On Prince Edward Island time was occupied with prayer, praise and exhorta¬ tion. On Thursday, which was strictly observed as a day of fasting and humiliation, a scriptural ques¬ tion was proposed by one of those present, intended to bring out the true features of a real Christian, in contrast with those of the hypocrite. The question would then be examined by those present in every conceivable light, and the poor, deluded, pitiful hypocrite was put through such a severe ordeal that he was left speechless and self-convicted. Those meetings, together with the regular monthly congre¬ gational prayer meetings, were very beneficial to the people, and served to hold them together until the time to favor Zion should come, when God would send them a pastor after his own heart, to go in and out amongst them and break unto them the bread of life—a time for which the people prayed earnestly and waited patiently. The first church, a large and comfortable build¬ ing, capable of seating six hundred people, was erected in the year 1845. After it was opened they were visited occasionally by ministers from the Free Church of Scotland. The first minister who preached in the new church was Rev. John Stewart of New Glasgow , N. S. After him came Rev. Messrs. Mc ¬ Millan and McConnachie from Scotland . The sac¬ rament of the Lord's Supper was first dispensed in by Rev. Alexander Farquharson of , , in the year 1847, an< i ^ was truly a time of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. On Monday morning after Communion 5 i