Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . Mr. Donald Reid, Precentor. H3 XXX.—FERRYHILL UNITED FREE Ferryhill Church. The proposal to form a Church Extensioncharge in the Ferryhill district first camebefore the Aberdeen Free Presbytery inMay, 1872. A meeting of those interestedin the movement was held in the FreeChurch College in November of the sameyear, and, after a conference with thePresbytery, it was resolved with unanimityand enthusiasm to take the necessary stepsfor the erection of a church and the forma-tion of a congregation. Two prominentcitizens and leading C
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . Mr. Donald Reid, Precentor. H3 XXX.—FERRYHILL UNITED FREE Ferryhill Church. The proposal to form a Church Extensioncharge in the Ferryhill district first camebefore the Aberdeen Free Presbytery inMay, 1872. A meeting of those interestedin the movement was held in the FreeChurch College in November of the sameyear, and, after a conference with thePresbytery, it was resolved with unanimityand enthusiasm to take the necessary stepsfor the erection of a church and the forma-tion of a congregation. Two prominentcitizens and leading Churchmen—PrincipalLumsden, of the Free Church College, andMr. ^afterwards Sir) William Henderson,Devanha House—were in a special manneridentified with the inception of the move-ment. In the selection of a site for the proposedchurch, the promoters of the new causewere particularly fortunate. Largelythrough the instrumentality of Mr. DuncanMMillan, architect (whose services to thechurch began with its formation, and havebeen continued without interruption to thepresent time), a feu was secured in a cornerof wh
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