19 was seconded and agreed to unanimously Mr. McKay suggested that Mr. McDonald should lay his certificates before the Synod at a future date. Some people having affirmed that no certificates could be produced Mr. McDonald said that he would either lay the certificates or copies of them before the Synod next year if he could. At the suggestion of Mr. Herdman it was agreed not to ask for the certificates, Mr. McDonald 's word being quite sufficient. Mr Martin , whose countenance was actually beaming with delight, addressed the Synod briefly and eloquently. He described the difficulties Mr. McDonald and himself and other men who arrived here early had to contend with. He was more delighted with what had happened here today than with anything since the Synod was first formed. We welcome Mr. McDonald with our whole hearts and souls into our midst. He is the head of his own people and has been long estranged from the parent church but he'll go with us just as far as he wishes to go and we must do anything - anything consistent with our ministerial standing - to secure his adhesion. He then described some interviews he had had with Mr. McDonald many years ago. Mr. Lochhead insisted on his right to close the speech he had commenced. He was far from objecting to receiving Mr. McDonald and would be glad to be on the most friendly terms with him. However wicked or irregular he might have been, he would receive him now" Mr McDonald demanded that Mr. Lochhead should retract the epithet "wicked" but the Synod did not insist. After a few remarks from Mr. McGillivary and the transaction of routine business the Synod adjourned.