Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . -sity, and persecution, and which he left inunity and tranquillity. Dr. William Skinner had acted as assis-tant, and latterly as colleague, to his fatherin the incumbency of St. Andrews, and onhis death he succeeded to the sole charge,and afterwards to the Episcopal office ofBishop. His connection with St. Andrewscontinued until his resignation on 1stNovember. 1847. After considerable delay,the Rev. Stephen Allen was appointed tothe vacant charge, with Mr Wagstaff asjunior incumbent; but, on account ofdifferences of opinion regarding certainc
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . -sity, and persecution, and which he left inunity and tranquillity. Dr. William Skinner had acted as assis-tant, and latterly as colleague, to his fatherin the incumbency of St. Andrews, and onhis death he succeeded to the sole charge,and afterwards to the Episcopal office ofBishop. His connection with St. Andrewscontinued until his resignation on 1stNovember. 1847. After considerable delay,the Rev. Stephen Allen was appointed tothe vacant charge, with Mr Wagstaff asjunior incumbent; but, on account ofdifferences of opinion regarding certainchanges they had introduced in the modeof conducting part of the church service,both the^e clergymen resigned ii> 8th October of the same year the G. Ryde, an Oxford first-class man,was appointed to the sole incumbency. held office until 27th July, 1855, whenhe resigned in order to obtain a less labori-ous charge, and for other private successor was found in the person of theRev. Dr. Suther, then of St. Georges. Old St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Longacre. 284 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN Church, Edinburgh, whose lengthened andfruitful connection with St. AndrewsChurch and with the city and diocese ofAberdeen then began. In 1857 he waselected to the bishopric on the death ofBishop William Skinner. During BishopSuthers incumbency a notable event tookplace in the consecration of St. AndrewsChurch. The building was opened forworship on 27th July, 1817, but, in conse-quence of the heavy debt incurred in itserection, it could not then be original cost of the church was about£8000, of which only about £3000 was paid,leaving a debt of £5000, which it took over40 years to liquidate. In 1858 the debtwas cleared off, and steps were taken forpurchasing the feu-duty and raising other£300 for the improvement of the interiorof the church. These projects having beensuccessfully accomplished, the consecrationof the church took place on Tuesda
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