tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post1393155446632427850..comments2023-02-15T00:15:50.873-08:00Comments on Soul Search: Wilson Memorial ChurchSoul Searcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484611864233206491noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-66284895008480635872015-03-15T10:32:59.023-07:002015-03-15T10:32:59.023-07:00Looking for greagrandfarher John Urquart minister ...Looking for greagrandfarher John Urquart minister of Wilson Memororial U T Scotland back in1888...from Glasgow went on to preach in USA in the 1920..can anyone supply some information.Thanks normaljean1242@gmail.com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-64762921621712036862013-07-29T02:42:31.063-07:002013-07-29T02:42:31.063-07:00Thanks for commenting. There were other hymnbooks ...Thanks for commenting. There were other hymnbooks in the pews (Mission Praise and Junior Praise, if I recall aright), but these were not used. The minister said he'd left the choice of music to the organist, because the organist knew better than he what had been sung recently and if the minister himself had chosen he might have repeated last week's hymns. <br />As for the church politics, I'm just sitting back and observing, and am happy to have any misconceptions corrected. Soul Searcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484611864233206491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-28568032923386274502013-07-29T02:27:37.902-07:002013-07-29T02:27:37.902-07:00The clue to the thrust of the report is that the p...The clue to the thrust of the report is that the preacher was a visitor (I assume the minister was on holiday) and surprise surprise as a retired C of S minister the service took that form. As regards the use of CH4 it is not the Church of Scotland hymn book but like it's predecessors the product of the Church Hymnary Trust which until CH4 included Welsh and Irish Presbyterians. CH4 was produced by a committee drawn from the C of S and UF Church. It has only been taken up by a handful of UF Churches and the UF like the Welsh and Irish have now withdrawn from the Trust. Gordon's comments regarding the UF and the Lord High Commissioner totally misunderstands the position of the UF Church in relation to the (priveleged)position the C of S enjoys in relation to the state. While relations are good between the two denominations there is no desire for union. Of course there a great similarities (some in the C of S lament that the union of the C of S and the majority of the UF was actually the UF taking over the c of S!)they are after all both presebyterian in worship and government. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-42974186634953784862013-07-23T02:19:57.797-07:002013-07-23T02:19:57.797-07:00Interesting. A glance at the church timeline shows...Interesting. A glance at the <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Churches_of_Scotland_timeline.png" rel="nofollow">church timeline</a> shows that barely a decade has gone by without either a split or a merger. And since it's 13 years since the FC and FCC parted company, and 57 since the last of the Seceders rejoined the Kirk, maybe it's time for another shake down. Or if all the fuss is about the queen, maybe they're waiting for the outcome of the referendum. <br /><br />And talking of Seceders, the cat on the leash just happened to be unco grey. I googled to find the Seceder cat and discovered this <a rel="nofollow">http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/47589/1</a> which involves a harsher punishment than I remembered it getting. My recollection of verse 2 is that "They took it tae the minister/ wha it rebukit sair/ and made it promise faithfully/ tae dae the same nae mair."Soul Searcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484611864233206491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702498547782657636.post-42097225749483243292013-07-23T01:40:24.869-07:002013-07-23T01:40:24.869-07:00The old UF church in Blackhall was sold a few year...The old UF church in Blackhall was sold a few years ago and is now a Mosque. The UF church has no purpose outside the C of S. It would be as well merging. They say they won't because the C of S General Assembly requires a representative of the queen in attendance whereas there's doesn't. I have it on good authority that this is bunkum (the Church of Scotland General Assembly can convene without a Lord High Commissioner).Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396016590610037737noreply@blogger.com