Peter Macindoe was born in Stonehouse, Glasford, Scotland, January 2, 1794. He was a member of Dr. Archibald Mason's congregation, in the Reformed Presbyterian Church. He was educated at Glasgow University where he graduated M.A., in 1814. Afterward, he studied theology under John Macmillan III., in the Reformed Presbyterian Divinity Hall, in Stirling, from 1814 until 1817. He was licensed by the North-Eastern Presbytery on June 29, 1818. At the Synod, held in 1819, Mr. Macindoe was given three calls: Kelso and Chirnside, Eaglesham, and Loanhead. He chose the first and was ordained and installed at Chirnside, July 12, 1819....
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James Guthrie, the son of the Laird of Guthrie, Forfarshire, was born 1612. He was educated in St. Andrews at St. Leonard’s College. Although he began his ministerial career as a friend of prelatic episcopacy, by the time of the signing of the National Covenant, in 1638, he was already numbered amongst those of the anti-prelatic party. In 1642, he was settled as the pastor of the church in Lauder, Berwickshire, where he showed himself to be a warm adherent to the cause of the National Covenant and the covenanting party. He was present at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1644 through 1651, the year in which the Protester/Resolutioner controversy reached its pitch and brought a breach in the church. In this controversy, Mr. Guthrie was an adherent to the stricter Protester minority and, when there was a separation, he remained with them. In November of 1649, Mr. Guthrie was transferred to be the minister of Stirling, where he would remain for a decade. In 1650, Mr. Guthrie was one of those who, with Patrick Gillespie, withdrew from the royalist cause (seeking the restoration of Charles II.) through the Western Remonstrance. Additionally, he denounced General John Middleton as an enemy of the Covenant and advocated his excommunication from the church. Middleton, who sided with Charles at the Restoration, in 1660, never forgave him. When Charles II. ascended the throne, in 1660, Guthrie and several others petitioned the king to remember his status as a Covenanter. In 1661, with Middleton presiding, Guthrie was arraigned for high treason. The six counts included his signing of the Western Remonstrance. He was ordered to be hanged on June 1, 1661, at the cross of Edinburgh. There he died the first minister to be martyred for Christ’s Crown and Covenant.
1651-James Guthrie.-An important sermon which discusses the fruit of the Engagement in anticipation of the Protestor/Resolutioner split. The subject matter concerns that of voluntary associations and unlawful alliances with the ungodly together with numerous observations on the wickedness of toleration.
1653-James Guthrie.-This broadside is designed to call to the attention of those who would be faithful Covenanters the various provocations that brought division and persecution upon the once Reformed Church of Scotland. This is a necessary enumeration of heaven provoking sins in a nation, church and ministry.
1660-James Guthrie.-This is a plea which raises concern over ten dangers that threaten the cause of covenanted reformation in Scotland, including ignorance, toleration and division.
1661-James Guthrie.-A sermon warning of the stormy trials that come upon the people of God and the reasons the Lord brings them together with instructions to avoid stumbling in them.
1661-James Guthrie.-Two speeches given prior to his sentencing and execution for his faithfulness to the cause of the Covenanted Reformation. The first contains a reasoned and impassioned plea for his release. The second gives a short account of the principles upon which he suffered.
1690-James Guthrie.-Published posthumously, this gives an outline and exposition of the offices of ruling elder and deacon in accordance with Scripture and the usage of the Scottish church.
Born in Errol, Perthshire, in 1680. He graduated from St. Andrews with an M.A., in 1702. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Cupar, in 1708. Nairn was ordained by the Church of Scotland, in 1710, at Abbotshall, Fifeshire but he was restless in the Revolution church. In 1737, he joined the Associate Presbytery, or Seceders, a connection that would be temporary and preparative to his later alignment with the Old Dissenters. As a result of this connection, he was deposed by the Church of Scotland, in 1740. In 1742, and into 1743, he became involved in controversy with the Associate Presbytery over their proposal to renew the National Covenant and Solemn League. In their act for renewing the Covenants, the Seceders condemned the views of the Old Dissenters over their views regarding the use of arms in resisting uncovenanted governments....
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Samuel Miller was born in Dover, Delaware, on October 31, 1769. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, and was a graduate, in 1789. He was ordained by the presbytery of New York, in 1793. He served two different Presbyterian congregations in New York City from 193 until 1813. In 1813, he was called to become the second professor at the new Presbyterian Seminary, at Princeton, New Jersey, a post he would occupy until his death....
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John Brown was born in Carpow, Scotland, in 1722. By the age of 11, he found himself orphaned. His formal education was very limited due to family circumstances. Nonetheless, he taught himself theology, using the catechisms of John Flavel and Thomas Vincent upon the Shorter Catechism....
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John Flavel was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, around the year 1627. His father was a notable minister in that town, the time of his birth. He was sent to the University College, Oxford, to continue his graduate studies, after completing grammar school. Soon after commencing his bachelor of arts, the minster of Dipford, Mr. Walplate, sent to Oxford for an assistant, due to his infirmities....
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William Symington was born in Paisley, Scotland, June 2, 1795. At the age of 15, he transferred to Glasgow University, intending upon entering the ministry of the Reformed Presbyterian church. After completing a four year degree in the arts, Symington spend another four years in the theological hall of the Reformed Presbyterian church studying theology...
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William Sommerville was born in Ballyroney, County Down, Ireland, July 1, 1800. He studied classics and graduated with honors from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1820. He was licensed by the Southern Presbytery, Ireland, in 1826. He was ordained sine titulo by the Southern Presbytery, Ireland, May 31, 1831, as a missionary to the British North American provinces (now Canada) and sailed for St. John, New Brunswick...
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Theodore Beza was born in Vezelay, in Burgundy, France, June 24, 1519. In the 1540s he was converted to Protestantism after falling ill. During this illness, he had what he described as a crisis of mind, heart and body in which his deep spiritual need was revealed. In 1549, he was appointed professor of Greek at Lausanne, while visiting Pierre Viret, a Protestant reformer...
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Andrew Symington was born in Paisley, Scotland, June 26, 1785. He was the eldest son of a town merchant. There, in Paisley, he attended a grammar school, after which he transferred to Glasgow University. In 1803, he earned an A.M. [Master of Arts], graduating with honors in mathematics, science and theology. Being a son of the church, he intended the ministry in the Reformed Presbyterian Church...
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James McKinney was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, November 16, 1759. He entered the University of Glasgow, Scotland, from which he graduated in 1778...
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Born near Lucesco, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1803. He received his early education in a private Academy, and graduated from the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1829. He studied theology...
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Born in the parish of Kilraughts, County Antrim, in 1847. Robert Kerr, his father, was an Ulster farmer. He attended the Academical Institution, Belfast, and then attended Queen's College for three years. There he completed a...
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Son of James R. Willson, born near Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1809. He graduated from Union College in 1829. He studied theology under the direction of his father, and was licensed by the Presbytery...
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Born near Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, January 6, 1807. His grandparents came from Scotland, in 1774, as members of the Mecklinberg Colony, and settled near Charlotte, North Carolina. His father, a Presbyterian elder...
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Born in Upper Creevaugh, County Donegal, Ireland, November 2, 1803. He received his early education in the private and night schools of the vicinity, and labored upon the farm until his sixteenth year. In 1820, he entered the Academy...
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Born near Franklin, Pendleton County, Virginia (now West Virginia), June 27, 1798. His parents were members of the Associate Reformed Church. He received preparatory course in the Academy of Bedford, Pennsylvania, and...
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Born near Londonderry, Ireland, March 8, 1781. He came to America with his parents, in 1792, settling in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In early life he manifested a thirst for knowledge, which could not be gained very...
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Born at near Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1780. In 1795, he joined the Associate Reformed Church, but transferred his membership to the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1798. Graduated with first...
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Born in Saintfield, County Down, Ireland, February 13, 1778. He came with his parents to America in 1791, and settled in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1798, he was engaged as a teacher in Shippensburgh, Pennsylvania, and...
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