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1955

January 1955
  • Pilgrims on the Earth
  • Free Presbyterian Church, 1893 and 1955
  • The Grievous Consequences of the Loss of Spiritual Comfort
  • Austria and the Bible.\
  • Sermon on Romans (viii. 29)
  • Searmonan
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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February 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • Synod Sermon.\
  • Ye Shall Not Surely Die
  • The Free Presbyterian Church and the Declaratory Act
  • Sermon on Romans (viii. 29), by REV. J. R. ANDERSON (26th October, 1855—Friday Evening.) (Continued from page 275.)
  • The late Miss Flora Campbell MacLeod, “Eval,” Ose, Bracadale, Isle of Skye
  • The late Mrs. Bella Macdonald, Kyles, Scalpay, Harris
  • The late Miss Christina Macpherson, Strath, Gairloch
  • Searmonan
  • Literary Notice
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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March 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • THE **Free Presbyterian Magazine** AND MONTHLY RECORD
  • We Preach Christ Crucified.
  • The Graham Campaign
  • Free Presbyterians and Instrumental Music and Hymns in the Public Worship of God
  • Religious Experience
  • — **Jealousy as to the Preaching One Hears.
  • Jealousy as to the Preaching One Hears
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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April 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • Two or Three Gathered Together
  • Doctor Alexander Comrie
  • Advanced Thinking
  • The Sabbath—A Word of Warning
  • The Secret of Strength
  • The late Mrs. James Mackay, Edinburgh
  • Searmonan: SEARMON II. Oíl cha’n iad mo smuainte-sa ’ur smuainte-se, ni mò is iad ’ur slighean-sa, mo shlighean-sa, deir an Tighearn’. Oír mar a tha na neamhan àrd seach an talamh, mar sin tha mo shlighean-sa àrd seach a ’ur slighean-se, agus mo smuainte-sa seach ’ur smuainte-se (Isaiah lv. 8, 9)
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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May 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • Searmonan
  • Whereon Do Ye Trust
  • Jephthah’s Vow Fulfilled
  • The Life of Lieutenant Illidge
  • A Sermon: Thy Way is in the Sea
  • Miscellaneous Extracts
  • A Letter from Samuel Rutherford
  • The late Mrs. Christina Morrison, Kyles-Scalpay
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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June 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • Presbyterians or Priests
  • Half-day Hearers
  • A Sermon: Thy Way is in the Sea
  • The Waldensian Church: Its Lessons for To-day
  • Some Anecdotes
  • Arminianism
  • The Kelvin Hall Crusade, 1955
  • The late Mr. Alexander Kidd, Ballina, N.S. Wales
  • Searmonan
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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July 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • The Method of Grace
  • Two Famous Christian Brothers
  • The Ministry of Angels
  • Notes on the late Rev. Joseph Hart
  • Searmonan: SEARMON II
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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August 1955
  • CONTENTS
  • Church Notes
  • Duties We Owe to Civil Magistrates.
  • The General Assemblies.
  • Two Famous Christian Brothers.
  • Literary Notice
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church of Scotland and Dramatic Plays.
  • Communions
  • Special Notice
  • — **Acknowledgment of Donations.

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September 1955
  • CONTENTS
  • THE **Free Presbyterian Magazine** AND MONTHLY RECORD
  • Synod Sermon
  • Synod Sermon: “And when they shall say unto you, seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isaiah viii. 19, 20) Preached at the Synod, in Glasgow, on 18th May, 1955, by REV. JAMES MACLEOD, Greenock, Retiring Moderator
  • A Letter from Samuel Rutherford.\
  • The Millennium
  • Marks of Blessed Preaching in Scotland
  • Tale-bearing and Rebuking
  • Stablish Thy Word
  • Searmonan
  • Searmonan: “Oir cha’n iad mo smuainte-sa ‘ur smuainte-se, ni mò is iad ‘ur slighean-se, mo shlighean-sa, deir an Tighearn’. Oir mar a tha na neamhan àrd seach an talamh, mar sin tha mo shlighean-sa àrd seach ‘ur slighean-se, agus mo smuainte-sa seach ‘ur smuainte-se” (Isaiah lv. 8, 9) LEIS AN URR. TEARLACH C. MAC. AN TOISICH, D.D
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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October 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • Thou Knowest
  • A Leaf from a Minister’s Journal.
  • Two Famous Christian Brothers
  • Gathered Fragments
  • THE REV. JOHN MORRISON OF GAIRLOCH AND URRAY
  • LETTER BY THE LATE REV. DONALD MACDONALD, SHIELDAIG
  • The Power of Christ’s Name
  • The late Donald MacLeod, Elder, Lochcarron
  • Brief Obituaries
  • Searmonan
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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November 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • The Question of Example
  • Christ’s Victory over Death
  • The Blood of Jesus: Sermon by the REV. HUGH BINNING (I John i. 7: “And the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.”)
  • Gathered Fragments
  • Rev. John Munro, of Halkirk
  • The Doleful State of the Jews
  • The late Mrs. Gillies, Inverarish, Raasay
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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December 1955
  • C O N T E N T S
  • The Ministers of Christ
  • Original Secession Church and the Church of Scotland
  • Christ’s Victory over Death
  • The Law a Preparation to Come to Christ
  • Two Famous Christian Brothers
  • The State’s Recognition of Religion
  • Literary Notice
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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