TO GOD BE THE GLORY 
     
    
   
   
    
     MacKelvie's donation was in memory of his mother, Mrs. 
     
     Elizabeth Stewart MacKelvie, both of whom were pre— 
     
     vious members of the church. His gift of $2 000.00 to 
     
     purchase the organ was conditional: the donor’s name 
     
     was to remain anonymous, the organ must be insured 
     
     by the church for the amount of the donation, and the 
     
     money already subscribed or collected in the church 
     
     campaign for a new pipe organ must be used to repair 
     
     the church and make the necessary renovations to re- 
     
     ceive the new organ. Desirous of expressing the con- 
     
     gregation’s appreciation, and no doubt with Mr. 
     
     MacKelvie’s consent, the first condition was overlooked. 
     
     The new pipe organ was dedicated in a special service 
     
     on Sept. 30, 1906. 
     
    

    
     In the meantime, Rev. Ralph G. Strathie was in- 
     
     ducted on Dec. 8, 1904 replacing Rev. Dr. W. H. Smith 
     
     who had accepted a call to the Falmouth Street Church, 
     
     Sydney, N. S. 
     
    

    
     The year 1906 ended on a much sadder note for 
     
     the congregation. On the night of Oct. 10th a fire broke 
     
     out in the railway freight shed. Fanned by gale-force 
     
     winds from the southeast it quickly spread to 
     
     Summerside’s residential district. Before the conflagra- 
     
     tion ran its course over one hundred buildings had been 
     
     consumed and almost thirty families in the congrega- 
     
     tion were left destitute. At the annual meeting of 
     
     Summerside Presbyterian Church on Jan. 23, 1907 the 
     
     following resolution was adopted: “Resolved that at this 
     
     annual meeting of the cong[regation] we express our 
     
     deep sympathy with all our people who were burned 
     
     out that night and to all who have suffered by that fire, 
     
     assuring them that we feel with them in the unfortu- 
     
     nate circumstances in which they have been placed, 
     
    
   
   
    
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