period of 47 years. Mr. Douglas began a tradition of fine church music which has been carried forward by successive generations of his descen¬ dants. Another long-time organist and choir leader, Miss Alice Pigot , won honours in musical theory from the Royal College of Music, London, Eng¬ land. In 1908, Miss Pigot , now Mrs. Heber Gordon of Victoria , B.C. , toured the Island as the accompanist of Miss Flora Donaldson , the famous Scottish singer. Mrs. Harvey Douglas , the former Edith Pigot , also ser¬ ved for a lengthy period, as has Mr. Roland Jay , the present choir leader. "An Austrian Archduke was shot by an abscure student, and the whole world blazes into war, and four men from the district of Mount Stewart are lying in soldiers graves today." These words are from a ser¬ mon preached by the Rev. W. Orr Mulligan on the occasion of the de¬ dication of a memorial window of stained glass in the west end of the church in memory of "the noble dead and valiant living" of the congre¬ gation who had served during World War I. Rev. Myligan went on to observe that "one of the soldiers whose name is on the memorial window lies in an unknown grave ... It is quite possible that the soldier lad from Mount Stewart may be that unknown soldier whose honoured re¬ mains now lie in Westminister Abbey." The window, designed and constructed by Charles D. Warner of Toronto , is in three panels. The two outer sections show the "Angels of Victory," and the central division bears the names of the servicemen, inscribed below crossed flags. The flags veiling the window were, on the evening of the ceremony, drawn aside by Mrs. Daniel MacAssey who had lost a son in the war and by Miss Hilda Douglas who had two brothers in active service, one being killed on duty. Illuminated by the rays of the setting sun on that evening in May, 1922, the window was revealed in all its beauty of colouring and design. It stands as a tribute to the service¬ men and also to the dedication of Rev. J. C. Martin , the much beloved pastor, a former overseas chaplain, who had been indefatigable in aiding a capable committee in bringing the project to a successful issue. Between December, 1924 and June, 1925, a discussion and vote on the topic of union with the Methodist and, where applicable, Congrega- tionalist Churches occurred within each Presbyterian congregation in Canada . During these months a Mount Stewart resident who identified himself as "A Humble Observer" contributed a number of letters to the Guardian in which he promoted the Unionist cause. "As a life-long Pres¬ byterian and lover of the church of my fathers," he declared, "I am not afraid to endorse the Act ." He affirmed that there were "too many church spires pointing heavenward" and that Union would solve the problem of denominational overlapping. He had also looked into the Doctrinal state¬ ment of the proposed union and stood ready to support it. Considerable resentment was, however, caused by the knowledge that the Union Acts would override the congregational acts of incorporation, and there was, moreover, a strong conservative element within Island Presbyterianism which caused that denomination to approach the union question with greater hesitancy than was the case among the Methodists. The result was that, although, by a vote of 121 to 71, the congregation agreed to become a part of the United Church of Canada, a sizeable minority pre¬ ferred to remain Presbyterian. The Church Property Commission ruled that the Presbyterian Church and manse should be allocated to the United Church, while the Methodist church, together with the parsonage, should become the property of the non-concurring Presbyterians. It was under these circumstances that St. John's United Church came into being