. A history of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal . h. He was appointedjoint-clerk of its Synod when Mr. Rintoul resigned thatoffice in June, 1851,—and sole clerk in 1853. When theCanada Presbyterian Church was formed by the unionof what is popularly known as the representatives of theFree Church and United Presbyterian Church in Canada,in 1861,he became joint-clerk of the new G-eneral Assembly—and when the larger union was consummated, in 1875,he was continued in the office, for which he is admirablyqualified by business ability, and knowledge of churchlaw. He was ch
. A history of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal . h. He was appointedjoint-clerk of its Synod when Mr. Rintoul resigned thatoffice in June, 1851,—and sole clerk in 1853. When theCanada Presbyterian Church was formed by the unionof what is popularly known as the representatives of theFree Church and United Presbyterian Church in Canada,in 1861,he became joint-clerk of the new G-eneral Assembly—and when the larger union was consummated, in 1875,he was continued in the office, for which he is admirablyqualified by business ability, and knowledge of churchlaw. He was chosen Moderator of the Synod of the Pres-byterian Church of Canada, in 1850, and Moderator ofthe General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church inCanada, in 1879. The university of Queens College con-ferred upon him the well merited degree of Doctor ofDivinity, in 1876. Dr. Eeid kindly took part in the cen-tennial services in March, 1886, and his sermon and ad-dress, near the end of this volume, will be read withinterest. The Rev. George Smellie, , minister of Melville. REV. DAVID INGLIS, , ^ 543 Church, Fergus, Ontario, was another of the kind friendswho came to the relief of the St. Grabriel Street Congre-gation, and officiated for a considerable length of time,after Mr. Rintouls sad taking oif, and before the congre-gation could find another pastor. Dr. Smellie is a sonof the Manse, his father being minister of St. Andrews,Orkney. He received his literary and professional train-ing at Edinburgh University, and was set apart to theoffice of the holy ministry, March 30th, 1836, as assistantand successor in Lady Parish, North Isles. In 1886, thejubilee of this event was held in his church at Fergus,and it was shared in by the Presbytery of Gruelph, of whichDr. Smellie has been long an honoured member, as wellas by his own congregation, who made a handsome pre-sentation to himself and his partner on the occasion. OnMarch 18th, 1843, he was married to Margaret L. Logic,dau
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