Annals of the disruption : with extracts from the narratives of ministers who left the Scottish establishment in 1843 . reacher of the Gospel, was presented to the living. For threeyears hs had officiated in the church as assistant to the formerminister, and the parishioners knew him only too well—sowell, that only one man, Peter Taylor, the innkeeper, signedhis call, while six-sevenths of the congregation actively opposed,his settlement. In May, 1838, he was set aside by the Church. As in the former cases, Mr. Edwards appealed to the CivilCourts, and in June, 1839, a decision was given to the
Annals of the disruption : with extracts from the narratives of ministers who left the Scottish establishment in 1843 . reacher of the Gospel, was presented to the living. For threeyears hs had officiated in the church as assistant to the formerminister, and the parishioners knew him only too well—sowell, that only one man, Peter Taylor, the innkeeper, signedhis call, while six-sevenths of the congregation actively opposed,his settlement. In May, 1838, he was set aside by the Church. As in the former cases, Mr. Edwards appealed to the CivilCourts, and in June, 1839, a decision was given to the sameeflFect as before. No regard was to be liad to any opinions orfeelings of the parishioners. * It must not be inferred from these cases that the veto was oftenexercised. Patrons, for the most part, were careful; and of the 150vacancies which took place during the five years following 1834, it isstated that there were about 140 where the settlements were the adversaries of the law began to praise it. The people were notwilling generally to object, unless the reasons were supposed to be NON-INTEUSION CONFLICT. 23 At Marnocb, however, a new feature came into view. Themajority of the Presbytery belonged to that party of IModevatesin the Church who ao;reed with the Civil Courts in wishino- toretain the power of intruding presentees on unwilling congrega-tions ; and so, when the Court of Session ordered the settlementof Mr. Edwards to go forward, they readily lent themselves tothe work The supreme Courts of the Church %yere obliged tointerfere, and this they did in the most decisive way. At therising of the Assembly in 1839, the Commission of that Courtexpressly prohibited the Presbytery of Strathbogie from takingany steps towards the settlement of Mr, Edwards. It soonappeared, however, that the majority of that Court were re-solved to ignore the prohibition; and this having been formallybrought before the Commission at its next meeting, the Mode-rate m
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