14 History of Zion Chum/z

Sabbath after Sabbath, until April 9th, 1899, when, after the usual formalities of induction, the Rev. D. B. McLeod, late of Orwell, Prince Edward Island, was declared pastor of Zion Church congregation, midst the good wishes and hearty welcomes of the people.

Eighty services had been held during the preceding months, “twixt life and death”; many candidates for the pastorate had won the esteem and affection of the people; but still their hearts had not recovered from the disappoint- ment caused by a rejected call, that had been very cordially extended to one who was a countryman, companion and friend of him who now “slept after service.”

Our new pastor entered upon his duties, with a diffi- dence, a humility and desire to do right, that endeared him to the manly and womanly element of the congregation, per- haps more especially to that Gaelic strain which so strongly flows through the veins, and steadies the spiritual pulse of Zion’s people.

Mr. McLeod conducted the services, attended to the visitations, and fulfilled the duties of his pastorate faithfully and earnestly, until November 8th, 1903, when increasing ill-health, under the burden of work and responsibility laid upon him, compelled his demission. Subsequently, when somewhat restored to his wonted health, he received a call to Somerville, Mass., where he now resides, and is so strongly attached to the hearts of the people and Presbytery, that they have declined to entertain a call sent him from his former home at Orwell.*

Among other changes during the ministry of Mr. McLeod, and perhaps the greatest and most notable, was the change in the service of the communion, from general to individual cups, which is now the order of the day in Zion Church. A

* The Rev. D. B. McLeod has since received his demission from the Presbytery of Somerville, and is now pastor of his former charge at Orwell, Prince Edward Island.