Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . hes more fortunatelysituated, is able to find a session-clerk In Mr. Davidpost since 1893, the church has a most intelligent,efficient, and painstaking official, whosework has not been allowed to pass unre-cognised. The burden of work entailed by so greata congregation having begun to tell onMr. Johnstons physical strength, he be-came a candidate for the pariah of Grange,and was in due course elected, his induc-tion there taking place on 6th July, he left John Knox Parish he re-ceived striking and tangible tokens of thegreat impre
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . hes more fortunatelysituated, is able to find a session-clerk In Mr. Davidpost since 1893, the church has a most intelligent,efficient, and painstaking official, whosework has not been allowed to pass unre-cognised. The burden of work entailed by so greata congregation having begun to tell onMr. Johnstons physical strength, he be-came a candidate for the pariah of Grange,and was in due course elected, his induc-tion there taking place on 6th July, he left John Knox Parish he re-ceived striking and tangible tokens of thegreat impression produced by his shortministry, not only in the congregationitself (as evidenced by the phenomenalincrease in membership), but also in thereligious life of the community in which hehad come to occupy so distinctive a place. To the vacancy caused by Mr. Johnstonsremoval Rev. A. M. Snadden, , min-ister of the parish of Redgorton, Perth-shire, was elected by a vote of the congre-gation on 20th October, 1909. C2 IX—MANNOFIELD PARISH Mannofield Parish Church. The movement which led to the originof this church was mainly promoted byresidents in the locality. The iron churchwhich had been erected at Craigiobucklerin 1873 had drawn a certain proportion ofits membership from the Mannofield dis-trict, and in the course of a few years adesire wa6 expressed in favour of securinga church specially for that district. Gordon, advocate, took the lead-ing part in promoting the new scheme,and in course of time a petition on thesubject was submitted to the petitioners asked permission to erecta temporary church (to be followed assoon as practicable by a permanent build-ing) at Mannofield, and they submittedan arrangement whereby the Rev. WilliamForbes, , then minister at Craigie-buckler, should become minister of this new charge. There were difficulties to beovercome, and these occupied the atten-tion of the Presbytery for some preservati
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