Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . nddd service they had rendered daring thewar. They all felt fairly safe when they knew Jthey had & body of trained men ki their midst—? ^men of experience and intelligence—who would ^be able to take action should any emergencyarise. They had now laki down their arms,and be trusted they would never be required to i *take tbem up again. v VI i The Old Testament and New Testament lea- , ^sons were read by Sir James Taggart and Col. UiMackinnon respectively. ^ Sir .James Taggart marched with the regi-ment to headquarters at the Hardgate, andtook
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . nddd service they had rendered daring thewar. They all felt fairly safe when they knew Jthey had & body of trained men ki their midst—? ^men of experience and intelligence—who would ^be able to take action should any emergencyarise. They had now laki down their arms,and be trusted they would never be required to i *take tbem up again. v VI i The Old Testament and New Testament lea- , ^sons were read by Sir James Taggart and Col. UiMackinnon respectively. ^ Sir .James Taggart marched with the regi-ment to headquarters at the Hardgate, andtook the salute. <K 5 ST. GEORGES-IN-THE-WEST IMURII CHURCH 63 the appointment to the Rev. James , then assistant in the West Parish,the representative of a family whosepedigree in Aberdeen is traceable back to1560, and a grandson of two men wellknown in their day, Treasurer LewisSmith, bookseller and stationer, and MrA. W. Chalmers, Governor of AberdeenPrisons from 1826 to 1862. His father-Mr. James Smith—was the eldest son as. Rev. James Smith, well as the partner in business of Smith, and in his day a celebratedamateur violinist. Mr. Smith intimatedhis acceptance, and his ordination andinduction took place on 20th February,1879. Since then the record of has been one ofphenomenal progress. The little one hasbecome a thousand. The original member-ship of thirteen has steadily grown, untilat 31st December, 1908, the communionroll contained no fewer than 1622 endowment was completed in 1880,and St. Georges-in-the-West was thenraised to the status of a parish 1882 a parish mission was opened inWindv Wynd, in 1885 the church wasrepainted and decorated (it was againdecorated and electric lighting in-troduced in 1907), and in 1889 a pipe organ was installed and a new pulpiterected. To meet the requirements of themany parish agencies, a Church Hall waserected in 1902 at a cost of £1200, theopening being signalise
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