Communions.
Coigach (Lochbroom, Ross), first Sabbath of June; Shieldaig (Ross), second; Bracadale (Skye), Dornoch (Sutherland), and Lochcarron (Ross), third; Inverness (North Church Place), and Gairloch (Ross), fourth. Lairg (Sutherland), Beauly, and Raasay (by Kyle of Lochalsh), first Sabbath of July; Tain (Ross), Staffin (Skye), and Tomatin (Moy, Inverness-shire), second; Daviot (Inverness), Flashadder (Skye), Halkirk (Caithness), and Rogart (Sutherland), third.
Meeting of Synod.
The Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church will (God willing) meet at Inverness Church on Tuesday after the fourth Sabbath of June. The Moderator, Rev. Andrew Sutherland, Ullapool, will conduct public worship at eleven a.m.
Opening of Assemblies.
The Assemblies of the Established, United Free, and Free Churches were opened at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 19th May. The new Moderators of these Courts were respectively, Professor Thomas Nicol, D.D., Aberdeen; Dr. George Reith, College U.F. Church, Glasgow; and the Rev. Finlay Macrae, of Plockton, Ross-shire.
Departure of Canadian Deputy.
The Rev. Donald M. Macdonald, deputy to our Canadian Mission, left the Clyde by the S.S. “Cassandra,” on 9th May. He is now at his field of work, and we earnestly trust the Lord will bless his labours among our people in Ontario and in the city of Winnipeg, where he expects to conduct the services during the coming winter. Mr. Malcolm Gillies, student there, requiring to return to Scotland to pursue his studies in divinity. It may be stated explicitly here, for the information of parties, that the Rev. Mr. Macdonald is a fully ordained minister, capable of dispensing the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
Acknowledgments.
Mr. Angus Clunas, General Treasurer, 35 Ardconnel Terrace, Inverness, begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the following donations:—£100 from Alexander Ross, Esq., Liverpool, equally for Sustentation Fund and Home Mission Fund. For Sustentation Fund—40/ from “Anon,” “Grenadier” steamer packet, Ardrishaig; 40/ from Mr. Neil Shaw, New South Wales, and 10/ from same for College Fund, per Rev. J. S. Sinclair; 20/ from Mr. Kenneth M’Askill, Soay Island; 20/6 (5 dols.) from Mrs. Miller, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada; 20/ from Miss B. Macleod, Bermuda, West Indies, per Mr. M. Macleod, Stoer; 10/ from Mrs. M’Askill, Polochar, South Uist; 10/ from Miss M’Askill, Lochboisdale School, South Uist; and 10/ from “A True Friend,” Strontian. For Home Mission Fund—10/ from “Anon,” Newcastle-on-Tyne. For Foreign Missions—£5 13/ from Chesley Congregation, Ontario, Canada; and 10/ from “Friend,” Aultbea, both per Rev. N. Cameron. For Matabele Building Fund—20/ from “A Friend,” Thurso; 60/ from “Friends,” Halkirk, and 20/ from same for Psalms in Kaffir; 10/ from “A. M.,” Inverness, and 10/ from same for Psalms in Kaffir—all per Rev. J. R. Mackay; 30/ from Miss J. Maclean, for Kaffir Psalms, to carry out the wish of her deceased sister, Miss M. Maclean, per Rev. N. Cameron; and 12/6 from Mr. A. Mackenzie, Ardindrean, Lochbroom.
Rev. N. Cameron begs to acknowledge, with many thanks, the following donations:—Bembesi Building Fund—Miss M. C., Chicago, £1; “A Friend,” per Rev. J. S. Sinclair, £1; Mrs. M., Manchester, 10/; “Postie,” 5/; “Friend,” Glendale, 10/; late Miss Duff, per Mr. A. Fraser, £3. St. Jude’s Building Fund—Miss M. C., Chicago, £1; “Well-wisher,” Inverness, 5/; Kaffir Bibles—Mrs. W., Morayshire, 5/. “An Old Friend,” 10/, for St. Jude’s Sustentation Fund.
WE expect (d.v.) to have obituaries in a future issue of, among others, two worthy members of our Church who have recently passed away—Mr. Donald Macleod, Broadford, Skye, and Mrs. Mackay, Halkirk, Caithness.