/ - 15 - of His Majesty1s Mail as an almost sacred duty and trust♦ CHURCHES - 2he story has been told that In the early days the first public worship in these pairts was held in a small clearing on the bank of the old Shaw shore. Families walked miles to hear "The Word" from a Baptist preacher who it was told hcaae to us sometimes by land and again by sea" - probably John Scott of North River , gifted preacher, who hkd command of both English and Gaelic. CHURCH 03? SCOTLAND - The History of the ChUfrdh of Scotland in DeSable : "MacDonaldlites" they were called at that time, has been well written in past years, yet one cannot write of the past without re¬ ference to this congregation and their historic back¬ ground . The original church building here was one of the first churches ejected in the province for the Rev. Donald MacDonald of Scotland , built probably 1832 - 1833. The present sanctuary, often referred to in the past as a flandmark for travellers both by land and sea1 v