EDINBURGH] ST LUKE'S 111
Church Establishment, and an opponent of
ecclesiastical and political agitation for dis-
establishment of the Church of Scotland ;
dissented strongly from the positions of the
adherents of the " Higher Criticism " of the
Old Testament ; took a prominent part in
opposition to the movement for union
between the Free and United Presbyterian
Churches between 1863 and 1873 ; in-
terested himself in promoting friendly rela-
tions between Scottish Presbyterians and
the Reformed Churches of Hungary and
Bohemia. He marr. 9th Sept. 1839, Jessie
(died 27th April 1891), eldest daugh. of
Kenneth Bruce Stuart of Annat, whose
name he assumed, and had issue—a daugh.,
born and died July 1840; Kenneth, Free
Church min. at Moffat, author of a Memoir
of his father and a Memoir of Brownlow
North, born 13th June 1841, died 15th
March 1904 ; Andrew, born 6th Dec. 1842,
died 1st Sept. 1866 ; Alexander, .advocate,
LL.D., Professor of Law, Univ. of Glasgow,
1887-1905, born 30th May 1844; Robert,
chartered accountant, Dundee, born 17th
March 1846, died 22nd June 1896; Mar-
garet, born 16th March 1848, died unmarr.
17th March 1880; Jessie, born 14th March
1850 (marr. 1883, George Watt, K.C.,
Sheriff of Chancery), died 15th Jan. 1895
;
George, merchant in London, born 27th
Oct. 1851 ; John, Fellow of Institute of
Actuaries, born 23rd July 1853; Charles,
Bank of Scotland, Lossiemouth, author of
Sandy Scott's Bible Class, etc., born 13th
Sept. 1854, died 19th July 1900; Eliza,
born 4th March 1861. Publications—.4
Pastoral Letter on the Present Position of
the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1840)
;
Revival of Religion (Glasgow, 1842) ; Con-
version of the Jews (Edinburgh, 1842-8)
;
Deathbed Scenes (Edinburgh, 1843); A
Report of the Proceedings of the General
Assembly of the Free Church Relative to
the State of Religion in the Land (Edin-
burgh, 1844) ; Ireland Open to the Gospel
(Edinburgh, 1847) ; Inquiry into the Present
Educational Connection between the Free
Church and the Government (Edinburgh,
1848) ; A Practical Exposition of the Song
ofSolomon(London, 1857; 2nd ed., London,
1860) ; Key to the Emblems of Solomon's
Song (London, 1861); The Three Marys
(London, 1862) ; Capernaum as the Sphere
of Christ's Ministry (London, 1863) ; The
Life and Letters of Elizabeth, Duchess of
Gordon (London, 1865) ; The Spiritual
Condition of the Ministry in its Influence
on the People (Edinburgh, 1865) ; 7s the
Establishment of Religion Outside of the
Confession? (Edinburgh, 1868); On Re-
ligion and the Church in the Articles of
Union, etc. (Edinburgh, 1869) ; The Union
Overture, a speech in the Free Presbytery
of Edinburgh, 4th April 1870 (Edinburgh)
;
A Visit to theLand ofHuss (London, 1870) ;
Recollections of Dr John Duncan (Edin-
burgh,1872) ; Recent AwakeningsandHigher
Holiness, Opening and Closing Addresses
in the Free Church General Assembly
(Edinburgh, 1875); Jesus Christ the Band
of the Holy Universe, Sermon preached at
the Opening of the Free Church General
Assembly, 1876 (Edinburgh, 1876); The
Bible True to Itself (London, 1884); The
Path of the Redeemed (Edinburgh, 1893).
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[Memoir, London, 1899.]
PETER MACMORLAND, trans, from
Inverkeithing, and adm. 10th Dec.
1852; trans, to North Berwick 10th
April 1856.
JAMES BREARCLIFFE M'LAURIN,
assistant at Struan, and at St
George's, Edinburgh ; app. 17th April
1856, and adm. 10th July 1856; died at
Malaga, Spain, 3rd Jan. 1858.
1853
1856
1858
THOMAS ANDREWS, ord. 19th May
1858 ; trans, to South Queensferry
9th May 1861.
1861
RANALD MACPHERSON, born
Greenock, 13th March 1821, son of
Alexander M. ; educated at Univs. of
St Andrews and Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre 1851, missionary at Brodick ;
ord. min. of the Church of Scotland,
Swallow Street, London, 1853; trans, and
adm. 7th Oct. 1861; res. 26th Oct. 1892;
died at Edinburgh, 14th March 1902. He
marr. 5th June 1855, Elizabeth (died at
Edinburgh, 12th Jan. 1903, aged 78),
daugh. of Captain James Harvey, and had