was built for the Benedictines in the 13th Century when they 
     
     re-established the work following the destruction of the original 
     
     buildings in the Viking raids of the 8th and 9th centuries. The 
     
     Cathedral was allowed to fall into ruin following the Reformation 
     
     of the 16th Century but has since been rebuilt by the Church of 
     
     Scotland and is now the centre of the Iona Community. The 
     
     granite rock and the Celtic Cross inscribed on the marble slab 
     
     remind us that this Congregation was founded by Ministers of the 
     
     Church of Scotland and served by them for the first one hundred 
     
     and sixteen years of its history. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE CHANCEL FURNISHINGS 
     
    

    
     Over the Chancel hang the colours of the Prince Edward 
     
     Island Highlanders, originally the 82nd Regiment, The Abegweit 
     
     Light Infantry. These colours were purchased in London and 
     
     presented to the Regiment in a ceremony in Victoria Park on July 
     
     4th, 1908, by Mrs. D. A. MacKinnon. wife of the Lieutenant 
     
     Governor, and by Mrs. Daniel Stewart, wife of the Commanding 
     
     Officer of the Regiment. The Rev’d. T. F. Fullerton, Chaplain, was 
     
     amongst those present on that occasion and gave an address. This 
     
     regiment is affiliated with the famous Scottish Regiment of the 
     
     British Army, the 42nd, the Black Watch, whose Canadian 
     
     counterpart celebrates this year (1962) its centennial, in honour 
     
     of which Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, paid 
     
     a special visit to Montreal to dedicate new colours, and worship in 
     
     the regimental Church of S. Andrew and S. Paul with its officers 
     
     and men. 
     
    

    
     The Baptismal Font of white marble, the gift of a group of 
     
     young women of the Congregation, built by Sanford of Halifax, 
     
     was dedicated and used for the first time in January, 1898. 
     
    

    
     In the alcove behind the Font is an oak case housing a very 
     
     fine collection of historical records and memorabilia of Island 
     
     congregations and missionary societies. In the Minister’s Vestry 
     
     is located a similar case housing the Communion Set in silver 
     
     plate, a memorial to the late Daniel Stewart, Elder. This service 
     
     and the two cases are the gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stewart. The 
     
     first case was built by Chandler Brothers in 1948. Used the second 
     
     one by the Church Officer, Duncan Livingstone in 1923. 
     
    

    
     The Chancel furnishings include the Holy Table which once 
     
     served as the Pulpit before the changes of 1931; the marble top 
     
     on this table was taken from the Holy Table that originally served 
     
     in the Church and now stands in our Kirk Hall. The Elders’ 
     
     Chairs on either side of the Holy Table are a memorial tribute 
     
     from the Kirk Auxiliary to Mrs. Ina Gillan Beer; the Minister’s 
     
     Chair, in matching mahogany, the gift of Miss Katherine M. 
     
     MacLennan, is in honour of her Mother, Mrs. A. E. Morrison; the 
     
     Chancel Rail is a gift of his son in memory of J. W. Morrison, 
     
     Chairman of the Trustees and Building Committee during the 
     
     erection of the present Church; the oak Lectern is the gift of Mrs. 
     
     A. E. Duff, and the matching Pulpit bears tribute to the late 
     
     J. E. B. McCready (1838-1930). 
     
    
   
   
    
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