PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LEADERS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 9

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LEADERS

: ;'; v/ V : NEwVjIOTERATOES.'■ ',p^\ Dr.: Pearson H'Adam ' '■ Huiri ■'■:, Glasgow■ Cathedral,': who; lias ■■: been ".nominated as Moderator of,-the next General Assembly of tho-:Church of :Scotland,.-;has ,had:,a. distinguished;career.: : -Hβ -is sixty-threo years of agei-,and.his; mental: and:physfc cal powers areistillitt.fuU'vigour. Dr. Sluir is a son; of :the mansej ; -,his :father having been -parish'-,-minister, at- -Kirk-; mabreck, Kirkcudbright..: He received his education", at .the: Glasgow;; High School and:-.the -university '.there,- 'and:', was' licensed in -1868. ,C The -first .charge' .Dr. lluir took up ,was the mission'iat Catrine, and 'before; hV'left -it -two i years;.later, he had succeeded , ; in erecting; it -into, a parish quoad".sacra.; In i lß72he. leinoye'S to-: the Parish ; of.Polniont,; where; after eight years' service, he; was-: called' .to. the pastorate o'f .ItorningsideyParish.in. sue-. cession to ■Dγ:. , Taylor,;, who had been,ap.pointed 'to: the ■ Chair: of .'Ecclesiasticil ■History.'-at" Edinburgh'lfniversity.;^.This, charge; he conducted N'.withj. the- greatest' l success until-1886; when' , on vthe/death df the Rev. George'.Stewart Burns, D'.D.'; he- •' ieceiyed,l a;' unanimous '.'■ call..' to i the cathedral,-Glasgow.-v where "he ;; his'rer m'ained' ever: since. -An : inipressive,.'speaker .and a..-nfan-of.^great;••energy,- -'Dr.' M'Adam Miiir'-■ has achieved,, a :wide reputation bothvinside■;.and ■; outside, .the church.-'--He.;has;always >taken fa- keen interest in public: affairs, -~and->while .'in Edinburgh;;-, he. the.l School' Board.:.; He : ias ■ also" ■'.held.';, office';/ in-: the. Grand .'XodßeJ.'of Eeeniasons, I , : and' , is president ■ of. .'the (.Glasgow -.branch : :'of '.'the': Scottish';Christian ; Sooial'o'niote -■-.Serving in various" capaoities .:tb "r thef General , ,'As-' sembly,' : he.' is '* well 'acquainted ■ with Hjie "qute. and.'.ihs"/of. ; assembly-, work/ while, his !; experience as a.)member;,ofivarioua committees .will.; prove .invaluable:;.'; .His publications "havejbeeff numerous.■■!.'.' This year .-haadeliyered t, the., , : Bairdfi-Lectnfes, , '; taking'-'iqr ddS'"subject6"Modern ,-Substi-: tutes. for ..Chnstianity.";.VV:'pi,iVfi;-.«':.; , i.'.-A!:'''' , a'--'inee.tit«,V;i}t'''tl}e-VJ)iiie^ , Stimdsng;Cpmmitttees: of heUl ,in •■L6thian3oad':Ch'u'rchy v ;ffie:jße'v.;; JohnL'Xp'ung;i;rD;p.V::v'Waf::v;unanuiiou.sly. , 'nominated'-. forr the":-Jlbdefator6hip.''pf'the .Churclv/!;;. i: '-X: \~:< Professor iT. .Kennedy^CameronVwas , at.' the :close-, of;-thevPree/;Church .Commis- : : sion,: nominated.; by;..--'tne," Standing;'' Com- ;, mittees as''.Moderator;--ot-the .next :Ge'ne-. ral: Assembly. ■''''.:The.',lionour.'.has'; been bestowed especially jn-ie'cognition 'of• the services-he has^r«ndere'd- L :to;the-iCh'urch' since the :.'creation:.; of' -Com-; Emission': -Professorin Eosskeen,:R6sSshire,.in;lß6o.:;.. He; : was educated'; at' , "'Aberdeen ,;Old . ;Grhmmat; Sclwbl, and ; subsejueritly. : attendfld;Edinv burgh , Wiiver.«ty . (whero v ';he'' grn'duate'd) in■Kosskeen, 'llosihire,"in 18G0.'"Ho;.was ordained -at'.-Kilbride,' , . Arran,-which' .was his only"'ministerial'chnrgei He'was .one of 'the;•small-'band-<who'-TJnion, and took part.•in'.'.con'stituting-the' first , " Assembly;.:o'.f.;thel Pr«e;'.Chu'wh;'remnant in .'l9oo. ,:,, :'Since..'then : -he ;has :l apted; as clerk of', 1906' h'e. was.. apppihtedJProfessbt'ifl.f i.Sys-r cupies/';-.;>,; v i :s-;S'.|-^'-r";v^vvi^^-;.^''^HiC'i''