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to this day their destendants are amongst the most active, intelligent, prosperous and useful members of the Presbyterian church in the province. In these early times there was almost always some one family whose house was the home of the traveling minister. It happened in this community that the family who entertained the minister was the most prosperous in the place; whereupon one of the good men named above, who was thought to be a little fond of this world, said one day to his spouse, “Mary, I think we had better throw open oo’r hame to the menister, for ai’ sine oo’r neehbor Jeams has keepit them a’ things hae gone wee’l wi’ him.”

Dr. McGregor’s second visit to Cove Head was in 1802 and his next in I806. On this occasion he preached on Saturday, 12th, Sabbath, I 3th, and Tuesday, I 5th July, seven sermons on Rom. v: 1-12, and Eph. ii: 10.

During the same year Rev. Peter Gordon, the first Presbyterian minister settled on the island, was or- dained and inducted into the pastoral charge of Cove Head, St. Peters and Bay Fortune. His pas— torate extended over only three years. He was natu— rally of a delicate constitution and, inheriting the germs of consumption, the toil and exposure in- volved in performing the pastoral work of so exten- sive a charge soon developed that disease and termi- nated his useful life. He died in April, 1809. He had exchanged pulpits with Rev. Dr. Keir of Prince- town, and on his way home, feeling unwell, he called at the house of Mr. James McCallum, and there,

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