Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . tudents of all the faculties atthe University who belong to the UnitedFree Church ; and the Missionary Associa-tion. Tn connection with the MissionaryAssociation there is practical training inhome mission work. In the slums of theEast-End a hall, provided by a friend ofthe College, is made the centre of regular Dr. Bisenthal, of1873 by a special •230 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN and systematic effort. A student laboursas missionary in the district, carrying onall the departments of work common tosuch undertakings; and in this he has theaid of his
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . tudents of all the faculties atthe University who belong to the UnitedFree Church ; and the Missionary Associa-tion. Tn connection with the MissionaryAssociation there is practical training inhome mission work. In the slums of theEast-End a hall, provided by a friend ofthe College, is made the centre of regular Dr. Bisenthal, of1873 by a special •230 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN and systematic effort. A student laboursas missionary in the district, carrying onall the departments of work common tosuch undertakings; and in this he has theaid of his fellow-students, and of othersinterested in mission work. The lion,presidency of the Theological Society isusually conferred on some outstandingpreacher or theologian, and as the occu-pancy of the office involves the delivery ofa special lecture, the society has been themeans of bringing some noted men to thecity, and of giving the public the benefitof hearing important deliverances, manyof which have afterwards been publishedin permanent Professor Cairns. The students at the Aberdeen Collegehave been drawn from a fairly wide area,but a large proportion have naturally comefrom the North of Scotland, while theHighlands and Islands have always beenstrongly represented. The attendancesfrom 184G have been as follows: — 1846-47 21 1847-48 31 1848-49 33 1849-50 37 1850-51 39 1851-52 37 1852-53 25 1853-54 19 1854-55 32 1855-56 30 1856-57 30 1857-58 24 1858-59 31 1878-79 38 1879-80 30 1880-81 33 1881-82 23 1882-83 20 1883-84 27 1884-85 25 1885-86 28 1886-87 36 1887-88 33 1888-89 37 1889-90 35 1890-91 32 1859-60 40 1860-61 43 1861-62 34 1862-63 32 1863-64 22 1864-65 27 1865-66 27 1866-67 28 1867-68 32 1868-69 30 1869-70 32 1870-71 27 1871-72 32 1372-73 30 1873-74 25 1874-75 22 1875-76 23 1876-77 25 1877-78 32 1891-92 39 1892-93 31 1893-94 30 1894-95 33 1895-96 33 1896-97 32 1897-98 36 1898-99 32 1899-1900 28 1900-01 23 1901-02 21 1902-03 17 1903-04 18 1904-05 22 1905-06 22 1
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