. A history of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal . to be looked upon as if he had things considered, his incumbency must be regardedas a long one, nearly eleven years altogether, he beingwithout the protection and fortifying afibrded by the per-manent pastoral relation. In this fact we have satisfactoryevidence that he must have possessed not a few pointsof worth and popularity. The tone of his last commun-ication to the congregation, addressed to Mr. Benaiah Gibb, is sad enough :— Montreal, Yth August, 1802. Sir,—I hereby resign all claim to the Presbyteria
. A history of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal . to be looked upon as if he had things considered, his incumbency must be regardedas a long one, nearly eleven years altogether, he beingwithout the protection and fortifying afibrded by the per-manent pastoral relation. In this fact we have satisfactoryevidence that he must have possessed not a few pointsof worth and popularity. The tone of his last commun-ication to the congregation, addressed to Mr. Benaiah Gibb, is sad enough :— Montreal, Yth August, 1802. Sir,—I hereby resign all claim to the Presbyterian Church ; hoping you, and all concerned, will do what you can to collect what is due to me as minister of said Church, previous to this day; and I expect my old friends of the Presbyterian congregation, dearly beloved in the Lord, will give me a sum not less than one hundred pounds, which may enable me to land my family in my native land. May peace be within your walls, prosperity within your borders. Sir, Your humble servant in the Lord, • JNO. YOUNa. Mr. B. THE RECOLLET CHURCH. 59 The conf^regation treated Mr. Youug very handsomely,in response to this appeal. They presented him with<£105. 14s. lOd., over and above his claim for salary. A great deal of interest gathers around the eleven yearsthat Mr. Young spent in connection vv^ith the St. GabrielStreet Church. It vs^as under his regime that the oft-men-tioned display of religious hospitality on the part of theRecollet Fathers took place. Their church, of which wepresent an engraving, was put at the disposal of the ScotchPresbyterians in 1^91, as it had been, for twenty years upto 1Y89, at the service of the English Church; and on the18th of September, 1*791, the Sacrament of the Lords Sup-per was administered in it, as has been already stated, ac-cording to the practice of the Church of Scotland. The Society of Presbyterians, as they were then called,continued to occupy the old Recollet Church from thedate
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