On Prince Edward Island pie belonged to the Church of Scotland, yet he never formally became connected with the Kirk Presby¬ tery of the Maritime Provinces or came under their jurisdiction. Though his teachings were always in harmony with the standards of the Presbyterian Church, and though he acted in conformity with her laws, yet he had a way of his own of teaching and working, and could not easily from the natural cast of his mind come under the jurisdiction of any man or body of men. He therefore lived and wrought side by side with, though he never came under the jurisdiction of, the church of his fathers in the land of his adoption, and has accomplished a noble work, the result of which eternity alone will bring to light. Mr. McDonald not only excelled as a minister of the gospel; he was also a writer of no mean ability. He is the author of a work on Baptism, also a work on the Millennium and of a third on the Plan of Sal¬ vation. These volumes are of a high order, and prove the writer to be a man of more than ordinary ability. The long, able and successful ministry of this de¬ voted servant of God came to a close on 22nd Feb¬ ruary, 1867, m tne 84th year of his age and the 50th of his ministry, when he passed quietly away in the full assurance of a glorious resurrection and of a blessed immortality. After the death of Rev. Donald McDonald the congregation remained vacant for a few years, dur¬ ing which time they received supply of preaching from the Kirk Presbytery of Pictou , and from the k 161