Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . s for a professors chair in theFree Church. In 1899 he was offered aprofessorship in the Manitoba College,Winnipeg, and to the regret of his con-gregation he accepted the offer. Duringhis eleven years ministry at Ferryhill thecongregation was doubled, and theactivities of the congregation were greatlydeveloped. Dr. Kilpatricks departure wasregretted not only by those who had beenprivileged to enjoy his ministrations, but 118 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN also by many throughout the denominationat large, who had hoped to see his giftsretained for t
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . s for a professors chair in theFree Church. In 1899 he was offered aprofessorship in the Manitoba College,Winnipeg, and to the regret of his con-gregation he accepted the offer. Duringhis eleven years ministry at Ferryhill thecongregation was doubled, and theactivities of the congregation were greatlydeveloped. Dr. Kilpatricks departure wasregretted not only by those who had beenprivileged to enjoy his ministrations, but 118 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN also by many throughout the denominationat large, who had hoped to see his giftsretained for the benefit of the Church athome. Yet there can be no doubt that inCanada he has found his true field. InWinnipeg he exerted a remarkable in-fluence, which was felt throughout thewhole of North-West Canada, and in KnoxCollege, Toronto, to which he was trans-lated in 1905, he is proving a greatstrength not only to the professorial staff,but in the general community. ProfessorKilpatrick has assumed by virtue of hisintellectual power and his moral and. Professor Kilpatrick. spiritual fervour the position of a leader inthe Canadian Church, and he has gainedin an exceptional degree the esteem andconfidence of the entire religious com-munity of the Dominion. In seeking for a successor to the twoministers who had given distinction to theFerryhill pulpit, the congregation had asomewhat difficult undertaking. Therewere traditions to maintain, and theselection of a new minister under these cir-cumstances assumed more than usual im-portance. In course of time, however,attention was directed to Rev. R. BrucfTaylor, , of Loudon, who wasunanimously called to fill the vacancy. Mr. Bruce Taylor wa6 a native of Card-ross, and he was educated at KelvinsideAcademy and Sherborne. Entering Glas-gow University as a bursar in 1887, hegraduated in 1890—thereafter study-ing law from 1890-93, and carrying off thefirst prize in Political Economy. Hisdivinity course was taken in the GlasgowFree
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