'eviserd -and‘ the Session of the Ehur-ch increased. while the unset— tled nature of the church in the Maritimes owing I to the lnow pressing question of Chinch 'Union made pzogress slow and ad- Rance impossible in many places. The old established procedure of the past seemed to be generally neglect— ‘ed and the resulting consequences

became apparent, Rev. Mr. Green- .Jees of Georgetown then acted as

Interim ..Moderator of the vacancy ~ and on the 24th day. of April, 1920 ' a very hearty and unanimous call to Rev. John Murchison was given. promising the minimum salary, but not eating what amount this called for, although't‘nere is mention of the guarantee. We regard this as an evidenceof the congregations desire to get settled but for reasons un- stated Rev. Mr.‘ Murchison de-_ clined the call. Financial problems seem to have been pressing owing to the very heavy demands of the Budget and the increase of minimum salary to both of which many of our congregations were unable to respond very largely. After the hearing of a number of probationers including a Mr. Sweet from Murray River on February ist, 1921, a call was extended to Rev. J. S. MacKay then stationed at Tryon and Bonshaw in the west part of the Island, and this call‘was presented to the Presbytery of Prince Edward Island at its regular?yizeeting-irrCharlottetown "511 March ist,1921. We ﬁnd splendid

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proof that the problem was settled

ilariC; as Rev. Ml. lVLacKay accepted tire call at once, the induction service was carried out with the least pos- sible delay the full details of which

do not seém?to""l’1:1ve'hoen recorded

(1.3 imual in the records of the Sx'SSlOl’l. Wk: 1111‘": hen. l;11‘:;‘{.‘ accession; 111.1111" in, the iiievniiurdiip oi lsoili these conﬁrmation " increased attendance 11;, the communFons and a r vital of

1e -solution.y re ﬁnanee- that—seenr‘a

the practice 'of'givingﬁthe sacrament lprivately to some of the aged and iinﬁrrn members of the congregation

Iin their homes.

Considering the general feelings of uncertai. ty as to the future of the Church it would appear that good wori: was done by pastor and people; but the pastorate was doomed to be

a brief one and we presume came to an end at the Presbytery meeting‘ held on the 18th day of November 1923 though all the details seem” to be very ohscure and facts unce‘ tam

Rev. M. D. MacDonald of Murlay River was appointed interim Mod— erator and continued to carry on the work acceptably till the taking of the vote on Church Union. when they came to the parting of the ways on the same question and the con— nection ceased early in the spring of 1925. ‘

Rev. Wm. er Mulligan of St James Church, Charlottetown, thenl became Sioderator, as the congrega- tions had decided to remain part of the continuing Presbyterian Church as it was then called.’_There was a great increase recorded in the com: municant membership and" at the communion held in Peters Road Church on Sept. 5th, 1925, we find the highest attendance ever recorded in the long histOry of the’ church. reaching 165; and no doubt. there were a'few removals in the year pre-

:1 vious, though the congregations_did 2 not sun er as many otheis did from the effects and retained their virility. On__the_ removal of RT» .‘\Iulli- gan from, the Island in 1926, Rev. David MacVicar of; Cardigan was appointed Interim .1Ioderat01 and met with the session on April Stir 1926 in an effort toward securing a; supply. Mr. MacVicur being a native of the Maritimes and well acquainted with all the caiiciLdates and circum— stances was able to secure Andrew Brown as stated supply who ﬁlled the pstitlon for :1 time with credit to himself and math heneiit to the

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