terian elder format, they were called Reform. However the same type of governed church in the British Isles and North America was called Presbyterian. Calvinism greatly influenced Christian life and culture for 400 years.33 The Scots brought

Sacrament is a solemn obser- vance in the Christian church. It is an outward sign that a faithful worshipper is receiving the grace of God. The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches have seven sacra- ments — Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. Most Protestant churches observe two

Presbyterianism to Prince Edward Island. With their religion the Presbyterians brought to the new land the moral virtues of thrift, industry, hard work, and desire for business success for these were sure

signs of God’s grace.

PRESBYTERIANISM 0N PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

he first Presbyterian service conducted in English on St. John’s Island occurred at Princetown (Malpeque) on June 3, 1770 as the ship Falmout/z was anchored in Richmond Bay. The Falmout/z

sacraments — Baptism and

Communion.

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had sailed from Greenock, Scotland on April 1, 1770 with approximately sixty Scottish families destined for settlement on the Island. They were the first Scottish set- tlers on the North Shore and had such names as Auld,jamieson, Lawson, Leitch, Gregor, Marshall, Miller, MacCalor, and Shaw.34 On board, accompanying the settlers, was a Scottish Presbyterian minister by the name of William Drummond. An excerpt from his diary reads: “ une 3, Sunday. Being still at anchor at 1 PM. the Captain and the rest of us went ashore and being convened at a home, we per- formed divine service in Princetown.”35

Onjune 7th, the settlers sailed to their final destination of Stanhope.36

There was no mention again of a public Presbyterian service on the Island until twenty—one years later when a visit was made by Rev. James MacGregor, a Presbyterian mission- ary stationed in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. James MacGregor is the name associated with Presbyterianism in the Maritimes. He was the son of a minister from Perthshire,

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