Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . the charge in January. 1900, and wasformally introduced to the congregation byProfessor George Aciam Smith. Ferryhill Church under Mr. Bruce Taylorcontinued its record of progress. Themembership steadily increased, until it wasconsiderably over 800: the Christianactivity of the members was still furtherdeveloped and organised, and in every re-spect there was much prosperity. Taylors reputation as a preacher FERRYHILL UNITED FREE CHURCH 119 greatly increased after he came toAberdeen, the ability and power of hispulpit work growing eve
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . the charge in January. 1900, and wasformally introduced to the congregation byProfessor George Aciam Smith. Ferryhill Church under Mr. Bruce Taylorcontinued its record of progress. Themembership steadily increased, until it wasconsiderably over 800: the Christianactivity of the members was still furtherdeveloped and organised, and in every re-spect there was much prosperity. Taylors reputation as a preacher FERRYHILL UNITED FREE CHURCH 119 greatly increased after he came toAberdeen, the ability and power of hispulpit work growing every year. He wasnot only an able but also an attractivepreacher. Mis bright and interestingstyle, his direct and fearless teaching, andhis buoyant personality gave him a dis-tinctive position in the local ministry. Hewon an unquestioned place among thepopular preachers of the city, and to awider circle he came to be recognised asone of the rising men in the United FreeChurch. Mr. Bruce Taylors interest andsympathies were not confined to one Rev R. Bruce Taylor, MA. He was ready to take his share in thepublic life of the community, and as aplatform speaker he stood in the frontrank. His ready humour, his racy andpungent language, his easy unconven-tionality, and his stirring delivery madehim a favourite with any audience. By hiscontributions to periodical literature andotherwise, Mr. Bruce Taylor became widelyknown not only as a specialist onEconomics, but also as a Hebrew and OldTestament scholar of marked distinction,and his name came to be frequently men-tioned both for professorships and im-portant pastorates in this country and inthe Colonies. He had the refusal of a Canadian professorship, and he declinedovertures from vacancies both in Scotlandand England, but the Ferryhill congrega-tion began to realise that sooner or laterthey would have to part with him. Thiswas the case in 1906 when a call was ad-dressed to Mr. Bruce Taylor to becomecolleague to Dr. Monro Gibs
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