History of Presbyterianism

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son, M. A. Mr. Dunbar after eight years of faith- ful service resigned his charge of this field and took charge of a school in Summerfield. On the Sab- bath days he preached to the Presbyterian families in that settlement and in a short time succeeded in erecting a comfortable place of worship and in gathering together quite a number of families who now constitute an important section of the congre- gation of Clifton and Granville. In the year 1858, Mr. Dunbar was taken suddenly ill and died between his own dwelling and the schoolhouse in which he had so long and faithfully labored. Mr. Dunbar was a good scholar, a man of more than ordinary ability, an able and instructive preacher, as will be readily admitted by those who have heard him or have read his published sermons, and was, above all, a pious, consistent and devoted servant of God.

The next minister settled in Cavendish and New London was the late lamented Dr. John Geddie. He was ordained and inducted over this charge on I 3th March, 1838. The call to Dr. Geddie was signed by thirty-four communicants and by seven adherents. Rev. Robert Douglas preached the ordination ser— mon from II Kings iv :9, IO; Rev. John Keir ad- dressed the minister, the Rev. William McGregor addressed the congregation, and Rev. R. S. Patter- son, M. A., preached the concluding sermon.

Mr. Geddie, though his bodily presence was weak, was a man of indomitable energy, firmness and de- termination, and he immediately entered upon his congregational work with unusual energy and de-

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