Ordination at Glendale.
The Western Presbytery met at Glendale, Skye, on Thursday the 14th January, with a view to ordain the Rev. Murdo Morrison to the pastorate of the congregation. The members of Presbytery present were the Revs. Alexander Macrae, Portree, and Neil Macintyre, Stornoway, ministers, and Mr. John Campbell, elder. Mr. Macrae presided and preached. After sermon, he gave a narrative of the steps that had been taken in the call. This done, he put the usual questions to the Rev. Murdo Morrison, who having satisfactorily answered the same, was solemnly ordained with prayer, and the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery to the office of the holy ministry and to the pastoral charge of the Glendale congregation. Thereafter, the newly ordained minister, and the people were addressed as to their respective duties. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, there was a large attendance. The call, which was unanimous, was signed by 769 persons, including members and adherents. The number is somewhat less than at the previous call nine years ago, but this is explainable by the circumstance that the population in those districts is universally decreasing.
Communions.
Dingwall, 1st Sabbath of February; Stornoway, 3rd; Ullapool, 1st Sabbath of March; Portree, 2nd.
Acknowledgments.
Rev. N. Cameron acknowledges, with thanks, 4/- from a Free Presbyterian for Psalms in Kaffir. Mr. A. Clunas, General Treasurer, 18 Ardconnel Terrace, Inverness, begs to acknowledge, with thanks, per Rev. D. Macleod, 32 dollars (£6 11s. 5d.) from Friends in Detroit, U.S.A., on behalf of Sustentation Fund; also £2 anonymous for same purpose. Rev. J. R. Mackay, Inverness, acknowledges, with thanks, £1 15s. 10 $\frac{1}{2}$ d. from “a few Friends in Lochinver for Kaffir Psalms”; and Rev. J. S. Sinclair similarly acknowledges an anonymous donation of £3 “for the General Sustentation Fund.”