Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . a sjnecialfeature of his work being in connectionwith the Sunday School and Bible was ordained in 1885 by the Presbyteryof Annan to the parish of Dornock, nearAnnan, and remained in that countrycharge for fifteen years, until he was in-vited to Aberdeen to take the oversight ofthe new church of St. Ninians, Before leaving Dornock, Mr. Wright was the re-cipient i many tokens of appreciation fromthose among whom he had spent theseyears of his ministerial life. The presenta-tions made to him were from hisparishioners and his co-Presbyte
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . a sjnecialfeature of his work being in connectionwith the Sunday School and Bible was ordained in 1885 by the Presbyteryof Annan to the parish of Dornock, nearAnnan, and remained in that countrycharge for fifteen years, until he was in-vited to Aberdeen to take the oversight ofthe new church of St. Ninians, Before leaving Dornock, Mr. Wright was the re-cipient i many tokens of appreciation fromthose among whom he had spent theseyears of his ministerial life. The presenta-tions made to him were from hisparishioners and his co-Presbyters, andfrom public bodies, such as the DumfriesSynod Choir and the Annan Lodge ofOddfellows. After Mr. Wrights settlement at , the membership steadily in-creased, and the Executive Committee re-solved to take steps as soon as possible tosecure the endowment of the church. Therequisite sum having been guaranteed bymembers of the congregation, the Endow-ment Committee of the Church of Scot-land gave the usual assistance, and after. Rev. Maxwell J. Wright, the necessary formalities had been gonethrough intimation was made that, by adecree of the Court of Teinds, dated 10thJuly, 1903, St. Ninians had been erectedinto a quoad sacra parish. This openedthe way for Mr. Wrights formal inductionto the parish by the Presbytery, and theceremony took place on 2nd September,1903, the Right Rev. Dr. Gillespie, of Mous-wald, Moderator of the General Assembly,being associated with the Presbytery onthe occasion. Following on the erection ofSt. Ninians to a parish, there was theduty of electing a kirk-session. Those whowore chosen as the first elders of the 68 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN church, and who consented to act, wereMessrs. William Bean, Hugh F. Campbell,James S. Davidson, Thomas Fotheringham,Robert H. Gibson, Alexander Ledingham,David Mann, Charles Merrylee6, CharlesMLeod, Alexander Spark, A. ForbesWight, and James Wilson. On the election of a kirk-session theExecutive Commi
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