. Records of the Scottish settlers in the River Plate and their churches. its with our Methodist brethren, and without anyqualm of conscience have taken part of the service in anAnglican church. We meet on the platform of universalbrotherhood, and devise means for alleviating the wants ofthe poor and needy, widows and orphans. We unite in aSunday School League, to take counsel together about thebest methods for advancing the religious training of the unite in our social gatherings at our literary societies,concerts, and bazaars in aid of our hospitals, orphanages,and benevolent societ
. Records of the Scottish settlers in the River Plate and their churches. its with our Methodist brethren, and without anyqualm of conscience have taken part of the service in anAnglican church. We meet on the platform of universalbrotherhood, and devise means for alleviating the wants ofthe poor and needy, widows and orphans. We unite in aSunday School League, to take counsel together about thebest methods for advancing the religious training of the unite in our social gatherings at our literary societies,concerts, and bazaars in aid of our hospitals, orphanages,and benevolent societies, and all this without the loss ofone iota of our distinctive teaching or form of worship. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight;His cant be wrong whose life is in the right. As already noticed, the Ptev. Dr. William Brown, Hill, and Mr. George Bell had been solicited to selecta minister for St. Johns, and their choice had fallen uponthe Eev. Francis Gebbie. He had studied at the Universityof Glasgow, and was there ordained to his important Rev. Francis Gebbxe. the River Plate, and their Churches 251 His arrival in Buenos Aires at the beginning of 1857 waswarmly welcomed by his congregation, who could now lookforward to all the blessings of a permanent and statedministry, and pastoral visitation at their homes in theirhour of need. His introduction to his charge took placeon the 15th February 1857, with all the usual formalities,amidst many congratulations and earnest prayers that thegood work, with Gods blessing resting upon it, might prosperin his hands. Mr. Gebbie entered upon his ministry with all theardour of youthful, physical, and mental energy, and hisgenial and kindly disposition soon gained for him a warmcorner, not only in the hearts of his own congregation, butof the whole Scottish community. During the past twoyears the organisation of the congregation under the Smiths watchful care had been fairly well Kirk-Sessio
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