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the Presbyterians in the town and royalty, but also many of the families at West Clyde and North Rivers, and on the St. Peters and Brackley Point Roads. The most of the families at the former place connected themselves with Rev. Wm. Ross, of the then Free Church, who was settled there in 1860, while the two latter stations were formed into a congregation and placed under the charge of Rev. George M. Grant, M. A., who afterwards became the minister of St. Matthew’s church, Halifax, and then the world renowned Dr. Grant, principal of Queen’s College, Kingston.

For a few years after the erection of St. James’ church the congregation ,was without a settled pas— tor, but during that time they were frequently min- istered unto by the late Rev. John McLennon, M. A., of Belfast, and by ministers from the Kirk Pres- bytery of Pictou and others. Their first settled pastor was Rev. James McIntosh, who had been sent out by the Glasgow Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland in response to an urgent request by the congregation. He took charge of the parish in the year I83I and continued to minister to them with ability and acceptance until the year 1836. In the year 1840 Mr. McIntosh was succeeded by Rev. Angus McIntyre, who had also been commissioned by the Church of Scotland to take charge of this parish, Mr. McIntyre was a man of superior abil- ity, an eloquent preacher and a faithful worker, often visiting and preaching in destitute stations and congregations throughout the country. His pas-

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