Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . fifth of his Very Rev. Canon Charles Devinesucceeded Monsignor Tochetti in 1898 inthe charge of St. Josephs, and he still con-tinues in the post. He was educated atBlairs and the College of the Propagandain Rome, and was ordained priest in to his appointment to Woodside hehad been resident at various missionsthroughout the North. His first chargewas at Peterhead, from which he removedto Inverurie, and subsequently laboured forvarying periods at Portsoy, Wick, andFotternear. He has done good work, andhis abilities as
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . fifth of his Very Rev. Canon Charles Devinesucceeded Monsignor Tochetti in 1898 inthe charge of St. Josephs, and he still con-tinues in the post. He was educated atBlairs and the College of the Propagandain Rome, and was ordained priest in to his appointment to Woodside hehad been resident at various missionsthroughout the North. His first chargewas at Peterhead, from which he removedto Inverurie, and subsequently laboured forvarying periods at Portsoy, Wick, andFotternear. He has done good work, andhis abilities as a theologian have been rec-ognised by the Church. Since CanonDevines settlement at Woodside the churchhas been decorated and improved, and theneeds of the congregation receive his un-remitting care and attention. The mem-bership has not fluctuated perceptiblywithin recent years, but a number ofCatholics from other parts of the citycontinue, as in former years, to pay peri-odical visits to the church. W 2 VARIOUS. LXXXI—WESLEYAN METHODIST Wesleyan Methodist Church. The introduction of Wesleyan Methodisminto Aberdeen is often associated with thefirst visit which John Wesley himself paidto the city. This was in 1761, but thereis good reason to believe that when Wesleycame he found a company of his followersalready gathered. In 1747 there settledin the city a certain Dr. Memyss, who hadbeen connected with the Methodists inWales, but who, in coming to Aberdeen,attached himself to the congregation ofthe Rev. John Bisset, of the East Church,whose evangelical tendencies were so wellknown. Soon after Mr. Bissets death, in1756, Dr. Memyss interviewed Wesley inLondon, and represented to him tbe press-ing need there was for something beingdone in Aberdeen. In response to this re-quest one of the itinerant preachei-s— Christopher Hopper—was sent north toform a Methodist Society, and he remainedin Aberdeen during the years 1759-60. had evidently learned to followWesl
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