Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . ct, he came toCharlotte Street fully equipped, and it waswell that he did so. Through variouscauses there had been a considerable lossboth in numbers and vitality, and the taskfacing the new minister was not altogetheran easy one. A marked improvement wassoon apparent. Mr. Jackson laboured withenergy and vigour, and the results wereencouraging in every dejaartment. Bymeans of his popular Sunday evening ser-mons he increased the attendances atchurch, and he gained hold of the youngmen and women by his successful BibleClass. With new heart and
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . ct, he came toCharlotte Street fully equipped, and it waswell that he did so. Through variouscauses there had been a considerable lossboth in numbers and vitality, and the taskfacing the new minister was not altogetheran easy one. A marked improvement wassoon apparent. Mr. Jackson laboured withenergy and vigour, and the results wereencouraging in every dejaartment. Bymeans of his popular Sunday evening ser-mons he increased the attendances atchurch, and he gained hold of the youngmen and women by his successful BibleClass. With new heart and life the congregationbegan to think of building a new an extensive reconstructionscheme was adopted, for the erectionof a new front to John Street, and acomplete renewal and rearrangement ofthe interior. Although the old walls standon the old site, the congregation has prac-tically a new place of worship, and in thematter of accommodation it is more for-tunately situated than many mid-citychurches. XXIX—EAST UNITED FREE East Church. There was no uncertainty as to thecourse of events in the East Parish whenthe Disruption of 1843 occurred. That themajority of the congregation would go outand join the Free Church was a foregoneconclusion. Almost a century previouslythere had been an off-shoot as the resultof the ministry of Rev. John Bisset, whichhad gone to the formation of the firstSecession Church in Aberdeen, and astrong evangelical party had all alongmade its influence felt in the the time of the Disruption, Mr. Bissetsplace was filled by a man whose sympathieswere equally pronounced, and whose in-fluence was also dominant—Rev. (after-wards Dr.) James Foote. There was noquestion as to Dr. Footes personal posi-tion regarding the Ten Years Conflict,and no doubt as to his large following inthe congregation. When he declared hisadherence to the Free Church of Scotlandand turned his back on the Establish-ment, he found a large an
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