History of Presbyteriant’sm

pastor is being joyfully reaped by the present pas- tor, and in the end the sower and reaper shall re— joice together. Not only has the congregation in— creased in numbers, it has also increased in liberality to the schemes of the church, and in its contribu- tions for the support of ordinances at home. While this congregation has more than doubled its contri- butions to religious and benevolent objects, it has at the same time thrown off Caledonia, which itself at- tained, at the very outset, the status of a self-sus- taining congregation. The congregation has also erected a large summer tent, with roof boarded and shingled, in which, like Belfast, on sacramental oc- casions, the English speaking people worship, and which on fine days is crowded, though capable of seating nearly two thousand people, while the church beside it is also filled. Gaelic is still required in this congregation. Many of the old people know very little of any other language. All the young people, however, understand English, and in a few years an English speaking minister may suit in any of our Gaelic charges, but while the people are able to speak in this tongue a minister who can preach Gaelic will always command a premium.

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