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Rev. George Sutherland of Musquodoboit Harbor, N. 8.; he accepted their call and was inducted as their pastor on 27th August, 1856. Mr. Sutherland, with characteristic zeal and ability, entered upon his congregational work. He was a very ready and elo- quent speaker both in the pulpit and on the plat- form; and being a man of public spirit who took a lively interest in everything that pertained to the public welfare, civil, social and religious, he became an active worker in every good cause, so that his influence for good extended far beyond his own congregation. This was especially the case in refer- ence to the temperance cause, and in the conflict which took place at that time between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants on the free non-sec— tarian school system. While much credit is no doubt due to the leading politicians of that day for our present admirable school system, the names of Rev. George Sutherland, Dr. Isaac Murray, James Allan, R. 8. Patterson, M. A., Alexander Sutherland, Rev. Dr. Keir and Rev. Dr. Fitzgerald can never be for- gotten in connection with our educational system. During nearly the whole period of his ministry in Charlottetown, Mr. Sutherland was the efficient clerk of the Free Presbytery, before the union, and of the United Presbytery after the union, which took place in the year 1860.

But while discharging many public duties for the general good, Mr. Sutherland did not overlook his peculiar work as minister of a congregation. With regularity and fidelity, he visited his people from

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