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“.“‘11e51,0fs 111911’ Wheel were highly. distinguislied. their
-‘I713’: f9l"CA!11,i,l1B1it; piety, and g'1"eat.ab‘ili‘ties ;5 particularly
the Rev.-R oher‘t Craoiglzead, the;Rev. John Milli’nlg,V of
‘ e”‘ereH%'!1$3.:A.ax1dltlie,Rev,g,Joohn Wight; iwholijlled 9,
lfrofesgorls chaixjin the University of Gli1sgo‘w’..l l
. L-g - ,T.l1.0‘prescentV ministers,z.1re>l1e. Rev. Doctor ‘M?Dow- M f
9.11.‘ -the Rev,‘ James Ijlorneyand, the Rev. J axnee Cab 5 r’ 3
111e;a2.t1$si.s.ter.1tt'tor .Mr+tt.:‘M‘Dsn[v.a.11- ‘e To this’ church .5,‘
tlierewoye attawclxeiltwo schools; a male school of ftventv .1-Fil 1
cl1i’ldren,"ox1(1.afemalesohool oftezifgV-Theeeschoolei are i r ;
‘ entirelyfstxpportcd.by thecollection. xnnde‘ at z1se:ai‘n- 7; l E
nual‘..cl1 arity; sermon preilchebdg on tlxctirst Simdajrlin 7’-.‘
A Miircll. ' ‘ ‘ ' & ' A H .
t,, 5 Uslzei-’.s: Ql((i‘y.,-‘-flt . is .- supposed that this congi'ega- l
t.ion,-was fufst fonnedgin the year 1695, under the pas- ll’
tor;1l$ca1je .101’ the -Rex’. Hugh M‘Master.- In‘ thehyear ‘ t ,
1773 it wa s'.‘encfea.sed bytvthemnion of the old Prcshy‘ ‘L I
terionclmrtgh of Plunlcet-stxfeet. The’present xninisters ,.
are the Re'v.VHugh Moore, and the Rev. Samuel. Simp- H “K
son.‘ ., .'I3,ofthis-.cl1urcl1‘ ere attached two clmrity. schools,
‘ one foij(;g;nZales', -“oontaining.twenty hoys,ethe other for "‘
fen;oles,:contaiLni.11g an equal number. These. schools L, w .,.,,,“
31:83 suppor;te⋘cl1ietly‘l)y permanent funLl$,. and partly
‘by .;tl1oe., collectionbatltlge [annual charity sermox),p reucl1-
0d,, the;Sec‘ondfSun,d;1y.in Jzxnuary. . V -
lnvthev? yearf17lO, ;“ e'AI‘,he . General evPreshy“teria.n ' ‘
Fund" wwfas fo.rmed4i,in:Dublin, for. the, purpose of sup- ’ 1 ‘ b
:p0rjtingo.ngl e:<tenclin'g4;the;Preshyterian interest.in.tl1e 3 V; ; L
S0,uth-gofj lr‘elan;1.7:.‘ 3 f1‘;o..this ‘fund the members of W'ood- ‘
S!teet,3:l(noxwjE,;SAtifan;1-skeet)econgregationv contributed 14;.‘ 4 5
356850, ai1(1,;-somemenxheys ofthe xothep congrega.tions,. . '-3 ;
“$320. .1 :nT.h0uglx7 the. propertygof, the fund VA has. been " ; “
g“"91t‘l,V;iinjubr‘ed,":lit. stilljconitinues, to promote‘ the o1jig1'- .
"“I"1.l"5'1‘.f“.-5‘ .Sho'rt1y. after in Ac=%.den1y:f0r.Dissentem.
t. ’. ‘I w:‘ )5‘ ‘ 4 ' rt’ ‘ V V ‘ ‘ ' ;
J’ A lfriefehistory-of this funk! has been drawn up by the Rev.
“"165 Ax-mstrong. one 0! the ministers of Strand-street.
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