Communions.
Raasay and Beauly, 1st Sabbath of July; Lochcarron, Moy, and Tain, 2nd; Halkirk, Daviot, and Rogart, 3rd; North Uist and Flashadder, 4th; Dingwall, 1st Sabbath of August.
Induction at Stornoway.
Rev. Neil Macintyre, late of Glendale, Skye, was induced to the pastoral charge of the Free Presbyterian congregation at Stornoway on Wednesday, the 17th June.
Acknowledgments.
Rev. Neil Cameron gratefully acknowledges 10/ for Foreign Mission—Edinburgh post mark; 10/ from Queensland, for Kaffir Bibles; and £1 for St. Jude’s Sustentation Fund from F. B., Amsterdam.
Meeting of Synod.
The half-yearly meeting of the Free Presbyterian Synod will (D.V.) be held at Inverness Church on Tuesday, the 7th July. The Moderator, Rev. John R. Mackay, M.A., Inverness, is expected to preach at 12 noon.
Ordination of Missionary to Canada.
Mr. Donald Macleod, divinity student, appeared before the Southern Presbytery at 12 noon on Monday, the first day of June, and after submitting trial discourses, was formally licensed to preach the gospel. On the evening of the same day the Presbytery met in the Hall of St. Jude’s Church, Glasgow, and, in accordance with special instructions of Synod, ordained Mr. Donald Macleod, probationer, to the office of the holy ministry, and set him apart in the meantime for the performance of the work of a missionary in the Canadian Mission of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Rev. Neil Cameron, Moderator of Presbytery, opened the service with an appropriate discourse from 2 Timothy, chap. iv. 1-4, and at the conclusion gave a brief narrative of the steps that had been taken with a view to the ordination of the Rev. Donald Macleod in connection with Canadian mission work. Thereupon he put the usual questions for ministers to Mr. Macleod, which he answered satisfactorily. Having then signed the Formula in the presence of the congregation, he was solemnly ordained by the Moderator to the office of the ministry, with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery. This being done, Mr. Macleod was suitably addressed by the Rev. John Robertson as to his ministerial duties in the new position he occupied. The service was closed with praise and the benediction. Mr. Macleod left for Canada on Saturday, the 6th June. He went by New York, which he reached safely in due course; and he has now entered upon his mission field. We earnestly hope that the Lord will abundantly bless his labours there, and trust that the prayers of the Church will often ascend on his behalf, and on behalf of our attached people in Canada. Perhaps we should add (lest any should not be clear about the matter) that Mr. Macleod is now a fully ordained minister of the gospel, capable of administering the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and of celebrating marriage, though he is not settled over the Canadian Mission, as one occupying a regular charge.
Sermon by Rev. D. Macfarlane.
Reprint of Sermon on “The Exaltation of Christ” to be had from the Rev. D. Beaton, 49 Breadalbane Terrace, Wick, and the Editor of the Magazine. Price, One Penny. Postage, one or two copies, $\frac{1}{2}$ d.; six, $1\frac{1}{2}$ d.; twelve to eighteen, 3d.