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| Date transcribed | 2011-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Jane Britcliffe, Peter Schofield, Penny Tipper | | Comment | List of Ministers of the Church of Scotland who served in India or South Asia, extracted from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae |
| | Section | India  | | | Volume No. | 7 | | | Page No. | 698 | | | Surname | MacDonald | | | Christian Name(s) | John | | | Wife 1 Surname | MacKenzie | | | Wife 1 Christian name(s) | Anne | | | Children to 1st Wife Christian name(s) | Seven children (no names given) | | | Father-in-law 1 Surname | MacKenzie | | | Father-in-law 1 Christian name(s) | Alexander | | | Father-in-law remarks | Alexander MacKenzie, merchant, London | | | Body of text | MACDONALD, JOHN, born Edinburgh, 17th February 1807, son of John M, DD, minister of the Gaelic Chapel, Edinburgh [afterwards of Ferintosh (""the Apostle of the North"")]; educated at King's College, Aberdeen; MA (March 1824); licensed by Presbytery of Elgin 6th January 1830; ordained to Chadwell Street congregation, Pentonville, London, 17th March 1831. Coming under the spell of Dr Duff's missionary enthusiasm he offered for foreign service, and was appointed missionary to Calcutta in 1837, arriving on 3rd February 1838. Joined the Free Church in 1843; died 1st September 1847. A man of remarkable devotion. He married 1st August 1837, Anne, daughter of Alexander MacKenzie, merchant, London, and had issue - seven children. Publications - The Suffering Saviour (1829); Statement of Reasons for Accepting a Call to go to India as a Missionary (1837); The Oratorio (1840); A Pastor's Memorial to his Former Flock (1842); What is the Theatre? (1842); May I go to the Ball? (1843); Isobel Hood's Memoirs and Manuscript (1843); The Government of India charged with Spiritual Treason (1844): An Address at the Ordination of Elders (1844); The First-fruits of our Flock in the Grave (1845); Duelling Spiritually Considered (1845); Memorial of Kailas Chunder Mookerje (1845); Thoughts on the Observance of Hindu Holidays (1846); The Ministration of the Holy Spirit (1847); The Doctrine of Divine Grace as Perverted by Romanism (London, 1851). Many contributions to periodical literature. [Life by WK Tweedie, DD (Edinburgh, 1849); Biographies of Highland Clergymen (Inverness, 1889); Hunter's Hist of FC Missions, 74, 96.] |
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