CHAPTER XVI.--ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF GAIRLOCH.

First church in Gairloch--Other early ecclesiastical buildings--Rector of Gairloch at date of Reformation--Presbyterianism--Tulchan bishops--Changes from Episcopalianism to Presbyterianism--Rev. Alexander Mackenzie--Rev. Farquhar Macrae--Rev. Roderick Mackenzie--Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie of Kernsary--Rev. John Morrison--Persecuted by Episcopalians--Anecdotes--His turf-built church in Tollie Bay--Christmas story--Rev. James Smith--First school in Gairloch--Anecdote of Rev. Mr Sage--Rev. Æneas McAulay--Rev. John Dounie--Rev. James Russell--His imperfect Gaelic--Poolewe made a separate parish--The Disruption--Presbyteries of Dingwall, Kenlochewe, Chanonry, Gairloch, and Loch Carron--Churches in Gairloch--Manse and glebe at Achdistall, Cliff and Strath--Free churches and their ministers 63