Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . id membership from families resi-dent in the surrounding locality. It is nolonger, either in name or in reality^ thechurch of the sailors, but it is emphaticallya church of the people. It is composedalmost exclusively of the working classes,and therein, perhaps, lies one of the hopesof its future usefulness and progress in thelocality in which it is placed. Negotiations having been opened by thePresbytery for the promotion of a union between the congregation and that ofNelson Street, the matter was duly con-sidered in all its bearings. Ultima
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . id membership from families resi-dent in the surrounding locality. It is nolonger, either in name or in reality^ thechurch of the sailors, but it is emphaticallya church of the people. It is composedalmost exclusively of the working classes,and therein, perhaps, lies one of the hopesof its future usefulness and progress in thelocality in which it is placed. Negotiations having been opened by thePresbytery for the promotion of a union between the congregation and that ofNelson Street, the matter was duly con-sidered in all its bearings. Ultimately theunion of the two congregations was formallyconsummated on 5th September, 1909, thescheme finally approved providing for theretention of the ministers of both churcheson an equal footing as colleagues in thepastoral charge. Under the agreement itwas also arranged that St. AndrewsChurch should be the place of worship ofthe united congregation, under the newdesignation of King Street United FreeChurch. XLVI.—ST. CLEMENTS UNITED FREE St. Clements Church. The effect of the Disruption in Aberdeenwas felt nowhere more severely than in theFootdee district. The minister of theparish of St. Clements at the time wasRev. (afterwards Dr.) Alexander Spence,whose sympathies with the Non-Intrusionparty were well known to his congregationMr. Spence was a member of the GeneralAssembly of 1843, and he came outwith the founders of the Free Church andtook part in the historic proceedings of theoccasion. While he was thus engaged inEdinburgh, his friends in Aberdeen werenot idle. It was evident from the firstthat a very large proportion of the membership would follow theirminister, and this was soon proved by thepractical steps that were taken in thematter. It was decided to proceed imme-diately with the erection of a woodenchurch, to be ready, if possible, by the timeMr. Spence returned from the carrying out of the details was re-mitted to a committe
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