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Mr. Sutherland being yet a young man full of I youthful vigor and energy. But it was not the will of God that their hopes should be realized, for after a ministry of about nine years the greatly beloved minister of Zion church, after a brief illness, entered upon his eternal rest.

The present popular pastor of Zion church, Rev. D. B. McLeod, M. A., was inducted on 11th April, 1899. Though many of the earnest workers con- nected with this congregation in its early history have passed away, yet their places have been, in the good providence of God, replaced by men of kindred spirit, in whose hands the work of the church is progressing with its wonted success.

There being a lack of room in Zion church for the accommodation of all who required pews, and for other reasons, a few of those who had formerly belonged to the Free Church asked and obtained permission from Presbytery to reopen the old Free Church for religious worship. The church was accordingly reopened and supplied with preaching for some time, when those worshipping there were organized into a congregation on 7th August, 1878, and on 27th November of the same year Rev. Isaac Murray, D. D., was inducted as their pastor. This congregation was designated the “Upper Prince Street Presbyterian Church.” This charge was weak at the time of its organization, and by an unusual number of business failures, deaths and removals to other places, the congregation gradually became weaker, not through any fault of Dr. Murray, but

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