Communions.—Farr (Sutherland), and Oban, first Sabbath of November; Halkirk (Caithness), and St. Jude’s, Glasgow (Jane Street, Blythswood Square), second; Dornoch and Helmsdale (Sutherland), third; Edinburgh, fourth. It will be observed that Halkirk has been changed since last issue from the fourth to the second Sabbath of November.
The late Mr. William Macbeath, Applecross.—It is with deep regret that we record the death of our dear and worthy friend William Macbeath, missionary, Callakille, Applecross, who died on Friday the 28th of September. His removal will cause a great breach not only in the congregation but throughout the Church. We desire to express our deep sympathy with his sorrowing family. We hope to have a further notice of him in a future issue of the Magazine. D. G.
A Protest Against Sabbath Desecration.—A Committee of the Southern Presbytery drew up the following protest and sent it to the Glasgow Herald and Glasgow Citizen. The former paper did not insert it, the latter gave the principal points:—
“The Southern Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland desires to express its solemn protest against the amount of Sabbath desecration that goes on among high and low throughout the country. The Presbytery feels deeply grieved that first, the Prime Minister, and then His Majesty the King, on recent visits to Scotland, made use of the Sabbath day for travelling purposes, and would declare its sense of the great harm done to the community by the wrong example of such high and influential personages. The Presbytery also would strongly protest against the Review of Volunteers to be held in Glasgow by H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, on Sabbath the 30th September, as utterly unwarrantable and unnecessary, and grossly injurious to the sacredness and rest of the Lord’s Day.
“The Presbytery, in conclusion, would respectfully remind all ranks and classes that the Fourth Commandment (‘Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy,’ etc.) is obligatory under the New Testament Dispensation, as well as under the Old, and that such disregard of its claims and benefits as is generally shown in the country brings God’s displeasure upon us, is harmful in the highest degree to both the temporal and spiritual interests of the nation, and is fitted, not to shorten, but to prolong the War.”
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