Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . tion. On17th June, 1881, Mr. Stephen passed to hisrest, his death being deeply mourned by hisattached congregation, and by many othersthroughout the community in which for solong a period he had been a prominentfigure. He left behind him several volumesof sermons and expositions, and after hisdeath a volume was published, under -thetitle of Memorials of a Faithful a memoir by Rev. William Selbie, of Maryculter, and a number of special discourses. Rev. John Tainsh, who was colleague toMr. Stephen from 1878 to 1881
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . tion. On17th June, 1881, Mr. Stephen passed to hisrest, his death being deeply mourned by hisattached congregation, and by many othersthroughout the community in which for solong a period he had been a prominentfigure. He left behind him several volumesof sermons and expositions, and after hisdeath a volume was published, under -thetitle of Memorials of a Faithful a memoir by Rev. William Selbie, of Maryculter, and a number of special discourses. Rev. John Tainsh, who was colleague toMr. Stephen from 1878 to 1881, continuedin the sole pastorate of John Knox Churchuntil 1883, when he accepted a call to thehistoric Tron Church, Glasgow, where hestill labours. Although Mr. Tainshs con-nection with the congregation lasted onlyfor about five years, he accomplished goodand lasting service. His vigour as apreacher, his energy as a pastor, and par-ticularly his faculty of attracting theyoung, made a marked impression. Hisbusiness capacity also was of considerable. Old Free John Knox Church. help to the congregation, and this featurehas been even more apparent in his subse-quent career, and has proved of consider-able value to the Church at large. In theAssembly committees Mr. Tainsh has beena diligent worker, and his efforts for theimprovement of the service of praise, firstas colleague and latterly as successor toProfessor A. B. Bruce in the convenershipof the committee, were largely instrumentalin the production of the Church Tainsh came to John Knox Churchwhen the weight of advancing years wasbeginning to tell on Mr. Stephen, andthrew himself into its varied activities withall the vigour of a young man, and im-parted to it fresh life and energy. His pas-torate, though a short one, was not with-out its influence in the history of the con-gregation. Mr. Tainsh was succeeded in the pas-torate of John Knox Church by the presentminister, Rev. Robert Macleod, who wasinducted to the ch
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