The Kirk Above Dee Water. Index.
James Dodson
INDEX.
Ages, great, 35.
Andrew, Saint, 24, 55.
Ants, in 12th Paraphrase, 87, 95; Sir John Lubbock on, 95, 96.
Apostles, medallions of, 24.
Bairn, Twice-christened, 54, 77.
Balmaghie, meaning of, 31; M‘Ghies of, 31; Gordons of, 18, 41, 101; Graham Hutchisons of, 24; Population, in Martin’s time, 97.
Balmaghie House, preaching at, 51.
Baptism, “Bason” for, 89; “Twice-christened Bairn,” 54, 77.
Barend, M‘Millan in, 66.
Barnboard, riot at, 53; John M‘Kinel in, 36.
Bats in Church, 22.
Bees in Church, 21.
Belfry, haunt of starlings, 20.
Bell, inscription on, 18; ringing of, at 11 a.m., 20.
Bible, Morison’s, 19.
Blenchell, David, minister, 1764-8, 43.
Bodden, Nathaniel, epitaph, 38.
Bothwell, 55.
Braefoot, supposed to be M‘Kie’s house, 71.
Brasses in Church, 24, 25, 27.
Broomhill, where Macmillan died, 55.
Burnet of Quintenespie, lapsed, 36.
Burns, Rev. Thomas, on Communion Cups, 41.
Bush-a-bield, 36.
Chapman, Robert, “reidar,” 1560, 19.
Charters, Alexander, covenanter, 34; epitaph, 39.
—— Robert, epitaph, 34; Church, old partly remaining, 18; new, 17.
Clark of Slogarie, lapsed, 36.
Communion, date, old and new, 92; postponed for Harvest, 91; tables for, 93; tablecloths, 93; forms for, 93; cups, 89; tune Communion, 120.
Contributions, voluntary, 25, 93.
Covenant, National, 50; and Solemn League, 50, 56.
Covenanters in Kirkyard, 34; epitaphs in verse, 37, 39.
Crae, Kelvies of, 36.
Craig, Rev. A. B., 33.
Craig-croft, 36.
Crabbe, 108, 111.
Crockett, S. R., Introduction by; family tombstones, 29.
Crossmichael, 17, 51, 77; Presbytery deposes Macmillan at, 51.
rucifixion, stained-glass window, 23.
Dalserf, Macmillan’s epitaph and monument in, 64.
Dee, Water of, at Balmaghie Kirk, 17; its symbolism, 17; ferry across, 52; ploughshares thrown in, 54; minister brought across in coffin, 75; bells rung along meadows, 20.
Dempster, George, of Dunnichen, M.P., 101, 104.
Dickson, a dyer, 36.
Douglas, of Bisley, family tombstone, 29.
Dubbidale, 36.
Edwards, Blanche, epitaph, 35.
Eels in Dee, 48.
Elders in 1769, 89.
Epilogue, 124; epitaphs, 29, 37; in verse, 37, 39.
“Factor James,” 100.
Ferry across Dee, and as used by Presbytery “supply,” 52.
Fine View, 36.
Forms for Communion, 93.
Index. 127
Freeland, William, M.D., minister, 1847-53, born in Ireland, 45; character.
Galloway, Earl of, his Communion Cup, 41.
Galloways of Sandhills, 65.
Gemble, Jean, 65.
Gibson, Alexander, minister, 1839-46, 44; tablet in Church, 27.
Goldie, Edward, of Craigmue, 65.
Gordon, Admiral, 102; of Tormorack, 90.
Gordon, Mrs Mary, epitaph, 32; in verse, 37; elegy on, 85 (note).
Grieve, John, M.D., great-great-grandson of Macmillan, 66.
Halliday, David, portioner in Miefield, 34; in Glengape, 34; verses on, 37.
Harvest, Communion “differed” because of, 92.
Henderson, James, minister, 1804-38; bred at Dunnichen, 100; tutor at Balmaghie, 101; his unpopularity, 103; death-bed scene, 109, 111; Dugald Williamson’s funeral sermon on, 104; his factorship of Balmaghie, 104; his verses in Galloway Herds, 100; his grave, 103; his preaching and prayers, 107; anecdotes of, 109; compared with Macmillan and Martin, 111; character, 106.
Hensol, 90 (note).
Herd, a Galloway Herd’s Sunday, Old Style, 113; New Style, 119.
“Herds, The Galloway,” satirical verses, 100.
Hill of Grange, 36.
Hourglass with wings, 37.
Houstoun, Shairp of, 94.
Hutchison family, tables erected by, 24; gifts of, to Church, 25.
Ironganoch, 36.
Johnstone, John, F.C. minister, 33.
Kail, 109.
Kelvie of Crae, lapsed, 36.
Kirk above Dee Water, date, 17; shape, 49; belfry, 20; bees, &c., in, 21; restored, 1894, 23; tablets in, 27; stained-glass in, 24.
Kirkyard, Balmaghie, gate, 29; Douglas Stone, 29; consecrated ground, 30; suicide’s grave, 30; unbaptized infants, 30; ministers’ corner, 31; oldest stone, 36; martyrs’ stones, 34; poetry, 37; roses in, 73; thrush-stones, 31; epitaphs, 37; shortest epitaphs, 35; remarks on, by an old boy, 40.
Kirk Session, in 1769, 89; discipline cases, 91; minutes of, 1769-76, 89, 93.
Ladles, 122.
Lairds, lapsed, 36.
Latin phrases, &c., in kirkyard, 37.
Laurieston, 114.
League, Solemn, 50, 56.
Livingstone, Mure of, 31; Alexander, epitaph, 39; Charles, glover, fined, 53.
Longley, 36.
Lowe, author of “Mary’s Dream,” 77.
Lubbock on Ants, 95.
Macmillan, John, minister, 1694-1700; sickly, 43; his grave, 32; epitaph, 43; his descendants, 66.
Macmillan, John, alter minister, 1701-1725; born at Barncauchlaw, 49; tutor at Cally, 100; ordination, 49; deposition, 51; his work, 61; death-bed scene, 55; character, 61; compared with M‘Kie, 76; and with Henderson, 111; monument at Dalserf, 64; his cup, 61; founds Reformed Presbytery, 62; his seal, 62; a poet, 37, 85.
Manse, Blenchell’s, 1764, 103; new manse, 103.
Marriages, irregular, 91, 92.
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Martin, Samuel, D.D., minister, 1769-76; tutor at Houstoun, 94; a poet, 85; twelfth paraphrase, 86; translated to Monimail, 92; chaplain to Lord High Commissioner, 84; personal habits and appearance, 98; grave and epitaph, 99; character, 83; a “Moderate,” 83; Session minutes, 89; error as to ants, 95; his “bills” due to Kirk Session, 92; his care of Church property, 82.
Martyrs’ stones, 34.
Melville, Earl of Leven and, 84.
“Moderates,” what, 83.
Moffat, William, drowned, 35.
Milroy, John, epitaph, 38.
Minnigaff, 49.
Ministry, average duration of, in Balmaghie, 47.
Mitchell, Hugh, signs protest against M‘Kie, 69.
Monimail, 99.
Morisson, Philip, minister, 1777-1804, 43.
Murdoch, William, a rioter, 71.
M‘Caa, William, epitaph, 38.
M‘Clacherty, Mrs, epitaph, 39.
M‘Ghie, Hew, minister, 1615-1638, his family, 42; communion cup, 41.
M‘Ghie, Sergeant, 30.
M‘Kie, William, minister, 1710-1763, his ordination, 69; glebe riot, 71; temporary manse and Church, 70; marriage, 54; enters manse, 72; his ministry, 73; death, 74; character, 76; epitaph, 38; compared with Macmillan, 76; monument, 74; his family, 75.
M‘Kie, Nathaniel, minister at Crossmichael, epitaph, 77.
M‘Kinel, John, in Barnboard, 36.
M‘Lellan, David, drowned, 35.
M‘Vitae, schoolmaster, 108.
Neilson, 29.
Owls in Church, 22.
Paraphrase, Twelfth, 81; favourite paraphrases, 120.
Pencaitland, 46.
Poet, Martin and Macmillan as poets, 85.
Poetry, churchyard, 37, 39.
Precentor’s salary, 1771, 92.
Presbytery, meetings of, 67.
Pulpit, old and new, 24; hanging up hat in, 102.
Quintenespie, Burnets of, *lapsed,*36.
Reformed Presbytery founded by Macmillan, 62.
Reid, Henry Martyn Beckwith, minister 1882: changes effected in church service during his ministry, 46; Church restored 1894, 23.
Riach, William Lyon, minister, 1853-5; translated to Pencaitland, 46; to Edinburgh, 46.
Rimmon, House of, 67, 71.
Ringcroft ghost, 42 (note).
River Dee, 17, 20, 51, 52, 101, 118, 123.
River and the Kirk, The, 124.
Rood-screen, 24.
Roses in Kirkyard, 73.
Short, George, martyr, 34.
Slogarie, Clarks of, 36.
Stevenson, Thomas, minister, 1855-81, 46.
Stone, oldest in kirkyard, 36.
Swearing, profane, rebuked by Henderson, 109.Tablets in Church, 27; Tent for preaching, 93.
Token, Martin’s, 84, 92.
Tormorack, 90.
Tramp buried, 31.
Ward, Catherine, 35.
Watkins, Adrian, 19.
Williamson, Catherine, 32; Dugald, 104.
Windows, stained-glass, 24.
Window-Tax, 109.
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