Wanderers from other folds he admitted, with a not wholly satisfied eye upon their early theological training, and to persons duly accredited from Presbyterian churches elsewhere he gave the right hand of fellowship; but the young people of his own congregation were his chief concern always, and if a gratifying number of these had failed to "come forward" during the year, the responsibility must lie somewhere.

Dr Drummond was willing to take his own share; "the ministrations of this pulpit" would be more than suspected of having come short, and the admission would enable him to tax the rest upon parents and Bible-class teachers with searching effect.

The congregation would go gloomily home to dinner, and old Sandy MacQuhot would remark to his wife, "It's hard to say why will the Doctor get himself in sic a state aboot mere numbers.

We're told 'where two or three are gathered together.' But the Doctor's all for a grand congregation." Knox Church, under such auspices could hardly fail to enlarge her borders; but Elgin enlarged hers faster.

Almost before you knew where you were there spread out the district of East Elgin, all stacks of tall chimneys and rows of little houses.