Kirk in the Craigs INDEX

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ABERCROMBIE, Mrs, teacher at Throsk, 80

ABERDEEN, chair of Church History vacant, 109; Dr Binnie inducted, 110; School Board of, 110; Free West congregation, 110; Free Church Synod minute, 111-113

AGNEW, Sir ANDREW and Lady, hearers of Dr Symington in Galloway, 75

AIRDRIE (“Airdary”), Mr McMillan appointed to preach at, 24; call to Dr W. Symington from, 75; Presbytery meeting at, 96; 100

AITCHISON, Sir CHARLES UMPHERSTON, his death at Oxford, 22

ALEXANDER, HELEN, of Pentland, at Renwick’s execution, 21-22

ALEXANDER, JOSIAS, student, 60; from Belfast, 64; first R.P. minister in Belfast, 64; his death, 64

ALLOA, meetings held by McMillan at, 47; district forming a “quarter” at, 48; vessel for West Indies at, 81

ANDERSON, Rev. Dr WILLIAM, has charge of Craigs congregation in Professor McMillan’s absence, 54; 78; student, 63; from Coleraine, 78; studies at Glasgow, 78; settled at Loanhead, 78; his death, 78

ANDREW, Rev. Dr, editor of British Messenger, 45

ARMSTRONG, DAVID, student, 61-62; from Eskdalemoor, 73; succeeds John McMillan II. in Calton congregation, Glasgow, 73; his death, 73

AYR, moderation in a call granted to, 12; included in Northern congregation, 15

BACKYETT, meetings held by McMillan at, 47

BAKER’S WYND, former name of Baker St., 59

BALDIE, Mr HENRY, account for improving Craigs Kirk, 104

BALMAGHIE CHURCH, tablet in memory of John McMillan I. in, 19

BANNOCKBURN, district forming a “quarter” at, 48; field of, 80

BATES, Rev. STEWART, D.D., elected at Kelso, 95; preaches ordination sermon at Craigs, 101

BAXTER, PETER, elder in Craigs, 37

BEITH, Rev. Dr, convener, 108; his report, 109; proposes Dr Binnie as professor, 109; presides at farewell meeting in honour of Dr Binnie, 109; in Free Presbytery of Stirling, 116

BELL, HENRY, of Helensburgh, a friend of Thomas Nelson, 82

BELL, JOHN, smith, 33

BINNIE, JOHN FAIRBAIRN, surgeon in Missouri, 113

BINNIE, THOMAS, father of Dr Binnie, 105; builder of Binnie Place, Glasgow, 105; one of the “Hundred Glasgow men,” 105; memoir of, by his son, 106; brings his son William home from Berlin, 106; builds houses in Stirling, 113

BINNIE, THOMAS, property valuator in Glasgow, 106; Dr Binnie dies in his house, 110; at Stirling, 115

BINNIE, THOMAS F., Edinburgh, 113

BINNIE, Rev. WILLIAM, D.D., his son-in-law, 29; his sister Isabella, 35; his Pulpit Bible, 88; third minister of Craigs, 105; his ancestry, 105; his father, 105; his birth, 106; student at Glasgow, 106; studies Theology at Paisley, 106; proceeds to Berlin, 106; a pupil of Neander, 106; taken ill, 106; licensed, 106; called to Craigs Kirk, 106; settled, 106; his love for Stirling, 107; as a minister and a pastor, 107; denominational services, 107; succeeds Dr Symington as professor, 108; associated with Dr Goold, 108; created D.D., 108; his book on the Psalms, 108; Spurgeon’s criticism, 108; Chairman of first Burgh School Board, 108; nominated to chair of Church History at Aberdeen, 109; election unanimously agreed to, 109; accepts call, 109; expressions of esteem for, 109; inducted as professor, 110; his services in Aberdeen, 110; serves on School Board, 110; his sudden death, 110; sorrow for his loss, 110; Free Church Synod of Aberdeen on, 111-113; his wife and family, 113; residence in Stirling, 113; contributes to Christian Treasury, 113; list of publications, 114-115; takes part in centenary services in Craigs Kirk, 116

BINNIE, WILLIAM, son of Dr Binnie, in Texas, 113

BINNOCK or BINNING, WILLIAM, takes Linlithgow Castle, 105; rewarded by Bruce, 105; his description by Barbour, 105; ancestor of Dr Binnie, 105

“BLYTHE CAKE” at Cambuskenneth, 53

BRIDGE OF ALLAN, subscription from, 35; Dr Macindoe at, 74; mode of regulating time on Sabbath at, 90

BROWN, Mr ADAM, predecessor of Dr Macindoe at Kilmarnock, 74

BROWN, Rev. Principal, D.D., draws up minute on death of Dr Binnie, 111

BROWN, Hon. GEORGE, of Toronto, 89

BROWN, GEORGE M., grandson of Thomas Nelson, 89

BROWN, Mr WILLIAM, merchant in Stirling, 30-31; appointed to borrow money for building Craigs Kirk, 32; treasurer, 34; his liberality, 34

BUCHLYVIE (“Buchlyvy”), Reformed Presbyterians in, 46; meeting of “the Four Johns” at, 47

BURNS on Communions, 27; “The Ordination,” 74; “Will you go to the Indies, my Mary?” 81

BUTLER, Bishop, referred to, 52

CADDLE, Mr JOHN, slater, 34

CALDER, Mr, of Stirling, plans manse, 103

CAMERON, Dr ANDREW, editor of Christian Treasury, 113

CAMBUSKENNETH ABBEY, students at, 53

CAMPBELL, JOHN, student, 63; from Lorn, 78; finishes course of study at Paisley, 78; ordained at Newton Stewart, 78; minister in his native district, 78; his death at Balchuan, Argyllshire, 78

CAMPBELL, Rev. ROBERT, Seceder minister in Stirling, 9; dissatisfaction with, 11

CARLYLE, THOMAS, teaches in Kirkcaldy, 88

CARRON WATER, people east and south of, disjoined from Stirling congregation, 29; first steamboat on, 82

CHALMERS, Rev. JOHN, Stirling, 116

“CHRISTOPHER NORTH,” his tribute to Dr Andrew Symington, 65

CHRYSTAL, Mr JAMES, gives legal advice, 103

COALS, price of, 39

“COMET,” Bell’s first steamer, 82

COMMUNION SEASONS, rare, 25; petitioned for, 25; at Stirling, 26; large numbers at, 27; held in St Ninians Well Green, 28; collections at, 37; provisions at, 38; extra allowance to minister at, 38

CONNAL, Mr EBENEZER, helps to pay Craigs Kirk, 34

CONNAL, Mr JOHN, “merchant, dyer,” 34-35

CONNAL, MICHAEL, merchant, 33; subscribes to Craigs Kirk, 34; three times Provost of Stirling, 36

CONNAL, Sir MICHAEL, of Parkhall and Arngomery, 36

COOK, Mr W. B., on Cowan family, 35

COPPERSMITHS allowed to work in porch of West Church, Stirling, 12

COURTASS, Rev. JOHN, of Quarrelwood, near Dumfries, 14; his charge in Southern congregation, 15; appointed to go to Ireland, 42; unable to go, 43

COWAN, JOHN, tenant in Burnhouse of Touch, 31; descendant of John Cowane, the Stirling benefactor, 35

COWANE, JOHN, his descendants, 35

CRAIGEND DISTILLERY, Nelson at, 82

CRAIGS KIRK now Free Church, 9; Records of, 11; where congregation once worshipped, 11-12; settlement of first minister, 15-17; Communion Cups inscription, 26; congregation meets in King’s Park, 27; disjunction considered, 28; decided on, 29; church erected, 30; legal description of site, 30; receipt for price of site, 30-31; trustees of, 32; cost of building, 33; charge for “fogging” roof, 33; how paid for, 34; Kirk Session contributions, 34; amount gathered, 34; cost of “churchyard dyke,” 36; building of Session-house, 36; elders of, 37; managers of, 37; managers’ book, 37; session book, 37; payment made for use of Well-Green, 38; collections by, 39; collection for library, 39; Session Records lost, 42; ordination of Deacons in 1891 referred to, 44; an English visitor in, 46; members widely separated, 46-47; letter of Mr McMillan to, 49; 54; College in, 52; a “vacant day” in, 55; congregation raises tombstone to Mr McMillan, 56; age of congregation in 1896, 58; incident at ordination of fourth minister, 76; supplies successor to Professor William Symington, 77; Sacrament at, 84; anecdote, 92-93; reason for long vacancy after McMillan’s death, 94; petition for moderation granted, 94; cost of journey to Kelso, 94; petition of congregation rejected by Synod, 96; disappointment in, 97; another disappointment, 100; amount of stipend offered, 100; legacies to, 103; manse built, 103; internal arrangements of Church altered, 104; hall built, 104; expense of alterations, 104; third minister of, 105; pro-

vides professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics, 108; sorrow for loss of Dr Binnie, 109; a third vacancy, 115; ordination at, 115; becomes Craigs Free Church, 116; centenary services, 116; present position, 117

CROCKETT’S “Men of the Moss-hags” referred to, 20

CRUICKSHANKS, JEAN, receipt of, 30-31; signature, 31

CULROSS, Rev. Dr, Principal of Baptist College, Bristol, 44

CUNNINGHAM, JANET, servant in Sandhills, 35

CURWEN’S “History of Booksellers” quoted, 86

CUTHEL, JAMES, manager, 37

DAWSON, ADAM, trustee, 32

DICK, Mr JAMES, of Strabane, called to Craigs Kirk, 95; objected to by Moderator, 95; appeal from Presbytery to Synod against, 95; appeal sustained, 95; proposal to transmit his name to roll of Scotch probationers, 96; proposal rejected, 96; his subsequent career, 100; his son, Professor Dick, 100

DICKSON, EBENEZER, manager, 37; at Newhouse, 53; saying of, 54

DICKSON, GEORGE, weaver, Newhouse, 31; appointed to borrow money, 32

DOOR-KEEPER of Craigs Kirk, his duties and salary, 39

DOUGLAS, meeting of Presbytery at, 12; hour of Presbytery meeting fixed at, 42

DOUNE, meetings held by Mr McMillan at, 47

DOWNIE, THOMAS, elder, 16; portioner of Norriston, 31

DRUMMOND, HELEN, wife of Mr Grant, 44

DRUMMOND, HENRY, on Provost Swan, 88; father of Professor Drummond, 88

DRUMMOND, Mr PETER, acquires Viewforth, 41; in Craigs Kirk, 106

DUNBLANE, meetings by Mr McMillan at, 47; district forming a “quarter” at, 48; regular hearers at Craigs Kirk from, 89

DUNCAN, Dr JOHN, in New College, 66

DUNN, JOHN, elder, 37

EADIE, Dr, referred to, 66

EAGLESHAM, minister ordained at, 67; calls Mr Macindoe, 73

EDINBURGH, Professor McMillan dies in Arthur Street, 55; McMillan’s second wife from, 58; Thomas Nelson in, 84; congregation in, 85; West Bow, 85; High Street, 85; Trotter’s Close, 86; Gordon House, 86; Free Assembly

Hall, 86; Hope Park, 86; Parkside, 86; Abden House, 87; restoration of Castle, 88; Salisbury Green, 88; district, 90; the Jeffreys in, 92

EDUCATION formerly scanty, 37; facilities for, very limited, 79-80

EGGS, price of, 39

ELDERS, their names, 37; their duties, 48; greeting of a Moss elder, 48

ERSKINE, EBENEZER, meeting place of his followers, 11; leaves West Church, 12; some of his followers join Old Dissenters, 14

FAIRBAIRN, Miss JANET, wife of Dr Binnie, 113

FAIRBAIRN, Rev. JOHN C., Allanton Free Church, 113

FAIRLEY, ALEXANDER, residenter in Craigs, 30; receipt for price of church site, 30-31

FAIRLEY, Rev. JOHN, from Douglas Water, 14; one of “the Four Johns,” 15; attends communion services in Stirling, 85

FALKIRK, sermon published at, 17; Presbytery meeting at, 55

FAMILY WORSHIP, the practice of, 11

FERGUSON, JOHN, “the Peapr (paper) maker,” 35

FERGUSON, Mr JOHN, elder in Craigs, 116

FORFAR, JOHN, trustee, 32

FORFAR, THOMAS, weaver in Bannockburn, 31

FORREST, Dr JOHN, subscribes to Craigs Kirk, 34

FORRESTER, JOHN, manager, 37

FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, Commission of General Assembly, 108

FREW, Rev. Dr, St. Ninians, 116

GALBRAITH, Mr, Town Clerk, 103

GALLOWAY, THOMAS, trustee, 32

GARTMORE FREE CHURCH, Jubilee celebration, 47

GIB, Bailie, his orchard, 11

GIBBONS, JOHN M., wright, 33

GIFFORD, Mr, attorney, Edinburgh, 103

GILCHRIST, ARCHIBALD, manufacturer, 31; subscriber to Craigs Kirk, 34; in Port Street, 35

GILCHRIST, THOMAS, assists in borrowing money for building, 32

GILLESPIE, ROBERT, manager, 37

GLASGOW, contributions from, towards building Kirk, 34; Synod at, 45; Calton congregation, 73; Synod at, 96; Dr Binnie dies at, 110

GOOLD, Rev. WILLIAM, at Stirling, 85; daughter married to Mr Stevenson, 104

GOOLD, Rev. Dr, of Edinburgh, 11; his father, 27; his list of Professor McMillan’s students, 60-63; meets Mr Sprott, 72; appointed professor, 77; on Thomas Nelson, 84-85; his term as professor, 108; at Stirling, 116

GORDON, Sir ALEXANDER, the “Bull of Earlston,” 20

GRACE before meat, 48

GRANT, Mr JAMES, his daughter Mrs Wylie, 44

GREAT HAMILTON STREET FREE CHURCH, the representative of old church at Sandhills, 21; in place of Calton congregation, 73; its minister, 76; 115

GRIEVE, JOHN, M.D., erects tablet to McMillan of Balmaghie, 19

GRIEVE, Rev. WALTER, minute referring to license of, 23-24; of Inverkeithing, 27; paid for assistance at sacrament, 38

GUTHRIE, JAMES, the martyr, 28

GUTHRIE, Dr THOMAS, remark by, 72

HALIDAY, Mr, probationer, 95

HAMILTON, moderation in a call granted to, 12; calls Mr McMillan, 13; disappointment in, 13; petition to Presbytery from, 13; “true blue Presbyterians,” 14; request at, for minister to London, 84

HAMILTON, Rev. JOHN, Glasgow, 116

HAMILTON, Sir WILLIAM, his gesture, 65

HARROWER, Mr JOHN, builder, 57

HARVEY, JOHN, Park Terrace, 35

HARVEY, Miss, Albert Place, 35

HARVEY, Mr ROBERT, preses of Craigs Kirk, 40

HARVIE, ROBERT, manufacturer, 31; his descendants, 35

HAY, Lady, of Dunraggat, 75

HENDERSON, JAMES, elder, 37

HERKLESS, Professor, his life of “Richard Cameron” referred to, 11

HEUGH, Rev. JOHN, Antiburgher minister, 9

HORSE SHOE, cost of, 39

HUNTER, Rev. JAMES, B.D., minister of Laurieston Free Church, 29; married to Dr Binnie’s daughter, 113; at Craigs centenary, 117

HUTCHISON, Rev. MATTHEW, of New Cumnock, quoted, 22-23; on communion at Sandhills, 27; on Mr McMillan as a pastor, 46

IRELAND, petition from, 25; people from, at communions in Stirling, 27; ministers sent to, 43; students from, 51; Coleraine, 78; terms of admission of students from, 95; law for Licentiates from, 96

IVERACH, Professor, D.D., draws up minute on death of Dr Binnie, 111

JACKSON, JANET, wife of John McMillan II., 21

JEFFREY, Mr DAVID, Edinburgh, 11; recollections of old Craigs folks, 92

JEFFREY, JOHN and DAVID, brewers in Edinburgh, 92

JEFFREY or JAFFREY, Mr PETER, his position in Craigs Kirk, 91; his occupation, 91; his character and liberality, 91-92; preses of Kirk, 92; Kirk-Session minute on his death, 92; his family, 92; his conduct as preses, 94; at Loanhead, 95; question put on return, 95-96; his reply, 96; sent with petition to Synod at Glasgow, 96

JEFFREY or JAFFREY, THOMAS, farmer at Throsk, 92; dies at Lenzie, 92

JEFFREY, Rev. WILLIAM, minister of Riccarton, 93

“JOHNS, THE FOUR,” their names and charges, 15; license McMillan of Stirling, 23

JOHNSTON, Dr WM., Pitt Terrace, 36

JOINER’S WAGE, 33

Josephus, reprint of, 86

KER, JOHN, elder, 37

KER, Mr WM., appointed to assist in raising money, 32

KERR, JOHN, tenant in Stewart Hall, 31

KING, JOHN, work done by, 36

KING STREET, Stirling, formerly Quality Street, 59

LAIDLAW, Rev. Professor, in Aberdeen, 110

LAURIESTON, origin of Free Church of, 29; Presbytery at, 45; minister of, 73; 113

LEIGHTON’S WORKS reprinted by Nelson, 86

LINLITHGOW (Lithgow), McMillan to preach at, 24; petition from people in, 28; adherents of McMillan in, 46

“LOCKE on the understanding,” 65

M‘DIARMID, Rev. JOHN, of Glasgow, 116; at Craigs Centenary, 117

M‘DONALD, ALEXANDER, manager, 37

M‘EWAN, Mrs, of Alloa, 93

M‘EWAN, WILLIAM, M.P., his princely gift, 93

M‘FARLANE, THOMAS, elder, 37

M‘GIBBON, JOHN, writer, 31; legal fees as Town Clerk, 34

MACINDOE, PETER, student, 62-63; from Glassford, 73; his education, 73; has three calls, 73; ordained at Chirnside, 73; succeeds Mr Brown at Kilmarnock, 74; made D.D., 74; edits “The Scottish Advocate,” 74; as an author, 74; his death, 74

M‘KENZIE, DONALD, residenter in Stirling, 31

M‘KINLAY, Rev. JAMES, D.D., sermon occasioned by his death, 74

M‘LAREN, Mr ADAM, preses of Craigs Kirk, 40

MACLEOD, Rev. NORMAN, D.D., remark of, quoted, 11

M‘CLUCKIE, Mrs, Carbrook Lodge, 35

MCMILLAN, CAMPBELL, Indian officer, 59

MACMILLAN, Rev. Dr HUGH, of Greenock, 88

M‘MILLAN, Rev. JOHN, of Balmaghie, 19; tablet to his memory, 19; his life by Reid, 20; thrice married, 20; his elegy on his second wife, 20; his communion cup, 20; his character, 21; removes to Upper Ward of Lanarkshire, 105

M‘MILLAN, Rev. JOHN, of Sandhills, appointed to preach ordination sermon, 14; father of McMillan of Stirling, 14; his pastoral charge, 15; preaches at his son’s ordination, 16; title of sermon published, 17; born at Eastforth, Carnwath, 21; his ordination, 21; his long ministry, 22; takes part in “Atonement Controversy,” 22; his death, 22; his publications, 22; Hutchison’s estimate of, 22-23; Presbytery’s Record on, 23; at communion in Stirling, 27; hears his son preach, 45; inscription commemorative of, in Dalserf churchyard, 58

M‘MILLAN, Rev. JOHN, of Stirling, preaches at first in West Church, 12; has four calls, 13; accepts Stirling, 13; salary promised to, 16; his ordination, 16-17; birth of, 23; licensed at Pentland, 23; appointment to preach, 24; his first Communion, 26; his second Communion, 26-27; part of congregation disjoined, 29; in 1784, 31; subscribes to building of church, 34; remembered in his father’s house, 35; payment of salary to, 40; where he resided, 40; as a Presbyter, 42; sent to Ireland, 43; constitutes first meeting of North-Eastern Presbytery, 45; first Moderator of Synod, 45; preaches opening sermon, 45; as a preacher, 45; his powerful voice, 45; anecdote, 46; as a Pastor, 46; scattered nature of congregation, 46-47; collections taken at meetings, 47; as an

Author, 49; “Letter to Messrs Belfrage, Arnot, and Campbell,” 49; reason for its tartness of tone, 49; other publications, 49; as a Professor, 50; when appointed, 50; his salary, and how raised, 51; begins professorial work, 51; his illness, 51; his method of instruction, 52; efficiency and usefulness as a Professor, 52; testimony borne by an old Student, 53; his health gives way, 54; requests supply for congregation, 54; last appearance in Presbytery, 54; letter to congregation, 54-55; goes to Bath, 55; his death, 55; funeral sermon, 55; Presbytery notice of, 55; Synod’s notice, 55-56; tombstone erected to his memory, 56; his resting-place, 56; inscription on tombstone, 57; inscription on tomb in Dalserf Churchyard, 58; period covered by McMillan ministries, 58; his married life, 58; his family, 58; his descendants, 59; first child baptized by, 79; veneration of Nelson the publisher for, 82; corresponds with Nelson, 84; his trials for license, 97-98; his influence on students, 99

M‘MILLAN, JOHN, son of Professor McMillan, 58; his family, 59; residence of his widow, 59

MASON, Rev. Dr, of Wishawtown, anecdote of, 40-41; preaches funeral sermon, 55; his ministrations attended by Mr Macindoe, 73

MASON, and Mason’s Labourer, charge for work of, 33

MILLAR, Mr ROBERT, legacy bequeathed by, 103

MILLER, HUGH, his grave, 79

MILLER, Mr, of Dalswinton, 82

MILTON, district forming a “quarter” at, 48

MILWAIN, Rev. JOHN, student, 63; born at Stonykirk, 77; studies at Stirling, 77; ordained at Douglas Water, 77; resigns, 77; an enthusiastic Covenanter, 78; ordains Mr Stevenson at Stirling, 101

MINISTERIAL TRAINING, 97; old example and modern instance of, 97-98

MITCHELL, ROBERT, elder, 37

MOIR, Mr SHANKS, advocate, 103

MORE, Mr, teacher, 80; his method of instruction, 81

MUSCHET, Rev. JOHN, in East Established Church, 9; lends money to Craigs congregation, 32; repaid, 33

MUTUAL ELIGIBILITY ACT, 109

NEANDER, Professor of Church History at Berlin, 106

NEILSON, NIELSON, NILSON, NELSON, WILLIAM, appointed to raise money, 32; father of Thomas the publisher, 36;

manager, 37; his employment, 79; various spellings of name, 79; his wife, 79

NELSON, JAMES, his character, 89

NELSON, Rev. JOHN, D.D., writes sketch of his father in Christian Treasury, 87; his character, 88; his death, 88

NELSON, Lord, the hero of the hour, 81

NELSON, Miss, her residence, 89

NELSON, THOMAS, the Publisher, 36; his birth, 79; his parents, 79; his baptism, 79; where buried, 79; his teachers, 80-81; becomes a teacher at 16, 81; minded to emigrate to West Indies, 81; why intention abandoned, 81; deeply impressed by McMillan, 82; employed in distillery at Craigend, 82; sails in model steamboat on Carron, 82; sets out for London, 83; struggles to find employment, 83; befriended by Alderman Kelly, 83; in Paternoster Row, 83; mode of spelling name changed, 83; witty remark, 83; carries on prayer meeting, 84; in Edinburgh, 84; revisits Throsk with two objects in view, 84; admitted member of Craigs Kirk, 84; sketch of, by Dr Goold in R. P. Magazine, 84-85; chosen elder in Edinburgh congregation, 85; his active interest in church work, 85; his first book-store, 85; his sterling integrity, 85-86; as a publisher, 86; Curwen on, 86; his reprints and how they were sold, 86; places where he resided, 86; his place of business, 86; assumes his sons as partners, 86; promises destroyed by fire, 86; his last years, 87; his character, 87; sayings of, 87; his death, 87; his widow, 87; her character, 87

NELSON, THOMAS, partner with his father, 86; his school-books, 88; princely benefaction to poor, 88; presents Pulpit Bible to Craigs Kirk, 88; agrees to publish history of Craigs congregation, 116

NELSON, WILLIAM, partner with his father, 86; named after his grandfather, 88; designs restoration of Edinburgh Castle, 88; his death, 88

NELSON PUBLISHING HOUSE, how originated, 85; partners of firm, 86; various business premises, 86

NEWHOUSE, district forming a “quarter” at, 48

NEWTON STEWART, communion at, described, 70-71; Mr Campbell at, 78

NICHOLSON’S “Brownie of Blednoch” quoted, 20-21

NICOLL, THOMAS, appointed to assist in raising money, 32

NORTHERN CONGREGATION, its extent and ministers, 15

NUCKEL (Nicol), JOHN, elder, 37

OLD DISSENTERS, name given to Reformed Presbyterians, 10; their meetings in Stirling, 10; accession to, 11; allowed to meet in West Church, 12; suspected of political unsoundness, 14; in 1766, 79

OLD MONKLAND, M‘Millan appointed to preach at, 24

ORMOND, Rev. D. D., trained in Arts and Theology at Glasgow, 115; assistant in Kinning Park Free Church, 115; called to Stirling, 115; settled by R.P. Presbytery, 115; introduced to people, 116; received into Free Church, 116; reads history of congregation at centenary services, 116; Moderator of R.P. Synod, 117; Clerk of Free Presbytery, 117; Chairman of School Board, 117

PAISLEY, Symington ordained in, 64; a student from, 65; riot in, 66; Grammar School, 74; Campbell at, 78

PALEY’S WORKS, reprints of, 86

PATERSON, JAMES, manager, 37

PATON, Mr JAMES, at Viewforth, 41

PATON, JOHN, weaver, 30

PATON, JOHN, of Viewforth, 41

PEARSON, ALEXANDER, elder, 37; at first Synod in Glasgow, 45; from Dunblane, 89; his employment, 89; his regularity as a hearer, 89; legacy left by, 89; anecdote of, 90-91; his death, 91; his proposal at Airdrie, 96; attends Synod at Glasgow, 96; at Airdrie, 100; Session Clerk, 103; amount of legacy, 103

PEATS, price of, 39

PENTLAND, minister of, 14; McMillan licensed at, 23; 98; McMillan to preach at, 24; petition from, 25; student’s trial discourse heard at, 97

PLEAN, congregational meeting at, 28

PONFEICH, near Douglas, 13; student’s trials heard at, 97

PREACHER, payment of, 38-39

QUARELWOOD, near Dumfries, 14; petition from, 25; Presbytery meeting at, 97

“QUARTER,” meaning of, 47; how many, 48; how represented, 48; Dunblane, 89

RANDALL, Rev. THOMAS, minister in Stirling, 9

REFORMED PRESBYTERIANS, their nicknames, 10; worship in West Church, 12; number of ministers, 14; called McMillianites, 19; Buchlyvie, 46; Magazine quoted, 84-85; union with Free Church, 87

REFORMED PRESBYTERY grants supply of sermon, 11; minute referred to, 12; meeting at Douglas, 12; minute quoted, 13; petition to, 13-14; members of, 14; meets at Stirling, 15; minutes quoted, 15-17; 23; 24; 25; 26; 29; 42-43; 44; 51; 55; compromise suggested, 28-29; divided into three, 45; meeting at Buchlyvie, 47; extrajudicial meeting, 50; appoints probationer to assist at Communion, 55; meeting at Kelso, 94; at Glasgow, 109

REID, DANIEL, printer, 17

REID, Rev. H. M. B., B.D., “A Cameronian Apostle,” 20; “The Kirk above Dee Water,” 20; his description of McMillan, 21

REID, Mr JAMES, probationer, 27; of Newton Stewart, 70; assists at Stirling, 85

REID, Rev. JAMES, jun., first minister of Laurieston, 29

REID, Rev. JOHN, sent to London for five Sabbaths, 84; assists at Craigs Communion, 85

RENFREW, moderation in call granted to, 12; in Northern congregation, 15; steamer from, to Stranraer, 75

RENWICK’S EXECUTION, 20-21

RISK, JAMES, conveys lands and houses, 31

RISK, JOHN, tenant in Touchgorum, 31; appointed to raise money, 32

ROBERTSON, Mr GEORGE, elder, 54; sent to Kelso, 94; cost of journey, 94; at Loanhead, 95

ROBERTSON, Mr JAMES, writer, 117

ROBERTSON, WILLIAM, tenant in Bandeath, 31

ROBIN, Mr JOHN, Bannockburn, lends money to Craigs Kirk, 32

“ROB ROY” steamer, 75

RODGER of Foulyett, ancestor of Dr Binnie, 105; removes belongings of McMillan of Balmaghie, 105

ROGERSON, ARCHIBALD, student, 60-61; ordained at Darvel, 66; Clerk to the Synod, 66; his death, 66

ROMAINE’S WORKS, reprints of, 86

RONALD, ex-Bailie, Stirling, 104

ROWATT, Rev. GAVIN, called to Stirling, 100; other calls to, 100; his death, 100

RUSSELL, GRACE, wife of McMillan of Balmaghie, 21

RUSSELL, WM., appointed to raise money, 32

ST NINIANS, district forming a “quarter” at, 48

ST NINIANS WELL GREEN, Communion services at, 28; tent at, 38; price of park near, 40

SALMOND, Rev. Professor, D.D., draws up minute on death of Dr Binnie, 111

SANDHILLS, Presbytery at, 13; minister of, 14; near Shettleston, 21; death of McMillan II. at, 22; first Communion at, 27; student’s trials at, 97-98

“SCOTTISH ADVOCATE, THE,” editor of, 74

“SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIAN,” letter in, 54-55

SELKIRK, McMillan to preach at, 24

SERMON, ordination, 16; a long, 17; Synod, 45; at Stirling, 101; length of, 102

SHEARER, ex-Bailie, on Mr Pearson, 89-90

“SOCIETIES,” in Stirling, 10; their pastors, 15; “United,” 19; Praying Society in London, 84; statement of principles, 84; reorganised by Stevenson, 102-103

SOUTHERN CONGREGATION, its extent, 15

SPROTT, Rev. GEORGE W., D.D., of North Berwick, 72

SPROTT, Rev. JOHN, his payment as a preacher, 39; student, 60-61; studies for sessions at Stirling, 67; born at Caldons, parish of Stoneykirk, 67; his education, 67; called to “Water of Orr,” Kirkcudbrightshire, 67; joins Relief Synod, 67; sails for New Brunswick, 67; ordained at Windsor, Nova Scotia, 67; labours at Musquodoboit, 67; goes on preaching tours, 67; his age at death, 67; one of the founders of Scottish Christianity in North America, 67; “a man of genius,” 68; his personal appearance, 68; saying of, 68; Presbyterian Witness of Halifax on, 68; “a memory like a camel,” 68; his versatility, 69; his geniality, 69; his description of a Communion at Newton Stewart, 70-71; extract from letter, 71-72; twice revisits Scotland, 72; on refusal of sites for Free Churches, 72; saying of, 72; thrice married, 72

SPURGEON, Mr, on Dr Binnie’s book on the Psalms, 108

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STEVEN, Rev. WILLIAM, of Crookedholm, 14; preaches at Stirling, 16; licensed along with McMillan, 23; 24; appointed to preach at Communion at Stirling, 27; appointed to visit Ireland, 42-43

STEVENSON, R. L., quoted, 106

STEVENSON, Rev. WILLIAM, second minister of Craigs, 101; his ordination, 101; his note on Milwain’s address, 101; his pulpit ministrations, 102; organises afresh fellowship societies, 102-103; keeps minutes of Kirk Session, 103; clerk to Glasgow Presbytery, 103; his residence in Stirling, 104-105; his marriage, 104; leaves Stirling, 104; labours in Dundee, 104; proceeds to Australia, 104; his death at South Yarra, 104

STEWART, ALEXANDER, yard belonging to, 30

STEWART, Mr, his trench, 30

STIRLING, religious communities in, 9; “Old Dissenters” of, 11; Apple Yard in, 11; Franciscan Tower in, 12; new charge sanctioned in, 12; moderation in call granted to, 12; calls Mr McMillan, 13; call from, accepted, 13; grounds of suspicion respecting, 13; time of ordination fixed, 14; an important day in, 14; in Northern congregation, 15; settlement at, 15; call from, put into McMillan’s hand, 17; Presbytery meeting at, 25; petition from Session of, 25; communion appointed at, 26; second communion at, 26-27; “the back of the desert,” 27; King’s Park, the Esdraelon of Scotland, 28; division of congregation, 29; East Craigs of, 30; 31; disposition of property in, 31; Bothwell Hall, St John Street, 40; district forming a “quarter” at, 48; students at, 51; no meeting of students at, 54; Presbytery at, 54; Bank of Scotland in, 58; Broad Street, 58; House of Darnley, 58; Melville Terrace, 59; communion at, 85; Old Bridge, 90; Free Presbytery of, 98; Mr Rowatt called to, 100; St John Street, 103-104; Back Walk, 107; manse in Albert Place, 113; Forth Place, 113; 25 Albert Place, 113; 10 Gladstone Place, 113; Free Presbytery of, 116

STOBO, JAMES, plasterer, 33

STONEYKIRK, Wigtonshire, 67; 77

STRANRAER, call from, 75; steamboat passage from Renfrew to, 75

STUDENTS, how at first trained, 50; in Stirling, 51; their length of attendance, 51; how boarded, 53; list of McMillan’s, 60-63; some notices of, 64-78; strictness in dealing with, 98-100

SWAN, Provost, of Kirkcaldy, 88; “lump of love,” 88; taught by Carlyle, 88

SYMINGTON, Rev. ANDREW, D.D., ordination of, 49; writes inscription on McMillan’s tombstone, 57; succeeds to his chair, 57; student, 60-61; ordained at Paisley, 64; his death, 64; high regard for Professor McMillan, 64; date of election to professorship, 65; Christopher North on, 65; witty remark by, 65; Mr Thomson of Highgate on, 65-66; respect felt for in Paisley, 66; tribute to, by Theological Hall Committee, 66; trains Dr Binnie in Theology, 106

SYMINGTON, Rev. A. MACLEOD, D.D., quoted, 74-75

SYMINGTON, Rev. WILLIAM, D.D., lodges at Newhouse, 53; student, 62-63; at Paisley Grammar School, 74; his youthful scrapes, 74; his education, 74; his son, 74; licensed, 75; “The Irishman,” 75; called to Airdrie and Stranraer, 75; ordained at latter, 75; his account of steamboat travelling, 75; minister at Stranraer, 75; his influence compared to that of Chalmers in Glasgow and of Dr Thomson in Edinburgh, 75-76; incident illustrating his power as a preacher, 76; “Messiah the Prince,” 76; created D.D., 76; removes to Glasgow, 76; his friendship with Dr Chalmers, 76-77; reason for not joining the Free Church at the Disruption, 77; succeeds his brother as professor, 77; his death, 77; ordains Dr Binnie at Stirling, 106

SYMINGTON, Dr WILLIAM, son of Professor William, 76; of Great Hamilton Street, 115; ordains fourth minister over Craigs Kirk, 115

SYMINGTON, WILLIAM, engineer, 82; colliery manager, 82; constructs engine for navigation purposes, 82; sails his model steamboat, 82

SYNOD, Reformed Presbyterian, first held, 45; notice of McMillan’s death, 55-56; disallows call to Mr Dick, 95; makes new law respecting Licentiates from Ireland, 96; rejects petition from Craigs Kirk, 96; dealings with students, 99-100; its present Moderator, 117

TAIT, M. S., Glasgow, 83

TAYLOR, Mr ROBERT, builder, 33; builds walls of Kirk, 33; account for building churchyard dyke, 36; confidence in his employers, 36; his walls pierced, 104

TELFORD, ARCHIBALD, contracts for roof and seats, 33

THOMSON, Rev. G. W., of Aberdeen, 110; his minute on Dr Binnie, 111-112

THOMSON, JOHN, senior, shoemaker in Blackquarter, 31; 32; sent to Synod at Glasgow, 96

THOMSON, JOHN, of Auchenbowie, lends money, 32-33

THOMSON, Rev. J. H., of Highgate, on Dr Andrew Symington, 65-66

THORBURN, Rev. JOHN, appointed to serve edict at Stirling, 14; from Pentland, 14; one of “the four Johns,” 15; appointed moderator of Presbytery, 23; appointed to preach at communion, 27; “Teacher of Divinity,” 50; his death, 50

THORNHILL, meetings held by McMillan at, 47

THROSK, near Stirling, 79; school at, 80; the boy from, 86; Mr Jeffrey’s farm at, 91; story of Craigs member from, 92-93

TOUCH, Mr THOMAS, farmer, Touchadam, lends money, 32

TROON, Dr Macindoe dies at, 74

TRUSTEES, their names, 31-32; when appointed, 32; their obligations, 32; their duties, 34

UMPHERSTON, Mr CHARLES, of Pentland, 21; a distinguished descendant of, 22

UNITED STATES, Reformed Presbytery of, requests supply of preachers, 43

URR, Water of, congregation at, 67

VACANT GROUND in East Craigs, price of, 31

VENICE, the “Queen of the Adriatic,” 106

“VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, THE,” Nelson’s first reprint, 86

VIEWFIELD U.P. CHURCH, formerly Back-i-toon, 9

VIEWFORTH, receipt dated at, 38; acquired by McMillan, 40; housebreaking at, 41; family at, 58-59

WALLACE, ANDREW, of Forthside, subscription to Craigs Kirk, 35

WATSON, Rev. JOHN, D.D. (Ian Maclaren), his discourses at Stirling, 98; licensed, 98

WEBSTER, THOMAS, R.A., his “Village School” referred to, 80

WEDDERBURN, Rev. CHARLES, moderator of Stirling Free Presbytery, 98

WEIR, JAMES, appointed to assist in borrowing money, 32

WEIR, JOHN, Presbytery officer, 16

WELSH, Rev. Dr, seconds proposal to confer degree on Symington, 77

WINDYEDGE, McMillan appointed to preach at, 24

WINNING, Rev. ROBERT, student, 63; ordained at Eaglesham, 67; his death, 67

WOOD, Mr ANDREW, walks from and to Gartmore to attend Craigs Kirk every Sabbath, 47

WOOD’S PLAN OF STIRLING, 40

WORDIE, JOHN, a “Son of the Rock,” 92; his parents, 93

WORDIE, Mr PETER, his parents, 93

WORDIE, WILLIAM, his wife, 93

WRIGHT, Mr ROBERT, Edinburgh, 57

WYLIE, Rev. SAMUEL, commissioner from United States, 43; a model commissioner, 43; his son, 44; his son’s wife’s relatives, 44-45

YELLOWLEES, DAVID, in Craigs Kirk, 106

YOUNG, HUGH, student, 62-63; native of Ayrshire, 73; his education, 73; ordained at Laurieston, 73; his sudden death, 73; moderates in a call from Craigs Kirk, 94; objects to choice of people, 95; probable reason for objecting, 95

YOUNGER, Mrs JAMES, Alloa, 93