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     Bethune who was ordained by the 
     
     Free Presbytery of Pictou :md iri- 
     
     ducted into the pact torate about 13164 
     
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     rumination of the Records. ‘ 
     
    

    
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     spent several years teaching school in 
     
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     the direction 01‘ the late Rev. R. 8. 
     
     Patterson. M. A.. prosecuting the 
     
     study of the classics, “otherogtzrs ‘ 
     
     logic, mental, moral and natural 
     
     philosophy. Having reached sufficient 
     
     proficiency to enter the University he 
     
     returned to Scotland and in the 
     
     Free Church College in Edinburgh 
     
     completed the theological curriculum. 
     
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     pel end his labor; were 1133113.: fluted 
     
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