The Parish and the Burgh Churches of Dundee

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Excerpt from The Parish and the Burgh Churches of Dundee: Their Origin, Constitution, Endowment, and Administration With a Chapter of IncidentsTions. Five of these, which are used in connection with the Church of Scotland, as established by the State, are known by the generic name of The Town's Churches. While the inhabitants are all more or less familiar with their existence, this cannot be said of their history. Why they came to be erected, and how their ministers are supported, are matters which are known only to a com parative few, For my own personal know ledge, I recently made an investigation of the subject, and found it very interesting and of considerable importance. What is stated in the following pages is an epitome of my re searches. The object I had in View, I may mention, was not attained without some diffi culty, for, although there are some published works which treat of the subject, and while some of them contain elaborate references, they deal with it in part only, several con necting links being wanting. These, however, I ultimately discovered. My information has been compiled from publications, consisting of Histories of Dundee, Charters, and other docu ments relating to the town, Acts of Parlia ment, Records of Capes in the Court of Ses sion, and other trustworthy sources. The work has been put in its present form and published in compliance with a desire expressed by the members of the Dundee Church of Scotland Officeabearers' Association that I should print the three lectures on the subject which I recently delivered to them. To simplify some of the technicalities, and prevent dryness, an ex planatory style has been adopted, my whole aim being to make the book a readable one, as well as one of reference. In my researches I came across a number of interesting items in connec tion with the Churches. A selection of these has been appended as a Chapter of Incidents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.