time to hear a service conducted by an ordained Minister in their new land. (11) He is considered to be one of the great missionary pioneer ministers. The Reverend Peter Gordon was the first settled Minister in the St. Peters area. Arriving in 1806, three years before his death in 1809, Reverend Gordon was a preacher from the General Associate Synod , in Scotland . He had the charges of the Head, St. Peters and Bay' Fortune. According to A.B. Warburton , Reverend Gordon was "really a missionary in charge of the Presbyterians of the whole Island." (12) His charge was a vast one, and he often attended to the people of his charge by foot, by boat, or by horseback. In 1806, the year that Revered Gordon arrived in the St. Peters area, a Presbyterian Church was constructed in St. Peters Harbor, which was known as 'The Barren's Church." (13) The Manse was also located here until 1845. Reverend Gordon 's presence is still felt to this day. The Morell United Church of Canada is named after him, and there is a monument to his memory located in St. Peters Harbor, where he is buried. The inscription on this monument reads as follows:* In memory of the Rev. Peter Gordon Who as the first Presbyterian in this Province became minister of the Congregation of Head, St. Peters , and Fortune in the year of 1806. He was born in Galveston, Scotland in 1778. Educated in Glasgow and Whilburn and was Ordained and inducted by the Presbytery of Pictou. He died at April 02, 1809, And was buried at St. Peters Harbor . This stone was erected at the centennial service On August 23, 1906. After Reverend Gordon 's death, he was replaced by the Reverend Pidgeon . It was during his time as that a church was built in Midgell around 1812, on the site of the present day cemetery. The key to this church that no longer stands is mounted and framed, and hangs in the United Church in St. Peters to this day. In the History of the Mission of the Secession Church to and PEI , The Reverend James Robertson states, "In time, however, differences arose between him (Pidgeon) and his congregation and the pastoral relationship was dissolved." (14) After he left St. Peters , Bay Fortune , and Covehead , Reverend Pigeon never received another charge. In 1820, The Reverend Robert Douglas , a native of Roxboroughshire, Scotland , came and spent almost 25 years in the St. It is interesting to note that Reverend Gordon 's widow moved to Nova Seotia and later married the Reverend James MacGregor , who was a widower with seven children. 235