passed away. He was succeeded by the Rev. William MacGregor in 1821, who, in 
     
     addition to Richmond Bay, took charge of the congregation of Bedeque.“6 
     
    
   
   
    
     10. FORMATION OF THE PRESBYTERY 
     
     OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND IN 1821 
     
    
   
   
    
     “The year, 1821, was a memorable one, marking clearly as it does, the growth 
     
     of the church, for then the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia 
     
     granted permission for the formation of the Presbytery of Prince Edward Island. In 
     
     October, 1821, in the house of Mr. Archibald Campbell, Lot 16, the following met 
     
     and constituted the first Presbytery: Rev. John Keir, moderator; Rev. Robert 
     
     Douglass and Rev. William MacGregor, ministers; and Mr. Edward Ramsay, ruling 
     
     elder.”7 
     
    
   
   
    
     11. THE REV. JOHN McLENNAN, MINISTER 
     
     OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     “In 1823, the Rev. John McLennan was sent out by the church of Scotland to 
     
     minister to the numerous immigrants who had come from the Highlands and Islands 
     
     of Scotland. Although Rev. Urquhart had been a minister of the national church, 
     
     this was the first official recognition of the needs of the colonists in Prince Edward 
     
     Island by that church. Rev. McLennan, who was a man of excellent culture, genial 
     
     manner and great perseverance, ministered not only to the people of Belfast, but 
     
     also to the settlers of Wood Islands, Georgetown and Murray harbour. He also 
     
     preached occasionally at Charlottetown, Cherry Valley, New London and other 
     
     places, thus bearing in conjunction with the other ministers in the province the 
     
     growing demands on time and strength, caused by the districts becoming more 
     
    
   
   
    
     thickly populated. ””3 
     
    
   
   
    
     12. PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATIONS IN CHARLOTTETOWN, 
     
     BEDEQUE, CAVENDISH AND NEW LONDON 
     
    
   
   
    
     “It is strange that up to this time, although there must have been incidental 
     
     preaching, there was no Presbyterian organization in Charlottetown, the capital city 
     
     ofthe province. In 1825, however, the need of such having been keenly felt, a public 
     
     meeting was called, which eventually resulted in the erection of the first Presbyterian 
     
     place ofworship, St. James. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The year, 1826, saw the advent of one of the most striking of the early pioneers 
     
     in church work. A few months after Bedeque has been separated from Richmond 
     
     Bay, a call was extended by the newly founded congregation to the Rev. R.S. Pater- 
     
     son, who accepted the same and who continued his labors with unabated success 
     
     until the year of his death, 1882, an unbroken pastorate of fifty-six years. This is 
     
     surely a record that speaks well for the minister and the people alike. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     86 Fullerton. op. cit., p. 307A. 
     
    
   
   
    
     87 Fullerton. op. cit., p. 307A. 
     
     88 Fullerton, op. cit.. pp. 307A-308A. 
     
    
   
   
    
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