Church Establishment, and an opponent of ecclesiastical and political agitation for dis­establishment of the Church of Scotland; dissented strongly from the positions of the adherents of the " Higher Criticism " of the Old Testament; took a prominent part in opposition to the movement for union between the Free and United Presbyterian Churches between 1863 and 1873; in­terested himself in promoting friendly rela­tions between Scottish Presbyterians and the Reformed Churches of Hungary and Bohemia. He marr. 9th Sept. 1839, Jessie (died 27th April 1891), eldest daugh. of Kenneth Bruce Stuart of Annat, whose name he assumed, and had issue—a daugh., born and died July 1840; Kenneth, Free Church min. at Moffat, author of a Memoir of his father and a Memoir of Brownlow North, born 13th June 1841, died 15th March 1904; Andrew, born 6th Dec. 1842, died 1st Sept. 1866; Alexander, advocate, LL.D., Professor of Law, Univ. of Glasgow, 1887-1905, born 30th May 1844; Robert, chartered accountant, Dundee, born 17th March 1846, died 22nd June 1896; Mar­garet, born 16th March 1848, died unmarr. 17th March 1880; Jessie, born 14th March 1850 (marr. 1883, George Watt, K.C., Sheriff of Chancery), died 15th Jan. 1895; George, merchant in London, born 27th Oct. 1851; John, Fellow of Institute of Actuaries, born 23rd July 1853; Charles, Bank of Scotland, Lossiemouth, author of Sandy Scott's Bible Class, etc., born 13th Sept. 1854, died 19th July 1900; Eliza, born 4th March 1861. Publications—A Pastoral Letter on the Present Position of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1840); Revival of Religion (Glasgow, 1842); Con­version of the Jews (Edinburgh, 1842-8); Deathbed Scenes (Edinburgh, 1843); A Report of the Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Free Church Relative to the State of Religion in the Land (Edin­burgh, 1844); Ireland Open to the Gospel (Edinburgh, 1847); Inquiry into the Present Educational Connection between the Free Church and the Government (Edinburgh, 1848); A Practical Exposition of the Song of Solomon (London, 1857 ; 2nd ed., London, 1860); Key to the Emblems of Solomon's

Song (London, 1861); The Three Marys (London, 1862); Capernaum as the Sphere of Christ's Ministry (London, 1863); The Life and Letters of Elizabeth, Duchess of Gordon (London, 1865); The Spiritual Condition of the Ministry in its Influence on the People (Edinburgh, 1865); Is the Establishment of Religion Outside of the Confession? (Edinburgh, 1868); On Re­ligion and the Church in the Articles of Union, etc. (Edinburgh, 1869); The Union Overture, a speech in the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh, 4th April 1870 (Edinburgh); A Visit to the Land of Huss (London, 1870); Recollections of Dr John Duncan (Edin­burgh, 1872); Recent Awakenings and Higher Holiness, Opening and Closing Addresses in the Free Church General Assembly (Edinburgh, 1875); Jesus Christ the Bond of the Holy Universe, Sermon preached at the Opening of the Free Church General Assembly, 1876 (Edinburgh, 1876); The Bible True to Itself (London, 1884); The Path of the Redeemed (Edinburgh, 1893).— [Memoir, London, 1899.]

1853 PETER MACMORLAND, trans, from Inverkeithing, and adm.  10th Dec. 1852; trans, to North Berwick 10th April 1856.

1856 JAMES BREARCLIFFE M'LAURIN, assistant   at  Struan,  and  at   St George's, Edinburgh; app. 17th April 1856, and adm. 10th July 1856; died at Malaga, Spain, 3rd Jan. 1858.

1858 THOMAS ANDREWS, ord. 19th May 1858; trans, to South Queensferry 9th May 1861.

1861 RANALD MACPHERSON, born Greenock, 13th March 1821, son of Alexander M.; educated at Univs. of St Andrews and Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre 1851, missionary at Brodick; ord. min. of the Church of Scotland, Swallow Street, London, 1853; trans, and adm. 7th Oct. 1861; res. 26th Oct. 1892; died at Edinburgh, 14th March 1902. He marr. 5th June 1855, Elizabeth (died at Edinburgh, 12th Jan. 1903, aged 78), daugh. of Captain James Harvey, and had