History of Presbyterianism CHAPTER XX. ZION CHURCH, . Zion church is composed of the Free Church and Queen's Square congregations of Charlottetown . Having in the last chapter given an outline of the history of the Free Church congregation in Char¬ lottetown, we shall now give a brief account of the organization and work of Queen's Square congrega¬ tion up to the time of its union with the Free Church, and then of the united congregation known as "Zion Church." The formation of a congregation in Charlotte- town in connection with the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia was frequently discussed in the Presby¬ tery of Prince Edward Island , many years before that movement took actual shape. A preaching sta¬ tion was organized in Charlottetown by authority of Presbytery as early as the year 1849 by the late R. S. Patterson , M. A ., and supplied with occasional service, but owing partly to a lack of preachers and partly to a lack of interest in the movement, the undertaking was for a time abandoned. The idea of starting a congregation in the city, though fre¬ quently spoken of in Presbytery, never was really taken up in earnest until the year 1856, when the matter of organizing a congregation and erecting a church was intrusted to a committee of the Presby¬ teries of and Prince Edward Island . In that 142