to commence the building ««• a church forthwith, and wUhin - il^ 5 tun' the contract waT let in^.i *!?'* 'n/th:rar'c?tr:nr^^^ Btage in their historv Z' ''** ^.'''''^ , builiing mate i?'^^,iu,?7[«f,^«'^ the I wmterand commenced" b^uildi^i'^^rTy first oVC^h^"^^ *"'' towafds tS fiSlSsS^r-?^^ J... — u-j_ "-- "««au iro.ii Kootiund -ncu asormon therein.the p<.ople be:. THB STRATHAI.BYN JUBILEE r;A Ig seated on the floor beams. Attnr fyiDK the floor and building a pulpit ^r. MoKenzie took up his bfg and bag-' fcage and went to New Brunswick £eavjDg the interior of the buililngTo be ,hn shed some years afterwards. Though /not budt after the model of modem / t„ ! \15'/^i '* r' * substantial struc I ♦.,„„ .if- / ff ; " ouustanuai struc- faet'no,r^;'^'' ^^ ^^ forty-five.twe.ty laet post, two large windows in each , side and one large window in each gable had ^r'' !'8''' '" *^« galleries^ t had a door at each end. When well hZl^ 'i* """'.'^ hold from five to six hundred people. For some years after It wag first occupied the seats consisted of pieces of scantling, planks or boards laid on blocks of wood The sacrament of the lord's Supper was dispensed for the first time in the congregation in .July, 1845, by the Rev Alexander Farq uhirson, ' of Middle that small band of the Church of Scot- land ministers in Nova Scotia and P E island who came out with the Free Church party at the disruption. He th/ R*'"f "^.J" ^^'^ occasion^^either by the Rev. Murdoch Stewart of West Bay. C. B., or the Rev. John Stewart, New Glasgow, N S. As hundreds of people the Island to celebrate the solemn oc- Uri2"' Tu** ^^n^regation assembled was iarge. The services commenced with fasting and prayer on the prewiw Thursday, on which day the lately Malcolm Ross, then of North Riv-r preached a powerful Gmlio Sermon! l'»k'' tf'at this was one of the songs which they sung: "When Zion's bondage God turned back Th„n fiir^" *^r', ♦^'•earned were we; Then filled with laughter was our mouth. Our tongues with melody. ' I ^^^l '"^^""^ ^h® heathen said wroX'ht,^""*^* things for them has ^ wif^"* •°'" 1"' «'?** *^'»«« has done, W hence joy to us is brought." &c. &(\ 'xV trafh thug lehobha air a h-ais Bruid Shion b'ionnan sinn Is dnone chunnic aisling mhor .S a mhosgail a su .n, Lionadh ar heul le gair an sin Sar cengadhfos le ceol. An meangnan cmceach thub-hairt iad Rinn DiadSh bearta mor. Rjnn dia mor bhea?ta air I nillTr K "•!^°'''"1® gairdeaohes. lehol.ha. del .r''^ * ':?'."''^' ^''••"'h san airde subhac h ni lad buain. A neach gu cur lir^' bhi'th'T.^ '^ V°' ^'^ PhHseal "caon ,V,Lv, ^ dhagul gu muladach ga ogu Dearbha giulan tugaba trom. Some eighty or a hundred people sat dow.i to commemorate their Saviour's I dying love. Three elders were ordSd ?«o?" ^''^T'\l '),*"<''y Alexander Mc- Leod, Murdoch Buchanan, and Allan McNwam. Some fifty or sixty children were baptized on this occasion, many o who.uwere in their teens. The next minister that visited the congregation was the Rev. Mr. Sinclair, of VvScie followed by the Rev. John Stewart, '^of Ne^ Glasgow; Rev. Dr. McLeod. of Syd- ney, Cape Breton and in 1848 I.v th« Rev. John Mc Favish, delegite Lu^ th^ FreeCauich of Scotland, fie Un„^ pastor of the Baft Free (^liurch Inver ness, Scotland. Rey. Dr. D. B. Blair ot Barneys River. N. S., visited the congre- gation about this time, and also Um venerable Rev. Dr. FonUste?. f^r so ^ lir S'^if «•"• '" the Free Church Col- h-ge, Halifax and afterwards Principal of the Normal School, Truro Nova Soofia. The first ' orda S ^d missionary was Rev. Alexander f^lt^'^'^ ^^ "*"'« '■'•°"' S'^otland in J84S, and was stationed for two or three yeais between Brown's Breek. New J/)n.,lon and Scotch Settle ment He was a powe.ful and zeaons f;:ri850 l:'^'"^^ P-vinceinthe Ci A . ^^^■ *"^ emigrated from Scotland to Australia where he died ten years ago. The first regular ordained minister settled over the congregation wa" S / THK STRATHAIJJYX JUBII.KE said )r them has ga has done, !ht." &.C. A.\ li-ais ™n Is dnone Jharbeul le I nK^angnan iDiadhoiI>h bhearta air s, lehobha. fi san airde ach siol, gu ich gu cur I'iseal caon- ladaoh ga ieas pillidh troin. people sat ' Sivinur'a J ordained :ander Ma- and Allan C children 3, many of The next igrepation 'est Ciipe. ;ewart, of d, of Syd- ^8, by the froiij tJie ^ is now ch Inver- Blair, of e congre- aiso the or some uroh Col- Principal Truro, ordain- lexander tland in two or 1 Breek, Settle- zealouH e in the 'd from he died ninietpp '«8 the Kev Alexander Sutherland. He was uiiton, New London, and Scii .. Set- tlement „. the fall of 1852. Kc ' Hch. ed Gaelic and English alternate i, .ve.y Sabbath m each place for seven Ltll .«T?"-^^'^ preacher, full of zeal n the Master's aervjc^e. He was instru mental in doing a great deal of gS "„ ' the congregation. His name will be when L m' ^':'^ *" uncertain sound t was who arranged the purchase of fandf Th^ , ■'^'*'^'*'« "'^"«« now! stands. 1 bough now in his eiKhtieth year, he is still hale and hearty haS charge of a large and flourishing coS of the ablest preachers that ever v ited church"" H^' P'''"*^t^. '" Strathalbyn Church. He was a delegate from the Free . huroh of Scotland.* Mr. Suther land was succeeded, as pastor o» this congregation as a separate and ind^ pendent charge, by the sainted and revered Donald Morrison, of pious uiemory; he was inducted over the con gregation in the autumn of 1859 At his o.dination and induction the lat^ Rev Dr. (Teo,ge Sutherland, of Sydney. New South Wales, preside i. He suggested that the name of the congregaffon te changeatrom "Scotch Seftleien"' S hat of "Strathalbyn," which name was heartdy adopted by the show of hands of he large congregaion assembled to welcome their new minister, wno prov ed to be a man after their own hearts in! fT i" """^ °"^ *'"""« tfj"'". visit' ine from hnnaa ^n t,«„„_. I.- presence ing from house to house; his inspired the confidence, lo've and esteem of old an,, young. His very look was a benediction to all who came in contact with him. He was instrumental in doing much good in the congregation. In the ap.mg of 1,S6I he offered his services to the Presbyterian church which had advertised for a missionary to the New Hebrides. His services were cordially «ccepted;and severing his con- I tantly parted with him as with a right , hand. After spending a session etudv- ' ing medi.vne in Edinburgh he return „ 1 » .1 r ■ ""^'""u'sii ue ret ed to the Is.and in the Spiing of 1 and afte,. visiting the churches in (he Ma itiine Provinces he sailed IS : or the New Hebrides, in compar^JC; the late Jau.es Gordon who alcerwri^ fell a martyr on the island of Erromanl -and Hev.Mr. McCuIlagh. Mr.Mo S was stat,on.d on tue island of S fo?. tnroe years, but being predisnosed fn lung trouble, the griL ^and Slu; V o^r- H?"«r^"on, claimed him as a victim He was compelled to reiurn to Australia with his wife and two K , children, where he ^uccura.bed aftei I lewiuonthsto the fatal disese. He died early in the year 1868; he was sliortlv atterwards followed to the grave brhm noble wife. His two orphan chiUlren ^h«'\""l^''"'' ^^'^ ''««» educated '.y the church in Australia The son is at present, fo„„^i„g the footsteps o' h^s father as a preacher of the everlastiuL* f„^P«'- I^ «:«« through Mr. ZSn't influence that the Ch town market was changed from Saturday to Sav na f^Z'T ''^' •'Ucoee;ied by M^ iduHnl M°^^"fe'-ld, student ofDivi. it; during the summer of 1802, and the ollowing year by Mr. AleiLier i-arquharson, the former of whoa is now a successful minister i„ Baddeck t'- a. Mr. Farquharson was afterward^ for man^y years a minister in Sy.Tnev C. B where he died a few years a/o much lamented by the congregation •m^hs church at large. He VSluo ceeded by the late* Ke " Arexander Campnel., who was inducted over the pastoral charge of Strathalbyn n October, 1864, where ne remS ,« a P;?"!?'/ 1°' "'■'«'^" y«*^«- H ' was ■ a faithful preacher and was be he • r*^.,''^«P««ted by all unS the infinmhes of declining years compolled h.m to demit the charge, tlmt ] was ever dear to his heart. He di'ed i, ithe year 1894, at Stillwater, N. Sh" i was succeeded by the li-.v. .John Mo: I Leod, in Whose time the new church whch now crowns tl, is hill was built- under the shadow of whose spire lie waiting the resurrection morn t e sacred dust of many faithful witnesses who were near and dear to many of us He ,B now minister of a large ehurch in Lewis. He was succeded by the present incumbent, the Rev. Malcolm Camobell whc.v. v„t„r.siiwiiibe tne duty" and lO THE STRATHAI^BYN JUBILEE ')■' pleasure of the future historian to chronicle at the next Jubilee, Hftv years hence. ^ Before closing, you w:!' pardon me for referring to the noble band of Christian women, who fifty years ago were real mothers m Israel in the congregation, and whose lives shone like stars in darlt- nesB, but who have since gone home to , glory, to bask forever in the refulgent > rays of the Sun of Righteousness. Without making individuous distinc- 1 tion, I might mention among many otfier excellent women, who throujih faith obtained a good report in th<- ' Strathalbyn Congregation, the names of Mrs. ,Iohn Maihewson (Bean Choir Eion Mich Elon), Mrs. James Nicholson Mrs Neil McKinnon, (Bean N'heil Kuadh) of hospitable fame, Mrs John McDonald, (Fion Gajja Bean hioa Oig), Isabel MoLeod (Nighean Domha.l Gobh), Catherine MoLeod (Bantraoh ataiier), Mrs Neil McKay (Mary Og), Mrs. Alalcolm Nicholson, Springton, Mrs. John McIortunitie8 roung bovs ya. When money to tvill not be y as half a be reading i studying 1 grammar )hering on s perhaps yho could such dis- iiiany of boys and I and 8UC- y to res- d abroad . ig of, arts •apid pio- iks treat- e subject 'vcrbody. 8 have in id every I fields of the new ual labor ming is ost gen- 8 of life, oerseded by the plication ) is to a y which irtb are THE STRATHALBYN JUBILKK II drawn nearer fo one a .other, in gym pathy and brotherly love, hastening the time, the good time coming, "that man toman the warldoer shall brithers be for a' that," the time when the knowl- edge of Christ shall he carried by the faithful heralds of salvation to the darkest corners of the earth, when nmhuinn-s.f.ora- thubhaiut a sean- tachal-';Co.oneach 'cairdean 'nua r nach coinneach na cnoiohd.- 's-math atha cuimnhne agar- »n a' am cor ffZu''^'^'"''^ blidhna-a'nuar n,S bhnthe feum air canain s'beith eile s-gireaohd so ach Gmlic-Albana.h. Ach thami faichmns' chruinnich mlior moral darknet-s shall vanish before the ' a'ri"'Frln"„!nh'T"""' " .'"'•'"'""'ch mlio Sun of Righteousness- the timrvW en I A^l.,n^^? .i: ^"'."r"-*'"''* »«"« ''»'«*" all the nations ard kingdo iTof l!e ' fcui^Gtf '""' ^''^''^'-^^tanach --rach world shall do homage to the Prince of leant" nair'^f-h' ^'."^ ''"''"^'"• ''^"'^ '«""" P_eace,who8e,ight it^s to rei^r ft^ ^^r'^J^^^r^^^Sj^^^^^^ . , ..g..^. ,v ,a lo reign, it behooves us then to weigh well our great responsibilities; in the light of our grand privileges and oppoatunities to do our part, to hasten on.the consumiMation of the glorious prospect. Let us with generous emulation imitate the virtups shun the failures and avoid the mis- takes and shortcomings of those faith- ful ones who have jjoiie before us in the great battle of life. Let us endeavor to keep abre«st if not in front of the great march of f.rogrese going on around us m the world, and armed with the panoply of the Christian soldier, with the word of God in our hand; as a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, we can fearlessly and resolutely face the great problems of life. With patient perseverence in well doing, we may rest assured of such a glorious and triumph- ant future as will not only make our- selves happy, but will reflect honor and renown on the noble aneestry from whom It IS our proud boast to have descended. fhiir ""'^'?' *'*'." "''°'8« ""r^o gabhaidb n Beurla ^'^ "^'^'tionnthas mi a nis After Mr. McKenzie's paper was con- cluded there was a recess of two hours during which tea was served to all comers by the kind and attentive ladies of the congregation. There was excellent and ample provision for all, He then referred to the clawic hills and valleys of .Strathalbyn, - the phono t eraphs instinct with the shouts of his I joyous school-days that now give up I their poetic secrets-the place of I h'8 birth and the home of his youth until he reached man's estate. This settle.nent was peopled wiih the same I class of men as fought at Alma, and to ' the souud of the pibroch relieved Luck now. and conquered on the Plains thof ;.r*^*'"- ^,"'^ '*■ P^o' be needed that they are of the blood and couraee dusky half-breeds and Indians broke out in rebellion m the .Vorthwest, Daniel tiVrTt' a u""''^^ of -strathalbyn, was ^^'^^ '"'^i'^i?' "^"'^ f"" in the strug- !&. n'- -^"Pona'd then recited from >W..ayron, Burns, &c., stanzas suitable I for such a celebration, and so. varied hi. I remarks with prose and poetry, EngliHl, I and Gae ic. that he b.ffled the'^'repo, ter ilnnri ^'^ "?'"* amusing anecdotes about the pranks of boys and the foibles ^ih^r*"'i"*'*. •?• ^"« '^^y at the old nn.^i'*u^t '"*'*'"' *^ expected, and one of the boys was sent out on the road to watch his coming. As soon as the Mr.yuirk of Charlottetown, who was^'^'tor was seen approachine th« hnu .^;'.1.?frr.^l."f!'?°''^-« '- iood repu-l rushed in with the n'^'wsThen'ihi'whS tation in thktTiiie. ""* ""' ^""" '^*'^"' The proceedings were resumed bv singing the lOlJth Psalm. Then the subject announced was — ReminiBcensos of the OMen TImeB Ut .Tames McDonald, of the Customs, i.harlottetown, was the speaker He prefacMd his address in Gaelic as follows- Mchainlen agus lu'iuehd duthaca ^^„M ?• '** ''®*'^'"8 a« 1 '"'< as they could,making a perfect babel .The stvlecif reading from the old Murray first books was imiated,aad the amusements of the people, such as their chopping bees, and their spinning and other frolics re' il^?f i^.- ^^^' .^^IcDon-^ld's address no^^i 1*"°®1 '•' "P many a counte- nance. He wishtd for Strathalbvn he 8aid.all that Burns sod.vnufiv i '.In-or^,! lor his beloved Scotland:- ' ^' "* \ / 12 THK STRATHALRYX JUBILKE /J i^A ,j. ■- •'Oh Scotia! my dear, my native soil, For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy Bonsof rustic toil, Be blest with h3a!th, and peace, and sweet (iontent; And ( Jh! may Heaven, their simple lives prevent, From Luxury's c-ontagian, weak and vde, Then, however, Crowns and Coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, Anditand a wall of fire, Around their much loved Isle. When he had concluded, at the re- quest of the chairman, he read the IhleT-^ 'beautiful and appropriate .STHATIIALBYN'S JUHILnK Be«pectru„y^*^'*^^te^on8 und Stewarts- the ^■^yerrs'**' *^*«''^«°^'e <*"«» Maeleod-whose Oi tulthful service future success plans ! "^w^l^!!^' ^ ''*'°*' ""^^'e Dioneers ! '^gXer-aTel-e.""'* "'*"«^'>*^- -e "^ Por''nr'},'2rth«t''l^ IV,"^ ^^^ "«»> cheers 1 t or nr .ne» they hold „ memory ever dear Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! ^?n'.?:«.!?f-''®'',"''^^''« ""■• children dwell I In ireedom. love and harmony secure ! "^■Ti^nlSr- 'i""" wutch word ever be ' ' «nU^ ''' "■"'• •'~'*"'l "ravrhls •blessed • "^'ooVbleSs hm.S?>"',^k" ''^'"" .'"•*ve and rree !_ <*oa bless Huathalbyn and Prince Edwar.1 now The Rellg'loug Progress Durlnif tha Last Fifty Yeara. A B"M®r^'*',°* '^^ spoken to by Rev A. B. MoLeod. a native of Strathalhvn' now pastor of the Coldstream congrZa t.on. Nova Scotia. He said man v thought there had been little eligS progress durmg the last 50 years. ^ But when facts were examined a great im provement could be seen. In regard to the use of strong drink alore there was a vast change for the better. There waa a so a marked improvement in church buildings ; Mislead of the barn like I Pi«f«fh»»« century ago, this "tie menthad now twe fine churches he hey had service every Sabbath, where J; ruierly ,t was only about once h 'month Fifty years ago they had no Sabbath ooS'' "'*'' '^'y ^^^ «'«• Then the? could pay o.Jiy a few hundred doE for a portion of a minister's thne now they ra,8e |140a for religious ' pu - Of the church last year beins ssis/ ol°:^\^\^rV'^ co'mmunica/t8,Tatf present pastor was settled five years f«0- ->» these facts showed progress Wroat Head of the Church. Progress In Education During the Last Fifty Years In the absence of Mr. D. J. McL^orf ' f^P^"1'^°^"* °' Education, Hon d' j Laird briejlv dealt with this Sot I He referred to Mr. McLeod's unavoid i work and"s"a1d i^t^''^ *° d^PTtmlnlal ! ^orK, and said it was a credit to thi« settleu .nt that a native thereof filed the h.g and responsible position of of'*Xh"J:"*'''f'^"°"'°"'»'^^Juti: Th« r«nf • P«''f'"'"ed Batisfactorilv. The act as instanced by Mr. A B Mo Xenzie. that there were ten schools with' m the are,, of this settlement where !d'th/"' ""'^ °"^ «'^y >•''«•''' 4o show ed the progress that had been made "oSatt" orthrTs^rs^i it .'oubled in fifty years, S ouJthot had increased from about 100 to S and our teachers to .553. F ty vearJ ago, there was no free educa mn -X Cfovernment only paying *48 to I Durinjf tha Ml to by Rev. f Strathall)yn, earn congrega said many little religious iO years. But fJ a great im- In regard to Tfl there was »r. There was nt in church he barn-like I this settle- Bhurches, the n,Wo. Now ibbath, where >nce N month. no Sabbath Then they Jred dollars 8 time; now igious pur- the Boheuies being $184. licants, half i since the d five years 'ed progress ikful to the QB' the Last J. McLpod, n, Hon. D. is subject. 8 unavoi(i- partmental lit to this eroof filled Josition of thf duti«s iisfactorily. A. B. Mc- hoolswith- 'nt where ago show- men made. a better •ool. The had onlv ir schools p to 45(5, 'fty yenrs rion -Uie THE STRATHALBYN JUBILEE '3 each teacher. The whole Govern- ment expenditure (or education in 1845, was aSoi't $5,0o(); this year it will he about $I*J2,0(J(>, or twenty-lour times as much. The number of (lupils enrol- led in the schools fifty years ago was about 4,O0U; la«t year it was 2J,221. The proportion of children in scho 1 in 1845 was about I in 12; now it was 1 in 4.9 of the population. Fifty vears ago there were fe * Sabbath Srhools in tnis Province; now in connection with the Presbyterian church alone tfiere wer« in this islnnd over 105 Sahbath Schools, having 5o6 officers and teachers, and 4,600 scholars. This showed mark- e(i progress in the church's ett'ort to obey the Saviour's comiiMn'*. "Feed my lambs."' rie congratulated Str*thal byn on its jubilee, and hoped th'iii-r4>''U"'''i'j' the young people p eaent, who will live to see the centenary of the congregation, may have as glorious a sfry of progress to tell as we had heard to-dav. the >:riisslii)p]iers from the Kocky Mdhii- tuilis wliieli lite up every .s:ree|i tliiliL.'. Then thei'"' were lili/,/.iii'ds ill winter, hot winds in summer and cyelDiK's at viirioiisj times. He related how pei)],le in build- ing houses there dug a hole off fiom tlie- eelliir, and tirieke(i it up, into wliii'li ttn»]t^conl(l escape when they saw thi- eyelone t"omiiig, which would probably sweep their house from its foundations. He advised Islanders to stay at home, for though there was sometimes a loss here in one crop, tlieie was nevi'i a fail- ure in the >vliole. KVENINC SEHMoN. In th.' ^Mexande Our Advantagrea as Compared with the Crofter Population of Scotland Hey. D. Sutherland gave an elo(juent speech on the disadvantages under which the crofters in Scotland labor. They were virtually the serfs of the land- lords He referred to a well-known crse ~wliere j'^<^en families wt re elvt t'd from . ^ir- ^i!,;.;;^ 'W,, room tor deer lorests, amr'^ families had to take refuge i„ a cimrcli- yard. Jle congratulated the farmers in Mrathalbyii on being so much better eircumsxanced than the crofters in Scot- land, though he was glad to hear that most oi the pioneers to this .settlement had not belonged to that (dass they had doubtle.ss ex|„,rien(!ed evils of lanavt to! '^ and they \^, me N'-ii" spent abo in the W(>ste island was disaiivantajies of X