The Kirk Above Dee Water
James Dodson
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
ABOUT GALLOWAY FOLK.
By a Galloway Herd.
London : Wm. Blackwood & Sons.
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CATECHISM AND ACT OF FAITH
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THE PROGRESS OF CHURCH
SERVICE IN GALLOWAY.
Being Sermon preached at the First Annual Festival
of the Church Choir Union, 1892.
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Castle-Douglas, and others.
THE
Kirk above Dee Water
By the Rev. H. M. B. REID.
WITH INTRODUCTION BY S. R. CROCKETT;
AND SIX ENGRAVINGS.
CASTLE-DOUGLAS : ADAM RAE,
1895.
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]
PRINTED BY J. H. MAXWELL,
CASTLE-DOUGLAS.
TO
GRAHAM HUTCHISON OF BALMAGHIE,
FROM
HIS GRATEFUL FRIEND AND MINISTER,
THE AUTHOR.
May 20, 1895.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
PREFATORY NOTE ... ... ... ... ... ... vii.
A WORD OF INTRODUCTION. By S. R. CROCKETT ... x.
I. THE KIRK ABOVE DEE WATER ... ... ... 17
II. THE KIRKYARD ... ... ... ... ... 29
III. ROLL-CALL, 1615 TO 1895 ... ... ... 41
IV. AN EPISODE IN GALLOWAY ... ... ... 48
V. “THE END OF THAT MAN” ... ... ... 55
VI. “THE HOUSE OF RIMMON” ... ... ... 67
VII. THE TWELFTH PARAPHRASE ... ... ... 81
VIII. MORE ABOUT THE TWELFTH PARAPHRASE ... ... 95
IX. “FACTOR JAMES” ... ... ... ... 100
X. A GALLOWAY HERD’S SUNDAY: Old Style ... ... 113
XI. A GALLOWAY HERD’S SUNDAY: New Style ... ... 119
EPILOGUE: The River and the Kirk ... ... ... 124
INDEX ... ... ... ... ... ... 126
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
THE “AULD KIRK,” BALMAGHIE ... ... ... 17
WILLIAM LYON RIACH, M.A. ... ... ... 32
THOMAS STEVENSON ... ... ... ... 48
THE DEE BELOW BALMAGHIE KIRK ... ... ... 64
SAMUEL MARTIN, D.D. ... ... ... 80
THE PRESENT INCUMBENT ... ... ... 112