Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . ay evenings. The aim is to touch onmoral and religious questions which maybe considered hardly suitable for mixedSunday congregations, and the serviceshave attracted not a few prominentChristian workers from other churches. The outlook of the congregationgenerally was never so bright as it is atpresent; a spirit of unity and hopefulnessin the hearts of the people auguring wellfor the future. Yet to many it will un-doubtedly appear that the founders of thecongregation — wise and far-seeing andzealous as they were—may have erred inbuilding a ha
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . ay evenings. The aim is to touch onmoral and religious questions which maybe considered hardly suitable for mixedSunday congregations, and the serviceshave attracted not a few prominentChristian workers from other churches. The outlook of the congregationgenerally was never so bright as it is atpresent; a spirit of unity and hopefulnessin the hearts of the people auguring wellfor the future. Yet to many it will un-doubtedly appear that the founders of thecongregation — wise and far-seeing andzealous as they were—may have erred inbuilding a hall and leaving a church un-built. They may have had practically nochoice in the matter, and yet it must nowseem as if they had begun at the wrongend. Whatever the sacrifice and theburden involved in the effort, it is unlikelythat the congregation will ever reach thestage of development or attain theposition in the community it might other-wise expect until it proceeds witli theerection of a church worthy of the districtand of the Mr. James Crichton. EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SCOTLAND. ^51 ? ? m #r~-. si WK$ \ $&? :;:?-;:.:;?? ! Mskg * ^>y ? ? mm** ***~~ -^y^wWy^l, m% , ? yWC^jj^S^ J& ^fflsL* ? ! ??? Right Rev. Rowland Ellis, , Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney. LXIX.—ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. St. Andrews has always been regardedas the leading Episcopal congregation inthe city of Aberdeen. It owes somethingof its reputation in this respect to theantiquity of its origin, but that, of itself,would have been insufficient to give it aforemost place. It has been fortunate inhaving the adherence and support of avery large and influential body of members,and it has been particularly fortunate inits clergy. From the fact of having hadthree Bishops at different times in its in-cumbency, it came to be known as theBishops Church, and it lias also beenfrequently spoken of in an informal andunofficial manner as the pro-Cathedral ofthe Diocese. The congregation was found
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