History of Presbyterianism

with the pulpit. The church when completed would seat between two and three hundred people, and service was held regularly, by a minister if one could be had, and if not, by the elders.

A second vessel arrived with three hundred im— migrants from the Isle of Skye in the year 1858 and settled in Caledonia, which adjoins Valleyfield, and until recently formed part of that congregation.

The first minister regularly placed over this con— gregation was Rev. Alexander Munro. He was in- ducted by the Free Presbytery of Pictou in the year 1850, and for a period of thirty years Mr. Munro went in and out amongst that large and widely scat— tered flock and ministered unto them in spiritual things. He was a superior scholar, a faithful pas- tor, a wise counsellor and a useful member of Pres- bytery. He was for several years clerk of the Free Presbytery of Prince Edward Island, and dis- charged the dutics of that office with correctness and ability. The amount of traveling and the many hardships involved in the discharge of his pastoral duties were very great, and very few at the present day would be willing to undertake them. On the 25th May, 1859, Grand River, or Dundas, was sep— arated from Mr. Munro’s charge; but though this lessened his field, it did not materially lessen his labors, for he still had more ground to overtake than any one man could successfully manage. In the year 1877 that part of Cardigan which belonged to the congregation of Valleyfield was united with the congregation of Georgetown and Cardigan, under

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