On Eldon, the congregation have erected a large tent with a frame roof, boarded and shingled, capable of seating nearly two thousand people. On sacramen¬ tal occasions this tent is occupied by the English speaking part of the congregation, while the church is used by those who prefer the Gaelic; and on a communion Sabbath, if the day is fine, both the tent and the church are filled to their utmost capacity. These two buildings are in the center of a beautiful hardwood grove on the brow of a high hill. It is one of the most beautiful sites for a church any¬ where to be found in the province. Rev. Mr. Mc ¬ Lean, on 14th August, 1877, after a pastorate of seventeen years, accepted a call to Hopewell , Nova Scotia , and was accordingly transferred to the Pres¬ bytery of Pictou to be inducted into his new parish. So strong was the hold which Mr. McLean had upon the affections of the congregation of Belfast that in August, 1878, just one year after he had left there, they extended to him a very cordial call to again become their pastor, but this call Mr. McLean felt it his duty to decline. Rev. A. S. Stewart was the next minister of this congregation. Mr. Stewart was a native of Scot¬ land, and for some years was employed as a catechist in his native land, and in that capacity he came to this country. Soon after his arrival in Nova Scotia he entered the Presbyterian College in Halifax , and having taken the usual course in that institution, was duly licensed, and having accepted a call to Bel¬ fast, was on 25th March, 1879, ordained and in- 109