History of Presbyterianism CHAPTER XXI. ORWELL AND DE SABLE. These two large districts, one on the east and the other on the west side of Charlottetown , constituted the principal parts of Rev. Donald McDonald 's extensive congregation, although his followers are to be found scattered over almost every part of the island, and were generally designated "McDonald- ites." Rev. Donald McDonald , the first minister of this widely scattered congregation, was born in the par¬ ish of Logurach, Perthshire, Scotland , on ist Jan¬ uary, 1783. He was educated in the University of St. Andrew's and was ordained as a minister of the Church of Scotland by the Presbytery of Abertorf, in the year 1816. He was a man of powerful intel¬ lect, of noble physique, of indomitable Christian zeal, of kindly and generous disposition and of scholarly attainments. In his early days he was engaged for some years as tutor in the family of the chieftain of the McDonalds of Glengarry . He also labored for some years with acceptance as a mis¬ sionary in various parts of the Highlands of Scot¬ land. But in the year 1824, hearing of the destitute circumstances of his fellow countrymen in America, and moved with compassion for their spiritual wel¬ fare, he emigrated to this country, and at once com¬ menced his labors amongst them. For the first two 154