On Prince Edward Island labors the congregation, though weak, and requir¬ ing aid from the augmentation fund, made rapid progress towards the status of a self-sustaining con¬ gregation. In the spring of 1873 Mr. Cameron ac¬ cepted a call to the congregation of Souris and Bay Fortune and was, to the deep regret of his congre¬ gation, loosed from the charge of Tryon and shaw and inducted into his new field of labor. Tryon and Bonshaw remained vacant for about eight¬ een months, during which time they received supply of preaching from Messrs. A. F. Thompson , I. Simpson , Irishman, Young, Samuel Bernard , J. A. F. Sutherland , Samuel McNaughton , H. McD . Scott, Alexander Russell , W. P. Archibald and from members of Presbytery. Mr. W. P. Arch ¬ ibald, M. A ., having received and accepted a very cordial and harmonious call, was ordained and in¬ ducted as their pastor on 28th September, 1875. Rev. John Murray preached the ordination sermon; Rev. R. S. Patterson narrated the steps leading up to this call and put to the minister-elect the usual formula of questions; Rev. Alexander Campbell of¬ fered the ordination prayer, during which Mr. Archibald was ordained to the office of the ministry "by the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery," and inducted into the pastoral charge of the congre¬ gation of Tryon and Bonshaw . The newly or¬ dained minister was suitably addressed by Rev. R. S. Patterson and the congregation by Rev. J. M. MacLeod . Mr. Archibald 's pastorate in this field was brief, extending only a little over two years, but 125