Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . is <«-pansive nature, and manifold capabilities,the church which he bow had the pleasureof seeing erected into a parish church wouldcontinue to prosper even more vigorouslythan it had done in the past. (Applause).The Rev. Hugh M. §€ett, Nigg; the RevMaxwell J. Wright, St Ninians; and MrGeorge Gall (elder), added their hearty con-gratulations to Mr Gordon and the congre-gation of St Fitticks. Mr Gordon acknowledged the heartinessof the congratulations; the Rev. Mr Smiththe Rev. Mr Wright, the Rev. Mr Wilkin,and Mr James Wood, the representa
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . is <«-pansive nature, and manifold capabilities,the church which he bow had the pleasureof seeing erected into a parish church wouldcontinue to prosper even more vigorouslythan it had done in the past. (Applause).The Rev. Hugh M. §€ett, Nigg; the RevMaxwell J. Wright, St Ninians; and MrGeorge Gall (elder), added their hearty con-gratulations to Mr Gordon and the congre-gation of St Fitticks. Mr Gordon acknowledged the heartinessof the congratulations; the Rev. Mr Smiththe Rev. Mr Wright, the Rev. Mr Wilkin,and Mr James Wood, the representativeelder from Nigg, were appopted assessorsto act along with Mr Gordon for the forma-tion of a kirk-session, and to fix the rate «fsittings in St Fitticks. f A M & ^, ?/(, ST. FITTICKS CHURCH (CHAPEL OF EASE) Gl Music Hall in December, 1901, when thesum of over £700 was realised. The original trustees of the church wereMr. Alexander Christie, Mr. JamesCoutte,and Mr. Peter Howie; but Mr. Christiedied before he assumed the duties, and Rev. Augustus J. Resting, Thomas Lamb was appointed in his first elders were Messrs. WilliamBisset, James Clark, James Coutte, GeorgeCraig, Adam Gibb, William Lemmon, andJames Melville, who were ordained andinducted to office on 24th March, 1901. Mr. Macintyre continued to labour atthe work of debt reduction and at thegeneral development of the congregationuntil 1908, when he accepted a call to thechurch of Tingwall, in Shetland. The vacancy at St. Fitticks was filledby the election of Rev. Augustus J. Rest-ing, Mr. Resting had been a dis-tinguished student at Aberdeen Univer-sity, and his first experience of ministerialwork had also been gained in the city asassistant in the West Parish. Being im-bued with the missionary spirit, he offeredhimself for service in the foreign field,and in 1897 was ordained as a missionaryfor Blantyre, Central Africa. There herendered good service for a number ofyears, but it was found t
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