October 16, 1891. Guisachan Ranch, B.C.

Mr. Langell, the Presbyterian minister, called in the morning. He comes out to this valley from Vernon every Sunday, taking service one week at this end in the schoolhouse and the other at Mr. Postill's at the upper end going back to Vernon (35 miles) for an evening service. A church is now meditated, or rather two - a small one at Postill's and a large one here, for which Mr. Mackay has offered two acres of land near by. Service used to be held at the house of a farmer and a (?) near by, Mr. Brant's, but he wanted the new church up his way and when he heard of Mr. Mackay's offer being accepted, he begged that the service might no more he held at his house. The Trustees of the School, though some of them R.C., gladly gave the school at once. A has promised $400 of the $1,000 required for the new church. Mr. L. seems a straight forward sort of young man originally a Nova Scotian. He has a wife and two children. Of course, he came with the usual petition that A should take the service to-morrow. This was however declined, as we had already arranged to hold a sort of informal service here in the afternoon when we understood that this was not the Sunday for service here.

(excerpt from The Journal of Lady Aberdeen: The Okanagan Valley in the Nineties, Annotated and Edited by R. M. Middleton, 1986, pp 27-28)

Notes:

Mr. Langell; Mr. L. (correct spelling is Mr. Langill)

Mr. Brant (actual spelling is Mr. Brent)

R.C. stands for Roman Catholic

A refers to Lord Aberdeen

"arranged to hold a sort of informal service here" refers to Guisachan house