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In the same year, he was one of the Scottish ministers who went to Newcastle to speak very plainly to the king. In 1646 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (3 June). Later, on the death of Alexander Henderson, he was appointed chaplain-in-ordinary to the king, supported by the revenues of the Chapel Royal.
He three times visited America: in 1845, to minister in Canada; in 1870 as a delegate from the Free Church of Scotland to congratulate the presbyterian churches in the northern states on their reunion; and for the third time, in 1873, as a member of the Evangelical Alliance, to attend its meetings at New York. Having been a sympathiser with the ...
While the Free Church could glory in its ministers, with men of the calibre of Chalmers, Cunningham, Candlish and Guthrie, Speirs made it clear that the church's moral authority was not restricted to its ministry. There was a powerful eldership as well and this was a strong consideration as the Free Church sought the moral high ground in its ...
James Macfarlane FRSE (1808–1866) was a Scottish minister and ecclesiastical author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1865. He was minister of Duddingston Kirk from 1841 until death.
John MacLeod (born 14 May 1948 in Fearn, Scotland – died 17 December 2020 in Portmahomack, Scotland), known in Scottish Gaelic as Iain MacLeòid, was educated at the University of Aberdeen and the Free Church College, Edinburgh, and was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) who served in congregations of the Free Church of Scotland and Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) in ...
He became a minister of the Episcopal Church of Scotland in 1667 when was granted his licence after 'passing his trials before the Presbytery of Haddington. [ 7 ] John’s first parish was in Tulliallan , Fife, and he stayed there for five years [ 8 ] before moving to Glasgow , where he took over his new parish in the east end of the city, at ...
Robert Gordon FRSE (5 May 1786 – 21 October 1853) was a Scottish minister and author. Originally prominent in the Church of Scotland, and serving as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1841, following the Disruption of 1843 he joined the Free Church of Scotland and became a prominent figure in that church. [6]
He was also known for his humorous books and regular column in the Church of Scotland's "Life and Work" magazine. [1] His title (following the end of his Moderatorial year) is the Very Reverend Dr James Alexander Simpson BSc BD STM DD. After the death of Hugh Wylie in October 2023, he became the oldest living and earliest surviving moderator. [5]