Communions.
November—First Sabbath, Oban; second, Glasgow; third, Dornoch and Edinburgh; fourth, Halkirk. January—Fourth Sabbath, Inverness. February—First Sabbath, Dingwall. South African Mission—The following are the dates of the Communions:—Last Sabbath of March, June, September, and December. Note.—Notice of any additions to, or alterations of, the above dates of Communions should be sent to the Editor.
Return of Rev. R. Mackenzie, M.A., Gairloch.
We are pleased to know that Mr Mackenzie, after his long absence from his congregation, has now returned. His report of his Australian visit, and also that of Ingwenya, will be looked forward to with interest.
Movements Worth Watching.
We have already referred to the reception given to Dr Lang and Lord Davidson in the Assembly of the Church of Scotland. No one can read of that reception, if conversant with the Church history of Scotland, with any other feeling than that the present leaders of the Church of Scotland, if they had been head of affairs in Scotland in the days of Archbishop Laud, this Romanising prelate would have found them men after his own heart and ready to swallow “black Prelacy” of a worse type than the hated Laudian brand in the interests of the larger unity. Another movement that is worthy of keeping an eye on is the overture to be sent down to Presbyteries by the Assembly of the United Free Church (Continuing) opening all offices in the Church to women. When all is said, however, one need not expect any better of a Church that has Rev. James Barr, Socialist M.P., as its leader. Another movement in which we are more immediately interested is the notice of an overture to be moved by Prof. Kennedy Cameron at the November meeting of the Edinburgh Presbytery craving the Assembly to appoint a Committee to invite conference with any similar Committee appointed by the Synods of the United Original Secession, Reformed Presbyterian, and Free Presbyterian Churches to ascertain whether arrangements can be made that would allow of a larger measure of friendly co-operation between these Churches and the Free Church, or, preferably, that would allow of incorporating Union between them. The Free Presbyterian Synod has already given its answer to a similar overture, and we are not aware of any change either in the Free Church or Free Presbyterian Church since that answer was given.