Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . before the higher courts, butthe decision of the Presbytery was ratified,and the painful proceedings were broughtto a close with the deposition of Mr. Hep-burn from the ministry. The vacancy thus caused in St. Clementswas filled by the election of Rev. G. F. , then minister of the parish ofSkene. Mr. Philip had a difficult taskfacing him, but he soon triumphed overevery obstacle. The membership of thechurch had been considerably reducedowing to the troublous times through whichthe congregation had passed. Under , however, the
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . before the higher courts, butthe decision of the Presbytery was ratified,and the painful proceedings were broughtto a close with the deposition of Mr. Hep-burn from the ministry. The vacancy thus caused in St. Clementswas filled by the election of Rev. G. F. , then minister of the parish ofSkene. Mr. Philip had a difficult taskfacing him, but he soon triumphed overevery obstacle. The membership of thechurch had been considerably reducedowing to the troublous times through whichthe congregation had passed. Under , however, the tide of adversity 58 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN turned. He found the communion-roll withonly some 500 names, and when he left itcontained nearly 2000. So marked hadbeen his success that when the Presbyteryof Deer were in a strait regarding a hotly-disputed election for the Parish Church ofNew Deer, they summoned him to step intothe breach. He accepted the Presbyterysinvitation, and left for New Deer after aministry of nearly nine years in Rev. Dr. C. C. Macdonald. On 11th September, 1879, Rev. CharlesCadell Macdonald, of the South Church,Paisley, was elected minister of , and he continues to hold theposition still. To say that he has filled aunique place in the community is only tostate the barest truth. He has playedmany parts, and honours have come to himwithout stint. The University has madehim , and throughout the communitythe academical distinction was regarded asfittingly bestowed. Yet to the great bulkof the citizens the minister of St. Clements is still 0. C, and this is not one of theleast of the proofs that he has so surely im-pressed his personality on the city. As aplatform orator Dr. Macdonald in hispalmy days had, perhaps, no equal in Aber-deen, and at political meetings, in the dayswhen he was an ardent Liberal, the pro-ceedings seldom closed without cries for from C. C. Latterly he hat;figured less in public, but has been devot-
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