Communions.
January — Last Sabbath, Inverness. February—First Sabbath, Dingwall; second, Breasclete; third, Stornoway. March—First Sabbath, Ullapool; second, Portree, Ness, and Tarbert (Harris); fourth, Kinlochbervie. April—First Sabbath, Stoer; fourth, Glasgow and Wick. May—First Sabbath—Kames and Oban.
Ministerial Jubilee of Rev. D. Macfarlane.
If the worthy and respected father of our Church, the Rev. D. Macfarlane, is spared to see 6th January, he will have attained his ministerial jubilee, having been ordained at Strathconon on 6th January 1876. Mr Macfarlane held pastorates also at Moy, Kilmallie, and Raasay. He, along with the late Rev. D. Macdonald, Shieldaig, took up a separate position from the Free Church in 1893, and it is his own testimony that the Lord has been very kind to him all these years, enabling him to preach the glad tidings of salvation to his perishing fellow-men. He has now reached a patriarchal age, being over 90 years of age, but is still preaching. We are sure we are voicing the prayer of the whole Church when we pray that the Lord, whom he has so faithfully served, would be with him during the part of the journey in time that is before him.
Call to Halkirk and Helmsdale.
On the 16th of November the Northern Presbytery moderated in a call to the Rev. William Grant, probationer. The call was given with the greatest unanimity by both sections (Halkirk and Helmsdale) of the congregation, and was sustained by the Presbytery.
Obituary Notice.
It is with the deepest regret we learn of the death of Captain Turner, Dumbarton. His removal is a great loss to our Church, but more particularly to the Dumbarton congregation, and we extend to them our deepest sympathy in the removal from their midst of such a warm-hearted, zealous, and faithful friend of the cause. To the members of his family we would likewise extend our sympathy in their great loss through the removal of a beloved husband and father. When the Lord is removing the pillars it is our duty to pray that He would raise up others in their place.
Collection for this Month.
The Collection appointed for this month by the Synod is for the Organisation Fund. Owing to an oversight, it was intimated in last Magazine that this collection should be taken up last month. But as the dates of these two collections were interchanged at last Synod, the collection for the Church Building Fund was to be taken up last month and the collection for the Organisation Fund this month. The mistake was noticed before the usual circulars were issued to Congregational treasurers, so that the appointment of the Synod was accordingly carried out.
London Services.
We have been requested to intimate that during Mr James Tallach’s stay in London the services will be conducted wholly in English.