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1986

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January 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • As Thy Days, so shall Thy Strength be
  • Notes of a Sermon
  • Cast me not from Thy presence
  • Regeneration
  • The Days of the Fathers . . . Question Day Notes
  • The Apostle of the North
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes

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February 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy
  • Sermon: “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.” — Jeremiah 9: 1. By Rev. J. A. Macdonald, Fort William
  • Unbelief — the Greatest Sin
  • Days of the Fathers — Question Day Notes
  • The Properties of the Moral Law
  • Highland Disruption Worthies
  • The Just shall live by Faith
  • Church Notes
  • Correction
  • Notes and Comments
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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March 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • Never Man Spake Like This Man
  • Notes of a Sermon
  • Notes of a Sermon: “Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with an unquenchable fire,” — Matt. 3: 12. By the Late Rev. Christopher Munro, Strathy. Preached at Kilmuir, Skye, 1st March, 1867
  • Days of the Fathers . . . Question Day Notes
  • Days of the Fathers . . . Question Day Notes: Communion Question Day in the District of Carloway — 27th September 1878
  • Obituaries
  • The Late Miss M. Gillies, Staffin
  • Mr Robert MacSween, Glasgow
  • Notes and Comments
  • The Government and the Westland Affair
  • The Government and Ireland
  • Space Shuttle Disaster
  • Violence on Television
  • Extreme Left Influence in Schools
  • Our Mission in Zimbabwe
  • Church Notes
  • Dundee Induction
  • Court of Session Case
  • Committee Meetings (D.V.)
  • Second-hand Books
  • Notice to Conveners/Clerks of Standing Committees
  • Notice Re Synod Agenda
  • FREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SCOTLAND CONGREGATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS SENT TO GENERAL TREASURER – 1985
  • SUMMARY
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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April 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • Be Sober, Be Vigilant
  • Sermon: Rejoicing always before Him, and My delights were with the sons of men (Proverbs 8: 30,31) by Rev. Dr. John Kennedy, Dingwall, Preached at Dornoch Communion, June 1881 (Taken by a hearer.)
  • Days of the Fathers . . . Question Day Notes
  • Letter to a Young Preacher by Christmas Evans
  • Calvin on the Ministry
  • Conversion of Alexander Henderson
  • Reading the Scriptures and other good books
  • Book Reviews
  • Notes and Comments
  • Protest Re Christmas Stamps
  • Reply
  • Protest re Homosexual Law Reform Bill
  • Resolution re Pornographic Films
  • Zimbabwe Mission — Staff Vacancies
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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May 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • Prayer For Promised Blessing
  • Sermon
  • Zion’s Troubles
  • A Noted Minister — Rev. James Durham
  • The Jew
  • John Calvin on Church Music
  • Book Reviews
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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June 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • The Lord Reigns
  • The Blessedness of Those who Mourn: “Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.” Matt. 5:4. by Rev. James S. Sinclair
  • Prayer
  • Letter of James Bourne
  • The Evidences of True Faith (Extracted from Westminster Confession of Faith)
  • Church Socials
  • Voluntaryism
  • Obituary
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Mass Media — TV, Radio and newspapers
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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July 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • Meeting of Synod 1986
  • REPORT on Malawi
  • Synod Reports 1986

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August 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • The General Assemblies
  • Sermon By the Rev. D. Macfarlane. Preached in Dingwall Free Presbyterian Church on Sabbath, 8th September, 1907. (Taken down by a Hearer)
  • Christ is All
  • The Sun behind the Cloud
  • A Head Covering in Public Worship?
  • The Millennium
  • Opening of the Canadian Mission
  • Trinitarian Bible Society Report
  • Church Notes

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September 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • The Lord shall guide thee continually
  • Sermon
  • The Christian’s Great Interest
  • They Comfort Me
  • Gillespie’s “Aaron’s Rod Blossoming”
  • Christianity and Marxism
  • Book Reviews
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Presbytery Meetings (D.V.)
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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October 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • Deep Waters
  • Sermon
  • Difference between Acquired and Experimental Knowledge
  • Steps of Spiritual Experience
  • Obituaries
  • Gillespie’s “Aaron’s Rod Blossoming”
  • Book Reviews
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations

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November 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • Good Reading
  • Sermon
  • Christ and His Grace
  • The Names and Titles of Jesus Christ — The Rock
  • John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots
  • Sketch of Ewen Cameron
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes
  • Acknowledgment of Donations
  • Other Corrections

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December 1986 PDF scan ↗
  • The Spiritual and Moral State of the Nation
  • Sermon by Rev. D. N. MacLeod, Ullapool (Preached on Friday night of the Communion at Ullapool 4th September, 1959): “Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Matt. 25: 34
  • Trust in the Lord for Ever
  • Christmas: Pagan? Romanist? Protestant?
  • Deputy’s Report on Visit to East Central Africa
  • The Church in their House
  • Obituaries
  • Notes and Comments
  • Church Notes

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