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was erected in 1852.

For many years the sermon was delivered in both Gaelic and English, one following the other, and it is said that rarely, if ever did any of the

congregation leave after the first sermon.

Surely all of the generations of children of what- ever denomination in DeSable, who grew up within the shadow of the Scottish Thistle on the spire of this Church, had unforgettable memories of the uncompromising, and eloquent sermons delivered

by its ministers. They would remember too, the

stern elders who sat inside the rail in front of ‘the great pulpit and led the congregation in the

singing of the psalms.

It is recorded that this church was at one time

the central place of communion for the whole denomin— ation west of the Hillsborough River, and that on Sacrament Sunday of July 28th, 1861, communicants

on that day numbered eight hundred and eight.

Probably one of the first organized efforts of relief

on the Island was made by the minister and elders of