followed by the Reverend William Snodgrass, M.A., who after sup- 
     
     plying the congregation for three years as a missionary, was, on the 
     
     14th November, 1855, inducted as pastor. His call was signed by 
     
     186 members of the Kirk. Under the leadership of their new minister 
     
     the congregation enjoyed a measure of prosperity hitherto unknown in 
     
     its history, and developed into one of the most active, energetic and 
     
     flourishing congregations in the presbytery of that day. After four 
     
     splendid years in the Kirk Mr. Snodgrass was called to St. Paul’s 
     
     Church, Montreal in 1856; eight years later he became Professor of 
     
     Divinity and Principal of Queens University, Kingston. As convener 
     
     of the Synod’s Committee on the union of all Presbyterian Churches 
     
     in Canada, his services were especially valuable. He was one of the 
     
     four Moderators to sign the solemn Deed of Union, at Montreal, on 
     
     June 15th, 1875. He returned to Scotland in 1877 and lived to cele- 
     
    
   
   
    
     brate his ministerial jubilee and his golden wedding in September, 
     
     1902. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On October 23rd, 1856, the Reverend Thomas Duncan was in- 
     
     ducted into the pastoral charge of St. James, Charlottetown. As a 
     
     preacher he was earnest and zealous; as a pastor he was most faithful, 
     
     painstaking and sympathetic; and “possessing a kindly heart, a genial 
     
     disposition and a gentlemanly manner, he was greatly beloved by all 
     
     classes of society.” His labours were not confined to his own congre- 
     
     gation; he also took a deep interest in the Evangelical Alliance, the 
     
     Young Men’s Christian Association, and other worthwhile organiza- 
     
     tions. Mr. Duncan's ministry in the Kirk was characterized by a large 
     
     measure of peace, harmony and prosperity. On November lst, 1876, 
     
     he accepted a call to St. Andrew's Church, Halifax. Eight years later 
     
     he returned to Scotland and served in Bridge of Weir from 1884 to 
     
     1899. He was married to one of the Hyndman family of Charlottetown 
     
     and their son, George, who was born in the Kirk Manse, later became 
     
     Minister of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, prior 
     
     to his ministry in Edinburgh where he died early in life. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Three months after Mr. Duncan's removal to Halifax, the Reverend 
     
     Kenneth MacLennan, M.A., was inducted into the Kirk pastorate 
     
     on January Blst, 1877. Shortly after this, and mainly through the new 
     
     minister's influence, the congregation commenced the erection of the 
     
     present Kirk. His gifts and skill as an authority on ecclesiatical 
     
     architecture are reflected in the beauty of the present building and 
     
     he will alway be remembered for his share in its design and completion. 
     
     Having laboured here for eight years he accepted a call to Levis, 
     
     Quebec, on June 30th, 1884. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A vacancy of one whole year was ended with the calling of the 
     
     Reverend James S. Carruthers of Pictou, who was inducted on May 
     
     6th, 1885. The task which lay before Mr. Carruthers in Charlottetown 
     
     was a difficult one and required much prudence, tact and no small 
     
     amount of determination; fortunately both for himself and for the