Student Received
At its meeting on 12th November, 1974, the Southern Presbytery received Mr Angus Morrison, a communicant in the Oban Congregation, as a student studying for the ministry of the Church. Mr Morrison is at present a third year honours student in the Arts Faculty of the Glasgow University.
(Rev.) Donald MacLean,
Clerk of Presbytery.
Death of Inverness Elder and Deacon
Mr Finlay Beaton, an elder in the Inverness congregation and a lay missionary, passed away on 5th December 1974 at the advanced age of 91 years. The Inverness congregation suffered another loss in November when Mr Wm MacKenzie, a deacon and the congregational treasurer, passed away after a few months illness. We extend sympathy to those who have been bereaved and pray that the Lord will raise up others in the place of those whom He has taken. We expect that fuller notices will appear in due course.
Presbytery Meetings (D.V.)
Northern — At Dingwall on 7th January at 2.30 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. to moderate in call.
Outer Isles — At Stornoway on 21st January at 3.30 p.m.
Australia and New Zealand — At Auckland on 24th January at 2.30 p.m.
Skye — At Portree on 28th January at 11 a.m.
Southern — At Glasgow on 18th February at 6 p.m.
Price of Magazines
We regret that it has been necessary to increase the price of the Magazines again this year due to increased cost of printing, etc. For a single copy the Free Presbyterian Magazine will cost 13p and the Young People’s Magazine 9p.
Acknowledgment of Donations
The General Treasurer, Mr Wm D. Fraser, F.C.M.A., 20 Daleview Avenue, Glasgow G12 0HE, acknowledges with sincere thanks the following donations:—
Sustentation Fund:
J. MacL., Kylesku, £15.
Jewish and Foreign Mission Fund:
J. MacL., Kylesku, £5.
China Mission Fund:
M.G., £2.50; Anon., Clachtoll, per Rev. A.M., £5.
Home of Rest Fund:
M.G., £2.50; Two Residents, £10; Daviot Congregation, £47; Donation received in loving memory of the late Mary Gillanders, Plockton; Anon, Gift of a new Commer Minibus.
Publications Fund:
Anon., per W.D.F., £10.
Trinitarian Bible Society:
Portree Congregation, £113.10.
The Treasurers of the following congregations acknowledge with sincere thanks the following donations:—
Aberdeen:
Anon, Oban, per Rev. E.A. Rayner, £5; Anon, Inverness, per Gen. Treasurer, £50; B.G., Portree, £2, in Collection Plate, all for Manse Fund; Two Friends, £5.
Applecross:
Anon., Friend, Gairloch, £2, for Communion Expenses.
Beauly:
Two Friends, Inverness, £5; Friend, £4; “In loving memory of my parents,” £10; Two Friends, P.O., £3, all for new Church Building Fund.
Glasgow:
Anon, £1; Anon, £10, per Rev. D.M., both for Bus Fund; Anon, £10; Friend, Harris, £2, per A.J.M.; Friend, Harris, £3, per A.J.M., last three for St Jude’s Development Fund; Anon., £10; Anon., £1; Anon., £10; Anon., £1.05; P.W., £5, last five for Sustentation Fund; Anon., £7.15, for China Mission Fund; Anon., £10, for Dominions and Overseas Fund; Anon., £100, per J.A.M., for Home Mission Fund.
Laide:
Friend, Ullapool, £2; Friend, Inverness, per Gen. Treasurer, £50; Friend, Raasay, £20; Friend, Skye, £7; Friend, England, £15; Anon., £20; Friend, Kames, £5; Friend of the Cause, Stornoway, £5; Friend of the Cause, Gairloch, £5; Friend of the Cause, Applecross, £6, all for Laide Manse Building Fund.
Laig:
Friend, Portree, £5, for Congregational Funds.
North Harris:
Misses K. & J. MacK., West Tarbert, £3, for Sustentation Fund, £2 for Home Mission and £2 for Foreign Mission; Mr E. MacD., Cluver, Harris, £1 for Home Mission.
Oban:
Visitor, £10, for Sustentation Fund.
Plockton/Kyle:
Anon., Kyle, £7, for Manse Building Fund.
Portree:
Anon, £5; Anon, £2, both in Church Plate, and both for Property Maintenance Fund; Anon., Braes, £3, for Church Bus, per F.M.; Friend, £5; Mr & Mrs F. Kensalyre, £5 both for Church Renovation, and both per F.M.
Stornoway:
Friend, £50, for Sustentation Fund; Friend, Coulegrein, £15, for Sustentation Fund, £8 for China Mission Fund; £5 for Congregational Fund, all per Rev. J. Macleod.
Stratherrick:
Anon, £2, for Sustentation Fund.
Tain and Fearn:
In memory of late Archie Robertson, £20; In memory of late Willie MacKenzie, £20; Anon., £56; Anon, £1; Anon, £5; Anon, £5, last four for Manse Fund; In memory of the late R. MacLeod, £1, for Trinitarian Bible Society.
An hour of sanctified sorrow is better than a thousand years of sinful mirth.
Plumber.