Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . tter,i:i Scotland at large. It made headway inthe first half of the nineteenth century,but, with the spread of the evangelicalspirit, and especially since the Disruptionof 1843, the sympathies of Scotsmen ofevangelical tendencies have turned moresurely than ever towards one or other oftheir native denominations, and thusMethodism has lost many it might other-wise have gained. It is now generally con-ceded that the itineracy is largely respon-sible for the slow progress of the cause inScotland. There may be much to be saidfor the itinerating s
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . tter,i:i Scotland at large. It made headway inthe first half of the nineteenth century,but, with the spread of the evangelicalspirit, and especially since the Disruptionof 1843, the sympathies of Scotsmen ofevangelical tendencies have turned moresurely than ever towards one or other oftheir native denominations, and thusMethodism has lost many it might other-wise have gained. It is now generally con-ceded that the itineracy is largely respon-sible for the slow progress of the cause inScotland. There may be much to be saidfor the itinerating system, but the peopleof tlie north have never taken kindly to it,and undoubtedly the Aberdeen congrega-tion has suffered in consequence. Yet, withall the disabilities of their position, theMethodists of Aberdeen have maintained anoble testimony and exercised a beneficialinfluence in the community, and there isstill a place for them in the religious life ofthe city which no other denomination couldexactly fill. LXXXII— CHRISTIAN UNITARIAN Christian Unitarian Church. It appears that the Unitarian movementin Aberdeen originated in connection withChartism. In the ferment of the Chartistperiod there was produced an earnestradicalism of thought which had issues be-yond politics. Many advocates of theCharter found themselves theological aswell as political heretics. The principlesof liberty and progress for which they con-tended caused them to break with theChurch as they broke with the State. Itseemed impossible for them to seek politicalreform and consent to dogmatic con-formity. So, in their zeal, they foundedChurches without creed and ceremony. One of the Aberdeen Chartists, GeorgeTaylor, manufacturer, opened up corre-spondence in 1830 with Rev. George Harris,Unitarian minister, Glasgow, requestinghim to arrange for sending a preacher toAberdeen. It was not possible at the timefor Mr. Harris to accede to the ministers of Glasgow, , and Greeno
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