| 词条 | John MacDonald (Gaelic Moderator) |
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Very Rev Dr John MacDonald DD (1779–1849) was a 19th century Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Gaelic Moderator of the General Assembly in Inverness in 1845/46. He was known as the Apostle of the North. LifeHe was born in Reay Caithness on 12 November 1779, the son of James MacDonald ("McAdie"), a farmer. With the financial aid of Mrs Innes of Sandside[1] he studied Divinity at King's College, Aberdeen from 1797.[2] He was licensed to preach in 1805 and his first work was at missions in Achrenny and Halladale.[3] He was ordained by the Church of Scotland as minister of Berriedale in 1806. In 1807 he was translated to the Gaelic Chapel in Edinburgh to replace Rev McLachlan. He lived at Ramsay Gardens.[4] During his time in Edinburgh he was portrayed by John Kay. In 1813 he was translated to Urquhart (Ferintosh) to replace Rev Charles Calder. In the General Assembly of 1818 he was heavily criticised for preaching in the adjacent parishes of Strathbogie and Aberlour and encouraging dissent in those parishes. In 1827 he was commissioned by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge to travel to St Kilda to offer some much-needed Christian preaching (the island had no church). He stayed on the island for two weeks. He is one of the first to have given detailed written descriptions of the island.[5] Later in 1827 he visited the Bishop of Cashel in Ireland. In the Disruption of 1843 he left the established church and joined the Free Church of Scotland. He gave the very first sermon of the Free Church in Tanfield Hall in 1843, based around John 15:16. In 1845 when Rev Patrick MacFarlan was Moderator, MacDonald was chosen as Gaelic Moderator, serving a separate assembly held in Inverness.[6] He died on 18 April 1849 aged 69. His biography was written by Rev J Kennedy of Dingwall entitled "The Apostle of the North". FamilyIn 1806 he married Georgina Ross of Gladfield In Ross-shire. Following her death he married Janet MacKenzie of Millbank Ross-shire in 1818. He had three children by the first marriage and five by the second. His eldest son was pastor of the Scots Church in Chadwell Heath in London before becoming a missionary in India. References1. ^Free Church Monthly December 1849 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:MacDonald, John}}{{Scotland-reli-bio-stub}}2. ^Kay's Originals 1810 3. ^Disruption Worthies: John MacDonald 4. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1810 5. ^Kay's Originals p.331 6. ^Ewings Annals of the Free Church 5 : 1779 births|1849 deaths|People from Caithness|Alumni of the University of Aberdeen|Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland |
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