Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . so included men who have com-manded respect. To name only a few,mention may be made of Mr. AlexanderStephen, Bankhead, who has been in officefor about 40 years, a man of sterling char-acter and steady purpose ; Mr. James Pater-son, who for many years conducted a largeBible Class with great tact and efficiency ;Mr. John Porter, of Persley Farm, whosequiet, kindly personality is still remem-bered ; and Mr. John Keith, Persley, a manof great energy, who took a keen interestin the church until he removed from thedistrict. The Congregationalists o
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . so included men who have com-manded respect. To name only a few,mention may be made of Mr. AlexanderStephen, Bankhead, who has been in officefor about 40 years, a man of sterling char-acter and steady purpose ; Mr. James Pater-son, who for many years conducted a largeBible Class with great tact and efficiency ;Mr. John Porter, of Persley Farm, whosequiet, kindly personality is still remem-bered ; and Mr. John Keith, Persley, a manof great energy, who took a keen interestin the church until he removed from thedistrict. The Congregationalists of Woodside havealways been on good terms with the mem-bers of other denominations. The mostkindly feeling has existed among theChurches, and for many years it has beenpossible to secure some measure of co-operation in practical work by the mem-bers, as well as a free exchange of pulpitsby the ministers. This pleasing state ofaffairs is in no danger of being disturbedunder the present ministry. BAPTIST CHURCHES. LXV. -ACADEMY STREET BAPTIST Academy Street Baptist Church. The church meeting in Academy Streetis the oldest Baptist community in Aber-deen. It has survived many vicissitudes,at times being decimated by internal dis-sensions, and at others presenting a unitedfront in earnest evangelical effort andkeen missionary enterprise. It is the onlycongregation in the city belonging to theScotch Baptists, whose distinctive positionis to be found in their adherence to thesystem of a plurality of pastors or teach-ing elders, who may, at the same time,continue at their secular callings; in theirrecognition of the exercise of the gifts ofthe members in public exhortation; andin their confining the ordinance of theLords Supper to baptised believers. The early records of the church have,unfortunately, been lost, but the historyof its beginnings can, to some extent, betraced from references in the memoirs ofMime leaders in (he religious world in theearlier part of the nineteenth
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