Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . ery had also before it a petition fromover 300 individuals connected with theFree Church Gallowgate Mission prayingto be received along with him. The re-sult was that Mr. Brown and his fol-lowers founded the congregation of Nel-son Street Church, which became anactive agency for good in the David Lowe, a licentiate of theChurch, was appointed to succeed In the meantime a suggest ionwas made that one of the city congrega-tions might take the Gallowgate Mission 124 THE CHURCHES UF ABERDEEN under ite fostering care, a
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . ery had also before it a petition fromover 300 individuals connected with theFree Church Gallowgate Mission prayingto be received along with him. The re-sult was that Mr. Brown and his fol-lowers founded the congregation of Nel-son Street Church, which became anactive agency for good in the David Lowe, a licentiate of theChurch, was appointed to succeed In the meantime a suggest ionwas made that one of the city congrega-tions might take the Gallowgate Mission 124 THE CHURCHES UF ABERDEEN under ite fostering care, and Rev. JohnAdam, of the Free South Church, under-took to bring the matter before his kirk-session. The result was that the SouthChurch, with the full approval of thePresbytery, assumed a responsibility whichit continued to discharge long after theGallowgate Mission was a fully sanctionedcharge. Mr. Lowe was succeeded by Rev. JamesGoodall, who had been labouring in theWest Port Mission, Hawick. Mr. Goodallentered on the work in July, 1864, and two. Rev. James Goodall. years later the Territorial Mission wasraised by the Presbytery to the status ofa regular charge. This opened the wayfor issuing a call, and on 20th September,1864, Mr. Goodall was ordained as firstminister of the congregation. He con-tinued in the active ministry of thechurch for other 35 years, and lie be-came one of the most familiar figures inthe Gallowgate district. His kindlyintercourse with the people andhis unobtrusive zeal and earnestness were recognised on every was only by reason of the infirmitiesof advancing age that he retired from theactive duties of the pastorate in 1900, andapplied for the appointment of a colleagueand successor. He was spared to see the recent developments in the Gallowgate,and he retained in his seclusion the warmesteem of the congregation He died 15thJune, 1909. On Mr. Goodalls retirement, souicdifficulty was experienced in finding a suit-able successor, but ultimately
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