Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . The church was opened complete in everydetail, even to the erection of a pipe the second Sunday in February, 1883. The next step in advance was in the endowment was completed, andCraigiebuckler was erected into a quoadsacra parish. Mr. Dingwalls work wasmarked by ability and earnestness, and hisministry was attended by a gratifying mea-sure of success, which was largely themeans of raising Craigiebuckler Church to an assured position. He continuedin the pastorate until 18U2, when heaccepted a call to the combined parishesof
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . The church was opened complete in everydetail, even to the erection of a pipe the second Sunday in February, 1883. The next step in advance was in the endowment was completed, andCraigiebuckler was erected into a quoadsacra parish. Mr. Dingwalls work wasmarked by ability and earnestness, and hisministry was attended by a gratifying mea-sure of success, which was largely themeans of raising Craigiebuckler Church to an assured position. He continuedin the pastorate until 18U2, when heaccepted a call to the combined parishesof Liff and Benvie, near Dundee, where hehas since remained. A further develop-ment of his ministry at Craigiebuckler isseen in the hall, which was built in a stylein keeping with the architecture of thechurch itself. Mr. Dingwall was succeeded by the pie-sent minister, Rev. .James V ( uthbert,, who was ordained and inducted tothe charge in February, 1893. Mr. t uth-bert was a distinguished student both inArts and Divinity at the University of. Rev. J. N. Cuthbert, B D. Edinburgh. As a Hebrew scholar he wasthe first man of his time, taking the firstprize and medal every year, and finishingwith the Jeffrey Scholarship in Hebrew andOriental Languages Ee also gained thefirst prize and medal in Biblical the completion of hi> Divinity course,lie was licensed by the Presbytery of Lin-lithgow in 1891, and immediately thereafterwas appointed assistant in I oats , where he remained until hiselection to Craigiebuckler. Mr. Cuthbertis an able and thoughtful preacher. Hebelieves in an orderly and chaste Form ofservice, and in Craigiebuckler Church been very largely attained, the whole CRAl U1EB UGKLER PARISH CH URCti atmosphere and surroundings also lendingthemselves for this purpose. The membership is drawn from thesuburban residences in the immediatevicinity of the church, and from thecountry districts round about, and is there-fore a mixed on
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