Communions.—January—Last Sabbath, Inverness—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.
Day of Humiliation and Prayer.—The Presbyteries of the Church have appointed Wednesday, the 15th day of December, as a Day of Humiliation and Prayer. The many tokens of God’s displeasure against us as a nation on account of our grievous departures from the truth of the gospel should indeed cause us to humble ourselves and to confess our sins before God.
Ordination and Induction at Lochinver.—On the 25th October the Western Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland met at Lochinver for the purpose of ordaining and inducting Rev. Alexander Macaskill, to the Assynt charge.
The Rev. John Colquhoun, Glendale, moderator of Presbytery, presided and preached an appropriate discourse in which he emphasised the duties of a watchman for souls and the accountability of both himself and his hearers from Ezekiel iii. 17-19. After divine worship Rev. A. Beaton, interim moderator during the vacancy, gave a narrative of the steps which led to the ordination, and after Mr. Macaskill satisfactorily answered the questions and signed the formula he was ordained to the office of the ministry by prayer and the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery, and thereafter inducted to the pastoral charge
of the F.P. congregation of Assynt. Afterwards the newly ordained minister was suitably addressed by Rev. D. M. Macdonald, Portree, and the congregation by Rev. A. Beaton, Gairloch, while Rev. D. J. Matheson, Lairg, who was associated with the Presbytery, led in prayer.
Among the large gathering in the church were many friends from other Free Presbyterian congregations. The Call which was signed by 374 members and adherents was unanimous and the proceedings throughout were most harmonious. May the Holy Spirit be poured forth in rich measure on both pastor and people and may he be given many souls for his hire in Assynt and elsewhere.
The proceedings were then brought to a close by the singing of the last three verses of Psalm 122, and an opportunity was given to the congregation to shake hands with their minister as they were going out of the church.—D. M. M.
Collection.—The Collection for this month is for the Aged and Infirm Ministers’, Widows’, and Orphans’ Fund.