Communions.
January—Fifth Sabbath, Inverness. February—First Sabbath, Dingwall; third, Stornoway; fourth, North Uist. March—First Sabbath, Ullapool; second, Ness and Portree; third, Finsbay; fourth, Kinlochbervie and North Tolsta. April—First Sabbath, London, Portnalong, Achmore and Stoer; second, Fort William; third, Greenock; fourth, Glasgow; and fifth, Wick. May—First Sabbath, Kames and Oban; second, Scourie and Broadford; third, Edinburgh. June—First Sabbath, Tarbert, Applecross, Coigach; second, Shieldaig; third, Lochcarron, Glendale, Helmsdale, Dornoch and Uig; fourth, Inverness and Gairloch. July—First Sabbath, Lairg, Raasay and Beauly; second, Staffin, Tomatin and Tain; third, Halkirk, Rogart, Flashadder and Daviot; fourth, Bracadale, North Uist and Plockton; fifth, Achmore and Thurso. August—First Sabbath, Dingwall and Vancouver (Canada); second, Portree and Stratherrick; third, Bonar, Finsbay and Laide; fourth, Vatten and Stornoway. September—First Sabbath, Ullapool and Breasclete; second, Strathy; third, Tarbert and Stoer. October—First Sabbath, Tolsta and Lochcarron; second, Gairloch and Ness; third, Applecross; fourth, Greenock, Lochinver and Wick. November—First Sabbath, Oban and Raasay; second, Glasgow and Halkirk; third, Edinburgh, Dornoch and Uig. December—First Sabbath, London.
Special Notice.
We have published above all the Communion dates for the year 1956. Will ministers kindly check the list and forward a note of omissions or corrections to the Editor.
The late Rev. Finlay MacLeod, Dornoch.
It is with real grief that we intimate to our readers the removal by death of our dear friend and fellow labourer in the Gospel of Christ, the Rev. Finlay MacLeod, Free Presbyterian Church, Evelix, Dornoch. He took seriously ill on Sabbath, the 6th May, and became weaker on the Monday, the 7th of May, and passed away in the afternoon of that day, at 3.30 p.m., to enter into the joy of his Lord, in the heavenly sanctuary. He was one of a number of young men who served in the army in the 1914-18 War, and later studied for the ministry of the Gospel in our Church. He was ordained to the holy office of the ministry and inducted to the pastoral charge of Dornoch and Rogart, Sutherland, wellnigh twenty-nine years ago. And this was his only charge during that long period. He was known and read of all men as a faithful minister of Christ; and was a man much given to prayer. He willingly and dutifully served the Church as a deputy to Canada and in recent years twice visited Australia and New Zealand to preach the truth of the gospel of Christ Jesus to our people, in these far off lands. Indeed, he but returned from Australia and New Zealand, with Mrs. MacLeod, in November of last year, to now cease from his labours in the midst of his own congregation and in his own house at Evelix Manse, Dornoch. Truly the sleep of the labouring man is sweet; and what a sweet Eternity the true and faithful servants of the Lord will enjoy, yet all of divine grace. We have known the late Mr. MacLeod since his student days, and a more devoted, unswerving friend one could not wish for. And the Lord made him steadfast and unmoveable in his attachment to the Cause of Christ, and to the principles of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, to the end. His absence from our midst and from the Courts of the Church, will be keenly felt and lamented. What need there is that the Most High would give to the Church and to her ministry, men of like piety and devotion to His service. We extend to Mrs. MacLeod, the widow, (daughter of the late Rev. D. Beaton), and to her sons and daughters, deep and sincere sympathy in their great and unexpected sorrow; and we do so on behalf of the readers throughout the Church at home and abroad. And what shall we more say? The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with widow and fatherless. No doubt there will be a fuller notice later.—Editor.