Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . respectable congregation, numer-ous and splendid, and an admimble organwhich was well played by Mr Tait. Boswells cousin, a lady from Inverness,wa3 married to one of the ministers of StPauls (it was then a collegiate church, aMr Riddoch, whom Boswell describes as a grave and worthy clergyman. Hissalary at the time was £60 per year. Hepublished various volumes of sermons. AirRiddoch was not present at the service onSunday because he was ill and confined tohis room, but he sent a kind invitation toJohnson and Boswell to take tea with him,which
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . respectable congregation, numer-ous and splendid, and an admimble organwhich was well played by Mr Tait. Boswells cousin, a lady from Inverness,wa3 married to one of the ministers of StPauls (it was then a collegiate church, aMr Riddoch, whom Boswell describes as a grave and worthy clergyman. Hissalary at the time was £60 per year. Hepublished various volumes of sermons. AirRiddoch was not present at the service onSunday because he was ill and confined tohis room, but he sent a kind invitation toJohnson and Boswell to take tea with him,which they accepted, and the Doctor bor-rowed a book on Discourses on the Psal ms, of which he read little. On Monday, after receiving the freedomof the city from the magistrates, at whichDr Johnson was much pleased, they spentthe rest of the afternoon in the Old dinner they returned to the Kid-dochs and sat hear an hour there. DrJohnson asked Riddoch the cost of educa-tion at the college and was much dis- LXXV.— ST. PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. St. Pauls Episcopal Church. The history of St. Pauls EpiscopalChurch is one of particular interest. Itdates from a very early period, and it hasassociations with many men of local andeven national fame. In the annals ofEpisoopalianism in Aberdeen, St. Paulshas from the first held a position whichis in many ways unique, and it stilloccupies such a position to-day. The earliest document in connectionwith the church records the fact that AtAberdeen this 2nd day of August, 1720years, there met together certain burghers, merchants, tradesmen, and in-habitants of Aberdeen for settling aneEpiscopal Meeting House by a qualifiedminister in the terms of law. The 6itechosen was on the west side of the Gallow-gate, and there in 1721 they built a chapel,which was described in the deed of con-veyance as being for the use of theEpiscopal congregation of the burgh ofAberdeen. The building was a handsomeand commodious one — at least, it wasconsider
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