On Prince Edward Island two ministers were on friendly terms, and the con¬ gregations began to regard each other in a more friendly light, giving evidence that ultimately bet¬ ter counsels would prevail. On 21st November, 1866, Rev. Mr. Sutherland 's resignation of the pas¬ toral charge of his congregation was accepted. Soon after Queen's Square congregation became vacant also, and in the year 1870 these two congregations were united, the united charge taking the name of "Zion Church." In the same year negotiations were opened up between Zion church and St. James' church with the view of uniting all the Presbyte¬ rians of Charlottetown into one congregation, but in the wise providence of the Great Head of the church these negotiations ended in failure. For if the existence of three congregations in the city of was an error in one direction, the union of all these into one would have been an equally great error in the opposite direction, as the lapse of years has amply demonstrated. The united congregation worshipped in Queen's Square church, it being the larger and more com¬ fortable building and in the more central part of the city. The Free Church being now unoccupied, was rented by the Upper Methodist church until their own building should be completed. 141