Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . spareshoulders of this tall, grizzled, worn man ;he knows, as he feels, more than is everconveyed save by a look out of patienteyes, and by a strange recurrent cry amidthe low guttural of the Highland sermon is long, and ideas flitterthrough it like shadows over a wide hill-side when the autumn day goes , as it were the fling of the pipes,comes a wail charged with keen force andweird entreaty. You may forget whathas been said, but you will never forget 192 THE CHURCHES o/- ABERDEEN this cry. The wild hills are in it, nn
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . spareshoulders of this tall, grizzled, worn man ;he knows, as he feels, more than is everconveyed save by a look out of patienteyes, and by a strange recurrent cry amidthe low guttural of the Highland sermon is long, and ideas flitterthrough it like shadows over a wide hill-side when the autumn day goes , as it were the fling of the pipes,comes a wail charged with keen force andweird entreaty. You may forget whathas been said, but you will never forget 192 THE CHURCHES o/- ABERDEEN this cry. The wild hills are in it, nnd thelonely lochs under grey skies, the screighof the wind through the pines; it bringsone the sob of the forest in winter andthe fret of the tossing stream and thetravail of the shepherd when the snow isheaping silent doom in the glen. It isthe Gaelic voice to the Gaelic soul, andthose who have heard Mr. MacDonaldpreach in the old tongue feel most of whathe is and might Mr. MacDonald served the church inAberdeen for well-nigh 34 years, con-. Rev. A. F. Campbell. tinning in the pastorate until his deathon 4th March, 1898. The Gaelic congrega-tion were ever loyal to their ministers, andthey are faithful to their memory. Overthe grave of Mr. Mackenzie in Churchyard they erected a hand-some granite obelisk; while Mr. Mac-Donalds last resting-place in AllenvaleCemetery is marked by a fine Iona cross,the loving tribute of attached membersand friends. In the vacancy caused by Mr. Mac-Donalds death, Rev. A. F. Campbell cameas a probationer to give pulpit supply fora time, and he made so excellent an im-pression as to be afterwards called by aunanimous vote to the pastorate. Anative of Glenorchy, in Argyleshire, and a student of Glasgow University and FreeChurch College, he was ordained a6minister of St. Columba Church in July,1898, and he worthily maintained thetraditions of the congregation. Youngand energetic, he prosecuted the workwith vigour and success; while by
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