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No. 2. 
 
 HAMILTON, 6th April, 1860. 
 
 To the Congregation of the 
 
 Macnab Street Presbyterian Church, Hamilton : 
 
 The hereinafter specified facts in the lives of some of the Rulers, 
 and would-be chief men of the said congregation, will be found a sound 
 antidote to any supposed advantage — trifling and temporary — co 
 them, by their gross baseness, at the special meeting of said congre- 
 gation, held in the Basement of said Church, on Monday evening, 
 the 20th day of February last, hereafter described ; and also give a 
 very forcible illustration of the folic ,ving passage of Scripture: — 
 
 Jeremiah, cap. vi., v. 13, 14.—" And from the prophet even unto uhe priest, 
 {these were the officers and ministers of the Jewish Church) every one dealeth 
 falsely. Were they ashamed when they committed abomination ? Nay, they 
 were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush : therefore shall they fall. 
 
 1, after having exhausted every method which could be devised, to 
 induce the B-^verend David Ingl's and the Rulers of our congregation, 
 to respect tneir oaths of office, and perform the same, and failed 
 therein ; and having also failed in inducing the Trustees to call a 
 meeting of the congregation, to consider these matters, brought an 
 action of ejectment against the Trustees and Deacons, to try the 
 question by a Law court, whether the Trast deed of our Church can 
 be so grossly violated, as it has been by David Inglis and our Session. 
 1 felt it to be folly to appeal to our Church courts, composed, it is 
 well known, of Ministers, the majority of whom do not believe the 
 Standards of their Church ; although they have all sworn that they 
 did; and that they would firmly and constantly adhere to the same. 
 The Trustees should have called you together forthwith, as it was 
 your right to determine what should be done in respect of the action; 
 but David Inglis— who has on more than one occasion, pertinaciously 
 claimed the arrogant and unjust position of presiding at all your 
 congregational meetings, dared not preside on such an occasion, for 
 fear of his Millenarian heresy — must be got out of the way, hence 
 he goes to Montreal, on pretence of preaching the Gospel 'there • 
 
2' 
 
 thereafter, you the congregation had to be " whipped in," and Robert 
 Hopkms-one of your Elders and a Tru.tee-under ook to do that 
 by visitations, prayer meetings, &c., in the true ' 'Ryerson an '' s^^^^^^^ 
 of business Yea, even Donald McLellan, another one of your 
 Elders, m the prayer meetings held by him during that nerioH 
 
 UHKnown to rae at the time, and as not desired by liie could nof Ho 
 
 xTt's'^Thtr^H ^Tr^'V ^"^^^ - writL,Vroverbs, a'p! 
 and wh.; i. ^^ T '" °^-'^' "^''^'^ '' "'' abomination to the Lord^' 
 and what is an abomination to the Lord ^' must work evil ' 
 
 ihe whipping in " however was found a much greater labo# than 
 expected henc, as it required two days notice of a spcia meeting 
 David had to stay over at Montreal another week ; thrmeedng wS 
 held on the evenmg above named, and David retu ned the Lfnoon 
 of the following day. At which meeting, said Robert Honkins 
 a^sS^ry "'^'" ^"^ ^' ^^"^ ^^^^^^' A^xander McK^nzfe^^^^^^^ 
 
 ^^^;^L-:?i:-^^ ^- ^^- the 
 
 .S^s ^^^S^rr ?Lg^r^^^^^^ ^:i ^- :^^ - 
 
 etLin whaTtT' ""^'T' 'f "°"'^ ^^^' -> the W^^^^^ 
 exiJiain what he knew, and sat down ; whereupon the Secretarv 
 
 m nnt'so'' ' ^"'^'"7^^^^^ ^^ ^^^' ^^^ ^.afters-rose ant^~ 
 half of fh IV^ 'T^f '^ "' ""' '^ ^' understood, stated not one" 
 
 ?h n ture o^^ mT ""''''l^' ^^' ^^"^^ "°^ P'^^^ ignorance of 
 holds r Willi! ^^^'^"^"^" heresy-one of the chief cat ses-as he 
 .n William Davidson, a recent member of Knox's Church 
 
 otnT'di rt^^^^^^^^^^^^ ''' ^'^ ^^'^'- ^'^^^^^' Irvin:,'un!:irthe 
 
 h«t ho ^ Y"P'''^'\ ^" that congregation,) immediately rose and said 
 that he had a resolution which he would move, and which he read ' 
 the very reflex oi his own spirit, '^ for a tree is known by its frdt''"~ 
 containing gross Ui. .ods and charges of malice a,4in t myseT^ 
 and whi.- h was concocted by him, Hopkins, &c., at Hopk n^' shoo 
 a^d after spueing out some more of his fii h, in the shape "f ?aise' 
 ^ood, as to persecution, &c, he sat down; one Monroe^ who oiTv 
 became a member of the congregation at list Sacrament of the Sun 
 per, seconded it; whereupon Doctor Macdonald, feeling keenly thrt 
 he malice might apply as much to him as to me -as you wi1 
 c ear^ see in the fi.cts in his life hereinafter stated-rose and JA 
 tha he did not like the chargo of malice, he thought it did not o^k 
 well in a christian congregation, that it should be expunged whereon 
 
 rilirf- Davidson rose and refused to amend his 
 
 sa d tCh' ';f "^\' ™ ''■''^- ^^^^^^ Macdonald again rose and 
 said that he thought it was not rigb. ; and again the gieat maioritv 
 of the congregation expressed their disapproval of D^'avTdson'f ba 'e 
 
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 falsehood, — thereby shewing clearly their belief m my integrity, and 
 their detestation of Davidson — at which step, Hopkins foreseeing that 
 his base resolution — for it wji> really liis, Davidson was merely his 
 tool and creature — would not pass, rose and asker the parties con- 
 cerned to step up to the table at which he sat, and re-arrange the 
 resolution, with a wink to his ere 'ture Davidson, who forthwith with 
 Donald McLellan afaresaid — known familiarly as '• Holy Donald" — 
 Doctor Macdonald, Hopkins and McKenzie, with considerable plan- 
 ning concocted the following resolution : — 
 
 " That this meeting viewing the action of ejecttneat instituted by a raeraber 
 " of the congregation against the IVustees and Deacons of this Church, as 
 " being utterly groundlef*8; and expressing ns we do unabated confidence in 
 " our esteemed pastor, approve cf the action already taken in the matter by 
 " our Trustees ; and further authorise and instruct said Trustees to continue 
 •' the defence, associating witl' Mr. Macdonald, the best legal talent they can 
 " command, and as they and he may ngree upon-" 
 
 [Note. — I cannot resist expressing my cordial assent to the latter 
 portion, namely, the procuring of the " best legal talent," for it is 
 assuredly much r(»quired.) 
 
 Which resolution, Hopkins read and immediately put to the 
 meeting. Whereupon Mr. John Baine — a person of some spirit, 
 and evidently not one of the " whipped in" — rose and asked 
 for some exj^lanation why the nieeting was called, as he said 
 he had heard none as yet. Hopkins again declared th^t he knew 
 not. Mr. Bailie then asked, if the summons did not shew thH 
 grounds of the action brought by Mr. Reid : to which Hopkins replied, 
 " probably Mr. Walter Macdonald our lawyer might be able to tell." 
 Mr. Macdonald rose and said, that " the summons did not,*' and sat 
 down. I feeling that such unmixed baseness was no longer endi "ible, 
 rose and said to Mr. Walter Macdonald, " you know sir the wko/e 
 *' grounds of the action, I h;ive very carefully and fully explained the 
 " same to you ats^everal times, you have had the Trust deed from me 
 " and all the papers, and I have treated you most courteously, you 
 " had better take care of yourself." Whereupon he rose with a face 
 bearing evident signs of shame, for his conduct in not honestly at 
 once giving the required inforrnotion, and said, that I had treated him 
 most courteously, and had fully explained to him the grounds of the 
 action, and endeavoured — i have no doubt to the best of his ability — 
 to explain the grounds ; he did slightly explain two of the same, but 
 imperfectly, another ground however he candidly stated he could not 
 well comprehend, but it was because the question of the union of the 
 two Churches or Svnod"*, had not been brought before yOu. Hopkins 
 then feeling that he would lose ground if the questions Avere discussed. 
 lo . and said, and repeated. " We as a Congregation have nothing 
 '* /n i/o 'vith our Minister, whether he preaches heresy or not, he is 
 " responsVde to another Body, and to his God : we I say have nothing 
 " to do with t^." He also said, " we have just called 3^011 together to 
 
sustain the Trustees m defending the action" ; and forthwith he again 
 pu the said resolution to the meeting, and asked all those who were 
 
 '" l^o^\ ?5 '^' ^? ^''l'^ "P ^^^''' ^'-^^ ^'""^^ •• ^hen lo ! ! and behold ' ' 
 not SO held up their hands in favor of it ; but he in a minute or two 
 
 nf Zf'/K 1 ''"i "/^r'"^' unanimously," a most flagrant violation 
 of the truth and ended the meeting, saying, - we have nothing more 
 lor you to do, ° 
 
 I have given above a full and truthful account of what was done 
 at said meeting; and I will now state the facts in the lives, above 
 promised,— and what I have stated and will state 1 am prepared to 
 prove— and conclude with a few reflections. I begin with 
 
 THE REV. DAVID IN&LIS. 
 
 And first. His contempt of his oaths. As he has been a minister 
 m many churches, or different religious bodies, I will quote a portion 
 of his oaths taken by him in the Church by which he was licensed, 
 and in the Church he now belongs. Firstly, then, his oath, upon 
 being licensed to preach by the United Secession Church of Scotland 
 and which was, — ' 
 
 '• LaraeJ2nd^^trf^}'r^t f^ ^^'^^[^^^^'^ Confessioa of Faith, with the 
 i.ar,^<!r and Shorter Catechisms, as the confeseion of your faith exvresaive 
 of the sense in which you understand the Scripture, ; ^nd do you Te/c^ve 
 through D. vine Grace, /m/yanrf constantly to adhere to the d^oc"rine con- 
 tamed m sa.d Confession and Catechisms, and to assert and deZdUtothe 
 utmost of your power against all contrary errors.'' '' 
 
 Secondly His oath upon his admission into the Presbyterian 
 
 Church of Canada (the Church we belong to) as a Minister thereof 
 
 "I do hereby declare that I do sincerely own and believe the whole 
 
 doctrine contained m the Westminster Concession of Faith, as approved by 
 
 Bix Hundred and forty-seven, to be the truths oi God, and I do own the 
 puntyof worship presently authorised and practiced in this church and 
 also the Presby enan Government and Discipline thereof: which Doctrfne 
 Worship and Church Government I am persuaded are founded on the Word 
 
 of God'lsharfi;T''^i'*''T*^', ^'i' P^"'^'^^ *^'^'' through the grace 
 •' of mv ^nw^r 1?T -^^"^ cons antly adhere to the same, and to the utmost 
 "Doc^rUe WorS H" '"y ^^^t^''" "^««'t, ™aintain, and defend the said 
 
 Doctrine, Worship Discipline, and Government of this Church, by Sessions 
 
 the said Worship, and submit to the said Discipline and Government and 
 
 Zf . '^n r/'"'* • 'T."^ or indirectly, the prejudice or subversion o the 
 
 " nX' in th? pT"\'^'' ^ '^'^^ ^^"^^ °^ ^'^'^'^« ««"••«« f'-o™ the present 
 order in the Church; renouncing all Doctrines. Tenets, and opinions 
 whatsoever contrary to or inconsistent with the said Doctrine, Worship 
 Discipline or Government of this Church." ^ 
 
 Thirdly. His oath upon his ordination at Montreal; and a^rain 
 upon his ordination as your minister, namely : 
 
 •' Do you sincerely own and believe the whole doctrine contained in the 
 Confession of Faith, approved by the General Assembly of the Church o' 
 Scotland in the year 1647, to be founded upon the word of God, and do vou 
 acknowledge the same as the confession of'^your faith; Ld will youfi^h. 
 
" and constantly adhere thereto, and to th« utmost of your power aByert, maintain, 
 " and def'ind the same, and th^ purily of worship as presently practised in our 
 " Church? 
 
 " Do you disown a// Popish, Arian, Socinian, Arniinian, Ernstian, aiid other 
 " doctrines, tenets, and opinions ichatsoever, contrary to, or inconsistent with the 
 "foresaid Confession of Faith ? " 
 
 These are some of his oaths, I will now quote from those standiirds, — 
 which he swore to " be the truths of God," and which he would firmly 
 and constantly adhere to,^'' " maintain and defend " — a few passages. 
 
 Confession of Faith, Cap. viii, Sec. 4. "He (our Saviour) 
 "ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth at the right hand of His 
 Father, making intercession ; and shall return to jud(/e men and 
 anyels at the end of the world." 
 
 Shorter Catechism, answer to Question 29. — " Christ's exaltation 
 " eonsisteth in his rising again from the d^^ad on the third day, in 
 " ascending up into Heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the 
 " Father, and in coming to judge the world on the last day.''' 
 
 Large:- Catechism, answer to Question 51. — " The estate of Christ's 
 " exaltation comprehendeth his resurrection, ascension, sitting at the 
 " right hand of the Father, and His coming again to judge the worW 
 
 Larger Catechism, answer to Question 53. — " Christ was exalted in 
 " his ascension in that He visibly went up into the highest heavens, 
 " there to receive gifts for men, to raise up our affections thither, rind 
 " to prepare a place for us, where He himself is, and shall continue 
 " till his second coming at the end of the world.'''* 
 
 Larger Catechism, answer to Question 55. — " Christ rnaketh inter- 
 " cession by his appearing in our nature continually before the Father 
 
 " in Heaven." 
 
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 Our next enquiry is, — What is the Millenariiui heresy ? and what 
 has David Inglis preached in your pulpit since his said ordination 
 oath ? He has preached that our Saviour is to come again at least 
 1000 years hefore the end of the world \ and that our Saviour is to 
 reign personally at Jerusalem, in the land of Jiidea during these lOOO 
 yeom, with all the other abfiminations of that most pernicious and 
 attror-ious heresy, and he held these doctrines at the time he took his 
 said last oath Mere is a fearfully direct violation of his said oaths, 
 repeated so often. Not onl) is there no mention of our Saviour's 
 return to this Earth, and of His reigning personally at Jerusalem 
 for 1000 yefirs before the end of the world, in these standards, he 
 swore he believed to be '■ the truths of God," but there is a clear and 
 direct denial of the same, namely, ^His coming again to judge the 
 world at the last day. '•'He visibly went up into the highest heavens, 
 where He himself is, and shall continue till His second coming at the 
 end of the world.^^ What language can be clearer? Millenarians 
 say that the word again, there used, does not exclude the doctrine of 
 our Saviour's coming to reign personally at Jerusalem, before He 
 
comes to judffe fhc worlrl n.,* * i . 
 
 ';i:^^^M...^::^^^^ --dsusC m respect or 
 
 he dead "; and wad th. wonis nsc^/ ; L " '"."^"'- '''"^''^ ^''"'n 
 
 H,s corning again to iudg. the H 1 '' .' "^ '"' '^'^'"•" 5 "And 
 
 «H>,that„nrHuvionrn.so frCThTu) . ^^'" '^'''^'^^ Inglis dar. 
 have n«en n.or.. than o„c.? T it,. ' . ""w, ' "', ""^'^'' - «-ld 
 then to assert, in the f!,.. of the v m . . '''■'/ '''^'"'"^ ■»"^J«<-''"tv 
 
 rnorethan 1000 ,,. a,, l.-fore the I .„^ fl^'r ^^ "^' ^^"' ^"^•>^'' 
 at Jernsaien,. B„t w. all know h / .7 / ''' V ';'-" P«^-^o"alIv 
 truth, the andaciousness o •Si;.« • ""^?'f'"'''t"I.V for the cause of 
 of their heresv. How've s' t '' "'"/"'^'h'' eau^eof the sueeesi 
 donbt, that the word "^ ^l;^., 1^^;'^ "/^^^ -•^" '^ Po-ibility of . 
 ^'^cond is also used and tha7 1 T '"'^^^'n^fn.ed, the word 
 
 peace for lOOO years as 1^^;,^ '] ,'^^'''"'"'^'" '" Perfect 
 
 perniciously and ^a^o i "slf ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ vea nw. 
 
 without theagencv of flu Jlolv ^ T"''' ^" a soul saved 
 
 as such interLsif.n wii;\>e '^ui^^;' nlii .'^ ."T"'"^^'' '" "'"^ 
 the end of the world- Hnrl «« th ■ ' I'he judgment day ,,r 
 
 be n,.de - in Heuve,;, fl 'e 'fZ; """ ■ ' ""^ '^"'""^ ™-"^ ' 
 clared by said standards- andaTfh»h ' °"'' n'""™." as d . 
 
 be in one place at onV Td h, . "i"'''"'"™ "''<^''"^' <=»" "niy 
 
 Hi; intercession niust iose , ' I "•in\"'"1 ""''^"'•^ ""-J F««'l'e.s 
 before the Father 'n he™, "V ,. ■ "" '""S'^'' " "' "'"■ nature 
 ther a, our Savour wh ;"'„ :, rd:!, "Tt^' ^'■"''"■'- '^'"^ "'■ 
 mto Heaven, " The Co,„f,«e" " ' ,H t , ' ' '"" """' ^^^ »»«^"''-d 
 peculiar work i, ,o P,e d"r, . (,,," i"'''"!;' ""''''' *''"-e "i^ 
 "ent up, He would serd the ('!^V /''" fl"-"^"- S^'viour- 
 ment our Saviour affd, dctend^"' L "'r ''"■"• "''■ "■<- 
 ascends to Heaven • hen, p ,'""™'' t'. earth, the "Comforter" 
 
 thus ended,_a» itt;„, o ' :• tfoX:;-- "n''' ""'^ '^P'"' b « 
 'l""" living on ,h,s ear h no s ™f ! >l"'n'"v''" •"""'"' bei.igs 
 die ere our Saviour againa „d I ' 1^ •'" "'''"'"•e bo,u and 
 least the JOOO years -oiH ,l ir , o "™^en.— which will l,e »t 
 eternally datnnirthJ e H [ ;f /"? "''•-,''■' '" «-*<., .<,u^ be 
 this would be unquestinahu;,*^,-;''""" T"' l"^ '" "-'I. And 
 amn doctrines pLoh T by'Cid I tii': ' 'TT"'^ '^ """^^ «■"«>, 
 I.ask jou solemnly to reflect nr, .h *- ' '"■" ""^ "■'"''» "f «od." 
 t.on, can any docWn" ,",,?: at r^IT "I""',''' "'"' ' "^^ 'h" <l"es- 
 heresy . „„d , answer th:ret,: ';:r,':di;"„t. '^'''^""^ "'■^" ' "«' 
 
 ThfvTe^;;;;^"'!' ■ f 'itf ^st ""ffl""'^ "'"' '■l^ -"g-^gatlon. 
 agamst me, al,„ost unaimos'relrobaLT '?;;■''''''=''"'■«'' "'""''''''e 
 
 Notwrthstanding Hopkins ;r;T:gXttgTr ,7 Wee 
 
weeks, thirty of the congregation could not be got to vote for the 
 aforesaid resolution, — a vote of confidence in David Inglis — read the 
 same, " and expressing as we do unabated confidence in our esteemed 
 pastor," and those who did vote for it were almost wholly composed 
 of olfice bearers, (of whom there were not a few) and recent members 
 oil the church, such as Davidson, Monroe, George Mackay, James 
 Osborne, (Sic, who came to our eluirch, not from any respect for 
 David liiglis, as is well known, but because their filthy quarrels with 
 the Kev. Robert Irvine — their furmcr *' esteemed pastor" — drove 
 them out of his congregation, (renegades are always the most violent) 
 and Mrs. Anderson and her servant girl, who are almost strangers 
 m our church. Excej)t office bearen, scarcely an old member of the 
 Congrcjalioii voted for it : how very galling and mr- titying to David 
 Inglis, that out of his large congregation not thirty of them could be 
 got to say publicly at the said meeting, that they had conjidence in 
 him : what a truly miserable position ! ! ! And again, when I was 
 attacked by Davidson as aforesaid, that the aforesaid meeting almost 
 unanimously, and unasked by mr, or any one on my behalf, repro- 
 bated the false and base charge of malice against me ; thereby 
 expressing strongly their confidence in my integrity. Facts like 
 these are stultburn things, and shew clearly and undeniably, David 
 Inglis' great unpopularity in his congregation ; and the congrega- 
 tion's great respect for me ; that tlioy did — notwithstanding the great 
 elforts of the aforesaid rulers — free mc of every charge of improper 
 conduct in the matters in (juestion, so brought against me at said 
 meeting, wherein I could not defen "K ^s they well knew. The 
 
 constitution adopted by the cong ,, occluding me : thus ren- 
 
 dering their attack upon lue do; und compelling me to 
 
 adopt this method of defence, as i; • one I can take. 
 
 Next in order is 
 
 ROilERT HOPKii. . ^ 
 
 And first. His attempted purchase of David Inglis, by the presen- 
 tation to David Inglis by him, of £100, imme-diately before David 
 Inglis left Montreal fo/ this city, as related by Hopkins to me, on 
 more than one occasion. 
 
 He Hopkins said that he knew Mr. Inglis was somevhat in want 
 of money, and he was determined out of his small means to assist 
 him, and' therefore he took with him when he went to Montreal, £100, 
 and presented it to ]Mr. Inglis, as a mark of respect, to a worthy and 
 devoted servant of the Lord : to which Mr. Inglis replied that if it 
 was given to him solely from a true Christian spirit, and as an 
 offering to the Lord, he would accept of it, but otherwise he could 
 not. And he Hopkins then again assured him, that he gave it from 
 the heart, as a portion of the means with which the Lord had blessed 
 him, and to which the Lord was entitled, and that he felt as it came 
 from the Lord, he could not do better with it, than to assist such a 
 
'•/ ■ ■, 
 
 goillj,- and devoted Minister of r'^ ■ . 
 
 M„,.(, „,ore „f that kind of ,tuT« ',"' *"•■'" '^'""' "'" '""■A 
 
 f.r„„d,um.io„tspe..i,„en\;.2;:e:;l':'.^ the «,..«„!„,;, „ 
 
 In tho beginning of ,h,. «„, „„, ' ;°" "» •''" ™''-- ' to ...e. 
 
 •™u,e thut .l„d,.»^„ A^^/lrof n '^ ""^ ""' <*""i™ -r... you ar« 
 of rflver and .hi,.,, watdi;: ^ ffi'^tu'df ■■' 7"" '"''''^ P'-" 
 soul. The time,, however, Imve siDee T. . l""'^"^'" of bo,l y and 
 'ho age of a ri^ht apprehen^iot, of th^? t? '^"^"'''' "''■' " "'"oitially 
 rennement of nunn'er^--,,tr«i;i,f,t-;rd Id m''"''-^' »"'' "i-™^ 
 
 tern,s are alas too often confounded,! """»ter, the.e two 
 
 whereas the ,an,e are v,id,.lv Sre„,T 7',"° """ "'""'' ""■■""in." 
 
 with ,nueh fair speech.- ^ "'"'' "'"^ "'" i"W«y "f -he sa.n'e 
 
 Secondly. Ifonkin«' '«i,«„u . i 
 
 David In,dis'^,,,,i,,,rr ere 'il'j.r^?'''' '" '-"^on. held since 
 elder," I asked hi,,,, on the .V": it't h'T"';" '" '""' " '^S 
 the S^nod was not over, a„d he rip i?d it • - u'^"''""^ " <"">"< as 
 highly expressive, " I „• „ ', „ '^ " " " ■■»" shoemake, stvle—vet 
 andlsot^ld him, as ^ 1^ f,*:, ''<■,?-''' '"S'is' 4^,/!' 
 .natte,s before the Synod which I ' m "''' «" "'"■ him in some 
 see so„,e of .he fruitJof thl^p' ej,,:',? "';^ ' "-""f"™ Mt." To„ 
 . At another time, and after 1 avW I„ u , 
 ■" our pulpit his Millena an her !,^"f ''!„'•■■"' "'Pfafdly preached 
 ca l,ng such a n.an to be our M ,'istei' .. ,''"■"■■"'';'•'■ Hopkins with 
 held these doct,-i„es, to which tChVd;;,'';'','' ''i'™ l<"'«wn Dav d 
 
 h r^ ,"g''»hold such doct,inesunti he,',r V": t"^ '"" ^"'"« that 
 he had been to d so and fh«, t , , ?. I"^'-'a<'hed the same here th.,» 
 if he held these SooZJ^.'^'^f'"" "'.Montreal before hTs'al' 
 d.d .,ot hold such doctrines, but ha uo-V ^^ %f "."■'^'' ^'"^ 'hat he 
 and d,sgusted with bin,." "° ' he-II„,,i,ins-w,as " sorry 
 
 At another ti,r,e when T)a„:A t i- 
 Of Daniel, on the Su sd^i^;" ^^^ ^-jt-ingon the Prop^ 
 ;' Dav.d gave Daniel a braw ruriaM'.i^ V'1, "\^' '"^' ^"d slid 
 he meant. He replied, 4ou "ho ,lil"''l^- ' ^^^'^^d him whit 
 finishing the book of Danio and S \vu ^'''' ^''^^^^t, he was 
 outrageous, I am disgusted.' '' ^'' M.IIenanan doctrines were 
 
 And often and e^en rJnrin,, i ♦ • 
 
 hi^i^^^l;:r^^^ ;5.f^or »---.- 
 
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 [nglis wus; and 
 
 111 the meekness 
 
 f'-om the Lord. 
 
 > -••oi'ilci to me. 
 'in rni, you are 
 til Mj/Vy pieces 
 se of body and 
 I's is essentially 
 y? and a great 
 'if'tions Jx'ing 
 te — hence the 
 'nglis another 
 iter, these two 
 'me meaning, 
 ' f>f tfie sarne 
 
 3med pastor." 
 
 n. held since 
 yc'ur "ruling 
 i s.) soon, as 
 3j' styJe— yet 
 ^' slippejs, — 
 "11 in some 
 ieft." You 
 
 'J J preached 
 'Pkins with 
 lown David 
 t know that 
 ,« here, that 
 ore his call, 
 ini that he 
 was 
 
 sorry 
 
 Prophecies 
 • and said 
 him what 
 ^ he was 
 ines were 
 
 'ared, that 
 
 im." No 
 ' I have to 
 
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 In the fall o^ J6^8 TTopl<inswith Mr. Dingwnll, one of your Deacons, 
 called at my house, sayinff; -hat ho was compelled to visit a!', line 
 congropiatirn as David Iiiglis had so sadly negleced his du» , iu not 
 doing so, and tliut he could not eve . gi-t tlie ciders to assi.i". , and 
 asked to be allowed to " nray wiihand for us," which liV^Tl) he got. 
 
 Now, what think yoji of Hopkins' " unabated confidence iii our 
 esteemed pa-stor"? Was ho nn Imnrst man in such his vote 'J one 
 who ns an Elder of th(> church sliould be ""without guile." 
 
 Thirdly. — Ifopkin-' contempt of his oath of office. 
 
 he took the same oath on being ordained an Elder, as David Inglis 
 did, on his ordination a^ a Minister hi our church, and has he not 
 treated such his oath with contempt, iu supporting the Raid resolution, 
 which suppoits David Injilis iu the contempt of his oath. Yea verily, 
 he has and thnr most broadly. 
 
 FouRTHL". — Hopkins' audacious falsehood in pretending ignorance, 
 and calling on Mr. Muckonzie and on Mr. Macdonald to inform the 
 meeting what they knew about ihc matters in question. 
 
 I havi: not only h.id np atcd conferences with Hopkins about 
 David Inglis' hcrc-^y — and which ho condemned as broadly as I did, 
 but I sent hi rn as an JJIder, my printed address to the Elders, touching 
 fnglis' heresy &e., and calling upon them to stop the same : and I 
 also thereafter wrote him, as a Trustee, as well as t u: .t.!>er Trusti-es, 
 that the action would be brought unless the matter,: ai qu 'stion were 
 S3t right. So that his ignorance was merely pretended, for the pur- 
 pose of keeping you as much ill 1 ho dark as possible. What an 
 honest chairman of a meeting of-i christian congregation ! ! ! 
 
 FiB'TiiLV. — no()kins most ini< li'on.s doctrine. 
 
 Let us .'cad it carefully. "■ We as n coiKjreoatiun have nothing to 
 " do loith our Minister, wheihey he preaches hereby or not, he is respon- 
 ^''sible to another Bodi/, and to his God ; tve I say have nothing to do 
 " loith it:' 
 
 Can any doctrine — except a denial of God or gross blasphemy, be 
 viler? Wc are to sit (piietly and bear all manner of abominations 
 preached, and find no fault. 'J'hat is Hopkins doctrine; and that 
 system sent the church of Rome findly to her great head — the Devil. 
 Are you prepared to sustain him therein'? the day is not far distjMit, 
 when you will be called ufion to say yea, or nay. 
 
 Sixthly. — Hopkins abominable impudence and his thorough c-n- 
 tempt of you. 
 
 " We have just called yci together to sustain the Trustees in 
 defending the action." '^ We have nothing more for you to do." 
 
 Enough of this base creature. 
 
 Let us next look at — 
 
 DONALD M'lELLAN. 
 
 His " unabated confidence in our esteemed pastor." , 
 He — McLellan — has repeatedly declared his thorough condemna- 
 
10 
 
 §iS sf ?r '"= Sr.ta:-:;'"' - 
 
 'a'ely as in my office ^, 1 "if .'"*''"""g diet of worship ^'^ *"'"- 
 
 had spoken of "t?-^ "''""' ""i"' ■;' p4en,e „f ^^ "'! '*''' """g'-e- 
 «'•«», as I was iV.K ^^^speetful term at a <vl ".^ '"■'"'"^'•' "he 
 
 m David's hone,Tv " ", """''«»<'=1 oonfidence"' muLT '\S"' <"" »' 
 
 his oa.h.-bun^Davldl'T^ '" "'^ s,a,lrdTof h JchV""' 
 ''^'•esy, in direct vl„l.^^ dolerrmnatioi, to linM ,k V, '''''' and 
 
 that Divid held it h'"™.'?' ^"i'' ^tandardras tl ^r* ''^""■'i''" 
 David en„U k I' '''''™ iiis call here R.,' McLellan knew 
 
 N^nll^es-^-Oed, Donald n^u^t sa'l Sof "' "''^ "'-« "^ 
 The Doctor's .. . "'"'"' »"<"'<'^•ALn. 
 
 -^7''^:«^;9^-XeSS--,3t^^^^ 
 
 assuredl/noS rn"*""" "" »"■• esteemed nw„ f, ""'='"'• M»»- 
 his power " r"'»' Dav.d In^lis was " mJ„, '?""' ^ certainly a„d 
 
 "theS o God^'t'^r"'""^ Cl'^c ! i:h hf^d"^ ""^"''"f 
 wrong— ^rievonl^ ""^ ''^ «»• "'''f stoo him ? i/ '' ^"■'"■" '° be 
 
 "tl-e trut'TrGfd "™«. '"r.""^ doctor t™ to D? ■r'"''^'"^ "» 
 then, what is tl,» ? ",' '^°'' ^avid t„ .submi. ,?i '"'"' Pleaching 
 
 "estUm" re t» rf""^"''' '^""«denee"'' a ud nn^' ^'"PPed ; pray 
 
 belief of Dav7dt'ca^cit'' ;:;f ^ "-""ted":™ e^r.'JI.f ^ ^ 
 Doctor, what ^;^ ''P'^cious nuuv for mouev .,« ,-.. T. • ^'^^ '" his 
 
 "-sS-zr" '''""-'^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Adam's " nnoK . . '^^'''" ''°°^- 
 
 to moderate Taclu T^^'^^'.^'' At the oon.re.atinn , 
 
 posed, he-.A^n,.n\ °^ ^ 'Minister, when Ho -^^J^'^"^' meeting 
 
 Mr. I.^Jis .rZ"^^ f "i^J^' rose and opposed Lf'^'^ ^?^''« ^^'^ Pro^ 
 
 / "ev. Greorge 
 
11 
 
 p. Young very frequently in his sermons delighted to illustrate, by 
 the following quotation from his favorite author— Cowper. 
 
 "Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, 
 Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; 
 She for her humble sphere by nature fit, 
 Hdts little understanding and no ult. 
 
 could not explain farther than that the same had something to do with 
 the Millenarian heresy ; whereupon as they have since bopstingly said 
 they "bamboozled the body," and carried the nomination of David' 
 But as Adam, snice David's ministry here, has had clear and abun. 
 dant demonstration by David's sermons, of the '' strantre doctrines" 
 and being also well described by ths following line from same poem, 
 
 " Just knows, and knows no more, his Bible true.' 
 and in his native simplicity, not being able satisfactorily to judge for 
 himself; and no doubt believing from the conduct of ministers in 
 Church court?, that the following line from said poem, (which follows 
 the last quoted line,) 
 
 "A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew," 
 (the Frenchman being Voltaire) might with justice be applied to 
 them ; and therefore, not having any confidence in Church courts, 
 \yith all honesty and perfect sincerity of heart, voted for the resolu- 
 tion, firstly, as having found David lidding the ''strange doctrines" 
 he had " unabated confidence in him. that he David held these doc- 
 trines, and that he— Adam— was right in his said former opposition; 
 and, secondly, being desirous of having the action of ejectment tried 
 and the question of David's heresy determined by a court of civil 
 Law in whose judgment he— Adam— could rest with confidence. 
 Verily, here is an honest man. 
 
 Now for a few reflections. And first, as to the many falsehoods 
 told about the matters in question, by some of you, who are members 
 m lull communion, and who reguhirly sit at the communion table I 
 will only cite one falsehood, which may be rightly called in the 
 lauguage of the Apostle, " Devlish,' here it is. Mr. Walter Mac 
 donald aforesaid was instructed by some of the Trustees of the 
 Uiurch, as part of his defence to the said action, that William P 
 MacLaren and the other persons who held the lots upon which your 
 church is built, until that the congregation would in accordance 
 with the statute in that behalf, deehire the trusts upon which the 
 lands should be held, conveyed these lots to the present Trustees 
 contrart/ to (he trusts in the deed to them of these lots, and without 
 the knowledge of the Congregation, (verily a fine position in which 
 to place MacLaren and these others, charging them with a mis- 
 demeanor punishable with imprisomnGnt in the Penitentiary) and 
 that theref()re the present deed is void from the aforesaid gross 
 traud. Ihis undoubtedly they considered a grand device by which 
 they would avoid the necessity of defending the suit upon ita 
 
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 «"d th:^''^^™"' ™fti„g, „„d ,.;; i„^j', ;^"f was before .Lo 
 
 l'"vid In.rlisns A,''"S« '"ccti,,.. of ihe C,J'- "'""''"oudy 
 
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 Gover,; ,1, ^f;"'"' '"'" '>"> ''. bvter !? ^ r"""' ^.techism 
 
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 when disponed of, and will rigidly carry out the same. The Church 
 must and will be purged. Her standards must be maintained 
 
 And lastly. The inelancholy-because irreverent and irreligious 
 --results already visible by the change of the worship, in some mem 
 bers of the congregation sitting during prayer, yea I hTve even 
 noticed two or three persons sitting during part o7?he prayers to 
 
 any of these persons dare presume to present a petition in such 
 bei^rr\'' ^^l^'^^^'-^'^ly Sovereign/] trow not Sey would 
 bend the knee in lowly adoration before her, and ^et they will 
 dare commit the grossly irreligious act of so r^resentC their d^ 
 
 Su^t. '^'^^'^'^- ^^^^'^ debility, and it on'irc^"fxcl;:"r:ch 
 
 I regret the soiling of these pages with the name of William 
 Davidson, but "necessity has no law." vviniam 
 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 COLIN D. REID. 
 
 P. S.-AS I know not all the congregation, any one can have a 
 copy hereof, by calling at my office.