History of Valley field and 13 Valleyfield 's first settled Minister The tenure of Mr. Maclntyre might be regarded as that of a missionary, Rev. Mr. Munro was actually the first settled minister. He served in the ministry at Valleyfield for the long period of thirty-four years. An idea of the constancy of his work in the congregation may be gathered from one item in the records of 1881, this being thirty-one years after his induction. The trustees unamimously agreed, in this meeting of 1881 "that as Mr. Munro had had no vacation for the past ten years, that he be given one month's vacation at any time convenient to himself." With this as an example, it is not probable that Mr. Munro spent much time away from his flock. He was a strong man physically and mentally. During his long min¬ istry he seldom failed to preach two sermons every Sunday as well as attend to many prayer meetings throughout the week. He generally travelled on horseback. In his time, two ser¬ mons, one in Gaelic and the other in English, each an hour long, would be considered as models of brevity. The first of the 152 marriages performed by him is that of William Stewart to Mary MacLeod both of Head of Mon¬ tague on January 13th, 1851. After Mr. Munro 's resignation in 1884, the pulpit re¬ mained vacant for a year. In 1885 Rev. Roderick MacLean accepted a call and settled in Valleyfield . The call was signed by about two hundred and seventy names. This list will serve to indicate the size of the congregation at this time: Caledonia , 28; West, 17; Lyndale , 6; Head of Montague , 16; East, 24; Rrown's Creek, 32; Sprin^field and Cross, 32; Road, 41; Uigg , 1; Sparrow's Road, 6; , 4; Rrooklyn, 26; St. Mary's Road , 27. Mr. MacLean , like his predecessors, was born in Scotland . As a mere youth he decided to prepare himself for the min¬ istry. Determination, tenacity and hard work were neces¬ sary in order that his dream could be fulfilled. All the money required to prepare himself for and during college must be earned. During vacation time he went to sea, or fished, or per¬ formed any other kind of manual labour that would help further his education. He graduated from Edinburgh Univer¬ sity in the summer of 1885 and straighway came to Canada . Friends advised him to go to Prince Edward Island . Hearing that Valleyfield charge was vacant he preached here and was given an unanimous call. He was a very eloquent preacher in both Gaelic and English. During the fall and winter of his first year here a wave of religious revival took place. This