The only notice of his last Communion, January 1, 1843, is the following:—­“Sabbath.—­A happy communion season.  Mr. W. Burns preached on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings—­the first and last very solemn.  Mr. Baxter (of Hilltown Church) on the Friday.  A. Bonar on Saturday, on Rom. 8:—­The spirit of adoption.  I fainted on the Sabbath morning, but revived, and got grace and strength to preach on I Tim. 1:16—­Paul’s conversion a pattern.  There were five tables.  Many godly strangers, and a very desirable frame observable in the people.  ’While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth out the smell thereof.’  Much sin was covered.  He restoreth my soul.  Monday, 2.—­Mr. Milne (of Perth) preached on ‘Hold fast that thou hast;’ and in the evening, to the children, on Josh. 24.—­’Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.’  Andrew and I concluded with Rev. 5—­’Thou hast redeemed us,’ etc., and I Cor. 15.—­’Be stedfast,’ etc.”

He dispensed the Lord’s Supper to his flock every quarter; and though on this account his calls upon his brethren for help were frequent, yet never did a brother reckon it anything else than a blessed privilege to be with him.  His first invitation to his friend Mr. Hamilton (then at Abernyte) will show the nature of the intercourse that subsisted between him and his brethren who gave their services on these occasions:—­“My dear Friend.—­Will you excuse lack of ceremony, and come down to-morrow and preach to us the unsearchable riches of Christ?  We have the communion on Sabbath.  We have no fast-day, but only a meeting in the evening at a quarter past seven.  Come, my dear sir, if you can, and refresh us with your company.  Bring the fragrance of ‘the bundle of myrrh’ along with you, and may grace be poured into your lips.  Yours ever.” (Jan. 15. 1840.)

Soon after his return from his mission to the Jews, a ministerial prayer-meeting was formed among some of the brethren in Dundee.  Mr. M’Cheyne took part in it, along with Mr. Lewis of St. David’s, Mr. Baxter of Hilltown, Mr. P.L.  Miller, afterwards of Wallacetown, and others.  Feeling deep concern for the salvation of the souls under their care, they met every Monday forenoon, to pray together for their flocks and their own souls.  The time of the meeting was limited to an hour and a half, in order that all who attended might form their pastoral arrangements for the day, without fear of being hindered; and, in addition to prayer, those present conversed on some selected topic, vitally connected with their duties as ministers of Christ.  Mr. M’Cheyne was never absent from this prayer-meeting unless through absolute necessity, and the brethren scarcely remember any occasion on which some important remark did not drop from his lips.  He himself reaped great profit from it.  He notes, Dec. 8:  “This has been a deeply interesting week.  On Monday our ministerial prayer-meeting was set agoing in St. David’s vestry.  The hearts of all seem really