some that would cause this trouble and it is remarkable that those he then mentioned are the very men who are now trying to make divisions in the church. From Mr, McDonald‘s great attachment to the Church of Scotland this caused him a great deal of uneasiness during the last years of his life, and he took every precaution to prevent it; particularly he left the churches under the management of trustees that must be members of th Church of Scotland and in the deeds of the churches it is provided that his successor must be a minister of the Church of Scotland, elected by at least two-thirds of the male heads of families being communicants. It gives me great pleasure to be able to state that so very few have joined those who have left the church. From the largest congregation, that at Murray Harbour Road, [Orwell Head] none at all joined them and only two individuals from the congregation at Desable, the next in size , . l , I have good hopes that some who are inclined to follow the men who have caused these divisions in the church will soon return to the communion of that church in which they reaped so much benefit under the teachings of their late minister d V . [McColl added that he had baptized l04 children since he commenced his labours].

(WW, June 1868. DJ 12>