Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . essful teacher. He had also a wideknowledge of apologetics, and was generallyregarded as a man of vigorous mind andscholarly tastes and attainments. A throatcomplaint from which he had suffered forsome time compelled him to relinquish thepastorate of Gilcomston Church in he removed to Edinburgh, where hedied in 1861. On the resignation of Dr. Bryce, the con-gregation of Gilcomston addressed a call toRev. Walter Macgilvray. of Church, Glasgow, by whom it waseventually accepted. Dr. Macgilvray wasthen 4(j years of age,
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . essful teacher. He had also a wideknowledge of apologetics, and was generallyregarded as a man of vigorous mind andscholarly tastes and attainments. A throatcomplaint from which he had suffered forsome time compelled him to relinquish thepastorate of Gilcomston Church in he removed to Edinburgh, where hedied in 1861. On the resignation of Dr. Bryce, the con-gregation of Gilcomston addressed a call toRev. Walter Macgilvray. of Church, Glasgow, by whom it waseventually accepted. Dr. Macgilvray wasthen 4(j years of age, and he had behindhim a rather remarkable record of workin various spheres. His first charge wasthat of St. Marks, Glasgow, but he after-wards became minister of Hope StreetGaelic Church, a position for which, as anative of the Western Isles, he wasspecially fitted. Some time after the Dis-ruption he went out to Canada to ministerto the Gaelic-speaking portion of the com-munity, and he remained abroad until hewas again called to St. Marks, Rev. Dr. Walter Macgilvray From a Painting in the vestry ?•/ Gilcomsion \ Cftwc/tt Aberdeen OILCOMSTON UNITED FREE CHURCH 127 cv^T r-U-L,J--i,a 1 i iH r^
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