Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . arate existenceof the Free Church. This building, it maybe noted, was the first place of worshiperected for the Free Church in Aberdeen,and one of the first in Scotland, seeing itwas raised from the foundation in the fewdays between the date of the Disruptionand the first Sunday afterwards. The col-lections at the opening services amountedto £15 16s. Id. Mr. Spence and his people 184 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN continued to worship in the wooden churchuntil the completion of the stone and limebuilding which they were erecting in PrinceRegent Str
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . arate existenceof the Free Church. This building, it maybe noted, was the first place of worshiperected for the Free Church in Aberdeen,and one of the first in Scotland, seeing itwas raised from the foundation in the fewdays between the date of the Disruptionand the first Sunday afterwards. The col-lections at the opening services amountedto £15 16s. Id. Mr. Spence and his people 184 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN continued to worship in the wooden churchuntil the completion of the stone and limebuilding which they were erecting in PrinceRegent Street. To this more permanentplace of worship they removed on 8thOctober, 1843, the opening services takingplace on the Communion Sunday. Thesittings had all been let in a few hours onthe Monday previous, and the unusual re-quest was made in an intimation thatstrangers would not attend on the openingSunday, as the church would be muchcrowded with the regular accommodation had soon to beprovided by erecting an end gallery, but. Old Free St. Clements Church,Prince Regent Street. the extra 250 sittings were also let imme-diately. Mr. Spence had filled the ParishChurch to overflowing during his ministrythere, and it can be seen that the 6amesuccess attended his work in the FreeChurch. He also continued to take anactive part in the proceedings of theChurch Courts and in the affairs of theChurch at large. JNo man, perhaps, ren-dered more effective service in the task oforganising and consolidating the FreeChurch throughout Aberdeenshire thanMr. Spence. He travelled all over thecounty—and often far beyond it—and exer-cised quite a remarkable influence. Histenure of office as clerk of the Aberdeen Presbytery also afforded scope for his busi-ness and administrative ability, and enabledhim to accomplish valuable and lastingwork. Nor was it only in matters purelyecclesiastical and religious that his activi-ties and zeal were displayed. In all philan-thropic effor
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