Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . The fact is in no sensederogatory to Beechgrove, yet it consti-tutes a problem which it will have to large congregation, so quickly gatheredtogether from i,o many different quarters,and from other churches, each with theirown distinct characteristics, and, it maybe, from other denominations, with differ-ent forms and methods, must of necessityrequire time for the various elements in itscomposition to coalesce. If Beechgrovehas this process to face, as other new con-gregations in their own measure have hadt(-. face it, there are many e
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . The fact is in no sensederogatory to Beechgrove, yet it consti-tutes a problem which it will have to large congregation, so quickly gatheredtogether from i,o many different quarters,and from other churches, each with theirown distinct characteristics, and, it maybe, from other denominations, with differ-ent forms and methods, must of necessityrequire time for the various elements in itscomposition to coalesce. If Beechgrovehas this process to face, as other new con-gregations in their own measure have hadt(-. face it, there are many encouragementsand abundant indications of future pro-gress. The district in which the church issituated is still a growing one, and it bidsfair to increase even more largely in theimmediate future. With a large residentialpopulation at its very doors, and an ableminister in its pulpit, there is no reasonwhy there should not be in its pews formany years to come an ever-increasing andinfluential membership. XXIV—BELMONT STREET UNITED FREE Belmont Street Church. The founding, in 1777, of what is knownto-day as Belmont Street United FreeChurch was one of the local results of the(Secession movement which was then stirringScotland. When Ebenezer Erskine and histhree brethren met in 1733 in the little way-side inn at Gairney Bridge, near Kinross,and formed the Secession Church, the) werenot without sympathisers. All over Scot-land there were those who felt ready tocast in their lot with them, and Aberdeenproved no exception to other parts of thecountry. Rev. John Bisset, minister ofthe East Parish Church, was one who feltstrongly drawn to the Secession and Mi-. Bisset was a most estimableman—that eminent and faithful servantof Jesus Christ, the very reverend andworthy Mr. John Bisset, as the Aber-deen Journal of the day described is known that on more than one occa-sion Mr. Bisset made overtures to Erskineand his friends, but the negotiations some-
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