Identifier: historyoflothianunit (find matches)
Title: The history of Lothian Road United Free Church congregation / by authority of the Session and Managers
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: United Free Church of Scotland Session
Subjects: Lothian Road Church (Edinburgh) United Free Church of Scotland
Publisher: Edinburgh (Scotland) : Turnbull & Spears, 1911
Contributing Library: University of Guelph Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Scottish Studies Foundation (Canada)

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Muirhead received an ap-pointment as teacher in Crieff Academy, and thisterminated his connection with Lothian Road MissionSabbath School. A worthy successor in the office ofSuperintendent of the Sabbath School was, however,found in the person of Mr Arnot, of whom more willbe said hereafter. A missionary society had been part and parcel ofthe church organisation since it came to Lothian Roadin 1831, but it got a new lease of life in 1871, with arevised Constitution. Its annual meeting was anevent of outstanding importance, and many famousmen have spoken at it. It is interesting to note thatthe annual meeting held in i860 was addressed bythe Rev. R. S. Drummond of St James Place, theworthy father of the future minister of the congrega-tion. It was in 1871 that the series of Sabbath eveningmeetings first commenced. Begun in the autumn ofthat year in a single room in Robbs Court, the meetingswere at once a success, so much so that it becamenecessary to provide increased accommodation by
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SOME PRESENT OFFICE-BEARERS William Gray, Sen. (see p. 103).Stott (see p. 100). Adam Stoddart (see p. 102). William Manuel (seep. 107 ).Thomas FJames MAdam (seep. 101). HOME MISSION WORK 113 making two rooms into one. The pioneers of thismovement were Mr Arnot and Mr Adam Stoddart,ably assisted by a band of workers including MrWilliam Binnie, Mr William Omit, Mr John Weir,Mr John Hastie, Mrs Aitken, Miss Heriot, MissLauder, and the Misses Macreath. By 1874 the need for increased accommodation, orrather, for new premises, became clamant, and thebest wits in the congregation set to work to devisesome means whereby the tension might be relieved.On 1st November 1875 the Managers advised thecongregation that the best that could be done was toacquire a portion of the back green of Robbs Court,on a twenty years lease at a rent of £5, for the purposeof erecting a hall thereon, the cost of which was likelyto be a little over £300. Mr Fleming, on being calledon to speak, gave the members a pl

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