Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . onnected with it at an earlyperiod of their lives. The list includes thenames of many famous and honoured mis-sionaries- among them the ex-Moderatorof the United Free Church, Rev. Dr. Laws,of Livigstonia—and they are to be foundscattered all over the world. Thus it hascome to pass that the thoughts of manyturn not only from other cities and frommanses at home, but also from far-off laiids—from Africa, from China, from from the islands of the sea—to the oldInstitute in Union Street, where they re-ceived the early impressions which so
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . onnected with it at an earlyperiod of their lives. The list includes thenames of many famous and honoured mis-sionaries- among them the ex-Moderatorof the United Free Church, Rev. Dr. Laws,of Livigstonia—and they are to be foundscattered all over the world. Thus it hascome to pass that the thoughts of manyturn not only from other cities and frommanses at home, but also from far-off laiids—from Africa, from China, from from the islands of the sea—to the oldInstitute in Union Street, where they re-ceived the early impressions which solargely shaped their own life and which through them have exerted aninfluence to the uttermost parts of theearth, XCII.—THE CHRISTADELPHIANS. The Christadelphians claim to date theirorigin back to the first century, but theyare of comparatively modern developmentas a religious body under their presentname. Their founder was Dr JohnThomas, with whose personal history thewhole movement in its early stages wasintimatelv Dr. John Thomas. Dr. Thomas, the son of an English Con-gregational minister, was born in Londonin 1805, and, adopting the medical pro-fession, he practised as a doctor in theMetropolis until 1832, when he emigratedto America. His voyage was a perilousand protracted one, and the dangersthrough which lie passed turned histhoughts to the deeper truths of at New York he carried out theresolution formed when his life was indanger, that he would devote himself tothe study of the Scriptures. The resultwas what he believed to be his discoveryof Apostolic Christianity, and he immedi-ately set about proclaiming what he had found. He soon gathered round him anumber of sympathisers, and in 1848,which may be regarded as the year of theorigin of the body as at present recognised,lie had a considerable following. Al-though known as Thomasites, they tookno distinctive name until 1861, and eventhen only because they were compelled t
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