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The meaning of this inscription appears to be :
Dei optimi maximi auspiciis, Sfc. — " Under the aus-
pices of God, the best and the greatest, we, the
Presbyterian Ministers, the Incorporations, and the
Citizens of Dundee, have erected this Church, in
the year of Christ, 1772."
The rapid progress of trade and manufactures in
Dundee, necessarily demanded a greater number
of persons to carry on the various branches than
could be supplied by the gradual increase of the
population : many families, therefore, from differ-
ent parts of the Highlands of Scotland found it ad-
vantageous for themselves to remove to that quar-
ter, and to settle there. In order that they might
not be deprived of religious instruction, from not
being sufficiently versed in the language of the low
country, a Gaelic Chapel was prepared by their
wish, and subscription according to their means, in
close communion with the Church of Scotland, and
under the direction of the Presbytery. This chapel
has met with considerable success, has been of the
greatest usefulness, and has the happy prospect of
continuing to prosper. There has been several of
its ministers translated to other livings; and at pre-
sent there is one engaged, whose first appearance
is very prepossessing, and whose abilities seem to
be of the very first rate. The congregation has, by
means of the public spirit of a number of its mem-
bers, been able to enlarge the salary of their minis-
ter ; and the utmost harmony and unanimity reigns
amongst them.
Before the act of the General Assembly respect-
ing Chapels of Ease was passed, a separate congre-