150 years international community church (icc) beirut lebanon

THE SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORY

OF COMMUNITY CHURCH

Beirut Lebanon

1823 -1973

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SESQUICENTENNIAL

HISTORY

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BEIRUT

1823 - 1973

Robert M Copeland

Beirut

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BEIRUT

1974

Cover Illustration From a woodcut of the American Mission Church (now the National Evangelical Church) in which the Congregation worshiped from 1869-1971

CONTENTS

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vINTRODUCTION 0 0 gt bullbull 0

vThe A Bo C F M The First Missionaries vi Beirut vii

I EARLY CHURCH HISTOR Y UNDER AMERICAN BOARD AUSPICES 1823-1863 1

The Mission Churchlt1823-1828 2

The Malta Years 1828-1830 5

Beirut 1830-1863 o bullbull bull bull 7

II A BUILDING FOR THE CHURCH 9

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND YEARS 1864-1911 16

The Church of Scotland Mission to the Jews 16 17

Pastors Robertson Scott and Mackie 17 Church Government 20

GllUHh Finance 25 Benevolence 27

Transfer of Mission to Presbyterian Church

Chul Sev-lceE bull 21 tian Education 24

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WonHnls Organizations 27

IN CARE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF FOREIGN 28

28 A Move to Disband the Congregation 0 30 Church Goverrunent 31

Christian Education 31 34

CongIegational Services Provided to Allied Forces During

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Christian Endeavor Society 35 Church and Benevolence 35

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COj1vlUNITY CHURCH OF BEIRUT 1950-1973 bullbull 39

A Fun~ Salaried Pastor~ Howard McClintock 39 A New Name for an Old Churchbull 39 Pastors Eder Swedenburg and Wilcox 39

42 Church Finance and Benevolencebull 42 Christian Education 43 Memberltshipc C 440 coo bull

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PREFACE

With the approach of the 150th Anniversary of the Community Church of Beirut the Community Church Council appointed a 150th Anniversary Committee to make plans for the recognition of this significant event throughout Sesquishycentennial Year I was asked by the Committee to write a short summary of Community Church history which was to be presented in the form of a souvenir booklet to members of the Congregation attending an anniversary dinner scheduled for November 23 1973 However as the date of the dinner coincided with the aftermath of the 1973 Arab- Israeli War the dinner was postponed and subsequently rescheduled for May 23 1974 Publication of the booklet was rescheduled accordingly and its scope was enlarged

Though delay in publication has resulted in an expanded work this booklet may not be considered as a complete and exhaustive history of Community Church Such a history would require more time than I have been able to devote to this project in the period allotted plus access to records which are not available in Beirut

I have chosen to concentrate on the earlier history of the Church and to limit my account of the years 1950-1973 the subject of the final chapter to a brief summary of the highlights of this periodo Many of the pre-1950 Church records a considerable portion of them handwritten in now faded ink are in very poor condition and are brittle torn or smudged The history of this period might soon be lost forever if not promptly recorded In contrast the 1950-1973 records are quite complete in excellent condition and are more likely to be available to one working on a later edition or new work In addition the volume of records documenting the past 24 years exceeds that of the previous 126 years and deserves a more exhaustive analysis than I can presently provide supshyplemented by interviews with those Church members who have experienced this period

Records exist abroad which might prove fruitful in the preparation of a rnore complete history of Corrununity Church These include materials in the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Archives at Harvard University and documents in the Comrrlission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Archives at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia The Church of Scotland may 0 possess materials of value and interest

It should be clearly stated that this is a story of Community Church and not of the various mission bodies which have been associated with it Information concerning these groups is offered only when directly relevant to the history of the Congregationo

Every iltternpt has been made to render work as accurate as possible and to clearly indicate as hypotheses any statements for which concrete evidence does not exist or could not be located Nevertheless errors have probably crept into the text and for these I accept sole responsibility Though sources can be

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verlfjed for all quotations used it has been impossible to prepare proper footshynotes for this edition However brief references to sources of quotes are usually contained in the text itself A revision of this booklet would benefit from more rigor ous doc umentation

In regard to quotations I make no apology for my extensive use of them throughout the work It is my opinion that the events described are more interesting and meaningful when instead of being paraphrased they can be viewed through the eyes of those who experienced them

I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following pers ons Mr Arthur Whitman who supervised the publication of tbis work Mr Zahi Khuri who provided the cover design Miss Varsy Afarian who typed the stencils members of the Community Church Council and of the Fellowship Membership and l50th Anniversary Committees who provided encouragement advice and support throughout the project and my wife Nora who provided inspiration and endured more than the usual amount of husbandly grumbling during the past several months of writing and research

I would also like to acknowledge the use of extenslve res ources contained in the Jafet Memorial Library of the American Univer of Beirut the use of rnicrofHm copies of Syria Mission Records owned by the Near Ea t School of Theology in Beirut and of course the use of the records of the Community Cburch of Beirut

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INTRODIJCTION

The Community Church of Beirut is as old as the Protestant Mission movement in the Middle East and its history is inextricably entwined with the h)ctories of three mission organizations Missionadet of He riean Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions founded Churchand nurtured it rhroughout its early years Later two wholly Presbyterian institutions the Church of Scotland Mission to the Jews and the Americm Pre Board of Foreign Missions provided pastoral guidance dnd other lttssis4ance to the C-ongregation and the latter furnished the church building in its nleurornbers worshipped continuously for more than one hundred yearSe Not until the mid~ twentieth century did Community Church (under its several earlier names) cease to have formal ties with one or another of these mission groups and even today ]t- r ontinues to benefit from an informal enri relationship the various rn~~sion bodies and mission personnel in the area

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The contributions of the A B C F M Church of otland Mission dnd the American Presbyterian Mission are noted throughout the text middotHowever in order to place the beginnings of the Church in proper per~J mention hould be made of the origin of the A B C F M and of 118 tion of the ~ t-1 regul r Pr01estant nllssion effort in Syria Some adellt comments on ~Iru thf uty which quickly established its s the ccnter frorn which

J Proest1nt endeavors emanated may be of further value and jntercsL

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e idea for the American Board of Comnllssioner3 Wfl conceived by four w~ iliinnB College students while praying together in the dow a haystack n(1 r the schooL The year was 1806 and students infued by spirit of r ( H g~ou3 revival which swept New England at tutn of the c entury were t rticularly concerned about the absence of Protestant e tic efforts in ~J3 They pledged themselves to this end and later in 18 fOlrned the Odfty of liThe Brethren II whose object was to effect in person of

n~tmiddotlnhfLrs a ralsslon or missions to the non-middotChristian of the worldo The BrEdren quickly became a significant force for misslons at Williams and its 1JfHlhership soon included Andover students wen At Andover 1

1p01 the matriculation of some of the ori Brethren m(~mbership the oup I ~ Gund H3 logical home and seat of influence

j Four representatives from The B (n petiHoned the General Association IJ ui Mitschusetts Proper which repres the Hlore wing of the

h r ogregational Church to found a rnissionary society to [l~rlance to their plan request was accepted

h CornrniBsioners for Foreign Missions was formed Prudentlal CODPlittee was elected at the new organization s first meet~ne on September c lkl0 1 l which the tasks of planning and fund- rais were begun

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In 1811 the lican Board uggested to Presbyterian Assembly that it consider merit of a Pre dan s similar to The

sbyterianB concluded that one society was enough and its churches to adopt the American Board as thei missionary society abroad Accordingly the Board elected Presbyterian representatives in 1812 ed its work with enlar ged purpose The Congregationalists and the Presbyterians would later welcome the Dutch Reformed Church to their ranks in 1826 Later changes in composition occurred but these are not germane to the scope of this work

The Boards fund- sing efforts received considerable impetus in 1812 when it was learned that not only did Board propose to send missionaries to A but that the st of these dedicated and courageous young men were about to departo They would saB for India imrnediately after ordination cereshynlonies to be held in Salem 1fassachusettltL

Among those to be ordained were the four Brethren petitioners and the ordination service was attended by visitors from far and near One of these was William Gooden a country boy who had trudged over from Philips Academy He was exhusted from his walk and from exploring the novel Sights of the sea-

town of Salem and in own words liMy fatiguewas already so great tr~8tl bed would have been a much more fitting place a church Ii Nevershytheleuros8) fhe ordination deeply impressed young Goodell and no doubt had

irnpad upon his future work for was to become one of the Board) m ost distinguished missionaries and co~founder of Community

Board I S st activities were directed toward the peoples of India [cnd Celtylon the North American Indians and re of the Sandwich

IaLanrl~ It was not 1819 that some of its rnis s were 36signfOd the tu~k of I1 reentering Bible Lands II

The First Missionaries

On November 3 1819 Pliny Fisk and Levi Parsons were sent out as fimtsionaries to Western Asia reference to a permanent on at Jerusalerrl I However their instructions [roIn the Prudential Comrrlittee gave then ample and included the following passage

of the Holy Land - from Calvary froIn Olivet you win take an extended view of the spread

scenes presenting thems on and will survey with earnest ses of fellow- beings who

dWbl1 ire that land and in the surrounding countries The two grand ever present in your minds will be WHAT GOOD CAN BE DONE and BY WHAT MEANS What can be

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donE for Jews What~or the Pagans yVht for 111( Ml ~0nlnl edans [sic] What for tte Chdeurotjans What for the people in Pdiestine What for teose in Egvpt ~in Syria ~in Persia ~in Armenia ~in

other countries to wru(h your inquiries may be extended

Par50n~ and Fisk reached Smyrna on January 14 1820 Dtull1g this year they spent five months in Scio studying modern Greek and Italian the first of many languages in which they were expected to become fluent In Decexuber Parsons sailed for Jerusa16m while Fisk remained in Smyrna studying and acting as chaplain for the British Colony during the next yetr

Parsons arrived in Jerusalem on February 17 1821 the first Protestant missionary to do So with the intent of founding a permanent mission After surveying Held he left for Smyrna to rejoin Fisk Delayed by war and illness his journey was not completed until December 3 Upon medical advice the reunited missionaries left for Alexandria the following month There Parsons again ill He died on February 10 1822 at thetge of 30 J after little more than two years of missionary service

Fisk carried on the assigned task of the Board an~ became the pioneer rriRionry of Beirut Though appointed to Jerusalen~ he pent a total of only n~neuro rnonft therE7Having spent lllOSt of his first three years in Srnyrna and Alexandrii he ar-dved ir Beirut on July 10 1823 and from 1-6 he continued the ler18rkable work of exploration upon which he and Parsons had set iorth toge1htl Sub3equent trips took rn to Jaffa Jeru3alembull alld the pdncipal dt-ie~ of northern Syria bllt BeIrut was the base to which he always returned

Fisk I~ould pretch in Italian Greek and French and he hetd just begun ~nAl~bj Sabbath service and had nearly completed poundtll Arabic dictionshylly he dso was called to rest on October 23 1825

In summing up contributions of Parsons and Fisk Henry H Jessup f~md 8yri) Mission historian states that they brought to light the religious corciition of the BibJle lands they met the leading men of all sects Christian 1108 and JeNish preaching Christ to them frankly and openly they dis tdbuttd great nurnbers of Scriptures and religious tracts and they studied the

and pervading eliseaseE of the region and urged tle sending of medical mrs slomnies In short theuroy were the pioneers of Protestant mission efforts0

in Syria and paved the way for the hundreds of missionlries that were to follow in fooesteps

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Sc1olarl estimate thit Beirut contpoundtined only 5000 ons at the time oJ Fik8 arrival but city was soon to experience an astonishing growtho

1900 population nun1bered 120000 and today nearly one minion persons Bve in greate Beurociruto Thus city was to defy the prediction of Count

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Constantin Volna) the French is and poet who towird he end of the eighteenth c vrate

Two inconveniencee win prevent Bairout ir~oIn ever a place of strength for it is commanded by a chain of

destitute of water which the women are obliged to from a well at ditance of a quarter of a league though what they find there is but indifferent

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Some ten years after Fisks arrival artist William H Bartlett appraised Beirut Inore opthnistically

Beiyout the most desirable reElldence in Syria the situation Ie lovely as a~so is the scenery on every side the town is dirty and disagreeable when compared with the weU- built Tripoli and its fine-flowing Kadesha Lebanon is grand from Bejrout but it is also grand but more from Tripoli The former however the port of Damascus and central Syria it morc conveniently situated for receivlng

e shipping amp(0 from Europe and has ITlOre com~

mercial than any other Syrian porL Many mer reside in BeiLrout besides the consuls and agents for the various Europea~n powers to a European it infinitely more lively and inteuroresting as a residence than Damascns in the midst of many luxuries and streams and groves will often induced to say iiI anl alone my companions my people eire fae from rne no man regardeth me Beirout is the dearer place of the two yet a resident can soon as mtny comforts and enjoyments to his home as if he dwelt in Damascas the sea and the splendid bay offer a n1ore a Illoreuro varied spectacle the Barrada Abana and three br streams and Lebanon offers excursions and v1site to monasteries and castles ~ bring vividly to mind and Scotland in the heart of Syria The town and neighboUlhood are of late improved and are rapidly improving many new dwellings and villas have been built som~ of with much taste The rent of a good house a unnU lS pound30 for a ger a and a garden forty or meal is 4d pound wine 4lt1 the botHeuro Ltbdnon 9d or Is two or e Frank 15 are sett16d 6 bull so that bread is good a rare luxury in Levant The consuls and merchants of different nations on a friendly and S o bull ial footing with dinner evening es and excurand pic-nics in the beautiful neighbottrhoocL bull The air of the coast is 8tid to predis pose to nervollS LOPlplBjnL lnd fevers some cornpt) n of 210

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resident] uses an active exercise keeps his spirit and fancy alive by frequent visits to the mountain and plain and leads in some measure an English life on this splendid land he will find its air healthful its climate delightful and the fine old age of the Maronite and the mountaineer may at last be his portion

Fisk himself favored Beirut highly and his opinion reinforced by later missionaries no doubt influenced the choice of Beirut as the center the American Boards efforts

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Beyroot seems to me to possess many important advantages as a missionary station It is situated at the foot of Mount Lebanon and a missionary might very profitably spend the hot months of the summer among the convents and villages of the mountains many of which are within a few hours I ride of the town Ocshycasional visits might be made to Damascus which is only three days ofpound On the other hand it is only one or two days I sail to Cyprus On the coast south of Beyroot you reach Sidon in one

~ day and Tyre in two and to the west in two or three days you arrive at Tripoli where I understand there are many Greeks It would be easy to maintain correspondence with all

J these places and to supply them with books In Beyroot itself

J a missionary who could preach in Italian might I think collect a small congregation immediately and if he were disposed to open a school there are probably few places in Syria that would

J be so promising Another circumstance which though not very important in itself will yet weigh something in the mind of a missionary is that here he will enjoy the protection of an

J English consul and the society and friendship of several other consuls and their families I think a missionary family would be more comfortably situated at Beyroot than at any other place which I have seen in Syria

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EARLY CHURCH HISTORY UNDER AM poundIN BOARD AUSPICES 1823-1863

Isaac Bird and WilHaJn Good~n ive~t 8 ~ed to join the Palestine Mission in 1822 As with Parsons and Fisk themiddot A B C F M these two conshygregational ministere to make Jetumiddottiern bel DVeniuI ODerclt1onal base But they too would find Bei rut d rnor suita)]emiddot~ Ole clor 1t oion ~fiort and would never take up permanent rt~sidence in the City

On December 9 1822 the Goodell ind Bird s en~barked for Malta on the brig Shephercies3 II after a i1sant voyage on January 21 1823 They were welcorned by the Rev Danie] Templ~ who had recently established on isltmd the lHssion Pre S) ltt2d irnITediately~ddressed themshyselves to task of learning the hmguages Easto Bird dclest son the Rev William Bird was later to say the rnissionari(~s liAs of old they stood in want of the of tongues now no to be granted by miracle Close application to bookd was demanded unHed bv intercourse the people II

Having mastered Italian then of Levant the new mis sionaries engaged bound to Cyprus and though uneventful Noverncer 179 182 prevIous day

Divina Providen~a a ~laltese brig by a frightening

Y ente ltid Beirut on offshore the

A1onday the 17th we vrent on British ons Mr Abbott r6ceived us poHtelyv LrldeecL ady Eent nephew on board kinrily us every dslEmclt wbich it was possible for to rende ltind inviting U3 to hon~e our horne s there was not a s house where it would btl proper to take our wives We imrnediately accepting his kind

rretu to the veas S ltInc baggage There 15 no wharf at Beyrout (nd when 8truck th~ naked Arabs leaped out and carried us one at a tinle through the billowB to land arnJci-t the rnuUitude ran to witness so novel d ceneoWeuro were in costurne~ and ladies were without The pipe and looked on very C ornposedJy the boat

baggage dud I valked to the house of the consul a Turk carrying of Mrs BiTd and leading the way Many Arai)E foHowed in the end would bel and boys 3nd gi frequently T3nCJos the street before us ll order to 56e th~ c of ou~ the cut of our

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The Mis sion Chur 1823-1828

The beginnings of Commudty Church date froni the arrival of Goodell and Bird and the first entry in the original record book reads I1Records of the Mission Church in Beyt~out from the landing of the Rev(L Messrs 1 Bird and W Goodell with thei r families November 17 1823 11 These initial entries are sparse though they provide more information than is available for the latter years covered in th18 chapter The founding of an English speaking church to ser~ve rrlissionary farnUies the few o1her English- speaking residents of the city and the occasiona] English-speaking traveller was certainly an OhVIOUS

spontaneous and necess action However it was also somewhat incidental to the main thrust the Mission enterprise which included exploring the

ountry and about iti people learning preaching and writing in the severallanguagc3 of the area printing and distributing tracts and books establishing school for the native population and expanding the Mission effort by the establishrnent of 11i ssion stations and ultimately native Protestant congregation throughout the counLry Therefore it is not surprising that little

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I The fjnt ltervice is believed to have been held on November

23 1823 at the t~mH of the 13 Consul Mr Peter Abbott ough no Hpecifj( of l i rYade in the Church record hook A JI~~orical Sketch oj t( Anprican published by the Congrcgation in 1873 says Ar It Iir2t n1(etJng for worFhip the Congregation probably con2isted of Mr Con8ul Ahhott) hi le ltlnd (taughter his nephews Messr (jabiel and Jasper eha spaud vIr and Mrso Goodell dnd Mr and Mrs BiTeL

The initia~ entry in record book concerrling service reads We ddrninhtet6d the Lon] Supper frorn tirne 10 time gener on the monthly Concert and had o(casionaHy with us the Revdo Messnl~ Po Fisk and J King American rnil ionatieB p thE Revd Messrs Cook and Macpherson Methodist nlissionaliegt lt1nd the Revd W Eo Lewis Dr and Mrs DaHan and Mr J NicolaysoIl mis8ionClri~s from the London Jews Society London Society

bull J for Propagating [- AnlOng the Jews] j) Thus frorn these two accounts

it if cleat com POklition the Congregation was internatlonal and ~

inteldenonlinltional [talC the start

Initial Church rnernber~hip lecorded as having consisted of Rev Isaac B~rd Mrs Am Bitd Rtwc WilHam Goodell Mrs Ahiga)] Goodell and Mrs Jane DaUon TllM PFrry and Jonas King (sent out in 1822 to join Fisk upon1-shyPatsOr1s dealh) wtre not clDlong is not palticula rly surpr ing Though

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based in Be~Tuj tbtmiddote -lccomplshed predeCeS80lR of Bird and Goodell were USUt1 irlvclhng together throughout Syria and Palestine cltKploring the field and utUizing r cornbined comrnand of Arabic Italian Greek and French

i 10 rech the nativt population They were in fact absent on a trip to Jerusalem when Gooden and Bud rrivedo1J

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Addition31 members were not to be added for several s but the services were open to all including travellers and interested natives of the community That attendance sometimes fell short of expectations can be inshyferred from an 1825 letter written by Fisk to one of his missionary brethren In it he wrote p lilt would make your heart ache to spend a Sabbath in this country Among native Christians it is a day for visits and amusement And I am sorry to add that with resident or travelling Protestants~ it is the same thing II No doubt pastors of more recent times have entertained similar thoughts on beautiful Sunday mornings in the Lebanon

Goodell and Bird shared the pastoral duties with Goodell carrying the full load during Birds 1824 exploratory trip to Jerusalem with Fisk While in Jerusalem Fisk and Bird were arrested and detained overnight for selling copies of the Gospels which the authorities alleged to be neither Muslim Jewish nor Christiana They subsequently returned to Beirut satisfied that it was the most opportune place for their work at the present

When the pastors became satisfied that certain native Christians were sufficiently prepared for full chur membership they made preparations for receiving them As entered in the record lIn December 1826 everal individuals

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appearing to have been truly converted and being desirous of enjoying Christian feHowship with us we conciw1ed as a church to adopt with sonLe variation the Articles of Faith and the Form of Covenant used by tne First Church in Hartford Corllecticutp D S A to be publicly read on the admission of members II

These first new members and converts were Dionysius Carabet forshymerly Archbishop in the Armenian Convent at Jerusalem Gregory Wortabet Do D formerly Secretary to the Armenian Patriarch at Jerusalem and Maria Abbott wife of R B Mo Consul formerly of the Latin Church (Apparently Consul Abbott though a member of the congregation never fonnally joined the Church) They were received into Christian Fellowship and COITlmunion at the InontMy concert of January I 1827 Carabet and Wortabet assented to the Articles of Faith and the Convenant in Arabic and Mrs Abbott did so in English Of the event Gooden wrote in his personal journal

The whole was a scene of deep solemnity and interest It ws the day (always dear to us) of the ITlonthly concert it was th(o

first day of the year it was a renewed consecration of our to Christ and a presentation to Him of first-fruits

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At the following nlonthly concert of February 5 1827 I1Maria wife of Carabet tr

and f Susanl1ahp wife of Wortabet were also adITlitted to membership Mrs Carabet had previously belolged to the Armenian Church and Mrs Wortabet to the Greek Catholic Church

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1 These were the only converts accorded Church rnernbcrsl2ip for a number of years and two of them would later be dismissed Rufus Anderson in his history of the A B C F M sheds light upon the difficulty of attracting converts

] in his comments upon the admission of the Carabets and the Wortabets

] This admission of converts into a church without regard to their previous ecclesiastical relations was a practical ignoring of the old church organizations in the region It was so understood and the spirit of opposition and persecushy

] tion was raised to the utmost In the Maronite and Greek Catholic churches severe denunciations were uttered against the missionaries and all who should render them any Egtervice

] Goodell wrote of the reacti on as follows

] Some time since the people of the mountain were forbidden to speak the word Bird But bird in Arabic signifies cold they were therefore under the necessity of using a diffeEnt

] word Today an order was read in the church in Beyroot which had previously been read on the mountain that no one should speak to us receive any of our books receive our

] charity ampc It was read with loud vociferations and threatenshying aspect We were called heretics accursed I ampc Something of the same nature was proclaimed in the Latin

] church and also in the Greek church

The first baptism entered in the Church record was that of the Bird IS

] infant son William He was baptised in September 1823 by the Rev Daniel TeITlple at the chapel of the American missionaries at Malta However the first person baptised in Beirut was Eliza Fanny daughter of Con6ul and Mrs] Abbott She was baptised at home on June 16 1825 by the Rev W E Lewis Subsequent baptisms included those of three Bird children (Emily Ann James and Martha Ann) by Rev Goodell and those of three Gooden children (Eliza] Dodd Abigail Davis and William) by Rev Bird

The Rev Goodell performed the first marriage of record on Mdrch 16] 1828 when Mr John Nicolayson and Mrs Jane Dalton were united in holy matrimony at the house of Consul Abbott It will be remembered that Mrs Dalton widow of Dr G E Dalton was one of the original Church rnernbers] Both partners werem the service of the London Society for Prarnoting Christianity Among the Jews

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YElt-lris a3 follows

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garden 0 tte heirs of Anton Tabet on the 23d of October 1825 the day on which he died Aged near 34 year

The second rd and sxth entrieiE are for children of Church members and are vivid reminders of the high incidence of infant rnortality at the time Henry Braddell Dalton Dionysiu5 Carabet and James Bird died at the ages of 8 11 and 12 months respectively

The Malta Years 1828-1830

The Greek War of Independence raged throughoo t the Mediterranean from 1821-1829 resl1lting in the first successful break-away from Ottoman rule Beirut became of its venue during the latter years with Greek ships attacking the city on several olcasions

Sentiment against foreigners peaked in late 1827 when news reached OUoman- governed Beirut of monumental October loss of a Turkish fleet of more than 100 vessels at Navarino Greece A combined anied force of twentyshyfour English French and Russian vessels had destroyed it without a single loss of it OWl Fel possible retaliatory consequenc~s of such a blow to Ottoman foreign relidents first sought refuge in the mountains and later tvacUCLhd florn the country The and British consuls left in early 1929 alt1d Bird (lescTibes th rniisiona~ry departure shortly thereafter

OUr circurnstances becarne very embarrassing The loss of our consul war- in the north pestilence approaching from the south together with cutting off of commerce and of our pecuniary n$ourer~ n moved us to a consultation whether the divine will ere not sufhd~11t1y indicated that we should reUre for a time from our After due deliberation and looking to the Father of

for wisdom to direct we decided to charter for our use an AU8tr~ian ves lying at anchor in the harbor which was offered to take us to MaHan We commenced sending on board our goods April 24 carefuUy wrapping in flag-mats all articles known to be susce the contagion of the city for the plague had already

gun it WOIk there Including the families of our two Armenians and of Mr~ N[icolayaon] the English missionary we made up twenty-one passengers

The thirty day voyage on a little trabaccolo of one hundred tons was a crowded and ullpleasant one ind was followed by thirty additional days of quarantine However the party arrived safely to a haven under British control and they were wekorned by gues of the resident Mission Press As Consul and Mrs Abbott h3d erled them aU Tlembers the Church were again together and veekly services worship were resunled

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The yet tiny membership was to become even smaller when on October 20 1829 the following res olution was pa3sed and rec orded in Church records

That whereas Dlonysius Carabet and Gregory Wortabet our two Armenian brethren have declared themselves to be no longer under the watch and care of this Church and have thereby reshynounced the covenant which upon their entering they took upon themselves and have accordingly administered the ordinance of baptism to one of their children without the knowledge of the Church or of its officers therefore resolved that the connection of these said individuals with the Church be from this time disshysolved [Signed] W Gooden Attest

No details of this rnatter are availablE as tht excomrnunication is not recorded in any published works relating to the Mission enterprise However there are references whic h indicate that relations between the Mission and these gentleshymen remained friendly and their wives continued to be members in good standing Wortabets son John was later to become a Presbyterian minister and a pillar of the Church

On October 1829 with American Board missionaries to the various countries of the MedHerraneiln now illOS in llalta on account of the war the name of the Church WhS changed and It scope enlarged The first four articles of the expanded Church read as follow

1 This Church shall take n~e nJme of The Church of the American Mis]on in 1v1editerranean ind resolved into branches corre ponding to the staUont~ which are and shall be established by the Arneric aD Board of Corrtmj~sgjoners for Foreign Missions in the diffelent countries of the Mediterranean

2 The Conh~ sion of Falth and CovEnant now used by the Church shaH Ie used by all the branc s

3 Edell branch shaH it-1 mdependent right to celebrate the ordin~mceL and keep a r(Kord of its proceedings

4 AU baptisms adrrtis310ns excommunications deaths and depal~ture3 fr01TI rvIjBsion) oc(uring in any branchshall be reported to all the other bram hes and entered on their records

Additional article covered cations and procedures for admission to and excornmunic from Church members Thus the Beirut Church was the parent of tbe enlarged organlzatio~ and constituted one of its branches unti11848 when it again became a separatA

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The war came to a close en autumn of 1829 and Consul Abbott soon returned to his post in Beirut Birds followed in the spring of 1830 leaving the island May 1 aboard the Maltese brig Vincitore They were accompanied by Rev and Mrs George B Whiting who had recently joined the Mission in Malta but they said tearful goodbyes to the Goodells who rernained behind While in Beirut Gooden had begun translation of the Scriptures iuto Armeno- Turkish and he stayed in Malta to complete task and to supervise its printing at the Mission PreBf In due to hiB proficiency in both Armenian and Turkish he would receive ~nstruetions from the Jlrudential Comnlittee of the Board to proceed to Constnnnnople to openi Ilew Jv1is ion branch )nd there he would reIYlain until biG r frernent in 1865 t the of 73

Henry Jessup wro1f IUpon the return stant conlnlUrlJ ty 1n the Turkish

Empire came out in a Ehore boat to meet them It consIsted of three pers ons That was indeed a day of small things II With their return Sabbath services were immediately resumed at the residence of Consul Abbott

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Biro ltwei Whlhng oon purchased it plot ground for the Mission which would tJventually ~f orcuPJed hy tll( ehurer Press Sunday school girls boarding be ilnd cemetery The Churcb including the former Press building on its left flHU1m on th~3 85H today by Conlmunity Church until 1971 it rern~dn the homf~ of A National Evangelkal Church founded by the Mis sian 111 iK48

j Bird ] ( huU d nti8 50n hou~e known as Bur j Bird which was then the

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j 1115950n and Church wOlk progre cd and in regard to his visit to Beirut in the mid-1830 i trti5t W JI Bartlett ould comment~

J Beir out ha anothE r and erninerit advantage oyer other

111 L3 religiOUS S e5 and privileges nU1ny IYlinister of nllttny lands YEampJde here in vinas where

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Sa hbath does not as strlnger to feel himself

in a strange tuJn a fj~fe Hrg caInl of consolltion corne wHb at rnorn1ng sun the chur or chapel where has worohipped famiUar to his earlier Hie endeared to his rl per yearE tse in frmcy before him as he walks through

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pear and woods of the urroundeci by beautiful ga

A u~ blr congregjmiddotion attends here the service is conshyducted hy)p~es nrl ir--tply 1n the vicinity there is a reprelqmativE of the cl -VilSSlOIl [Church of England J but the Arne ~ln nli Slonrhs are the ipa1 labourers hert t praise 15 due to these able and earnest men who utve urHlertak~n the s and arduous task of rernoving lncien prejudices

At d~ms and only a few facts relating to the Church may be ~lissior1 ac aunts of the next thirty years The Whitings were reassigned to Je-usalem in and did not return to Syria until 1843 at which time th( Board eel down its Jerusalem station and left that field to the Church of Birds found it necessary to return to the United States permanently in 1835 on account of lrs~ Birds health However other missionaries contJInued to the pulpit and to perform the various pastoral duties in addition to their reguhr ~li sion assignments During the 1835-1849 period these irduded Eb Snlitn Hebard William M Thomson and

c year of service are listed in the Appendix of members of the

be appointed by the ch annually to Smith J Edwards Ford and William Pastor during the years 1848-1857

various n1embers and Most of corn-

regularly recorded in offfcial records at and a chapel was ultimately consecrated Supper on November H 1839 Services

dedi of the Church in 1869

On April 3 U~middot18 fbe ReuroVe Messrs Smjth Whiting and Thomson with the poundmiddotdon fhe branhe of the Church of the American Mission in the 11edite rJdega~nean took action to once organize the Beirut branch into a

and ion At o~epoint shortly thereafter it knovn as Anglo- erjIn Congregation tlis name probably cropshy

ping up in C0111E10n USf ge belatE fOtlTgtll1y adopted This was the name whi h the ChtHC h NQuld reLn 1945

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grmiddot nmnl)Et of or-verts demanded to Arahic Evangelical Syrian Church in

1848 8JtEr organized into a tinct nahve ( (gition However it should be pointed out that Arabic

s~rvices h3d bftSn he1d rt r1y Borne years before this new church was formally constituted Arahk Church the Mission Chapel and later thE Chu1cL It continues to worship

to to this An ~elictn Congregation

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A B DILDING FOR THE CHURCH

On January 25 1866 the Anglo-American Congregation held a meeting to consider the ways and means necessary to build a church The meeting was chaired by the Rev James Robertson the Scotsman who had become the Congreshygationts pastor in 1864 when the American Mission agreed to allow the Church of Scotlandts Mission to the Jews to conduct the English Sabbath service Details of this agreement and an account of the 46 years during which the Church of Scotland supplied the Anglo-American Congregation with its pastor are the subject matter of the following chapter

A building committee of 15 persons was formed and voted pastor Robertson as Chairman The COnLUittee given power to add to its number included during the course of its five year existence some 33 of the Congregationts leading businessmen doctors educators and mission personnel

The first business of the Building Committee was to draw up a statement for the solicitation of funds of which 250 copies were printed and circulated This statelnent read

The foHowing statement and appeal for contributions are reshyspectfully submitted to attention of all who are interested in Syrian Missions

The aparhnent in the Mission House of the A B C Fa M in which for many years divine services have been maintained in the Arabic and EngHah languages for the benefit of the Arab congregation and of English and American residents and travellers) had already become too small for the ac comodation of the native congregation and has been assigned by the American BoaId to form a part of the Native Female Seminary now in course of erection

To provide another place of worship for the native congreshygation the Board has set apart a convenient site on the Mission property and has besides made a grant of money on condition that the native congregation contribute according to its ability towards the erection of a new edifice The Church of Scotland Mission which has for about a year had the use of the present chapel for the service in English is agtlso to contribute towards the building

The Anglo- Amerhan Congregation glad of an opportunity to show their appreciation of the pastoral services of the Missionaries for so many years and of the free use of the chapel and deoairou3 that the union hitherto subsisting should be maintained have therefore cordially agreed to co-operate with the American and Scotch Missions and with the Native

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Protestant Community by making and soliciting contributions in aid of the building fundy in order that the plan for the new edifice may be modified to suit the wants of both congregations and to be more in harmony with the general improvements of the city

The cost of such a building has been estimated at pound2000 Of -this sum about the half win be contributed by the American and Scotch Missions and the Native Congregation and to aid in providing the remainder contrIbutions are earnestly solicited from the friends of Protestant Missions in Syria The appeal for help from abroad is the more reasonable considering that during a part of the year no small proportion of the attendance at the service in English consists of traveIiers and temporary residents

Contributions may be sent to the British or American Consulate to the Irnpc-riaJ Ottomdn Bank or to any meITlber of the Comshymittee whose names are subjoined

Beirutbull February 1866

COMMITTEE Rev James Robertson Chairrnan

Jamef Blac k Treasurer W F Goodwin Secretary

J Rev W M Thomson D D Rev C V A Van Dyck M D J Aug Jobno1 U Consul Rev H H Jessup D D Henry Heald F H Smith

J R Sornerv5He Ao Walkt~r

R G Bar M D H Whittington Edward A Va Dyck Henry K Thoms on

The choice James Black an merchant as Treasurer was an excellent one In wnting of Mr Black years later Henry Jessup stated that he was a man Ilwhose sterling integrity high bUBiness prnciples and unflinching veracity gave hinl an ce for righteousness ln Sydl never surpassed The Mohammedans when w18hing to use an oath stronger than the oath by the beard of Mohammed would swear tby the word of Khowaja Black Englishman t II

Mr Blat k a160 designed initial plan for the Church and superintended its construction throughout He was later assisted in the drawing of final architectural plans by Mr Charles A Smithc At a Congregcltional Meeting held on November 14 ]866 My Black subrnitted a wooden rnodcl of the proposed church edifice which he had constructed model was approved by the Congreshygation which then insttucted Building CorYllydttet Ito proceed with the erection of the church edifice so far as they conaider thernselves warranted by the state of the funds II Actual construction of the Church foundation was begun on April I 1867

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The cornerstone of the Church was laid on June 5 1867 Mrs William M Thomson being the oldest melnber of the Congregation and having also as the wife of Consul Abbott been present at the first meeting of the Congreshygation 9 was selected to lay the stone In it was embedded a leaden box conshytaining the following articles

A copy of the S(ritures in Arabic Constitution of the Evangelical native church in Syria List of Church members in the Arabic Evangelical Church Beyrout

from its COmInencemenL Photograph of the Rev Dr Jessup Acting Pastor of the Arabic

Congregation Photograph the Rev James Roberts on Pastor of the Anglo-

American Congregation List of Protestant institutions at Beyrout List of publication islltd by the American Printing Press Beyrout

[removed from [dlul to Beirut in 1834] Constitution of the Syrian Protestant College Beyrout Copy of the Arabic Journal of Beyrouto Copy of the Arabic Journal of B teddin A one piastre

Apparently some opposition to the construction of a Christian church in Beirllt was encountered for on November 6 1867 the following Imperial Firman was issued

An Imperial Firamall of His Imperial Majesty Sultan Abd el Aziz Khan addressed to E Rechid Pasha Valee of the Vilaye~ of Se E Kiamil Pasha Mutisarif of the Sandjak of Beyrouth and Ho E Naib and Muitee of Beyrouth and to the Members of the Local Medjlls of the same

When the sent Sublime Imperial Mandate reaches you know that in a deraand m3 de by the American Legation in behalf of the extension 01 l ChlHch for the use of the American citizens reshysiding ll Bcyrou1 1 and for which requested my sanction the subj(ct Wt rde r rEd to Beyrouth for proper information there It has be(n us ascertained that the church in question is SilUltilHl Hl the quarh~r of Beyrouth called Sakak-el-Belat and j lt11ft dy In construction though not as yet in the form of a Chutch that this edifice~ together with the School connected with it was built in the year Ao 1-10 1258 and that the American Citizens there have already performed their religious worship in it

The preceding facts have been comprized in a Mazbattah and other Documents thereinclosed relative to the subject as well as in a Plan of the Building communicated (to the Sublime Porte by the Local Authoritie8)

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Now )1 ~ ~ r~2Y conEr~Jmmiddot desir-f tn 11 the various religious ial Dorninion shall be exercised

with euroVI t clnqu~Jity ci2d ireedorrt and thn llL3 prinCJple is

coniorrribie to 1he 5entirnents of Justice and Liberty of my Govermnent I have corrmanded that the said Chul receive rny Irnp6rj_a~ orc Zlrid bE fully and perfectly constructed [have confqumt)v held mv Hb tnt Imperial Divan to this eHect isued rny Impena D1V8U ontaining the permission solicite1

You therefore who are Vela the Mutasarrif the Naib and Muftee 2nd others associated will be careful that the Church in qUeuroBtion be constructed so is to occasion no real injury to anyolHo - 1 it ( ause also no local incollvenience and be built ilC ording to the Plan presented without in any manner hespas iaITle no one shall be allowed to offer opposit on or impeclinlEmt thereto and likewise that no one

relcive hn Aktc-ha or one Habbeh (cent) in regard to the construction thing from )

Be also extrenlely careful not to do any-present Jlnperial Order andrefrain

with its injunctions

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An unfortunctte ~ ccident occurred in early 1868 when interior stone archeo for during the process of construction Two workers were killed imiddotmd rIO wounded The tors of the English and Arabic conshygegations Lltaged ty pzovide to the affected families and the Building COIYlnlittee Sub8t-quently abandonl)d stone ar in faNol of a wooden roof

The Chu 2~ 1869 Trle following excerpt from A His published by the Congregation in 1873 describes

Within two Y8tr3 the ntlv church although still very incomplete parti intErior fittings was sufficiently advanced to -be for- wOTship and as the old premises had already heen incorpo~ted into the Female Smninary and were urgently needed_ for neIj purpose the old pews were moved into the

c h was solEnnnly dedicated by a service in on Sttunlay evening the 27th March 1869 The Rev Dr

Thorns011p 56n]01 of American Mission offered the Ihdk ptmiddotayer MrRobertson delivered an address and the Rev lvlr Wright oJ the Mission at Dalnascus also took part in the errictos A similar dedication service in Arabic was held the next hich was conducted by the Rev Dr VanJ

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With the commencement of worship in the Church a question arose Should the old red broadcloth curtain of time-honoured use in the old chapel ~ thirty year$ be hung in the new church to separate the women from the men Jessup writes

We missionaries declined to settle the question and left it to the native brethren After long and serious discussion they decided that if the curtain were not hung in the new church no Moslem woman would ever enter it and many Christian women would not and parents of the schoolgirls might object to their being stared at by men and boys So the curtain was hung with hooks on an iron rod extending from the front pew back to the organ It hung there for several years and was finally removed by the Syrians themselves without our knowledge and presented to a church in the interior which is still under the sway of old Oriental customs

One portion of the Church yet incomplete was the half finished clock tower It was to house a fine bell donated by a group of men from the ironworks town of Scranton Pa in response to speeches given there by Dr Jessup and a $1200 clock contributed by the Madison Square Church in New York As building funds were exhausted the Anglo-American Congregational Committee decided on November 30 1869 to solicit funds to complete the tower not only from members of the Congregation but also from such other inhabitants of the Place as may be found willing to encourage a better appreciation of the value of punctuality and uniformity in time II Dr Jessup recalls

The citizens of Beirut Moslems Christians and Jews were so anxious to see and hear a clock whose striking could be heard throughout the city that a local subscription was raised through the influence of James Black Esq and the tower was completed Thus Mohammedans who abominate bells and the Jews who dislike Christian churches contributed to the erection of a Christian bell-tower And when the clock was finally in place and began to strike the hours crowds of people gathered in the streets to hear the marvellous sound Since then five different tower clocks have been set up in Beirut one of them near our church at the Turkish barracks and others at the Syrian Protestant College the railroad station the Jesuit College and the French Hospital

As funds and contributions permitted the interior and exterior details of the Church were completed An organ was donated by Mr John Abcarius an Armenian Protestant whom Jessup regarded as the finest speciman of a refined Christian gentleman in Syria (and) the most liberal giver in the Protestant Community II The young Men of the Congregation raised 4000 Turkish piastres

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towards the cornpletion of the front enclosure of the Church premises by a new wall surmounted by an iron railing and an iron gate for this enclosure was ordered from England Gas lamps and chandeliers for the church were ordered from Germany Pupils of the Native Protestant Female SeITlinary contributed twenty Napoleans toward the cost of a new pulpit

In later years after the Building CornITlittee had been dissolved other noteworthy addvlon5 Ncre made In 1876 the Congregation built a fountain in the courtyard in front of the Church at a cost of 4275 Turkish piastres So that water gratuitously brought into the grounds by the Beyrout Water Works Company (one meter per diem) might conveniently be utilized In 1881 the handsome marble baptismal font which rernains before the alter to day was given in memory of JaITl6S Black who died in 1879 And in 18R6 d pipe organ replaced the organ donated by Mr Abcariu8

Tl~t Building Conlmittee having served its purpose rnost effectively was dissolved in March 18 and in 73 the Congregation published the Historical Sketch of the~nglo-American Congregation B~rout ~ria with an Abstract of Contributions to the Bu~ng Fund for the New Church From this work the following figures have been abstracted

Gfbull nertj rmiddotund Clock Tower (exclusivt oS clock and Pulpit tnd Other Interior Fittings Organ Enclosure WaD

Turkish Piastres bell)

318607 37034

9368 10000 13900

Grand Total Turkish Piastres 388909

Percentage of ondbutiong by group were gven as follows

AIL G F 1 65 Curch of Scotland 162 Anglo~ Arnedcan Congregation 2 1 Arabic Congreg3tion 3 6 Ferna1e Serrdnary 0 5 ML J Abcariup 3 8 PrU6 S In Congregation 039 Pru2sian Boa~ders and Orphans O 15 Re nOIl- Protestant 09 Non-resident Contributors 395 Miscellaneous 10

The Historical SkEtch concludes

The new church oceupies a central and corrnnanding position affording from top of tower a charrning panoramic view of the city and its picrures-luesuburbs Its dimensions are 75 feet in length by 50

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feet in width the tower being 15 feet square at the base and 81 feet high and at the south end is an addition 16 x 25 feet consisting of the vestry and other accessories The work has almost all been executed by native workmen under the direction of Europeans connected with the Anglo-American Congregation and the Comshymittee have satisfaction in stating that no part of the money has been expended for plans or for professional assistance

It will interest Contributors and others to learn by way of conshyclusion to this brief sketch that while the new Church is the exclusive property of the Presbyterian Board of Missions of the United States the use of it is secured to the Jewish Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland according to the agreement before alluded to for the regular Sabbath morning service and for such other services in English as do not interfere with the

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As the native Congregation has been repeatedly mentioned in the

l course of this narrative it may not be considered out of place to state that the number of communicants now on the roll is 128 the attendance at the morning service is from 450 to 500 and in the

l afternoon about 250 to 500 and that their Sabbath School attendance

1 is about 400 exclusive of the 42 teachers all of whom are natives beside a Bible class on the Wednesday evening at which about 60 young men are usually present

J It will be noted in the above statement that the Church is designated as the exclusive property of the Presbyterian Board of Missions of the United States Details of the transfer of title from the AB C FM to the Presbyshyterian Board are given in the following chapter

~ In June 1954 the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church

J U S A deeded the church property to the National Evangelical Church as accounted in Chapter V

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THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND YEARS 1864-1911

The Church of Scotland Mission to the Jews

On May 2 1864 the American Mission entered into an agreement with the Church of Scotlands Mission to the Jews whereby the latter assumed reshysponsibility for the English language Sabbath services The Rev Dr William M Thomson chaired the meeting from which the following minute resulted

Mr McKie stated that he appeared on the part of the Jewish Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland who were desirous of establishing a branch of their mission at Beyrout whose operations would be limited to the Jews and the English-speaking residents there- provided the members of the American Mission in Beyrout felt themselves at liberty to give up the English service hitherto conducted by them and so far as they were conshycerned to make over the congregation to the missionary who may

l be appointed by the Jewish Committee of the Church of Scotland

This statement having been fully considered by the meeting it was

l agreed 0) the part of the American Brethren to give up the English service to the missionary to be appointed by the Jewish Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland with the above named

l limitation of his field of labour in Syria and further to grant to him for service in English on Sabbath as at present at eleven oclock

J forenoon the gratuitous use for one year of the Church in which the native congregation meets at present

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It is distinctly understood that in the event of the Jewish Committee of the Church of Scotland not being provided with a missionary ready to commence the English service here on the first Sabbath of October in the current year the American Brethren may consider the preceding agreement as departed from and shall be at liberty to enter into any other arrangement which they may consider expedient

J J Mr McKie undertook to forward to Scotland by the first mail a copy

of this minute for approval by the Jewish Committee who are expected to send to Dr Thomson as speedily as possible a copy of the minute of their meeting at which the agreement of today is considered

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The Church of Scotland subsequently ratified this minute and consummated the arrangement by sending the Rev James Robertson to Beirut to assume his duties as Pastor of the Anglo-American Congregation For nearly 46 years until January 1911 the Church of Scotland continued to supply the Congregation with its Pastor

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Transfer of Mission to Presbyterian Church U S A

In 1870 the American Mission in Syria was transferred in toto including both property and personnel from the A B C F M to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America The following statement appeared in the Missionary Herald

In taking leave of this mission our churches retire from all direct labours in behalf of the millions of that remarkable Arab race destined we believe to play an important part in the future as in the past of the world I s history We do not pass it [the mission] to strangers we leave it in the hands of brethren beloved who have inherited all its traditions

The move was occasioned by the reunification of the so- called Old School and New School of the Presbyterian Church which had split and gone separate ways in 1837 At that time only the New School had desired to continue to participate in the A B C F M Now the reunited Presbyterian Church wished to undertake its own mission program and its withdrawal from the American Board would obviously increase the latters administrative and financial difficulties This coupled with the fact that most of the missionaries laboring in Syria were in fact New School Presbyterians made it logical for the A B C F M to leave the Syrian field and concentrate its efforts elsewhere

The transfer caused little or no disruption in the affairs of the AngloshyAmerican Congregation Mission personnel an important nucleus of its membership remained essentially the same and the arrangement with the Church of Scotland continued as before

Pastors Robertson Scott and Mackie

As previously noted the Rev Dr James Robertson was the first missionary from the Church of Scotland Mission to serve the Congregation He probably assumed his duties in the autumn of 1864 and he continued as Pastor until June 1875

As with all pastors prior to 1950 the Congregation was only one of Robertsons responsibilities His other chief concern was to found and operate schools for Jewish children At least one of these schools continued well into the twentieth century and later admitted children of all sects During the first year of the Syrian Protestant College (1866-67) Robertson also served as professor of mathematics and astronomy but he resigned at the end of the year because in the words of Stephen B L Penrose It was too onerous a task to run a boys school for the Scotch Mission and also to teach in the College

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Robcrt50~ re~ from tbe ChuI of oHand MiBsion in 1875 to become Professor- of Semitic Languages at gow Urdversity- The Pastors Committee Minutes of 23 June contdns the g statement

This ComInittee ciEHl1J-es to on record its high appreciation of our former pastor Mro Robertson and bears grateful testimony to singula r tltlct ability diligence and fidelity in the discharge of pastoral duty in every department Christian work t us The deep regret at p3rting with him is accompanied with our earnest prayers that Great Head of the Church may speedily direct him to some e of labour of wider and more general influence than that he has

Four interim pastors tmiddotwo from the American Mission and the Church of Scotland served thb Congregation during the following year until the Rev William Frands Scott arrived in October 1876 Scott a recent seminary graduate served until May 1880) at which time was transferred to the Scotch Mission in Alexandriao The Pastors Committee subsequently resolved to record tbeir appreciation the ability with which Mr Scott discharged hiil public duties to C regation and to cQlnmunicate to him their sense of on his edifying labours in this Community II

The Rev lVL Mackie one 01 the Congregations ITlOSt beloved pastors ar in Beirut in June 18800 He continued instruction for Jewish chUdren by R on and served in the dual role of pastor and educator for a tbirty year span which was interrupted only by occasional furlough sick leave and ternpolury 113 signrnent to Church of Scotland Mission in

In 1890 Church of Scotland proposed to transfer Rev Mackie to Alexandria perrnltnentlyo Chur records indicate that this decision was due in part to the amount of lnoney which Congregation had been able to raise in support of the Pastor The Pastors Committee not willing to lose Rev 11ackie l s valuable services sed a circular among the Congreshygation1s mernbers whkh read~

At a of thes Comrnittee held on May 27th 1890 the Eubject of the Congregational contribution towards the pastor1s salary walJ seriously considered It seemed to them that the surn given for thH pnr pOit2 i3 too snudl- often not exceeding L30 per annum dnd the lnfluEnce of on the Pastoral relation which is highly prized by us 11 h very prejudicial and end in itsmiddot disshysolutIOn have good re~son to that the Committee on Mis the Ghurch of Scotland are not satisfied with the amount contributed and that un1ess sornething mOH- is done on our part it ifpound very likely that they may withdraw their missionary from the pastoral wo in c with Anglo-American Congregation

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In V)CW of these circumstances the Pastorls Conunittee propose to the members of this Congregation that in addition to collections taken up on Sundays a supplementary annual sum be made up by the different families of the Congregation which shall in some adequate sense be a recognition of the spiritual services which we have so long enjoyed and for the continuance of which we are So anxious They therefore mtike this appeal to the members and request them if they agree with us on this matter kindly to write down their narnes in thi3 orcular with such amount as they may be wining to cortributf annually foT thi3 purpose

The pledges recorded on the drcularp made by fifteen individuals and twelve family groups amounted to pound93 The Pastor1s Committee forwarded it to the Church of Scotland accompanied by a letter of intent to contribute pound100 per annum in support of the Pastor and the Church of Scotland agreed that Rev Mackie be allowed to remain in BetruL

In IH92 lJ(~ Church of Slt otland again announced the transfer of Rev Mackie to Alexandra 711(11 Hlat jt would supply a new pastor in his place The Pastors Commit1 e wtote once nlore to the Scotch body indicating that a change in pastor ( ~ aJfect HsabiEty to raise pound100 per annum and pointing out that Rev~ Muckir wa s not at the moment adequate to cope with the severe Jl(xandY)d clJmate A the Church of Scotland relented and Mackie was rehdned

In Jdnulry l91L RflV MCIckje anwlHy was transferred to the Alexandria Jv1ission and tbj Congrega lion appeuled for his return In a letter dated September 2 1912 the Church of otland seemingly relented by indicating that it had Pdeiinitfoly declded fbat Dr Mac kie is to return to Bej rut as soon as possible at tht hoegt wthin 1lt10 years01 The Congregation responded with an expression of that Dr Mackiels return not be delayed a day longer than absolutely neee ltltlry and further stated

We are conscious of dHficulties which hamper the work of the CommhteE n Scotland Hud we do appreciate the service they still expect to rerdfr CO1gregltion and Cornmunity in Beirut but we do also reHerate the needs of Congregation and its unmiddotmiddot changing apprpiatiol1 of the Plgtot who has served theln for So Dlltlny y(ars

However war yas interven~d and for reasons not ascertained Rev Mackie never returned to ht Beir1lt flock He was the last Church of Sc otland pastor to serve the Congrf~gatioT1 under the 1864 arrangernent with the exception of two interim pc totS who each served rnontb ternlS

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Church rnrnent

The Pastor3 Committee was formed in 1868 when at a s pedal meeting of the Anglo-American Congregational Committee (L e the Building Comshymittee) the following resolutions were pas sed~

The Pastor of the Congregation having expres sed a desire t~ have the advice in the management of the secular affairs of the Congreshygation of such a number of individual members as may be deemed expedient therefore

Resolved that a Committee of four one of whom to be named by the Pastor one by the American Mission and two by the Congreshygation be appointed to be called the Pastors Committee of which the Pastor shall ex be chairman and convener the cha~rman and two members to a quorum

Resolved that inter alia this Pastors Committee shall have charge of the ordinary expenditure of the Congregation and is authorized to receive contributions for such purposes an(~ account of such contributions and expenditures to be rendered annually at a Congregational Committee Meeting to be called bi the Pastor

Initial members of Pastor 1 s Committee were Rev Robertson Mr Henry Heald appointed by the Pastor Rev Dr Williarn M Thomson appointed by the American Mission and Messrs James Black and Lorenzo M Johnson cted by the Congregation Pastor Robertson served as Secretary and Mr Black as Treasurer Later pastors also assumed the role of secretary and later treasurers included Dr R W Brigstocke 1878-1898 andMr WR Glockle l899-[1922]

The Pastor I E COmInittee~ roughly equivalent in function to the present Church Council reported to the Anglo-American Congregational Comshymittee When this Committee originally forrned as the Building Committee was dissolved in 1871 annual Congregational rneetings were commenced at which the Pastors Committee delivered its annual reports

In 1873 composition of the Pastors Committee was modified to indude four members elected by the Congregation It was specified that two of these members be American and two of them be British Term of office was set at two years with but one member of each nationality being elected each year to ensure continuity of Committee membership Committee rnernbers were eligible for re=election upon completion of their terms

At an undetermined later date the Church of Scotland was allowed to appoint a member to the Pastors Committee in addition to its representation

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for elected members of the Pastors CommitteeIn 1909 the term of was extended from two years to four years

Church Services

Regular 11 00 a mo Sabbath services were held in Beirut for approximately eight and one-half months of the year usually from mid-October until the first of July There is evidence to indicate that year- round services in Beirut did not in fact begin until the 1941-42 church year

During the 29 years of this period (1864-1911) for which statistics are available the ave number of services per year was 38 Average attendance at services throughout e years was 93 the median 91 1 though special Christmas and Easter 8 s often attracted more than 200 persons The highest average attendance was 115 in 1884 and the lowest was 75 in 1899 It must be remembered the Protestant community also attended and participated in the Sabbath services held at the Syrian Protestant College particularly after the completion of the S C Chapel in 18910

bullSummer services were held in the mountains usually at both Aley and Chemlan and in oce years also at Suq el Gharb Apparently most of the Congregation summered in these villages missionaries included The pastors and the various missionaries of the Syria Mission conducted these services which according to an 1891 notation are not only helpful to our congregation but are also warmly appreciated by missionary workers from various stations in Syria and Palestine who happen to be spending the summer in the Lebanon II

An amusing entry In the IS Committee report for 1884 concerns funds available to purchase a for the Aley Church and concludes that with the installation of the bell i It is expected that next summer the hour of worship in Aleih will not be 50 a matter of individual opinionc

The form of worship normally used was essentially Presbyterian in nature Nevertheless an ecumenical spirit prevailed and there were ample opportunities for the Congregation to experience the liturgies of several denominations From the 1873 His Sketch we learn that itthe modes of conducting public worship have always beeIlp and continue to be maintained free from sectarian exclusiveshyness the ministers of evangelical churches being invited to officiate when occasion offers and members of aU such churches being cordially invited to unite in the celebration of the Lord IS Supperc II The Pastor I s Committee Report of 1883 corroborates this statement reading in part

As in former advantage was taken of the opportunity afforded by the visits of Christian brethren to the land and ministers of the Gospel of various denominations were invited to officiate In this way the Committee has endeavored to represent the various elements of Congregation Not only has it been a pleasure and profit for us to be exhorted by preachers of Gods word from a

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distance but by bringing ourselves into intellectual contact and appreciative sympathy with different forms of the same worship the peculiar heritage of one part of Christs Church has become

to a greater extent the common possession of a larger number

It is hoped that along with this gain no loss has been sustained We trust that no member of the Congregation [from the Church

1 of England) by attending a Presbyterian Service has felt himself excused from the Devotional reading of what he has been accustomed to from childhood namely The Book of Common Prayer (the Church

l of England liturgy) We trust also that Presbyterian and other

1 members who have received from their fathers a different order of

- Divine Worship have felt the power and beauty of what is outside their own and have found comfort and reality in the Liturgy of the Chur ch of England

l By the happy union of race and denominations that has subsisted in this Congregation for so many years it is thought that some

l shape and emphasis and possibility have been given to that great Doctrine of our faith-that Christians are all one in Christ Jesus

l It would be a becoming thing and in keeping with Gods laws of life that this Doctrine should have abundant fruit and early resultsshywhere it is most needed-in the field of Foreign Missions Here

l its presence is most needed and here its absence would be most weakening and insulting to the cause of the Risen Lord

By the intellectual contact and appreciative sympathy referred to

l a great step has been gained in Beyrout towards what the Christian world seems fast approaching and what all true followers of the Lord Jesus long after namely Evangelical Union

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Scotland years

l l Seating in the Church was by pew assignment At each annual Congreshy

gational Meeting vacant pews were distributed to newcomers and to those wishing to change their existing assignments and two ushers were appointed to seat visitors worshipping with the Congregation throughout the coming year

l Music had an important place in the services of the Congregation Some indication of this is given in the following passage from the Pastor1s Committee Report for 1877

l As the new Hymnal has been introduced and the organist and choir continue to improve it is incumbent on the Congregation

l not to lag behind The Committee would suggest that some arrangement be made for regular Congregational practisings-say

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once a montlgtin order that all may have an opportunity of becoITling acquainted with the new music SOITle such arrangement would the0

Committee are convinced be productive of much good and would in the end lead to the service of praise becoITling more profitable and pleasing

Church meITluers wtre expected to purchase their own copies of the hYITlnal One had his choice of a hymnal with music and words or a cheaper edition with words only A Jew additional hymnals were made available for the use of visitors

The Choir was held in high esteem and each annual Pastorls ComITlittee Report contained flowery tribute to its efforts On occasion as has also been true in rnore recent years) the ranks of the Choir dwindled Such was the year 1882

Of late they [the Choir] have been in the position that the ancient Rornans preferred - of facing fearful oddso They have had toI

manoeuvre the forces at their disposal so as to conceal and ITlake d mem htrihJ p and they deserve the hearty thanks

tion for the courageous and steadfast diligence with mtintained the high ideal of excellence they have

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Better years ahead In 1885 it became necessary to hire a carriage lIfor bringing members of choir rOIn the Ras Beyrout part of the town to the Satlrrday evening pnctisingi and in 1896 it was agreed to send every week an extra conveyance to bring the ladies to the choir practising II

In 1886 a flllbscription was raised to buy a new pipe organ for the Church The orgltJn used nntil cost L 230 plus an additional L 35 for freight insurance landing dearing expenses carriage transportation from the port and instaHation cosh

In addition to the Sabbath services the Congregation had weekly prayer ITleetings throughout period These meetings were held in the hOITles of the various melnbers on Wednesday fternoons with occasional evening rneetings which allowed more persons to parbClpateo The Rev Dr SITlith reporting in 1882 to the Chur Scotland Mission on hi3 observations in Beyrout said of these meetings

Such Congregational prayer nleetings as available here can rarely be found ewhee G Nothing could be ITlore impressive than the7 bull

hort pointed addresses and prayers of ITlen who had s pent their livea Foreign Mission Field as they spread their difficulties bepoundOdege God ~tnd urged each other to work on in faith and patience

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It seemed a if one had reached the very centre and spring of the religiou3 activities of place in this meeting for worship and hearty religious poundellowflhip

Union pr~iyEr meetings were held annually with the Arab French and German ProtEamptdIu congregations of Beirut These took place during the first week of January neslgnated as the Annual Week of Prayer

Several special services held by the Congregation illustrate the Anglo element of its composition A service of thanksgiving was held on March 12 1882 IIbecause it had pleased God in his mercy and wisdom to save the Queen of England from the hand of an assassin II An 1887 service celebrated the Jubilee of Queen Victoria) thanking God lifor [her] preservation for the blessings of the past fifty years and not least among them for the feeling of brotherly-love that during has been everwidening and deepening among all who speak the English language 1i A similar service was held in 1897 on occasion of the commemoration of the 60th year of the Queens reign and the Congregation participated in a memorial service upon her death in 1901 The Congregation also participated in a service of intercession for

danger-oUis Hlnes of King Edward VII an illness whifh delayed his or and lateuror n 5e held on the day of Coronation August 9 1902

Christian Education

Church records indicate that an organized Sunday School for the children Congregation existed as early as 1869 though no doubt some provision

waf nlltice for the Christian education of Church youth well before this date e8 were initi3Hy held in the homes of the teachers and later in the erican Missionlt Dale Sunday School Hall g located behind the reh uld compkted in 1880

President and Mrs Daniel Bliss of the Syrian Protestant College con-the Sunday School 18 1873 Mrs Mary P Dennis of the American

sion superintended the School from 1874-1880 Later superintendents included Pastor and Mra Mackie Dr John Fisher of the S P C Medical School and a Mi6S I3rigatocke

Teaching materials included the IWestminster ssons the Intershynational Leasons) II and othElr lesson papers and books Ifin popular use in

rican Sunday Schools In 1882 Dr Jessup gave the Sunday School a bookcase fiUed with new books and in 1890 a gift of new hymnbooks the larger Sankey and Moody edition II was received

Sunday School offe were taken and usually amounted to 300- 500 h piastres pel year During most years these offerings were given

to the Institute of the Pruesian Deaconesses of Kaiserwerth in Beirut) to suppot a child in the orphan home which the Deaconesses operated

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J In addition to the Sunday School Bible classes were held during many of

J the years under discussion These were initially provided for the edification of both the young men and the young women of the Congregation However during most years for reasons unexplained provision was made only for the young men and the Bible class became The Young Mens Association for the Study of Scripture Perhaps it was felt that only the young men required a structured

J program to ensure their faithfulness to their studies

Church Finance

J - Prior to 1871 it seems that funds for the operation of the Church were raised through informal contributions deposited in a plate at the entrance to the Mission Chapel (and later the Church) and thro ugh occasional subscriptions~ organized for specific purposes

j When the costs of erecting and furnishing the Church edifice had essentially been met the Pastors Committee found it desirable to put the Conshygregations fund-raising on a more systematic basis The Committee therefore

J proposed the following scheme to the Congregation and it was subsequently adopted

J 1 That it be understood that opportunity is afforded by the plates at the Church doors both to residents and strangers of making voluntary offerings for this object at every public service

J 2 That besides these weekly offerings there shall be special quarterly collections made on days appointed by the Pastors Committee of which due notice shall be given

J 3 That all sums thus contributed together with any farther sums otherwise received for the same objects shall constitute a general fund under the manflgement of the Pastor1s Committee ~ subject to the following regulations After defraying the current expenses of the Service the balance at the end of the year shall be accounted for to the Treasurer of the Jewish Mission of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh as a contribution from the Anglo-American Congregation towards the support of the Service

4 That the Pastor1s Committee shall make a special report of the state and disposition of this Fund along with their annual report to the Congregation

The quarterly collections were continued unti11886 at which time it was decided to replace them with weekly collections At the Pastors Comshymittee meeting of May 28 1886 A report was also given by the Treasurer upon the state of the collections made weekly since the third week in January The report showed a decided increase and advantage over the former method of quarterly collections II

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The table below gives the sums which the Congregation was able to conshytribute annually to the Church of Scotland in support of the service Figures given in parentheses indicate the amounts effectively contributed to the mainshytenance of the Pastor Through 1879 the first L40 met only the rent paid by the Church of Scotland to the American Mission for the use of the Church After 1879 the rent was reduced to L 15 by prior agreement between the two bodies

1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )

It can readily be seen why the Pastors Committee found it necessary in 1891 to ask the Congregation to pledge an additional amount per annum to the support of the Pastor this amount to be over and above contributions made at the weekly collections and to be known as the Pastors Fund II It will be reshycalled as accounted earlier in the section on Rev Mackie that this supplementary pledging made it possible to guarantee the Church of Scotland L 100 per year and to retain Rev Mackies services

Complete treasurers reports are available only for the years listed in the table below This table indicates total income of the Congregation each year including special offerings taken for charitable or other specific purposes Amounts are given in Turkish piastres followed by approximate pound sterling equivalents in parentheses Sterling equivalents are figured at L = 125 piastres and are rounded off to the nearest pound

1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

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The substantially larger figures for 1891 1892 1894 and 1895 indicate that the Congregation did indeed pledge additional support to the Pastors Fund over and above weekly giving since attendance at services remained fairly constant throughout this period and no unusually large special purpose subshyscriptions were raided This increased giving illustrates the high esteem in which Rev Mac kie and his services were held by the Congregation

Benevolence

Allocations for charitable purposes were made on behalf of the Congreshygation by the Pastor I s Comn1ittee These 811ocations were drawn from the Charity Fund a fund maintained through designated special offerings usually collected at the quarterly c elebra of the Lordi s Supper Additional special collections Wtrt sorne+imeB taken for specific purposes when occasions of great need dIctled imn1edlate assistance

Charitable contdhuHonR were general1y designated to relieve those deprived of the basic necessities of food clothing and medical attention Contributions were made for both collective relief (e g the poor of the Arab Congregation the poor a1 Ma Syriac refugees) and individual relief (e g a poor Maltese carpenter an injured workrnan who had formerly been principal mason for Church building)

At least two womtns organizations existed during the Church of Scotland years They Wfre Dorea Sodety and the Acorns These groups delivered annual reports ~ the Cong mN~tings bat the texts of their reports are not a Viiplusmnliltlt( rlowever the Dorcou SoeJ(ciy perhaps not strictly an organpoundzation of the Congle tlanai women received occasional grants from

Charity Furd and wa obviously jnvalved in charitable works Years later in the Pa5tors Report of ]928 we find an additional crap of information about it

Another LWHvolent organLzation has been active in the Cornrnunitv m~iny year has been accustomed to report to thL3 as a relne entative rneeting of nearly all the speaking peopleI to Dorcas Society whj dUHrg the long B it existence has done much quiEt serv) ce in the way of reli1eving emergency cases among

poot ~s dally by di of clothing We shall be glad to Eitfn to the repor~ sociefy at 1hJ tune

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l IN THE CARE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSICNS 1912 - 1949

l The Church of Scotland years effectively carne to an end in 1911 though

l the Scotch Mis sion did not formally withdraw until 1921 In June 1914 more than three years after the departure of the last Church of Scotland pastor 9 represenshytatives of the Mission visited Beirut When asked by the Pastors Committee if

l they would like the Syria Mission to assume responsibility for the AngloshyAmerican Congregation they pleaded for more time and expressed the hope that they would soon be able to send a pastor to continue the 1864 agreement This did not corne to pass and an entry in Syria Mission records dated

l Deceniber 8 1921 indicates that the Church of Scotland Jewish Mission Comshymittee had finally decided to terminate its connection with the Congregation

l Records available in Beirut for the 19]2-1949 period are extremely spotty Between the years 1912 and 1927 Community Church possesses only

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the minutes of Eve Pastors Comrnittee rneetings plus miscellaneous notations entered into the record book of this period by the several pastors who served the Congregationlt Frorn 1927 1949 armual pastors reports to the Congregation are available for 15 different yevr major glpS being between 193132 shy193435 and 194546middot 1948middot19 A few committee reports and miscellaneous notes kept by tht various pastors attl alBo available for the later years Neverthelea B wiLh e a ssist~nce of several historical reflections given by the pastors jn their anrlUal rfports itis possible to piece together a significant if incomplete lC count of the period duting wInch the Presbyterian Board of Foreign 1v1iJlSions U S A sustained the Anglo- Amencan Congregation

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Paators Wfre supplied by Syria Mission throughout this period though not on OCU1Son without SOille reluctance A statement from Syria Mission recordE dated Dpcernber 17 1912 reads Voted that it is the sense of the Mission that they di~lt~lP2ve of Mr Hoskins accepting the acting pastorate of the Anglo- American Congr on 11 Nevertheless Rev Hoskins who had fined the pulpit for eight monih3 in 1911 continued to serve the Conshygregation from April 19120 Junc 1916 ann again in 1920

Mission rninutes of July 18 1923 relt=td in part

~ that the Anglo- Anlerican Congregation be urged to secure the coopera tion of the Comrnittee on Churches in Foreign Cities for aid in the appolntment and support of a pastor and Voted that until this is done the Mission be permitted to take the responsibility if necesslt1ry for conducting continuous Evangelical worship for the Anglo-Arnedcan Conununity in Beirut

Such reluctance as there was evident only in the early years was probably due to the fact that tach of the Mission pastors assigned to the Conshygregation already had more than a full-time job in his Mission assignment That these TIlen had tiTIle to provide only limited service to the Congregation was indicated by the title of Acting Pastor which each assumedo In this reshygard an extract from the Pastor I s Report of 1931 states

In fact there has been no pastor since Dr Mackie withdrew when transferred to Alexandria since that time there have been several acting~ pastors in turn The name acting- pastor was used for two purposes - one to express the fact that the incumbent while actingshypastor did not need to act as pastor and the other to hold the position open for a possible incumbent of the full pastorateo

Rev Henry H Riggs in his annual report of 1929~30 indicates the limited time available to an acting pastor for Congregational duties

At this point we TIlight add that the two weekly services mentioned [Sunday service and mid~week prayer meeting] make up the sum total of the regulal activities of the Church unles we mention some pastoral caning by the pastor and the former pastoro Let no one begin to ask who got caned on ~ because the number is of necessity very smaH as the calls were dictated by particular circumstances

Three pastors stand out in terms of length of service to the Congregation They with their dates of service were Franklin Eo Hoskins 1911-1916 and 1920 James H Nicol 1921~1928 and 1935~1940 and George H Scherer 1941shy1945 Numerous other members of the Mission and visiting ministers of various denominations from Syria and abroad HUed the pulpit on frequent ocshycasions In fact during some years the Acting Pastor took charge of no more than one~third of the total Sunday Services

During 1918 and 1919 Major Robert Eo Lee Chaplain 1st Bn Seaforth Highlanders~ and other chaplains of the Seaforth Highlanders and the Black Watch conducted the services During World War II chaplains from England Scotlland Walesect9 Australia and New Zealand frequently fiUed the pu~pjt

There was no arting pastor from the faU of 1930 through the summer of 19350 At the 1930 Congregational Meeting the foHowing recommendation of the Pastors Committee was adopted I1That the services of the Anglo-4merican Congregation be continued under the care of the Pastor1s Committee asking the various preachers who ~re within reach to take their turn in supplying the pulpito II In his annual report Pastor Riggs stated

It win be recogn]gtzed that for the time being the Congregation is without an acting pastorgt and that the real labors connected

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with our Sunday and mid~weekly meetings will be divided up between those qualified to undeItake them As we are starting out a new year without the leadership of an acting pastor may I express the hope that every member of the Congregation will feel that or she has an added share in the responsibility and privilege of making the work of this Congregatlon better and more effective this year than in any year that has sed

That Church leadership by committee can succeed for a time has been deshymonstrated more recently when in the December 1972-April1973 interim between Pastors Swedenburg and Wilcox a Pastoral Services Committee (Revs Brunger CardweU Hilgendod Richards and Stelling) most effectively assumed responsibHity for filling the pulpit and coordinating the combined talents of the Congregation in carrying out the Church program

A Move to Disb~Jle Congregation

For reasons unclear 9 and from quarters unknown an attempt was made in 1916 to do away with the Anglo~American serviceso As a result the following minute was passed by the Pastors Corrnnlttee and submitted to those members of the Congreg~idon who w~cre reaHy intere ted for approval~f1

We affirm we do not wish to break the continuity of our Anglo~American and history in its present location and at the pre Ecut time Indeed the question of giving up the reshygular Sunday Service is not open for discussion Nor will we discutiS any (Langes that do not naturally grow out of our own needs and enceamp

The objec for which the congregation was organized still holds good No other is ce can take its place or supply the deeply felt needs of those who regularly worship there The AngloshyAmerican Congr6gation is the only place in Beirut where our children and others can be received into the membership of the Christian Church and where Sacraments of the Church can be reguLnly admjnistered according to ideas of the Evangelical and non AngIican churchesc

We hope to do a large work after the war is over among all EngE-sh spEaking foreigners who may come into our city The Mission Boards and the Churches at home are developing this work for foreigners away from home all over the world and are everywhere seeking fOI~ union with other nationalities of like Evangelical We feel that to give up the service or to make any changes wrJ( h mIght H) tiny way hinder its usefulnes s would not only be a great 105s to the spiritual life of the community but would be dshono to God

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Church Government

The Pastor 1 s Committee continued to manage the routine affairs of the Congregation throughout the Presbyterian Board years and to report to the Conshygregation at the annual Congregational meetings Initially the Committee was primarily concerned with property and finance but Rev Scherer notes in his Pastors Report of 1942-43 that lithe scope of its [the Pastors Committee] functions has been broadened and deepened to include spiritual as well as secular affairs II

Composition and size of the Committee changed slightly during this

period With the withdrawal of the Church of Scotland the Committee no longer retained a representative from the Scotch Mission Committee membership stabilized at eight and included women as well as men Six members were elected by the Congregation three each year for two year terms and the Pastor and Treasurer served as ex officio members As with Church Council members of a later day members of the Pastors

Committee occasionally missed a meeting or two Reporting on the Pastors Committee of 1929- 30 Rev Riggs commented that lithe average of attendance would have been 100 per cent except in cases of absence from town or illness had not one or two of our members once or twice developed alarming symptoms of amnesia which happily do not seem to be permanent II

j Church Services For 30 of the 37 years treated in this chapter (the years 1940-41 through 1946-47 being excluded) Sunday services were held in Beirut for approximately nine months roughly October through June These services were held at the customary hour of 1100 am and nurnbered between 37 and 41 per year

Attendance figures are available for 16 of these 30 years The lowest average attend3nce at services was 62 in 1930-31 the highest average attendance was 132 in 1938- 39 and the median of the average attendance figures available is 81 However in considering attendance statistics we should take into account some observations made by Rev Riggs in his 1929-30 Acting Pastors Report Though the specific figures cited below apply to only one particular Church year the three levels of attendance noted may be considered valid throughout the period

It has been customary in the past to name a figure which we call the average congregation Perhaps it is more intelligent to reshycognize that we have three levels of regular church attendance the first stands at approximately forty someHmes falling below and sometimes reaching fifty or sixty This is the attendance at our usual services when the University [the American University of Beirut formerly the Syrian Protestant College] conducts a

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service at the same time The second level stands at about seventy-five which is the number who ordinarily attend when there is no service at the University The third level is at

J those services when some special occasion such as Christmas or Easter brings our community into a really united gathering On such occasions our attendance has reached a hundred and twenty or thirty as our growing community registers an~ advance over recent years

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From the following comment included in the Acting Pastor I s report of 1941-42 it seems evident that summer services were conducted in the mountains throughout most if not all of this period

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during the summer months the pastor and many members of the Congregation moved to Chimlan and the worship services conducted there were considered the services of the AngloshyAmerican Congregation That relationship is still continued

J in a formal way today thro the fact that report of the Chimlan services is made to the Pastor I s Committee and the conshytributions received are transmitted to the Treasurer of this

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Sunday services were held in Beirut throughout the year during the Church

1 years of 1940-41 through 1946-47 In all but the first and the last of these years two services were held one at the regular hour of 1100 a m and the other at 6 00 or 6 30 p m Average attendanc e at morning services was usually 80- 90

1 during the winter and 30 50 in the summer Evening attendance varied widely apparently in proportion to the number of English- speaking soldiers stationed in Beirut The highest average attendance at evening services was 290 in the winter of 1941-42 the 10weSit 46 in the winter of 1945~46

The increased number of services during this World War Uperiod was prompted by the arrival of Allied troops in the summer of 194L Rev Scherer states that Ifservices terminated on May 25th instead of the end of June as usual on account of the hurried departure of members of the Anglo- American Community owing to the threatening political conditions and in compliance with official advice IVichy French troops were in control of Lebanon and Syria and the arrival of German troops seerned imminent However Allied forces from Palestine succeeded in defeating the Vichy forces turning the tide and the fighting concluded with the Armistice of Acre on July 14 1941 Rev Scherer continues in his Acting Pastor I s Report of 1940-41

It was certainly no disappointment to the exiles from Beyrouth that the threatened Gerrnan seizure of Syria became instead an occupation by British and Allied forces Circumstances made it

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possible for the Pastor to be among the first to return to Syria after the happy event And it was a great privilege for the Pastor to be able in response to enquiries and requests from the soldiers themselves to conduct the first English service of worship in Beyrouth on the first Sunday after the occupation On July 20th the first service was held at 600 p m with an attendance of 158 These included a special service at 11 on the morning of September 7th when over 400 men of the Forces were present to observe the Day of National Prayer appointed by H M the King So far as can be learned this is the first time that services have been held regularly during the summer and at an afternoon hour

During the 1941-42 Church year services were broadcast over Radio Levant on the first Sunday in the month from December through April

J As in the Church of Scotland years the form of worship was essentially Presbyterian However visiting ministers of various denominations were frequent guests in the pulpit throughout both war and non-war years and it was not uncommon for the services conducted by these visitors to outnumber those conducted by the Acting Pastor In 1941-42 26 persons preached including both residents in Syria and Palestine and chaplains to the forces In nationality they have been English American Scotch Welsh Australian ~ and New Zealander By church affiliation they have been Presbyterian Anglican

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Thus the Congregation continued to experience a variety of liturgical forms and denominational viewpoints

Music remained an important element of the worship service and the annual reports praise the efforts of both choir and organist The choir conshytinued to have its ups and downs as indicated in Pastir Nicols report of 1936 37

1 We may be pardoned for looking wistfully for the appearance of some male volunteers to supplement the womens voices but are very grateful for what we have One remembers Theodore

1 Roosevelts imaginary request to St Peter for a choir of a million tenors a million sopranos and a million altos - and on being asked about the basses ald Oh Ill sing bass I

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For several years the pastors report has expressed the wistful hope that we might have more men to cooperate with the faithful women and last year we actually secured a tenor to be a comshypanion to our faithful bass For this boon we are thankful not ~ only to Mr Etinoff himself but to the Near East School of Theology which makes him available to us as part of his field work ~

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The rnid~week prayer or devotional rnee were continued on Wednesdays until 1943-44 when o hi8 report for that year Rev Scherer rather surprisingly

notes lIThe mid week meeHng was d~~~~~t~E~~d during the winter because the Pastors CommHleuroe became convinced tb s particular type of meeting no longer answered any definite spirhual need in the life of the Congregation an indication of our unwillingness to persist in rnaintaining an institution when it no longer carried its value with lto

The Unwr ConTllurdon Setvicf was held during the Hrst week of January throughout tbis pr ri ad In Rev Nicol n~port for 1936 - 37 J he note s

ged to join with the other ProtestantOnce rnOle we were congregations 111 jre city in a ix~languilge COHlmunion service with 700 preeenL The ervice waf condue ted 11l A Armenian English French Gennan a1d Turkish ThiS no longer needs the inHlafive of the Angl0~Arnol (m Congr()gj1j on but on the contrary

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su(ceederl by Mrs Harry

Very Hhlf 5nfor~n1Eon iod Mrs W Bo Aoarns wa$ Sunday World War I ulLtQZ6 27 -~t he was

ApparTi ~ Hlt nnter of tIe h~speaking ornmunity moved toward Ras Bejru11 hi iJne to haIti hoth Sunday School tnei the ChristIan dvor y(uft group JneeIl dovnltowne In fact the location of the Church serVH e 0 tecan1f a nlatU~r of corC~tnAs early pound11 1931 Rev Riggs noted liThe 10ltalion yS not fortunatG w trw pr(sent tendencies in the developshymeuront of city f)XP~l~ and t nlltly Hed adclcd Hart on tbe part of those living at a distancE to it1fU(i vith rnore or ] gula diye II At somt point probably no later 1936 37 Sunday Scrool st and Christian Endeavor Dleetings were mOVEd to the ArrcriuHl COnrnm~ SchooL m Teport fOT that year Rev Nicol lteil

I Our gue t8 of LO10r at 111 a v(~ry tea1 sense ltlre the chUdrfn dnri onng ptop]e l of 111 of us I am sure

1-- that (-i( Church is ~o f1T irODl popUlation center that a rnoreL nonna] elhtionship ctnnot le rnaint~i]nf( The better way would

be to lVlve SuncilY Eicbool and Chnfl)dn End(dvor activities carried on ill ltomw ton winl the Church ptenlisCB poundnd H n1]Y b~ that the

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cherished dream may be sometime fulfilled by having an appropriate church plant more conveniently located and arranged

The inconvenience of holding Sunday School in one part of town dnd Church services in another would persist until Community Church moved to the campus of the Beirut College for Women in 1971 where facHities existed for both worship services and Christian education classes

No Sunday School was held durmg the war years of 1941~42 through 1943-44 due to the small number of children in Beirut during thil period However a childrens story was added to the worship service and a Bible class was organized for older students at the American Cornrnunity School under the leadership of fr ErinoH

The Christian Endeavor Soc

Christian Endeavor a society organized and rondu( fed by the youth of the Congregation probably began somethne in the early 1920 Thl group held weekly meetings collected dues contributed to charitable works and rendered services to the Congregation Inl variety of ways Rev Nocol reports in 1928

This sod fty functions in connection with the Congregational work wlh two (omrnittees I for whose services we expres great gratJtud~ -it thH3 time One of theSE is the Pastors Aid Connnittee which callS at the Actlng-Pastors office evtry Saturday morning and distributes to all of the hotels and other places about 12 announcerYlelts of the services of the next day Through rain and shine thjs Committee has perforrned its duties during the past year Just re at the suggestion of one of the young people several of the older boys have assumed responsibility for the ushering at the morning serVIce and this has been a enc our1gsment and help to those who have heen responsible for the arravgenlent of the worship

Chureh Finance and Benevolence

No treasurers reports art available However it is known through comnlents made in everal pastor I s reports that expenses were Gman and that a large proportion oJ Cong regational income was therefore ava~lable for benevolence Pastor Nicoi r in 1928 states

It may be well to say for the beneht of those who havE not fonowed the Congregational affairs very closely that we operate at very little expenseo In fact the items of expense include I more than the janitor service 3nd a sum of $200 which has been made available for the Ac ting- Pastor for any kind of service that w1l1fdcilitate his work in lieu of the time and trength spent for the Congregation During the recent years the Congre on been a hle to take a

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j larger part than formerly in matters of benevolence and we have been able to assist a number of very worthy causes and to take

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In his report for 1937-38 Rev Nicol comments Our Treasury is mainly a benevolent one as our pulpit and music services are labors of love II The Acting Pastor of course was supplied by the Mission at no expense to the Congregation

The proposed Congregational budget for 1943-44 (the only one available) anticipated an income of L L 2600 Combined with L L 1049 brought forward from the previous year it was projected that a total of L L 3649 would be available for disposition Of this amount L L 833 (23) was designated for expenses L L 516 (14) for a reserve fund and L L 2300 (63) for benevolences

Without treasurer I s reports we have only fleeting references to actual benevolence spending However some of the organizations to which the Conshygregation contributed included the Y M C A the Y W C A the Armenian tuberculosis sanatorium near Ain Zhalta the Bible Lands Union for Christian Education which carried on work among the young people of the Palestinian Syrian and Armenian communities the United Missionary Council a coshyoperative body representing most foreign missionary societies as well as the indigenous Protestant churches in Syria and Palestine the Student Home an institution begun in 1939 or 1940 and run for the benefit of Protestant students attending the American University of Beirut and a summer boys camp run for deprived youth from Beirut In addition the Congregation provided Christmas sweets for prisoners at the Sands Prison for a considerable number of years and a Special Relief Fund was generally maintained to cover specific emergency cases brought to the attention of the Congregation from time to time

During World War II the greatest portion of benevolence spending was directed toward the welfare of the Allied Forces stationed or on leave in Beirut and an account of special services provided to the troops is given in the following section Another wartime recipient of funds was liThe Orphaned Missions those foreign missionary bodies whose homelands were under German occupation and whose normal sources of revenue were therefore cut off

Congregational Services Provided to Allied Forces During W W II

As previously mentioned one of the initial undertakings of the Congreshygation on behalf of Allied Forces stationed in Beirut was the provision of Sunday evening worship services These were begun in the summer of 1941 and continued through the 1945-46 Church year Social hours supported from the benevolence budget were provided by the Congregation following the services

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Also in 1941 the Church of Scotland Committee on Huts decided that it would like to open a canteen and hostel for the physical and spiritual welfare of the troops It was only natural that the Committee should turn to the AngloshyAmerican Congregation the body with which it had sustained such a long and rewarding previous relationship for assistance The Pastor I s Committee responded by accepting the responsibility for initial local management and staffing of this institution which came to be known as St Andrews House Many members of the Congregation volunteered their services of time and talent to ensure the successful operation of the House until a permanent managerial staff could be secured from Scotland one or two years later In addition the Congreshygation supported SL Andrews House through donations from the benevolence fund In his Pastorls Report for 1941-42 Rev Scherer states

One of the happiest privileges of the Congregation has been its relationship with the Church of Scotland Canteen and Hostel St And~ews House The Pastors COITllnittee has acted in ano

advis ory capacity throughout the year and different members of the Congregation have assisted in the Canteen as their time has permitted As you rave heard from the report of the Treasurer a considerable SUITl of rnoney was donated to the House fom the funds of the Congn~gaHon

It has been fascinating to watch SL Andrews House grow Starting as a sITlaU place open for eight hours daily it now occupies two floors of the Saah building on Allenhy Street as offices lounge waiting rOOITl club and game rOOITls restaurant and tea rOOITlS open from 7~00 a ITL to lO~OO p m while across the street is a 70 bed hosteL

During the sumDler rnonth of May through Septernber a branch of the Hostel was operated at the Presbyterian Conference Center )Jl ChouC r A typical letter of appreciation recEived by the Congre on for i~ s S( rV 1 CC5 to the troops read as follows

I am writing to you on behalf of An Ranks of my Unit to express to your organization and all of the members who have worked and cooperated so had fht most sincere thanks of us alL

Your mountain hostel at Dhour ech- Choueir has given to many men of this unit a wonderful holiday and rest which it would have been beyond their means to have obtltiined without your kindness and assistance

Let me assure you that everything you ~dve clapp has been deeply appreciated

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I The Congregation also prepared and published In Beirut the only inshy

I formational leaflet available to soldiers corning to Beirut on leave This leaflet went through at least seven editions and moreuro than 13000 copies were distributed to the troops in the year 1944 alone

) Finally the Congregation provided many special services andor social

events for Allied troops on such occasions as Thanksgiving Christmas and New Years

] The Anglo-American Church

] The Anglo-American Congregation became the Anglo-American Church

in 1945 An extract from a summary of the annual report for Oct 1 1944 -Sept 30 1945 reads as follows

] There is an increasing Church consciousness rather than Comrnunity By a very large majority the members recently voted to change the name from Anglo-American Congregation to Church I In the

1 current voting by a 2 to 1 majority the menlbers have expressed their desire for a more nearly full-time pastorate than that now provided through the services of an Honorar-y paBtor

1 However the Church did not obtain a full-time pastor until 1950 as noted in the following chapter

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BEIRUT 1950- 1973

A E Howard McClintock

In a great demonstration of faith the Anglo American Church undertook to become self-supporting by engagjng its first ful1~time salaried pastor in 1950 Total income for the previous year had been only n858 but the Congregation placed its trust in God and hard work and deterrnined to increase its pledging to a level which would support a pastor of its ovvn

The Rev Eo Howard McClintock ltln Episcopalian was called and he arrived in Beirut with his family In Septmrber 50 Rev McClintock conducted his first service on October 1 and was oiiidally installed on October 8 He served the Congregation for nearly ee s departing in June 1953 Present Church members who experienced by McClintock years credit Rev and Mrs McClintock for working diligently and succe~~fuUy to develop the newly inshydependent Church in all aspects of servlce to God Congregation and ComrrlUnity

A New e for an Old Church --~~~~~bull~ ~

Nineteen fifty was also the Yeurodt in Congregation elected to change the narne of the Church At the Pastor IS Conlntittee rneeting of October 10 it was decided to suggest the following name to the membersbip at the annual Congregational Meeting Chur of the Saviour Trinity Church Calvary Church Union Church of Beirut and Comm Chul of BeiruL

voted to c the name of the 127 year old Church to the Comrnun~y Church of lki~ut the latest ill a series of names which have included the American Mis ]on ChuJ(h Tl1(~ Church of the American Mission in the Mediterraaean trf Anglo- iJr1 Congregation and the Anglo~American Church

On October 27 1950 the Congre

and Wilcox

J The Rev Dewey Eder 9 a United B miniser became Pastor of Community Church in October 1953 Ind Cornmunity Church of flourished under Rev and Mrs Eder I s pastorate Church inc orne rloubled benevolenceI expenditures tripled tnd Church School enroUrneuront quadrupledD A large and accomplished junior choir~ blos omed under the t~1iented direction of Mrs c Eder

By 1963 the Eder3 final year of oervicE before retirement the Church

1 ~ served 117 famllies and counted 170 resident and 30 non-re members

Present members of Community Church s rcmember the Eder i s with affection and gratitudeo

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arrived in Beirut on January 27 1964 to assume the pastorate vacated by the Eders Rev Swedenburg a member of the California-Nevada Conference of the Methodist Church came to Community Church from the First ~ethodist Church of Los Gatos California where he had served for the previousihine years

The choice of Romain and Bertha Swedenburg to continue the good works of the Eders was most fortunate Known to most members as Romain and Bertha they approached their work with seemingly boundless enthusiasm energy imagination and talent qualities which inevitably rubbed off on members of the Congregation and contributed to a dynamic and vital Church Though the Church paid the salary of one it received the talents of two for the Swedenburgs were most definitely a team Bertha an accomplished pianist organist and choir director complimented and supported her husbands efforts in many different ways and wherever the action was you would find one or more Swedenburgs involved

Romain was a strong and effective preacher A man with the courage of his convictions he did not shy away from delicate or uncomfoTtable topics when he felt it necessary that they be discussed His approach was ecumenical and humanitarian and most suited to the needs of a constituency experiencing turbulent times in the Middle East

Romain Swedenburg was also a source of strength in crisis He is particularly remembered for his participation in the evacuation of foreigners from Lebanon during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and for his ministrations to members of the Congregation in exile in Athens He also participated in assisting westerners evacuated to Beirut from Jordan in June of 1970

And Pastor Swedenburg was an innovator Among other things he

Introduced an annual Every Member Visitation well organized and highly effective which helped to nearly double the annual ope~ating budget of the Church during his tenure ~

Initiated thought- provoking enriching and productive retreats for both Council and Congregation

Organized and conducted educational trips for members of the Congregation to fteighboring countries trips which combined sightseeing witht study of the indigenous churches

Developed a combined worship and Christian education program 100 Minutes for God 11 for both children and adults when conshysolidation of Church activities at one location made this type of pr ogram pos sible~

Visited and counseled foreign students imprisoned in Lebanon on drug convictions on a frequent basis

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The Swedenburgs submitted their resignation in late 1972 in order to accept a call to the American Church of the Hague Netherlands Rev Swedenburg 1 s resignation letter read in part

It goes without saying that these nearly nine years have been full of happiness and joy along with experiences of tension and turmoiL Our people have accepted change graciously and have responded with openness to new possibilities for the life of a church institution Of course we leave with regrets and sadness but also with hearts full of thanksgiving We would not have missed the experience

May God continue to bless and use this parish 11m sorry we will miss its l50th Anniversary of service but we know there is a significant place for it in the future

Congregation and Community turned out in force to bid the Swedenburgs a fond farewell at a reception held in their honor on November 20 1972 It is typical of the intensity of the Swedenburgs involvement that although they were to depart Beirut on December 4 Romain conducted his final worship service on December 3 and both Romain and Bertha participated in an Advent potluck dinner that evening They were directing traffic and arranging furniture right up to the end

From December 1972 through March 1973 the Church was under the care of a Pastoral Services Committee consisting of the Revs Harry Brunger Larry Cardwell Dennis Hilgendorf Larry Richards and John Stelling These gentlemen performed their duties admirably with the willing assistance of a Congregation which pitched in to keep the Church program running smoothly during the interim

After his candidacy visit of December 16-18 197i the Community Church Council voted unanimously to call the Rev Rich~rd W Wilcox pastor of the Community Church of Bonn Germany during the previous four years Rev Wilcox a United Church of Christ minister accepted the call and preached his first sermon on April 8 1973 His wife Dorothy and son Craig followed a short time later after their respective obligations of teacher and student in the Bonn schools had been fulfilled A daughter Starla lives in the United States

Rev Wilcox the incumbent Pastor received the A B degree from Pacific Christian College and the B D and STM degrees from Andover Newton The latter degree is in Pastoral Counseling and Rev Wilcox is a member of the American Association of Marriage Family and Child Counselors Dorothy Wilcox is an experienced teacher and a talented organist and vocalist

Once again Community Church has been blest by the services of a gifted enthusiastic and energetic husband and wife team Dick and Dorothy Wilcox wasted no time in putting their respective talents to work in service

to God and to the benefit of Congregation and Community Continuing in the footsteps of Romain and Bertha Swedenburg they have initiated new features in the life of the Church in accordance with their particular abilities

Church Government

At the Congregational Meeting of October 27 1950 it was voted that the membership of the Pastors Committee be increased from seven to eight (in addition to the Pastor an ~ officio member) with four members to be elected each year to two year terms It was also voted that the name of the Pastors Committee be changed to Church Council

Of course the Council continued to be composed of both men and women and the Minutes of one particular Church Council meeting record the observation of a female member lIthat it was unwise to have too many women on the Council as the men of the Church left to them an undue proportion of the work If

In 1951 Council voted that the President of the Womens Association be an ~ officio member and shortly thereafter the Church School Superintendent became the third ex officio member

As additional Committees were formed throughout this period additional ~ officio members were added to Council By 1960 the Council consisted of 14 members eight elected at large by the Congregation and six ~ officio The latter consisted of the Pastor Financial Secretary Trecfsurer Church School Superintendent Womens Association President and Youth Counsellor

By 1973 Council had expanded to 21 members eight elected at large (four each year for two year terms) and thirteen~ officio as follows Pastor Treasurer Church School Superintendent and chairmen of the Community Church Women Benevolence Committee Education Committee Fellowship Committee Finance Committee Membership Committee Parish Plan Pastoral Relations Committee Property Committee and Worship and Arts Committee One of the at large positions is reserved for a representative from the youth of the Church

Church Finance and Benevolence

In 1949 a year before a full-time pastor was called the operating budget of Community Church was L Lll 858 With the commencement of a full-time pastorate the budget steadily increased In 1952 it was L L 27170 in 1960 L L 53 500 1965-66 L L 85000 1969-70 L LI04 409 and for 1973-74 a proposed budget of L L106 357 was adopted

In the early 1960 1s a pattern of lump sum giving began to develop e g in 1961 there were ~O weekly pledges and 20 lump sum pledges while in 1963 there were only 45 weekly pledges and 61 lump sum pledges However with

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the commencement of a well- organized Every Member Visitation the pattern reversed and weekly and monthly giving again predominated over lump sum gifts

Benevolence expenditures ranged from a low of L L 2785 in 1950- 51 to a high of L L16 122 in 1968-69 For most years after the mid-1950s however benevolence spending varied slightly above or below L L1O 000 An exception was 1972-73 when benevolence expenditures totaled L L14 796

Benevolence contributions have generally been made to organizations engaged in charitable or Christian enterprises or through organizations to individuals for scholarship assistance However provision has been made throughout the period for assistf~gjnd1viduals in acute need through the mainshytenance of a Pastors Discretionary Fund for emergency cases

A listing of the organizations to which benevolence contributions have been made would fill several pages Three in~titutions which have consistently been supported throughout this period are theyen M C A Y W C A and University Christian Center In recent years contributions have regularly been made to the Near East School of Theology Scholarship Fund the Beirut University College Social Service Center the Womens Committee for Reshyhabilitation (at the American University Hospital) and to AUB nursing students for scholarship assistance Special offerings taken at certain worship services throughout the year have usually been directed to people in particular need as a result of war famine or similar disaster

Christian Education

The Church School has prospered throughout the past twenty-four years under the direction of a number of different superintendents and despite a variety of locations Course content has been flexible and imaginative tailored to meet the particular needs of Ute youth at any given time

Church School enrollment in 1950 was just above 50 It steadily increased

throughout the 150 1s and reached an all time high of 232 in 1962 Enrollment during the initial three years of the present decade has ranged from 120-140 children

When it became possible in 1971 to hold worship services and church school in the same location an imaginative program of combined worship and Christian education 11100 Minutes for God II was developed for both children and adults This program was designed to elicit total participation of the Congregation during one time block on Sunday mornings with a worship service a fellowship period and clas$es for all ages The program proved successful and continues at the presentlime during a two hour time block from 1000 a m to Noon Particularly interesting adult education modules and occasionally family modules have been offered on a wide variety of subjects Adult members may choose from among two to five courses at a given time each course lasting for a period of several weeks middotli~ifelfwhich a new series of

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courses is presented

Two youth groups the Junior and Senior High Fellowships have met throughout this period and the Church has sponsored U S -affiliated troops of Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Brownies

The Community Church Parish Plan was developed in 1970 and adults hav~had the opportunity to join and participate in parish group meetings which areheldonweekday evenings for the purpose of Christian fellowship and education

Membership

Two types of membership have been offered by Community Church A permanent member is one who holds membership in Community Church only An affiliate member is one who maintains membershi p in his home church and also belongs to Community Church during his stay in Beirut However in a very real (though informal) sense a Community Church member is any adult who par ticipates in and is served by the Church for many people take an active part in the life of the Chur ch without taking out either type of formal membership Therefore when discussing membership it is perhaps more useful to consider those figures which indicate actual participation and not those counting formal members

Average attendance at Community Church services has consistently ranged from 200- 250 persons thr6pghout the past two and one- half decades with the exception of the summer Uonths when many members of the Congreshygation travel or live in the mountains However attendance at specific services tends to fluctuate over a broad range from perhaps 150- 300 or more persons

In late 1973 it was estimated that about 250 family units were served by the Church in one way or another This is a substantial increase over the 117 families indicated in 1963 records though there is little difference in attendance figures for these years Perhaps the criteria used in determining the number of families actively served were different for these two calculashytions or perhaps the 1963 figure counted only member families

An analysis of the Community Church constituency for 1971-72 produced the following statistics

~ Nationality (Adults Only)

o to 9 years 11 American 10 to 19 years 23 Lebanese 20 to 29 years 10 European nations 30 to 39 years 19 Great Britain 40 to 49 years 22 Canada Australia New Ze1and 50 to 59 years 11 Asian and Latin American nations 60 to 69 years 4 African nations

Other or undetermined

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Occupation of Heads of Households

Employees of American business firms overseas 22 Employees of non-American business firms overseas 4 Employees of Lebanese firms 8 U S Government employees civilian 8 Government employees of other nations civilian 2 Professions (educators doctors lawyers engineers

etc not employed by business firms or gove rnments ) 30

Mission personnel 13 Other occupations 13

The Mobile Church

As easly as 1928 Church members became concerned with the inadequate facilities available at the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions Church (pictured on cover) near Riad Solh Square Its location as a place of worship became inconvenient as members of the Congregation began to locate in Ras Beirut in increasing numbers and it contained almost no facilities for the Christian education and youth programs These programs eventually had to be located in Ras Beirut and the problem of holding church school in one part of the city and worship services in another became a serious one

Various alternative locations for the Church program were considered throughout the 1950 l s and 160s Possibilities entertained included the building of a new church and the use of the First Armenian Evangelical Church the German Protestant Church th~ new Near East School of Theology building and the new Y W C A facilitY_ Also contemplated was the idea of a shared pastorate with and at the American University of Beirut However the Congregation continued to worship at the downtown Church through 1970 while holding Church school in a variety of Ras Beirut locations

In 1951 the National Evangelical Church the Arabic- speaking sister congregation with which Community Church shared the Church downtown began to express interest in receiving title to the Church from the Presbyterian Board This proposal was debated for a considerable period of time and Community Church expressed an understandable if unfounded reluctance toward it fearing that the Congregation might lose certain privileges which it had previously enjoyed However title was transferred in 1954 after it was agreed that Community Church would continue to enjoy the same use of the Church as before and the two congregations shared the building amicably until Community Church voluntarily withdrew in 1971 Community Church members continue to use it for certain special occasions particularly weddings and occasional joint services of the two congregations have been held there The joint service on November 25 1973 celebrating the l50th Anniversary Sunday was a particularly memorable one

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The Church School utilized facilities at the American Community School until 1959 In that year Community Church and the University Christian Center agreed to share in the remodeling and rental of the basement of the Deeb Building on Rue Makhoul (off Abdul Aziz) and the Christian education program was moved there As enrollment expanded it also became necessary to rent office space in this building from both the Menno Travel Service and the Near East Christian Council

In 1969 when the University Christian Center indicated that it might withdraw the Church School program was moved to two buildings at the corner of Rue Hamra and Rue Sadat One of these buildings had been used as the Manse and Church Office since 1965 With the transfer of the Church School another apartment was rented for the Manse leaving the two buildings (knOVln as the Community Church Center and the Annex) for Church School and Church Office use

In 1971 it became possible to move the entire Church program to the campus of the Beirut College for Women After a trial period of worship in the new Gulbenkian Amphitheatre the Congregation was given opportunity k express its views on the contemplated relocation The Church Council after assessing the opinion of the membership voted to leave the downtown Church in which the Congregation had worshipped for 101 years and to consolidate its program at the B C W campus The Community Church Center and the Annex were subsequently relinquished and the Church continues to utilize the facilities of this educational institution recently renamed Beirut University College for both worship and Church School to the present day

Community Church in 1973

Dr Donald McLaren Chairman of the 1973-74 Community Church Council summed up the Community Church of 1973 as follows

After one hundred and fifty years Community Church finds itself without a building and without a constitution but with a purpose This is to provide a spiritual home for those people living in Beirut who regardless of ethnic or denoshyminational background and without any rigid credal adherence desire to worship God through the medium of the English language and tradition and to serve Christ as Lord together with others of like mind

Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

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1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor

William Goodell Isaac Bird

George B Whiting Eli Smith Story Hebard William M Thomson Eli Smith John F Lanneau C V A Van Dyck William M Thomson Eli Smith J Edwards Ford William M Thomson James Robertson William M Thoms on Rev Charteris John Milne James S Dennis William Francis Scott George M Mackie

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George M Mackie W W Eddy Thonlas Young James S Dennis George M Mackie W W Eddy William Francis Scott W W Eddy Malcolm Taylor George M Mackie Franklin E Hoskins Christopher Halliday Franklin E Hoskins William Watson Franklin E Hoskins No regular pastor

Robert E Lee

Denomination

Congregational Congregational

Congo or Pres Congregational Congo or Pres Presbyterian Congregational Congo or Pres Dutch Reformed Presbyterian Congregational Presbyterian Presbyterian Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church of Scotland Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church of Scotland Church of Scotland Church of Scotland Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church of Scotland Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church of Scotland Pre s byterian Church of Scotland Presbyterian

Church of Scotland

Remarks

Se rved jointly with Bi Served jointly with then Whiting Served jointly with Eir1

June- November December January-May June- October

November-April

June-January February-May May- October

June-January January-Mar~h

April May-June

January February-April May- Decemb(r January-March

Pulpit filled by rnany different pastors Along with other chaplains of the Sea forth Highlander sand of the Black Watch

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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor

Franklin E Hoskins Jame s H Nicol Henry H Riggs No regular pastor

James H Nicol George H Scherer No regular pastor

E Howard McClintock Dewey R Ede r Romain A Swedenburg Richard W Wilcox

Denomination

Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian

Presbyterian Presbyterian

Epis copalian United Brethren Methodist

Remarks

Pastors Committee responsible for supshyplying pulpit with local and visiting pastors

PU~~i t filled by many different pastors mostly local

United Church of Christ

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Addison James Thayer The Christian approach to the Moslem a historical study N Y Columbia University Press 1942

American Press Centennial of the American Press of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the USA Beirut Syria 1822-1922 Beirut 1923

Anderson Rufus History of the missions of the American Board of Comshymissioners for Foreign Missions to the Oriental churches Boston Congregational Publishing Society 1872 2v

Anglo-American Congregation Beirut Annual reports for the years 192728 192930 193031 and 193536 - 194445

Record [1908-1951] Includes miscellaneous records of the Anglo-American Congregation Anglo-American Church and Community Church for the dates indicated

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________ Pastors Committee A historical sketch of the Ang1oshyAmerican Congregation Beyrout-5Yria with an abstract of contribushytions to the building fund for the new churchbull Beyrout 1873

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Bird Isaac Bi b1e work in Bible lands or events in the history of the Syria Mission Philadelphia Presbyterian Board of Publication 1872

Bond Alvan Memoir of the Rev Pliny Fisk A M late miSSionary to Palestine from the American Board of Missions Edinburgh Waugh amp Innes 1829

The Brurnrnana Conference of Christian Workers held at Brummana Mount Lebanon on August 9th to August 14th 1898 Beirut American Mission Press 1898

Cemetery record [of the] American Presbyterian Mission Beirut Syria Beirut American Mission Press 1903

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Community Church of Beirut Council Minutes [1950-1973] Includes annual reports for some years

Crawford Archibald Stuart Evacuations of Americans from Beirut 1828-1967 Beirut Librairie du Liban 1972

Dodge Bayard The American University of Beirut a brief history of the University and the lands which it serves Beirut Khayats 1958

Finnie David H Pioneers East the early American experience in the Middle East Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press 1967

cirabill Joseph L Protestant diplomacy and the Near East missionary influence - on American policy 1810-1927 Minneapolis University of Minnesota

Press 1971

up Henry Harris Fifty-three years in Syria N Y Fleming H Revell Company 1910 2v

Penrose Stephen B L Jr That they may have life the story of the American University of Beirut 1866-1941 Beirut American University of Beirut 1941

Presbyterian Church in the U S A Board of Foreign Missions Syria Mission Fragmentary records of the Syria Mission for the period 1823-1930 as microfilmed for the United Presbyterian Library (4 reels) Copy consulted is held by the Near East School of Theology Beirut and includes Record of the Missionary Church at Beyroot 1823-1834

Prime E D G Forty years in the Turkish Empire or Memoirs of Rev William Goodell D D New York Robert Carter 1876

Richter Julius A history of Protestant missions in the Near East N Y Fleming H Revell Company 1910

Strong William E The story of the American Board an account of the first hundred years of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Boston Pilgrim Press A B C FM 1910

Tibawi A L American interests in Syria 1800-1901 a study of educational literary and religious work Oxford Clarendon Press 1966

In addition to works cited above miscellaneous individual documents in the possession of the Community Church of Beirut were examined These included copies of various documents or portions thereof which the Rev George H Scherer extracted from the American Mission Archives while writing his book Mediterranean missions

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SESQUICENTENNIAL

HISTORY

OF

THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BEIRUT

1823 - 1973

Robert M Copeland

Beirut

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BEIRUT

1974

Cover Illustration From a woodcut of the American Mission Church (now the National Evangelical Church) in which the Congregation worshiped from 1869-1971

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PASTORS 1823 - 1973

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Remarks



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Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





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Denomination



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Remarks



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1887-1895 1895-1896

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1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

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Remarks




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Dates of Service

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1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

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1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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BIBLIOGRAPHY














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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

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1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

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1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

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Remarks




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BIBLIOGRAPHY














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1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

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1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

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Remarks




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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



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1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

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1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



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1895 29229 (234)

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Christian Education





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Membership








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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

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The Mobile Church




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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

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The Mobile Church




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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














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Press 1971









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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

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The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

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1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



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April May-June



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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

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1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



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1830-1834 1835

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1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

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1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

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Remarks




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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

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1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

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1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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Membership








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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



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1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

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1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

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1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

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1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

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1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

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1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

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1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

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Membership








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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

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Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

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Denomination




Remarks




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1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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The Mobile Church




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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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59 19

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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

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Remarks




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1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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BIBLIOGRAPHY














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Press 1971









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Christian Education









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1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








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The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









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Church Services







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Christian Education









J - 25 shy




Church Finance









J J J J J j

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- 26 shy


1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








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The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









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1

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- 21 shy


Church Services







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Scotland years






l I

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Sbt before elves~






- 24shy





Christian Education









J - 25 shy




Church Finance









J J J J J j

j

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- 26 shy


1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

J J J J

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Benevolence








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Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








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Church Government








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J Congregation






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i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

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- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 20 shy

Church rnrnent









)


- 21 shy


Church Services







- 22 shy















Scotland years






l I

I

-

- 23 shy








Sbt before elves~






- 24shy





Christian Education









J - 25 shy




Church Finance









J J J J J j

j

~

1] 1 1

~ ~

I ~-

- 26 shy


1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

J J J J

27


Benevolence








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l IV







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Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








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I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

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i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

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- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 21 shy


Church Services







- 22 shy















Scotland years






l I

I

-

- 23 shy








Sbt before elves~






- 24shy





Christian Education









J - 25 shy




Church Finance









J J J J J j

j

~

1] 1 1

~ ~

I ~-

- 26 shy


1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

J J J J

27


Benevolence








--I Ji

l IV







l


Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



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J Congregation






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2 S

1 1

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I - 38 shy











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- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 22 shy















Scotland years






l I

I

-

- 23 shy








Sbt before elves~






- 24shy





Christian Education









J - 25 shy




Church Finance









J J J J J j

j

~

1] 1 1

~ ~

I ~-

- 26 shy


1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

J J J J

27


Benevolence








--I Ji

l IV







l


Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


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2 S

1 1

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I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

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- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 23 shy








Sbt before elves~






- 24shy





Christian Education









J - 25 shy




Church Finance









J J J J J j

j

~

1] 1 1

~ ~

I ~-

- 26 shy


1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

J J J J

27


Benevolence








--I Ji

l IV







l


Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


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2 S

1 1

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I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

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v









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i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 24shy





Christian Education









J - 25 shy




Church Finance









J J J J J j

j

~

1] 1 1

~ ~

I ~-

- 26 shy


1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

J J J J

27


Benevolence








--I Ji

l IV







l


Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


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2 S

1 1

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I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

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v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









J - 25 shy




Church Finance









J J J J J j

j

~

1] 1 1

~ ~

I ~-

- 26 shy


1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

J J J J

27


Benevolence








--I Ji

l IV







l


Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


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1 1 1 1 1 1 )

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2 S

1 1

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I - 38 shy











1 ]

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and Wilcox





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i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









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j

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1871 L 43 ( 3) 1881 L 30 (15 ) 1872 82 (42 ) 1882 20 ( 5) 1873 67 (27) 1883 Unavailable 1874 65 (25 ) 1884 32 (17) 1875 43 ( 3) 1885 33 (18 ) 1876 45 ( 5) 1886 31 (16 ) 1877 40 ( 0) 1887 24 ( 9) 1878 38 ( 0) 1888 32 (17) 1879 40 ( 0) 1889 37 (22 ) 1880 33 (18) 1890 33 (18 )

1890-1911 L 100 (85 )



1874 19570 (157) 1884 10 183 81 ) 1875 10341 ( 83) 1885 8088 65) 1876 15 556 (124) 1886 9302 74) 1877 9944 ( 80) 1887 9231 74) 1878 14501 (ll6 ) 1888 ll631 93) 1879 12936 (103) 1889 11 762 ( 94) 1880 10 036 ( 80) 1891 24372 (195 ) 1881 7260 ( 58) 1892 26150 (209) 1882 8812 ( 70) 1894 29001 (232 )

1895 29229 (234)

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J J

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- 31

Church Government








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J Congregation






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CIHJstian Education








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I - 38 shy











1 ]

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and Wilcox





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i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








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- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









J J J J

27


Benevolence








--I Ji

l IV







l


Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


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2 S

1 1

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I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

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and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

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- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









--I Ji

l IV







l


Pastors












J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








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- 36 shy


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2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

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v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

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- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971

















J J

- 30 shy








- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








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- 36 shy


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S ~

2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

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v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

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- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 31

Church Government








- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


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~ 1 ]

1 1 1 1 1 1 )

S ~

2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

~ ~ I

v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 32 shy



l I





J Congregation






- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


J J ~

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~ 1 ]

1 1 1 1 1 1 )

S ~

2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

~ ~ I

v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 33 shy




1 I








tI







CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


J J ~

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~ l

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~ 1 ]

1 1 1 1 1 1 )

S ~

2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

~ ~ I

v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971















CIHJstian Education








- 35shy










- 36 shy


J J ~

~

~ l

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~ 1 ]

1 1 1 1 1 1 )

S ~

2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

~ ~ I

v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 35shy










- 36 shy


J J ~

~

~ l

~ r








~ 1 ]

1 1 1 1 1 1 )

S ~

2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

~ ~ I

v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 36 shy


J J ~

~

~ l

~ r








~ 1 ]

1 1 1 1 1 1 )

S ~

2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

~ ~ I

v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









~ 1 ]

1 1 1 1 1 1 )

S ~

2 S

1 1

- 37 shy









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

~ ~ I

v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









I - 38 shy











1 ]

1 1 1 1 1

~ ~ I

v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









v









and Wilcox





- -












i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971




















i - 41 shy










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971










Church Government









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 43 shy





Christian Education





- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 44 shy




Membership








59 19

9 4 3 2 Jj2 1 Jj2 2

------

- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




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BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 45 shy





The Mobile Church




- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 46 shy







Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









Dates of Service

1823-1830 1823-1835

1830-1834 1835

1836 -1837 1838-1842 1843-1844 1845-1846

1846 1847-1848 1849-1857 1857-1860 1860-1863 1864-1875

1875 1875 1876 1876

1876-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1887

gt -1887 1887

1887-1895 1895-1896

1896 1896 1896

1896-1911 1911 1911 1911 1912

1912-1916 1916-1918

1918-1919

Appendix

PASTORS 1823 - 1973

Pastor





Robert E Lee

Denomination



Church of Scotland

Remarks



November-April



April May-June



- ~--~---------

- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 48 shy

Dates of Service

1920 1921-1928 1929-1930 1930-1935

1935-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950

1950-1953 1953-1963 ~ 1964-19721 1973- ~

Pastor




Denomination




Remarks




-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









-----------------------

BIBLIOGRAPHY














- 50 shy






Press 1971









- 50 shy






Press 1971







