Ordination and Induction of Rev John Campbell
On a calm evening, on August 9 last summer, the Western Presbytery met in the Staffin Church for the Ordination and Induction of Rev John Campbell. A large congregation gathered, with some travelling from the south and north of the country, as well as a good number of Skye people from the other congregations on the Island. The preliminary procedures having been conducted by the Presbytery in the vestry, the Moderator of the Presbytery, Rev Bruce Jardine, and the Clerk, Rev Iain MacDonald, went to the pulpit. As usual, ministers from outside the bounds of the Presbytery were associated with the Court.
The Clerk then conducted Divine worship, and preached from Psalm 126: 5,6. Thereafter, the Clerk gave a brief overview of the steps leading to the call, and the Moderator proceeded to address to Rev John Campbell the relevant questions used on such occasions. Mr Campbell answered these satisfactorily. The formula was then read and signed by him in the presence of the congregation. The Moderator, having asked Mr Campbell to kneel, ordained him to the office of the holy ministry with solemn prayer to the Most High and with the laying on of hands, in which all ministers present joined. Mr Campbell was then admitted to the pastoral charge of the Staffin congregation, and given the right hand of fellowship by the Moderator, other Presbytery members and the ministers present from other presbyteries.
Rev Donald Ross suitably addressed the newly ordained and inducted minister. The Moderator then addressed the congregation as to their duty in relation to their new minister, stressing among other things the importance of regular attendance on the public worship. Brotherly good wishes were expressed in letters received by the Clerk from Revs Wilfred Weale, Keith Watkins, John Morrison, Dmytro Levytskyi, Neil Ross, and George MacDonald, and these were read out. Rev K D Macleod, representing the Northern Presbytery, along with Rev Allan MacColl, spoke of the need for the Holy Spirit to accompany the labours of the new minister. Rev D Campbell, representing the Southern Presbytery, also spoke suitably.
After the benediction, the numerous congregation had the opportunity of shaking hands with the newly ordained and inducted minister on their way out of the church. In view of the prevalence of Covid 19, it was deemed consistent and prudent to withhold the catering arrangements normally made for such occasions.
Great is the need for showers of heavenly blessing to accompany the newly begun ministry in Staffin. For the dry bones to live requires nothing less than Divine power, by the Holy Spirit’s working in the hearts of sinners. May the ministry thus begun be blessed to the strengthening of the Lord’s people, and the convicting and converting of sinners, so that the Saviour would have a seed to serve Him in this remote corner of the earth!
(Rev) I D MacDonald, Clerk of Presbytery
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By appointment of Synod, the second of the year’s two special collections for the College and Library Fund is due to be taken in congregations in December.
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That affliction is both designed and fitted to call us to the exercise of faith is evident, as well from the general scope of Scripture, as from the experience of every believer.
Presumption and despair are the two great rocks on which we are ever in danger of making shipwreck. . . . Why should any man despair who reads of the thief who was converted on the cross? . . . Who dare presume when he reads that there was another thief on another cross who died unconverted there? . . . The one was taken and the other left.
James Buchanan
The Free Presbyterian Magazine
2022
Volume 127
Editor:
Rev Kenneth D Macleod
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,
that it may be displayed because of the truth (Psalm 60:4)
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
| “A Time to Die”
Charles Bridges | 369 | Eastern Europe Mission News
Rev Dmytro Levytskyi | 346 |
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| Antichrist, The
W D Killen | 85,117 | Editorials: | |
| Angels, The
Thomas Sproull | 23,44 | Better Things in 2022? | 1 |
| Book Reviews:
Ark For All God’s Noahs, An
Thomas Brooks | 57 | Christ’s Continuing Presence | 289 |
| Charges and Addresses
J C Ryle | 121 | Complete Salvation, A | 33 |
| Fighting the Good Fight of Faith
Hugh M Cartwright | 188 | Elijah and Prayer | 129 |
| Glorious Feast of the Gospel, The
Richard Sibbes | 153 | Great King and His Kingdom, The | 353 |
| How Do You Read the Bible?
J C Ryle | 313 | Hating with a Cruel Hatred | 225 |
| Human Rights and the Christian
Gerard Chardmley | 219 | Reasoning with God | 193 |
| Mystery of Providence, The
John J Murray | 156 | Rest for God’s People, A | 161 |
| Preparations for Sufferings
John Flavel | 55 | Safety of Christ’s Sheep, The | 257 |
| Scattered and Kept
Thomas Boston | 281 | Satan’s Armour | 65 |
| Select Practical Writings
Robert Traill | 27 | What Is Prayer? | 321 |
| Swift and Beautiful
David B Calhoun | 251 | When Satan’s Armour Is Taken Away | 97 |
| Upper Room, The
J C Ryle | 373 | Farming Spiritualised
John Flavel | 178 |
| Why Were Our Reformers Burned?
J C Ryle | 283 | Gift of God, The
W K Tweedie | 14 |
| Works of Thomas Manton, The
Christ’s Knowledge of Sin
C H Spurgeon | 155 | Hope of a Dying Believer, The
Rev Walter Scott | 311 |
| Christ Seeking Lost Souls
John Flavel | 340 | Jesus and the Woman of Samaria
George Hutcheson | 54,83,116,152,
179,202,246,271 |
| Christ’s Peace and Holiness
J C Ryle | 364 | Last Days of John Russell, The | 278 |
| Church Information
32,63,96,128,160,
192,223,256,287,319,351,379 | 41 | “Let Israel Hope in the Lord”
John Bunyan | 309,338 |
| Congregational Contributions for 2021
Daniel Rowlands | 92 | Looking to Jesus
Mary Winslow | 15 |
| David Ross
Rev Ewen MacQueen | 50 | Luther and the Reformation: | |
| Duncan MacLeod, Applecross
Rev Neil Cameron | 11 | 16. Luther and the Papacy | 77 |
| | 250 | 17. The Papacy and “This Contagious
Disease” | 104 |
| | | 18. Philip Melancthon | 139 |
| | | 19. Ready to Face the Pope’s Representative | 172 |
| | | 20. “I Will not Yield” | 209 |
| | | 21. Demanding Proof from Scripture | 236 |
| | | 22. Refusing to Retract | 268 |
| | | 23. Standing up to the Cardinal | 302 |
| | | 24. Unwilling to Flee | 332 |
| | | 25. An Insecure Future?
J H Merle d’Aubigné | 361 |
| | | Many Mansions, The
J C Ryle | 247 |
| | | Mission Work Among Native Americans
David Brainerd | 347 |
| More Than Conquerors
R M M’Cheyne | 82 | Panting Soul, The
R M M’Cheyne | 356 |
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| “Mysteries” in the New Testament
Rev D W B Somerset | 20,41,88,109 | Receiving from Christ’s Fullness
Rev Donald Beaton | 260 |
| Notes and Comments
30,61,94,124,158,
191,220,254,285,315,348,375 | 30,61,94,124,158, | Responsibility of Gospel Hearers, The
William Wilson | 4 |
| Parents, Children and Bible Promises
J C Ryle | 370 | Sin and God’s Woe
David Dickson | 293 |
| Ploughing Spiritualised
John Flavel | 273 | “Sinners Shall Be Converted”
John Duncan | 37 |
| Preaching Christ:
1. Why Is It the Great Duty of Ministers? | 143 | Sin and Grace
John Bunyan | 217 |
| 2. Plainly and Faithfully | 175 | Some Sayings of John Newton | 160 |
| 3. Humbly and Wisely | 204 | Synod Sermons:
“Let Us Go on unto Perfection” | |
| 4. Zealously and Boldly, Painstakingly
and Frequently | 240 | Rev J B Jardine | 69 |
| 5. As Examples | 267 | Place of Christ’s Feet Glorious, The
Rev J R Tallach | 228 |
| 6. Feelingly and Rightly | 306 | Thomas Boston – His Life and Ministry:
1. His Younger Years
F R Daubney | 365 |
| 7. Acceptably and Constantly
Thomas Brooks | 371 | Threefold Blessing, The
Henry Law | 274 |
| Preface to the Lord’s Prayer: Lessons
Thomas Boston | 49 | Travelling to Zion
John Macfarlane | 214 |
| Protestant View
29,60,157,
190,252,287,314, | 29,60,157, | Trust, Help and Praise
John Macfarlane | 109 |
| Raven, The
Henry Law | 183 | Union with Christ:
1. In the Decree of Election and the
Covenant of Grace | 146 |
| Review Articles:
Thomas Charles’s Spiritual Counsels
reviewed by Rev N M Ross | 343 | 2. A Union of Nature | 180 |
| Sacraments, The
Robert Stewart | 113 | 3. The Formation and Nature of Spiritual
Union | 205 |
| Sermons:
Christ’s Invitation to the Labouring
Thomas Boston | 101 | 4. Spiritual Union (2)
Rev I D MacDonald | 242 |
| “Foolishness of Preaching, The”
Rev N M Ross | 132 | What Christ Came to Do
C H Spurgeon | 308 |
| Christ, Both God and Man
Rev H M Cartwright | 324 | Words of Warning
John Newton | 300 |
| Justification by Faith
J W Alexander | 164,196 | | |