It was also during the ministry of the Rev. Frame , a highly res¬ pected and greatly loved clergyman, that, under the direction of Mrs. Frame , the historic communion set, now on view at the front of the church, was secured. Of particular interest are the tokens, small oval metal discs, each bearing a scripture quotation. Each communicant re¬ ceived one at a preparatory service held prior to Communion Sunday and left it in the pew after receiving communion. The high point of the com¬ munion service, signalized by the old hymn, "T'was on that night when doomed to know," was a very solemn event, the most sacred in the entire church year. In 1883, ill health forced Rev. Frame to obtain leave of absence from his duties at Mount Stewart . His departure for a winter in Bermuda was the occasion for numerous addresses and expressions of good will from church and community organizations. One of these, signed by Mrs. Erasmus Coffin , Mrs. Henry McEwen and Mrs. Wm . H. Douglas on be¬ half of the ladies of the congregation, attested to his "untiring devotion at all times in visiting the sick and afflicted, when not in robust health yourself" and "faithfulness in preaching the Gospel of Christ." It was well known that the esteemed minister had undertaken the upbringing of a son of one of the parishioners, a widow who had been left with the care of seven small children. While in Bermuda, Rev. Frame contributed a series of instructive and interesting letters pertaining to the geography, social customs and natural history of that Island to the Examiner . Upon his return, unfortunately, his affliction, a throat ailment, was little im¬ proved, and it was necessary for the Reverend gentleman to retire from the active ministry. He thereupon took editorial charge of the newspaper, Protestant Union, which was in financial difficulties. With the assistance of some friends, he bought the paper, changing its name to the Guardian . He avoided the extremes in politics into which his predecessor had fallen, and the paper's hold on the public was strengthened to the point that it has survived to this day. Rev. Frame continued his editorial labours until the autumn of 1887 when he was compelled to lay down his pen. His death occurred in June of the following year. On April 18, 1902, an Act to incorporate the Trustees of Mount Stewart Presbyterian Church received the official sanction of His Honour, the Lieutenant - Governor . By this measure, Rev. Alexander Craise , James Partridge , Hamilton D. Coffin , Isaac Jay , all of Mount Stewart , Thomas D. Coffin of Head of Hillsborough and Samuel A. Coffin of Savage Har¬ bour and their successors in office were "created, constituted and declared to be a body corporate." It is interesting to record that the trustees of St. Columba's Presbyterian Church in Marshfield were incorporated on the same day. One reads in the Guardian for July 16, 1903 of a church tea being held "under the shady willows of the Mount Stewart Farm." This event and, no doubt, others like it were preparatory to the major internal reno¬ vations effected in the church building during the autumn of 1905. Prior to this, the walls had been of plaster, with a painted border near the ceiling. They were now sheathed in accordance with a design prepared by Mr. C. B. Chappell of Charlottetown . Much of this wood-work has since been painted over; however, the ceiling is still as it was on the morning of October 22, 1905 when Rev. Craise preached from the words, "what hath God wrought." The year 1910 marked the passing of Mr. Benjamin C. Douglas who, at the time of his death, had been choir leader for the remarkable —87—