Communions.—Stratherrick (Inverness-shire), Ullapool (Ross), and Vatten (Skye), first Sabbath of September; Broadford (Skye), Finsbay (Harris), Strathy (Sutherland), second; Stoer (Sutherland), and Tarbert (Harris), third. John Knox’s, Glasgow (Hall, 2 Carlton Place, South Side), first Sabbath of October.
Address to the King.—The following loyal address to His Majesty, King George V., has been forwarded by the Synod’s Committee to the Right Hon. Thomas M’Kinnon Wood, M.P., Secretary for Scotland, for presentation to His Majesty:—
“To His MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, GEORGE V., King of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc.
A Loyal Address from the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
May it please your Majesty,—We, the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, humbly desire to renew our expression of loyalty to your Majesty’s person and throne, and to offer our earnest prayer that your Majesty’s reign may, by the favour of Divine Providence, be a long and prosperous one. Believing as we do that our true national prosperity rests upon loyalty to the King of kings and the principles of the Reformed Faith, as founded upon God’s Most Holy Word, we fervently desire that, under your Majesty’s exalted influence, the truth and kingdom of God may be abundantly promoted throughout the realm and the world at large.
“It is also our most sincere desire that your Majesty and Queen Mary may receive Divine guidance and strength, especially in times of national unrest and perplexity, for the discharge of the varied and onerous duties which devolve upon your Majesties.
“Signed in Name and by Authority of the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland,
DUNCAN MACKENZIE, Moderator.
JAMES S. SINCLAIR, Clerk.”
The following reply to the Loyal Address has been received by the Synod Clerk:—
“SCOTTISH OFFICE, WHITEHALL, S.W.,
26th August, 1912.
Sir,—I have to inform you that I have had the honour to lay before the King the loyal and dutiful Address forwarded by the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland for presentation to His Majesty, and that His Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously.—I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
(Signed) T. MACKINNON WOOD.”
Synod’s Resolution of Sympathy with Irish Protestants.—The following is the resolution of sympathy with Protestants in Ireland, which has been drawn up and forwarded by the instructions of the Free Presbyterian Synod:—”The Synod desire to express to their Protestant brethren in Ireland their deepest sympathy with them in their present anxious and difficult position. The Synod are fully convinced that the Home Rule scheme now before Parliament will place in the hands of the Roman Catholic party an instrument of outstanding power and influence not hitherto possessed, which will be undoubtedly wielded against the civil and religious liberties of the country and to the real detriment of Ireland as a whole. The Synod earnestly pray that God, in His kind providence, may frustrate this pernicious Home Rule scheme, and may vouchsafe to Ireland a lengthened period of true Christian peace and prosperity.”
Copies of the resolution were sent to the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. A. Bonar Law, M.P., and Sir Edward Carson, M.P.
The following reply has been received from the Moderator of the Irish Presbyterian Assembly :—
“5 LOWER CRESCENT,
BELFAST, 17th July, 1912.
TO THE REV. JAMES S. SINCLAIR,
Synod Clerk of the Free Presbyterian Church, Scotland.
REV. AND DEAR SIR,—The Rev. Dr. Macmillan, Ex-Moderator of the Irish Presbyterian Church, has forwarded to me the resolution of sympathy with the Protestants in Ireland, passed by the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Let me say how deeply grateful we in Ireland are to the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, for this kind expression of their sympathy with us in the difficult and trying position in which we are placed. The overwhelming majority of our people are profoundly convinced that the proposed legislation would be a very grave set back to the commercial and religious progress of the country. I need hardly say that we mean to resist these pernicious proposals to the very uttermost. With renewed expressions of our warm thanks,—Believe me, Rev. and Dear Sir,—Yours faithfully,
(Signed) HENRY MONTGOMERY, D.D.,
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church.”
Acknowledgments.—Mr. Angus Clunas, Treasurer, 35 Ardconnel Terrace, Inverness, begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the following donations:—For Sustentation Fund—10/, “Anon.,” (Glasgow P.O.); 10/, Mr. John Maciver, Rangemore Road, Inverness; 5/, “Anon. Friend” (Beauly P.O.); 20/, “A Sincere Friend,” for Vatten Sustentation Fund. For Missionaries and Catechists’ Fund—£10 from “Friend,” Ormskirk. For Psalms in Kaffir—5/, “A Friend,” Greenock, per Rev. J. S. Sinclair; 10/, “Friend,” Queensland, per Rev. N. Cameron.
The Treasurer of the Dingwall Congregation acknowledges, with thanks, the following donations, per the Rev. D. Macfarlane, for the Manse Building Fund:—£3 from “Wellwisher,” Saltcoats, 1 Chronicles, xxix. 14, “For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee”; and 10/, “A Friend,” Kilchoan.
Rev. Neil Cameron, acknowledges, with thanks, 10/, for St. Jude’s Building Fund, from “A Friend,” Queensland.
Rev. Alex. Macrae, Portree, acknowledges, with thanks, £6 from “Friends” in New South Wales, per Mrs. Cameron; and 15 dollars from “Friends” in New York, per Mr. Farquhar Macleod, towards the Portree Manse Debt.
Rev. Andrew Sutherland, Ullapool, acknowledges, with thanks, for Lochbroom Manse Building Fund, £1 from “D. R.,” Glasgow, and £2 from “G. P.,” Aberdeen.
Mr. Norman MacKinnon, Congregational Treasurer, Tarbert, Harris, acknowledges, with sincere thanks, the sum of £1 from “M. M.,” Glasgow (per Mr. D. Bethune), towards Church and
Manse Building Fund. Rev. Neil Macintyre, Stornoway, acknowledges, with thanks, the sum of 68 dollars and 25 cents, per Mr. Angus Macdonald, Winnipeg, towards the debt on Stornoway Church.
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