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A History of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal
A History of the Scotch Presbyterian Church St Gabriel Street Montreal Author:Robert Campbell General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1887 Original Publisher: W. Drysdale Subjects: Montréal (Québec) Presbyterian Church History / Canada / General Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christianity / Presbyterian Travel / Canada / Quebec Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the origi... more »nal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. j; Of The Church With The American War Of Independence) -- I'. v. v. John Bethune, The Focnder Of The Scotch Congregation ix Montreal -- The Old 84TH Regiment Or "highland Emigrants" -- The lJ. E. Loyalists -- Mr. BErnrNE Settles At Williamstown, so Called After Ste "wllliam Johnston -- His Character And Work -- Father Of The Late Dean And Of The Late Bishop Of Toronto. "We have seen how the commencement of Presbyterian- ism in Montreal is linked with the most romantic period of Scottish history, through the Murray and Fraser Highlanders, who formed the nucleus of the original congregation. The old Church had large associations also with the most stirring events in American history. The Rev. John Bethune, who had the honour. of first planting the Iblne banner of the covenant in this city, had taken part in the conflict betwixt Great Britain and her colonies, and had suffered in the cause of loyalty. Born in the island of Skye, in 1751, and educated at King's College, Aberdeen, Mr. Bethune emigrated with some of his kindred to South Carolina, and, being a licentiate of the Church of Scotland, he obtained the chaplaincy of a regiment of the Royal Militia in the Carolinas, com- posed of Scottish settlers, on the. breaking out of the revolutionary war. The royal cause did not succeed, as we know ; and with many other loyalists, he was made a prisoner, and for a time had to endure great h...« less