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Ministers of other persuasions circulated papers containing further charges against the Relief, to which
Hutchison issued a refutation in 1781. He wrote in vehement terms (referring to “detestable lies” by “viperous bigots”). This probably increased the appeal and circulation of his tracts, and they
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In 1843 Struthers opined that “To Mr
Hutchison, more than to any other author of the last century, the religious public of Scotland is indebted for correct and scriptural views of the constitution of the church of Christ”. By that year initiatives were already afoot that, in 1847, saw the (now
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Scotland's foremost religious controversialists, publishing for the first time tracts systematically setting out what were the doctrinal beliefs of the Relief communion and why they were scripturally correct when different from those of other Presbyterian denominations.
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Scotland such that his very name became “a tower of strength for his denomination”. He continued at
49:. Raised in that communion, he initially accepted its teaching without hesitation but, in circumstances that are unclear, came to question its principles. Concluding that some of these had no basis in Scripture, and dismayed by what he saw as the
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Struthers, ut supra, at pp. 256-7, states that Hutchison was educated for the Anti-burgher ministry and was on the point of applying for his licence when persuaded otherwise by sermons of Rev. Alexander Pirie, preached in the parish of
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A Compendious View of the
Religious System maintained by the Synod of Relief together with a distinct Account of the Points in difference between the Synod of Relief and the National Establishment on the one hand and the Secession on the
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on 10 January 1802, “regretted by his own congregation and by many
Christians of different denominations”. He had married, in 1779, Helen Graham of Tamrawer, who died in 1809. They had seven sons, of whom three conducted the
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Hutchinson was licensed by the Relief, the account seems otherwise unreliable. Neither Struthers nor Small refers to Hutchison’s university education, though he was styled Master of Arts (“AM”) in his
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in practice, concerned to redefine its relationship with civil institutions, and committed to congregational singing. Its principles closely resembled those adumbrated by
Hutchison, and when the history of the
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Struthers, ut supra, pp. 258-260 (“if he had possessed less feeling he would have used more measured language but his pamphlets would have slumbered on shelves instead of being read from house to
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A Dissertation on the nature and genius of the Kingdom of Christ. In two parts. Containing a delineation of the nature of Messiah’s Kingdom, and its distinctiveness for the kingdom of this world
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in 1833, Robert (1782-1862) amassed perhaps the city's finest private art collection, and Graham (1795-1858) acquired the Craigton House estate; all were Glasgow City Councillors in 1843.
97:. But he still courted controversy with outspoken calls for political reform and for an end to the war with France, resulting in a rift within his congregation in 1796.
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in public worship. In 1794 the compilation was adopted by the Relief Synod as the church's first hymn-book and it continued unrevised until 1825.
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The History of the Rise, Progress and Principles of the Relief Church embracing notices of the Other Religious Denominations in Scotland
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he frequently preached and in debate with whom he refined his judgement on topics of ministerial concern. During his eight years at
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A Few Animadversions on the Re-Exhibition of the Burgher Testimony as far as it relates to the Principles of the Relief Church
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187:(as was then the general practice), should be a vital part of worship, and in 1793 he printed for use by his congregation
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The History of Scotland from the Union to the abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in 1748
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Sacred Songs and Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture. To be sung in the Worship of God
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Stirling parish register (entry of marriage 17 October 1779);
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690:(Parliamentary Papers 1836, XXXIV, G, 107 and 111).
407:Gavin Struthers, ut supra, p. 257; John Struthers,
262:. Of these three, James (1780-1862) was Glasgow's
467:Traditions and Reminiscences of the Relief Church
465:Ibid., pp. 258-9; Very Rev. Robert Drummond, DD,
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469:(Scottish Church History Society, 1944), p. 47.
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649:Gavin Struthers, ut supra, p. 417; Preface to
113:By 1779 the Relief was under attack from both
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441:For details of Pirie, see his entry in the
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651:Sermons on Various and Important Subjects
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430:http://ufcos.org.uk/stirling/history.htm
366:(A. Fullarton & Co., 1843), p. 256.
583:Printed by John Neilson, Paisley, 1788.
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592:Gavin Struthers, ut supra, pp. 364-5.
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564:(David Paterson, Edinburgh, 1781).
552:(David Paterson, Edinburgh, 1780).
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487:Gavin Struthers, ut supra, p. 382.
456:Gavin Struthers, ut supra, p. 242.
393:and since Pirie did not arrive at
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655:Glasgow Courier and Advertiser
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