4 ▁the ▁Evangel ical s ▁gained ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁General ▁Assembly ▁and ▁passed ▁the ▁V eto ▁Act , ▁which ▁allowed ▁con greg ations ▁to ▁reject ▁unw anted ▁" in tr us ive " ▁present ations ▁to ▁liv ings ▁by ▁pat rons . ▁The ▁following ▁" T en ▁Years ' ▁Conf lict " ▁of ▁legal ▁and ▁political ▁wr ang ling ▁ended ▁in ▁defeat ▁for ▁the ▁non - in tr usion ists ▁in ▁the ▁civil ▁courts . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁a ▁sch ism ▁from ▁the ▁church ▁by ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁non - in tr usion ists ▁led ▁by ▁Dr ▁Thomas ▁Chal mers ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Great ▁Dis ruption ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 3 . ▁R ough ly ▁a ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁cler gy , ▁mainly ▁from ▁the ▁North ▁and ▁High lands , ▁formed ▁the ▁separate ▁Free ▁Church ▁of ▁Scotland . ▁The ▁evangel ical ▁Free ▁Church es , ▁which ▁were ▁more ▁accepting ▁of ▁G ael ic ▁language ▁and ▁culture , ▁grew ▁rapidly ▁in ▁the ▁High lands ▁and ▁Islands , ▁appe aling ▁much ▁more ▁strongly ▁than ▁did ▁the ▁established ▁church . ▁Chal mers ' s ▁ideas ▁sh aped ▁the ▁break away ▁group . ▁He ▁str essed ▁a ▁social ▁vision ▁that ▁rev ived ▁and ▁preserved ▁Scotland ' s ▁commun al ▁trad itions ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁stra in ▁on ▁the ▁social ▁fabric ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁Chal mers ' s ▁ideal ized ▁small ▁equal itar ian , ▁k irk - based , ▁self - cont ained ▁communities ▁that ▁recognized ▁the ▁individual ity ▁of ▁their ▁members ▁and ▁the