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cation to the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia he was received into connection with that body, and was sent on a mission to Prince Ed- ward Island, and having preached for some time at Tryon and Cape Traverse, they presented him with a call to become their pastor. Having accepted their call, Mr. Hyde was inducted as pastor of Tryon and Cape Traverse on 23rd October, 1822. Rev. Wil- liam McGregor preached the ordination sermon, Rev. John Keir delivered the charge to the minister and to the congregation, and Rev. Robert Douglas gave the closing sermon, on Hebrews ii: I, “There- fore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip.” Mr. Hyde’s connection with this congregation, however, was short and very un- happy. This seems to have arisen partly from cir— cumstances in the state of the congregation and partly from Mr. Hyde’s own conduct. The number of people in the congregation who understood the principles of Presbyterianism was very small, and Mr. Hyde himself seems to have been of that num- ber. By reference to the minutes of a meeting of Presbytery before which the difficulties between him and the congregation were considered, it appears that he was a man of peculiar temper. At the close of the inquiry the Presbytery, satisfied that his use- fulness was at an end, did, on 15th March, 1825, dis- solve the pastoral tie between him and the congre- gation of Tryon and Cape Traverse. From this date until the year 1867 there was no Presbyterian

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