Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . 1898 this balance had also been raised,and the congregation, under the guidanceof Rev. K. D. MLaren, who was ministerat the time, immediately initiated a move-ment for raising the necessary sum tocomplete the endowment. Shortly there-after, Mr. MLaren was called to Saline,and when Rev. J. Morrison MLuckie tookup the charge there was still £300 of thenecessary amount to raise. Throwinghimself into the effort with enthusiasm and energy, Mr. MLuckie led the con-gregation forward with excellent results,the movement being crowned with successby a
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . 1898 this balance had also been raised,and the congregation, under the guidanceof Rev. K. D. MLaren, who was ministerat the time, immediately initiated a move-ment for raising the necessary sum tocomplete the endowment. Shortly there-after, Mr. MLaren was called to Saline,and when Rev. J. Morrison MLuckie tookup the charge there was still £300 of thenecessary amount to raise. Throwinghimself into the effort with enthusiasm and energy, Mr. MLuckie led the con-gregation forward with excellent results,the movement being crowned with successby a bazaar held in December, whole sum necessary to complete theendowment being then on hand, stepswere taken for the erection of Ruthriestoninto a Parish Church, and, the formalitieshaving been duly gone through, thesanction of the Court of Teind6 wasgranted on 28th November, 1902. Thisdecree was followed by the induction of aminister. As might be expected, the con-gregation unanimously and heartily choseRev. J. Morrison MLuckie, and he was. Rev. J. Morrison MLuckie. duly inducted as first minister of theparish of Ruthrieston on 15th January,1903, Rev. Dr. MClymont presiding onthe occasion, and giving the charge tominister and people. Mr. MLuckie studied at Glasgow Uni-versity, and before being licensed by thePresbytery of Hamilton, he was appointed,in March, 1891, to the mission station ofNewton, in the parish of Cambuslang. Heleft, in 1897, to take up work in the WestIndies. The charge to which he was thenappointed by the Colonial Committee (ofwhich Dr. Mitlord Mitchell was convener)was that of the Scots Church in At that time the church had 54 THE CHURCHES OF ABERDEEN been closed for over fifteen years, and theChurch of Scotland had ceased itsministrations, but Mr. MLuckie was suc-cessful in reviving what had seemed a lostcause. On completing three years ser-vice in the West Indies, he returned tothis country, and shortly thereafter hewas, as already menti
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