On the left side of the Chancel in balance with the Somers Chapel is the Prowse Memorial, an entrance alcove and quiet retreat created in 1969 by the Honourable T. W. L. Prowse and family in memory of Mrs. Prowse. Above the door is a beautiful stained glass “Good Shepherd" window.

On the north wall to the left of the organ pipes is a doorway leading into the Hyndman Memorial Archives. This room was originally the ministers’ vestry. In 1977 it was refurbished in memory of members of the Hyndman family, to house any historical material relating to the Kirk and its people:

MINISTERS OF THE KIRK

Since its founding in 1825 this Congregation has been served by sixteen Ministers. In the six years previous to the opening of the first Kirk in 1831 the Congregation worshipped alternately with Anglicans in the old Church which stood on the site of the old “red-brick” post office. The Reverend John MacLennan, M.A., of St. John’s Church, Belfast, frequently conducted worship for these people, as did many Ministers of the Church of Scotland Presbytery of Pictou, and others. The first Minister of St. J ames' Church, the Reverend James Mac- kintosh, was inducted the same day the first Kirk was dedicated, August 9th, 1831. Mr. Mackintosh was sent out by the Glasgow Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland and ministered to these people with ability and acceptance until the year 1836, when he ac- cepted a call to a congregation in Halifax.

In the year 1840 the Reverend Angus McIntyre arrived from Scotland. Because of the vacancy of four years the records show that the Church of Scotland urged Mr. McIntyre to “proceed with as little delay as possible via one of the steam packets, assuring him that he will receive a kind and cordial welcome from the Presbyterians in Charlottetown.” The young minister proved to be a man of superior ability, an eloquent preacher, and a faithful worker, often visiting and preaching in destitute stations and congregations throughout the country. His pastorate terminated four years later, however, when he returned to Scotland following the Disruption of 1843. A young Irish minister now comes on the scene in the person of the Reverend Sammuel Browne, but he was able to remain only six months from 1848-1849. His services were highly spoken of by those who heard him, and were much appreciated by the whole congregation. His successor, the Reverend John McBean, M.A., likewise served only six months when failing health obliged him to resign the same year he was in- ducted, 1849. That same year the Reverend Robert McNair was in- ducted. A young man of most amiable disposition, and at the same time of fair ability and of great popularity as a preacher and as a pastor, he embraced heterodox views regarding the Sabbath and re- signed after only four years in the Kirk pastorate. Mr. McNair was

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