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( ; >4 ', n^^ i!!' i.f? ^ •' ^-^ -r<^^>!as. ^Ifi -.a^e-" iMMiH' E^aa^a^^a f lit. ■jS.-ii.Si" '"'-" mt^ ^ %r^ JLfiS\/7/ iil.iiM»wiiiiiHi<i ' 'i ^^ -r ■.r .r,. ■,iM<;r<{r^^: ■i^,(S:''r.K ■'1 m J« UlMiiBiiiMliik'MMiiiiii Jiimm mM PROCEEDINGS AT THE CENTENNIAL GELEBRATION li , i 1 J OF S rTJ t! NEW GLASGOW. -CSEPTEMBER ■:• llik ■ 1886,3^ WITH APPENDICES. 1- ISSti S. AJ. .M.\' KiA/ii.; Sti:\m li.m;.; \-<i. .],,r; I'i,i-,t;:i. M:\V (iLASUUW, \. s. / ^'s N i MWa WBt M i ttattMIL 'i ^ MM Ji'i* li^f-'-' ■ ^j'^-fT^^'^^j-^^'v-r^^-^'v^l T-^S •> ^ c .> • 1 mm -\ \t / G ^ f'" ^ i[^iii#l%^^4 A -^^aj^^^'^- *'*^^ ■# ri'>« r •., y -.^y \/-.^ niailMMiPBaw«MiPN«p 4 ) i k 1 A\ M t • ^ i » d t 4 1 \ 1 ■1 V Froiiticpire'c Intii/iliu'tmy I'ro'.'iiiriiiiie J^^^ 'm ' CONTENTS A.lilrcs-" l>y ♦'>•• Cli.iiriiimi VisT <•*>¥ *^{ .4*- I'/'J ' I'a<:k. . 3 I f Letters \i A«M Mn-as»).V Hev. Iv A. McCurdy !•(!!<« I>V i,v It.'v. W. M<:1' li, 1). I). 10 •J(l ] Address l.y .1. W- Caiinieliiud. K8(| Address l)y lU'v. K. R'""* Address l.y D. 0. Kriser, Address by .1. l>. Me(ireK<.r, Ks,, Address by 1)V d. ** Nb'Lean. l'>'| ;?(» :?s I Address by Hev. .1. D Me<:idivr.y Tablet, Dr. MHlreuor Tablet, Dr. Roy List of Elders List iif Members h t d:ite of Celebiation iM r)8 (iO »mmn i Mma m mmimm i tmmt < INTIi'ohl ("ToiJV. M ^ At till' annual iiu'.'tir.!4 ofjainc^' ('hM;(!i >ii'_,iL'.^atii)!i lu'lil in Janii.irv. :885. it was iiiKiniiiiDiisly iv>.'>l\cil to cfli'hr M • tlir Iiainltr itii apra\ (.T-aiv 'il tlu' ori; mi/ itioii of the r()ni;iv;;atii)n w'lich "duIiI occur on vlu- scwMtccntli <.\[\ ijl ."-'I'lJUMnhLT. iSSo. 'J liL tvholc in.U was ivU'H\ ' to the session, who ij,'''' arranncnicnis. and in (hu- time rci'ortcil i^' the (onurciiation. Ilv invita 'ion Rev. l")i, .M(('ulh)cli. !<.cv. !•:. Ross, R' ■ ■ .' I >• M-t.ilhvary. Hon. Chief Justice McDonakl. j. W. Oariaicliacl. I" i| . .1 D. .Mct;rc;;i)r. I';s(| , J. S. Mi Lean, Ks(|,, the l^istor andSetaetaiy I'f'tlic con^resiation wen: a-'kcd to rea(i pa pers or t;ivo adihvsses. All consented and were jnesent with the exct-plion o.' tin 1 'hicf Insiice, who was ])revented on the day ol" the celebiaiion from attendini^. I'iie moderator of" the Synod ol' the Maritime Provinces, all the ininislers ul tin Presbyteries of Pictou . the Methodist and HaptiNt ministers in the (!ounty, Rep- resentalives of the press, as well as a number of laymen were in\ ited, tc)i;et!ier with the sessions of St. Andrew's and I nited ('huiche><. New (ilasi^'ow. (Jn the Sabbath previous the Rev. A. McF.ean of Hopewell preat hed an able and ap propriate sermon from Psalm ('XV : r2. "i'he Lord hath been mindful of us : he '.vill bless us."' The ladies of the ( (»ni,'re,nation entered nio.-.t heartily into the work, and provided ample refreshments, of whi( h the invited guests and mem hers of the congrejj;ation partook. 'I'he (.'hoir furnished approjiriate nui>ic, whi( Ii •,vas well rendered. The whole i ongregation sec onded the efforts of the session, and the arrangements made wen we I sustained, and fullv carried out. As a Souvenir of the d.iy. a day long lo be remenibere<l by the congregation, the pa iiers read on that oi casion. and the addlc^ses delivered are now printed in ]jamphlet f.irm. in the hope that tlieir perusal may deepen the interest alread) .■iwakeneil. and stimulate to continued .md sustained e'lbrts tu ( arry on the work, so well bt'gun In' those wlio have eiiteri'd into their rest. At half past oneo'clockon the day ajipointed for the celebration, the church was well tilled. 'I'he platform was occupied by the si.ieakers and othei invited ::ucsts. Tlie service> were begun by the singing of Parapluvse H. Re\ T. -^edgewick. Moderator of Synovl. read a passage of scrijiture, l)eut \T1I, and Re\. A. P. .Mill.ir. tlie oldest member of the Presbytery of Pittou, led in (),ayei. ;;nd the tollo\\ ing [inguinale was regularly [troceeded with. WHi mimsmmi2mmm'm:^i'^^ i'ii(it;i;.\M-^^'- Sl.UMON- SEPTEMBER \2th, 1886. KKV. A. M. T-i-^^- •/•/•;\/^ /''"'"' " SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON ;, Vn-s' /•'• J7th, 1886. G. ^v. I ■Sl)f.R\VC)Ol), lb(V. (^'^' , _ I'AUArHH-^^l- - ^ ;., I'llAVl"*' 4 Al)l)K!>^ ('iii)ii;. U.A. A. I'.M"'-^''' CllAl'-"^'^'^- A-'llOlK "• ana Ko.'U'^*''-'''. ' \ CioiK. li„Jhir<l.) „„. .,.„.vr K.vi-,M.F.ni.-..A ^ ^_^ ,,,,.«,.,.» ^^., ,,,,,„„„. ,M.. ^.__-nu- ri^^»^';;f^;: ..-ou ;.nsiT . . ,.,. . n. u. ^>'-^"'- J,ll<l»' l" '^" , W i,'A\iMi'n.vi.i., V'^':- ^^.^^'^^^'''' ■'•' •0.^ A»^»>^^'^^' ■;;■., ,, /M.O ,., Tbe History <'!_*. '^^"> , , Cn<nn- uniuuui IS..'. •■■■• ^ /, -I f.t.-AUl>lil-^- J'liodh' A MMK. \^ •^'j ^ A. M.T^i-.AS. EVENING. ('lii)ii:. .,,, _ A. V. Mn.i.AU. CllAII'.MA'^- CllOlK f.v. K. A. M-<^'i'"^- CtlOlK. \V. rA\iMi<nAi-.i., K>'.'- Ciioiii. Krv. K. Hos.^- .).-'rilK L»)ill> IS IN HIS HOLY rKMI'LK.— I""" /."W'.i . ( iiom. •_'.-i'SALM -J.-l.-C/V/*,, r/,;./,o/(,/: .1. /. //;.■.! Cnnr.t. :;.— UKADlNt ;.-(//''"•■ "-^ /•'•) •L PUAYKR i:,a.K.s..vv. .-..MY SllKl'llKKl) IS rilK I.IVINC (iOD. (/•>;/./"• '/7"','/. -■, i rm i ;. (i. — History of tlic ("onuregation (It .laiiu's' » liunli iiiKlcr its lirst two i)ii>!ur.s. . ' "• ^- • '' ''^^'-i'- '"• '' '• :. I'RAYKi; 1;kv.<:ko. Mm;ksv. I s.-l WAS i;l.Al).-i./. '.. 'M,»/,/.) ^'""'*" * ii. -ADDRHSS •'• "■ M'<:'^'>'"=- l•-.•• lO.^HK SHALL KiCF.D HIS FLOCK. -(//.--(,/' '.l Ciini::. IL ADDUKSS •'""■^^- >I'>-':^^- l*:^'^- .L!.--IL\UK THM SONlJ. i-V. ir..-/-^ .l/'-Wn/.) I'iimi;:. i;;. ADDRESS R,:v . .1. D. M. Hu.i.is .my. l-t. IX THK SWHKT BY IvAM) IIYK. ( /. /'. //'ft/'M <"""•• i;i. -IJKNKniGTlOX THV: CU\U{>^AN Al)l)UV> ss. • I of tlu' orp;aiv/.i ,,iU bo .leer y ^^ ^^?, Uu. cc.n.M--atu.n^^ t. ^^^^,,^ „„i tu... h;V^^^ , ^^.j^,„ , have to a>^. "Zs ^<i- *'> '"^ r'" reia f this kina IS on. o^ ^ -^ J.^,.i, the l"'"^' -;,-,,, tho many 1 chui t.h"s"in^i^'''^'y wmtmmmmsmm ; e read 1>> tin- ^^^^^^^^^^ .^^^^^^. ^^ ^,„ lAlTTKllS. \ \ lilt'-* tlio nrjtaii/.i M ct i !<■-'< 'l"i 1>. ■ tliiirliniiiefiiuu l('i>!iiinittoc I wis l;i)ariiig pxP''!'^ ivni ill rccoivu y st of y our tli.r iliy's proc bfSt they aiiiin-; moiii: ■ whn it :vlV. to l>e goni' .hcil mo t(» l>e t 1 !iavc tnsay. i\\\ opi)'! ■liii'li liivs ))L'(!U t" 1<-V1 ii'lits <il >w the iiiiiny thank ■'IV 111' 1».f,)r<-tlHni. Anun- 1,1- l.uilt : lis w C'll ii:^ a (•;in itiL 1 oil \\Mv\ ^^•it)' til'.' inlH'i'itovs ( ,|' thcii ill Wv iiic \i laiiti'i 1,1 our liiiiitl' I 1)V thiMir. ;; an eeii'c . y.>ai lohuroh'v-i in evci-y loar ,1 that Nvo can s tell its talc <! ih; (111 •lit our >'i-i-'i t lin<l tl 1" t into ,1, ami lahor in securiii'/ iial strui'tui-f tal.h! ti-h! rhl anil lit thcro for I sui 10 \vo Jfthofuturowill prove heaiiu;^ today, 1 our 3 in AillVront ] th To^atKin (.'mil tU of the it "will not 1)0 1k:11, Sherhrooko, was escii tion. alf^o r ooeivoi I to-day. It. t Will. KvAs'-i il c. M. (ii-ant. liiotps. Alltho- I will bo I'locoo uuiK.Out.. Sep. . \villno\s lod with. '.), If^Si'i, our r ;;tooninil "avor o f llK' livoi-.-^avy o ally to -in-ii f I lie oruaiil/-' now .iInHut all nway, I;;liriiiM havp hail r.olhin',' whrn'ot' to po,ii;iIahi had ( aIli>;;rll,Lri' ili'r|i|ici'. oiii of >i:,'lii ol'tlii' worllo oliiMrcn nf I lii'ir lioiii.i-i'd si va III- tl 11' (•ori-.|(ii'l';i1ioii will, Il II. Ii'.iv (I .itiii liiiio ,iinl ili- il ■ u'liicli I li: \.< til- t-rlllillll' o all I' my f i-liml... in wliu'.i !lL;lit I am pliM-ii'd lo ro:;a:il il. i. mil Ilii'ii'ldi'i' ail the more l;i(;lilv ilo mniilirr.-' me .i'lioiiir your iuviicii lllO IllliTO.-l lone laUcii. iiiow iil!.'^ian(liir-r l in' iion-int'li-i.iii -i' i^f an ; i;i'. mi IIic « t .larr oi llip poiipl" ami :i;," whom I v, a i horn, spriil m\ iMily ilay.-;. anil of wi. cm I Imlil j,;'! ciniis rcmcni- dr.'iiii'i;, J.iiir 'iHii-.i till' my pri'-n'iioi on till s aii-iiii'iii'm^ >iiin il'Ks iiir n ore I lian .Hwlu <• ml I sliniilil in.li'"il 1)0 I'also to iiiyriolf (lid i rotr.iiii t'ro'ii .-.ayiiiLc liou vnry dcojilx .ind li>\ in^ly 1 !ii'i'i.-li till' incinoi i.'.'-; of lli.'pii ••liicli ymi liav. imi lio'.v si:ii rrly I ri'.ioji'i- willi ymi In tip- | ro-iioiil\- " il I, ■(-n bl.'sl. and in I In- lam:i''li' ,.,il waiii ( \ ii!i liii U i.r I lis pri hiK I ity u i!li w ii-i- ^ nri'iiiinihii ; ami lo. ileitis' larlc at. ll.o tii.ils am! tt■iIlmpll^l i T tlio-.i- hiindicd > cii hill. lid 1 ;iot tciih': ^'lld lii'iio. dal ion loi; !lio Loi'd \vl ', nil mos', ■■ili.-.l ^im•t^^ i.iii.,'-,"at'ilation.-'. " illi \vv\ o.-ii'm •! \'. ■ml iir.ivois III o-.- ol' ll'c l.iinl may lie .vmir -l i oipylli." ai.d Ih.-r i-.i r, in nee lion « it li l li<' nld imil. ;o, so xvcU iiml I riily laid, tliofo may ah .iiin ami munii midlife w illiiii:! tail, h Ion lo lea.'' At your mccimi; iio.Nl wcilc, tlic past oral (-.•; oi lli'- pa- itcndirLT o\ iT 111 ic llian t lifi o i|iiar- If rs Ola rcnUii'j , and (■.■^in-riiil y the i liai ailor .iml work ol' lie lir-l pa.-tn". I In- .•ij.n-llr ol oik I'rosliyliTiani-m in , tl i- io_-ioiis .-1 round, iiri:-: la' :v\\ cn'-.'.a'j;!' viKir ailfiitiiin. and rail up ino:-i iiil.'rcslin.'r 'III mm ii's 111' t III' days of nld. Wi.'ic lla ri- no ollior 1 a s to Mml uic lo I lio In.inc of my thcrs, iii.d to ! ho i-lisiriii of \\ lii;'i I was a iiicl.rm-r, tlio nii'iiiorv ( \ llial saintly mat, with wliosi lini.Tlra' ions S wa; pri\i|i-;;cil from my ciTlii davs M mat; : or .oar.--, wi.ii (oi'in a!i indi-isoliili);. Iiond Mid tiy his ir.ii-.i ami i\ I 1 1 t o Mirmo mil II. liill-ch that SCO ai'oiiml him sinilitiu: liolils, 1 ami lill-y lifo mil t!ir .- iiailow i. ! ho til. (' I .1111.' f. i; miisl alloi'd Mio liii:lif'-l uoat illcalion to t ' o. oven .It this (hsiaia i> ol Umo, in Imiis laboi. IS 1 am siiro ii d. mil pel i!s HI (1 piiviilioi, 1,1 lie ^nlliiii lit 111 •i- of tin lo i( III n f 1 il ,:'( r iifo. Ill l.liil ■ ill.,' his'wiii-'; liri'i ill py larims. ;ii:il a iliiilii.--liii:'.r ihnirl,; llnil I l.i (lii l.( nl a !oiiU' lid ■I' he il t< noi I on L.ooil naio.o, .11 ll'ill Wlll'l, rrots ol a d,'o;ilv iittiirh,-d :iml 1 !io-i' will) i-oiild nut ' I) rk sido liv sii sorrow I n-_: pci .ithiud to his fjitl.crs" aiiiiil ihc liciiil fell ro- am! r.mipollin;; i ho ii'spc't iind \ '■mi.i.li'in o' iiiiliini in t lie vinoy iii'il of onr common Ma'^tor. Villi an liiDii! to cfocl mural tjihlob- In ilir memory if your li!-l iiasior and his iinniciliaii 'I'his well. 1 cfiil trilaiii- (illic I'll .-I lit to tl:o ]iii.- 1 ifllic children of looay lo llio lionmiroil I'.itlic i'.- of tiu" loii^' .i;;(>, an oxprc:-:-ivo iliii-^iralion of the piophotic truth ■'rii •i^htcons shall lio in o\ ,'i'la'^l in;.; rcmomhraiicc Hill v.liiil(\<r incmoi'iiil of "nii'i'lilo" or o! 'hriis-.'' liniii-^ hands ma.o now set iipfi iIidm- doxotiil men. llic.s have left liclind moii" :mnis moic cmluriiiL,' tiiiin oilliir. 'Iicir ird i- en OIL h. lo follow llicin. " lull tiny wove xilful and ^■.nccc^■^f'.ll . t ( imi .- iimicr llic .Miotor lliiil III c Ol cctinli ol . ■spirit nil! cdiiico..*," "lomplosof the Hoiy (ilio>l, ' your prose n I al titiido iillords aliiimUiiit tiroof, i»^ 1 fiirni:-iK'>. ill so. rich promi.-o i hat this i,'loi iuii- work of tciniiU' I'liildini'.on the old fun ml a I ion. -hill! forward I hi'on:,'liinil the ii:.;cs. i\nd thiil llio hoiu.un d ii '.specially Ih'cU I'i llie . of the uilier won. CIS, iilid ;ii.-'l hall nc\ cr In- I'oi K'lllcn. 'I'lioti' i.-. anol !ier cii;i;;:ri'L;itliim nil 1 he ol her >ido of the voad, whoso ci'e.iion tlcin^,'h imt th, irsi. .'111'^ no -iiiiill i!i-t,im-,' I) ok ill! I) yoni' ci-n! ni" and whiwe roliil ions to the filll.i: or III,. hiiri'h iire In soino special i'esp'>ct s clo-cr t h la your own it is lu- no moiins necessary that t li •xist^nc'' of I wo,-.m:;i'o;^alioiis.()iit of in itcrails ii:ir'e foriiiinur lint one. even in ii small Inwrt. is. nn- .ur il 'luisliiiii j.s.lo liude ■alod. It oilcn hippens us hn.-, imdonli; heen tin thai liiis lalleu o;:l i-iUhor unto llio f ml hoiiiiice of tl.i' (Jospel ll'Ji.'e:ii(-r ;i ,ii.- If o!i" who has not hoen lu'iroi spr- it'll'. 1)111 '.vlio I; i> not 1)11 si". I hinis '!f witii the e-i'ili" ic i lenmnis nf ' his division c )i; d yen' .ire a u-oi'.l it won hi In- in the lino, to wliic!i he hum lily I rusts a| lent inn all n;; hi- ^u L,'i\ en. as in I lie I'l' mlici's r. •nialem ol the repn well as of t he miliii i ve ener>ry of ( hriitiiiti pririciple "I'^phriiini Iiall nol eii\ y .Imhili iind .liidali -hall in it -ox Kph II, 'and that l!io onl.v e imincndahlo on'onliin 1 id ween hrclhren ly r,-lated i- hiit wlil,!i leads thorn 'o "stand fast in one s] iiil iMid one mind : Irin'iiii lii:i< l/a r for the fail li oi no liiispfl." I oar o--i!y Irnsi I hill this IMS been, and will I oiitiniie lobe the aililudo of these iiic.;rci;,il i'lns I ou aids ca'-h other. .\l a!l cw- ill-, from l !;»• impcr:slia!ile re; ilid still lia\0 \'')V liKlin of llie fniiniicr- aril wluc I hint nf Ihi ■iind cnn^'rcLfiit ion..-iiii.c of u hcin ar.'awav iimI ■■line yei remain iin,'. I hope I sluill he perinil icil to hid tlio new as well ;is the old (iod spi-ed and .ill prosperity in I lie WiLxiinil work of the Lord. Anilimw. liopiii'-; that yon may have a pleii--;inl and iirofifablecolohration, !ind that ihe third nasioi'.iie, yet cmbriieiinr but a moderate pi nt imi of the century iit the close of which xoii Inn e irrixcl nniv be lau'r lonlinncd and ahumlantlv hlesscd. I Imt the i'dl lien co of vour demon st ration ■ nay lend to heal ihe di vi^ionsiind r,-' mcile ihi-iilieiial iais of I he pa^t.t hat soon a rounifod.'.itroii;;. ;ariii.inio;i.-s hiviiii; I'rc-liyteriani.an iiniy iidor'i llie hill mil \iilicys. the moiinlains itnd nlons oi ;, oiu' lica'ilifnl herilmfo. and that m ,■ bohix cil iiativ e land in i¥ under llio hallo wiiiir inliuoneo of -o ilnsii-a'i!.' a I ransform it ion hoc ini- as ii " will eroil lth'iIimi" and as "a ticld which the Lord ha.- rilessi'd" iri llio oitrnosl wishtitui in-aver of my dciir ."Mr. Fiasor, Very siio'eroly yours. 1). ('. ]'>iiser, Ksip, Now Glusi,'ow, N. w.M. ruASEi; Mi; Dili- Mr. F (^ikkn's I'.NU KKsriN , ivin;rst on, Canada, Sept, I l.s.sc. One <.f my oldo<;f and best frii-nds was Dr Koy. Ilis kindness It mo in inv boy sli diiys IslKillnever forLCel, for it Wiis imt only kiiidi but thoinihtfiilncs.s. lie seeinod to n"ii Vuuik yourself ami .,arnih ) combiiio in liiins'df the idoiil sketched liy our Lord when llosaid,"Ho wise iis M.-rpen's and duvi (lev it ion. i»"^ ''.' sh'niK If by ■ 1 ac'op I your 111 reel vit'.i I wish, thorcfore that I o iiihi be present at the ('ontonary of the ("hnrel. if xvhiih he v.-as Pastor so Ion;,', and of wiiieh for several years I roi-'ardod nivMelf as an adherent. iut, 1 am proiMii;a'.iod ui) hero for every Siindiiy in Sepleiuber, and I (moiIiI not, lliereforo.bo with it,,'!!,., u-ilii you mere- you on the 17lh. Had I known soon onnll^'h I iissiiro von that I would have been with voii. (iiv ULlDr- •■ ,.,,f 1^,, ,,!.._. ,„.,..,«... I „„,..♦ f ..;„...i , , „ „,.» I It ... _ ,1 ,.,,1 r. .:....'. I . ■ . x- Iva few brief visit -laV lonu \\ II 11- " .111,. Ill' hi'i^'. iiid wmen 1 iitiv sense, diiriiiv years roll on my kindest reincmhrannes to my friend the present pastor, u'ld to all ni.T dear old friends iu New 'ilas'.,'ow aii^! on the East Itiver to whom my heart wurnn with over inoreaRiinr fervor us iLo jf my own aKf Yours ulwajB, U, iM. GRANT. t-' n m i i m n 10 /.'AT. /•;. .1. MCiltltYS MJDIlHSti. i^iiHKliliooKi;. ir'ep. 1(1, ISS3 .'fyljdir .'Mr. McCiinh/: 1 iKivc rcccivfil yiiur ki'>(l Ictlpr of iii\ italion toJhR (■cnti-nnirtl ('clebratinn n .liiMiPH ( 'iiiin li rijiiurciriitidii. I woiilil he niiicli plca^cri to lie pri'sciil w''li voii on Iliiil in <• i-ioi hilt ilisi/tiifi and III liriiiifii .y jtri iiiit iiic t'roiii acri'ptiiii; .\ iiiir iiivilalifiii. I liivc iiinv i ■ arlici lie a^'u ot Iliii'r Mine anil Ion, \iry near llic a({c at which iny dear father \v:i.s tuki n fiiuii us, ti Ills Heavenly lliniie. I caiinnl e\))i'i't many mure years or litiyH. I'ray tliiit I inuy haveaii "ulmii liant "iitranee iiilii the kinuiiom "f our l.oiil atiil , Saviour, .Jofiis Chi ist" 1 tins! yiiiir antieipatiuns will 1)0 fully reuli/ed unil that you will have not only uii interest in^'. 1)111 prntllahle meeliiiL;-. I urn pleased to know that you are tn have so many ctniticiit eloixyni 'ii ami luyiiieii. am hope iiuieh ;^ooil will result from your lahoni'M. ,ViTV truly yours. ANNAHKLLA M vcUUKSOU CA.MI'HKI.L The Early Settlement of Pictou, and the Position of Civil, Socia and Ecclesiastical Affairs in the Province of Nova Scotia, On( Hundred Yeais Ago. 15v l{i:v. Iv A. ^rcCuinn-. 'I'lie task wliicli has lieeii allotteil to int- is, I tliink, simply to fiiniish a suitable lod jriouiiil for the Historical I'ii'titre to lie ih-awii hy tiie Autiiors of t'lo sucjeeiliii^ jiappra IVrinit me without any iiitr^t'liiotory matter whatever to betake myself at once to its pei formaiice. So far as we eaii ascertain, one luinilreil and twenty years ago thin wliolo rrf;ion whic now forma the ("otinty of I'ictoti, the iioitliern part of (Jolehester, (/iimberl:inil, and Antit;c iiish was wiiiioiita single British iidiabitant. Indeed twenty yeais l)efore that date thcr were very few settlers of I'lritisli origin in any pait of Nova Scotia, tliongh tl I'rovinee embiaced New lirnnswicU, and the |)art of (Quebec to tiio south of the Lawrence, as well as the ]ieiiinsiila which we now designate as Nova Scotia. It may said with trutii that at tliat time the whole territory embraced witinn these bounds, with tt exception of its nuirslies, and some of its intervales, and a few patches of cletiring on d higher lands for houses, nci'upied chietly by the French Acadians was a wilderness; and tl the very spots, \\ Inch a'jriculture, manufactures and commerce have sincy selected as the (tiioseii seats, were covered witii uidiroken forest, trodden oidy by the foot of the wild bea.' <jr used as a broad hunting ground or a rude home by tlie restless, untutored Indian. Ktl'cctive settlement of the country, on the part of the Knglish, luay be said to have b gun in 174!t when Halifax was fnunded.* C'ornwallis and his 1 17(i settlers and their fan lies, were the first considerable inst»*llnient of immigrants from Hritain, or under Britait auspices : and tiiey took jiermanent possession of the land on behalf of the (jovernnicnt 1 which tliey were brought out, eiicour.iged, and for a wdiile supported. Within fifteen yean- after the founding nl Halifax, other settlements, but on a small .-^cale were ina le ; at various dates at lAUieuburg, Chester, Liverpool, Barrington, and V; *"Tlie (Jovernment of this Province both civil and military is entirely in His Majes but as there aic hitherto few or no Knglish settled here, besides the garrison of Anuapoll except two or three families at that place, anil f.tur or five more whom tlie advantage of (ishery at (^aiiso has drawn thither, there is very little room for tin; exercise of (,'ivil (JJ eminent, neither has His Majesty any l!ev(!nue in this Country, tiie lands being not ]>er)pled nor granted out upon ijuit rentji, as in this other Colonies, except oidy some siij <juit rents payal)le by the French Inhabitants, and purchased not many years since by Majesty, of .Mrs. Campbell a French gentlewoman descended from the family of LaTj who were formerly I^ords of the soil under the French (iovernment there,'' An aeeount of Nova Scotia in I74.S furnished by the Ho aid of 'I'lade at the 'iistf iifc the Lords Justice, and publishei in the coUectious of the Nova Scotia Historical Suciel Vol, I, pages 10(i, 107. ! ;.s'. i:i'r. i:. i, McmiDYs aI)Di:i:ss. 11 lion. I \i'i\f iiinv I'uclii'i Ihcr \v:i.s liiki n from us. to tliii! I iiiiiy luivisin "ulniii 11 have not only uii iutcrc-^t crKyni'ii ami luyiiu'ii. ami lUK'iOU CAMl'UKI.I- )f Nova Scotia, One itliltooK'l.. Sop. 1(1, ISS.J - _ . -- . _ - ('(•nlciiiiial ('(•l('l)ratinn ol inoutli : in ITlil' at < iran\ illo, Annapoli.u, (Vnnwalli.s, Hmt'in ami I"aliii(nit!i ; ami in I7<»l at wi'li von on iliiil iM <• isioii Xuwport, 'rrnio, On.-ijow, ( 'nuiliuilaml. Sack\ illt? ami Amhi'i-.st. I 'I'l'" settlement of I'ifton was later still. It diil not niinnience ti'l eii;liteen years after the fonmlations of Halifax well' laid. On the lOtli of .lime I7<>7, aei.ord mi; lo I »r. Patter- sun, t'> whose indefatij^.ihk' lahours on the Held of l.,')eal History we tliaidvtully arknowledm- our ol>liL,'ations, and within a very few days of jnstoiu^ hnndied years liefore the dat(^ of ( 'on- lederalion, a small hrii; Ix'arinL,' tin- anspicions name of "Hope" entei-eil the HarKor of I'ie- tou, carrying to their new home in the n!d)rol;en w ilderness the li:ill do/i'n families who In-, eani" the re.il fonnders of the settitMnent of I'ii'ton. 'I'liere had imleed heen other ICnroju'au .srtthrs alont,' the north .shore (jf Xova Si-otia lietore that d.ite,a few l*"rench families at iiain- shek : a few niori- at Tatannijonelie, .is w(dl as some otheis in wiiat is now called I'ietou ; li;it immediately prior to 17<i7 there was no V-'V^'l'^l' settler in all this re;;ion. The w halt! li.itery had indeed i)eon jn'O.seeiited for years with some mens\ireot success in the (!iilf of St. Lawrence, and particularly aliout the mouth of the Carrihoo Jliver, i)Ut it h.id heen curried ion of Civil, Social on chieily l>y Nossel;: fion-. New I'ln^land. We make these statements on the autlw/iityof .•^^ui'veyor ( leneral Morris, who, in his description of our north slioie, written just live year.t liefore the arri\al of the "Hope", t,'ives tiiis pi.'ture, of tlie state ot niatters here in I7<i-. "From r>:iy X'erte to IJam.sliel; is twenty miles ; no place ot eml>arkation. Kamsju k was a small l'"rench settlement, not aljove three fa- iliea who followed the tishery : very little ini- |iro\eiiient I f land, a iiarhour for small craft : thence to 'r.it.imaiiouche is three nules airos.s land ; here is jin indill'etcnt ;,'0od harhour, a very coinenient port for tnnmumi.' ition with St. John's Island, it liein^ hut seven leajiues fro'n this port to I'ort.loy in ,St. John's Island; the soil is ^'o.mI. Here lived alumt a (io/.en l''rencli families wiio have inad(! some consider- uMe improvement, which will be useful to bcf;in a settlement. It is well .situated for the cod and whale fishery ; large whales in tiie summer sea.^on aliound in the hay, takinij; their road ;is 1 c met ive from the Soutliern Ocean tlirouj;h the Straits of Irdle Isle into the N'oith cvn .Sea ; se\ eral vessels from \ew l']ni,'land h.ive this summer met with u'«'i\ success in that •i) this whole re(,Mon whicii f^,i,^.,,y j,, the < iulf, and at the mouth'of Cirrihoo Itiver ; an ad vaniai,'cous settlement lui^ht •, ("niiiherh.nd, and Antmo j^^. ||,.;,j^, .^^ tjus port, as the laml.s in t;eneral are good. k'ar.s before that date then From Tatainayouche to the (iulf of Caufo, no liariior, Init a -oo.! roail under the Isle Nova Seotia, though tlu ibec to the south of the st - ^ — - • as Xova Seotia. it may bi i \ s^'ale of the p;''seut settleiiieuts in Nova Sjotia. sliowiriu' th'? iiumb''r of inliabitants ithin these bounds, with thi and the quantities o," clcaied n])lanil and niai.-h in each township, January !(tli I7'i-, taken V patches of clearing on di( f,,„„ ;i _Ms. reiiort of Surveyor (iencral .Morris to (Jovernor I5elcher. IS was a wilderness; and that ; have sincy selected as theii - ,y the foot of^the wild bea.st, Families j Inhabitants Cleared upland to furnish a suitable back I of the succeeding papers. c myself at once to its per ss, untutored Indian lish may be said to have be ^^^^^^ ,^^|.,.^^^ 17{i settlers and their iaini .. (iiy^ter n Hritain, or under Britaiii'- behalf of the (iovernnient b_v lorteJ. ittleinents, but on a smallei srpool, lUrrington, and Yar Mav.sii •y is entirely in Hi.s Majesty IS the garrison of Anuapoli^, ■i whom tiie advantage of tie or tiie exercise of Civil «!ov ;ry, the lands being not ye: iiies, except only some smal' not many years since liy Hu from the family of LaToui nent there.'' lid of Ti adc at the 'n.'tfiie (, ,'a Scotia Historical Society : SO Lunenburg 300 Liverpool ' . . 90 Harrington ' . . 'JO N'ariuouth '20 ( Ji-anville 30 Annapolis (50 Cornwallis . . 115 Horton 11.") Val month SO Xewport HO Onslow . . . ."»0 Truro .^S CuinlterlHud 3."> .... 70 ... . town lots only -JOUO .... .... -JOO ... .•.00 "^al' Mar-I> ... .1000 . .. . l,-)00 ...l-2(«> . . . . .. ItiOO -2000 . . 3000 .... :uiO() .... . . .-.000 . . . . . . . 300 ... . . •2.-.(M) ..... HOO .... .. KHJO .... ........ 70 .... .. 1400 . .. ...'.... 100 .... .. i.-.oo .... •2.-.00 . i.-.o 1400 , . .-)04 . ISO . 100 . 140 . -240 . ()00 . 000 . 3,-.0 . -240 . KiO . 1'20 100 «iOO ISOOO (iO .... '200 1-2000 .... 300 l.")000 SackviUe i . . '2.') . . Amherst ' ' . Kiver Maccan etc KJ""" Memramcook HH\ii IVtiticoadick • • •*'W^' Chis.sotie • • • • • :«)(» ...... "2000 1118 704 14040 SOOWO A timfmrnrnm^Kmi^ ■p^ mmmm ri i^^^MiMMkJMkfiM !:ev. /•;. .). Mri'innvs addiujss. Wti'Xvv \ I'll iiiltf'iil'liil-- liii'i .<til',fl i,i thl- jrtrl III' ihc > 'miiit ,-:l I'liil riili.^iiji" litlfl in l.ir.tl I l' I /I ■(in iiiiiil , lint this rcprDacli of (Icstitutiuii of '•Inlialutfiiits" ijinl want I'f "liuinuvcim'iit" \\i\.' tik (Way by tli'so ])iiinia:r SL'ttlor.s who lainliMl fujiii tli'' •■Hi)|ic". It is triu; that as they look lor tht! lirst tiiiu! upon thtur fiiiiiii' hi'nir, tlicy wi'ii- ihc'iily 'lisapiiointfil anil f^rcatly il rourai^cil ; hut in spit? of tlici'- <ii;iappuii tnl li pc^ with rispcx't to the (•iiarai.'t<'i' ol t Co'iatiy, in t'u' lacif of ilist'ounui'mcnts of various i;in'ls \\h!i'h niiL,'!it wi'll have apjiall tie stouti'slhc.irt^, iiotwith-tauilinu' their ap|>rciicn.--;ons fidni thi- ho utility of tlu' Imhans w h'ic'i-t'ii up )!! ihcni as intruik'is n;)on //'< '/■ piii|n';' ihiniains, thi'V rrsulutcly I'.ummI thi.'ir d liiarti'nin^' simation. luMit thcmsilvcs to tlii'ir toil. Iniilt tlu'ii' huts, cii'arcil ihrir lai I !,;nti"I tiii:ir lithls, lilaAcil a pathway thron.'h thr wo hIs to tin- ni-aicst sfttlcnifiit at 'Irui lapturcil thuii- ;.'aniL', can;.;'!! tlu'i; lish, and <liil then' lii"*t not only to sLciirc' a li vclihuir.!, I, also to convert tiio inimmal fori-.st into Irnitful JjcMs. I lint tli"-'(! lirsl settlers wi^re soon Joineil hy others, soni'^ of \vhon) were \villii)i,' to sha their toils ami their furtiiiies. in the saim.' or in the foliowm;,' year th.'eu otiier niiiiil < ante, iunl tw.) yeai's lator nine; families iiioie. eiilin- from 'I'mrn or i'liilailel[>|iia, of win howevui live reiuoMMl the same year, in \~,~,'.\ the ship '•ileetor" arrived, and it is haid ll at the time of iier iirriv.il tlierc were sixteen families in I'leLou (jf whom ten afterwards i liiOVed to other plaees, ' 'I'liis ve>se| l)i(jiii.dit the iiest eon^ider.ililc aeees^ion to the early settlers of i'icton. T iniiniu'rants eame trniii Seotlatjil, ehietly from the ili^hlaiids, and they e insisted \f tiiirl three families, ami twenty live nnnnrried meii, miinlierin.!.' nearly two hiindii'd souls in a 1 hey reaehe<l their de-tination on the l.'iih .'sei)tenil)ir \"ri. Like tlioso who had pri^ecii" I ( them, they al-o wiMe the vieli.ii-iof disappointiiient and diseoiiru^'einent. l'"rom varin e.aises they were exposed to evt'ii a lar greater niea^iire of hardshij) and troiihle in iiiaki homes for themselves in this new eountry. We have not time upon this oeeasiun to tt^il t piMietie st iry of their sull'erini^s, thoui;h it is so well wortliy of heini,' oft rejieited. Suili It to s.iy that like their predecessors Ihey too set tliimselves vij^orously to work t'j |iio\ i thenisehe^ \ritli sludter, to niitain em|ilc'ynient. and tn procnri' a suh>istenee. How eoi a^i ou-^ly they hetoo!; themselves t'l tln'ii dillieult task, what almost inereddtle toil they u derwent. what diseouiatreinents they eiieoiinttn'cd. what dillieiilties they overcame, wl trials they t'lidure I, wiiat su<m'!'s-cs they .•leliieved have heeii yiiiphicilly, lovingly, and f liUently told hy the histoiiaii of > iir country, and need lujt he re|)eatcd here. 'i'he iicxt settlers arrived in ITT'i. 'Ihey consisted of some lifteen •amilieR wlio c tiiMii ScotlamI, liist to Trince i-; iuaid Ishind, from which they were driven, afLci a dence of ahout two years, l.y the pressure o' faniiiu'. in IT'i^i then' was a fm-tlier laiKc increase of the early pi^iinlatiim of this place. At close of the re\ iihition iiy war certain regiments weiv dishancltMl. ami the men who had jiosed these ictjiments ohtaiiied grants oi I'Uid in dili'erent [larts i f the rroviiice. Sum them recnived their ;^'rant.-. in iMctoii, ;tiid in tliis way our population was at that time al doubled, recfdvim,' ;iii increase of more than three lunidred -^oiils. At all events a retni ;lie i)ish,inde(l 'I'roops and ijoyalists, settling in the Province of Xova .'^cotia, ami inns'- in tiu^ suinmeidf I7.S4, indicates that i'ietou and Meii<;oniish had received three liundred Uventy-firur persons from thia source, uf "horn one hundred and ninety-two were i .-ixtylive woiiii n. twenty seven children ahove tt'ii years of ace, and forty mure under .ii;e. Ahout the -lime time eiirht other families of Ifiyhluiders arrived hy the way of liali 'I'o us on this orcision the ai'iival of this grou)) is particularly noievvorihy, ai »m them Were tlu three T'lasprs, all settUtrs upon the Ivist l!i\er, who having lieeii iirda .1^ lOlders at home, with Dr. MM ire.;or as their moderator, composed the first Session of ( ungreL'atiiin, which was eoii.stituted on the 17th of Sejitemher IT^Ii, thus co/'f;//'/;??;/ oigani/.ation id' the congregation, and furnishing ns with that .starting point whicli we elc'jted to eeli'hrate to-day. 'I'lieso seveial hands of .stttlers locateil tlienisidves in difliTent parts of the ("nun i'he first arri\als made theii settlement in the nei^hhourhood of the 'I'own (Int. a few i d)ove w hat is now" the town o' I'i 'ton. 'I'lioso wh ) came after them settled ehielly uj) ■ ivt'is, along the shores of the Ilarh )nr, a id n))on the sea c >ast. In ITHli none of tlie ti •;ul villages with which we are so familiar to-day had any existjiice. !''or some years at ■ .MS K»port of Surveyor (Icneral Morris to (!ov. Ikdcher, i \'id. I'atterson's History of the County of I'ict ui. lil'dtte; son s llistory. r>N. i;i:r. !■: .1. :j ■■r/;/>rs 1 /'/'/,'/>>' ■ii)/.'i iji" II till iin hiiiil It' ■iU t! iiTi- w.H no: a siii'' <■ Iioii-' • w.h'if tl l>i;.'ilW, itcll. iri'iii, iiii'l II tlllT pi li'r:. II i\\ I' 11 (>; ri' •I ii'i\\- sl:al^l^. r it!'S rif iiiprovciiiciit w.'K^ tiki'i: U till (iviT u!K ( Huity, w M-'i li \w: jiMl \ u'I'IinI tiicir ,iiinn:i! Iiai\ r-t, ;i- iiio-.t (if lliimc smiling If IS true tliat as tlii'V looked A will 111 • •iiilati (11 w n Mill I 1. I»-. M Wi'I'f Nir tllr lllit-.t, avs, tliat alrii-'rt lift- i|']. liiitcil aii'l Ki'f.itiv ili.-i- ■ ■"' ^\'''it: iuimr. niii'iy !.i llnlH' a:|il a Ir A' 111')'.' tlia;t tivi- huii'lri' I -nul-* i.i tli ■I 111 tlif ciiai-.ictci' t)l the ;^'lltj T ■ ,u\- \ : MimtiHT, IMA I'Vi'i', (■ i:it,l.'i!lr I t'l I: tl ir lliiil ■ r,l pi'liy I iniLrlit wi'll havi! finnnlli'il I'l 'H'-! <'f lii-< p:iM(!!ii-' ii! I liliiir.s, sn t!iit liy t'l- tiiii ■ t;!-.it \w In! lic'ii lici'i- seven ycais, hostility lit the liiiliaii.-< \vIk> ''1 '>L.'-or*' li'-' li'i ' ''"''n jiiiue 1 liy any ntliei i:i.!ii-UMi:i! I I'.i Hirer. \v. li nl liiin le 'koi iir^' tin resoliitt'ly i'aeeil tlicir di.-i- ''-il' nnmln'r ot t'ainilii's at one Inrnlicil aiel >e\ e ify ei;,''it. ul uhi-li niiiet\- wiii on tin- hr hilts, elemed i!;eir lanrl. '''t 'livi-'i'. thirty lei tlic We-t l!i\t'r, ei.;iit -ii mi Mpell" K Inearesl .s(-ttlenieiit at 'I rnro. '■^ own luetaiv; of thestite ot in ittiT' in tins i)!a<' • on hi-arii'al i-. drawn in a li'W \\\\ •eve ify ei;;'it. ot Wil.'il ninety \\ 1 and I lylv a^ tie' I isdl ' ll.nl h to .-eoiiru a ii\\.'iiliuod, hut •>■'' ami may thus h ■ |ire-eiito 1 in h \. 1 irria'.'i w liiMses, nil iiiii u l;o:ii were \iiiliin,' to iiare »r ','ri!!iliii4 wlieat, \\ t ni.'ie! units, 'lo t r.i ler , i:o ii'iii-^es '.-, nei'e t!i ■ |ii\^ii>. aft^i'warils spran;; • !■■:, no lawyi'i'.-. iiii minister.-' aiel only sonie I've hniidre I p -ople in 'a lu no tl .lar tli.-eu otli ilailelp li' lainilie: li- wai'le re '!■) i. , 1 1 , a I ■ M r I . trie 1 ^^■.'iltll' I'l '".on of L.i-il:r/. and h nv iil'iM Wc iia, of wiicjin Be, not (inly to l>/. ^I ■< iie;.'or, hit; also 1 i t'loe.' >lal'.\Mrt liiijii an air;\ III. a mi it IS said that j;-y iu'o. WHO ti.'ii il so I lar. >\ whom t t; y pi ni.'A tl) wllii'li tln.'V • mi • :oi I to prep i ,1 setr. I t, [•oie Uolll'll 111 II (I'll- iin;eh to iiiake '^Lnl t iie wiMerness and soli- ■ r taeir i ndaat am ss ir-i tn en aiti.'iuariis rt ' lieritiiu'i" whieh we at pre-d nt enji'S'. 'I'll*. Till'. I'OSlTliiX dl' ClNl! AlTAll;^ IN Ni»VA M'OTl A oNi; nr?>i)i;i;it vkaks aco letoll. arlv settler.-- iiid tliey e 'iisi.sted >f tiiirty il.y two hiiiiiired soiil.sin ail. Va-si;i_'nnw from (his inn ried -lanee at the earlv settleiiiciit of I'letou to the eoiisider- i.ii.e tlio.io u ho had preeeed- 4.^^,,, ,,. ^j,,, ,,,j^jnoii of ei\ il all r.rs in Nova > ■ itia a r •itnry a^o, let 11- for a inoineiit at the ■iiura^i.'ineiit. i''roiii varioii.s diii us-ot, look at matter^ lievond th" I'rovii 11" of whiea piweifnlly .ill eted the eoiidlti"H 1 .mil troiih.e m makin- { f,,!,,^^ ^^■\tW^n our h.^rder-. deor^'-; ill w.is on the tiirone of Ivi.dand, where indeed li upon tins oeeasiui, Lo teil the ji 1,, ,„ ,,^,.^{.,.d for twentv six v.^ars. The llL-vohitioaary war had teriiiiiiafe 1 oid, three or mini,' ott lepeited. Siillicea,,,. yo u -i W.fore. I5:atani, w.'uv of the unnatural .slri'f.-, hid alunloned th.. 'unhappv piOV '• ■ ■ - ■ ■ ■ - .--''• e ;i .suhsisteiii.'e. How eoiir- [,,,,,'. ^, ' -y .. . ...11^ (jii,. yo u 4 iK.ioi'e. i>:a:a'n, \v..Mrv o" the unn.itiir.u .slritc, hid aiiiielonel liie unliaiip l-orously to work to provide, |;,.„_,-,^1,. ..„„1 ,,„ <.)„, tliirteoii Colonies had .list made -ood tlieir I K-claratioii of indepeii e .1 .suliMsteiie(|. How eoiir- i,.,,,. , j^,,,,,} (,,,, ^.f..,,^, 1, .,„,.,, 1;,^. ,, i,-Li,.;ilar 1. ■rio I of wiiieli we are tivatin;;. The position Itno.st ineredili.o toil they uu- y,,..), .i,,,. ..•,,i.,;.d ,,. ,.,, | ad.'p :ndent K-pa'olie liad I.een re-Jo-ni/ed l.v the Iviulidi < i^ivern- .uities thev oyor.ame. what „ ,,,. ;„ i;-,-; -p,,,, ,.,,,.y yeir that ivjoie-.l in the restoration of peeu h 'tween Ihitaiii and •!•' e'lted I e ''''° ''' "''"" ^" ''"''' ^ '''•"*' '"'"^ .Vf'ungM' I'itt take Ills phi -at th- intiou's lu'lin. .iiid the siinie j,.re;it mail ' ^ I'-tV "'" ' •!• 'Il'" '.rueleil the aliaii's of the re ilm with a'iKi,-;n^' power an 1 p 'ji il:irit\' a'- tiie time oT wiiieh ne litteeii -ami, ie« who earn- .»:,. are .sp.^ikin-. 1. ,rd .^ydnev pr,.si.le I .k.t the Cioniil I » ■p.irtni.'lit of the ( lovern nt. L} veie driven, aiLera lesi- ^pj ,.oudu.;t,eil the eorre.i,,.,:rleii ■,■ with th" •....einois ot thv -in ill ivinnant of llritain's ( ', 1- , . .... , Jlii'S still lett on the .North Am 'rienn ('(iiiionf. .iohii I'arr wa- t lie ( iovernor of tiie ilav. ^ilatioli ot this plaeo .U th" ^. ..,1 ,,ve„t. he h-^'iii tin; year ITSii as -i e.ernor in Ciief, and Cintain Ceneral of Nova I, and tl.o men who h:id eom S, .,M(i." thoie^h Uefo-e the yeir wasont, he lo.md his o'ii • ■, at least in name, tr.iiisferred to ^s ( t the I rovinee. ,s,,nie ol J .'omd Carleton, and luins,;if rehire 1 to t!i ■ r.ink of l.leut ;i 'nr < ioverie,;-. Tiiis was i,, ation wa-j at that time alunit ,„,i.,;;;,ue_v. of the poliev imia^uiatt'd after t!ie elose of th" war, and thus aniiomevd to him IS .At all events a return ot X [,,, j Sydney : '-I'.ie lew l'rovin(;5s whieh w have iio.\ ivmiiniii^' on that side of the. I iNo\ a .seotui, and mnsNTeil 4^; ^,|^i . ,;,■ ^,^„Vs ,- imnvas.- in eoase.iiienro t 1 this e .iintrv, an I with a view to t!i"ir further I rceeivi'd three liuniired and and iiiiietv-two Mere Hih'ovenr.'Ut it Iris l>j.!!i for soin.' timis ]i;ist m e iiice iipl-i ti on to m ike ai r.iii^ements of .-oau men. t|j;i_ :iitudi.! for tlio hnter ( J overiinieiit of tin' \\ hole ; vi'stin.; ei.'rtaia povvio's in a piir.-,oii to lie I', and lurty more under that ,,^ r|,^. (.p.,,. ;.„ dfttMaiiinc unon m liters in u'eneral, and avoid the tedious delay of eontimial , , , rf' leirse to tliii (.'oiiutry.'" ' nvcd l.y tue way of ITalifax. . p,„. f,,. x,.va S.,:'i.i whieli (ly/ernor I'arr nil" 1 in 17^ I was n .1 the Nova .-<eotii of any niuewori ly, as nmon;^' ^, ^ j,,,,, historv. thuu,h it correspjudo t ,-omi 'what elos,.lv with the Nova Seotia of today. Who haviuu' been ord.inied 'j^|,.^ tnit.h is tli'it t!i" Nova Se-Vcia whi-!i hi I h.'eii transferivd to the British Crown, liy tin- loscd the (list Session <ii tin.- t,,-it.y of L'treeht, ITi:!, was i.ientieal with Ae.idi • Ae:idia irUh ;/.< „:„■;, „H,„H,>,/„,'h ^. iind er I ,Mi, thus rni.yi/i/in;; thf jj ,, ^.^j^ 1,^. ^ y^^.■^,^.J^ aiuhority, that Aeulia eoveied all tl e reudon eiiiliraeed lietweeii i'hila- tarting point wlueh we have 4ee,i,ia oirtlio south and .Montreal on the north. At any r.itc it is beyond eontrover.sy that , <|ie .Nova Seotia of history strete'iod from ( ' ip;' S.ilile on tiic south, to the .St. LuMrcnee on erent parts of the ( ountry. ||,,, „„,ti, . .^,,,1 (Vo,,, the St. Croi.s Itivei .m t lie west to ( hispe on the east. ; It the lowii (.nt, a lew mile- i.,,^ „ hen the I'rovinec of (,)ueliee earn, into the hands of the liritish after the full of ■ thenmeaiei. oliietly up the ^„. ,.;.^. ,,f ^i,^, ,.^„^,. „ ^;„., ;„ ly.vjjts southern liouiidary was pushed a-.ay down to the livsti in l,Sh none of the towns j^,(,,!„, j;),.^,,,. \,„i t;,^,„ j,, 17^ \,.vv I'.ruuswiek, with a population of some eleven 3ueo. !• or .some year.3 after ^. twelve, thousand was earved out of old Nova Seotiii and made into a separate I'ro- — — ■■•m;y. At the .same time ( 'ipe I'lreton was aniieNe 1 to .Novn Seotia. though like St. •IoJim's f '.MS Letter of Lord Sydney to <:o\. I'arr, May 'Jyth, ITsl. f ll'ccord.s of Couiieil \"ol. \'. /If / V. / Jt, 14 IIEV. E. A. yhfUtUtY,^ ADDIIE^S. Island, uftorwarils I'rinoi' Kil«',iril,nli<' was still iii'niiitti''l to exult in tlii' pdssi-i^.sioM of a I,icrNiK'iiH.'s nf lii« v tenant (loviiiKii' ttinl a I'filiireil civil e^taiilislnnent of In r nwii. Niivii Seoti.i a, it n'liiaine ii«ly allow«'il t<f at that time, \vas liivuled into the nine • ounties^ ot Annapolis, .Sliell)iitiie, Kings, (^ui'en»j>*ty"p l)lea«iire I l.unenlmrf,', Mantu, Sydney, ( 'nrnlxrland and Halifax.) .jy ^ift or i>ies«^ I'lior to l7."iS tlie'l'rovinpi.' had lu't;n nd-d hy the (lovei'iior and Council nmler direct tMdO to the ( tions from home, l>ut at that date she received I! 'prtiMentative Institntionf", and a eentur\iun of the I'nhll nijo had thcrefoie enjoyed such Instiiutions for '.'.S year-*. In I7S(1 K-aponsiliit! lioverntuent .. ir '1;owev«'r was nearly half a century in the future. 'I'iie Representative In-<titMtion8 of 0)1. TllK 1 r.undi-eil year.^ ago, were at the ino-it remote distance from the institutions with which w are so familiar today. The (louse of Hep'eseiitatives had very little power. It could in deed indicate the will of the p'oiije. Its nienil)ers could say to their rulers what thtir ecu in taking a stituents wished, hut they could do liltlt! more than that, 'riion^h they represented wlia-^,. ,|,iy properl; we ''ivw and independent *;lectors" sometimes proudly speaU of as "the Sovereign People ,i,cy lived ; the ■they were far enough from ln'ing ahle to give ell'ect to the popidar will. 'I'hey^ were no;i,,.,',^^e ; the extt supreme e\i' irie.sp 'nsil)l( ... htgislativi! and Kxeeutive Departments. In a I^egislative eapaeity the (Council had tin-), eir homes in ' negative piwer of a veto over any and every act passeil hy tiie House of Representative.- vas small, tlioii and sometimes they did not shrink fmni exercising their power even in eonn.Mtion witi.,|,jr tiiat date. in the Legislature, and they ji.id no voiue at all in the Kxecutive. In fact ai j„,.ii other, and )ody of men. aii|)ointed hy tlu' Crown, held tiie seat of power lioth in th. We have al iJeveiiue and .\iiiiro])riation 11 tive power of appointniu' all ( io\ crniui'nt otli''ial.' lives CO dd occ.iiiv a seat in the ( ','liiiiet. Ili'nc( anomaly of the Representatives uf the ]ieople tives,dis(pialilied from hecominL; inenihurs of tlu In their I'.xecutive Capacity they had the further posi ^iuce hefore th( \o nu ndii r of the House of llepresenta years after the tlieii! existed what to us seems the stran!:cp,.„vii)cc did m y tl',0 very fait of their hcing rt piesenta and a little mn administration of the day. three thousand Hut turther the H -uise of R -presentatix-e? of nw hundred year.s ago had hut little morcp,.<>„cli who \v of the i{eprcsentative character th'in the name. In those days there was no limit to thcp„]sioii. I>uri Inigth of its term, excipt the caprice of the ( iovernor of the d;i\ , the will of the Crown, or„f the America tiiedeath of the S ivercign. l-'.ir instance, the Asseml.ly whi<'h was dis.--()lvod in ITS.") had ex rapil. It cam isted without an election forlifreen y('ars. When there is a possiliility that re[)resentative.. g,,,,,,. Scotch-li i.iay have to accMimt for their conduct to tiii'ir constituents only once in so long a time, it i-' Kugland. In i;ot hanl to see how easily fiiey may I'ome to misreprc-sent them altogether. as ""'••-l- '" ■ And then the purifying' hreezes ot pulilic discussi(ni were nor, allowed to hlow throng!> gpuc'ioii of tlu tlio.se old JjCgisiative chamhiMS for nearly thirty years after the province received her repre- of inhabitants scntative institntions. In fact t!in As.'^emlily carried on its deliheration.s under a rule whicii prohibited its members from "taking notes of othe • member's speeches or convt'rsing upon the s-aine out of the 1 louse." (.)u Xevember 3rd 1784, th.ey repealed that rn'e. It was higi: time. Looking for a nionient at the Legislation of thattlay,r may obsorvo that the AsjHMiibly 0; the period which we are sketchini: tui'iied a kindly eye upon some of the infant industries of the country, though it wa.^ by no means the manufacturer.^ who received special co!:.sider ation. Indeed our riders then weie particularly careful not to encourage any inanufiieturt < which would lessen the demand for the products of the Mnglish factorie3. 'J'hc^y, however, proposed bounties of "2^. (jd. pt;r bu.shel for tlax seed raised in the Province; IT) per ton fo' pDtash made here : i''20 for every saw-mill which should be erected in 1781) ; Ids. per ton O!. vessels over forty tons built in the Province ; and f.")0 for the greatest (juantitj- of henq^ the women, raised here," most of whicli j)ropisals were agreed to.:;: community i But this practice of paying bounties plunged the Assembly into difficulties. Among pioposal mad others it soon entailed a burden of debt, though suin.sof from three thousand to six thousand to say. One pounds per annum had been regularly received from Home for the support of the civil estab Bounty polic lishment of the Province. The revenue of that time, wdiich was drawn almost exclusively from taxes upon beer, wine, spirituous li(iuor3, etc., wassina'l, ranging from IMOOO to £7000 per annum, and hence it could ill bear the strain of bountu.s, in addition toother necessary expenses. Accordingly the beginnings were made in the way of incurring a Provinciildebt. But limited as the revenue of the country was, our rulers of that day thought it large enough to justify them in votinc some grants which brought down upon them expressions ot the disapprobation of the Crown. For instance, during the Session of 1784 there had been voted .t'oOO as a present to the (iovernor, ami £400 more to the Chief Justice to defray the 14000. He m vince, when t The Acar ing men. Hi date of its set concluding th There was ho obtained infoi in that portio nearly 1S'300 P_'3S:i were 11 f Records of Council Vol. V. Minute of Dec. Kith, 1785. *Lieut. (iov. Archibald's address at the celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary •of t'le settlement of Stdwiacke, October lOth, 1880. ^Murdoch's History, Vol. IIL page 4."). lint whii most part ]> Is'early all ol similar mate exceedingly elegant. Tl potatoes wei and tish, nuj grew upon pome of the( *MS. L viSee sti <wc'«WNs*«'>'«)(t ^ ■^!^^^-imM^^Mk^im»'k.^^^^^ V. '^. i:i:i\ /•;. .(. .u.'r/.7>rs .\i)i>i;i:ss. 'II of a IJei:x}H.'nH.'s (if liirt v(>ya;.'o t'HIrfiit Britain. 'I'lif prcNciit for liiinsilf tin- ( ioNcriKir wa- ;;ijci it r«'iiiainc ii«ly iillow*''! u> vr.-iwf, in view of tlif fact that lie hail ilcilmcil to ac'<<'|it it until Hi?' Ma lig:', (^lU'iMs.Hty'H picasiirc had liccn asirrfaiii .1. 11. iWfvcr, t'lijoiiK'il not to iii.ijit m fntiiic y ;.;ift or imsciit from tlir ^sscniiily, ami in' was aUo vrry <-iirtly toiil that tiic alhiwan liniii-r liin-.t t*4(l(l to thr ('lii«!l .luHtid-. tor the |)iii|iosc juHt icftMrti! to «a>i "ii \i.iy iin|iio[Hr ii\ 'I a rcntiirjion of thf I'lililic money.' |ici\crntni'n! lieu- OM' tlOMH of Ih which w It iiinhl in i'llK roslTIov OF >{)( JAI. Al l'.\Ii:s IN N()\A >(()TI.V nNK lll'\l>KKI» N i;.\i;s .\<;(). it th-.ir Cull ju t.ikiii)^ ii peep at the ininlition of sucial ali'iirs in Nova S.otia one hniiilicil years aj{o "•nttMJ wlia'^,, ,|,,y |)iopi!riy cinuigh ;^iani(.' at tlie niiminT of the pfople : thu kind of lioii)<fs in wiiicli i,i,'ii I't'opli j|,,y iiv,.,| ; tlic <Mii|iloyiiiints in whicii tlicy (■M^'a;,'cd ; the natiirt" fif tlu'ir trade and <om ■y Were no in fact ai lleic'U tlie e\l<iit and i harai-tei ot their iitii atnit; : their faeilitie.s for idiiinuinii'ation with sach otlier, and with the (jiit.-ide worhl d til >ndition of ediirati<>n in the I'l OVIIKC ooth III tlh \w. i,;ive already referred to tlie limited numlier of people who a eeiitiiry a;,'o iiad inadt 'll hail thr-Lni'i- Iw.i.w.^ Ill tU:. ii.i.'<i..iil.ii' iwi.rw.n Cut ll... <i>.lilll'itliiii i.t fill. <t'lii,li. I>i .nil..... Ii. I~WI I tl [e.sent.itive.- 'I'tioii witi Hither posi llijiK seiit.i the .strain;. !■( pi e.-ent:i t little mor,' iiiiit to til.' ' lOWIl, oi ITS.") had ex re.seiitative. a time, it i-. ow throng!' 'd her repre- a i-iile wiiieh er.siiig upon It was higi: Asteniliiy o; t industries ial co;:sider laiiufiieturn ', however, per ton fie . per ton ot. ty of henij^ is. Anioni; ix thousand civil estal) excluaivelv 00 to £7000 r necessary inciil debt lit it large pressions ol i had been defray the •licir homes in thi^ ]>arti.:alar reuion I'lill the )iopidatloii of the whole i'rovime in IT!^'! umversarv \as small, thoii_di it, li.id nearly treliled duiiiii; tiie two or threi.' yi'.'irs immediately picet'd- •iii;; that d.ite. As alre.idy noiieed in aiiotln r lonneetioii the jii itish population ot the I'ro- V iiiee liefore the fiiiiiidin^ nf Il.ilifax was utterly insij.'niti(ant. Iiideed in Kill. '. ' .^ixtysix year.s after tlie liist settlement was made at I'oit IJoyal, the ( iitiie huly of iMiropeaiis in the 1'rovinee did not ex'eed four liiindred soiiN. Idirinj; the next ('ftecii years it donhled itstdl' and a little mure. (J.irnwallis brought with him between two thousand five iiundred and three thousand per.son.i for the settlement ot Halifax. I?ut most of the eighteen tho.i.sand French who were I'ere at that time were si\ years afterwards driven out by the Acadiui ex pulsion. Muring the nearly thirty yearts which intervened between that event and the close ot t!ie American war the inciease seems lo have been fur th<! most part c.intinuous if not rapi.l. It came from various (|uarters. Some of tiu' aixies-sions were Scotch, some Irish, some S(;.jtch-li isli, some luiglisli, some (ieniian and a eonsiderabU! number came from New England. In 1 7t>- Surveyor ( Jeiieral Morris puts down tlie total number of the population as TT'.M. In I7.S:{.4 Lieut. Colonel Mor.se, t 'hief MiiLdneer in America, made a tour of in- upc'cMoii of the I'r.iviiico, and in his r.'port to Head (jliiarters, he s«'ts down the total luiinlier of inhabitants, eyclusive of disbanded troops and loyalists, Acadians and Indians, as about 1-1000. He m;ide a muster of the disbamh d troops and loyalists at that time iu the Pro vince, when the total number was touml to be 'JSU47.?! The Aeadians he sets down at 100 families, ami the Indians lie estimates at 4r)0 light- ing men. His total is 4'_',747 ; but tiiat e-lin-ate includes .New Hiunswick, which at the date of its separation had a |ioi)ul.itio.i of about 1 l,."iO(t. We are probably sife therefore in coneludiiig that the population of NovaS.-otia in 17.">l) numbered between ;-t0,<HJOand ."{."•.OOO. There was however a very marked inei|uaiity in the numbers of the two sexes. 1 have not obtained information indeed respecting the comparative numbers of the male's and females ill tliat portion of tlie]ti)piilatioii which had lieen setth'd for years in the country ; but of the nearly LSOOO adults among the DiKbaiidcd Soldiers and Loyalists in the ("ouiitry in 1784, l'_'3SI{ were men. and only .")4S(» were women ; i. e. the men were nuu-e than two to one of the women. 'J'his single fact had a most important bearing ujion the social i-ondition of thfi- citminunity at the time and for long afterwards. What it liad to do, however, with the proposal made in the Assembly of 17S(> to lay a tax upon unmarried men, I am not preparetl to say. One would think that it would have been ipiite as nuicli in accord with their Bounty policy referred to a little ago if they had oll'ered a bounty for women. lint what sort of homes had our aiu'cstors in those old days of a century ago ? For tlio most part poor enough, (ieneially the houses of the period were rude and primitive. JCearly all of them were built of logs r.iofed with poles, and cnvere 1 with bark or other similar material. The rooms in these hou-^es were few, a id very small, and their furniture e.xceedingly scanty. The dishes out of w hiidi their inmatcjs ate were neither numerous nor elegant. Their food was jdain, often course, but usually substantial. With a good innnj-, potatoes were the stall' of life, and frei|Ueiitly enough it was potaioe.-- and meat or iiotatoea and tish, moroiiig, noon, and night. Tlicir cloihim,' was chietiy made from the wocd which grew upon their own sheep, or from the tlax which they cultivated in their own fields. In eniueof the older and wealthier settlements the first houses built of logs had been succeeded by *.MS. Let*:cr of Lord Sydney to Cov. I'arr, <Jctober Oth 17-'<4. t:>!ee statistical note at fuut of next imce. A wmi ■f««t" .^^m i«) i;i:i. /;. .1. M-ci ixi'Vs .\i>hi;i:ss. limn' iiiiilii'ii. IIS .lu.i;iii'_s, Imliiir^t (.f lln' iic( |i!- in IT'-'> "till livfl in tin ir I'n-t lial In 17>J, "'" tittlls. IlKiri .1 in ill.' llllMtllfil ^t:lt^• ul tlif ('oillltlS ivliull |>I'.'V ililnl illllillK till' irvolllt ^,,.,11, . cM)!l-l arv wnr, u lim tlun \Na> iiiiistiiiit iluii;:'!' <•! tli'' '■rttlcMiC iit.^ Iii'iii;.r liiviiti'il I'.V Ainei.^r Ivixlwnr I |>ii\utii'i>. .i'< iiuiny (it tin 111 iultiiilly wrtc, tin h wnt not, iniii'li i ni.<iinii;,iniriit Ki iiiv,,|i,,|,„, wlm unjicly in ri.itiv li'iiiM-, whicli vi.iiM imly niiiii-Ii liid f,ir tin- lliiii.rsof tli'- i-iii'niy. ,n ii>!iiii;.' < idil u I, at alioiit tl.c rni|p|nvnii iits nt tlu' |.,'(i)ili' • 'riir«e wcri' vari-m*, Imt the nn>'t^,|,. ,,.,,(,,11. iiurain ^^<tl^,s in tliu»f ilayn lived l^y liiiMlc.nilry. I'.-j.'. iaily mmh tliin llic ca.-f in nil tiiii-i i nin<iii il. ' iiicntM in ilic inri'iiiir lit tlic jiKiviinivhii'li as r.ilnKiutli, llmtnii. ( 'ninwftlli-, Anil.t j„ ;,,,i,;, ,|t ' TniKi, Onslow ami I,<jiii1i)Im1('I ry. So cxftMiHivc and iiitliicnlial wari tlif n.'i icnltniHl imi l,,,!, ,mI luw iiy lil the lay, lliat I In' .\.>-^. in My nt I7V<' passu I an aiMii.-s to the (.oviiin r iii(ii( sti!; ' \ ^^ ,liii'> i-nt tu'liiiiit till' I'liiti'd States trade iis de.nriietise tn tills )ir(iviiiei', a.<sntin<;lliit 'liinilTi, Q,"iiue, t\v. ial(as. [Iras', and le, injure raised Iutc in jilenty ler ii.-e lunl e\)iort." I ,y ernni,<'f t'' I'oui- >ear,s eailier lii'.si liamps urile.s tiiat "the di-.tiietn ol ( 'iimlierland, Aniifii" j|j,,„ ^^ j-j. In Knyid, ('ol(.|nid, an>l the sea u^astH lai^c (.'feat ijinintities f,f cattle t' i;:i'e. ami ^r.iin ^y,. „ .,t i-ni t In'ir ip\>n Mil>.-i: teinc." Ilalifas howevef ilejieiipi. d tor it- inainti i;anee and iiro^iieiity >i,ii' ladM most eNehisively iijion the aii.iV Mid navy, and it may he caid tiiat the fliii'l p^it rit'l^jj-, ^ |,ij, o| i.iom y whi. h lireiilati d tliroi-.^liont the inos ine, sl.'.rtid ( 11 its 1 laiise Irein the lin tio|ioi|i. \,,. n,, iv I'lvcn' when llalita\ had e mmc to he a town ol T'lK hoii.sis and 'J'lOO inhaliitants, >^iiiAe_\ ^ j;,.;,^ ^|,ij, t • liii. Mmris tells lis that '"not one taniily laih-i-l'il hy liii- liandry." . At tin- suna- da.)., ti^t --i' l»aitinuiitli had only two loidi nt families who '•-nli-i.-ited hy eiiltin;^ wood."', .vIiuh- ' I' II i„. , •! n to Vhe p.'"'il*' ' A MS i.'e nin ot the hi-h.nde I 'rino])s and i.oy.di.-l.s settling in the I'lovinee of \( .the ineieliaii "•' otia. mil: U leil ;n the uiiiinii' ot I7>'-1 . 8 I'm-. Von Inv.' . Cliiiilivn Children ' u ,,j >e;ileni WJiere .■^etl'in^' When Men « " ■ iiliiveia under 111 s«rx.TV 'I'o; " I' 1.". nil Masiereii Ahoiit lliilifax lliul.om- 'Inlv l."! -j; l>.iitinouth '■ I ' 17 ' \lns,,nudel.(.it '^'•'.v -..'S I,, .Kdd^.re •Inly 17 7 ^iiip Ilarhoiir .Inn;' '-! 77 >:iei t Hailionr " •; 71 ( iinntry liarhonr " ' ' -Ul < 'hedelnieto " "-' .'Si' Maud, St. .loim '" ' '-■ -Ji.'-' .\nti^nnisli ■'"'>■ -1 7d I'ieton and Meii'.;oniisli " '-'' l!i-J Ciiniheriand .Ve ' ''iiiif •'.s •j.-,7 l':irtrid,:;e ishmd I iinwaliis and lloi'ton ''i""' ] Newpiirt and Kentiook .May '2i Windsor '" -" \\ ii.d.-oi- i;o:id and Saekville ..•'>''>' '"^ ."■_• Hear iliver " ■-'' 71 Di-l.y May •-•'.I 4),;; I liillivnrs Hole, St. .M.irv's l!ay '"nn! '' ;,:; liiver '. •'"'>• '_;,' ;;,s Chester JU.ad " -" l(i I'n.-'aniaipiodv i S:!;> i;iverSt. .loiin iVM .\t Halifax, heiny the widows and i i drcn of loyalists and .soKlier.s I 1 and otheV oh jeets of charity i f)0 ' "It Uetwecn Halifax ami Shelhurne oi'ti IK! sliclluirne 3401 IS'J.'J .\eais jearfi ■ OS. '.ti i;,o 1-J7 ■Jli -•nj III) iL' Ci.'. ii;i) •JO .S7 IK) . 2. -1^ a: w haie oil, ri'iiM'o id.iii.i. its •„'s . 14. . . . 11 . . '2^'t .cs. . . . i:;<). , . .li-j.. iD.s;, . li "•• *'^.'iv Miiall a. .,;:'o\t.di!. with t ,;; .'.•• ,r;t:::.in'oi.au..i is ■• -/■ |... Sen.wre ihey 1/ "ii" osu'-'ai ii;.'>>';^-i-'; 0\:i Sioiia I i '.I'?i" crc two othel ^. • .... I). . . . lO. , IJI' . I I.. ( ' .,11 -7 JO ;'^< "^ ^ ' o.:'.; sd , .. •.•.•12.. ..'JI.. s.-,<; 'V'.'r' i,0 nn ...lis ,7. ..'22.. :in: S","";,:\m'l .G : 't: ;■ I;i. 'g;'i"^"""f .. :r.::..?.L,:: o : n:. iis^^^;:'" •-•l(i. .. •_'04.. I.V.'.. 1l'!>.-> »«1;- ':•''■'» • . ..)0 U . . . . .1. . 1 1 .1 . - , . t. t ,, -. r, -., oadiimn at t • •;•••■■• !;•••• ; ■;••;,- ffcisanivai 'iuo'.'. ..'iwo.'. '.'...'.'. i7S7"'<^;"'V'""' l(i:]0.. ..14;i».. 441.. !)i2(iO.'S'*' "\ :„ (l^nnee ot v cIIdoIs well: L'tIS, . — •ji; IN '2',0 •2V, 17 li .•i04 tilM ...40..,. . .•2!).. ..4 . . ..")[. .'. . PJO.. . . 8. .j (i.'il . . "A sk' .1420. ..PJ7!>..' 7!f->.':. oha"ii'^ ''■"■ Total ' ' I23S:! ! 34S() I •l(i7 1 ' 4.')7.j 12:52 |2S;M7 tHistor; *Xame not IPKil>I^' i-Mnido IMurdoeh.'s ili.story. \lenior .t.Morriss Description of Town.s in .Nova Scotia in 17()l'. MS. o* Society .^„*««M«w.'^*aa Sr'l^sBIB fe?' ■^>i' ■':^.¥::- ni:v. i:. .1. M.cruhvs .ii)i>!:i:.<s. ,■; r't'i .'" 1" '" IT'"'-. ""'I I 1">^'' ii'i cli.nlit it w.i.i I'riM'iMfly tin- nuni' in ITS'". «'\rc|)t tliat in tin- ^(1 I1" '\' *"'•""" <'i>ii>i Ifi'ilil" ml liliuiiM liiiil li'i'it milutd till' imiiilji-ry lit tlic Ki'rt!i'r;4, .iloiij,' tlif ' ',» . iii».i , j,f Ivmtwnr.l froiii tin' Ciiiiit.-il, in stniTnl nf tlic liarlioiirH wvw moiiic Miiiall MatltiiiL'ht» ni '•111 I "• iin^,lj_,i^„_ ^j l,„ lnoiitjit (|tiaiititi(.H (•!' liifWdiMl to II itit;ix. In tIio!<e ijny.^ ( '.iiisn ua'* noti il ' ,'i"'^' iin li.iliii!^; I'ltal'li! liiiiciit, mill ri!|i<T iii.ic. -I alun.,' tin- slini'i'^* al-i'i |ir<mi'iMiti'il tlii- liOn ry. ■'" tj''' """'til.' iiM, ii.iti' <lirii''ifiii at Mniioii.' il.ty. Lillavc, ami i.ivci |i.>m1. tin; liinilu liii.- tra It- liTi'l II* ."■ V '"""'"'■ ■''• '^ i'i)iittiii|)iii-nrv < lirciiicliT t Hi II-; tlial ill tlic^i' iilai'i s "m'M lal ^llillH |jn\i li'.iij'ti j' I*" •'"'''"' *•"■ '■•''-'!■■''"• NvitlMitiilMT Mill I .anU,* ""._""' hull ■•(! I nil ill. rill 4 iiiiHt lm\ .■! II .'atj.'.l a ••iiii-iiili rali'c .iiiimirit uf jitti iiti..ii at t lial (iiii»' in , ..'1 ' ^ ."' ,n,\ liiliViviit [) iftN I if tlio riiiiiitrv iiii' at tl.i' cli-i' m 17'^"' lln u' nmit nine' \ >a\v nulls in tin '' '"' ■ 0' iiu'i', twriitv-tivc of wiiii'ti liail liri'ii « inT .1 williiM t " o v cirri, \i l.iili ll.f Liriiti'iiant I . iv I )niii,(.f tlio ilay llattirn' liiiiKi-lf wmilil In' "near ii fnlij.'iriit niimi'iTtd ^.ilijily thi' \\ i-nl ', """'"(lies ui'li liuiilii'i-," while 111! ailih that "Mjvcrai inia'c will lii' i rci'ti'il iliirni'- iliu ei)iir.'<i- ,- ;;;;;' f ;:'" tl.' .km Mur.nn.r.-: I ii-|iriity ^, j^^ liisiMiii;,' wai 111 iti' vi'ry ini'um'y in tlif pr()\ iin'" a i'"»itMiv a'.n. < hi JKii'inlicr •Ju'mi '," '''*'^' "' 'Sria.liip 'if •Ji'l t(iii«, I'allcil tl)i' |;-im"«mv. ua... lanniOicl n* s|.i.||,.|| nr. whiir it hail licii t,ii'its"'s ".'''•"""' ''•'■ ""•-'■'•I'l'if'* rc-i.linu in that phic.:' Miinliii'li tills ihi that •'thi.- Wat a.-nir.l tn In (' .J ".'^1 '' '''■'''■ ^''M' ^''"- ''"'^ '"■'■" l'''i""li»''' i't til'' I'mviiii'i' >iii'f itn lirst n'ltlfiiiciit, " tliinii;li In ■ ■', ' ' "^' ''"'•Is that ••till' !''i'ciioli ( HiTiihiiiLiit hail hiiilt one <>v w.nvi- iiirn ui war in i atlirr iinii's in the iviiu:i'.' !• I>;it t.'\cn if til It w« ir s i thi' partii'iila'' ju'iio'l w hii'li wo aii- tr.\ iii>; to s!ii tcli II 111- ;."iii to fi;i iK'iili.' exactly w ilh th.it uf tin.' Iicyinnini,' of i^iii|i iniiliiiu^; for ■■oinincn.'i' tilt- ii.'i.'ilii of this i'l'iiviiii'i' aiii! ll; it tliat nni' -hilt m' 'J.-iO t.iii.'i nf 17*^1''. was the lit';^inninK' u\inri: of Xi ,tlii. iin'ii;!iiiiit li'.'i'C of to-ihiv. i'"ii -i- tiii^' i.; '^litij vi - -fis w i'.ii a ..■arryiiij,' injiafity of .Vl-l, 8 tMll.-'. ^"oll liiv.' a '^'innit' <<( tlu' rliara,;.,'!- uf liic I'sp'trt trmli' of that day in tlii.' fait that on I .... . ' -(.ii^h of >t;itrmii(r 17'^t', the shi;) "i.von'' h'tt lialiiax with l."i."> tmis <if spirinaiL'ti oil, ((( n: \\hin.(.il, !'i7."!l il's whali'lioiu', I liuiiillc ami •"> m^k.s ^nlall fury, ai:'l 1'J.'7 imio-n- uinl . rriliiio I'l.iii.-i. jtaiin;.; thr ;-aKu' liiiinLh thin' vessc!.-. lift ilal:!'a\ liniiinl fi.r tl.i' wlialf li.>l;- .l^'tes. •: I I ^j^i, i'.iit what "(.i-,. our iK<ii|)li' ri'ailin;.' ii luniMrcil years a'_'o ': Thr niiiniitr of their IihoUn whs '(,. Ty Muall ami the variety exci eilin:;Iy liiniteil, .'•^oiiiu of the iiiiinii;raiits IhhI iinlieil .,,■ -on /hi, w it'll tlieni a frw hunks seleeteil Iroiii tliotfu wiiieli were eireul.iiin ,' .villi the j^'rcaf- '2. \',] t i^iproiiaii'iii in the :<everal eoiiiniuiiities trnin whieh they eaiiif. Ola more eiihemeial r, |.,.. tei,.turi' they hail very little. I'lie liiily tn w.-ipaper \\;\^ i\ thiin,' of the fntnii.. 'I'lure ;ip- • .)!. •jv"(eai' iio'.M'ver to have lieeii .^o:ne four oi li\ r weekly pipi-is is>.iieil in the i'ri>\ inee. "'Ilii, . .<i-'. 111.')' *'^'' ■'^' "-la I'aeket." was pulili.slnil at ,slie|liiu m; thioiii^h 17'^'i ; aihl i; is known that thi'H- • .-<).. ;j',(j' ere two other weel;Iy paper.s piiMi.^ht il at .^iielhiirne in I7S."). '•'I'lie Nova S -otia <ia/ettf I.S.. I'>(i '*' W'eeiily (.'hioiiieie" hail lieen pnliii.-;lieil at lialif.ix for a iniiiilier of years, ami ' 'I'lie ;{.)j *!'. !<ly ( '.noniclu" .seems to have heeii .staiteil in I7.''i>. it will In' aiimitte.l th.at thi,- is a . .'Jl ,S,v; "".^ ii>))e..|al)!(' ahowiiii,' for tiiat ilate.as forty year.s later tliere were only hev.Mi newt-papers • .(iiJ.. ii'iC lljii'!i« 'I i" N'.)va Seotia every week. ■ ..'<''.. 'J.S" Tlie l.irilitii. I for mail eoniminiieat ion tliioiic'liout the I'linir <■.' ;:r.il leyoml irs iK.rilei s ..'J2.. ,'j(i7 Oie mo t liiiiite'l. In the siiinmer ot I7.''''l> a eonrier wa-^i mployed l..y t!,i I'ost Oliloe to talti; i-'i . 'J's vtv.s fr .111 Halifax 1. 1 .\nnaiiolis oii.'u a f'irtnij.'ht. It was not till the iie\t year tluit ;i • • •*>. 1,'iO 'flj'l"'' monthly p.ist was esLiiili-hed lietween i;rit;i;ii .■iml Aiiieii.ii hy tlie way of Halifax, • • !• . ll."i '^ '^ w.'is li.ng after that before we had a iiiDiilhly m,iil to I'i.-tnu, eari ied in ;i [,'aek i.ii a l''"i. . !:.'!>."> '•' ■' '"'"Ii- ■ 1<{. I";! •. ''' '^ needless to s;i3' that educational nnttor.'s in ?>'ova Scotia were in a most liacUward ■• •"> . ..7'2 OBtliiion at the period of which we ari: treating.'. Ilr. MetJreyur tells us that at the time I . . i . .'JN f jbi^'' an !\ :d "thir ■ w:h no sell col in this place," and that "lie could not see a situation in j-jijy 'i<rt; 11 where a M'ho'd could lie maintained fura year, so thin and scattered was the pojiiila 44 J _ OiJiiO ioB. in some of tiii; older ami wealthier settlements educational matters were prohaliiy in I ilvanee of wli.it they were in i';"tou, hut it is well kiiown that lout; after that time our I cbonl..^ weu; in a very primitive and '.insatisfactory condition. The older men among u.i to- . ■<..' L'D.S, . — • 'S..! ().")! , . "A Mki'tch of the I'roviiu.e of Nova Scotia drawn uj) liy the \eneraljlc Judges iJe- :7!*l*.'l. ohniii)is for l»r. llrown' written in 17<'^'-. ^i'^. .^IS, {...Mcr from (lov. I'arr to Lord Sydney, Dec. .SIst, 17.'^o. l-'.'!2 |-«.'M7 tHistoryXol, 111, pa.-e ,VJ. ■:;Muiilocirs History \'nl. Ill, page. '0. Memorial from the Coaimittce of tliu i'rethytcrian L'liurch of Xu\a Suotia to the dlas- OV Society, pages !t, 10. mm ::->"--■ "it ,ll iri i:i:i\ i:. .1, Mcciutys Ai}Dia:i<s. t^— iliiy will roi'iiil til)' kiiiii rit xi'Sinls iiiil fca<'!i('''H familiar tn tlii'n in tlii-ir ImylKtixi, mrtdr al-<i> f tiio^u (if iiH svli'i arc yoiiiii:' r liaw lively rii-wllc tJdiiK of tin' tni'litiniiH wiijili wtt liu\iiili,tliiiiii:li i ■njvcil fioiM r>iir f.itlnT.H ami in itlicr^. In IT^'I, witit tin- I'Vi'cpliiiM of tin' f«\v !<rliuol« w\ tiii'ii>!*il\i-< wt'iT I'Htaliiixlii'il hy tliu inih .mii'Mtality of tli" Si'l.-tv fortlir riopa',' iti<iii of tlii' ' i'lspi |i;,iii,.|iraiy ■: rori'iyii |i.iits I l!)Msi'(i|) ili.iin, till' Ki'li.ioU wliii'h cMxtt'l tliiiiii;;lioiil till' inns iiioi! wiiii ,|v ,. i i^iit of . iciult, of |(ii\ati', orcxcn nt in<li\ i<tiial rir.pit. n start atit- Tlir lirst legislation of ih,' l'i()\ini'i' \\it\\ rcfcniii'c to iclii.Mtioii wa-i in'i 'tcl only 'ijic very >m yii.ii'.'^ aL;o, ami it was ilii'rrti'il ti> tin' r<iin|ili' i|ii>'Mtion of who slioiiM tfai:li, ami tli<' nw f(.,,t,.m i nilio liy «liir!i till' tcai'lnr ("mill Icu'ally cntci upon Km xwn k. it proviilcil foi' tlic ( \;iniin;i, ( utliolii-", ot tli(! candiilatc liy tin- niinistcr (if tlic town, u\' if tlieri' were no minister in tlie pi ii'ircli, tli:'y «> two .liistii't's, and if till' result of tli(! tAainination Wi-ri? Hati^fa(•tory lie Wdulil reiieise iiomw.i, and (•'.||Mi, tVoai the (1 tvernor. Mvery uandidate for tin- nllije of teacher was reipiired to tuki'i wills or di State til hs. At the Haiiie time lauds to tln^ 'Ntent of UK) .leres were set apart in 'p'rd to di-^i lownship for m^'IiooIs. At that pfrio I oiir pri' .eiit u'liiiiiahle free scIimoI lei;isl itinii, wli ^\, tor tie' | siiii'" it was adopted, has dolllileit mil' srliool a* ti'lldaiiee, insiled in lieepiny at Heliool jn^ ti lu'id liftli of niir whole pipulitioii, and p;il its on the hi_'li\\ay to ^'eiieial edii.'.ition, was lie. ml iinpri>')ii eij^hty years in the future. le whoslioiil In IT''' • an act w.is pano'd fir Ih" e •tahlisliiiiu' 'if a Lir.Jiiiniai' sciioid in the t')wii of 1^, It is mi ti tax hy will 'h L'l.'iOO weru voteil fm- the election o' a siiitalile Itiiildiiii,', t'llll o.'r uiiiiuii<,|| ol lloiu iii the siipp irt of a teacher, with t'l'J nen'e to Hiippoit an usher, when tli(! nuiiiln'r of .sclu/n, rcprijed nIidiiM exceeil foi ty. Attli" s iiiui time it Was oi'.lered that a "Mill shoiill lei [u'ep ire dm |',,ilijtMieii raisiui,' t!ie I'loDd hy a lottery."' Tuat I'lltK a year from tlie I'roviucial 'I'leasiiry for Kd ^\r, tie' line t ion h IN thrown into a ( Jovcnnnent ( Iraat of i?!!!:*, IHS for lant yt^r, whih' the total uiiio 'jsyeiisiM raist'd from all houi'ciw for schools has reached tin- ;;oo lly .sum of ."^lif'J, 77I.(K). * alivteii.in .M 'I'tie pr.iicct of stirtiiii,' a collet,'e at Wiiid.sor w.is in the air in ITSli. 'I'lie very next n I'IhI i Idpiii a cnmiiiittei' (if the llmise ()i Asseinlily reported in its favor, and in 17*^!* an act was Jia'^i, , thi' I tor "fonudin!.;. estahlishiiiu'. and iiiaint liniiii,', ' that i ollei^e. It was nearly lid years I „1 i, .. m |7 liefore rictou Acadi my ciiiu' into e.\i.>,teni;e, and the corner .ttmie nf h.ilhnusie (College .J^ a ycai laid three years later still, Loth institiitiims, li\ t!ie way, the result of the nari.'W aiid-nt pmt.- oft ■ liisivu policy pursue 1 l»y tlr; authorities of the e d!e,'e at Windsor, to which caum inii.|| of 'I'miki nny III! tiM.ed, dlriictlv or indirectly, the e.xistencc (j1 all the (leiiomiiiatioiial collei^es ol jjj.un of (^ori l'ro\ incc ah we know them today. Till POSITION OK K('(!d:siA.^TI(AI, Al''KAIi:S IN NOVA SCOTIA ONK HI:NI)HKI» VKAKS AOO. ttl.yteiy or ' gl'ej^.itlon o >tl'ind had li Grei^or cam nisters ill Ni In glancini,'at the ivysition of i"',.',;le^iastical AfVairs in the Province of Nova Suotiaa '•■' wen; thei tury a^'o, peril, ips tlu! tir t thiny Miat arrests the attention is the e.xistence here at ii|on;vi/.., 1 time of an h',stal)lis|ied Church. I'y an act pi-mvl in 17i'>S, duriiig the lirst session ot ^i me o; .M» First (ieneral Asseinlily held in Nova Scotia, it w.is expressly provide I that the *'sa ^''.v^' liau « riti's and ceremonies of Divim; Worsh)! aecordini,' to the Liturgy of the ehureh estal)li-i«|l)Vteri:in N hy the laws of Ivi^'and shall he deemed the lixed form of worship amongst us, and the p'.iiess. wherein siieli i^iturj,'y shall he used shall he respected and known liy the name nt Ait there wc 'Jiiurjli of Hni^land as iiv 1 iw estal>lis!ied."l This estalilisliod cliureh seems at the (Uits. t>( Kpiscopali have h.HMi placed under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the ISishop of London. At •iitin:,' min evonisni) minister without a Licnisa from him emld be admitted to olliciate as a iniiii-« it lu.'-tall of the chur(;!i in this proviu.:!!. Tiie ( 1 )\-erin)r fif the day w.is roipi"ste I to iinliict e\,fir7iool, Mr. '|iialitijd minister into the parish that should miko presentation of him, and Im was alsM •Jtrannett a sired and empowered to suspend a'ld silence any person violating this statute.:; In rtlJEnlin;^ Mil this estahlished cliurch olttiined a I'ushop of its own in the piuvson of Dr. ("aiirles Iiigl-<JBrei->j had somcwiiat noted man in his day, who was in fact the lirst bishop ever appdnted to ii Un.anr century Colony. He cr.ii.ito the cointry ahmt lifteen months after Dr. Mei:re,'or, and took cluiifcation. an- of theS^'o of Nova S,;otia. wliicii at that time cmbrac^eil the whole of the Maritime I'm rdly any Ha ces and Can.ula as then know n. lifli so man^ It niiy he remarked that tlionuh the (church of Knglaud was estahlished by law, nmen years dissenters therefrom of every Protestant dunomtiiatioti were tillowed full liberty of coiiscicia«>i away t the right to erect their houses for public worship, and to choose their mini.ster.s. Provi- fTIn! posit . . . •efl^e roui^hl *ii'port of Superintendent of Kdueatioii for 1S8."). j Establislu •(■■'riio .Statutes at L'lrge passed in tin; several (Jeiicral Assemblies Jiekl in His Maj''=" S Province of Nova Seuti I." Michard John Uniacke, page 7. JThe iSta:utes_at Lar:.'e it ,'. llicliard John L'ni icke. :*Thc Stal I nnr. i:. .1. Mrnih\s Ahinniss. I I — 'iM " . '"•> liK'i'l, iii'iilr iiNit f.>r I'Nciiiptiiii,' tlicin Uinu niiy uif"' "r ♦•ix''"< f«'f tlif Muppurf of tin- Mttnlitinlu-l lii'li w). Im\n,l,,tli(.iit;li it wiH I' my ti'lt lo !"• ii yrirv.iiitf tlmt tin- «liiin'li ot a I'ni.'tio'i i>! llic ]i)'ii|il». "■\V •'iIikiiIm m', t.||cll>Ni'l\ i'!4 WtTi* ill the Ih'i.Ht I'lilllliiltulili' (•ilciIiilHtiiiiccx, ^llllnM lit- liiji'ly hllpimi ti'il liv 1 I't flic l.ips|pi|j,,||„,„f„,.y ^r|ant^^ tidlll iliiliic, iilnl tllil'liiT liiillltdTM mIki'iM liiHiilct tlrttliiiM' tlii'iA ""'''"'■''' ^^''''.ivi' iii,'lit of If Iciii.itiiiu' man liiu'i •< liy l,i. niJc, ;i j^ricxMii.'- wliic-li wjht not s\m |it a«.iy fn' I J yarn utter war. Is. ' nrtcl only •■||',,. ^,,,.y ^n,,„, „,,, ^y.]||,,|| ,.st:iMij.|i( .1 111.' Clilliili of I ii.'1,i|m| mihI to), r.itr.l riofittmi* • ''"'' "''' "''''«iifii s < iiildiiiit'ij li'L'i^l.itiiiii \i liirli iii,i>!r' \.iv,4 Si'otia a most iincomtni taliji' iijiici' loi ll<i fill' 1 Nimiiii, ( 'itiioliis, ami I'spi-oialiy for tlicii' pii.,sf.s. As for mi'iiil"'i< ot tin' Koinni Citlioli' III IIm' |'liii,f,li_ (|,.y vxcit! pi'oliil>it*-i| from lioldin;; laml.s or ti'm'miiit>, . MTpt liy illrc't ,'iiiiit fiom '^'' ''otnw.i, ami if any per-on nIioiiIiI attt'iii|it to I'onvcy pinpiTiy to tlifiii liy will or ilci-.l, iHij to tiiki-, ^vilU or ilcfils Wfic ili'daiiMl to lie null aiil voi.j, ami lin- iuo]icrty of \vlii>li tlu'ViU- >'t apart in 'pi,.,l to dispose leveiti'l to tlic .•i..\vii. ;islitiiiii, wli ^\, t,,|. ti,,. piiiMts, tlii'V wrre liiiiisjiril Imin tli>' coiiiitry. iiml in tiie i'\cnt of tli'ir ii''^. iiij; at Hi'liool ip^, (,, I I till' ilecicccif liiiiisjini lit witliin ("ix im'iitli-i.tlnv ML'i''' t( liiM'iiisiji'H'iJ to pi'i' Itloii, ua.s lleijul iiiipiiMinili'-lit, attfiiipti'il i'-..;ip.' fioin wiiji'h win to lie tii ati'i#;is .1 t"l(.ii\' ; \Miile . , le wlio sIloIlM limliollr tlielll W efe lllil'li' liilile to a line of C'>'* aiel also to lie net in tlie pi|. tfie tTwii of 1^. It j^ >.ai.-.f:i •tiiry to know that tins .Irastie le-i.sl:iti..|i xwis repe.leil ami llie iIimIh I • o T miniiii.,„ ,,t lliimiin C.itlioliV, wlneli it entailed w. re remove.! in I7s;{ ' Imlee I live ye irs liefore '"" '■ "' -""''"/a^ reiMMlcMJ the (oivermnof N'o'.-.i S>! itii Ini'l ap[)lieii to I. on! <icriii,iin for ail allowanei- I li" i'l'I'I'^JI'lin lailia'iient ol flOO lor a prie.sl to M|li,i.ite aiiiom,' the liidiaii.s. easury lor Kd j^f ,|,,. jj„„, „.i,,,,| ^|„, _^,.j ,■,,,. ,|,,, |.;*tiiMi.>hiiunf of the Chnre;, of lvii;himl was pis.,eil, tlie total aino t-'S ye ns liefore the a"rival or youi lir.-t p i.stor. there wis imt .-o fai as known a Mii.de , sliyteiian Mini- ter in \ova S • itia, Tne !Jc\-. .lames I, von who xva^ himself a nieiiilier 01 very next ,\ I'lnj , li.jpjija, ('umpmy liy vvliieh the piu.n'er settlers were liroiii^lit to I'letoii si ciiii t" an aet was p.i>e h 1 the (list At a I events he .vas tie' lirst fit wliom we have any lUToiint. lie ur- ily ..(I years 1 „1 ii ,, ,,, |7(;(,,,. j 7iri jeit he apri'a'S to hive left the I'rovpee some seven yt ars affi- iiisie (-ollei,'e .j^ >^ year oi- two after he eani'e Mr. Miin'.oeh arriv.'il aiel e.mtiiiiieil t' liiioiir in itTT- ".' "'■'"'^^*' liml.nt part> of the |'ro\iiiec till the e|i.>e ot theeentinv. Ilea^iin was folhiwdl liv Messrs" iieli eaiiMMiiii-u „rriiiroin ITd't, <,oith of i,.md.m.l.i;y in 1771. (iihiime of Wimlsor in 'l7s I, uh! lal eolletie.s oi ^j,.,,,, ,,(• (;„|.,nvallis in 17>i"t in I77n Mr ("oniiiiii.i Ini'l heen ceihiiiieil hy a sort ot mis •'! '•!>)■ tcry or ( 'ouin'il enisistitiir df (Jiiiii;re:.'atioimlist ami I're.-liytei ian ministers, o> . a . , .,,,,,,. gieu'ition of tJermaiis at I.unenliiif:.'. liv. 'I'iiomas liuise.la minister nl theehiireh o! -OII.A »tl,ind hail lieeii in ehar^'e of whal is iiMW St. Matthew 's llalitax for twi' \ lais liefore |»r. Ore>,'or eaiiK' ; .sn that one liiinilred yi',u> a;,'o there were Imt eii^ht or nine I'l-ohy tei iaii nistei.s in \o\a Scotia, ami none at ah in any of tin' other Maritime I'rovineis. Imleeil Vovii Seotiaa W were then only three other I'resliytei laii MiniMlers in w liat now lonMiituti .< the hn- I'li'.'e here at I ^on ;\i/., Iteveieinl.s < ieorije Henry ami .XleNamler Spark ot (,)iielpee, ami ilevi reml John h'.st session oi 4i me o! .Montreal, the latter of whom mi the I'Jtli of .Mareli 17s(i eoinliieted the lir.st that the ".s,i ^''Vterian .serviee ever held in that eity. West of .Montr'al there were at that time no liurch e.stal)!i-ii^li>teri:tn .Mini.sters. In faet \vli:it i.s now Ontario, wa.s tlien an almost luiinhai'iteil wi!- lis, anil the pljie.ss. the name ot Ait there wort' other oeelesiastieal Itodies' represented in Nova Scoti i a eentiiry a^'ol'i-sides is at the oiitsi tij Kpiseopalians and I're.shy terians. Seveiiceeii year.s l.efore tint there were at least live Ivmdoii. Atlfeiitinu' minister.s settled in the Province imt inelndini,' Messrs. I, yon and MnrdoL-h. ; if ni>t nil of wlioiii were Coiiu'regation ilist.s, vi/. Mr. .Muore in Halifax, Mr. ( !lieevei at rymol, Mr. Seecoml) at Chester. Mr. Sutton at Newport, Mr. Plndps at Cornwall's, an 1 t'annett at Cunilieiland. In addition to these there were at the same time several other tatiite.t In r»|(BiilinL; iNHnisters lalioiirin;; in different plaee.s up pii probation, and the nninher of settled ('anrles liitfl-oiBrei-s had no doulit inureased hefore 17S(i. Some si.\ or seven years lieforethe lieijtinniiie lilted to a l!ii«nr century, the few Methodists in the country had lieL'Uii to hold meetines for mutual and t(jok ehiifcation, and it was not long till they had reliu'ious t<;;»ehera of their own. There were Maritime J'im rdly any P.aptists in Nova Scotia in 17S(1, Imt the reinarkahle religious mnvenient out of lifli so many of thr Haptist Clmrch-'s in the I'ldvinoe spr.uiu', led hy Henry Alline, he- shed hy law. nfcen years earlier, and was under full head at that tiiii", though the leader himself had rty of conseiciaAii away two years before. ister.s. I'rovi- tThe position of Keclesiastical AUairs in this Province one limi<lrei! years ago inny there- ate as a mill to induct ev, d he was alsH •, ill His Maji ■wbe roughly sketched by the statement that Nova Scotia had the Church of Kngland »■< » Established Church of the Country ; with its few clergymen and teachers, supported fThe Statutes at Large &c. Ricli J. L'niackc, pnge 7. A ■w '20 /.'AT. Ih. M "i'I.l.nfii\< A!>l>ntS^<. in,i;ti!y.;i!i'! tor tlic iiM^it |i:iro >• i n;orta..Iy.l'V tiir '-.iLrliMi Snrh'ty li r t'u- rro;ri.^:itii) i i,>t' .-, ,, ,,,)vti \u <^i-l)ul ill l''i<i'in.;ii i'.ii'.'s. iiMil liy ^'fjuts ir.Piii i!ii' Ivi _;ll-<li I'.u'liaiMrul, wiin \v, ri' (■ii_;urvl.' 7 i , .-....(j miiii-itt'iiii'' to !i M',-i''tii)ii i;t' t\iv iJi'(i;iI". .Mid ilijit it liji'i ;il.-o u iiumcri)n> linlv o\ liiss'iiti ,' ' i i ■ ■ i-i' -I'Vti riaii-* \'. ilii t'li'ir ciLrlit or i.iiu' nistoi'--, iniiiis;-, .■ ■, i , ;.:....■ I ■ . . 1 ■ . . ■ 1 . ... b-'i'T'' U li ' tlio i;!iur,-li it ;i\;iy 111' !^" . Lii till' I'll >''V ;iiiiotig \'.'!i(>ia wcV'' V.i ii ' lnii;!.! I hi- i ii!u' to .-u; lU'ii ■■iKii-jr-i. liii'. at till' • line tiiai' itiiiiT.ih;i'_' ^'.iili'.y. tin' , ''lurc^ai im .ill <ls v ^, iii'iil'lv ail I'li;; il iiii'ii'ii)' iif .\1 i;ii ~;r- : arnl |irili.r^, aluj isl as iiiaiiy ;ijtil>;c ; a::;l llit- .\l"t;. t.list 1 uiiil r> ijiti-il;- ill .'•111 ill'i iiisniiif ;■-. My fariii'ir doi'- ii);. iii|aiir uh' ti.i altrnnit a d ■■ ■! i;i!io;i oi tin' ip.oral a:;'l ^1"''' "l' '."(■', 'f'.,";. i< .■ou'iitio;: 111' luatti r.- a' t!:at date; I; It \u' ;iri v 1 1 iiia; i> iii I'lo-JM^ tlia*, it ciii i"i-iiy '''■''- _ti , l^,v ill)\•,■ witli lo -^liai'.-ii' a nopiiiatioii. !■ miiti' ii ,1111 r a 'Ii i' il;. :'rii; (ii;ai tiT.s, liiiviii'.' li.Nii Mil i. .'f ', ,' .,,, I'd t ) sncli di .•<•:>■ and (.;l'-!i Imrtful iniliivii,' ■ -. ra j )yi'iLr a! n i^' no lai;ilit;r< .''or cduri , i 'f ; \ " mI and Ii.)<s<.'.--ii:i .' \ i-ry frw .■id\a;it;iu'i"< in <■ miw ■ ion u itli tii'' d -;|i 'iis I'ioii of nii'.ion-< <: aui-i's. it WMii! i 1 1 ' 11 11 r a -o; 11 1 lie to in pfi-r a lii^li 1 mr ol iiai al ■. i v ai! ai! \ .inci'd r 'iid-i i 1 fll.'UIUS ,■,.!!, [lOVllUt. ' ib'.i J'roiii til it.i-. Wl.i.'i ilild CiH'lirii.T. .\t t !u' .-::!ll" ti|!l' ti.t I'l' \', a.'i IMI1.\1 moral ( \.-ri;i'ln'(' an I siiirifual woi'tli ill not a t'l-w ol' ti:r s'li ill r i:n-iiiini'.ii'-; u ii: '1 wiT.' di-n-T.-i' I ov( r til'' i'ro>^ , , , 3f I it n 1 ' ii I ' a L'i iitiiry a,i,'o, an 1 iij^r • wr.-'' toiiM-',,i;t t lir ■• mnri'iioa of the jiir-iMit w itii tli'';:;-!! ', >.,,,^^,, ^. Would liiid that our n.'ojil.- or t'l i!.i\ ai\' iiin''!i in'lrlitc! to tli ■ im-ii an i wnnauol' thin' •.■ ' , ', ,,, 1 .■ I • I ■ 1 • 1 • ill ... V -211 tnc .11- IH ■ rati 'Ills a-.'o Will - 'i'.\ !■ i till' coo 1 SI n o w hi.' i we ar.' ri'.i|iiii'' .siu-.i a '.;ooi|| v .i irvi'>:. A *-,.• ^i ». ., I ■ ■ ', • , . . 1 , > 1 1 1 1 1 I't the tia\ lii'rciii M th;ir isasuii,' Irio- one -.iwi rh ami auothur rou.'i-th. (tju;;' nn.'!i lao.jiireu ami ' , ,, lia\ o (.'iitfi'cd into tin ir laoiur.-;. , .i,,.,. ^ ^,,-, ;nK'nl> III .^1 iy 11 ut 01 tl 78.') th- K'v Tiie planting o{Prc::bytc!-)an;3m in Picio'), and its pro£;i-G3G priiBujiurn in to Ihe union in iSiT. " ' I""'"!'- '!' mu till" jou l;^ i:i:v. W. M:(Vi.i.M,:i. I), 1).. Ti:ri;... ^^n^ru'l pi'. M 'Ci^ Till' •■nlii 'id' a ■i-i..'ii'^l M" won! 1 i\' piire nior.' tlrni :i volnaic. Tin' hi-^'. n'v of tin' 1', jum'.; ii Ima liVtvcianisMi of 1'.i.-lM. Ii '.s yrt to ii,' w ritt.'ii. 1 ; is tin' Im I ny of our ( 'in.irii. fioi.i tin' '.^k ,■, Whil \d: 11 I'll.' fadi,'!'-; 1111 ill I'll 'd till' li.inn.'i' of c'.i" rross, u[). M it I i tlii' im'nioraoh' day w hi'U I ju .'at< in ■ ii!;';i'il Ir.'voiid ii'.s'ii'i'..- -t i ill t h" 'dd i)i;r.;f>.s oai !i -iiil'.'. hut. to that liapoy lioii;' \\ hh'h 'n'l' i: l,. ^',,i.h w't' 1 J ! tin; oai.'iii\'..s of our ^rand o! i i':-e>diy:i.'i'ianis!ii. iruio lii > .Vtlanti'.'. to tlu' l'i"i:ii- ().'"an jL, t;ii:i,f hjr t\'i'l tlio I'XtrL'iiit! ditli 'uity of tli : -I'alij'-'t fr.iin th" o.-r.n'ity of matrvials. il< itid-'a^'V Ir 17)1,11" ido-i autauonisuis no 1 iii..;;'!' fNistini:, .'lud fi r'-lnT frun i In' r irinrriion of my I'l ■•' fatiii'i' "■'■[,, ij,,. ;;id thi' ( 'aui'''li's \io:'k, wliirli iriv.'.ito t!i;' Mam ini" I'l- iviiioi's tln'ii' s u'.-i to in.iii; tni' •■'f- I^i Ji,.. St irt ait.trs. I sin; 11 try t ' do my du'y. foi ■■ ■: :ul :i; i'\ r: \ ; hiiiu' ' i-i'. is iiniiri'c.s'iiry to m>' I n^"' 1 Mr. C'lrk W'l' ail' iiii't to rli'lii'it" t'li' ( !."iti'iini il of t',11' I' 'ii'_:ri','atiiin oi one w l.o^.' ii nnr -luiddiidcrrN Iniiis 'IkjIiI woi d in ! \\r ( ' iii;it\- .if I'i'-tou i' ^lu' -ially. and lou:.; may it o.' .so 1 'i'ln' vci'v i ;- J.^ tllciic ■ t ii rcjuvcnat.' tin' m 'uiory of !>.'. .M.'i . i-i'.;o! , afti'f alino.st two yt'm'i'atioiis in tim ' ha\' i'''i(l for wtu'sl <iver his m'avc, t li.s its .lu n t lir of iliir.u'ti'r and inlliu'iuv.'. Why should you. if vu i 11 -; cm fitirl no .s\-iiil)atliy wdtli si'lf-dmiy im; ('oiis'.'(jiat:u:i to tin; .-an.H' of ( 'liri.st, lie uililt>' I'f tin- 'i ''-^ i' Xiticii iii w ity of ri.'viviii;^f the nnjino.'y of a u ind in.in.and traiisniittin^ i!, with ail its iiiHiu'iua,', to >■ 'Jji^fiuia tl iMistci'ity ? ■ ■ " T - 1^^^ ^1^^ -Many of yon ;ue tlir ''liilih'i'n, and childvcii's rhildri'ii, of thosi- who «'oi'd an nml 1 '■».,. wjis in M''( '. i'i";(ii' ill his tii,;_' and ,11 dm ins life's stni.'uli'.and t'l-day you i''i.jo.\ ii- li'iicLiS. \ 'i' • J ^vas tin" c '■Mill' to Ik'.ii', hiiw.-\i.'r iinp ufi'i'tly nanati'd, of his work. ;iml its ii'siilt. (':-|H'i''all\- \\ r Ai' lived ti m'.'tio:i \\lta th ■ o 'jaiii/. it i ui o'' the lii'st I'reshyterian ('Imredin the ('ounvy oi I'n (on. ' 1, | ladoi'lom i'r.i;:uii^;'ition \-. iiieli emu'entfated his ellorts, without iimitiii;^ t!ieire\|)a'i.sivi'iu'ss, whi.h ii'l inowiu!. t dui'i'd oi'diii'.stahility ;iii 1 power into his wi irk. a ml whii'h.enMneeted with other eomjie •I'i ',i^,, re ;n ; L'd t'.» till' almo.-it fotLiot;-'!! rreshylerian Cliuieh of .N'.iva S"atia. -the lirst.'^ynol of t"e ' «,,., alone- minion, a (Jliureh w1iil-1i his doiu; so nineh for the intelleetiial ami moral u elfare ol t'li^Si, i;,i,ssa !''"\i"i'es. aufoini'tti In Tniro, we di 1. a fe'v years a;jo, \vliat you lia\ c met to do. We met to erdi'lirate t gears of hi < '!nt''iinial of th" lit.- 1 I'.esoy toi ian Clinreli of tliit 'I'liwi!, amlof t lie i ) •minion. 1/ r-i'jftli.d in e:, like ■\-.iiu' o'.vn Were tin' oriu'inal hounds of tli.it eonere„'at imi. llu* mn hv om'.durim^ '»« ot .lann I 1st seventy \ears. Ii\i' new e.onei'euatioiis ji.-ive sju'iim.^- 1 ro'ii tlie irneiit ('lim'eh, wliieli. t^vtheae day. represents, in itssteady siieeessioii of I'astors, its idiiiii to priority, and tlieiiuli 'ike y'lu ^.S'l- means longer worst iip|)iiii;' on the old hallo wo 1 spot, wo are r 'eoj;ni/.ed, liotli lee il'v imd eeeiesiasti^ . jjj,l (uiforc i\' as the i;o:i,'i-e.riti 111 of the \l -v . hiuiel (' )e!<. the lii. st rresiiyteriiili Ciiureli of Triir i. >''<)\^p eoulido li with yuu to day. Like us you lia\c droppoil I'ictou, West, ami .M ; Idle ILiver, and ol:, Wf.-.t U'.\i I ■■ --u.-^i.-Mtrm*' - i'lbU /;/■;('. /'/;, M.f! !.i.<>:'iis Ai)i'i:i:ss i";''i'j;:iti()i I'f .. \v. ri- cir' ,.' i,| "'^■< 1""'*' "^ "' '•'■• M ■'Ii'.'_'iir'.' o;-.''." 1 '.r^ ■ spliiTc of Ir.lirr, iiii'l ymi ilrc;;i it. !ii,:ii,!| " V ()' (iiC- 'i t "' *■' '"'■'''''" '"i'^'^''' '''^ the Clllli'cll (PVi'i- wliic'li .-iirll ;i ll'.'lM .MM M;-. .Mr( !ii'_'iil' ]MC'. lird, pii'm-, iii'i i^.''"'*^''! '''■'^ l.'iliors. OlIu'i- c tii;,'ri'i.' itioiis >t.iml i'l tlh-ir inilriiciKk'Ht lit'i', liiit ir will In- I .;,•;,,. ii, ^|.; .l'"!''!''" it 1) • f ii'L'Dttiin tlint t!:i' v i.T..' m' Ui''ir t'xi.-Htrin «■ \v ,s .l;ii;ii;s ( "iiuifli. New ( II .■:■ I. ,,.,,[ ji ,^1 till' ( 'hur.'li (pf I >r. .M.( ;:c./-Mr. (>,u-w.i: a .i;iv t> lir li ;il i:; ur.-itrl'iil n'iiiciul>- iiir.', iial r;ii ill: 'it :ii;iy li<' s(j wit'i ymi is tlit- lai'iic-t [Kav>T ft every inie u. 11 wish. !• c; mu' '/.'; ii. ,,ij ■ ,[ji til'' l' ill nviii j; I)- i'^t mill ill! M'r;'-':'t ske-.'li, i; j-ine-,-; jry 1 ir' m'I t iie ,-ev"i;: -ei yemv) Ml ei^iiv J,.. .. OiH to tile e.illiKU' nt I »r. M.' ir"_'-. 'I'll' \',.\ . I > iiiiel ( ' i,!; an r, • .1 in X.iva Se..;:; I. ill n" lieeii Mil i.'f "'''*' '""^ • I ' ''•i'' •"■'iiii'li "I 1771. Ill 1 ill e lie v. 1 lin.'li < Jiaii.iiii ill 1 ', ■'•■'', <ie -iqiyiii;.' 'I niro, ■''i'nr (. Ill .1 ' •y'll''''^ \'. 'I'l'l * eilW.t!!; s re,-.|ie ■;!■. elv. Iiut cxtciHlill;,' tll'ir l;il)ui'-i til iitluT ii e:iii:ies ;is I'll I'l ! I Ii i.i'l-; u . f^""'' •'■'' 'i''"'y ilelllillils ! ■■•i!!i I'tlie;' |il:U'e-i W.irr lllttii!, mill tli" i">a'li; ion I'l' ti.'lVe ]|,,.,, I ' , ' I , A lieniiit. Ill the e nirse et hi •• w. i'!; .\I:\ ( '.le!; vi.-^itud I'li-i «ii. ;iiiil while l!i'-re, v.t-at j ""'.•^.. .• ti... ;.>!.. . I. ;f....t.. *.. ■',.. i>.....!,.. an i ; eelhaiee a" I ' '^" "'""" t'"' i"'l'''hit 'llt.H, t'l ill" l>retliieii ia Seilliml, piaNlau' them to :-eiiii tie'lllil i>vi r ta" i'niv • '^' '• ^^ hell t!ii < ;i'-titiiiii wiw ^eiit. how nl'ti n Mr. ( ' iol> vi.-.itej I'leimi, or wlie'. !•.••■.■ lie Willi file ivist '^' ''' '""'''' t-laii oiiee. .ami whit h a'aiia- ot ti;e l'.''iti'iii 1 eaiiiioi s:iy. I'n' lioia "Sh-. ,,i-,i,, .V kii'iuii eharaeter, ile-itit;;ili'll \i'. I'.h! imtiiKel \\ ith l!e.;!e.; . lie was ihe lu-t lo I'M T fu ee '_'. , 1 ■ t \;iir\e,- .. \ -Jh the i.n |iel 111 lK-t..ai. |.|', .ll .j.,1 „ I ',(>!' tin' tia\ elliiiu' oxiieiieiiees 1 I thiii-e j'.rel!:|-ei:, the yt.'ifi of tie; re;ulH, o! r;it!ie;' the .>.s uhe:'e roi Is Were not ,]i:!.i'.e,t,y ol h.ahi' iriolis, tlieir tnils nae j ai; iiey -.tlie har.lsliijn to ;ll tlleywere :-iihieeleil, .ilel dlhi !' M.tteis. tlli'V have hit lio iLi'iilii. Hut fl'i III tin- iliieiit> ill' Mr. W'aihlell, wiio ..i i i\ in] ia I7l>7. t he illiiieiiitieH atteialiiii; Micsioaavy work ly 1> irt ol' the I'rovillei' must ha v.' .se:e!y t : leil I ho l' II til o! the: e jiioiieia'M ot I. IIP t 'liureli. 7H.") the \l'V. .I;iaie,^ .Mir.iiMe lel'C .'^ nj.ia 1 l' If the .^tateii, w li''lie-' al'ter .'l tiaie h" jnileil O^, i'CGG nriiBiethrea in Nii\a .'^ecii la. After ^niiie yea: s • |'eiit in .Mi 'si. ii.aiy w la I;, hi- w a'' m'I h .1 in f{<.ni-h. ill l'~l>7. This settlei;;ent iiinile i I'l a '-ertaiii eNient. liinii /ii I'.uw I'ar i . lie; >Vli, ill" iuiiriieyin'^ ot tlie Triiio !'.:■••: iiii-a erstuaril. Tin'' it hiiai^hr re'iel' t'l the l.di' l)r. .\le( o'ei^.ir, til Ul/ll hii; little to!iie li i.ly. t!iii-;e w hi know iuai e u n it ihaiht. ,|ltter the I'oriiiatioli of the I'ictnil I'reslivtery we liml Mr. Waihhll I'.lmria: la tin' Ivist •I'or'nft' . 1' ^'" "^'l ''''■'■-""■ 111 the West. Lil;e Ml" Cr.ahaiii, Ml-. Miuir.ia left a re.'or.l, ha- Ilk- i-,.l! 'V,"„ , '."i '*""^ " '"'^ ""''"'"'"''**''.^' ''L'eli lest. r.',;i the f.illowiiii^' iiieiilelit he u.ii ritU it to .Mr. ir. While on his jiiurriey fr.iiii I'ie; a to .\iiiieoiii-iii, he lust liin w.iy, aial ipent ii,;!its ill t!ie raioihs, a!, iiii,'lit iiioan'iai; ;i t:-ee for few ol' liivir.s, -iii.! ly.n,.' hiiaself ranch w th a \\y-^ ' whieli lie c.'ir i 'il ia e se of nieil.les* m !ii-' s!i'e|, iie .slioah! I'.ill for l; tha* h,' irs c ml I elinili, as wa-il .as ai'ii. Tai f iiie; i-,i' w ' 1 1 ;.■ i vo to iiiiiiisiers of to- 0111.' iil.'i of wh.it the f.ithers unih'rv, .'ir. in- t!:e siU" .if t■hri^t. n the :!,.l .lay of .May, l7'S(i. \h: Me! ir.'^.r lei t S.'.it! la.l, leieiuie; Halifax e'l tli' 1 Ith le. S' ii'tiiii;- for I'i.,- nil, lii.s lir.-t Salili.itli \v;is Mpeiit in 'I'raiM. Oa.Mon.Jiv he eiUeil ry 'o iii\- 1 hi j, ' Mr. (''h.i;, by wh.iiii he wa.s in.)--! kialis' ric ■i'.(.''l. 'l'o'_'el her tliey v.-i'..' I .'.'!■. ."siiitli ". iniloiiilerry, aii.l .in his reti;rii t'lTraro, he jum.' 'e.le.l ^ ' ' *• tlienc • to I'ietoii. Inuiieiliatelv on his .iniv.il noii.'e \vi s i.'iven. an.l ari'.u.j,. meats ■'llf. you, II v.ai L , .'i'.. '' '"". "4iii!oiiili'rr\-, an.l 1)11 his reti;ril t'l 'rriiro. he ihm.' 'e.le.l thrmi '!i the we ..1 .; L'> i !i ■ \\'e.<i ' ■■"V I ; ' ■ • '"■'( : fui' \r(irshii) on the Sahhith. '1'!;.'.-;' ar;ai!u'''M.elit.s \i\'!'t' siieli .a.s .•-oineef ua hii\ • set-t Ity I't the ,il..':,' illllaene.', to \ . 1 .-' (ill Sitieks a'l.I hlo.'ks of w iioii. an.l |i t haps faones .loin:.: ilii: \' f.lr th.' in "lerii we oiic.i [ic w. Oar fathers wen n.il' .s.i .h'iii- l^e, nor sii.'h k."ii .'ni i.'s is th.ir .1. ."lel.'int-. n'_!t'iom the re\ erenli.il oh.^ 'i v.aiu-e .if .a .S/uttish .'^ilili i' ii.le.w .'.ep!', I h'. ■*'.(;:•.■.- irwas , , , .• ; il h'., till! eoiiiliiet of lii.s .aii.iii'ii.'.'. he hiniselr tells US ill iiis j .ania'. Tl..' iiiirniii^ ,'."•■"■'"'"'''• :'e wiiH in Kiii;lish. from I 'I'iin. 1 ■ l.l, .■'ml th ■ atteniooii in i ;."lie. from .Matt. IS. II. II I . . . S \ , I ■ . . .^ . . . .... .'lU'.. I '|ie. -Lilly ri • '.'' _ j'. '!": j 4 lal.orioii.s, toiiiiiL; faith. He lod the ;>r.iiiiiie ••.\.; thy days soshall th'.' strenuLli In','' ^" ' " "I :iiowiii!. th.at the .see.i .si.wii \v;i.s umlei hi- Ma-t. r's .'.ire. In- w.is nior,' .aiiAii us to sow , ''' I was the eo'iimeiie.'iiK'iit of slate. 1 .vork i)i ;lie ( 'einty ol I'i.toii, a work whi.li i'r. Me ' j )r Iive.l to i-ce extenilint; to a ileuree of \vlii. h his laitli seari'cly ilre.uiieil. H.s. hiitl '"■'r"''i '■,!*;,, re, 111 : r.ssureil that sooner or late:- th" Imi". est wonl.l oe "iitlier. .1. H ^ynivl ot t' e 1 ar .1 '- . 1 "i-lf.ii-e ot till ■lii.jre.l UM ahuie, for a series of years, when hisheirtw.is .•lie"re 1 hy tl..- .u-r;\Ml in I7!''i of aift.s. itossiinil Urown. On the 7tli "f -IiiIn of t!i.- s -iMie yar he h.-nl tli.- hip;iiii"s,. or see . , ,1 fBoform-^tion of a I'l-eshytery, where for :. hill'.; .-i.-ason he hull, ile.l aloie-. ('oiitr.-isliii:^ .' .' ''' "■''"■' ' fii-.-irn of loiielines.s w ith that hour of I'r.'lhei-h'ioii, who .-an woa.h'i- that hi-; h.'.irt'-i joy '.",!!'!."'i ' -''^Pl'''' '» •'■>;"''''---'i'iiis of (leei est eratita.i.-. The I;. 11 of the I're.-^iiyl.a-y .'oai;'. i:a',l tli-' oil"., iii'iiiu 'lUK of .Janiea .Me( ;ie..;f)r, Dniienii Ko.ss iphI .lohn liroun. uieli, wliieh. 1 »^, the ae •e.s>i,.ii or tlie.se liretlirea,.in.| 1 le- e.mstiuitioii of'the I'resi.ytery.iiot only were "']*''. '. I ^' "•' "Tr'' ""''"'" of 8ii]iiilyiiii,' lieeil .-I'l-in. .1. hut t'le elements of union ami authority, t'stahlish- I '■'''^•ii'.'<i;isli.;j«l,j eiifiireini; ordei-, Lr:ive stahiii'.y. Ill 1 rii'i iei of ]ierm-iiie;i.' • t.i their work. ami se ureil ',.' '''"'■■'• -"^"jW eoali.l.Mine. Kr.' loii.Mh.' K-i«t lllv.-r wa; .-; •■ ap.-irLas i)i-. M -( ;r.".'.ii-"s sne.'i.-il s|il-ei-e,a.s ••iver, ami ot!, ^f^^.^^ [.;^.^,j. .^^..^^ {_i,.^^ y,- ^\],. |;^ ,_ ^^-i.-^i^. ,,.^^.;, ^^^^e a [i irlioa of tiiiu to I'ieto-,;. lu iaet, ^tmiiim. ^ / / li! OO i?/';i'. Du MrcrLLocns addukss. S, l)ut not li tliii-:i. :ui(l |;lM;i«lf I*' l'> win;: :Mipn t must liii\ I Is, ' Mincil t lay foL'l inci l ll)'' llDllSI- in my cnrly ilays, wliilf tho-tu hrcthreii tiMvcIloil fai' and wi'lo, to nam'! tlie Ka-'t or l!i\or, was almost tliu Hamo an nainini; |)j'. Mu< iic^or, oi' Mr. R >s.s. It is diflicult to d or (.'xpit'ss, the nature of the rolation yiili-iistin;,' li,;t\V('t'n tliose two saiutod i)i(!ii, in tin <:luiri;e of tln'ir duty. So tlioroui,di \\'a-> tlieir lirothcriiood, that wliildcacli (jultivatud I: lotted partion of tilt' vireyardjtln.'y (ixeroisud a oariitiil .supervision over tlie entire liidd, \ out j'-alonsy, oi' interference. Tlieir mutual (^outiilencu all'orded opportunitin.s for ev.i istie tours into distant loi.'alitios, that otherwise might have heon overlooke 1; the a' lie Unowins,' that tlie lloeU would not I),' nei,dt^ctel. A'hat a heai.tiful illustration of i:",' V' . i hi;;h stand alf ill a l>u ^h modiMii Whili' tht al visit-itii ,n visitutio fc iusitiicti erest I'f th teni o; |ias the only L,'uidaiK'e, and in winter, the eountry eovereil, liet:' "'". ' '. and lakes loelieil in ice, of all tlii.s, and of the priv.itions > '■ \ '' '* . ., missionaiv in Xova Scoti.i, we may learn mu<di from tiu: jourirvl of Dr. ML-tire^'or and 'f-'" - , -•'-.- - •-' . . ^ . )j)ted .'ouut nts. M"n nisteriid •• iDc'ii woulii not I),' nei,'it! terial lirotherhood, and liow desiialde in these days ? That such excnrsions were frei and exiensive, we niiLjht surnusii fiom the characters of the men, and their ohject in le the land of their fathers. They have left as the result of tlu'ir life's work, a tale of c eration, that no w ritten record can ever e(|iial. When vi'r they had work to do, there t were louml, IiIk ring with a devotion that seemed almf>st like .Apostolie eon.'eeration. cnly lengthy ree ird of their journeyinns and lalmra is that of l)r. Mu(irei,'or, and if sin! foiiii<l the eountry, we can only try to fancy what .Mr. Totk found it seventeen year.-- fore. Of the ai'tnal st ite of tlie I'rovinje, its dreary, l>i)nndless forests, its sjiarso \< lation, with little patches of cultivation, if itcouldhe called cultivation, its clestitutini" roads. Mazed treis siipplyin<,' the only L,'uidance, and in winter, the eountry eovereil, det with snow ; rixcrs, harhors and lakes lockeil in ice, of all tlii.s, and of the iiriv.itions i*-' 1 ) L'lorv o 0;- and ' *■. ,- I'ttor.- of Mr. (Iraham. liat no desi'iiption, however vivid, can convey a just idea of r('ality. .Much ha.ve 1 heard fi'f);n my vcn 'rahic preiloe','ssor,and many a thrilliir^ stoi'\' ii I heard fro^n the lips of the l'i(.'ti)U fathers, as after ollieial work done, they ;^at!u'red ain . . . father's lireside, intereliauKinj' experiences, recountiiiif trials, and tellinj' of rifts in'*' "'.V cloud, that told of liri;,diter ilays,— memories that recall r; iat in their halloweil joyousiiess, than the tales they told. thcr the men themselves, as How powerful must have ■lire the o] \|Miile Dr. i)irin'' to ( their ipotives to action, when, not without a severe paiiir, they could, as it were, forcet t'"'""p ^. _ own people, and fathi'r's liousi>, with all its jirecious tics, ami ]irivileges, 'an 1 n joice i'J'v"o'J ^ ', ^vol•k that (,'iitaded sucli sacrilices and exposed to such priv.-itioiis. When they spoke of tl'^' ^^'' .'^ labors with icurct, it was not for tod, however '"rciat, or for sacrilices however painful, *? .}' ' ' , ;ict, it was not for tod, however grciat, or for sacrilices however painful, *? 1^' . for iiriliility to ac'omijlish more, or for supposed failure. Hard as was their work and olj^^''';' \ dishearteniii!,', scant as was the sympathy received, and deep as was the ingratitude ■■'"*'^" '^^ exi):'cssed that thev had chosen a happier lot. maiiifested, no wish was ever ex]):'cssed that they had chosen a happier There are not many men who ein sjiare time to make a record of life'.s doings, rvnd !• er still who li.ivo anything worth recording. It ixMjuires a vast amount of self-denial, vanity, to &it <lowii, after a day'.s hard woik, and recall the }iast, ami further deni uids judgement, in sifting materials, to d(>(dde whit is worthy of record. Of all" labored in the euly days of our (Jhuroli, Dr. Mcdregor is the only one wdio has left s'.u record, not ;is an aiitohiography.but incidents of missionary Id'e, and told with a simiilic that begets the impn;ssion, that his journal w.is kept, not to make a book, but to all liiin pleasure in recording, and in after years pleisurt; in recalling, the fading memoric , other days. A gooil deal have 1 heard from his own lips, of incidents of missionary, .i; congregational life, not recorded, and yet tloating as indistinct nieinories. Our linu! « not permit a reference to either the recorded or the unrecorded, nor to places visited l)r. Me(iregor, and Mr. R iss. The extent of their work may be tested by this fact, tin there is scarcely a spot, where the niemnry of those men does not linger. R:insie fr( Halifax, toCaiie fjioton. New Brunswick anil I'. K. Island, and almost in every settlemt*' and home, there is .something to tell that they had been there Let one story of work sufHce. (Joing from Truro to I'ictou in 1S40 by the old post roa' I had oceas'on tot^all at a blacksmith's sho[). While detained, the smith referred to the lal of the old ministers, and told me the following story. On a cold February evening, a j» sou on snowsh.)e9 entered the siniddy, and asked leave to warm himself. After doing so, ^ ••raved permission to take some refreshment. .Sweeping the ashes from the anvil, and sprca' iiig thereon his handkei'cliief, he took some food from his pocket, sat tlown, and having od a lilessing finished his repast and thanking the smith, he reaumeil his .suowshoes about "> o'clock, took his way to the Kast River. That mm was Dr. McGregor. He In I) tlicic wa ure was \ iiister for parted him ' c plea of changed, lot say. r worl. , f .lunc 1 He Hcttlc itiuii, w itial cha iwn. he 1 tateiiu' /ed to ei self earn of the y bene! t reason a little lied by soon gi' et'irn. re bad 1 lieen to Fredericton, New Urunswiok. I know not if his j)urual refers to this exjursio'lP' '*'"' . , but I give you the story aa told. 'l*.'l'V^ 1 \\'hile thus preaching on the hillside like their foiefathers, or in barns and in houses "T^' !'\ winter, the brethren felt the disadvantage of being without a central spot.aroundwhieli th'*^*! "'_.^,, people could gather, both for public worship, and the dispensation of ordinmces, and eai®*^' y"'*^ estly desired to see erected a sanctuary in their midst. In Truro a sanctuary was erected j{j:v. nit. MiVULLOiuni address. 23 •lidicult to (I'""'' S, liiit lint liiUHht.-il until 177-. Tin- wniit was kceiilj felt, by T'r. Mc( irc^'or and liis* f,,. fclire:i, and wlii-ii matters roii'liol that stage that the peoph^ tclt the want, and alll^lllo^al ;h Ih ,'11 :i to Imild, it was hailed, not merely as a f^rcat point gainecl, Init a.s an evidence <•{ a jd men, in thi*'"^ appi'cijiation of (lospel o'llinances. and ;,'ave the idea of stahility and perniaiieiu-e, I eulti\ati)d I,]'' '""^t '"^^" '''^''-'" '''o'''y '^'""'^"""'if-''"'-'- \Vith nnr modern chiirehes, witii their painted entire licld i 1^. ' 'ained tflass winlow.^, cushioned pews, aiwl costly pulpits, how would worslii]ipers (jf unities i\i\- ov.i '"V f'''-' ''"-''i'>i^''l to tu-nout on a rainy day, or stormy Sahlmth in winter, and sit i).Uiently loke!; the ;,, 1 l"g '"'Hsc shiverinj,' witii colil. I faicy there would he a prevalent sickness, on em ii u iistratioii of ,.'l"lh. We, are, or think we are, an advanced, pious people, Imt 1 douht if jiiety reaches oils Were freii '''!-''' '^'•'"i'l'i-''d requireil to turn out on a rainy or snowy Saiihath, anil sit tor an hour and ol>jei:t in le(*'' '" "' ''■"'"'•^'' ^"o i^hundi. \ot so those who went before us. Aesthetics have much to do . a tale of c ^i^ modern piety. to do, there t ^^'hile the Saldiath was rlevote<l to its appropriate duties, the week was spent in paj- •on.'-ecration ^ visitation, not a run into the hmiie lor a brief inonient, followed by a short ]UMyer ; or, and if sur''^ visitation in reality, with iiiiinite eiiMuiry into the spiritual condition nf tlie faiii'ly.and enteeii year-. ^' instt iiction as circuinstaii''e» warrantid. Catechetical e.xercir^es diil much to revne the its sparse i, Cest id tlieau'tid, and pre|iare tlie vouhl' to H!l vacant places in tlie hfnise of (ind. This it.i dcstitiif'i. !*■'-■'" "' I'iistoral work, now almost a tridition in the church, and a irrevions loss, the fatli- y covered di.,., ■'>s far as time allowed, most faithfnily ftdlowed, and 1 have heard old men tell ii< w tlU! pri\atii)ns ,'e'h h.-nt'lit they deriv(!il from it. 'I'he observance of family worsiiip and home tiainin^'. Mc(ire"or .-ind ' f-''"')' "' tiieir Fatherland, they labored hard to make a jiart of the spiritual life of their I just idea of iptcd country, and not without success. Hut there were many obstacles and di-'eonrace- thrilliii" stor\- \i^^^- ^'"" "f i'"^ character, and professors without godline>\s, annoyed by what they teinied ey ;,'athcied am "'■'''•'''"'''' •"vcrstrictness, anil initatid by llio refusal of gospel privileges, as a stain upon ling of rifts in '^'' characters, labored secretly and openly to eountei-act the efforts of the brethien, and lieioselves as ; 'f ''' ''"' oii|iortunity otl'ered. took wli.-it ihey called their revfnge. il must h;i\ o l."!i:lc I'r. .Mcfiregor and Mr. l!oss in I'ictoii, and the L>rethr<'ii in ('■>lchoster, were thus t Were foii'et t *'^'''"'-' ^'" extend tlie (Jhurcli, i)r. Mcfu-eyor in the fall of iSO.'i, took an extensive tour HI I n-ioTce i ''P"ji'' ^'cw liriinswick. On his return, he was suriiri.scd and delii;liteil, to hear that an they siiuke of tl'SP' "''"'^'''' (Mr. McCnllochi was on board a shipat the beeches, fioiii'j on i)iiard,he found I lie was designated to 1'. K. Island. This was on the .">rd of Nov. iSO.'i. With him. were wife, and three children, one an infant at the breast. .\ lioat from 1'. K. Island some en tee: long, awaited his arrival, to convey him across the strait. .\s it was represented then; was danger at that lato season, apart from the exposure of the (diildren, lii.s de- ure was postponed till the spring. P>ut the truth w;is, that the I'ictoii people wanted a of stdV-denial twister for themselves, and having seen in Mr. McCulloch's possession, a jiair of globes, t, and furthci PP'"'''-'' ''•'" o" shore, as a very learned man, and to secure their object, they made the most Bcord. Of ;ill 'Vever jiainfiil, leir work amlo:'| ingratitude ot. 's doings, .",nd f. 'ho has left .s'.n with a simplic >ook. but to ail iiling inemorii 3f missionary, ^ Our time « ) places visited by this fact, tli^i or. Iliinu'e fri I every settleiiR*' le old post ro.i" 3rred to the lab ■y evening, a p. ifter doing ho, '* anvil, and S[)rea' , and having ,is .suowshoes ai* :'egor. He h this e.vjursiu*' I and in houses ' oundwhich th inces, and eai^^f y-'^^''' y was erected j e plea of danger, hoping th it by the spriui,', his destination would be changed. A'mI it changed, but why, exce|it by .in overruling Providence, in view of his future work, 1 lot say. His arrival strengthened the hands of th<! lirethren, relieved them of part of lir vvorl. , niul gave a I'astor to Pictou over which congregation he. was settled on the f .lunc 1S()4. His connection w;th Nova Seo'.ia,was not by any ecclesiastical authority, ile settled at .Stewarton, he had often pondered the subject, and at last resigne 1 Ids con- ation, with that view, ."'^ubseiiuently if so inclined he might have been settled in anin- iitial charge in Scotland, but he decided for America, and on making his intention |wn. he received a Synodical designation to P. K. Island. I feel eonstiained to make statement, to counteract the misrepresentations of men of other days, that he was ;ed to emigrate, because no congregation would call him. Like his iJiethren, he threw [self earnestly into his work, thouuii not equalling them, in either the abundance or e.<- of their evanyelistic labors. His services became availafile in other ways that were y bencticial. While attending < Glasgow (Jollet'e.hc took a full medical course, though for t reason is unknown, he never proceeded to a decree. This fact, when made public added a little to his usefulness and toils-, .-i-s he was ciuistantly in demand until his |ilaio was lied by a iiractitioner. Of his wurk he often spoke, though of irratitude rarely, as he soon j^ivcn to uiidi'i'st md that like his Master, his duty was to heal the sick, but expect et'irii. Besides niiuistcrial and medical work, he early interested himself in education re had been two school-, in I'ictou, but. eitlier the teaching or the pay was poor, perhaps and the teachers li.id removed. SeeiiK' the young growing u]; in iiiiiorancc!, after coii- ng with his T5'-etliroii, ho resolved to add teaching to his other duties, a profession for li ho had a sjjecial aptitude. Aided by .Messrs Dawson. Pagan, and others a log school e was ere teil, a little to the north-west of the homestead. Here he auglit for a nuni- Hut like Dr. MjC^regor and others, he met tlie bitter enmity of both the un- /[ r 24 i:ki'. du. MrcriLOCfis AnnnEss. I'niiii'T inr hi:; nj)por-itiiiii to vice, tlic latter \w U'tdly .-ind tal.-'ij pr.)t'i»SM>rs : tin (.'liiiroh iiiivili.';^.-s. Ill )i lutUT t') a I'lii ii.l in Scolliml in which i;<niiit oT th'j iiuMionility (if l'ici;oii, hn say;', ''fai-.i iilayiii^^ am' to tul'^rito, hut licriitioiisiit'SH, nml (IrmikL'mu-s 1 c:inii )t (icai/' At vhat tiiiK' th;^ r^.jhnol liotisi' was rrt'ctfil 1 (.Mni'/it s;iy, init in my Hril nr Uii \ was Uf re I <Mit C)t lied t ) witiu'ss ii.:* iltsptrimtinii. Tl.r hittorness of ojipnsitiuii hal ( "onpi'd, th.at the toe.!! of i,'0.11ln1^s^ fo!t tliit tlwy iiiii.st do smiietiiiiiL', ;n thoii' emit \ daiig'-T, an 1 tlio soiiietliiii'^ was tho desti'iirl ioti ol' tin; s liuoh It cuiic diit ui torwaciL ah)ut Diu; o'jiipiik on Salihitii iiiMiiiiiiL', .■'. paii y was SLiii pasniiig from tlietuwii to tli'j iiuarii)'' a. l.iiitL'ni, aiir ri'tui niii.', and 1)V 'J o\'!o(;ic tlm h'.iihli J of Amerii '■.;^''^'''\'^ •''.•!''"'■■■'■ vs so widel> anciii:,' I h.ul it vers ;.,.y,„,_,, an. haml tho 1 tiem that t! a hard da ' idin^ fuel, •, When tht.-> 'Ihoax, — M o i'!o(;ic tlu! Ij'.iHdini,' was in liiimca. .. .. ireL'edii'u', it \','.iH nbvioi.sly tin; work of an d ... ,,.,.„ ,,i.u ,,...1 ,,,i.. ]lin own ohjcets to sorvc. Not only dii . .., ., -.. .^....j,'r, hut opmied up the way fur j,'i't'ater ctiidcncy. The i; i niciit c.^t.-ihlished a mindiur nf giaminar .sdi'io!-;, and i.i\- fathiT Ras aiijMiintod tcaeiu r •nc ill Pict- u. That /'V/ rolfi'i/r, as wo u.-cd to call it paved the way lor a inovfinoii'. of u ' ' " ' liild hreK i:i till; IdUso f|-o;ii thr i'riila^ diiry. In tho pcruiisision ot that aet (J. id I sii;ii;illy fail in their reven 10 (MUi'cli.as dcp.'ii.Ii inline:. e',' of which is n.it yet exhansteil. Kirly in liiv. worl;,|)o;iderin.; li!;o his !iretlu'.'n,'.:i,' futiironf tho eaui't |)ro?aii(nis Kiip)ili< is of preuche'i-s fr(tni Scotland, tin; idea of trainint,' a native mmisti L'e.sted it-eif. 'I'iiis was as tarlya.s ISlT.. li v.' as on ihi-; wise, in the ciuri!.-.- <if f niily \ tioii at a Mr. .Mc',>uai-iy's, on Scotch llil!, lenlin^ dceplv the want <.. H"ri].itiiral kno'A manifesteil, and pondeiinL^ how ])r 'visi^ci ciniid ho mado to siipply it, tho poysiliiln y home !ni;;iatry came upon him l)ke an in-^iiiration. .Vffer mueh thonuht and prayt ! siihjeot v.'as hniajhed to iiis hretiin n, hut siieh was tli^ novelty of the i.lea, the l.opeh - i i .,.^ti of any siieli ellbrt, and tho jnverty of th.^ C )Untrv, t'lat foi- a time, it was ahm.i rej-ations t 1 the villa or a eon^ri i :souls, am dweller in 3hne>s for 1 .i villi-' ; I theinselve blander, st reeiatiou o 8 lived, />/.' of to day. Kveii ill I' Siill tho.i leii dire'jteil all hi.s after e!!'j;'ts, Such was that time. In coMeu'.'roju'o with the l!i'et!iren ho opened a cla.ss in hi.s own h)iu-.e, siihsi.ijai trnnsfei lin;,' it to tho j;i'ainniai' .school, where the studii's preparatory to a IwL'her eo'.u'M . ililiuently prosi>euteil. i'i'o\ idenee smiled upon the elloi ts of the friend'.'t' <-l'r> ('I,im...i :••> time i<-.ve[it liy, pro;;pec':s liecame hri^hter, and in soito of :\ ' was opeo' d in a room litted up for tho oec:i.sion i: " ' ' if th.o ('hr,r< .ijiosition their Instn' 1 t!ie hack of the hon.°o suhse^ v\:i^s ii|n ;ii u III ii rou:ii iillc'i u(i oir im; 0(;o:iHiOM in toe o:ieiv oi ine iiou.-e taio:-e|ui n'^aipied hy Mr. I'eter Crerar, and afterwards transferred to a eommoiiious huihli-i their ou n. W'iiilo that Imildiny, rennincd under tlio eare of the Churcdi, ll;- Use; rejoieod in ihe siieeess wit!i which (lol had Ide.-scil their elForts, ami answeieil prayi IS. W hile it la.sto 1, it supplied, through tl'.o V'li'.ng .iieu of the t'hiireh, tlio i:. of gosDol oidinaiii'es, that but for it, humanlv speaking, would never have lieen j.i^od. It established an import. uit, tliough denied truth, tiiat tho natives . country properly trained, make its best spiritual guides. Of the ehar;ie-t(!i' of the eiiui- i;iveii it is enough to say, that after an exhaustive e ^aminatioii, thi'eo of its studen; ceivel from tho university of < llasgow, the decree ta' .\1. A. Of the ac ee^i'ability of pulpit, and pastor.nl work, their Uvea are tho best proof. Of the history of the (,'huri h stitutioii. it is not my purpo'je to Kjienk. While it lasted it did its work, amid liitter tility, ami cold friendshi]i, and lins left its mark on tin- Province. Of it wo may s\y "• dead it yet si)eak.«." True to their eharaeters, iJr. M'(iregor and Mr. 1 loss stood by tiie last, and when it went down i)r. .Mc(irei,'or uttered this prophecy, "before a ipi of a century the Institution will lisc from its ashes.'" That prophecy lias been fulfill the Synod's Seminary, and more than fiilii.'eil in its inilnenee on the education of the \inee, and however its friends may regret existing arrangemeiit.s in tefereneo to the Chu welfare, their duty is to snl)mit to tho inevitable and make the most of it. Vou will ] hope iiardon this digressioii. It may seem out of ])luce coming froii Hut the subject assigneil ino by your respected pastor, forced upon me such ref(U'cnces, ''3t',i. ;i,lon' further without them the history of I'resliyteriauism in I'ictou and tluoughoiit tho 1'''<'\''!j*i,Il'!' th Would have been ineonqilete. >»■. l'lia\ What a contrast betweii the lives of tho-io mo:i of (iod, and tlio lives of the ■^^■'"Cjii his sei '-slti-'h toih'is. (.'ooioar.' 1 with the work of those servants of ('hrist, what have they li jjjj,,,,,,^ ■, for th(! iiui'/al and spiritual elcv'tioii o( tho p,!ople ? Wliat lalior performed, what ^!^'''' tAihT 'I'h made v.iiat privation endured ? Left to their tcndiu' uiercies, what today would be )ii,,|\ as it moral and spiritual state of the land ? They have gone to the generitiou of their fatli'X ^.,^^^^,,1 with perchance a erumbliiig atone, to tell that tliev hul ever boon,- while si'attered thr^jJ ^^,1,^ »^, every part of our country, staml tho inemoii.als of the uiiforgotten coad, in the results i^ i,y tht conseenited life. eifr youth, To the pioneers of ourCniurch, the transition from Scottish civilization, to the unbroligpj',.j^^^jjj' ' Jlc( Iregor ov.'u brief statement of matte; j . ij ., ' |^ jCtsot life. of cause's. Vcrnment, e to all kii sn heard ill Jjempt : wl d. Tiiese 1 glieiore wl I far betwc Ool house 1 led to toil ication. or )tion: ^vhil mouts of li -, Avliat wai ,.ds. as we 1 ,r fathers k ' Amid ul itlld take iCe, and i iViition. 1^ iBiuie ever ■ J eastern 1 Jlee. In 1 ^J#s, were REV. DU MriTfJ^Oi'irs AIHHUJSS. Vi-iv latter i,n J^fs ;i (icjilii;'.-.! |,' 1 fiilil it Vcl s ,iof Aiiiericii, must Iiave awakiftio'l str.iniio an 1 i)aiiiful fcjlini^s, cuiniiii; as tlicy ili<l tc jh so wiilcly (liiroreut fruiii e.\po t itiuM, to uhj Ics of cDiiiliictiiiL,' tlii'ir iiiiiiistry so new tryiii!-', aii<l to a ri'latioij to wnrMly siipp .rt. so ii'terly iiriivli;il)lc. ext'ei)t tliat like !i ami tlu! iMVL'iu, t!i':y IciifW t!i;it (ij.l woiiM not allou- them to starve. It was wi-ll nei)> tliat tlicy know not wliithi.T tli(;y woiii. Oi'ten tliey had to \k-^ thi'ir loiil' ; often, a haril day's lahor, the early nii^iit iimrtj wore spent, and somotinies whole dayf, in idin^ fuel,— anil they earried it iiome on tlicir shouMuis. W'licn they landed and reali;;e 1 tht; state of m itt'irs, it seemed to tliem almost li!:i) a I hoax, — Mis.tii.naries I to whom '.' W'heii' were the townw or even villai;e.s — u luTe thi- TeiiationH to whom sent? It woild se -m eviMi as ibthey must tir^t im|mrt the people. I tiie vilh);^es, and or^'ani/;; con;^reL';>tio;i;i, ;^'et the peojile and then oiviji/e them. To er a eoai,'reL;ation w.us to them ;:ii iinpoitaiit ohjeet. i'.r.t tliey knew the value of seat- ' 1 .souls, ao<l wherever they eonld liud tlieni tliey did tileir work, tli>n',di hut to the .>-dli- dweiler in the fiirt.'st's deiiths. li'sidisthis ni:'ny >ei;med to think that it was utter sliness for those men to ialk of .-'tipend. W'liy ? ('hrist had none: and Paul worked for as (leneii ■ '^''"f-' • I "'"^'^ heard old Father Harding say "we told our people tluit what we wanted '•' ,'.'^'' themselves not their goods, ami they tn.ik u.s a', our word.'' .M my yeai's a^o, ,iii aued hl.inder, standing in a i'ietou .stose, dis.-ussing the state of the (,'!nHv!i. thus i!xpres-!ed ' '■d or -{tn y tip'isition had .■ their cralt v. • lit a: terwiinl: . rie town to the I ilanips. As H' ■le v,-ork of iin ii i^'ot onlv 4l:.i Fcnoy, 1'he ; 'inted te.-ieher po.- a movenieu; eh. as il '■iti\-e -niiji '■■'•• of f milv \ .,.:,.i,,,.,i 1 ■ reeiatiou ot tiie ■"lormer (lav.s. 'im : iwns trraivi iiii'.C'<, vm ' lOl-Ulal know .. 1- 1 ; , / ;•";,•• •• 1 r ■ ■ ^ ii Ihe poMsi;)dii>' ^ ''^''^•''' /'''"'y "f /"'' "■'"";/ '""' !ii'''i'ii;ii> /;■(••/ ; ii.'id 1 imagine a yn.'at many ;.;os[,el he:u- :ht and pravci. ,, . ,-,,- ^^T w ii ii ea tie I ■■—■'- hven m Id'i atMr. \\ adilell reeiatiou of tlie "former dav.s." ''Oa 1 'twns trraiv! time len |)r. .Meilre^'or rind .Mr. of to day. mi\st liaV(^ desecndeii. IVom tliat old liighlander. arrival, all tliese rlilhculties were moi'oor less to lieeueipiin- ,,.. .1 , 1 ■ jl.\ i:ii 111 X ( .'i (*u^*i L . » , tiiim.-ii ^ III 1 I \ 111,1 ti I Lin: .TV i iiiie..i[iuii .-^ \% t;i ^j iiiui u i ii iu.''."^ ti » in.- t-m;! >mi - it'wis . 1 . 'Td and patiently endured. The outloi.k was disappnintiuL.'. What must it havi? Iieen to enient of n • t'f .'. ^'"'' ''"''•^*^' ' ' ^ .^"-'"''^ bef(n'c, and tn Mr. (,'oek who reiiehed 'I'rnro, I'S yeara beforo .Mr. 'adoU '! But neither nature's dri.arin(!.«s nor man'.s i:hurli.sliness,wcrfi the most depressiuL; !i'ii;'-e, s-nhs(,|;i, ii-rher eo'.ir.-.-. \ jetsof life. Tn I'ietou the prospeei w.i.s spe(.'iilly di.she.-irteninu'. 'I'iiis anjs^ trom a v.iri of eauses. Tlierc ha<l been f|uit<; a numlier of disbanded soldiers settU:d in I'ietou, by rernuient, Jiftcir tlie Ajneriean ^\;ll•, many of tluin men (jf most I'.isieput.'dile eharaeter; "lave 3n heard in youne- ilays, men who m.ide ;i mock ;it sin, and treated lelieion witli utter Ijeuipt : who did a vast amount of i.\il eri; tliey left, but leiving. left their inllnence be- Tdese men were a very f^reat annoyanee to I )r.Mc(lregor, and to my fathin-.aud it wa.< ii.., 'I. ;.T ! / e to all kinds of wieiiednes.i; men of v.hns'! deeds of immorality and violenee. I ion lUeir liistut - - - ■' hou.''e .suh:;ef|ii( nodiou.s buildi.,.; md 'I'n-'i-i .V . gbefore what they left belnnd eea-x;;! to trouble the eommunitj'. Again stttlers were few. C'hiirelV tl' '^ ''^"^ between, and with bitter irimy, it ndylit be; said, th;it many seareely knew what a '' ool house meant, or eared to know. Having little or no education tiiemselves and (aim- led to toil early ami late, for a bare living, they did n.it see muelt good to be gained by ication, or how their (diildreu could 1)0 s[)ared. Jgnoranee- \\as the rule and not th(,' ex- )tion; while much of the religion was deeply tinged with .sU[)erstition. Houses and iin- noents of labor, were of the nuisi pidmitiie doseri]ition. No such thiiii; as a eart existed. ; what was known as the highhiudman's e.irt, r // n/ n ■ irh'cl-i. J'ractieilly there were no i.ds, as we understand the term. A laiiMv^uld not have selected I'ietou foi- a I'aradise, as ..'fathers knew it, with its six long moiitlis of snow and iee. Amiil all these moral, and niaterii.il dillieulties, our fathers were ealh^d to labor. It mid take volumes to record their travels, and the thriling incidents of almost daily oeenr- »Ce, and men, to-day, might be pardoned, for witholding erediMice from tlu ir tales of Vation. lake tiie early eliristian preachers, they went everywiien; preaelung (dirist, and name every i)laee wuere they laljored, would re((uire a topographical descri|ition of at least Jtastia'ii part of the I'ri) . inea ia IT'il) - ISDO. Ihidrwiek had notliing of tin; hue of Uo In their ])urse3 there was often emptiness, if they ouie'd a purse ; tlndr cloth ver have been the natives , ter of the edui- J of its student • eeptability of • ' of the (diure;,' i, amid bittt;- t M'o ma\' siv '• Iioss st ! 'liv "befori; ,a (m,: la.s been fultiJl- iieatinn of the iieC! to the (dun it. comim? f ^'^^' ^" *'"''"" I'^'^st^s there was otteti emptiness, if they ouie'd a purse ; t.ieir clothes, ami eh refer? .,"'" »s, were of the coarsest ; theii' fare, well they hail often to borrow it, anl when done the hoiit tin p . ^- *4tcr .alone knew whence the noxt was to eonic. Often as stated after a day's tnil, axe on ""^"jilder, the wood to kce)) the eoid out, had to be cut, an I brought iioini', hii' iml hy liiir.<.' vos of tl " • f*f ' " ' have heard of the snow drifting in wdierc the mother nursed, and the miidstei pre- at Iiav ' f-I .'"■i*4d his sermons, and of rain storms that did nf)t stay outof doors. 15ut why eontinue the 'I wle (■ s'^'^-'M'""'"^ ' They "gloried in trilr.ilations" for tiieir Master'.s sake, and are now bi'fore the div w iV V . •"*^' J beso Uls were light. y reg.arded in comparison with other draw backs. Often it n (;f tl ' f' 'l\ *f^'''' '^'^ '' they were sowing iipin the soilless rock, or percluuu'e the fro/.'ii ground, lint Heatt '' -'[fl* -^ sowed on, m humble faith that harvest time, like see I time', would einie : fer h id n >t ill th • '^•'"' i,"^ *d told t/iieni so. Tiiey were met by g dlessne.-s of deepest idiaraeter, by intense ignoi'- su tb I g^^ by that carelessness attributed toScotrhmen abroad, who have for:.'otten the home of I . .] . .ofr youth, liy what was then .a:: I i.i now a iiimleranee, yv///( ; by the luarts natur.al enmity ' '°"" ''"sqpiritual things : by what in these timcj, may be thought strange, by the iiiihienccof / - .i- ^i^ ^ ,.M 26 REV. DR. McCULLOCHS ADEHES8. h()U«e, re el to 181 Jiave eiven '.lither the to keep the wituhes from his own herd. This Muperstition was the cauce of neijjhhourl ','■"' "'"1 oriniiiiiitioiia, trouhloil the SuvSsions, and hindered the 8|)read of prautical piety. Fiiidi'.^ . ' ' iL the cniirMO of time, that the Secession Ministers did not take kindly to tlieai, it wna r<:\h ' t , _. ed that they all left, and sou(;ht refufje elsewhere. Whetiier this he the fact or not, in j * ' they ceased to he a trouble. Of the hindrance of ritni. 1 siiall only say, that what it w; is still, a ti'rr'ihlc ciirxc. As evidence of progress in puhlic sentiment, we pniiils of I'lctou y i i ,i „. mar school, wei'e gi anted a half holiiiay, to eelehr.ite the arrival of the lirst cargo of i _ l..d' t direct from the West Indies. The reception was with Hags Hying and great cheering, as .' ' ^^ , j^^ji dcnce of the people's joy II '^ ,. 'I'l Mi. J i. u- • 1 • i c 111- li. i.1 1 ■ hat woiiKi iiu; Master was true to his promise, and in spite of every dilhculty <"he seod was .ipriii^ ., up, a sjpirit of thoughtful encpiiry was awakcncil, slowly hut surely home j>iety was iiicru:^ '. . • n- the Sahhath was more highly regarded, there was less ii[K!n disregard of spiritual things, iiVl, :,. „,4- sobriety in .ittjndance Oil the house of (iod, and to many the memory of old far away i * i aides, with their hallowed services, came hack witli telling power. This was the r(!sult, s^ ,' . . , ,u, it may seem, to men who have little pitience to wait for ( Jod's harvest time ; but to men ' ' nd i saw tlnwers begin to spring, where ere while, thorns ciioked the ground, it tjave assuraiu ' the harvest promised, anil for wliich they pr.ayed. to you, their children, to put in your sicl< work to those, who, when you are gone, — ,._, _,. ... ,,..., ^, , ^^^ imnul iiioral pc ey pr.ayed. They reaped the rirst fruits, and it is . , ,i Ky ;kle, reap while it is called to-day, and hin 1 down I , a , ,,( n , will oci;ui)y your pulpits, and till your pews. 'V' ■ ', After the constitution of the Presbytery, and the organization of your, and other o v. p.^iu,, 'gations, the work advanced more systematically, and as is alway.s the case, where tiun' . -ji ^ erauil authority, more successfully. In 1802. the Rjv. Alex. Dick arrived in NovaSc . . r j._. ord and WJ3 settled at Douglass, Hants County. His congrcgaticm extended forty •■"'f'''* f. jti, on length, entailing an amount of toil unknown to most of the ministers of tiiis day. After . A , boring for a numl)erof years, he was suddenly removed by death, at the age of forty-one. C. i »• ^i removal was a heavy blow to the brethren. This reference to Mr. Dick is made here, though he had, strictly, no connection with Pictou. He was followed by Mr. Patrick, i day 3r tlicir \ l?ut t A\ of her ■*^ in V reuieml cinenil is well Pn Merigomish in lSir>, by Mr. McCulloch of Pictou in ISO:?, Mr. Peter Gordon of P. K. Ishi"" ^^^^j. in 18U(), by Mr. Keir ofP. K. Island in 1808, and by several otiieia,that lack of time forbids & to name. ,r ^j^| y While the number of ministers was thus slowly increasing the population was :ncreas^i, ,^\,,,\ rapidly, and-with it the demand npon the energies of willing hearts. How to meet tiie i oessitios of the future became anew to the brethren, as stated, the subject of much tliou^ and earnest prayer. With all the increase of numbers it was felt that to rely on the scai provision from S'jotland, with the uncertainty of ministerial like other lives, would be leave large portions of the country to utter neglect. Strong as was their faith, laborir as were their lives, they could not do all they wished to do, could not continue by reas of death, and irhdl. «i(7.< to hrrnme of thf <'liurc!i thci/ hnl planti'd, was the oft rccurri thought. B>.t the .Master had His own way of solving the (juestion and they went on thi way leaving it in His hands. The two Presbyteries, of Pictou and Truro, had their separate congregational bouiu but no clearly defined Presbyterial tin.its. As far as I hive been able to learn, they cross each other's bounds, to the regions beyond without interference, and without jealous Mr. Munroe of Antigouisli recognized the Truro Presbytery and Messrs Hrowu and Di the Pictou Presbytery. Partly on this account the Presbytery of Pictou met from time ^li'.e I time within the Truro bounds. Almost always on such occasions my venerable predeceB8v|iild met with them in a friendly way, sharing unofficially their deliberations, and partiking tjn an their brotherly communion. Ministers were not ?o plentiful in those days a.s to make theoi whost fellowship a matter of indifference. Few men were more deeply .attached to each oth than the three brethren of the Pictou Presbytery. They were brothers indeed, they we gentlemen in spirit and in life, they were christian gentlemen and ministers of Christ, an it was utterly impossible for them to act in any way inconsistent with their high charante They met f re(iuently at the house of old Mr. .lohn Chrigtie of Truro, who«e children coin tinned to cherish feelings of the warmest attachment to them when living, and of reverem for their memories when dead. Often when a youth have I witnessed their reunim in ni h rii i!s pricty lat mi |rc to lit, it < '. / UMICIIA Kf/S A DDHLSS. home, reunions M-liidi have left no Hliade tipon tlieir memoripi l)iit a liijjli e?tiiiiat«! Iio Hicrhlanda of ' ''buriicters as men, wlui, whfij ottifial hiiBiiiei-n waa done cdiild iinlienil and niter llier's Mresidp h ■" *lift'rt'ul (thdndon of sdcial intcroiinrsf, in pfifoit fotisistfiu'v with the niort! soUinii Iced in iiuiet'in r'^ "^ ^'"^' P"*'' '"""" o^'«i' wliich tiiny iiad Bouj^iit tiieir Mastfr'a Idi'ssin^'. They ii(>vi>r Ihled niv father ''^''" '" ^''^''' ""'s' social hours tiiat they were the ininistern of the Most High. Hut lelycred.hk 1,| I'""-"- ,„,...., , . ... , ,, ,. ^in harn to h-\y "^ '^ ""* ^"^ time, it it were in my iiowor. to give even a meagre outline of the lno» it in his owi I'M'''''^"!!'"- '^'•■- '^'"'^ and my father. The day may come w lu'ii t,ui'ii an ai> ouiit of "C of nciL'hhf iirl'^ '"''y ''^' iiiven.at pitsent it would he prfiMatni-e fioin the r.nture of its detiiil.s. lal tjietv Fii r' ^''''"' I'T**'"' '^"'' "I'l'i.V reasons, I have f,M\en hut a brief and meagre hketfh of work them it was r. 7'^'' *•" '^''' '"*'"' ^ '"" S"''*^ jtrejiared ior unsatisfactory critii'is^m, and nui»t hear thu "^ |h of unsritisfactoriness, ns heat I may. ily he fully known when the hook of (iod's reniemhranoc is opcm;d and re.'ul. It we inio • but to m ■*' '"'f'' ^'^*- L'^'d wrought," The stone cutout without hands, hiis become a great it "iive -issiir- *'"' ■'^'"^ '* ^^ ^*^" much to say, that insignificant Nova Scotia, insignificant in .'.ize, hut l^ fn.if ■ »,. 1 it • inoral power, has exercised an influence, felt today from Newfoumliand to Vancoiiver'si c riuit.-,, aihl It IS , ,11 1 4.V 11 f 1 1 ■ ■ ii It- 1 . and h m 1 1( \ '• along the hue her sons are found jiroclaiming the everlasting gospel, as a re- i Y,n,,. pH^yf, "kigely of a movement which received its lirat impulse from tlie apo.stolio labors of those vn'nr n.,1 i\ •" imiiiilse wliich lias growH ill power and cx teiit, as time has rolled en, and made our jour, ami otnert , ., i . ■ • ■ u . • ^i ti i iri.ii, rm r-.-ia.. ,.u, ., 41 3C Iresbyterianism an influence, co-extcnsive with the bnmids of the Dominion. 1 lie L idse, wnere tlHir I n i i * ii i \ \ c i in.. .. * .- ^i r ■rived in \ iv S •■ '^" ^*' eelebrate the second centennial of our church will witness a state of things, of iiilu.i f -».. ' 'i I wc of to-dav, scarcely dare to dream, if so be her sons arc found "'eanicstlv contendiiiL' imeci torty miIcp^ ^ .^, •,',. i ^^ ^^i ■ . .. "^ " tiii.s dav A r^ ,• fiiith once (lelivereil to the saints. ■tre of fortv f' "^'^ *^'"' '''^.V^ of which I write, the fathers were in the full tlu.'fh of ni;iiiho(>d, and luirninj; is made- h • ^'"' *^' *''" '^°"'^"" *'' their Master, in the salvation of souls, and had not evil intiuencei! hv Mr Pat- •' •! » tiieir work would have fcunicd <ine of the brightest jniL'cs in the liistory of oui- don of P F I i. ^* ^^"^ '^'^ *■''■'''' ''■'■'' T'l^sed away, and they have gone to their rewaril. The little one ck of time s'-l H "^ Cock and f)r. McCiregor, has become a strong nation, and only 117 years have e banner waves over every portion of oiir Dominion, and waves over a grand terianism. 'J'hia page of our church's history may be unread by, or unknown .0y of her sons, but on it are recorded names tiiat will be held in excriasting rciiieni- In I'ictou, and e.«|iecially on the Ivist Jiivcr, the name of l)r. Mcfiregnr will l)e cmembercd, when the stone that recor<ls his virtues and labors, Iihs crumbled into cmembered as one, at tli ' news of whose death the last survivor (pf /'irtfin'.i thri'.', ut- 8 Well deserved eulogiiim. oroins ^ »e ol<l blue ncreasji, . , b the |''f' -Vte. ation was ow to meet et of much tlioii^' ' rely on the scai' lives, would be eir faith, laborir .'ontiiiue by reas . vas the oft rcourri | they went on thi \ gregationai bounrdju Presbyterianism. learn, tliey cross | I without jealous I \\\ ,] rs lirowu and Do f u met from time i^iile 1 count it an honor to be iiivitod to address ymi at this Ccntenni.-'l ctlebration, iierable predeceesvdlild cheerfully coiiti il>ute,ui any way in my power, to pnuiiotc the jiitoiests of a con- ', and part-iking tftu around which all the associations ol my boyhood - ' '-■ ' ' - " ' ys as to make theoi whose pastor and jieople I liavc the most kindly ned to each otiijtidus misyiviiigs, in view of the iiian\ able 'Nova Sc-oti.v h.is Losr iikk Rr.sr Man."' Its Political and Educational Influence. \V. ('\KMICI1.\EL, l">(i. and e.irly i.i.inliood centered, (•clings, I must ai-kiiowiedgc that 1 iiiciiwho wir(^ to addie.ss ymi. as to iit.li lo eacn ocn(|»-i(,ns misyiviiigs, m vu-w ot the iiian\ able nieiiwho wirt^ to addie.ss ymi. as to indeed, they weit»i-icty of placing my name on the li->t of speakers -I will not .-ay iinaiithori/cdly bc- ters of Christ, an (|iat might rellcct up.m my fiieii'l your cneri,ctic Secretary. lUit my name bein:r there eir high charaete lArc to answer to it, and w ill only say in this connection that my address will have hose ehildri>n on-^.^jf ■.^ ...m l.„ ol,^..t hose children coi.i5it, it will be siiort , and of reverem leir reuni'in m m •js ./. W. rM!MlcllAKI.-> .U>l>llK.s.<. It is jjiissililc, nay pidlialilc, that iiiiiiiy ;,'()oil jicnpli; hkiv liav«? s('ii'ius iloiilitH that thf ([iieHtinu i)t piWiiii'H .should have any |ilac(' on siii;|i an occ.'isioii as the piescnt. W i: arc; iiit;t t(j ii'\i.w tiie liistoty ol a n'li^'inus ctrviiiii/.atidu, a (■oii;,'i'i';^iati()ii of one hiunlicil years .stan(liii;r. in eoiineuiion with tin; life <if its iiliistrions fmmiliT anil the otlur tlt^voted inini«- ters (jf Chiist who were associated with iiiin in plantinr^' the Itaiiner of I'l esliyterianisni in tluH (jjnnly, and it may he said hy some tiiatniir lelle. linns should l)e eonlined to tlic ixdi- i^iuiis ;i.';iiei;ts, pniiinsis, and results (if tiieii' lahors. I'ut 1 maintain tlint in so f,ir ns any rt.liLiious institution or ni iNemeut prnmote,-;, or fails t'p promote^, tiie well lie-n;,' ot men in every department of life, in all tiiat cunievus tin ii' m -lal, ii.tellettti.d, physical and ma terial wllare in s.) far it sueeeid:; or fai.M. 'I'iie ieli:;ii)n of the i>d)le emiiraues every Iniina'i intt rest. It addres.-es itself to tinj in- liviilua' man, ai.d alto disUnetly, pren;iiicntly M.d ui.ivei siilly a(!dr<'sM's it!-(lf to men in theii' relation to other men, as wed as in their i^liti";', to liud, 'I'jie sermon on tl-e Mount is addre.-.sed to man as a memld r of the family, ufsMciety, and of the .Stat". 'I'he [le'titions, "Thy Uinj:dom eonie, Thy will ho done oe eartli," have dircet relation to our dutie.s as eiti;:eii.s. 'J'hc reliLiionof the Ilihle Iwu^i.iueli todu, h.is all to do with our political methods and jiraetiocs. it is, tlw'.'ofore, emiiieu!lv pertinent to eKi|uiio w!:at jijlitii'.'d rese.lt^', if any have lieen llie ontconii; of th.e laiiors of i>r. .Mc(ireu(jr and the esr.'dihsiiment of i'res!ryti'riaid>rn in our i.'onnty, and to this end it mi.y ht' well to tnl;e a hrief .l.une at the political condition of \ijva S iiiiia at tl;e time of Dr. .Mct;rei;or's aiaival. Ti.c Ameri;au llevolutionaiy War h;ul just termiuritcil. A very important part of our then ! I'arse population was eoutposed of loyaliHts who had left the L'niti il States, wh.> were wluii wi: mi;;ht call ultra loyalists, hittei ly opposiMl to JJepiihlieanism and th(! liemocratie priie'ipA's on ^ihicii the now intiou was foundcii. These iicn li:iil a lari;e intiueni-e in mould- liii; oar syr.te'Ui of ^overnnieiU aiid iheir auti-demoeralic .-piiit was inipressed upon our in.stitu- lions. Halifax the great military and iiaval de[K)t. with its sucii.'ty liuilt up and i:ontroll<'d under such circum tances, exerted a !lomin:,nl inl'uciico up(/n our pnhlie atlairs. Halifax w.is, in fac!:, the I'luviuce. A.^ [lopulation increase. I in tlu; outlyini,' districts, repre- -entation in the le;^i^hUuie wfis liranted. hut the icpresentatives of the jieoplc were oxpeet- eil t 1 do little more th:iu s;ive intormati(jn .".lioi'.t theii' respective localities. .\uy imlepemleiice :lit or action on their pait was a thing not to he tolerated. It was aect^pted and even '111 serted tlutt the ptople weie '.i-t tompetent to difciis.s matters of governnu'ut. Under the.se eiieunistauees. and at this juncture, !)r. .Mcf^regor hega: his lahoi.s. fli.- nussKiu was to minister to the s])iritual want^: ol a .-parse scattered population o: f lii.s Liountrymeii in the wilds of Tictou Count}', a few humlreils of ignorant Highlanders bat- tling for a hare sul);HisLeiicc. in 177!*, or thirteen yeaia after his arrival wa.s held the tirst election in Pictou. On this oocasioii the I'ictou Highlanders in conjunction with the jieople of Colchester .overruled Hulif.'N iidlueiice and out of the four niemhcrs allotted to tlu^ (Jounty of Halifax which em- l)raee<l Colchester and I'i(;tou, tlu'y returned two, Tonge and Mortimer, the former of whom may almost be said to be the first man in our I'rovince who exhibited independence ot spirit in public ad'airs, .-ind asserted the rights of the people. In ISOli Mortimer and S. C. \V. Ar.,'hil)ald were returned, C ilchester and I'ictou again overruling Halifax. Mr. Iloss and Dr. .MiKJullocii had in the meantime joined Dr. Mciire^'or in his labor.^. TheSf' nun with womierful prescience at once became convinced that if the pcple were to he ad'-'ijuatf^ly supplied with ministers to meet the want-iof an incre.vsing population, the sup- ply must CO I e from the settlers themselve.s, lather than be drawn from the jiarent churcli, ami in order to furnish an etiicieiit native ii,.i.istry, tne means of obtaining an e<lucation at home must be iirovided. Here was a t.;sk that woul ,1 i ilaunted men less resolute! and devoted thin tlie pioneer mission. u'ies to I'ictou (bounty. The onlv provision for anything like advanced education in the Province was to be found at Kings ( '(jllet'c, Windsor, which led bv tests, that niirc h of ICnglaiid. and so entr was unlcr the absolute control of the ('. only adherents of that ehurcli lould obtain admittance within its walls Tl (Ut'iitly no help to be obtained in that diiei.'tion. If tli ton I'lesbyterianism was to Ic iceptioiis leie V. as conse- if the founders of I'ic- /.ed, a school for teaching philosophy and the language.- st lij established in the midst of a jK.'Ople, few in luunbcr, destitute of wealth, rough in manner, and scarcely aware of their need for the must rudimciitary education ; and all this was to In accouiplishod in the f.icj of persistent and intense o|)positio:i from those at the iicad of Provincial allair; jut it was the only course open if the I'resbvterian Church was to be perpetuated and extended. It became the ruling idea in the m*id, especially of Dr. McCu'loch, and at length after yc.irs of incet?sant toil ar.d licrce contlict, I'iclou Acadeinv V of W! and the sprdl Wesl war J \V» ti'Ul tW(j[ aw;| tec' re III no| 'H w| '*»-'^3S«gi(SiKaBit^tMfa J. 11'. Uvit'i our \cu<liii|-"' ''■ ."'■■1' '"""■ ''';':;.■ •»"'»"' "r ':; ; i » < »" ■"'"■'■,;;"'t; .. i-p'- «'-■'"":; i.nu.lrwl >-t"*^rV:,.. e , . i. i^ ^.n-utc to tl m. i ^ ^^ ^^, ,,,^. ,^„„ ^ , o v'l. 1 ''^"-""^ '>'''' of <->• i"--':^;r' 1!^ w tms .by- '^': 'L L .. ti,i.oiane.;K;.>>y. ^ -;;„, ,,,.„ ,,. I as ,.;mtUo;i nf llw i,ol ti.':', t'"' "' , tl.U .n-fUt '■oiHl'^^ ^'"' "^ v«- \,.,; iiliiiUl iiuuii acvun.Uln-.n^gl|,^-^-^^acn.y that >• -• . , -.j,, tuns v^'^^ '"■';■'' iV,' uul Autilnugh^- ^"'^^" ,^, oonanomui- hi ' '." ,,,,^,,4 nroo.'fa- as now 111 •"-' '''';• ,.;,..„„ a weeU m '-'^^'';, ',„. ,v:ilU "f the oia 1"^ ".'-" „f Law- -^- ^^■'v^'^' mS o 'sVou.e now ^^^:^,.o -•-;; •'^'^"'"::;1 V PI.- p'^^>?-' ^■IHTC M; ^- J^ ;*!i „Hh aua Ulanchanl. ^ » J,,;;,,,^^,,,.,. ^,.1 'l aUUKV^ou^^ho ^^^ ^^ J^^^ ^.^.^^ ^,,„ llisiilliiilirlilgl II I I iwnv tliewf«'lv--^ ?',,,,,( strife lifi\<' '""*i,l^., Pi .ton was t h^ wo now enjoy m t-f- IP ,.i - \ MO ./. ir. ( '.I ILMK ■ II A LL'S A l)t)IU:ss. Thohi! fiiuiKli'i's of I'icton I'rfrthyteiiuiiiHin litiildiMl hrottdcr tlian they tlioii^lit, tor whilw tlicii iiiiii was to ikImuhi! what tlu'y ciFiiMiiiriL'il to lie tin; siniitiiiil iiiti-Tt'stst of tli" |)(!0[)lc, tiicir laliiii's itaMli'il largely to ulitaiu and Mnniit' Uiv uh tijc iiivuliuililu ixilitiual piivilc/^rua wliii.li Wf now tnjoy. I'liit such a rftros|H't;t, and such a coniinciniji'atioii as wc arc tct-day cnji'i^^cd in, lia* littli^ xaluf, if it simply <?nil,- in our con^ralulatin;,' ouisi'Imh iiponwiiat has hctu ai'com- ]ilishi'd,i)y our foicfallii rs. The VPiy (jlivious t'nijuiiy for us is, in vifw of tiii' proj^'ti'ss i\f.- romiilisiit'd ami in tlie line of tht^ (jui'stion J am ditit'ussin^', do we wit!i our vastly incrcaHed poliiical privili'.yes recoj^'iii/.e that, as citi/i'iis, we ai(^ tlie real rulers of our eountiy, ami di Kelly ^t■^p<lnsillle for li^liteouw or unrij^'hteous le;:islatioii. \S'e ficipieiitly hear it taujt;lit that llieall important eon.sideiation in I'leelint; icprehentatives is, that they sIkjuIiI he men • if moral christian eliaracter. It itrtainly is inoht desiiahle to have a moral, rather thaiiuii immoral man in any position of trust. It ujiiihi, however, he protitaliii^ to enijuire, if it is not even moie important, that the elei;torH should he eonceientiona moral men tlian that tin! elected should he; for men of eveii doiditful eharactcM' are fpiite safe to enact just laws, if tliey are per^iuaded, that the, people who elect them, w ant and will he coiitent with nfithiii;^ less ; and lutMi of far Inyher moral clriracu-r who know their e')ustitucnts e.in he easily iii- tluciiced in matters of riyht and wronj:, are very liable to yield to tiie temptations to which nuju in such positions are expjsc^l. Ivxpudiency too j^'cmirally is the doctrin? of tne politj- ■iaii, even of the very hest, and it is the iluty of citi/i.ns to make liim clearly understani Tiiat it is expedient for him to do right. In th(! century that has passed, the world has maile tremendous strides in knowle<ljj;c, .■aid in the ap|>lic.ition of time knowledge, in ('nahling man to coi.nol nature and make il.s luwi! suliservii'ut to lii< will. The increase of ])roduetiori (jf wealth has l>een simply iui'alcul- a'ole. l!ut with all tiiis, there are grave d(jul>ts in the ndiuls of many thoughttul C-'hristiau i:ieii, wiiether t!ie uneipial distrilmtion of this accumulated wt^alth has not Ijeen a main v;aa.s«! <.[ the ilangerous unrcjiC sj prevalent in the most advanced Christian countries at this very ;iuiu. Tiie empiiry presents itself, has thflCliurc'' mad(! e(|ual advances in her ]ieenliar de- pirtnicnt of work wiih tiiat exhihited in oilier ilepartuKMits of the world's i)rogress. Ha.s The (Jliuteh exerted the iulluence which is her undouhted mission in the conti-ol and direo tioii of the distrihution of wealth, in so fai' as it; is ati'ectcd hy politicsil action. JIms tins ( 'liurch herself appreciated ami enforced among hei' mendiers, the saerediiess of the Ballot, tli(! necessity ('f [turity as well at the fountain of power as at the seat. How common is the saying and how genei'al the im))ression, that tlu' puipit is not the place for politics. It eer- rainly is not the place for partizar. politics. It has nothing to do with i)olitical orgaiiizii- Tions as such, hut it has everything to do with iiihle ])oliacK. Isaiah ]ireaehed polilic-j, and very forcibly too. There is a good deal of politics and snund political economy in the .ser- mon on the mount. We all need to b(^ t(dd and told often, that the command, do unto others i.s ye would that others slio\i!il do unto you, a])j)lies ipiitc; as positively to our political ac tions, as to our so(;ial lift!. We very often hear the. truth "'I'h it iiighteousness exnlteth a, nation " and almost as often fail to realizi; its a])plicatii)n to c:ioli of us as being the formers oi the nation. I think that tlie following wonls from an eminent Himlish nonoonformist minister ara not without some measure of trntn : - The (jhiii( IS (piite as much to do with the :;ial duty of Statesmen and tir; political habits of the people as with pui'ity of heart ami spiri- I faitli ha:i to rexeal its dignity and tual erirnestness. Kaith without works is dead, lorcc in the famdy, in aocicty, and in th<. Slate. The History of Presbyterianism in the County of Pictou, from 1817 to the Union of 1375. ]^' ;v i; OSS. Ti!Ti;o. When the Union bptwcp:; the ]5urgl crs and th^ Antib'.irghers was consummated in 1^17, our fathers thanked (lod and took cfiurage. They had long been in lia;)[)y accord; t'ley had been \vorking togiJther harmoniou.-ly for years ; but now they wore of out; b:idy. A Synod was constituted and I'resbyteries under it. The hearts of minisler.•^ and people v,ere encouraged ; their han Is were strcngtiioned. There was the union of organization, ai.i w cll as of cooperative ed'ort. nr ■ ' •.«-w««*fi»»*, ■''^mtnimmim-^^m ?■>>■: 4^-. ' '\ir.-> /,7;i'. /;. /{OSS' AD/t/nis^: ilV Tt 111 I ; Tlio Presliytory of I'ictnu, liowcvcr, with which wp linvo t" do this afli-nioon, i^aiiicil nothing, ns a I'losirytcry. They lost ratht-i, Mr. Brown of Lomloniiciry, falling' nnturaliy into thf I'resiiyti-ry ot 'I'nuo, as (lid alK) the niinistfi- 'if |) mglim in Hiintx. Siill all ln-art- n«.Te (.•hi'orril liy tho I'liion, i'nii>rn(iiij,' as it did all tin? I'nsliyti rians in the I'lovimi", wiili the exception ot a ,sinj;le uon^ireijution whiih with its ininiHtiT icnminrcj (ipiirt, not fiiiin want ot sjmpathy, lull ili'tt-rrtMl hy tfiliniral iiasons doiivi'd from thts liasis of itM own con Htitution. (Jur lathcrM looked foiward to a eca.^on of coiiHoiidation and I'xpnnaion, to ii Btri'ngtiicniiig of tiie ('liiirch'M stakes, and a lengthening of her eordn. Hut already intlu 4<iu'UH uere at work that threatened, and, eventually, hrouglit ahuut division ami disnieiu herinent. It is easy to do miHchipf. and so one sinner destroyeth much good. Often a very insigni lieant dinner can do it. .An evil disj.oscd iier>on of p'ausihlc n nnneis, iii.d nnhoiindcd af Hiimption, suci-eedcil in passing hiniself otl', on an inmict nt and unsuspecting people as a ndnister of the gusptd. Many of tin; ininiigraiits had hidfiiiL'eil in tlie old (Jijuntiy to the riiuruh of Scotland, and had a natural preterence foi their former connection. To this pre- jutlicc or proposiession the impostor nuide hin appeal. H(! claimed to helong to tin; l-Istuh- tishnient. Me cl;iinied to he a Alinister of the I'lstahlishment. It i.s not to he supposed that he careil mucii -that he oared at all i'oi' eitiier Kirk or Sece.usion ; l)ut it suited hini to cling to the .skirts of the former. There was disunion in the air. There were nmlcon tents ill dillerent s'.'clions of the country; men who cduld neither get their gospel prea 'li- ed, nor th<dr witches lairned, exactly tutlnir liking. Tlioe, the trickster lued fur his awn purpose, and they douhtles.s used him for tiieiis. .Among them they so numaged matters that in one stction of l)r. Mctiregot'.s congregation a call was mado out to the adventur er, in which .-.omc of the l)i''s. warmest friends, and indeed tlu? large part of the whole set tlement, W('re persuaded to join. The hettcr portion of tiie people, howevei, soon repent ■ ed of their follv and ingratitude, and mide .ample acknowledgemtMit and reparation. By.- and hye the itnposture of the deceiver \v;is iliscovered ; he left ihe country for the coun- try s good, and his power for evil was gone fores er. * lint the mischief was done. A liretcli wis mide; a breaidi not yet liaalcd in the Coun- ty of I'ictou : nut healed here, even now, when the like hreadh has hejn healed almoat every where else througliout the Domininn. If the cloud whicli had collecteil al'out the ill conditioned individual of whom I have spok- en had lieen of his own raising simj)'y, it might have dispersed ;vftcr his ileparturc. Uut tlicic weie other maligiiants who continued to foment the strife. It is to he cou.ddered licsides that many of the immigrants were sincerely .'mil devoutly, if not very intelligently, att;iclied to the (.'hurch of ."Scotland .lust at this jmicttire too, ministers dc.ly accredited from the Ustahlishmeut began to arrive in tlu^ Country. Sooner or later disruption was inevitahle, Aionnd these newly come mininilers multitiiile.s of their countrymen immediately rallied, foruetting all too readily, hut not altogether unnaturally. thos>.;^vho had lahoured for them faithfully, hearing the hurdcii and heat of the day. Separate congregations were soon formed, a .separate presbytery, a separate church. Before we condemn all this let us re- nu'inber several tilings. First of all, let it remembered that these litest arrivid ministers came fresh from the old sod, with all their natiital prejudices still stiong upon their minds, with all the distinctive peculiarities of tlieir countrymen, peculiarities some good, other some not so goo.l, ami yet other some bad — ii'iit.; detiuitely bad ; but yet more or le-s coni- iiion to U9 all, who have s-prnng from the same stock. Next let it be liorne in mind that onr fathers of the kirk thought, — they really did think, — that an l']stablishment was so good, and necessary a thing, that dissent from it must Ik; evil, only evil, and -.'vil continually. llien again it should be kept in view, that these men came empowered to otlcr to sucli as should adhere to them, material aid in support of ordinal ces, aid of which it could hardly v.* affirmed that there was no need. N'or should it be forgotten, that even the union, so lately consummated hat! been delayed for years by old world prejuilices in some of the ne- gotiating parties, although they were seceders every (uio with a single exception. Besides, *It ought to be aaid here that there are differing accounts of this man ; some of iheni by no means unfavorable to him.. It would aim ist seem that, if not a preacher in conueotion with the Ciuirch of Scotlauid when he appeared in Pietou, he obtained license, by whatever means, afterwards : and even had charge of a congregation somewhere in the Upper Pro- finces. There is difficulty iu mv mind. IVrhajts the text i.s too severe. Let the panel have the benetit of the doubt. Whatever the mistakes in this paper I certainly have "set down naught in malice," FPP ■V ^ iai ii i;i:y {.:, laiss' .)/w>/.'K->>>'- :v2 It.- ,i' tlinu'zUt i\w\ K't'l "'*^' ..,...- Luuil'lcte ; It till'. I f N„vu>t'>t ,,, pv-ju.l.owil JO M h ^^^ „l wuvk a.mb ,.„.iu„vc : '\^^' Vas ^a.loNV.Ml with (n.r l.ev of y^'^-^"', ^^ ' ' ,, vtTy HinuU oiu-. M "'^ ..^, ,iiv„v.r. a ^\'^,^ ,,,,,i ^ neat in '^- ^'"^ ^MXXt -t/ Uut 1--KX':; ll 'vool^ no nv.l ,» jr ;' t^aan.a.c in tl-t the v.-.nlts that '. I. n- ^^ ^,,,^^,1 ,, H «t>; .,,,„„,,. Tin, mU nu t '.^tj^ ,,„oun..a tl-at -^::iS Muli^ea! H.S w.,ac ;;;.;:;--:,:;.. --^^ -- ,£S: i;tv,o.U.n;fn u,n. vet. I'erluips he la j ^,.. was ^•^'■'^\, , ^........rt. that he haa a i„ • ^^ ,^,^ i.^. 'He whole rower o 1\>";1 ,,,,'„,■ syn.pathy '^"'^ ^ ' >\ , earnestness aua ai h. ^ ^ ._^ .^ yuM-tly, aeel.n.nt^ f'^^ j;^,,,,.! to T'-''^ 'V^; J „,■ sti.a.'nts v.s.tea ties faithluuy a.... ;:;;;,, tUese youn- men ^^ ' . .Uree of this lu'sl 7'^* 'Z , Sinfova. .lav- Vet fuller '-^^-'^Vl Ic m nisters ol tlu' ;.'< -',-1; ^ '» ,'^,u ,,arnea P^-";^;;;;^,' aueient.Tnivev- :^Me ana aeeoptaU ^^ ^,,^,,i,,tu,ns ,'■ ^^^ ^i,,ter of A'^nont ■ ^^-^ ,^f .,,; ..otlana passea e.xU ,,„i receiveA vae .- ,-- , j^„ M-'^-^^'V ui x'sv Tesun.ent. Wry aine, ana W '^^'^^'' ,Vthis li'i-^t three, "'"•• .'. ,^^, i,, n.inister of t '■ N> ^ ...noeiallv '" ,ity ot «Uasg<.w- Ot th.. ,,,_,„^.,, a_an .V I ; „{ ^h, "?"'' .l., u ealK a the NU- virs ; hut not ""^^^f ^. ,,/on his aan.e >" Z^^^^,.^ ^,,stor. V^ '^^^J'^uM >av that he tu Wiuasor. and ^^^f^^^'^, „nr annual ->•;"," .".urpose, every ■"'■^;-:; " ^, , fauulunU a man ol eleai '"*'"'' ;„..!, u man. ('< > : ^ ;^ l-.;v. 11. ^- ' ' V*; . „,v his ur nor onea to the t « 1 1 ^^^-^^^ „uosU'u'.at;ou. ^uu it> :ie /.•AT. K. Iloss" ADDIlESfi. 3S Id |l'l> li;ir litjdii iiiilil liiiini ■( A (it Illl'I'H licM plucu JiiiKJii;; till- liii;li<'st. Altngrtlici' Mr. i'tittei'«i)n hum m iiiaii uf sin^utiiily {^ruiiuiiH cliarut'ti'f. 1,1111),' Huiiitly luri', In- m i-aiiitMl \w\\. tt(.'Hii|«)N tli<'''t> lirctlitt't). of whom it Iiiih Ix'i-n thoii;.'lit tit to niakn tlilM ftpciiiil iticiitioti, otiior yoiiti^' tiu'ii (.'uiiiti out lioiii iIk; Aiiiiloiny uinl Hull Iroin tunc to tiiiic, wlm al^n inovvil tnl. iiml xiirct'-inl'iil niiiii''ti I.'* ot tii .,!. 'I'l u'lr Wfi'o alMO oiM'a^i ioiial ai'll'MHIOIIM «if lut'iiilicru trom Srotlninl. (.'oi);,'if;.'at iiim i\iur t'orini'd, ami HiiitaMi' p.istoiM wfic Hcttli'ii oviT tlu'iii. Ilciiiic N[i.'>Mi(iii>< Well' ('-(tJilisinvi tit ail! iit'Wfi' ami wiakcr lorulitiui. itwaHii .sciiidii of stri'tiutlitiiirij; mkI ciilnr^.riiu'i.t. 'riicic wiTc timet of n llt■:^liill^' frijiii the pre HciK'i' of till' Loi'l. 'I'lii' wuiil of <!iiil ^w\s ajiil inultiplu'il. Mi'iiiiuhiii', tlio Chiitih of Srntlaiiil «aw faiily cstalilislnil in thf Coiiiity. IIh niiiiifttpr^ I'anii; of coiiim.! fi'oiii auroHH thf water. Tlicy wtii! iiicn of diaiactiM' ami ^tamlilr^'. 'I'liey >oii.;ht to ill) tiuir i1m!\ uoiifiiiniioiisily ai'i'nnliiig to thf li^;ht that was in tlirin. It was not to he cxpcutfil that tiicy >ihoiiiil liko ili^wi'iit. In point of fact they toiimi it iinposnih|e to like ili.fHi'iiioiH. Pisiikf v'l'^*' i"t'> aM i>ioii ; ainl nvcision into ho^'tility, ami himtility into liilt('i'm"'M. \N'hiM(? tlu' hiani'.' l.iy; wiuthi'i' it wan all upon tiiis.siili paitly upon that siiic ainl pully iip:>n this, wo will nut i'ni|iiiiii too iMirimi-ly : imt is certain ".-omi'limlv liliiu liicit" ainI the result was a>' tiayic as r.:ilaila\a. It til upon tiiat; or thinL' 'inlil en it was not iiintaiitaiieuiis, Imt it was certain ami ili.^astroiis. In this OIK! W.TS not MO ic''aTiI our father-i of the ('hiircli of Sciitliiiiil iliil most surely err that tiny took siiles with the .Vn- V'lican I'lishop a'.'ainst the Tictnu .\iaileiiiy. Ihit for this the institution, it can haiilly he iloiiliteil, wouhl hav )iitinueil ami noiiiisheil. The days of irresi>on.silile ;:o\ ernmeiit were nunilieii il. 'I'hc olil Council of .\ 1 i was liooineil. Kpi.'^eopul Asceniliiiicy was reaily to vanisili away. If .'ill the rreshyterians hail hceii uiiiti'd in supi)oitof tlitir eiluc,iti(j|ial eiitei pri.se, tiii-y iiuist have h"iMi ultimately Hiiccesslul. Ihil when the whole wiMjiht of tlio Kirk was thrown into tin; .■cale the contest wns teo iiiieijual to lie maintained lur Ioiil.'. Am honor- iililc poiitioii w.'is oll'eicil to \)\\ McCuilocli, which he accepted and remo\ed to JIalifax, ns I'lo- iiU'iit of 1 >ailioii. ic ( 'ollcj;!'. The l'ici',u Acadeiiiy w cut ilown, slain in a strife hetweeri hielhicn. At the time of |)r. .Mc( 'nllocli'.s rcm()\al to Halifax the liims l)etv\r'eii the two Churches, let lis say rather hetWvCii the two i-ections of the Church, were sharply deliiicd. All hope of union or co-operation was at an end. Jicinonstrani'es had lieenseni, hy the Secession in \i.va. Scotia to the Mjitaliiished Church in .Si'otlaml, with some of whose ministers, l)r. .Mc ( III' .'or had ahvays heeii on term.s of most friendly -even hrotherly comniiinication. These ren onstranccs pointi'd out the unwisdom, iKit to «ay sinfuliicss. of that policy i.f division which was iiiaiiLMiiale 1 on this .side tli" waV'r ; Imt the e\il had continued was persisted in. I>r. r.iiins of Paisley w,is Cdiiveiier or ,'secretaiy of the Colonial Committee, In icplyini; to tile riinoii'^tianer's ot wliicli 1 have s[)okcii I>r. liuriis. it must lie admitted, showed a good ileal of thoii'.,'litli!ss ar;o:,';uice, not to sjikmI; of li;\rsliness and unfairness. I>r. Mcl'ullocli up- on t lie other hand, it Ins to luj erpially admitt-<d. di-played nut a little ot that power of retort, of that .sliai'i) iiicisivcnes.^ of which he was anion;,' the '.grandest of masters. .So far as ar^'iimeiit was eoiicern-'il I'ictou was too slioiig for I'aisley ; hut on the put of I'aish'V was power, nnd the powtr ]irevail(!d over I'ict m. 'J'hu eorre.-ipondeuce accomplished notliiii;,'. Torrihle ns was the loss of the Acidemy. difli.'.nit and widl nigh inipos>ihlt asiiii- fatlii'rs folt it to aeipiie-sc!', it had its eijiipcn-^atioiis ; and it is i.'asier to ac |uicsce in it now. It removed the chief ground of coutoiition hetwcen jiailies, an 1 theiiccfoi ih theie was less <f l>itt(.'\i;e.~^s in the strife. 'I'here was enough of liitteiiicss still, enough in all coiuciciice, liut it w.is not so lU'iliuiiaiit, at least not so constantly and actixtdy malignant, hreaking out "•hicliy at (dection seasons, wheii it showed itself w ith all the ancient viiulem e. At this time the two sections of the Church were pretty eipial in niimhers and iiillueine. Cpoii the side of tlie Secession there was -this congiegation of which the miiii.ster was Itev. |)avid Hoy, I'r. .McGregor's first Siii.'ues.sor-tiio I'li^ier Settlement where Kev. Angus Mc( Jillivray wati |instor — West ami Middle i;i\ei' where llev. .lames Itoss had succeeded his father I'io- toil Town with Uev. John .Mi'Kinlay as pistor Kivcr .lolin of which lh:\ .lolin .Mitidiell ■«'.as minister —Meri'_'owiish where •lev. \\'m. Patrick lived and lahored, St. .Mary's of which llev. .lohn C.imp'icll was pa>itor, and we should mid .Xntigoiiish as lulinging then and now to the I'reshytery o! i'ictou althcugh heyond llie Imiimls of the Comity, with Kev. Tliom;is 'J'rotti'r as iiicumheiit. Of these not one suivives. All ot them h;i\e cone to their reward. I would fain say something of e;ich of iheni : Imt wnnt of time and other wants prevent me from s.iying miieli, that otherwise might he said worthily- of David lifiy, well known in his day and well rememhercd hy many of us yet, a^ oiie'of tin; most eH'cctivc nwi popular preieher.s of the church, and long the I'reshytt ry's diligent and painstaking cderk of Juliii MoKinlty, at once the digniliud clergyman, ar,d tl'.e a'f-omplislK'd L!iri,stuii gentle- »4 //AT. A'. A'OS.S" Ani)HI':SS. mail- of William rollick, wilii his noiiiid ilixinity, iiis finikin H or.iti iv, hi" unfailing hcne- volfiu'i' lit Anj^iib M('(Jilli\iay. * |hpwim' in <ia'lic, wIiono ^fnins siiitrcl vfi well hi« nondrdUK ftlmitience, whil.'-'. he was not hciud to iicK :iiitnj:t' wli«ii incni'liiiif,' in Knglinii- cf .John ilitL'liell, uol deeply Iciirneil, Imt ajiilc, niniMc, ewv iraily in woiil ^iml action, a ^ood iinii t'aithfiil si'i'vant >it 'riionias 'I'tottcr, tho Icarnrd and FchoJaily divine, who iniuhtwcll huvr lilli'd a j)iofe«sor's chair- - ot .lohn Cainiilicll with I, is nulitary licnriiiL; sonicMJiut stern out nvaiilly.liiit tPnial all thioiiLjh.i-utVeriiiL; almost (>onatant pain. yet ne\er daunted th(i\ijili otten weui y,laithtul untu de;itl: ol .Itinies Ki hsc n tc o.w Im ,,lt iionph he Ik Id no cliaif;e in tlie ( '(i\;n- ly lexnUd here, for a lenf;tli ol time, a ci^tnlly ami p'dished pi( aclier. ai\\»_> ,s he;iril with ac- ci'ptiiiHe, np to till' lime iif his death t he ( 'lei k of S\ nrd, alwaVK pniK tual, and uinidnijuw, the voiy .so\d of inellui(! c t .liin;( s !;< i>, ot hi in it w ill 1 a idly do I. i n <• to ^|( iik ut all, at leant not here, nor ihw - these all dud in fiiitl tiu'li in oiii' lu;n lil( \ < I i oiifidnif iirrnianic, leaving; lehind them a lei'ord nio."-t ^rateliil. 'l"o most tif tli(tii it wa^ }.'i\<n to Uln r li vfi in th» vineyanl. 'Iliey have (ini: lied Ihtir ((iiifp nnil ccne to theif trwnid. Tliey havfput efV their armour and put on the eiown. Tlieiefoio aic li.ey l.efoie the thi«ne ot Cied ai:d itrvf hliu day and ni(;hl in hi»tem[ilo. "And I ; m jzlad that they lived here ko h iij.'. And ^'lad that tiny li;n(';joni' lo tluir lewnrd. Nor deem that kindly nature did tin in wioiig. ,'^otlly to (lisenu'af^e t he vital eird. W hen tho \\iak hand p'ew paMed, and tlie eye I Mill wil h tl.c :iiistH I f aj,'e. it was tlieir time 'o die." ( 'nnteiiipoiai y \\ i;li thr.'-e fathers of tin- I'resliy teriail Chuiili of Nnvji Svotin, for peiiodn li)U!:t r and shorter, there wen- of the Ivstaliiisiieil ( huicli ol >cntl nd, the llevs. .Iidin Macvap, .Mexandcr (aflciuaids |)r.) .\K( !il.i\ ray, llu;.'h McIaoiI, Ucnald .Met 'onnoel le. llu:.'ald M<'- Kiihan, ninl linherl W illiam.sdii. laliduiiiij.; in their i i>pecti\ e localii it s. Most < f tinn'. I tiiiiik all of them, came to tin.-* iiuiitiy when the di\ isionliet w een |ir. M((!iegir ami his coad Jiitois uprii the one liaml, and t he adiiei( nts ot the Scottish Iv talilislimeiit en the ot her, ^fas ciimpleie, or at any r:Ue inevilahle. With tlu' hiinf^iuL' ahont i f tiiat dis ision, tlieu f<i|f , lliey h;ui little or iiit Iiiiil; to do. 'rney fell in with the .state of tilings they found. 'I'liey well' minister'^ of the Kiik, and us a matter of cunr.'^e they took thei'- jilaec w ith tl'.ose of their own ecclesiastic il coniRctioii. I suspect t hey iiad very little eoniinunication with tlir other liody, cither with their pa.-lois, or with their p.idplc. 'I'liiis ocmsion or opportunity ttir lollisien coidd hardly arise, and liy and hy lutti rne.-is hei^an to ahaie. .^ii ile continuril in Home ipiai tci s, it is too tiui', Imt it soi ii ;.'iew to he political latlierfhan fct lesi;islical, altlio' ori-iiiatinL; douhtless in churcli coiilrovt r.-<ics. The same uo>]iel was prerulud in all ll'.e |Hilpit.s ill the County, '. c in all the I'leshytcriati [lulpits, and there w I're scaicely anv oilier jire.iclud in the fame laii;,nac(8, in the .sane hi in, ami with the sjiiiie s.ier; nu nts, ad ininisteieu in the siuiiie way : audit j;laddens us to Know () how it v;ladiieiis our In art. to- day lo feel ussuied to lie a.s.suied hy in.uiy a puvtioii.s token still plain hetoie our cveF to lie i)»iiured lli.it the same .S|)iiit ol ( ioij, \; jio, nutw itlistaiidiiii^ all humam infirmity, aye, and no: w itlistaiidiiii; inurj. . ;n ol liuin. nevir tails to ui\ i' t tlii acy tothewdrdof hi.sj,'iaif Mas with hitli the I'liurcle.s : that "lie who wiouj;ht t tl'cctually " ii the .'Recession the sMiie "was MiiLility" in the Kok. .\ stia'>;cr eould not luive il;.-liii!.uisl i d the one fiomthe other, either hy Mie ].ieaciiiii,L; ol lIio jastols, or Ky tin' pKulici- of the peojile. Vet tho' liviuf,' side hy .side. aii<i lalior ii;^ on lim s so closely paialld. as to he well ni^di id(iitical, it makes us .'■ad to think that they lacd ami lahoud so widely apart. How much tl.ey lost of precious fellow ship and sacred I'ommunioii. tliciiselv(s iu\ei ki:ew. ur knew luildimlv; lint their istMis w Im lime I I'cn pri\ilei;(d to le;iin how swiil a thiiiu it 1:= ami how piea'-nm tor I ire till en to dwell together iti iiniiv , can not think of w hat 1 ht ii tatlu is miHKed, wit hen t a certain sorrowful and tender iei;ieltuii;es,s. \\'cll, the iatlurs too are united now, where the strife of ton;;u< s, or pens can never come 1 Jn the list of our Kill; fathers uiven ahove, the I'ame.s of \[v\. lloir'.ld A. h'raser. Ken netli .1. .McKen/.ie, and .lohn ,St( wuit are not iucliidcd, tlie last two as not lielcngiiii,' to th« period indicaieil, I >;iS and onxwiid, |Mr. McKiii/ii' ' :: viiiL' hull leinoved hy d*;illi, .Mr. I''ra ser to anoiher (it :d of l.-ilur \\ inlst .M r, .Kuwait winl out in foity'oiir.) .M r. S'ew.'iit 's inaiiilold lahors as a miiiisi, :' ol tlietJispel, in another connection, .iiid »v|iecially his ; i.er qetic and unwe.ii ied elUnts in 1 ehalf of ministei iai edueatit ii, aii' still fiesh ii the mi mis ol many. Il:s praise is in all the ehuiche.-. (H K'ev. K. .). M Ktn/ie 1 know iiotliing hut hy tiaditn n. 1 never siiw hi in to tar as I can uiik mln r. W hiii lutle moie than a 1 ov I I'lU'' t f' '^::^m M&M^ wi /?/;>'. E. noss' .V />/>// A'v.9. 1' W'f a good (I«nl of what he wrote or was iinpj>oBf<I to have written, nmi I can racnilect how it im- preaed ureu niy uniuformcii mind witli » conviction of itx ^'reat nuellt'rtu il powrr. H*- <licit in IKISS anil thie it what was said of liiin tlirn : " riitM-iiciiiMNtun -cb in wIikIi lie found the ('linroli of Scotlan(i fiioed hiin inio ounuovrrsy ; and tn tlic lust liuiir nf liiHJife lie Ma-' tlie advocatv of her intercut*; liut Iiih w.ib biu'Ii an opiMi, niauly, gi^i.rions opposition, tiiut h>- went to tlir grave crowned wilii tlit ifsju-ct I'vei. ot liia Ciuniif.-. lie pus^etHeil Ilm finest order of talent, hotli at a |>ubli^- Hpi'HktT and writer." With Kev. I)oiiald A. KiaHL-r, tiit< tiist duly ai'oi'>;dileil niiiiiflter who wettled in thincnniity. it wan my ("reat gi'id tortiiuc to oi>ine,altln.'U^li only for a few wfi'ici'.iiito tei ni» tif close iuliui ucy and fiicurlsliip, f (., itiu'li intimacy aiul ii i»-iidttlii|) un may olitaiii litHwern a niiiii .ilrcitdy • iderly it not old, and a raw lad jiiti a'lnut mid.w.ty m hi;! tefiin. Nearly, or iiuiic forty five y«are *^o, 1 wont tn Nc\vl>iindlaiid, imitly for tliv cDmp.iiiy of a friond who wris Hail- iiij; to the Island, and partly c)M a vcntuir (pf my own. .\lr. I'lasi-r \v;iii then tliR lionornl iiuiiiRter of a tlv)iu!sliin;4 coii^'iej;ai loii in .St. .Ioihi'k, jjaliicu'd Ijy hm own labore. How lie knew 1 wa« lu the city, how lie know 1 was any wlu-if, I cold iicvci tell; hut \\t: w.nii^iit tiif out veiy dilijjenlly, and having ti'imd iiic, he timpiy loaili'd nu; with l)>n»liln. I'lie way \>r iiig harretl a^ainft me on tlia liiiei I li.ul projcoieil, ho iirjj'.'d me very »trom;ly to enter into hiiHineiii.' on niv o»vn ac>vi\irtt. He soiiu'litto exiit for inu all hi.s intl.ieiice wiiich natnrully w.iB 4;r€at. I "ay after day that giand old in n, for sn li in \cry tintli ho seemed to inc then and Bucli in very trul.i lie aceuir, to me elill in the recolhctioii. w.«lked with ii-e the Blreetn of the town, iniioducin^' me lo his pcpic, and to otiieis, leconi- mending me for the work, in which lie was aiixioiu I hIiouM eiii^.ij^'e, and in «liicli m liiB Baiigiuiie way, he wbr Mire tint I would he joiccntutiil. He opened to ins liiv Iioiik'. he o|>ened to me his piiicr, I could not hui icel tli iL lie o|i«;ni;i| to me hiw heart. After :i go id ileal of piosprctiiig under hm kindly i;iiiilaiice, ! had nut the ooumj^e lo ventiiie npici llie undertaking lie niai ked out for ill'-. I na I too inncri pi u Uiu'c, or too little plui:k. Out lay was certain, return* not »o »ertam. I was- poor, u chroiiic ailment, in the family, heredi- tary I helieve. and iiicurahle I tear, and althou;li in his exceeding' generosity he otleied t" provide me with whatever iniidd I iiii^'li' need whil.st. the expci imeiit wa>. Iicing tried (hi- never dre.iuied of fairiiiel I couid not think of iiicurriiij; oldiua tit^m which I might never he ;vhlc to dmi'liaige. .Xc/oi-ilingly i leiurueil lo I'iclou, nnicii lo lii» disa|>;ioUitmi nt, hiif I hroiij;lit home Willi inc a deep «ei..se (if gi'.ilitu le, t li il. I feel lo tins day ;iial lliar I sliall tVe! while I live. Whatever then in ly h • s.inl of oUiurs o:i citin-,- side, and wliat«\ er other'- miiy ►ay of Imn. i can never think of th« Kev. |)oii,i!d .\llaii l''r.iser, oliierwise tlnn with ieeiin^K of waiinest, nuRl^ratelul re>pccl and |.>ve. No fullier could show more kllldne^« toany »on tiiaii he sluiwed to me. And it m one -nit tiic least of the pleasurpsof li»dnp here to-da' , that it gives me the opp irtiuii'y, after ne.iriy half a ccntuiy, of profectijng tin:* piili;icly, the i;raliLiide an ' vpiieraiioii wilh which I regard his mciuoiy. All tliiougli tlieyeais of whioli we have heeii speakiiiir.a mcino;alih! eontlict wn* in pro uven in thell.il I, mid and in the l\-ital)li'licd ( 'IiiimIi. I no»vl not leheuHe the .*i..oiv here sVe all kn iw how it eiiilr I in the |),*i;ip',ioii of \HA',i. I''.\perieiicc teachrs, liut we are slow- to learn her let"~onN. I'lven ko lately as in US44 it wxa thonf.'lit right and matter of dittv to luiii^ t he old winid couti overny ;icio.f« the sea. 1 1 look a year lo come, hut it came nicKt surely. and the l''re»i Church w..s formed. It was a time ot excitement and confusion, ir no! of dttikiiesB i.iid disaster A inaj 'iity ot tic (icople rem.iiiied in tlic Kirk, hut ilif\ were for the most put as nliei p witnout a sin-ph. id, neaily all iheii ininm'»r« reliiriiii.g to .Ssotland. Tiieu to',; iWevi yearn of p.unfiil aiie hiOorioiis i ecoiii-l i iici .on and repair. The |-;e\, Mexiin del' .Met iillivary, liiid the I! -v. .lo.iii Stewart, u lae mriMier huiiders iioth wrought niaiiliilly each on his own will, utriviu^ to repair the liii ii, toiliii.; to lestiire the p»tlis. Mr. .Me (iillivruy lalioiiii Miigle hand' d, ahsili;iel\ ,•>'. m the county, luiildiiig ii|iiiu the ohi foun latioiiK. M I. .Slew, 111 j ined, led indeed, .11 ' • n"W orgaiiiz itioii, iilihnui,'ii he would el.-diii doiihiles^ tiiat his Were tiic old toiiiditious. Aociriil laiioinarkR w<ue renio\ec|. oldtiinc ties were severe. I, \ cnoraiile a."* ■ciii : loj; were li.oLen up. Tiieie w.-u. pamfnl mis giving, and 'livis.ou, ai d •triij.j^le m •iriuy a iiomc.ind in intiiiy a lumi (iia.liiHlly the i-ky Cleared, as :t .ilw-iys c.ea;8 afier .i isioiiii. a^d ii was found that the line ^ were distinct- Iv drawn, ail I men « minds were v:et;ling dowu iu loe new > rdei .1 lliiii^-s. There \v«'i'e thr«.e rieshyleriiii churclieB aiuon.; ii-i, « iierc two \\'a.s one iim iii.'iuv. Net the e\ il was not w illioul its com Clival lot IS ( ):i<' ot llie ple,|.«Kiilisl ol Mich coiiip''i>a lions, it not one id' t lie iiioKt iinportaiil, iv;;* the arris ! of (uiiiiii iit deputies \\ ho einie Iroin the ol.l land to Ntalili^li :i'iil utreiiglheu lirrr, liieu adliei cuts on tins jiide and on that. It was thiin that many, who >M)iild never i,-ive Ml joyed til.' privilege ot'.iei wise, li.ol I lir >-al :>f,ji:'io'i and the driight ot list* ning to sueii lurn •!» I ':■. He .; and I'l. liuiiih. !^li. .McXar.ghtcii and Mr. Steven.'on, mmmmm ■<iMa«a«iaii;i-MM '.-• .M-r. :*'■>!• ■''W'^'mmW' \ 36 A'/iT. E. noSS' ADDRESS. Dr. and \o! man McLeod. Tlie United Presbyteiians also, moved by tho example of the other churches, sent out to us Dr. I'attersoa and Mr. Kobertsoii with that genial and largi' iiearted elder Mr. David Anderson. How higldy the visits of all these hrethrcn were valued — how keenly their ministrations were- lelislied, sfJine ('f us eiu> yet well remendjer. And then, althouiih uncharitable people, of whom you will always find a few standing around, nught smile if we s:iid th;it the dill'erent churches provoked one aiothtr to love, there can he no douht that they did provoke to good w()rka. Homo mission labor was pvosx-uted as never before. A Foreign Mission wan l)i'.gnn nothwitliatanding th..; dearth ef '(dr-isterd, and carried tm with zeal and energy. At the same time the Free 'Jh.irch ;".nd the Presbyterian Church of Xova Scotia set about establishing schools of the proplset.-i, the one in Halifax, the other at West Uiver. The Kirk aIllH)Ugh tlie mi stde,«ititute nf the thiee, still lookeil across the water for a supply of miiiister.s. ^'et they too tecogidziiig the necessity for native preach- ers sent young men trom this c(r;nti'V to be educated in the old institutions of .Scotland. The su|)ply was necessarily long in condng ; and wli'lst Mr. Stewart had hi;; bands btreugthened by the accession of .such iintable woikms as Rev. 1). B. Blair, l!ev. Murdncii Sutherland and others, Mr. Mc(iilliviay had to woii; long alone. For many solitary years this vener- able ♦'ather iind most estimalile mim. could but leam to labor and to wait, lltlitif came at last ; and \» lieii J^e\(ls. A. .McKay, A. .Md^ean. and Allan I'olluk arrived in the country ju lJ».")'J-.'>, till? waste places wcio cumfoi'tcd. Whilst tlie disriipticn thus roiitributed In gient'y increased activ'ty, in every dcp:ii' mcnt of ecclt'siistical enterpri.-e.it had at the same time a much dteper and farther re:u'hiiur iiiiluence- -not apparent at the time to many, but to be manifesteii m due sea.son. I i.aiinot l)Ut believe that in t!ie plan and puri)ose<if <li).l,tlie breaking up in bS44 w.is intended lobnnu about union thci-fafter. Almost from the lirst, wise men tliouglit tiiat the I'^-ee ('iiurcb and tli. i'rt'sbytei'ian ('li'.iic!i of XovaSi'otia would come tof^ctlier in the no vei'y distant iutr.re. In point of fact nego*^^iatioiis were jiitered iiptii, more or lesrs lormidly as early as '4(i or "47 : but for i^onw. reason these came to an end rather ahruptly. Something like an iiicreaseri eooliH.-s followed for a sea.son . After an interval of s.ome yei rs, however, (about K^.'iTl negotiations wv.vo risumed. .\t tnis time •'I.ero lived ami labored in the town i.f I'ictou two br(!tl'.ren. \\\h) were line e.\ampli:s < I' did'ereiit ty]:es of the national ciiaraeter. of the Sa.xon and of Ibc tiael. Tliey weie imn to love, ami Mr. .Murdoch Sutherland. Co-operating thenuitlvi .. i tolieloNed, — l)r. .IiiUies 1,'avne, nni buo yearn for a union of their eliiir''hes. 'I'hey longed for Oth.er likemimled brethren in both eliuiehes soeonded their (-mb n d''!iL:htfiil brotherhood, they could not red lor it, pra;\ed tor it. loms. There was really iiotliim ■toki 1 ep them apart. A basis (jf union wasagieed upmi by conimiltee.-,a] pointed foi- tb (■■rii-pose : the lia^is was appio'vi'd liy tin; re*[)eeti .-.■ Synods ami at length in IMoi), riinicii an I the l'r"sliy terian CI of the Lower l'i-,.\inees w.is fori I'- ll Xo\a Scotia b^'cinie one. The l'ri'.^l>\ terian Chureli Times ol [iroL.'res.-) and pro-perity follov.ed the rnion. Congregations oiultipried. Tli •ie.l. IMueatioiial JiistitutKUis were si,reng! liene Then hai iiul ;n the eninto .supply of ministers was im.'rea eiiterpri»(' was pi'oniote<l, both at home and in the foreign lield.< rc^t and were edilied : .■imi \',alkiiig in ihe fear <d' the Lm tdiost Were iniiltiplied.' il. .Ml.-.i 1 the elmielii s It of the Holy Nor wa^ by th<' bret'aiel (.i\. n, but ministi r> iiM' number.--' tile prosperity conlir.ed to the b'liit' .i Clmreli. U was shared in voi v largely » ot the Ivstabli.diiient. ■ame to 1 heiii tVor. Iiese imleeil ha 1 n< A Witl Itll e ,-erv re.-:] Many ot tl I'ct for a^c. 1 Kingston and other i the prophets ol tnel <-ir ininisl' d eotlaiiil am wire vdiing nun. ihtces HI eiicouiau- uid nativt s the countrv, Scottish fa.theis ; \\>' are not sine that tlicv were all uid wici) the deepest love ami rixereiue for the inemory of our cession oi von thiol bio 1,1, and u h dittel y pi ltd Wit iiii ;t iiif'^e ai'- iri 1)11 it of rnion arose ami grew propoition of the n.iii'.e element in both cliurehes a 10 tWii iiits .M en s loll. lis MCTi; ill of \i ry SOI III II eliuri'hcs nnitid eo ipera' i\ ely in mis.sions, and in collegiate ediiealion. lee assured that this union of cooperation would soon be 'allowed by a uiiiuii of organi/.'i- S.lllgUlllP sp tioii. Il a short lime ihi'i-e wen- projjosals to this emi. ('(mimittees were ajipointi tirst phin looke<l simii! y to the b;iii'jiiig lugether of tin' ehiirelies in these bower f'l Here there were uitiiiulties, hinileranees. obstables, a hiirli in short. 'I'hen t;r. Til r(;vineef L"_'ested a union of .all t!ii' ! mo L'cijiu- ri'sliytei fans ill l';e Duminii n. The idea was a gra ml and eaptivatid niaiiv heart:'. Still there were seiioua objictions; they were ^eogr;'i.hical and nioiietaiA- ho\\e\ir. laUier tlian eeeli'siai-itical ' r thei.l t! oyic. We I le nrojjrei )f the negotiation-, -to tell a> wc would fain do of the labours ' i.ise not time to traci who conducte I them. Wc 1 tb brethren line to content oiirichca with -ayhig lieil the de.-iie for iiiiioa t VI \ H/:V. K. Rn.<s" ADDRKSS. 37 lie •gi- letl n.l :aii as IIKI iaii VI was now so strong, tliat all obstacles were overcome at lengtli and the union of 187.') was 'file (.'hiiroh thus formuil is p:'rfeotly iiulependpnt. It has no oi-ganic connection with any othnr. It is c unposesl of the tliree principal branunes of tlie did stock in these lands. - It is claimed by sume that the idd lines are ciMupIetely iibliteratcd. I'crhaps this is hardly true ; but certainly the I'liion has been tlior'^'.iifhi',' hearcy. There has b.'.en no jar ; there has lieeri no discord. No one cries '' 1 iiiii of I'aul ;" no "ue el.se ci'ies '■ I am of Apollos ;" nur any other " I am of (ycphas." r.'e all cl.tim to be of Christ in tlic Preshyteriui ('huu;h of (J.mada. Vet wc have not c i^t asitle our old connections. In l)ecoininn what \vc arc. W(» have not ceased t(j lie wl>at we were. We have even our tornu^r preferences. tne\it- ably so. Kvery one of u'< has them. \Vc cannot help it. We don't want to. We even piijue onr.-;elves on them a little. .My dear fiieiid and bi'other. Mr. McLean of Hopewell, is as inujh a Kirkmau today as ever he was, tliat is, to the vei'y heart and core of liim.- He could not be otherwise if he would, i'.nd what is inoro, if not worse, he would not if he could. Trincipal Forrest is a Free (jliurcliiu ui to the very luarrov.-. IIi- can no more helj) it. than I could ludji beiiiL' au Aiitiburgliei-, all throULr'i and tlunu'^di. iiut we arc all iii nioyt brotlu'ily accord ;is mendieis and mbiisti rs of tlie s-nine (.'laueli. I lia'.e a sinci'rc re- spect even for the former and continued piciiilertions of my l)retlu<M!, as j .im w-dl as.*ured they hive for mine. 1 have a most hearty and genuine .syinoatliy with the KirUm.iu eluii; in;; linally to the ancient mother, and I'efu.-in,' wliat >:ecms to him a .severing of the J)reei(:u^ ciiiinection. Over in '.'oli hcsier they tell a .^to.y of the 1 (isruption tinu^s in I'ii'tou. 'I'heie lived lierc in those days, s) the tile luns. two men. father and son, in the same hou^;e.- 'J'hey should have been Hij.'hlandei's, but from the dialect of one of them, 1 conidude they were from th-.' low ouutry. l>etoi-e lS4;-J, tb.ey had both been noii ii.ti-usionists. .Ml threu;^'ii the tiMi years' <'oniliet tuey li id l)een wuni f;'ieiids and ailmirers of l)rs. ( 'lialmers and (Jandlisli — staunch maint.iiiiers of tiie (.'hareh'.-:- indejiendencc, acoji-ditiir to the \ jews iii the.^e i,'reat divines. Wlien the crash came the tatlier I'rew reticent. M-ipfcially :!>' a crisis seenu'd iainiinneiil here, he lice uri • very silent. .Vs favas pissiblche avoided the .snhj'ct. lie was no loiger iiiilined to discus.s the .situition. The sim was a'ari:ie(l. He was afiaiil that when the jnnetuie eanio -and he .s.!U' that ic wa ; c Midiiv; mo.-it s\ir(dy, the old man nd^lit he foiuic: wan ting. "'Fatlicr, " he siaiil to him one day. "i hope you ^^ti!l hoM by the principles wc ha'. ■ .always been so fully agreed on. ' "(!ii, ay," was the ai!swc:r. '•Vou're a.s cleai iy nunin trusion and antipatronage as ever. " ".'surely dohn." "We le likely to have to show vvhat side we are on before long father, it wouldn't do to hold back when it comes to the pinch " "Time enougii to think o' thatdolin, we'll see when the time eome-.'' .\t last it came. A meeting \\as to be held .at v.hicii it was cNp'-cted that men would decl.irt' themselves. Tl.e evening before dohn approached his father very anxiously. The old mm wns strictly non- eommittal. "We'll tliiiik over it, riiid we'll pray over it another iii;.:ht." Ii • rejilie.l to tin- ji)i)if';d made to him, ai d "we'll seethe morn." In the nioining this is \\\ ;\t, he sai<i. "Ve'U gang to the meeting yersel .lohn the diy. Fll eeti bi.hjut hame, ye'll die jui-t win' ver ain conseii-ne.' tells ye. As for me, I'm owernu'l to llit. I'll jni.-'t .=tiek by the pr.ir anli Kirk, be >-!ie right or be she wrang I" I a:.! not asisame I to confess that 1 h.ac a vny u'enr- lie sympithy with th it old fath u'. I il > no', sav t!uit I ali.-ujiutelv ejuuie'iid his deter- mination, hut with the underlying' ;«'nunie;;t I Irue a sm-ou,' fellow-feeling ; bclie\ ino ;il| tl'.r time my own to be a more exi^dlcit x^v. Fr.-e Churc'i lejblcness and ailmiie, evc.i wleui miintainiiig, a-^ b.'fore, my ov.ii van'.agi oar v.itli my u '.nde heart the ni-.n of '4.'!. lieyoad .oies'Jon it was a graml and nolil'- .sight when ukmc than four hundred brethren at once went out from that aiieinnt clinreh ot .St. Andrew's in I'Minlairgh, and marched in olemn procession to the 1 iiiU of i 'amion MilN and declared thcm.iclvcii the Free Churcli o: >:otlaiid : for that; was a iroing from home, from m.iuse and ;;lelie and sMpi'iid, a'ni all that L'oes to niaki; up thi' imitei'ial eomfor'-; of life, ,• saernie? of mueli else too that true men hoM far ilearer. Due does n it need to euitorse all their views, or at.y views of ecclcsiusti. cl P'lity to .-le -ord to sceii Icroisni the mee.l of ad- too, I can apjMi'ciat" <'roiind. [ d ) hoii mir.'ition. It is the triiimpli of duty, of w li-it is fell to b d!i shness that slii'' i:ur her.its : an ! he weic a churlish .soul wno ivould stand to weigh niealy cvei'y point in tin- contention, beloie siioiitii '4 his applause : lait all the same I claim to stand upon a hi;.'iie piane. J stiuid with Faid "With agrea' priec purc!i.ised they this freiidom : " hut /was fre.- born I Ana therefore, if \ evic.- sc-t^ my Kiri\ or Free ('iiurcli hrrthren- i don't say I ever </ ■ «et! them riiiHii, very often or very palpably at any rale, but if I shouhl ever think I notice in them any disposition to pliune theinse! ve.-. upon lir-ii' pec;uJiar (listincti<iMs, 1 mr.y well lieai- wifh them, I in ly well p:ndon their p'i ie ; lii^cau-e I l.now ;ii ii,y heiit of iiearts, tha' lam JLMt as proud us they- I might say cseii p.-omicr, on'.y 1 i|Me,ti()!i if tint were alt'-- -i wmmm ... mL.. t^mm "<' rt* 38 JtEV. M. ROSS' ADDRESS. gethtr possihl* ! And now to get to an end. The Age of division Sfems to have come to a a? se. An age of Union now i^. We have a church- .espcc table in uumheii, i i territory very gieat. It em- hracee the whole of this wide Doir.nion. nioro than half "f thia North American Continent, with at- veral inland! thrown in. U'« are grateful anrl i^lad, and yet there are abateinenta and drawback*. Cuniprehensivc as our uninn is, it doei not include all it should ; and we art concerned and sorrowful for them who are without. Why doeo I'ictou — any part of PictoH atand aloof? \\ hj are the hone»t kiik men of tliii) County known and spoken uf an anti- nnionists ; thrir ohnrcli as tlie anti union church ? Why must we painlully ferl tiiat we are beyond our province i • speakinq of the union of "75 at all here, seeing that the subject aa- signed u« is "The Hiutory of Piesbyterianisin in the County of Fictou,"»nd in the Count;/ of Pictou, this union as yet is not. Mr. ('liairnKin, I may at least speak of it; as coming. Surely it 18 coming. I5ut wliy eo lonjj in cmiing? I can understand why a man should cling to the church of his fathers, 1 can aiK'erstand why he should refuse to leave it ex- cept at the call of most imperative duty. 1 would not give much for him if he could leave •Ten then, without a most painful wrench. I too w^uld cleave to tlie church of my fathers ; aye and 1 would cleavt" to her too just beca\i«c she is my fathers' church. This would not be my only reason, I w ■! 'i not have this my chiff reason, but I would never heaitatp to con- fess that 1 Wijuld rej.- ' ' this ;i aiiglitiiy stroiij; reason. Hut why uhould any of ua .stum- ble ovei an imaginary ng s:one. Not a niau of us has left the church of his fa- thers. L lok at Alexp.. u .\ ;lean of Hopewell, look at (ieoige M. Orant of Kingston, look at D nald Macrae of .-> ui. look at John .McMillan of Halifax, all natives of this County, and all ministers in the l':\'ted Church. Have you here in f'ictou to day, any belt«r Kirkmcn than theme men ? 1 ilo I't say that you have not just as good ; but have you any better? Flave you any more loyal to the old mother across the Sea? Why the old nnthcr herself bids nil her •hii<iien on this side join with us. Why not be obedient children and do the motlier'H bidding' For whut is this Presbyterian church in (Janada anyway ? If in one «eiise shf is neiliier Kirk, nor Fret! Church, nor Secession ; in another, ami far more grutpful scnce.sil.e is nil the throe. She is in fact if you will i lit consider it, Rhe is a l)'.dy of Free, I'nitcd I'l'f.sbyteriiin KiiUnien ! It is a matter of lejri^t perhaps, that in this nc.nien<;l jtur'-, the kirkni'in has too plainly' the coigno of vantage, tiie pn niiucut place, tiiH suhstitiuivo position. Alter all, 1 am not so very sorry for that ; what 1 aw .^orry for is, that in the designation uiven, i.ne can hardly recognize, so clearly as oLe could ^'uk the finest type of all the group, 'Itn; tiR.\.NH 0..i) ANTtBtRGiiKK 1 History of the Congregation of James Church under its First Two Pastors. By D. C. FiJASEiJ, Esq. The duty assigned me while not ii knonie, is a very difhcult one. In the short space of time at my lii.^p isnl, to loucii on i..attcr.sof interest in the life work of a congreiiation, cover ing ne^rh a oeiuury of lustoiy, is a task itquirinu more sLill in choosing the niaftir, ani greater aiiilil y in prcs iniiig it tiiaii 1 [jossi-.-s. 'i'lic written portion of the long story o trial and i?on ow, joy ami siucei-H, gi od and evil report, is nioie tiiau enough to till a vol- ume. Ami when to thiis is adiied tlie unwritten hi.story.in many re:<pectsaa uiithenlic a« the other, the siniiiicriiii.' piMccss leaved one i>t trouble, so that he is lost as to wiiat i.s lie.at to ohoo.se. 1 a U therefore of my hearcr.s att' iition v\ithoiit critici.sm, while I touch upon a lew of tlie salimt points in our liislory hoiii 17S(» to IhTl ; « hile stirring up my own and your lumds to .1 tliaiikful and joyful letro.sptet of all the way our Father iias led us. 'I'iie hiKtoiy ot k coiigreg.tion is so bound up with its pa.stors, under our churrh sy.item, that a large part'sf any ia[ier iciatiiig tiiccto must of neceseity have much coiicerniii;; them. People and pastoi' act and react the ore upon the otlirr, so that they cannot be sefiarated. Few congregations uu\ wheie ciiii lay ilaiin to two pastorates covering eitlily three years, yet iluiing ihat loiij: period Pr. .\K( ■rc^(,r and Dr. l<i>y ministered to <jur latlieVfl i.iid iia. I)j . Mctiiegor's lile and laboni« have been so well sket'lud by his gifted grandson that 1 in fact can do but little, if anything, to bring the useful years ot Ida Iftbours in thiscongre- gation before .you. Born iii IToU at Comrie, Scotland, ho was licensed in I7S4, unlniiied May .SI St 17St5, came to I'ictou m duly, A. I)., :7Sfi. He visited all t!ic families in tin* Couniy, then about ninety, »nd [ircached at I'ictou. Middle River, Kast IJiver, nnd eKe- Is af |«n(i- snt, ind art 3tOH jtiiti- ar* a«- F> «» mif. I f ii ij'i Silli y>. ('. FHASKR'S ADhliESS. 39 where. Tiic whole population of the County tlien waa only about .'JOO, with little or no cou- venit-nce for travel by laml, ami only small lutats hy the streams. It is not surprising lie shoiil!'. have almost given up and returned to his native land ; but Goil had a wurk for him, and streiiutliened liim in diseliarging his tru.-'t. lie felt himself on'y as u missionai-y, and it MAS to him a "great happiness" to tind three ehlers wlio had been onlaincd in Seotland, viz., Tiininaa Frasrr, Simon Kraser and Alexiinder Fraser (McAndrew. ) Alexander lived at Mo- Lellan's Bi-onk, his gi'eat-grand'-hild, Mi'S. John McKay, blacksmith, being iitpiesent a meiu- bpr of this church. He died soon after. Simon's family has given us elders in hia son ainl griudsons. Tiie other, 'i'iiomas, and aftci'wards hia son, were loug connected with the spssion. All these three were tiien living within the hounds of th« congregation as at pi'esent coDsti- tutt^il. They were cialled by tho congicgatioii, and on the ITtli <lay of Se|)tember, one huu- dred years ago tii-day, a sesaion cnusi.sting of these tiiree and Dr. .Mcliregoi-, was duly oon- stitutcd, and the congregation organized. T!ie minute of Session is as follows, "Minu*-e3 of the Associate Session of I'ictou."' Pic- Scptemhcr 17th, 1780 "'I'linmas Fraser, and Sinon F. user elders, from Ki'khill, and Ale.vander l^raser, elder, from Kiimaroch in Scotland were unanimously received by the congregation of I'ictou as elders to rule over them in the J^ord. 'I'iie •{I'v. James Mc( Jregor, and the I'll? ee aforesaitl «ldt;r.s constituted the As.^ociate .S-ssion of 'ictou, and it being necessary that the number of tlder? should bo iiici'eased, this w.-is int'initcd to tlui congregation, desiring them to chooHe from among themselves men whom the session ndgiit ordain as elders in the ciJi>gregation." Lt was deemed necessary to have a iai^cr session ; so the congregation weie asked to choos.' from among tliemsclves those who were to rule over tlicm. Tliey choso Donald Mc- Kay and Peter Grant of the I'^a.^t Uiver, R;)!)ert Marshall ami Kenneth Fraser of Miiidle Htvcr, John .McLean ami Jfugli Fraser of \A'est i.'iver, ami .bjhn I'attersou of tiie Harbour. Thoy were duly examined, and on the (ith of .May, 17S7 were ordained, anil witli the three Fra.sers before referred to, continued as the a-ssion of the congregation. Five meetings ot .'tssion were held before tlio new eldciH were ordained. During the summer the people built two log cliurches, the one situated on tli« site of the cemeti'y in West New (ilasgow, where traccsol the foundation, as shown me by .Mr. Robert (Julton, may yet lie seen : the oiher on the Loch Brooin side of the West River, on tlie bunk of a little Itrook on the farm of the l»t»: ^^ illi.un McKenzie. The seats wore hewn frnm logs. No li' e except the t.re of faith in chris- tian hearts warmed the dismal buildings. Tiie fact that for thirteen months Dr. Mc(iregor received no psy, did not i)vevent him from iiiird and continu'iua work. His saiary was supi)osed to be JL'SO. Iialf in c:ish and half in prciduce. He took whatever he could get, butter, maple sugar, sheep, or anything eltie brought him. In 178!) his salary was ,1'90, and lit! agretd to take £~^^ if another minister Ma'^ got. His salary at fust was raised by asse.Ksmcnt on lands, cattle, etc. With certain I haiiges tills continued until 1815 when it was increased to JLIod, and the moile of obtaining it changed to viduntary subscri[)tioii. 0:i the 'J7tli day of July, A. D., 1788, by ordi;r of .-."ssion, the first sacrament was ob- served at Middle Uiver in the ojieti air. Here eacii yeai' the orditiaiice was dispen»^'d till I7'J.">. One hundred and thirty sat down in Nature's great catliedral, for the lirst time in tills new land, to own the Saviour as King of Kings. It is ilillicult to a-'(.'erta n tlie gains in memliership year by year. In 1788, thirty-eight new commuiiicints joined. F.icii year there were a tew. He liimscif sanl, lie s.iw the "work of grace'' increasing so that there must have b.'e!i 8tea,(iy and .substantial gains. In 171") twenty j'lined, and so on until tlie miniber in \~\y.\ iiad reached two hundred and forty. .\t the same time TOO persons were under train- ■ iig with a view of becomiii_' iiVMiibers tenni.l ecclc-tsiaslically "exaniinablps". In th.e game year, or tho next, a census was taken by him. He wis a social reformer fiom the first. Wh.itever fendoil to improve the congregation socially, tiiiancially, or otherwise, had his warm support, indeed ho generally initiated the reform. The fannlics in the various dif- tricta were Harbour 40, West Uiver ;>0, Mid<llc Uiver 18, East River i)i), total 178, a gain of one huiidred per cjiit. since liis arrival It will be thus .*een that then, as now the popula- tion of the IvisL was greater than the West. In addition to tlicso we tind that at ^'allace -iiere were "Ji). Tatamagouche. 11, Uiver John. (), and at Meiigoniish 'M) families. Tile additioi. in the number of fanuliesand the t\er iinK asinu extent of tlie settlement)!, nride tlie ]r,esenee of another minister lu'ccssaiy. Accordingly in I7!t"i the Uev. I)uncan Ho:-s arrived with .Mr. .bdin Urowii. ami the same year with Dr. Mclliegor formed the .\»iSO- tia'.e Prcsbyteiy of Xova Scotia. Jointly with the i)r., .\lr. Uoss was minister over all i'ic- tou ; but it was felt that this state of things i ould not always coiititiue, «u on the 14th day of J'.ily, 1801, a division was made, wdiich took eflect on the ist day of August followiiig, as 40 D. a. FIlAl-lint'S ADJJ/iKSS. tolIowH : — "Th(! West Jliver and .Miildle KiviM' to foi'iii one i;oiii,'i'egation, Eust Kivc- 'inotlier, .•iiid tlu' Hatliour iiH'liidniK Fislior's <;raiit, to l>u left out of hah to form a third; imt in th«! iiiuantiine to l)t' Hiipplied hy Dr. .Mi;( Jre.i^or and Mi. J!i>m.-<. We may hvw. mention that I'ic- tou was tliereafter (inly constituted as a congregation, and on tiie (itii of .Inns, A. I)., 1804 liad the great l>i'. .Mc(."ullocli settler! over it. At tiio meeting of pi'esi)yt('ry wiieie it was agreed to make a division of the longrega- tion, Mr. Ross lesigned iii.s joint ciiarue to Presbytery, wliioli was ac',;epted. Ai tiie same niecting, (tommissioners from the West l{,iv(!i' asked for moderation which was granted. Mr. Urown of Jiundonderrv hy ap]>ointnient performed tlie duty, and on the .'iOih day of .Inly tiio .■s;iinc month niixleratcd, as directed. 'I'lie call was in favour of .Mr. Jioss wlio duly occpted it on the oth day of Octrher following, when he was settl'd or inducted over that congrega- tiun. Dr. Mc<Jregor from the first li\'ed on the Ivist lliver. Wherever he preached or la- houred, at home or ahrcackin the words of a father of the church, "His return was to Hania, for theie was hisluut.se." So while the West JJiver and I'ictou were ^cparateii as new congre- gatiiais, lie remainedi.t lOa.st Jliver; his relatiims as pastor, neither changing hy his own act or liy authority (d' in<'sliytery. While at that time it was a njattcr of joy to him to .see two Hcctiins of his charge l)econung sepai-ate, and self-supporting congrcg;itions. enabling him to M (uk with more c;is-e .Tud success, it made no dili'cience either to his ecclesiastical stand- ing or his histcjric ri:^lit of claiming, that no lii'cik occured in his mi:iistry fiom the moment he e(jnstituted Ids hcssion according to i're>l)yterial usage, doun to the day his MnstrT croMiied his lifcwoik wilh .nn eiitriUice into the kiimdom (pf i;loiy. A hishop indeed, in the .•^criptuial >ensc, 1. \\;is ^'/'riiiui.t l/i/ir iiiin)r.-<" holh as t(j tinier of settlement ami fuliics.-i of lahoiu.'^. So little did the change etVect him, that no mention nl' llie fact is made in th^^ sessinii;.! records iif tl.at year, which like the first in I7SU to tlu^ l;ist in ISOI, (a hlaidi occurring iiller !hi vear) are d;ited "I'ictou"' without iiiiy int<'riiiplioii. J'his coiigre- gatioii tlun comi'i' d , '.i.d is now known as Mast ItiMr ; during his lifetime, other sections hki' \\ c^t River and I'ictou were formed into s(!parate congregations. Mriig(unish hail Mr. I'atiick settled over it in ISI."i, and the upper settlement wan di.'-joiiiei', in IS'Jl. when the late Mr. .Mi(!illiviay hecame pastor. Other new concri'gations weie afterwaid.s fi'iined from it. hut of tlu se in their order. At tlio time of the scpaiatiim in ISOi. there were not many churches in \^r. .Me iicgor's chiirge, 'J"he old church in West ,\ew < dasgow was rephn'iMt in iSO.'iliy a more siihstantial frame one at I'lymouth, then called Irishtown. There was a log hoi>e at <;r.int's Lake that served the Ivis*' and West hrar.clies. It was huilt in IT'K). Ill ISI.") fiamo huildings were erciti d at St. Paul's, Kast Kiver, on the hill above Mr. McMillaiTs church, and at West Ih'anch a little south of St. ('oluiiiha church. In the log church the seats were hcwu out of hu!,'e logs. The luxury of a lire in winter was unknown and it w.is not till years after tl,e other churches were huilt that stoves were used. 'J'he Ker- vioivs were longer tliaii at jirescnt. It iii;iy pcrliap- ;.dve us a heiter idea of what our fatlieis endured, and how they lo\ed the go-^pel, to attempt a description of church going, churidi keeping, and cluirch rctiiiiiiiig in these days, than in aii.>' other .vay. Imigiiic a high ciiurcli unsealed on the top. with a high gallery, (and this wa^^ the mndern style of the ]iresent cen- tury), and high, sipiaie hacked seats. High at the end was perciied the )iulpit, below this the precentor's seat, ;uid below that the elder's pew. where they all sat together to keep an eye on tlie congrecation. Xmie of the modern impiovements. In summer all Wi\s right, ivirly in the morning, soim; before day, if they did not leave the evening before, the people started for the scrvicc'i of the. sanctuary, men with shoes of their own inaking, the women c;iiry- ing theirs, putting them on after washing their tired sore feet at the neai'i-st stream to the church. Hoys barefooted, .some of them w itiiont j ickets'. all carrying one or two pici-es of oaten bread, or if rich, eiujugii a wheaten biscuit. It was the custom on tlu; way. to tun; the thoughts of the young to the s;iciedness of the clay, aiul the great privilege? of the sanc- tuary. In church the services continued from eleven in the morning until two or sometimes later in the afternoon. The t,'oi)d ohl method of lecturing on a number of verses, gave tlie hearers a correct knowdedgcof the scriptural connection. 'J'he singing was <d' the mo.st simple character, at tirst only one part, as wa« gensrally the ease everywhere in the early church. Devoutly all heard unless they came on purpose to disturb, Our forefathers were sa\ed the trouble of envying the line horses, ear- I'iages, and outfit of their neighbors, and our dear mothers in [srael were preserved from the inortiHcation of seeing before them dresses so artistiijidly eonstructed a.s to engage their eyes, during the whole service or bonnets with c )'our.s so "loud" that the voice of preach- er and singer was lost in the din. Nor did the lessons of the Sabbath end with the services. On tlie way liomo the sermon was the theme of conversation. At night the well learned If'' <> II' w^ii MMi& ^iiiiTiriir />. ('. ri;.\si:irs adhriiss. 41 hiM', \\ the Pic- 1,S04 Isainu Mr. jy thn m «> citeoliisin ami paraplirasen wort; l;oiig nwr, !iii!l tlio points of tli'.' xeriiio;! ihwlt on. How ofton do I i't.'!nonil)L'i' (.'vimi in my lioylioml of listi iiinn to ii^^'il ( 'iiii-ti,nis, wlu'n s .'in- ot SviiptiiiL- ciine under diseu-sion ri't'er rini,' ti {iftir tliL- voici' fif tilt; tLMoiu'i' w.n hiis!i.'(i in di'itii o'ln.'rc'.'aM'on I what til. ■.Ml lai-listir Suunia> ^aul p issauc loi';' vcars n wnitcr (Uirui: til til. warm. Mr. A H sat witliMiit ii tii'i". Ijovt! for tin- jkimcIk r and tlu- pr.'a •lit-i' .s M istcr kept tln'iii (nv attaclii^ I a Iv d to t 11 ; inuiistM' til 'V y< tlu! foll'i'.viii' wiU slidw . II. )w ih'i von liL< .-tail an')' to .M I'rt. — A d •I lid rar.linr li.itcn tn Dr. .Nh iiVii\in\-';i voi','(! ivitho.it words tli iii Mr. .V's pro I'liiii'.,'." 'I'm; iniunc was ii it mo j^rnnd as ours is. 1'iu! sormous would \m'. uon-iid('ri-!d old f isliio'iu 1 now, an I iimiy a witlcsj, Liodii'sts, atdf- cincsitf'd younc; ixn'sui mi.'ht tliinkdt a wi.sto of I'lii;; to listen to muc!i dry piuariiiiiL,'. W't- M'lio dru.ss so tiindy, and think iif our.-i'lve.s su lii,dily, miglit not wi.sli to roc ii,'iii/" thn old fashioned ipu'eriy dr^Fso 1 people from whom we .-"piMiii,'. 1 am ohl fa^'llioll< d eiMiiitili totliinU tliat, no riwe.'t '1' meloijy ever asi;i'iiiied to he;iveii than tliese devout jii'iiieer.-: ot our coinni'm i'resliyt'U'ianis n elianted lo tli ; Creit ir in ylen a'ld <;lad" .-uiil ol I faiiion "d eiiiirr'i in tliose our wisdom vastly improved eitln'r in iiuit ter nr eaniestneia on 'ayt X< ia\e we with all those who first souuiled out in this doarland ni our:! tlr; trntli a» it i.s .lesns. I'^irly in thi csnturv a sahUit'.i -^ehool wis tiii.;lit in New (ila'^ow liy tlio late Itdv. H. K,T?s, thiin a .student. 'I'li'i Shorti-r (y'it';«liisni and Uiiile wen; the only luioks used, 'i'iiere- ii.fccr sehOiils bL'cain ; 1,'en'iral Sjhoil wm tiusiht in the afternoon, and the text for the day had to ho rep -ated l>j' all. From the first tliis eon!,'rcL'ation took a lively interest in tin; I'ii-- tmi Academy. A society in its lid was formed, eaeji meinhar payinc; ."> .shilling's. Collee- ■tioiH wer.? male yearly as loi';^ as it crj/itinU'-d under tlie ehiireh ; yet when it was pi'oposed in IS+S tf) a-^s.'ss t!i'.' c )unty for its sup;i)i t, tlie fuUowin;,' I'-'soiution was unauim mdy airreed to. M ived hy I >. A. I)i k.-on, nei-onded by .lohii Fraser. '■jte'iol v;? I tliat the eoii;^rci,'ation dis- approve of the (/onnty lj''iii;,' t.ixeil for tlie supporc r f the I'ietou Aeniemy alone, .at the saiiin tinio they woulf, have no olijeetion to a general tax for tin; support of eoniinoii .sciiool.s tlircjucilnnit the (Jimnty. 'I'iiis was sent lo the soeretary of tho Aeadeniy, a>H;onipanied hy a collection of t^ll) 0^. 1. 'I'no principle of entire .separation in elinreh ami stite, had ro tirmly rooted itself in t leir niindi<, tiiat e' ni ;d'ter the church had uiveii up direct control, they refiKsed to (■nconrau'c anything,' l(!ss iian a nniversd eoninion seiiool ediieatioii. IT.ider i)i-. .M';i J r.'ifjr tlu^ c )n:;rt!,'ition i.wed its sulnt.intial u'rowth to two causes, lir.st, lii.s i>ii<!e te lehiiii,', and sec oiiilly his luinsioiniy work, in hoth of whicdi they earnestly seenidcd liiin. 'I'o rea I of his ye;i;'|y visits, ottcii sittia,' up until mo'iiinL.' in.-^trui'tiii;/ ami warniii'^, notinu' proi,'ress, tunl rejoicing' in any mail; of inipro\(.inent, his sole text liotjk his ihhle, ami s'lcli tiMcts anil lioiks as the eliaritahle friends in Si'otland, and liisowii slender means could supply, wo have a pitternof a real christian teacher. I''am;y as early as IT'J'J, five hundred luidiH' i;xaiii;nation, not dep;.'ndiiii5 en emotional outlnirsts of fetdiiii,' ; Imt reiyini; on tlie truth ahnn! foi sniistantial proL;r.;<s. (Joil ke.ep ni'.' (say the I''renc'a) from the man who kiriws one hjolc Well, — The Hilile was th', Ijjok from which alone th.'ise souls v.'ore fed. Many of tlieni ;it an advanceil a'.;e iHarneil to reao so that they could ha\e tlvs enj >yiiient of .stndyin:^ (i > IV Word for tiii'ins -Ives. In this way they ;.,'re\v str >ii ,'. and were ahle duriii^' liis .ilistni 'e to <• induct reli^io IS exeivis 's for t!icanclvcs a,n 1 ntJuM's. l-'or yeirs after hisarrual tluire seems I o have liee.'i a,:i uniiitci'riipto I revival, not L,Mtten up at; s[)eciiil times l)at steady ;ind con- tinuous. And their kuowled:;? of (lod's word Ic'd them joyfully to cfive up their pastor to others. Tiiey male uj c laio-'ini w.ien hi visited all the destitute re'.;ions, wiiere the t^ospi'I was irit preached. \\\ this w iv w,is iai I tlij fo'indxtion of that liilile knowle li: ■ and ini-isi ni iry spirit tor whieli, despite our finlts, our hdoveil chui'cli in tliis County Iijis ulw.iy.s ii,;eii ., ^ed. Si he wMikod and s > he iiu.'ht. H'l^ivc t!.'; < ■ i-p d in verse to Ids fell oweounfcryiiiuii. Tiioy sani; iiis hyiiiiH to Ii ^ditiri their lali o.-s in inmse and lield. .^Ioth<!^s huslied tli ;ir b.ilus to aleep with tiie heavenly melody of his s^m.^s. Did she in n iverty hive to sin:j .• - 'dii-ochan liuirii. liiMchan Imirii, I'lroelian liuii n do ma leaiui'oii, Af h iiuair liheiroas a' Mio liou'h (i'leidli mo i;haol doch do hhaiiine." 'riie .sweet assurance eame. l'"iathcanas riucdnch na '.;ioire, laivad aghiuor; l''ar iiin iii i,'ii sinrruidii e iiii!iinii Ih An dream u'lashmiioir. And di 1 thri frani" Imid and tli^ h:ow sw.'at a-: the forest was clear; 1 patdi Iiy pa^eli und the pour son o: toil thought of the oppression in Scotland, whi>;h drove liini trjiii his ua- '^■'^ ■ ^^ ,i.- 42 J). C. rnASKliS A/J/J/iESS. tive land, or the wcaltliy niul uiiRodly at Iininc. witli what coinforl t-aiiie the tliour;ht tli'vt then; rcmiiiii'd a icst. - thiit at last all would ho li^litid, and the truth of tlio wunU 4iiug iu munutonc he realized ; Cha'n(!il ait am hhcil i-urp, Air am mhoiiadh, no cnoo Ann am fasacli, no xloidid, na n'oin, Ann an dDimhiieaclid a' c'hu:..n, No's na h adihncachh huan, Aft nauh oiiicli i;ul .-u is, '» iad hco. Kiridh cuid nc' le ginaiiii, (Jhi iail fcar^ air an I'an, C'huireaa oritii orr,' us uandumn mlior, Kiridh cuid ac' le aoidh, Buidhoann nasal nan s.ioi, 'G am hi (liglucaclid o chaoi an ghiir. No wordu of mine can add to his reputation. Hudiodaa he lived. Me worked till tlia laHl, and on the third day <if March, A. I) 18.30, fu'eied into hi.s rest, full of years aud Uonora, of spotless character ; and having finished hi.s cunise witii joy, truly of liini couhl ha said ; — "Devout men carried him to the burial, and niadt' great lamentation over him The (lay hefurc Dr. MctJregor died the Presbytery of I'ictou met. On the "J^nd of the same month they met again. A paper was jjresented by Jcdin Fraaer E.-ii- , and Colin .Mc- Kay, aa commissioners, asking a conference with them nn the presi lit state of the congi el- ation. A supply was granted. On the "jritii of May, Mr. Jame.s MctJrcgor asked the I'res"- bytery to moderate in a call. Mr. lioss did so on the lirst day of June. On the 3rd he re- ported to the I'resbytery ; thirty one for Mr. James Smith and twenty eight for Mr. Ihudi Koss. The adherents of both nominees were heard. Tiie ['re^bytery siiMtained .Mr. Smith's i"*ll ; but required satisfact'iry proif, that all arrear- due tlie late Dr. Mc(lr"i;or were paid. No minute respecting Dr. .Mcllrcgor was made by I'icsbyti'ry. In tho-'c ilays it waa not thacustoin to hold memorial servi ;e,s. No doulits are tluH tiiroA'ii upon the fieliii>.'.s of the sur- vivors, or their sorrow for the irreparable loH^. 'He slept with his fatliers' - and for them more work was onoji>ii. In tiie meantime Mr. David Roy h.ad arrived from Scotland, and on the '2Vizh day of July, ho was ordai.ie I as an evangelist preacliiii!^ from the words "And havioy spoiled priucipalities, ami powers, he niatle asliow of them openly triumphini; overiliem in it.' Col. 1. ill t le meantime In; V d \Mtl ici'cptaiice to the iiioili imii£ etingregatioii. 'J'he ditKculty of hi-i not being able to preach in Caelic, was iiiL;ed aiiaiiist iiim. i-lowever, on Octnber 1 Ith, a jK'titicjii for moder-ation wns HL'aiii jncseiitcd, a^kiui^ f.ir a further liearing of Mr. David Kny. IJ^th rei|ur'st.s were granted and .Mr. MiKinlay »p- |)ointed t(i ni'derate. 'I'liis he did, and nn tlie 2iul of Xovembei tlie sanu^ year that the fi'st pastor had been called away, t!ie congregation unanimously g;i .Ml ioy th ill. other candidate was incntiniied. Deacon .Sutherland had ii call signed by one hundreJ and .-leven persons, eighty-two of whom pledged tll.'iO !i.-: a salaiy, one half in carsh ami the idher half in produce. .Mr. Roy alterwanls iited JL'KiO ii lowing the clei k gave iiisti tictions to .\1 r. Roy to repair to V cash per anum n. On December ful- as soon as possiiile. Like his predecessor, he too had betm sent as a mis.-iioiiary. His appointmiiit was to IJaii' l)eClialeur, where he had a call which was |)reseiited to I'reshyteiy on tiie l.'i'Ji of Februarj", IN.'II, Mr. Roy vvss present and reported his labor at the jiay. ''His conduct was highly app.'oved." .\t this meeting of the Cesbylery Mr. Roy acceiited the call fmiii this congreg i tioii, and on the 13th of .April, A. 1). 1831. he was sttile<l o\er it, after a vai'aiicv of a little more than a v«!vr. Mr. .McKinlay ])i'eached fram the woids — "Oliey them which have the rule over you.'' Heb. 13: 17. It may here be in fdace to mention the facts 1 have been able to trather con- curnin:^ his ancestors an I eirly history. His far,her's name was .lolm R >y, his mother's ■ Unet (Jhristie. For the lonj^ space of titty three yea'S tiiey li\ed together. I'hey had on'y rliree fif a family, Duncii, D.ivid. and a ilaiiuhter. David was born at the lionu! in H-iikill, 'i. D. 1791. Roth oiN nncot «. Were Cod fearing, pious persons His iiHjther t^ok ill at tlia W- il ommuiiion table, and dieil the following Sunday. IR'r 1 ist words were liod is my refiii,'e, ami iindei-neath are the everlasting arms." As long as Dr. Roy hved lie kepf, the anniversary of liis mother's death. His fatiier ontlivt'd iiis mother by a nimber of ycitis, and strange to say he too took ill in cluuch, and died the ncivtor following Sunday. While a Iv^i- 1 boy, aguiist the wi^h of his pi-ents. he decided to be a minister. 'I'lieir oppo- sition arose from the fact, that as they were very poor, they could not see how he was to oh- i '■lit a* till iinil (I ha r '■It; 'ill lii "■■■<, ^ /). C. rHASEK'S ADDRESS. 48 tain the necn^nv ♦rln ntion; l»ut hnvin;/ tak>! i upon himself th(* vowi of tho Linl.he was not to l>e (<iii"iiii-.\^"(l So wliiin he w.itoiK'il til! rti) 'ki lie knit 8lockinj{s, woaviiii;, no rltuht, Miany fviiwit j)iivi''-t tliat Iih inii'it siicit'fil. In this way he oWtHJiieil a li'^tk' iniiiiey that •nal)!e'l hill t > piirc^ias • hooks, i'l-ivnioii a:il povprtv iiiuli! Iiun eo moinio. He wniild walk fro'ii (ill:i<k;i)i.v ti> Hniiki'll, a ilist inrM of alvmt ."iD miles, up)ii an cx|)i!U litni\' of two |iftii(.'-i ; hilt he larrii'il a uliiliiiig or ' wo to iiis clear nv)thi'r to ciiaMe her to k.'f't an extra cup iif tea. After mmy privations lie ciriiplnti' 1 his I'ourie, ami was liitenseil in l.S.» i. h'or near- ly t«ii yea-.« h • [)i>'a«hn'l as a prohationar Hn lia'l a c\\\ from tlie coiii^ire^ation of Rniikell, a Bti'ikiii^' pioiif of how he wasa|iprpoiateil in his own hiime. llearinu of tli'^ dnartli of min- isters ill Xova Su )tia, lie determiiicil to emisrato, ninl early in the spring; of 18;{(l, arrived in Pictoii. Mi* lirst te.xt w.m from .lolin 10 : 10 ; '"I am <;oimi that they might hive life, ami that they migit have it in ire aliiinlantly. 'I" la followiiiij in his own liamlwritiiig is Himrs- tive : -"Tiie R'v. .lames Mo'lrrti;or. f). D., tlie tir.st niini->tor of this ( the e iii;;:'i.'v{ation of ■lames Cniireiil oamo t:> this o;)nntry in \'H'\. from thu (Tenoril AsB;ioiate Syiioil in Scit- UikI ami ilt|).irtn ) Miis life .Mariih If-d, IS'.il, in tlie Hoventy tirst year of his a>(e, and th»} forty iii.THi of his iniiii.stry, an eminent p.ittern of family reliL;i'>n ami itiiniateiial faitiiful- ncRK. The Rov. I). Riy his i«nPi:es.sor camo tn this eountry in .Iiino 1830, a pidhationer from the Unite I .Sm; sii m (j!iiiro'i in Siotiml, vr.n or lainel as an evangelist hy tlie I'reiiliytery 'if l'ii;toii in the An,;:i?t following, missii'nul t ) Hiy Clialeur for five inonth.s, hy the i?oanl of Missions. r'i.I w is imlucteil to the pastoral chargo of the congregation on the l.'U.h of .\pril, 1X31. Mvy he lie Messed and made a hlessing to the people of his care. " As so m ai> settled heal-, fujoe entereil upon the duties of liis high calling with inucli energy. Naturally act ve in his hnhit.s, and from his hard training used t'l w.irk, he spared no lal(.jur in pro- paring hi* Bui-inin, nor energy in deliv >rin< them. A transition peri id was that t > which lie was cad"d. RefiiriiKs in the manner and tini'iof unking payments for stipendx were inaugur- ated. R-al radicals tlie ppop le were, dire.'tiiig the session to willihuld privileges from th')«e who did n it pay their dues if ahle. Indeed so fir did their z-al cnrry tlio:ii, thit in IH.3.'> at the ooiii^'regaiional meeting it was resdlved : — "That the c mgregation do disapprnve of tlie ermduet of .\. M. & (.'., on aoount of their ''aving cu'tailel theatipiMid.' Oaeof the<e was an older. In l.SIM undei- a general act of the Lrgislafiire tlu- ciiig'egalion was iiicyrpoi- pirated, under the name it still li»a".s .laiiiei Church : Hugh I'rnser ( Miller), JuLn FiM.ser (Djiald ?"irs), J-.-n"9 Car nicha'.'l (Merjliaili, .lani'-^ .Mclireg'ir (.Merchant), and Alexander Fiasev (Merc'iant) oelng tho first t.ii.stccs. At the same time they av;recd t'> Imild a manse, whi 'h na.s compleied during the followin;,' ye.u'. In IS."i.2 .Mr. Kny purchased it from the coiigrPLt'itini fur £1 10. ImpiMvenicntH were made in the ohuicli, a spire erected and n re- gular choir foi 111" I. Tiiey took the eldei'M seat. 'I'he iioiiiinaiing cdnimittee fur singers in those days wore ilavid Fiascr and Jaiii"s McCre^or. !)onald IJarclay and Roliert McCire- gor 80inetini?H performed the dii'dos The session had to approve of the clioiui!. Then. aK often .siiice.fhi! ilieir was an olijec';fif intei'eHt, and a source id .strife. A tierce ipiarrtd raged over the "Pitcii I'ipe." (Jon I old deicim Sntherland app arcd lufo'-e tho i'reiihytery. He •tated thnt a .liffcronce <if opinion existed in t!ic coiigrc'ration almit the use of a I'itcli f'ipe in the cliurdi, some thiukinir it was an iniiirovement, while oMier.s entertained < pponic fen- tiinent.e. Tiie Hession therefore asked advic'^ from the Prerslistcry. .-\ iipecial meeting oi the I'reshvrery was hidd, on the tiist day of Man'h, A 1). IS.'iii. The I're.sbytcry gave the following deliverance : "Ilaviin,' licanl coinmissioner-s lor and against the pitch pi pi^ were unanimously of opinion that the use of the pitch pijie ought in the meantime to he discon tinned. Both parties expressed thetnaelvesa.s perf«5ctly satisU'jJ.'' in [S4'.) the "singers were granted the use of the Pitch I'iiie." lu IS.'U was founded the L. S. K. R. Kvangetical Society. Some of the rules were — 1. The designation of this society shall he the East ILiver Lower settlement Kvaugeli t-al Society. 2. The ohject of this society, shall he to assist and encouiace the niissionariea of the I'. C. in NovaSiMitia, in evangelizing 'lestitute districts of this and adjacent Provinces. ?). This society shall also according to its ability exteiul its inllueiice to fl-ntlim, Mahnmnlan nntl A iitioh nation ('nuiiti^'i. A snliscription of 'J.s. (id. con.stituted menihership. •lames Cariiiichael Es')., was the first iiresident. This society perfoniied a good work. Ika yearly reports are full of interesting fi.-ts regarding progress of mis:<ions. In 1841, (Jhristian (Jarmi.diael, from the I,adies P. \V. Society asked the Presbytery to make an im- mediate attempt to establish a congregatiiin in ll.ilifax, presentinir with the rcriuest £l.'i. The Presbytery acted up 111 the re((iiest, thus starting the congregation of "Poplar (jrovc'' which has done so much good for Halif.TX. The following seem? to hare been a standing intimation, "The New (ilasgow Bible ■■«*wWiNBl: ^ "" mmmmmmsm mt' 44 J). ('. J'/.'ASL'irs ADhllESS. Society \\nn deiwHitcd with Mr. Ihigli l''ius(;r (Mcicliniit), a Hiipp'.y of itildes luul Tcstamrnta wiiicli will 1)1! i.s«iK(l to nil wIk. iuh <li'Nir'in* ot ol)'iiiiiin^' tlxuii, at tlxi folliwiiij; loHt-^. l'.il>l(!H .'{.s, 'i'liHtainciitK Is. (ill. 'I'liomi who nw iniahli? tn piircliiisc tlii'in, an? riitVi red to Me. IIiij^li Fiascr, wiio IwiH a liiscn'tioiiaiy power in .supply null persons." He iifvei" Icit a lioiisu, visited tor the tii;<t tiiiii! witlioiit i'iii|iiiiiiii.' if tliey hud a liiMt!, Tiu! iiiuii-^s of faiii 1- ics not liaviiiga hihli; tor evfi'y ineminjr was iccpt, liy hitn. i)r. Koy's salary from tlie liist was Imt iiidilK'iiMitly paid. sotnetiniiM the dclj.'it'in'y was Kinall at other times laitte. For e\ami)!t;, one year it was til lis. (id. niiotiier tl Os. i»il, another ,tH7 Ss. 1 Id. in I.S4H lie dediii:ttd L'l.'i from his Hillary, and In; next a^rreed to take t'llO until the eoni,'regation «as ahle to ]iay more. J'he eoni;rej,'ation trieil the plan of assessiiij; seats. This did not work well, and a ri'turn was niiide to the voluntary system as it was i!alled. (Jolleiitions were; appointed in each seetion, entailint.' niiu;h lahor, and proiiuo ing inaihM|Uftte esiilts. This wretehed system continued till 1S7-, when the seiiptiiial mode of weekly colleelionH was inaii;,'iirated, with the most .satisfaetoiy results. As early as 1SI!!I the trustee.^ were ajipointed to look out a site for a new eliureh, wliifh they did, presentinuj the ileed the followiim _\ear, of the lot on whieli the ehureh now .'^tands at New (ilasj,'ow. Kvery thing was uioviiigin thedirecti m ot the town. Two [xirtica hugan to spring up which <• uitinued till the separation in IS4.'). As remaiked hy a writer, in thc^ Homo and l-'oreign Record, "The division oi the eon- grcgation which issued in the eommoiic'fment of the Primitive Chuieli, was prohahly the severest trial, and in fact, the only f.'reat trial of his (Mr lioyV) ministnri.il life." Many <aiis("s led to the separation. 'J'liere was a disposition to hurry up the movement to havt; a ehureli liuilt in Ni^w (ilasLOW. It w:ik alletjcd also that the sessiup was lax in its diciplini', a charge we frankly admit that was well fouiiiled ; not hecause the men who composed it were not anxious to see others lik'i themselves, live solierly righteously and godly : hut they were kind, ami gentle, and did not iitie their right of diciplhieas tlie3' ought tf) have (lone. I'ut Mlien those who hud just ground of complaint, made charges agiiii.st t'.uf pastor.niostly of a frivolous fharaeter their position was weakened. 'I'lie record.s of I'reshytery show thiu^hnrges related fhiefly to ilisplnys of temper l>y .Mr. l!oy, and want of proper strictness of dici|)line, on the part of the m I j(jrit> of session. Long and painful was the wai' of word.s and feelings that raged. J'he largo majoiity of tli! congregation i-ided with .Mr. Uny. Hith parties said and did what in after yeais they no douht legiettiMl. A reconciliation became imixis.-ihli?. At n moetini.' of Presliytory held on the i.'ith day of May, A. I). IS45, .James Mcdiegor, and Hiigh .Mcixay elders, with about twenty others were disjoined from all connectidii with the congregation. To this Mr. Hoy otic.'ed no ob- jctions though presen', anil the vote was unanimous. It is alike honourable to t!io heads and lic;irtf. of those who conducied the proceedings of the congregation at that time, that no reconl was left rellecting in any w.iy on those who felt it their duty to leave. Tlie subji'ct was not minuted as having been di.--ousHed at any I'ongregational meotiiiL.'. Once in l>S4.'!. one of the elders is ciirrecte i by tli(! Session ; but at no other meeting is the ditiiculty refcri'ed to. Only oik; ri'cord appears and that in the and wiiting of Dr. Uny. \'i,' .1; M ci ■ reu'or and Huudi McK ly, with a number of families were disjoined from the eongre'_'ation in the spring of IS-!.").' He wisely d(!terniin- ed that those who c une after should iior, liad Miaterials for perpetuating a spiiit of iinkind- ness in the oiVspring of those who hail .scpar.ited from each oth"r in bitterness, and anger. And at this late day may 1 not ."ay. in the pre.>eiice of many to whom the eventful scenes of those days, ai'e fresh in memory's keeping as well as to the young to whom happily a, better lot has fallen. that the separation "has fallen out rather unto the liirtherance of the (lospel."' Sure I aui, whatever may have l)een the motives, (iod has brought great praise out of this wrath of man. An<l so also I can truly i-ixy with our venmnble father, whose kindly letter was this day reail "l'4phraim shall not <;iivy .liidali. and .Itidah .shall not vex [^iihraini."' And respecting the present happy relations existing between the now Unitedl'hurch and our selves, can I not in the ])rei-:ence of so niMiiy tan;,'ible proofs in this <lay's proceediii^js, conti- dently predict, that we shall hereafter as now work together for the coniinoii good, anxiou"^ )iilvto emulate each others virtues, and endeavour to excel the one, the otli the work ot the l.oid. I am ccn't.iin that (uir much beloved jiastor shall not be the first to transgress. With new energy both pastor and peoph; girded up their loiiLS to better and more faith- il work. In 184!), they began church building (ji eiations. A (.'( nimittee Cc-fui suoscrnnions was ap))ointed, viz. William Frascr, .lames McKay, aim Alexander Fraser, for Xc^w (llasgow; .lohn Fraser Fldei , for MidAdlairs I '.rook ; Robert Culton, h'ish 1'ool.s ; .-Mexander Fraser, IJobison's Mill ; Dr. Oonnellv and I). A. hick'^ All Mi A bnildiii!,' Committee I consisting of Keaiieth Forbes, .lohn Miller, Alpin Chisholm, .John McKay, Flder, .James liiiontR ^o Mr. Ill-It a liUI) I- r mttmmtm 0«: ^Mmx'^jM: I), c. r/{.\s/c/!s Aumih'ss. 45 |-'.irl)OM, Alr\iii(l(M' I'lMHcr, WilliiiMi Fi'.iscr, ^iiii ni Ki-is'-r, r!cli>f, .Tolin .liliii^tfin. Tlio'nns < M'lilia Walk, late iiior, Siiii'in l"'riiscr. MiJi'lIm'^ I'iim)-; Willi M.K Mliidii NlincM ; .Iciliii .l..lm McKiy cl.lci-. !■'. !i. ; 11 > Icri.'k M ;K ly. F. H. aiil Ch.irl m M •!< ly. Th" loliii MilliT \v(i« 'rn'iisuii'i. 'I'lii' wiifk w.n pi''n>'jiitoil ilui'iiii; tlic t\v.> f'lllowiiiy yo.irn, (iiul on tli" ^i itli of Miy A. |). lsr>'2, till' I'liiiii'li was opi'iii'il witli littiii(4 I'ciTiiiuiiici*, l>i'. hayiH' inraihiiig from tin- l'!XtH, "Aii'l into wliatsoi'ver iioii-io yi- ciitiT, siy liiHt \H'.ii'i- lie to this hoii-c," ami "Tiiry hIiuI! |il(i,spi'i' til It love 'riiiM'." jtf. Koy p il ill tin- artcinodii finm the tt\t, 'Mnn Oh yo III' iMiiH for tlic Lonl liatli iloiic it." Altctiintii ]in auliiii;; in tlir olil ami new iliiin lifs, I liivii m till! suiiiiiicr iiioiitli^ wa:' CO iitinni'I till OotoluT. A. I>, \v lii'l) the iili .1 l)iiilili;iu' ii'o'iml wliirli iliiiii,' so many m"n.orii's was h' a. Dili iif,' till' HMiDi' >t'ar I h\ Hoy piiil a xi^il. t I liis iiatixi! luiul. A Uimlly U'lilii'ss wris ])r('siiiti'il to him mi tlic <M'i'asiim, to \vlii(;li 111- miiii^ 11 littiiig ri;ply. Tin; cliun'li was fiot- nf dclit in is'ili, wlii'ii Mr K ly's -al'iry waH ••aixod to f l'2l), The siiiiu' year tlid i'on;iri'j^ation tittiiiu'ly oclcliratt'd tlio juliilee of William Kiascr eliler, a just ami vood mm. In IS.'T tin' stct'plo win iirci^ti'il and in ISlil) tlm ludl purchased. In ISli:! nearly onothii'd of the nuMiilierH, and adherent'* l(!ft, to form Sharon (.'liiirch. How many rlmri'lii'S have ;^ro\vn out of this old i'on:.'rei,'ation ' since: till' scpiralion of the West River and I'icton, no less than ti\e have Iteeii foimed from it. .Meri^joiiiish in ISl."i. \'.]if River in |SJ4. Little Harlior largely in ISJI). rrimitivr in I.S-I."), and Sharon in i^reat part in ISfl!!. Somi- I'hiirelies may claim wealth, ollieis, sons will) havi' .icliii'ved fime. One may be noted for lilierality, aim! her for the "x'eiit ot its lommiinioa roll, others miy suhserihe their name* hy Konei di.stinctive ap|i( ll..li n ; Init. liowevi r far daiii".s ('lUircli m ly have fiile 1 i-i all tlr'sc cliar.ieteristie.s, she. alm\i! others i^ I'lititleil to II'.! eilled the ".Mothi.-r of Churches." And well to > have all her cliildreii eondnct- ed tlieinselve-i, some ei|italliii^ if not exccllins.; their ohl in')tlier in pro;,'vcssive Christian work. On the i:!tli of April. -A. D. 1S7<*. just exai-tly .".11 years from the d.iy he was induct- id, he demitti'd his eliai s,'e. Ciirionsly enoii','!i, Mr. Walker \\ as appointid hy I'lisliytery to notify the eonnregatioii. On the "Jiid day of .May, A. 1). IS7I, our present jiasfor w;is set- tled over us t'.ie niemli.'iship li 'in:,' 'J.'iO, at iin^sent it is ItOO. Of liiin 1 only ray th;it we feel that; he n it iiiiwortliily inake-i one of as i^'iand ;i triniin irate, a-' it Inui (".cr lieen tin; V'fiod foi tune of any eon;:re;;ation to enjoy. No- do I do'ilit tliat 10!) years lirnce, o;ir cpand ■ hildrcn shall, wiien holdiiiL.' our second cjiiteiinial, spoak ad write of him as a worthy siic- cusso'' to hi« jjreat and },'o;id predoce.ssors. Dr. Roy contimicd to take an aetivt; part in all the int. Tests of the coii'.^ve;.'ntion till his death, Aii.;iHt ;{i'd 1S7'>, when at the clo-e of a ministry fif half a century, at the liiieaL'o of 7S years, this I)avid "after he had served his o\\ n L'eiiiTation liy the will of (led, tell on sleep." Dr. floy wa< a faithful, earnest and etlcctive preacher. His ecriitrieitics nf stylo were often till' oc.r.ision of amuscne'iit. in walkiii'^ he i;cni'!iilly talked aloud, liis sermons were cirrfiilly prepareii ; lint as ho once said "if lu; found a ram ciiu,!,'ht in a thidiet liy his lioriiH he saerili.'cd him," All reforms had his earnest support. Home and l''o,( i^n missions, as Well ns every social ii.'form. For Ioiil' years he was a meiiilier of the rorei;_'n Mission R'jard, an 1 for nineteiin years, he was (,'leiU oi Rresliytcty. All his uppointniciits from {'res- liytery wert; ehoirfnliy fnltille 1, to the entire satisfaction of that court. Rarely if ever was lie ulnent from a meeting of I're.shyteiy, never from Synod, runet-aality had in liim a most eminent-, pattern, liy faithfully p'.'aetisins and teachin,:,' the principle.s of total a'l.stineiicL', he secured the a-iseiit of the c ucreL; itiim to adv .in.'ed church Legislation on this <)ue.-ition. Tie.' session earlv refused to admit to stealing ordinances, any ong.aj-ed in the sale lit intoxii' iting liipi u-.s. Most cordial were his relations with the ini'iiiliers of hi-; ^es.sion. The latlicr-,niaiiy of whom passi;d away before him, such men as Willi;in,. Donald, .Vlcxand- er, Simon and Hugh I''rascr, Willi.'iiii Sutherland. Roderick and the t wo .Inhn .McK.iyt\ and others, wore iie'ii who ruled well tliMSii over wlioic they were set. Abstemious in his habits he lived must frugally : but in his house and abroad, his L'enerosity was ever active but without vhow. How often did the heart of the wido" •■ d fatlicrjessi have i arse to bliss liim. How often too under the guise of ;.:iviiig a ^ j'.cini for the good recital of the Catechism, did a se\enpence halfpenny (>r lifteen p; iiec drop into the hand of the widow's bairns. Hi" was not i man whose reputation A\as as exteiisivo as his ]iredi"'essor. still in his cnngregatioii his inllu'iici' for good was iipially gieat. His bachelor life kept him from mingling much in society, lie jiever yearned for change, except in the hearts of liia con- gregation. He sought no call-he would ii'>t cliango. '•l!emote from town he ran his (lodly race, Xor e'er had changed or wished to change his place." His was a f.iitliJ'ul c\ cry (.'ay work. "'^'j./'T ■.- -IT-IT, 40 /). <: FItASEIVS ADDffKSS. fiteiit (IcciIr nr«' ti iiiripcttd : loinl l)oll(i aro rung, Ami incii turn tiiiind to hw Till' Ini^li |M'nl<H t'clid to till) |i;i'ai)H NUii^ O'ur HHiiic )»i«'iit victory. Ami yet gri'iit ili'cils mn fi'W. 'I'lie ini^litiest iiH'H Fimi o|i|iiii'tiiMiiio.s Imt nou- and then. A torrent nwecps (nlown tlio rnouiitiiin'a brow, With fonni iijid (huh mid n>;ir. Anon iti strength i"< »|)cnt, wlicro is it now? Its oiMi HJiort day is o'er, But the clear strcuii that tlitough tlie ineailow Hows, All the lung Hunniuir on its nuHRJuii goes. Better the steodv flow ; tho torrent's dash Soon Icavwa iiH rent truck ciry. The light wc lo\ p in not a lightning tlanh I'ldiii out a midnight xky, r.iit tlin HWt'ct RiiUHhinc, w.'iof<(» nnfniling ray, From it* imIiii tin one of hlue, lights every div. 'I'lie Hwcftcut live^ aro tlioae to duty woil, Whose deeds, Imth great uml small, Are ch.Ac Unit stiandi of one unliroken thread, Wheri' lo\e ennoliies all. The wmld niny sound no tinnippts, ring no hslls, Tiie Book of Life the shining recoril tulls. Wo have only had tiiiH> to touch ii few of many points inenior.iMe and instrnctiTe, in thn liintoiy of the cc'iituiy (odiis- ended. Mow iniicii we arc iiidcl.-ted t^> tho unwitteri work of tV« past oiio hiindtcd yearn, ifeuven alone will reveal. Tiie lone prn vera of r ' a child of ll«,-<\eii, for thn peace and prosperity of our Zioii, liasi proved our streiigt le ilay of need, niorii than niuch that we consider sources of ])ower. They looked fo- _, yot around the idiurdi on earth cliiiiLt the tendercst nieniorien of their youth, and the ripor cxpiiiicnces of their niatiircr years, \A\ it g they worked tor her, and <lyiiig prayed for Lor. Wo seem to ai'l as if to us is due our present HtreiiL'th and pi'os|)(!rity. Hy no mean*, the aeciiniiilated lahonrs of love (;f iv!l the s lints of the pa-it, and tlicir prayers f(e.- our prospeii'y, has much to do with the coiitined kindness, »o umh f-crvcdly ;<howered upon us. We live and enjoy uU (»iir ])resrnt pri\ilci.'eii, lie.-auseour forefathei.s eiidiiied trial* untold to pre- aO;ve to us and for us a )precii)iis hcritiii^e. Knuii us will a full returti b(! exacted. Only a a few of the fathers and niothers leniaiii, and arc with us to daiy. Of our nieudieia here on this happy occasion seven were in full communion in the days of Dr. Mclircgor. l"ieniietli Forhes, that " .\;itliaiiiel" indeed, long nil elder, and ever one of our best, truest and purest woikurs, Imptised and the last per.ion iiiurricd by Or. .Mc(Jrevor. with his worthy consort Samuel l>lack a coii,-iftteiit, honest man, and hi* true and constant h-lp meet— 'I'homas Fru«er, whose very presence is an antidote against all that is worldly and I>ad--Sophia Fraser who for so many long years faithfully tieiveii this congregation aa l>r. Koy's liousekeeiier and .Mr.s. Thrnias ( Ir.ihani who always upheld the handaof her liusband in spending and being spent for the congregation. "J..ef us smooth their way to tho iiou.se of silence." "Our Fathers where .'ire they, and the prophets do they live forever?" Let lis emulate their virtues, and work as they woiked for the peace and prosperity of God's house. Our Centennial occurs on Friday. It was therefore fitting, that that day should be the chief day in the year. Its glad birth, "as herahled in on Friday, and when its race is run it will die on Friday. Fiftj- tl'vce I'"'ridays biii.'hten its pathw.-iy, while four months boast of five Fridays each, 'i'o the willing chiM of toil is given a I'^iday, the longest day, while the .slothful is made happy by lelcase fron, labour on a I'liday the shortest day in tlie year. And to us on the same day is given with tluuikful lienrti", and F trust prayerful re- solves, the lappy experience of raising our "I-"beuezer, '' and with bright hopes, founded on a ( Jod--bkssc(l past, trustingly to begin a new oenturv. From the pasi history of this I'ongregati.in what is the lesson fur us to-day? Not to he lifted up but to be humbled. 1 think it moat littiny that we hold this day as /). r. n.'.tsf:/rs .\/>hni':>s. 47 anv)i)^ til'! ii\iHt suPi'd 1)1 our Umm. Hut ir. in a cdl I, forniiil. iiu'l uiipiMlitaltli- , jmfi h tliat liv«!« oil the ftoif< of t!ii^ pi'<t, orpuir-i it-tolf {||i up ui iti Mpiritml .-iiii'i'itry. I'iti'vpt iii* iiioeii tiviis to iii'tioii, \\0 >liiiul'l not (■I'Miiiifin iiati* tin; '.joul ilcnU of tlio pi^t. "i$> yn foll'uvpid" not <;i'li'l»r.iiitH i our wurk is to niik'' tli-' worlil lu'tter tluiu wit fouinl it. I>j Korvioi,' oiii (lay nmi i;t'iii!riiiioii U'^ tiii-y ci'ivi-il tln'irs None (if lu lii'M' shall sen .mi' n.-xt ct'iitaiii.il : th it is (r 'rtaiii, !•' mv if auy of our- chiMi i^i ■(linli. How will our ili'-'i-ivliiuts el'''' ' I'liiMt^' nur liv(vs ii'iij ;»'!tH. Sliall ili fV pnii^o •! »l for the vvoiL iloiii! Iiy n^ in hi^ stu'ii^ith for liiui '.' I' ) in i< ^;ivcu tli" iMi>lii h ■'■iiii^'i' of tli« put: oil iM il('|) -11 '^, iiu'liT (1. 1. 1, thi! roli^ioiM p/ospority of t!iu futiiii> ; itml Iimw (vm w •• lii>tt(u liiy iltH'p au'l strong tii'i fouu'litiom for thut future, th-iii l>y tloiiiii; tlni 'liity und all tiit- I pr.iyt'r, I'ray that .Irrusalciii inuy liavo, I'cMiT iiMil fflioily ; L'jt them that lovi' ! h°e .'inil Thy pntu* }I;»ve atlll prosperity. Now for my fri^nrls. und )t ethrcn's lake, Penile lie in tlnje I'll nn^ ; Auil for the hoiue of (Joil our Lord. I'll seek thy good nlway. Oup hundrflil yonrs lienoo, there will lie only the vTui«p?rnil miniory of the distinrHons now prevailin,' tinimj; tli'i I'rc.iiiytiTi.'iii (."hurchi's iu this cuiuitry, or elsi^trhi-rp. Thnt i^rn (•ration, ox'.'pt :\ f -vv autiiyi iri im, will ku >vv nithiir^ of thturi. WIkmi tha' arent d.ny o! Cliristiau imi((ii comujs, t'urihlc aa nu uiiiy will the chur'-u hi-, triiiinphiDi^ over ovi-ry fnf. Aud as au iiii3(;i»tiv(i to tlio study of lh<! ohariiotor, iis well ns t) stir us up to an PuiiiiitiMU of the virtuiM of l>r. Mclircji >r au I l>r. 11 ly, thi.'< coii^'rt^i,' itiou in lovin;:; niciiKuy of all thoy did under (!ol for ua, the county nf l'ii;!:i')!i, ami tii(^ I'roviiioc of Nova Srotiu, haver thi'i d:«y (!i'c,'t<!d these tahhits iu their rem Muhramiu. No ni irl)!p can prr'scrvn their Main!.-! as fxitlifully and foil lly as do tiic he irt;) of us, t\\^ fricii Is and dccMiilintH of thru*- f^rpat ni'.ui. Ill St. P,iur,s in mi^m ory of the hiiildcr. Sir Christophrr W'nui i.s written. ''Loutor, si inoiuiuicntiiiu i|uar!ris (urciirn-picc." So may we say If you s'ck a morr Pti- ■luriii'.,' luoiiuiiiciit, looli around this church, the churciu.'s of this town an! county, thnnf low M' p,-oviu';js aud tlv^ ii'.'s of 'i'lc sea to wiioin the j^ospd was s-ut throuL'ii their Idbours. and you hive a m muui uit that will U'lt crumhl • while tiin? lasts : I) it will Im- an hriktht. aye, liriLfhter one huiid:"ed years ho:i';c than ii >w ; ever inCiXMsiiiu' in sp'eii lour and hriitht- aess throiiLth all the couiiii'.' a<j;cs of time, not depending' on ;iny elfjrt of our.i to prp»ervf! it, from clc;ay; liiton the iinpjrislrihle stamp of the Mister who o.viied, uoa' owns, ;ind Rv«r Will ^)<^•^^ t.u wjrk .in I la;))urot thjui \r u-o:iy pruae lers of his own Divino Truth. A Brief Sketch of New Glasgow's Commerica! Growth and Progress. Bv J. D. :\LcLii!i:(ioR, Esti. Mil. (,'il Mlf'l \N : -W lei V III'- S : -ret iry rcfus • 1 t'> t,i v' no f'lr an answer, I w.li n"t aware tliat my naiiij wast) lie puhlislied as .i s|i -.ikcr fir t i-iii^ht ; inuther wis it liecinse 1 dill not c n>si ler i*-, an hou >!• t. > he asked t > take pirt in ttie ccl'.'hriti ui of which my (lis- tin'.,aiished i^rau If.ither w >uld rce^uve a larf;'! share of the honora, and to whose rn'Oieu-y y.m hive t'lis diy erecti-id i T''/'"', hut. mv wish fo- dcdiiiinq. a id my first positive refusal, was s.ilt.'Iy from a smi-'O nf my in -Mpirity t() fulfil the ta.sk allotred me. 1 ,1111 ask 1 1 1 1 !,'i '^^ i hi-iet skct^^h of '"X jw (U is^.nv's c()mn'.;rci<il 1,'rowth and ])roL,'re,ss,uid a )m '. reuiinisc'iiii'ej of its nvipl • du' in,' the list one huiidie 1 yens." Altlioiii,'h we :iic this day celehratiii;:; the (.'cutennia! of the ( ' m'.rc^'iti'Mi, New (ila<'4ovv had ii i existeu'c one hundred yeard ago. We leiru from i>i'. I'.ittei.s ui's history of the C-)u;ity that it dates from ■'^«»»xi^'imiii*mv^ll^{ » iMi ii 'iaiMgitllMiiiBB *-.._'Ji.-1,.lTHKJlfT| ra^i 4S ./. ]). M,(;j,'h'i.'o;rs ADDDllss. al)out tlio joji!' ]' .'D, find is now coiisciiucntly l)iit 77 yt'irr, olil. An old aila^'i", niid one coinmonly rt;puiitc'(l liy unrille 'tint; prdp'o when tlicy ^'ct into "liliicullicH is ; "It w'll la; all tl'.i! saiujdii'; hull Iruil yo us iiinicu.'" Wt'U is it tDi' us Iuti.- iiss'jui')l<'il t»)iiit; >t thi't that wi»s not till) niutt'i .K'tt'd uiion liy your fnro fathors ; Imt «•<• liavi) gi;;:it ifiunu to ]r,-,iisf ( Joil and H-iy ''tli'! Inms hnvi; fiilli-ii td u^ in iiloasaiit ])la('os and we liavo a yuudly hi'iitii.'*'. ' The few minutes I wUI taku np your tiiiie wil! be a very inipeileet sketch of tiie men and tile liusiiiess of New ( das'.'ou 's fnuiideis. It is generally eonectled that tiie lirst house in \e\v (Jhisjiow was imilt l>y .i man named C.'hishnlni on the liink uf the iiv<;r, and on tiie »;(!;4eof the i>iook wliieli in my loyisli d.iys was eilled (Jhie's Ihnok. 'I'iie pinp :i'ty afterwards pass- d iiit>> the hands of the; Canieiou. (hettev know as ('lu(!) and still ri.uiiaiiis in possessimi of liis ileseenlants. IJut tlie credit of seleetini; New ( llas^ow as a husiiiess ceiitie fiu' !•; ist I'ietnu hehuigs to James C;uinie''ael, und F oiiiite fioMi a letter wliieh appeared in tile Kt:.<ti riii'linniiili' a few years nil", \\\nA\ is a,ttrihuted to the pi ii o'' th'.; late dolwi McKay, iii refeieneu to that event, which may pro- perly he called tile lieudiir.in^ of Nev (Man^ow ; - "About the year ISIOJanu'S t'arinicliael, born at l^'islier's (Irant, then a yo'iiii^ .niii of 'Jl years of a^je, b()u;;lit th<! adjoinin^f lot to the ( 'hisliolin (now the I'hie) pioperty aui built and opened a store. This estaldishmeiit was liii;lily prized and iipi)reeiated iiy tiic iKofile, and no wiuidiu-, as provicus ti> that time not so irucii as a poiinil uf nails ctuild bu L'nt w ith- I'Ut fioiiiu to I'iitou. "About two or three year> after Mr. (.'.irmiehi' ii had est.ablislied business, on a ("hriat- !ua.^ nigjit his house took iire, wluui the buihliiii^ with all its eouleiits were iM)usanied to aslios. Tiiis v.As a serious lo-s to a new beginner, J^s well as to the country at la; i;i', who i-hovved their syiiipithy by turnii^' out en urt-tn to a-isist in rebuiMins,'. "Xcxt spriiiii business wiuit tui as usual and as tmoothlv as if lUJihiui; happened. AI)out tiiis time he took into [lartiiership a youiit; .Seotehman named Ai;.,' i. Ihiiy enrerod lai ^'ely into tile timber tr.iile, sliip])ii!Lr sever.al cargoes each season from the Loadinji (Jrouiid."' 'I o (|Uote further he says : -".Mr. (I iriiiiehael met with another loss which tiuiched his feelinL;s more keemy than the l(..s.s of the liniise. Shortly alter [ a:tiiij4 with Argo ho built a fine behoouer an I io idcd iier for the We.-it [ii.hes. The suoer-cari'O and eiew biiiiL; (chiefly youm,'iiien iiom tiiis iiei^iiboi lujoil. On th-; vessel lu'iiijL; cleared from the l"ustoms,he tran s- initted to nis A^'cut at llalifa.x money to havethe vessel insured. All thiiiijs beiiii; ready and on a bright day and f.iir wild, tin; \-e.%sel saii'il but ne'.cr to lie aL'ain heard of. Jii i.Uie lime Mr. {JaiiiiiclKHd Went to Halifax to draw his iusu.raneo. flu found that no insurance had beiMi ^t:oeted, his agent haviui^ fraudulently jioi;keted tlie jiremitim money. 'I'liis difiaiipoiutinent. together with the loss of so niaiiy young lives while euiploye.l in hi>ser\iee, weiglii'd heavily niionhim. He came to the resolution toal)iiido:i luisiuc-rs and ii ruin with hi-; tatht r to the farm .it l"i!sher"a (Jiant, Here, ho■^^ ever, at this eiisis,liis wife, a woman '-f rare nioial courage .nd cool juiigeaieiit, prevaiU'd u[ioii lur husband t-> abmdou his intentioi's and [ii rsevcre still ill the business he had so I'mo; been eugige I in. lie did so and dcHUVedly sucivcdcd. "if ill ihe then far distant yeai.s to eoii;e, the then moiheis shiuild re.'-olve to iMi'et a uioiiumeiit to their grai, l-niothers, they sliould surely lUidicate the ceiitr.-il figure in the group to e immeinoiate the lati' .Mrs. -lames I'aiiniehai'l, for \\ nlioiit di.-,paiaeenant jo any of the others she was indeed a gie.it mother iiu Israel. ' These kiiiilly wm'ds weie written by .Mr. McKay when he w.-is over ninety years of age. 'J"hroi'.L;li the kindness of his family I h.ive been aihoved to make the fidlowiiig e.\tiaet from his dairy wiiich de.-^eribe-i vi ry laidifuily the condition of tlu; country at tiiis ])eri'id : " i'ne site of Xew (da-gosv' with the exetptioii of a small log shanty at the bank of the rivi'i'. wa:; a iieri'ect wilderness, inhabited by lii-.-irs, foxes and rabbits. There were no road.<. nor briilges, no ijemniunieal-i'Mi from place to jilaei', save by paths guiik-d by marks and ida/i s oil the trees. The intercoiii>e w as piinei|)ally by canoes ami boats in summer and th • ice in '..'iiiLer. Tliere \',rre. lew lioise-;. .\o wlieyled carriages of any scu't, and only one satldle on the will le M tthuuent . The late l)oiiald MeLeliaii was its lia[)py owiur, and he ciuihl sear^'cly call it his own, lor al e\'ery marriage Donald Moljellan's saddle was sure to l)i; in reipiisitiou. "A good lied uf f.r.an v-ork was carried on by wiiat was ealh-d frolics. This wa-s not so bad a way neither, i'or the work then to be jii'iformed w.is inueh hvMvier than now, .••uch as rolliug, biM'iiing and e!eai'ing the lauds, and could not lie done by we.ak hands. The evil e inneeted with it was the larg'e ipiantit .';; of li-pioi used. Tin ii' wa-< also atevry wedding MS much as (ive, six, seven and eight g-illous > f infoxieatilig liipiors drank. Neveitheiess, tiie:e wei - ie>t in proj)ortior so m iiiy drunkeu persons as now. Then every jierson, Iroiu ) i the iuiid-5-ei' down, took his gl'i,-;<,yct I am 1 wa>? '..'(^ vears of atie btfeie I c'Vtr.'-aw .1 druiii-; ./. /'. Mrt;l;!:i,nirs ;/)/*/,7;.vv ri hilt IlK'll : ot •h i.v ilt lUl- I to will limit ilt ;i utly :lll y- ;iiul tiiiii.' U'llt. ivily ) tliV ii-iigi? tin- ny of tlilCt |.m1 . ll,.' all. I 1 h it 8(1 Irom UtI ) in iiiaii. It lioiKilili' to drink, Init it was iml Lu-!iiiiii;iMi.' t. il; It (li ;;raci'ful. Tlicro wci'c uroat livalri.^s aiiuiuj; the iiiMiplo in liic early history if tin? ( '.iiuit\'. 'I mvi\ (if tlu! I'" 1st l\i\cr iL'lt li mini to iiiaintaiii thi;i,'l'iry nf the l';:i-.t t all tl lU'lgllb'illii;,' <lisi'n is, tid (li.l th V ^i M ri'-diiiish, Littli- III rlinr. illis < Ira lit. r tiiii, Wi'Ht.uiil .Mi liUe i;iver, tool luniiil t 1 t! 1" nii:ii|' II Ills siirt (it clani-liiK tl w tutnrc S'liui t tiu'ir iisjii'L'tivi' ilistn ir St •Lidii, hid tluii lU: T if lunch liijlitii':,'-" and liiiliyisn ■h <h if«i' sectional di.stiiictniU.s Mi re nuiiutaiiK d In a ridicnloii:^ •lie\ii)ii.s extent, lint tin ill (li led (lilt Ioml; ai,'ii. (•a was ver\ li tth thi pl'lce \va s l-.'sliill nil l>i r 111. It. if, eruard.'i Icil tii which price it rem liiied until the i iKiiujii'Iv lit the U'.itiaae wa- taiicii trmu the 1': [mil ( ■('iiniaiiv. ,\iid I may s.-iy that any hist.iry of New < ila-!_,' )w'.s !,'riiwtii .-ml [iri".,'vcss wn'.dd he .s,-idly ilr.)ir>ifeet witlidiit a I'etereiiee to the .sterling; nualitie-i , '11111 use •tiii lite df th (■ \ eiier.ilile '.ntiidr >\ th (Is I lave just (|!ii)te(l, and nhd.-x; hnwed fnrin, a^A lij [laHsed tlii',.iigli the street.-. has net yet |vissed frinii the recollecti'iii of the yijiiii'.'est lure Ml line to the CdUiitv in ISUI a h '.» tae(^s in iiii \outh, hut, iii^verth years ot a'^e. 11.^ had ('less ac(|inr( liirye ad d va'ii'cd l\li(i\\ h.U lew ailxnii- Whii. a very yoiiii^' n.iii he t.iu;.;lit sehd.il. lieiii;,' a rea(l\' writer Iv.; tunk an activ c [lart in di.s- eussiui,' the i|Uc.stiniis of the day, civil and religions, lie hived the KirU ehureli and was devoted tii hi.s own edP:,'roi'ati(in, in which he was an elder fur main years. I''iir half a lentiirv hu was tl Icadi iiia;'istratc in I'ictou, and did n to lliihdld la'A' ail |'iini.~<ii erinie. than any otlier ja.stice in the c!oiinty. In the old court of sessioiis he was stead- f.ist in inaintaiiiitiL' the intere.st.s of Now (Ui isL.'(nv am UldM led. 1 I'.ast Kiver. Posmssiim an e.Xcelleiit if law and with cle.ir weieht( 1 th eliieni, he a[iiie.ireil to ail\.ilitag" iipmi tlie liereh, am th lies of iiistice withdiit fear. And u idle st"rn .and tiiih-Mi liii',' in tli.it ei- laeity, lie was with.al a man o •iiefuliie-s with which I f tl iinist tender an d k fcelin iiid wa.s noted for tlu; le eiKiitli tnr Liie •ic ami ;iL,.-'il w.as .'^tli endia,:v .M. iLii.sliaLc (it New ( Jl.isi^'dw from its iiicdrpuratii u until hi.s death. 1 think it not iinheconiini,' on my part who an. his uuw this oecaHion, the eentennial of mv l;i and father".'! eoiu'reL'.itiiin, t.i olVer thi.s trilni e ti tl V succc?.<or 111 th, .11 It (llice, (11 mem or V of the man, who was himsill a dev.iteil .admirer and fiiiiid ol i>r. MctJia t!u hi!ld>viiiL,' ((nutations froiii his a'itiil)iii;,'raphy wi ill •lii.ok scarce and not hv the like of me j,'imh] h.Kjks .senieway.- - I'rom the late K 'v. |)i-. .^lc(i|■e'4 ir I h iimwed m iiiy, aiiioiii,' them .in vet 1 1 inana''ial h\ wi ,som. I'lncy ciiiuedia II two I it mv own. Any li. my serviciv i ciiinot tr;re volume ;s that Wdii look / d deepest gr.ititinle for t:ie iiiaiiy ai'ts of hindi / .'/ ".'.', .and niastere(l .'i ^ood deal of i:, and iiiaiii' I):-, h.id t!ii!iii t lu'y were at lis. uiiliiiiit expressiu^f my 'f .■'(■rvicr to me. it t he d. 1' lack even at tliis distant pern lud attention sleiu -d me liv lii.it veiiccali! christian man, .and it is the more littiiii/ that the remeinhrance i.i f Dr. y.:\\ Ill's kiiiliic to lUe ill years loii'j; !;iine hye shoul ila}' atti.'iided the funeral of his soi To return l(. my sketch of the litisiness until William .McDonald (i[ieiie(I store in the I laiine fic.-!i to my mind jii-t now seem',' that 1 ha\i' thi ri'dW th of the town ; .Mr. (.'armi. h.a 1 itl ildlltn ell" d lliiiih l''ias lid lav.i 1)1 Is il .1, 1 lear the h rid. 'I'l (ireat I'lritain towards her cdloiiies, to tr;;.I. the lot whe.e thi- Windsor llot'd inlands, pro..alily ahdiit iSL'D. w.as, hdwevci', no room for conip.;! itieu as owiiip; t i the narrow .and itnrist policy ( eiit with till! mot lier conmi\ and them.-.elvi until l,S-_»r>, wl they •re p jrniittel to iiade withsii.di ciniiti ies .as w.ni Still th(! iirivile^e was restri ted to Halifax, .an I li ■• State.-3(ir West In lie.*, had to he tirst shipji 'd ti il of the (leiieral .^l niii;; Associ itidii I'ictou w.as ile. liUll M-. !\. iinti 111' d d" I f. re aiirieatc niti SJS, when li\' tie; m'hiene. Tl ii.s em.incipa tion (if ti;e (" ilonies, as Dr. I'atte; ■n t'-Tin - it. '.'ive the lirst .stimulus t. nisinoss, and in that year we tiLd.laiiKM I'' voaii'j; man 'J,'{ y H»i'nn;_; sinre on ears or ai^e. an I wli ,1 ■r. \v. , atterw.ir II ani'.'s I'tasi i d lUSIll'. on. traiiiiii ' ill th Ml th'j site n.>\v oeciuiied liy 1 wl 111.; Ill ISl'l. H. m.ist sac:.'e-is full V (lire ;■! s in, a'K 1 his a'.teutidii ere he liallt tl t.) the tr.i liii',' le lire sent St iiie liuild- iro luco am I h i).'r. Tlie hu--iiics3 which ho finunl" I w man of niu.'h force and sa'iacity, wa< •; 'v intiiinel until within a f a momher oi' tho l-eL,'islativc (' il, II' p i.-tni i • tcr N c'.v m in tils. llas_' iw, .1 a Iter iiunlltc'l lii'li'li wi'.'ilth, and (liial i. iSS+at th Tl [.; loaor, le advanced a''o o le ve; |NJ 1 Wlien if S-J. the ( ■al -M; ■uition ]> ' 1 the firms of Uv. M. SVilliuin and (. ulin McKay, tiiey also purcli.iicd the c ,il uveas held hy Adam Carr, :>o J. J). MrdllKditltS ADDHKSS. wlifi wuh tl'e capital tlius obtained came to New ttlasgow, and set up buainesa, and in 1S7- ituill, Hio stone i) insi; ill whi'-li Adam »". Byll n^w liv(?-i. 'I'liis hiiiMimj now iKvirly sixty ycai'H (dd, Hknoii^li nut having any artistic Ix-auty, is siilistantial and good fi«i' an other sixty yi'.tis. He dii'd !)• fore my rocoIluL-tion, but if the c)iaiacter may be jud^'cd liy tlio Imilding i would i-ay lie wa.s a s(diii man, I must next refer t> James and Roderick McfJregor who commeneeil business in a small way, wliere Uio old Ottawa House now stands. Roderick the younger going in tiie summer inoiitlisj in a sni.ill schooner to the li-'hieg grounds, exchanging g.iods for fish, taking ti'o li-tli hoine and agai'i exe!iaiiging the tish with the farmei's fm' ]iroduc9, wiiich produce reidily found a niar|.-(^t in Miramiehi and Newfoundland. In ISIVJ they built the h()U><e now occu- pied hy Niefi'i'gor & Co., where tliey continued until 1S43, when the partnership wa.< di.*- iolved. and hiving no casii eapit il they ilividcd the goods and debts jn-o rufri \ James re- maini'il in the o'd stand. He was appointed a Justice of the I'e.ice, and for many years a*- sDciated with S(|iiir(; .McKay, acimiuistered its duties in the '\ lock-up. Ho was an Mlder in James C'lnrcu befoi'e his father's death. He liller* tlie same olHeo in l''rimiti'e Cjiureh, and continued in office in the United Church until '''■.' death in IS7t>. Koflerick removed to a small store on (Jeorge street near Mr? uid's until 184li, ■when ho built the i;tore ii"\v occupied by C. B. Thomp3i>n on . o site of the brick •building, .•)wned by his sons, and where he continued to do business until his death in 1871. 'l.'ne sysLp iiatic benefieni-e scheme of which you to-day, Mr. Chairman, are so zealous and aide an a Iv. mate, owes .something to him. la 1S4S at tiie induction of the Re.'. (Jjoi'ge Walkei. aithougii the members were small and only alile to mako up a subscription of £!2lt. he strongly uilv.icated the scriptural jilan of weekly oll'crii'gs, and to remove tlie doubts of some agreed, providing they jjave it a trial, to make up any deiieieney the rtrstquartor They iiever were short and he lived to .see the plan followed by uevily all the churches. Alex. Fraser commence 1 about the same time, or perhaos a year before the Medreiror's. Hin pla(.'e of business was at or near tiie public wharf. He also went trading to tlie lisli- iiig grounds, leaving his store in charge of a prudent wife. A few yeans later he removed to a small store where daidisou's building now .stanils. He afterwards built and oceupiod the store now owned bj' K. A. Walker. Tiie purchase of this lot, for which ho j)aid Mim\i Jl-OO, was eoniddetcd so enornious thirty years ago that tliij wholt^ county talked of it. Mr. I'rasor was Treasurer of i'rimitive (.'liur.li fr.ui' its origin until his death iii iJili.'!. Mr. '■'la-sci was a Tiastee in ./ames Churrli Ind^rc the separation and without the feirs of briii-*- iiig an old sore huig avo healeil, for 1 believe the hatchet of disc'ord was buried loiiij; beforv. Mr. Fraser's deatli. He was llit- prominent man in bringing the di-satlectioiu before the i'resb^'tery. 1 h ive in my pisaessiou a:i interesting account of the whole matter written by him ; and while we may not be as indnxihle in I'cgard to our convictions, yeh wo have to ;■ 'joice that to-day our [irt^juilices would not allow the piteh-p'pn to put us out ( f liiue, but under the swelling note.-; of tlie organ we can all sing, "iJijiiold how good a thing it is, and how beeoming well togetli: • such a:? brethren are, in uniiy to dv/ell."' I'roiiiiueut and fo"em)-it; am in.; the b i-iiiics-i m ;!i st lo I C.iptaiu (ioorge M l>i'az!e .and Tnii o IS (Iraham, wlio eoiuribiited as inu.ih, if not more than any other.s, to tuc |)iosperity of 1 li : tovi). Tuey wore famed ;is shi[)-baiMers and sailors. I'uiy built and -juled their ihij... 'riio<e who have hi I to do witii the successful management of ship- know that as much d'oi, ad.-- upon tie- ipiick dispatch and management in poit as in the sailing, audio tliat parlijuhir (^ tpt. M Ivenz'e always said Tliomsa (iraham bad no e()Ual. At one jieriod in Cj.i _) .N .dv- I'.'r.s 1,'- i.y w.i; b.?l;ef kiMwi tiuin aavoiiti- X(mm S.'otiau in L'ver- p II)', (^ v-;_;!jw i. 1 1 I '.ic .So It ill- parts of ih-i U. deed .States. B.-fme lie s.Mrce'y attained mai'iood, n coune^ttoii w.oh .luia R-il of Ijiil) Ha.-bor, he built uis lirst vcvicl at Cliaiic! ill ooi'. He a:i liia pj,rt.ier carryMig the \vo)d on loeir shoulders, and from that time uiud nis deaili w •..■< cmnejted w;^h shi[)<. Tn ISI'd we find hi ii he-e liuil ling a f«mall ve.shil of abiit 10) tons. Hj c • itiuued a Ivaueing from ship to siiio. He wa-- tli! let !i I ; s ■. I • ii d. ita 1 o,i It th-; i irgest v-:!ss.''s of hi.s day, and with Tiiouias I'laser, his ao'e c.e-.;ei ■• ail lio i .il I'"oi-e nui, nuae New (Jlisgow uotui a-i one of the snip- liuildiug e iti' s I'l' Nova Sioia. Its g'li j-^j, in tiiat branc'i of inilii>., y has dcpa ted and almost ^-.Ca . s de la' ..u e. In so h'^jii es.eem was he held l\y fiose wuh wni n he did bu i- vc^s tha. up.i 1 a visit to GLisg »w in IS.52. he wis p e-ieiit;d wii-h a tesi.;m >iial bv soup- friends, meti'l'.ants <f (i'a-giw and (lr<-fi)Ocdi. I'e repiesented the eountv (■oo IS'.") ti I si!;!. [ lie ■ ! naliv s,iy ImiC liis wife was a d i e;h;.e • of f)-. M •ii;'egi'"s He died in |.S7(>, an 1 left ai !:■) lo-fd na ii--, and one ta.it will aUv.ays be c itiuected wi h New < ila -g )>\' slii|)- building iiiduR'.rv.- \ext we have John McKenzid, w'.io, after some years training with his bfo'J.u-i'inlaw, ¥ I M-t^ur^e^* J. D. McGREOOB'S ADDRESS. ty hy ";,' jail |u»i' iiAx lily lie- lan- lior fi'i- ¥ J* f .lame.s ( 'ariuicliael, built the housu owned by Duncan Ross. Ho was New (ilasgnw's first I'ost iiaHlpr. After a few j'ears successful business he died ia 184"). Our ciniroh to-<lay in reaping the fruit of his Rucoess ; his widow bequoiithin^ a portion of her estate to religiou^ "bjci.ts, one of tlieni being a Bursary for the educatioii of young men studying for the ministry. .s' xt we have John Cameron, who beijan some where between 18.'i."> and ISIO. At thi^ timr' .if the disruption, Mr. Cameron followed his minister.tlie Uev. John Stewart, and being thi^ on'y Free Church merch.-int in all east Pictou, ins l)u-*inei»8 grew fast, and being a shrewd, careful and economical m*n, he wiis considered ricli at the tinio of his deatli in I8()4. He was an ehler in Knox Church from its inceptn^n, and his death was a seveir blow to the conv;rn>»ation. A i.;reat stimulus to the business of New (llasijow was ijiven between 18.3(< and 183tt, during' the building of the railway from Albion Mines to the Loading (iround. For the jirst time in the history of the County there was a considerable circulation of money, and C") notes were no longer a rarity. I'revious to the opening of tlie new railnay the coal raised at the mines was conveyed by a tramwav to the old shoots below tlie bridge, and thence in lighters to deep M'ater. The opening of tlie road marked an era in our history and It was liailn I with great rejoicing through tKe county. Creat expectations were formed regarding tiie future of this town, and tiiei-e was consc(|nently a large influx of merchants lielwcen then and 18.")0, of wliom we may mention Alexander Douglas, John V. McDonald, .lame!! i'rascr, (Downie), Willia n Fi'UBer, Basil Bell, Thonias 11. Krascr. Thomas Fraser, .A.ngns Ciiisliiilm, C.eorge \V. I'nderwood. and .John Mel*. Fraser; with whom were associat- ed ad |)rr.inincnt citizens. Dr. l''nrrest, A'illiam Lippiucott, liidjert .Mi(;reL'or, John Mdler, William C'iiisholni and Divid Marsii.ill.anrl thctse two temperance veterans, Kenneth Forlies au'Hieorge McKay, alongside this worthy list which exerted a large influence in the de- velopment (.1 this town at a later period, 1 wish to pi ice in the way of I't'caiiitnlition those pioneers of whom 1 have already sp )k m - lanrs tjirmichael, .fohn Mi.dvay. lion. .lames Fraser, .lames ,Mc(Jregor, RoderiiU .Mc(ire:;or. Alexander' Friser, .(olin McKenzie. (Jeorge McKenzie, Tiiouias (iraham anil .loliii ( 'a!u« ron. Tlicsc were this men who founded New (.ilasgow. 'lake them all in all we shall ii t look upon their liki' again. They were all strict Fresbytei iaiis, mostly baptized liy Dr. ?>i('< iregor and all trained under the, ministry of Drs. McCJregor and Iii)y, and the llev. .)ohu St(!\\ art. It \--- not perhaps to be wondered at that under such circum- stances they should have exhibited such tine chiracteristi''a. and their whole influence >hould have been on the side of religion, morality, tcniperance, education and justice. Some of tlivm tonic a deep interest in matters of state ; most of them were ''hnicli ofiicurs : some were y,'»'iliius tcmporani-i' advocates, all were good citizens and steadfast upholders ot the laws iil (i )l and man. Mnip than that it miuht be said that they v.cre without ex((|i- tion m Ml ]TiisfeMsing force of character, high intelligence and a measure of education, i|uitc e.\-.;e;itional f >v men of their advantages, while some of them possessed marked ability. Tiiey Weill the stiiiip of men of whi'-h Dr. Holhmd says the preseat time d-maniLs, '"t ill men. sua crowned, high above the fog, in public duty and in private thinkin.;."' With sucii a baud of citizens ill so small a community, is it to be wondered that New (ilasgov* li )urislie 1. M ly we not appropviit.e the wirdt contained in the motto of our namesake on the Clyde, an 1 say '•JWc (I'fi.gjou; h.u tt:iuyl^!ii- 1 hi/ th- jirr-irliht'i .>t thf U'o/v/.'' J. S. McLeax, Es(i. As Mr. MeL!an"s address was not written, the following brief rejiort is, at his own re- i|ucst. inserted in its i)!aee, Mr. 1. .S. Mcljt-ui of Halifax, t'li' great Lrrandson of caie (,f the fi.st lit of ciders ordain- f 1 bv l)r. Meliregor's sessinn in 17S7, gave the ncKt ad.lrcss. He spoke of the giatiticatioii wiiicli it ail'ord'd him to b.j present on so ausjiieious an (k'cioow ; of the iiile-cMt with whiili lie ha 1 iistciied to the paper.s and addi-cs.tes whitdihal been rca^l and deliveri'd, and of his adni'.i.tion of th>; maunc ' in whicli the ceU;l>ra,tion had been conducted. He also re- ferred to the interest which Presbvteri misin teachi's tlioeo who are uiide'' its iidluence to take in all civil, social, pelitical, and benevolent, as well as religi >iis Hio\enients, and illus- irated his >t iteii>"nts by f.icts and incidents wiiich had Ciiiuc uinler l.i^ own observatiouJ. more particularly in the city of Halifax. RHPPi ^ .i i W ''''^-'--mm^_-:Wm 52 L'l:]'. J. D. MdJILLIl'IiAY'.^ ADDUESS. Ri:v. .1. D. McGiij.iVRAY 1 iiin «mo, Diiar Krieiils, tliah you must lie pleased to learn from our Chairman that tlie <Joiniiiitt.ee liiis'. Huc-cuedeil in sccurini,' l)Ut one mure Address for tliis occasion. Hnt, in truth, <jnly one thing more re:niins, and tliat is to voice the leading lessons whicli yonr past history tea(;heH yon — tin; connnamls whieli it lays npon yon. Naturally and neeessai'ily the main ■ lUtiooU of a centen iry euluhration is towards the pist. But yonr haltitual attitude is witli iai;e iniiinly towards the future ; and the mission ami destiny of the Christian Cliureh, which determine your iiabitual attitude, forliid us to devote even such an occasion as this \viiolly to the past. Indeed we only reap the full advantage from backward contemplation wiicn we unite with it niudirati(ui concerning the pi-escnt ami the future ; and prepare for ;.'oing forward, insti'ucted, stimulated, and strcngtliened.to the work that remains and pres- singly waits the appli«vition of our renewed energies. At this hour 1 will venture to specify hut two of the duties wliich your existence ami li.i.st liistory for the la<t one humlred years as a I'reshyterian congregation make specially iM'tnife.st ; and tliet:e two i-tand intimately connected with the closing vtnnark of Mr. Mc(ire- ;jor's paper, to the ellect that even yrur materia! advantages yo)i owe mainly to the gospel. In the fir.st place, llolil Jaxl ninl /ii'/rl forth tli- i/o/i/ii'l — l/ic irf:ol(' ',lO:<pel, hi It" purity ami ■■'nil Illicit ji. I'reshyterianism dcK^s not take kindly to hohhies, half-truths nor half measures, riie' I're-ihyterianism whicii your fithers sought to have established in their midst, and uiii(;h tliey desired should Ix! transmitted as a .sai.'rcd h(;ritage to their children from geu- < ration ti- generntidii "as long as sun and moon endure"', was a I'reshyteriaiiism expressing and embodying tlie gospel and limited only by the gospel. The appeal from this land which was mainly instrumental in lir-t bringing ministers from Scotland, formally stated that it wa.s the earnest desire of those by whom it was S(uit forth, "to have tin,' pure form ( f LTOspel worshij) set up, the doctrines of grace preichei, particularly the justitication of sin- n"rs thro' the im]iutation of Ciirist's righteousness alone, and their santilic.ition by His holy Word and Spirit, and the saci'aments puri.dy di^p.mscd among them and transmitted by them ti) their postc'rity while sun and moon endure' ; and to this end. they craved the I'res- bytery to wiiich their appe d was directed ''to send a competent number of able ministers to the Province for erecting Christ'.'s throne of discipline in it." The issuing of thi.s .Apjical marks the first grand victory scored by the gospel in tlu; I'.'rection of securing a peinianent Presbyterian clinicli org,iniz:ition in our land. The latheis did not intend t.i leave their religion behind tlnnii when they emigrated. Xeverthe- l.:ss, they did lea'ean organized cluirch .*tate to eoni<! whore there was iione. But that g)spel which they carried with tlieni. not in their Bible.s eaiefally stowed away in their trunks, whei'e aloup too muiy who leave u^ for other lands seem to carry it. but in their Ifarts, in their hands, (Ui their lips ; that gospel wa.s as a fire within their bones, and gava tiiitn no rest until they I'xiu'ted themselves earnestly, pcrsevcringly an<l sucecs;-Iully "to have a pure inv\\\ of gos|)el wor.^hipsct \i])." Its second great victory was gn'ned when it constrained able and worthy ministers of ( 'iirist to re.'^pond to that appeal. Th.it their coming is fairly regarded as a triumpli of the ;.'i)spel, i.s at)undantly ]noved by the condition of this country at the time, the life of hard- ship wliich lay b.ifore tliem, and the c'laracter and result of their labors in their chosen lield. (I) They gave thcmselvi^s up heartily ami nin-e.''ervedly to the work to which they were called, to seiting up a iiure form of gospel worship. ('!) \Vh"!; "advised, author- ized and enjoinel" by their Synol to constitute themselves into n Presbytery these early missionaries dhl so : but it wa- as the I'reshyteiy of the ('ountry o. their adojttion, and not IS th .'sbvt ytery ot any hottisn Sym d. ncv aliroad in their Minute. They b.iscd thei tcrc.'sts of rel nr.ide no refererce to any injuiictif w action on tl le neces ities or tne case am d tl from le ill- ame toifether tn igioii as tacse were made appii'i nt to them in their deliberations when tht tooting (j; Presbyterian prnciplcs as con der the matter. They ciuistituteil themselves a Presbytery "on tha itained in rxnA founded on tl: Scriptures o f the Oh nd \ew Testaments, and as exemplilieil in tin; Westminster Ci)nfession of Faith, (.'atc- ■'lisins, Form of govcrnnu'iit. Directory for worship, government or discipline as attained ly the ("luirch of Sivjtlaini in her purest tinuM : this Presbytery to be the last court of r( oi't for the (.' lurch in this frovini' un til such time as their number be ko increase I that it IS c\pi'dic:it to ilivide into ditl'creiit i'rcsbyterie.s, ami to have a Provimnal Synod erected." \nd fmtlur tln^y claimed to stand in the relation of a sister church to the churches of ame suoonn nate standards. In other I'c.itain, Ireland and .Vinerlca, atlhering to the s; tie-y organiz 'd themselves into an independent gospi ingofthe \Vc;-tminister Standard.s as adopted by the Ciuirch of Scotland, without inakinj; ds. )snel church for the Province, on the foot- J S'j0^5|SE t]ie Lith, Itory lujiin lith lirc.h, this itioii |e for Iprcs- and ially 'cGre- spel. I' and iiurcs. , ami 1 gen- ■ssing laiii) stilted jini < f of sin- is lioly toil by i I're.s- ters to ¥ JiEV. ./. />. MvUh.LIVRAYS AIJimKSs. d.'J .•my reference to tlie Divisions in Sootiand, in tlie lio])o tlii.t these divisions woidd never ap- pear in tliis couritry. It is true tliey inserted the word "Associate" into tlie ..anie of theii- I'rcshytery. Hut thoy seem to have done so hecaiise tiiey felt tliat in tlio oirounistanccs t!tey could not do otherwise ; while the j^'eneral scope of the- miniite in vhich they recorded their action was such as to counteract any narrowing or divisive tendency wliic' the \vor<l niiylit seem to encc>urage. (3) When your missionary in I'irtou, wiio himself came out in iuiswer to an appeal writttHj by one of these founilers ot ou;- PrcH-hyterianism hetran to withdraw from this I'reshytery, and afterwards witli otiicrs t'> set tip another I'i-(;sliyteiy, tliey took no rest until tlie union of 1SI7 was eti'ccted lui'l .'ill danger seemed for tln^ time lieing removed, of a divided l'resl)yterianisiii in tlie land. Tliis union was tiie third great \ictory gained by the gospel in the interest of our church, in tiie benefits of whicli this con- ^'re^tation participated. .lust here I wish to say that great injustice is- done to historic,' trutli and to the founders of I'reshyterianism in this I'rovincc when the I'resbytcrian (,"hurcli of Nova Scotia is spoken of as, Tlie Secession Church, or as sometimes, 'I'he U. V. ('hiitvli, the meaning of the latter title being that the I*. C. of N. S. was a lirancli of tin; U. I*. Cir.ircli in Scotland. It is not tlie fault of that church that tiie divisii, A Scotland wcr<! vraii.sferi cd to this cciuiitiv. Tlie pruniotera of the Union omitted from their action and from the new title everything that would suggest division or ecclesiastical connecticii with any particular churcii outside of this land. Here then, Hrethren, is our case, 'the gospel has secured for you a century's existence as a Presbyterian congregation ; nearly three i|uartera of a cintitry's existence as a Union i'les- byterian ('oiigregation, ever rc.-idy for further union on tin- broa 1 iteformalion basis exhibit- pd in our subordinate standards : and over lialf a icntury's: existence us a Missionary con- gregation, responding to the calls uf the Home and tiic Foreign field. It has secured for you all that is noble and worthy in your history as a Cliristian L'luircii for which we this day unite with yoii in thanking (Jod. T'< it you owe the comforting hope that those who have forever passed away from your number, not being peniiitrcd to rcmiiin by re.'iscn of dcitli, have gone to the better country, excn llie luavenly ; and the hojie tliat you in turn will go to tiie same country and rejoir. them tiiere. .Siicji being the cas;e nothing more is needed from me to show you that gratitude to (lod, to the (iospel, and to your fathers, con- sistency with your past recoiil, and duty, recjuire you to hold last and hold forth the gospel in its simplicity, purity and completcMiess, Tiie t'ccoiid general duty which your past history lays upon you is. /A- /oi/n.'fif siiliiii'i.<.<in to iIh- iiDsjicl. ^'oll have received it and plc(lg(;d yoiii'.-elve.s to it. it has foumlcd tlie con- g.'(!gatioii on .Icsus Christ, the only chui<:ii foundation. And it is still ail tli:it(!vcr it was as the power of (iod unto Salvation to every one that bi'lie\eth it. Hut to rcali/.c fully what be- licvin? it is ami secures, you must Ik; subnii.-sive to it in love. It was no unkindness to your fatlicrs and it was but justice to the gospil, to say as one, of yourselves has already acknowledged to-day, that the lecord of tiie past is not perfectly satisfactory. Hut it is no fault of the gospel that this is the case. It was re.'uly to do in all t'iie stages of tlie past all that as the powei- of tJol unto salvation it was appointed to do. 'i'he trouble was, those who received it did not wliolly submit themselves unto it. In some of the testing cas«s in their history tluy wouM take their f)wn way and not ('lirisc's way. This, however, only sliows that your jiast without your future r(;i()rd \\ill not make a pei ■ fei'tly rounded whole. \\"\t\\ Haul, tiiis rrjngrc.'ation must count thiit it has ii it yt;t nppre- liended tiiat for which it was a|)j)rehendeil of ('lirist .Icsus. And it must .stn tch forward CO the tilings whicli are before, jiressing on toward the goal. I'.ut if it would ever attain to a perfect ncord ymi must submit Yourselves unreservedly to tlie gospel. It has its message to Congregations and to individuals. Haul writing' to tiie Church in Corintli i-.ays, "I lie- seech you breth.reu tiirougii the name of tlie Lord .Icsus Christ, that ye all speak the sainc! tiling and i\\\t then! be no divisions amoiiijr yiu : but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment."' If any f;iil togiMsp his mi-auing u't them weigli these words in t'ouncctiou witli tliosi- of his aiipt-a! ti the churcii i:i Hliilii)[)i. '•Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ." .And indecil, if, as he siys, the churcii is the body ot ( iirist, by whose mind should it lie possessed and coiitroHid if not by His '.' Hevise, tlien, your measures and carry tliiiu out in the spirit of Cliiist. which is the spirit of the gospel : (jthcrwise ;iu(.' will bring to you confusion, condemnation and shame. Ihit what is a congregation ? It is tin' community of the in<lividii:i!^ and families tliat compoie it. It is vain to evpect more of a congregation than the c()ndition, ■■haracter. and attainments of its members w,irr;int. It can only crow with their 'irowtli. 'I'lie great diiticulty, therefore, in tlie way of securing a right i;ongi'egatioiiiil siiiiii and a correct c-on- r.4 liEV. J. D. McGILLIVIlAY'S ADDHFSS. yrrgfttional lifp, a« jtidgcd by the stanflartl of the gospel, arises from the difficulty of secur- iiig a proper mciibc of personal reBpoiifihility among the nieinl)era of the congregation, and of louforming our own individual action to the rtquirements of the gocpcl. We are apt either to want to lead and have our own way, or to wif>h to be left alone while others do the work. Kach nieinl)er hIiouM count for one in thework of the congregation and be willing that every <jther niember fshoul(' also count f(.r one. The proper attituclo of every individual churcli member, old and young, towards ('liriat is exhiliitcd in the question of Paul when he wa« tailed into the fellowship of Christ, Lord what wilt tiiou have me to ilo ? But Christ is not only f-ord. He is the churcli's Head. And we are the body of Christ and severally members thereof. We may be neither independent nor arbitrary on the one hand, nor indolent nor idle on the other. We should serve with our brethren or fellow- members the common Mead. It iH not for us only to know the mind of Christ and to have it and do it ; but for otherf alio : and we must be willing to consult with them as to what that mind is. S(une of those who have addressed you iiave spoken of a Mi-centenary of the congrej?*- tion, and, in ad'ect at least, a-iked you to consider what your history will be from that point I if view. I know not if it is allowable in vio«' of the scripture teaching as tn the imininency nt' Christ's coming to ask you to place yourselves so far away, or to pltce the review period so far away from your present place and duty in the church. Certninly none of you will take |iart in the Bicentenary : and if you were to be there, how few of you would receive speciai iiioution for praise oi' for dispraise. But there is a day, yet future, and therefore leaving some time to preparr) for it ; but whose time or place in the future we cannot discover nor determine, and therefore we ought not to defer till tomorrow anything the dehiy and ))erhaps consequent not doing at all of which, will afl'ect our oeilit ;— aday in whicii tiie history of this congregation will be minute- ly reviewed and ill who shall have contributed to mould that history shall receive mention and recompense according to his or her work. Writing lo a church in his own day, Paul re- minds its membera, "We must all he made manifest before the judgement-seat of Christ ; that each one may receive the tilings done in the body, according to what he hath don«i, ▼ hether it be good or bad, The judf^ment is to be individual ; but it will take account of wliat each did aiid how he did his part in his place in the congrcation. Says P«ul, "Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is JesusChrist. But if any man Iniildcth on the foundation, gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble ; each man's work ^-hiill lie made manifest : for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in tire; and the lire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work shall abide \\lii('h he built theieon.he shall receive a leward. according to his own labour. If any ujan's work pliali be burned, he shall suffer loss ; but he hiiui-elf shall be saved. ye' so asthrough tire." Indolence, iiiilitTereiice,worldliue(>s,can only lea<l to Iosh. Hnteren work if we Intve no betlKr LTuidc than ojiinion or con^cicnciousncss will not secure that share in the re ward s of grace and -lory which mitiht othcrwii-e l)e ours. The gospal, "my goajiel," says I'aul to the church in l.'ome.is to be the rule of judgement in tliat day of the revelation of the righteous* judgement (it <Hid. Conscientiousness in your work in the congregation may go far to show that yo« youiself are on the foundation, atui are building such as you build on it ; but it will not prove that you are controlbd by the mind of Christ, nor secure to you the reward that is promised only for work accor^ling to hit< mind. Be submissive then. Dear Brethren, to the goi?jK>l, And now 1 coiumend you to (>od, anil to the word of Hii grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that art sanctified. * I '' .JM*.-,, ; nci TABLETS. ''JWTT.Za In M e 311 o r y OF THE REV. JAMES MACGREGOR, D. D. FIRST PASTOR OF THIS CONGREGATION, BORN AT PORTMORE SCOTLAND DECEMBER 1759: ORDAiNED AT GLASGOW A MISSIONARY TO PIOTOU | MAY 3iST 1786. 1 HE CONSTITUTED THE SESSION OF THIS CONGRZGATiON SEPTE^/IBER I7TH |78S. AND LA30URED FAITHFULLY AMD MOST SUCCESSFULLY TILL HIS DEATH WHICH CCCURED MARCH 3RD |830. -TIIKY THAT !!:■: WIsK SHALL SIIIXE As Til!-: j!.i:/<i//TXL'ss <..r Tin: ri !;}iami:.\T: am> tuf.y that rrax maxy !:> L'uni ri::>rs.\/-:ss as riii: sta i;s /■'(>/.' i:vi:i! A XI) iy\'i-:i;r hiiu. xiL ■:. 33ristt-ji5jc.'a'.';T: XSfcaJtnaffii!!': SSIESXWiSS::,Cn!mTS^3:'SV3fSi;!S3S^SBS9F^i)?SSrrVin ^ d 1^^ ? l^B^^ I \ i TADLETS. In Memory OF THE REV. DAVID ROY, D. D. SECOND PASTOR OF THIS GONGREGATiON, BORN AT RENKEL SCOTLAND IN 1791: ORDAINED BY Tr.E PRESBYTERY OF FtOTOU JULY 26TH 1830, AND INDUCTED TO THIS CHARGE APRIL I3'I"H !83l, WHERE HE LABOURED WITH GREAT D'.LIGEMCE AND MUCH ACCEPTANCE TILL LAID ASIDE BY FAILING HEALTH IN :S70. HE ENTERED INTO HiS REST AUGUST G"D iS73. ■■/,'/;.i//;.i//;/;/.' t/ii^m wni-ii //.:!'/; n,:: n'-i.i: <>v!:i! )r//-, wiio iiAVt: si'iiKiix LWTo \'>r Tilt: ]V:'!n> <ii <.'<H): Wllnsi: IWITII Fol.U >\i\ C^ >XSI DKi;! X< : I'lll. LW/Jor T/lh'Ih' f'>yvhi;<ATl()X."-llrh. XIII. :. I — i mn i ii iin iiuTj ii iiir iiiir- iiiiiai r ni wmynas&A 'M V>!v ■^f. -^^i.^"-.'.-' ^'J ."{S AAV'/' or El.DKh'S. ATPHNDIX A. List of Elders in the Congregation now known as James Church, New Glasgow. IlIva. .Tamks MnOiJicc.nii. 1). J).. J'astou. ITHt! to 18:'.0 Xamks UK Ki,i)Kns. 'Ilioiiins Fraspr Siiiiiiii F'ratsn* A lex UK I ur I'VubtT .lolin McLean Hugh l'"i.is-er jlolicrt Miirsliiill K(!i]iictli l''ias('r iloiiii I'iittriHon Daniel McKay r.'iti-ii'k (If.iiit \\'nlt(;r Murray CiMir;^!! K'ly .lolm Siirili DisTliir DutcofOrdiimtioii Ivif't Riviir ) West ];iver «( •( Middle Kivpr ( ( it rititou Harlijiir Ivist Kivcr Mcrigomish I May Cth ITs; Oct, Mill l7(Si» Tliisc thru' havin;^ Iwwi (irdaiiitd ill Scotland w«r« iiiiaiiiiiiuiisly ,>'L'c«'ivf'J an el- ders liy tli<: con;;iL'pUion of I'ictdii, and MJtli l»r. Mc- (Jrcf^or as niDdcratur wiinr coiistitiitcil as tli(! Associati; Session of ricton on Sejit. ITtli, 17S(;. f^ 4-. ' Tiiesc tiirti were urdaiucd at Meii;.-.jiiii>-h. .lames Mel), nald David McLean Alexander Kraser .loliii {''laser AltXMiider Mctlattic huiialil Mi'Kay .Alexander McKeiizie Alexander MeNaiii;liton Tiie ahove names and ! dates have heen taken j from the Session Record, , and may therefore he re- i ,1,'arded as strii:tly aecii- i rate. As there are no Re- ! eoi'ds of the Session nil- j der tlie riioderatorship of ] l»r. McCirei^or of a date; suliscijiicnt to .Iiine ,'ird | IS04 liuown to he in cxis- j tence it is impossihlo to i f u r n i H h doeiimentary I evidence of the complete- ness or a<-ciiraey of that part of the list which immediately follows. D'Uiald l''raser IJcdiert (irant Duncan McPhee Duncan C mierou Hugh Mcintosh Alexander Cinieron Alexander McDonald K. I!. Knst RiveriXov \V. I'.. Kist liiver! '• Middle River j " Fisher's (haiit ] " Meri'.'niiiish ■ I'^ast Iviver ^th IT'.I'J X.iv. Ktth IS03 ! Fish Pools Springville East River W. li.- East River ■ji „ .'I- of iMc /<!!>• iatii ■I't- ^ lineii I [JST OF KLDEh'fi. ft» Xamks iiF K|,I>RH8. Willinni FraRer lliinald Kia«tT (miller) Williuiii Sutherland \\\kg\\ FraHiT Riideriik McKay JumcH Mt'Oreyor iln^h McKay Alexander I' cuspr Dtsthut. McLellan'M Krool; New Olangow Albion Minp« New (iliiM^ow Fish Pools I)nte of Ordination Rkmmikh. Theie right wore tlie itl- dert of tlu- <Mn|,'rft;ati'>n iif the time «if the HPttleiniiit of ll«!v. David It'.y lu 1*11. K?:v. David K'oy. I). D., rASToi;, ^%^\ t<» IsTO. John McKay Simon Fraaer .l.ihu McKay (Culton) *.lohii A. Frasiir Kenneth Forbes (.\>lin Mi'Innirt Alpin Cliisholiii ■lames Arthn ■ •<!. W. UnderHood James MijKuy William Mcl'liersoa Simon FiHBor John Md'ar I)iivid Marshnll 'I'honiaa (irahfvni "*J»n)eiii Will, friser Narrows lUain Fish Tools Linacy New (JLlBfOW [ Albion Miiiijs New (Jliisyow i''ish I'liols Albion Mines Mcl.ell vns r.rook New ( Jlas'gow Oct. 2nd IS45 Feb. |.:th IS."5I " 'l'Mt\ " .hino I4tli lS(i.3 liin'y ITtb ISO!) Rasin 31kv. \\. A. McCri;])^. PAsioit, [sTl. Dfjnuld Fraser "(it'or^c Siitherl.ind 'lluivej (!iM!i;vin *A. C TlioiiipKon Moliert .McConnell Tbuma-' I', .fone.s •l». C. l'^-as<;r McLellan's Brool; , Jniry -J.')!)! ISTi' New (jlu«gow i ii .. : Dec. -JCth INT.-i Dec. -J.sth 187!) N. B.~ Those wlio.^f? names are nriikel witli a congregation. conftitiito t!ic pri-scut stssioii oi th Ifff •s 1/ 00 IJST OF MKMUh'h'S. APPENDIX B. IjiHt of namus (111 tliu (Joiiiiininion I{i»ll of .lameH (.'luiroli L'onjrrejKation, Xow (J'/imi;i.v\, Sopteriilier ITtli, l'SS(i. IVrsoiiM wIkiho iiiuiu'h iir«i iiimkutl tliiu '*, ln-ciiriri <y'oiiiiiiiini(Hiif.i uiidor till) ininiMtry <'f l>i'. Mi:' iro'^oi'; tlnmn whose iiium«!m i^ri; iliMtiiiuuiMhuil thus +, iliirin;; tlic |KUtuii»tu ol Dr. Hoy ; while tlio'it! wIuhc ii uihm iiro without uiiy iiiuk of (listim-tiou lia\t) liuuii riicijivud as (Joiiiiiiunicuiit!) Htiicc thu ui!ttltMn>!iit of tliu presk'iit paHt^ir, lAmliM'S'iii AiidiTW Aiilil (;hiistit! A. Aul<l Saiah il.ikcr Mrs. .I(ihi^|i1i llalLmtyiu! .Mrs. Alux I'llat'k .Siiimii'l ■ lilintk .Ml;'. Sum. lUriu-u Mr-. Win. r'.t'iiiK'tt Mis. Henry llii.iinl .lallius iJDalld M rs. .1, lilies i i '. iiiu'von MiH. \\'i:i. C/iiiaioii .Iiiliii tC'liiierou .Mrs. .Iiihii II. ■ICiiitley Ch irl-'s K'ailtlr'v Mis. ( 'iiailcs i(,' iiitioy .Mari'iii « 'aiitley . I, lines ( "aiitluy 'I'lmuias Caiilley .Mi'^- 'I'iuia. ; 'illtley .l:illrt ■ iiit'ey w Caiitley Mary 1! K.'assiily .Ml ■1 |(,',;vaiia'_'li .Mrs. 'I'lio-S, ( ivaoaifli M ivia ( ' ivaiiauli It M)>rt ( H, ivaiia ivaiM'i iiwai'i -h i h Nils 11 iMslmlm .M iiv ■yVA\u ISll iiili .\le.\. ;)llll Mi'. A!('X. < 'liisliolm W'lllia'ii ( iii^li'iiiii ( '(lislioliii Mr.-. Dim Wii «'hisiioliii .Mrs. I'ai ('hishdiii .\Kx ( 'iii.siiolni .M: .!'■ (' 'Mslidllii ■^iioli 'd I-. Ciii^ liidiii i''liM,'i Chish dluT: t.'lisli Lizzie i'ondiud W c .pi d .M I \\ ill. (Jipekind .Mary ( ottou Aiii-di (• IIUK 11 .lai ('(iiiuell Mrs. .Jaiiie! »,'r fSWlL'l .Ml dward failton Mrs. Alux. Cuiiiiiii^li.im Mi':i. C. Dull Mrs. \\w. Dull' ( 'liristiu tl•;ll^di^:ll Ahv. 'I'lloIllllS l''.di;i>iiet' William {•'alooiier Mpm. \N'iii. Fisher Almyr.i *• Korlie.'t l\(!iiiu!tli "Ka'l.e.s Mrs. Keiitietli I'^oiIm's .Mary I'oliie-, Iji'lcll l''iirlie.s .Mi.s. I'lli/alictli iFriMtr .Mi'H. lliiuli 'IFrufiur dnhn ii''raser .Mr.-i. dolin tl'^rafor d.une.s Wm. ■'I'laaer Mr.s. daiiijs Win. 1 Fraser .Mis. dnhn i l''r.iscr .lolm Win. Im Mir,, d dm Wm. ■11" ' r.iser ra.se"" .M is (J \N ll'r i-er J'lhii .\. i Fraser .Mrs doliii A. il'' laser (iraliim tl'rasi'r Miv. (!raliaiii ll''iM.S"r .Mis. Will. I +F lasi' "I!' IMS a- I l''i'aser Ale .M I'H. .Simon IKIIII.IS (i: .Mrs. Th ' Fra.ser 'riumiiu . liM-aser lla-li S. I i Fi'.ise + i i-F en iMHer l-Kl W. S. W !r Mrs. C >!' A''11C'S IMS T .\ir- tFr ii'"rai"r .Mrs. D.ui.ald .\. 'F r.iser SDuliia .Ml C'atli Fr. ser .Mis. .\1 ' rasur .lames ''iMser .Mrs. .1 W W ■I'a.sir liiiieii i'\asi;r .M 1 1' r.i.ser (lO.ir^t .Mrs. (.; If )l)crt I'aser CO. Jr Fraser D. ('. Fiasor Mrs. D. ( '. Fraser Klemior A. Fraser Wm. Fraser .las. Wm. (p'oaiidry) Fraser .Mrs. .las. Win. l''iMser .Simon A. FiMHer .Mrs. Simon A. Fraser .Mrs. Kdiert Frasi.-r .lolin D. FiMfier Mrs. .1. I). I'"r.iser (^'apt. Alex Fraser .Mrs. Alex. 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I .lohiiittonu .Miir^iin't I •lohuittonc tlolin (Win'aHOii), ■(iiliiiHtonu MrH. .lainuH i •liiliiiMtoiio •liilin I tloiRH 'I'iioa. I'. tKurr .lolin | Kii'<' ( liicii'gn I Kerr .Mrs. Oco. j KiTi liciijaiiiiii Kiiii^ .\lr><. .hmioH ' Kilcluin ilDst'iili Kitclicii Mr.-). .loHcpli 1 liiwiii! .Viulri'w ll.iuvrit? Mrs. Auihcw ' iMarslmll Mi.x. .lolui ■t Miir>li;ill i'<:!:lO , ■IMai.slMll Mrs U.iiiu I .M ir.ili;ill Anili'i'vv I .Mir.iliiiU Mi'.s. .\ii(lrew M.irsliiill Cliri.^aii! M .r.sliiiU 'riiiuii.is .MaisliJill Ml s. 'I'licnuiis .M.il^liilll •Ii^-dlr ( 'Iiir.l MiiisImII .Miiiiih; .M.ixwi'll Mr.-'. .S iiiiui'l M;i;;ufll 11 ilicrf Millrr Cliiuli's .M. I). .MilliM- .Mr.s. Clinics iMuir Mr.s. .I.inii's M>:('iinl.v Mrs. i:. .\. McDonK.ill .Martiiji Mil) .ll_i;,ill |)iU)l'ui-il M.Doiriiiill .\:r.^:. D.iiiford McDoiiiiia AlcN. Mchoii.il.l Mrs. Ak'.x. .Mcl'lu tiM lltni.'iliii.s .\1(.( iiliiviiiv Adiiic McH.iidy .Mr.s. Alex- M>:l!lll(!S Ali'.K.llldfr Mi'hiiu.'.s .Mi'.s. .Mi'X.uuUt .\lc-Ixiii/ii! 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