9th Minister.-George Gilfillan, from Comrie, of which his father was minister. Called to Comrie and Dundee. Ordained 23d March 1836.

Author of "Five Discourses;" "Hades, or the Unseen;""Lord Byron, a Lecture;" "Galleries of Literary Portraits," 3 vols.; "Essay on British Poetry," prefixed to "British Poesy," by Tegg, London; "Lives of Poets, Critical Dissertations," etc., prefixed to Nichol's edition of "British Poets," 48 vols.; "The Grand Discovery, or the Fatherhood of God;" "The Apocalypse of Jesus Christ," a Sermon preached in Aberdeen; "The Groans of Creation, and the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God," 1853; "Approaching and Inevitable Doom of Popery;" "Christian Bearings of Astronomy;" "Righteousness of Defensive War;" "Memoir and Remains of the Rev. J. C. Houston, Newcastle;" "Introduction to The Genesis, a Poem," by Dr E. Howard; "The Bards of the Bible;" "Martyrs, Heroes, and Bards of the Scottish Covenant;" "Introduction to Longfellow's Poems,' Liverpool Edition; "Bryant's Poems, with Preface;" "Preface to Nevay's Poems;" "Preface to Jamieson's Letters ;" "Preface to A Satire ;" "Preface to Life of J. I. Hillock;" "Several Papers in Rogers' Scottish Minstrel ;" "Lecture to Odd Fellows' Society;" Paper in "Glasgow Album" (University); Paper in "Dumfries Album ;" "Burke as an Historian;" Poem in Glasgow Album, "The Last Comet;" "Preface to Poems by James Easton;" "History of a Man" "Christianity and our Era ;" "Debasing and Demoralising Influence of Slavery;" Alpha and Omega," 2 vols. ; "Remoter Stars in the Church Sky;" "Modern Christian Heroes; 'Night, a Poem;" "Life of Sir Walter Scott;" Articles in the British Quarterly, Eclectic, and Scottish Reviews; and in Tait's Magazine, Meliora, Evangelical Magazine, United Presbyterian Magazine, The Critic, Forward, Christian Spectator, Dial, Weekly Review, Christian Times; and in Dundee Advertiser and Courier, Glasgow Citizen, Scotsman, People's Journal, and People's Friend; Papers in "Logan's Words of Comfort."

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BELL STREET.

This congregation originated in the Breach, the persons composing it being the minority of the School Wynd Congregation who adhered to the General Associate (Antiburgher), while the majority adhered to the Associate (Burgher) Synod. They were organised in 1751, and worshipped in a hall in the town till 1764, when they removed to a Church which they had erected for themselves. In 1840 they built their present place of worship in Bell Street, containing 1300 sittings, with a hall below, capable of holding 700 sitters, at a cost of £5000.

1st Minister.-ANDREW SCOTT, from Abernethy. Ordained 10th November 1761. Suspended by the Presbytery from the exercise of his ministry 1763, on the charge of preaching sentiments different from those held by the Church of which he was a minister. Mr Scott continued to preach in defiance of this sentence, and was deposed from office for contumacy, 1767. He joined the Independents, removed to London, and died there.

A portion of the members wished to retain the property belonging to the congregation, among whom was Mr Jobson, the trustee, in whose name the rights to it had been made out. The majority, not concurring in this wish, raised an action at law to compel him to deliver up the rights and property to them. The ground of the action, as stated by the pursuers, was that "in 1763-4 the Associate Congregation of Dundee, then called Antiburgher, had authorised Mr Jobson, one of their members, to purchase ground, and enter into contracts for building a place of worship for them on the same." Jobson admitted that the right to the property was taken in his name for behoof of the congregation, professing at the time Antiburgher principles, but contended that after the house was built the minister, to whom he and others adhered, had altered the opinions held at the time the house was built, and that they now differed from these Antiburgher opinions in sundry particulars, especially with respect to the National Covenant and the Solemn League and Covenant, and the use that is to be made of them. These opinions being considered innovations, that part of the congregation that differed from them had applied to the Associate Presbytery, who, causa cognata, had suspended the minister.

Jobson defended the action on the ground that the pursuers had no title, that the congregation had no nomen juris. The Lord Ordinary pronounced the following interlocutor in the case :-" In respect Mr Jobson, the defendant, has admitted that he understood the right of the meeting-house and area in question to be a trust in his person for behoof of the Antiburgher congregation, and that it appears that the pursuers, with those that concur with their congregation, were a majority of that congregation at the time of the trust, sustains the pursuers' titles to carry on the action, and finds that the defender is bound to denude himself of said trust in their favour." The question having been reported to the Court, an exception was taken to the designation of the proprietors, as in the name of the Associate Congregation of Dundee, subject to the Associate Synod (it ought to have been the General Associate congregation) which designation having been struck out, the Court adopted the Lord Ordinary's Interlocutor, and sustained the action. The case is known as that of "Wilson versus Jobson, 13th December 1771."

2d Minister. -WILLIAM BARLAS, from Perth (North). Ordained 13th October 1772. Died 5th August 1779, in the 7th year of his ministry.

The congregation called-1st, Mr Jamieson, who was appointed by the Synod to Forfar; 2d, Mr Graham, who was appointed to Rothesay; 3d, Mr Laing, who was appointed to Dunse.

3d Minister.-JAMES M'EWAN, previously of Workington, called to Perth, Kinclaven, and Dundee. Admitted 29th June 1785. Died 25th September 1813,

in the 63d year of his age, and 34th year of his ministry.

4th Minister.-MATTHEW FRASER, from Rothesay, called to Peebles and Dundee. Ordained as colleague to Mr M'Ewan, 9th October 1809. Resigned 23d September 1845. Removed to Rothesay, and lived there privately till his death 8th September 1857, in the 45th year of his ministry-the Synod allowing him an annuity of £20. Mr Fraser published "A Doctrinal Catechism of the Secession Church;" and "A Catechism on the Principles of the Secession Church."

5th Minister.-WILLIAM BROADFOOT BORWICK, from Kirkwall. Called to Brechin, Rousay, and Dundee. Ordained as colleague to Mr Fraser, 12th May 1835. Called in 1845 to Rattray, but remained in Dundee. Demitted his charge on account of ill-health, 28th March 1866, on which occasion the congregation presented him with a sum of money (about £900). Died 15th June 1870, in the 63d year of his age, and 36th of his ministry.

The congregation called Mr James Mather, who accepted Langbank.

6th Minister.-JOHN BRAND, from Coatbridge. Ordained September 1867.

DUDHOPE CRESCENT ROAD.

This congregation originated in 1787. A number of persons belonging to the Relief Church having settled in Dundee, petitioned the Presbytery of Perth to be formed into a congregation. The petition was granted, and the petitioners proceeded to the erection of a Church in Chapelshade in 1788.

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1st Minister.-JAMES SMITH, previously of Dunfermline. Admitted 1790. Smith having advanced £400 to the congregation in security of the Church, took advantage of this circumstance, in September 1791, in joining the Established Church. A majority of the congregation accompanied him, and the property was retained by them as a Chapel of Ease of the Establishment. In 1834 it became a quoad sacra parish.

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The minority of Mr Smith's congregation adhered to the Relief Synod, and in 1792 built a church for themselves in Temple Lane, containing 900 sittings. In June of that year they applied to the Presbytery of Perth to be constituted anew, which being obtained, they issued a call to Rev. Niel Douglas to be minister.

2d Minister.—NIEL DOUGLAS, previously of Cupar Fife. Admitted to Dundee 16th January 1793. Demitted his charge 16th November 1798, and removed to Edinburgh, where he established a printing office, and preached to a small congregation. He then removed to Greenock, and latterly to Glasgow, as a Universalist preacher. Died 9th January 1823, in the 73d year of his age.

Author of an "Address to the Judges and Jury in a Case of Alleged Sedition, 26th May 1817;" "Strictures on the Author's Trial," etc.; "Petition to the House of Commons ;" "Defences of the Restoration of all Things;" "Mission to the Highlands in 1797; "Messiah's Titles, Husband, Redeemer, Proof of His Proper Deity," three Sermons; "Antidote to Deism."

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The majority of the congregation became Independents, and applied to one of the English Congregational Academies for preachers. In this way they were supplied more or less regularly till their junction with the congregation of Dr David Russell, formerly worshipping in the Sailor's Hall, when the united body took possession of Temple Lane Church. The Independent congregation occupied Temple Lane Church till 1833, when they removed to Ward Chapel.

The minority of Mr Douglas's congregation continued to adhere to the Relief Church, and again applied to the Presbytery of Perth to be formed into a congregation, which took place in 1799. A large hall in New Inn Entry was purchased, and fitted up as a place of worship, with accommodation for 900 sitters.

3d Minister.-ALEXANDER PATERSON, from Saint Paul Street, Aberdeen. Ordained 15th January 1800. Died 6th August 1809, in the 36th year of his age and 10th of his ministry.

4th Minister.-JOHN LAWSON, previously of Dumfries. Admitted 6th June 1811. Part of the congregation was opposed to the settlement of Mr Lawson, and withdrew at length from his ministry, and by ordinance of Presbytery were formed into a separate congregation, 6th May 1812, called the Second Relief Congregation. The party under Mr Lawson soon became extinct. In 1817 they withdrew from connection with the Relief Synod, and retained the property. Mr Lawson preached for some time in various halls in Dundee, and after leaving the town became a preacher. He died near Edinburgh at an advanced age, in 1845.

The second Relief congregation, formed in 1812, worshipped in a chapel in Seagate, formerly occupied by the Episcopalians, which they got for £1000, with sittings for 870. The minister they obtained we shall, for continuity of narrative, regard as

5th Minister.-ROBERT HALL, from Jedburgh, High Street. Ordained 7th April 1813. Translated to Berwick 10th May 1814.

6th Minister.-ROBERT STRANG, previously of Ford. Admitted 25th January 1815. Resigned 7th June 1820. Admitted to Carrubbers' Close, Edinburgh, 1825. After his resignation of Dundee, he prosecuted the congregation, which had never prospered under him, for arrears of stipend.

Mr James Jardine took upon him the pastorate of the fragments of Mr Strang's congregation, and was, on application to the Presbytery, received along with the congregation in 1820. He remained but a short time, after which they issued a call to Mr A. Harvey, who preferred Kilmarnock, and one to Mr David Reston, who preferred Coupar-Angus.

7th Minister.-JOHN CROSS. Ordained 20th February 1823. Died 29th January 1843, in the 47th year of his age, and 20th of his ministry.

The Independents having left Temple Lane for their new church in Constitution Road, Mr Cross' congregation bought back Temple Lane Church in 1833. Some disagreement thereafter took place, when a party withdrew and formed a separate congregation, now James' Church, Bell Street.

8th Minister.-JOHN SYMINGTON, from Glasgow (Dovehill). Ordained 1st June 1843. Translated to Edinburgh (Bread Street), in 1845.

9th Minister.-ROBERT GEMMEL, previously of Cupar-Fife. Admitted to Dundee 5th April 1846. Called to Errol (Second Congregation), 25th June 1849, but declined the call. Translated to Edinburgh (Arthur Street), in July 1855.

10th Minister.—JAMES WILSON, from Stonehouse. Ordained 30th April 1856. Since Mr Wilson's settlement the congregation have cleared off £600 of debt incident on the purchase and repair of Temple Lane Church. They have also erected a new place of worship in Dudhope Crescent Road, as more eligible than Temple Lane. The new church cost £2000, accommodates 650 sitters, and was opened by Professor Eadie on 22d December 1870, and on the following Sabbath, 25th December, by Rev. George Jeffrey, D.D., Glasgow, and by Rev. John Wilson, D.D., Moderator of the Free Church Assembly.

JAMES' CHURCH.

This congregation originated with a party which withdrew from Temple Lane Church about the year 1837. They met for a time in the Sailors' Hall, Castle Street, till they obtained a minister, when they removed to the Union Hall. A church was built in Bell Street, called James' Church, and opened by Rev. Dr Anderson of Glasgow, in April 1845.

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1st Minister.-JAMES RESTON, previously of Newton-Stewart. Ward Chapel 24th January 1838. Died 23d April 1865, in the 65th year of his age, and 40th of his ministry. Mr Reston preached twice on the day of his death. 2d Minister.-ROBERT LAURIE, previously of West Linton. Admitted 6th September 1867.

TAY SQUARE.

The Secession congregation in School Wynd, Dundee, having become vacant by the death of the incumbent in 1832, the members composing it proceeded to make choice of another pastor, and a call was brought out for Mr Robert Wardrop, probationer. This call was opposed by a large portion of the congregation-the petition against it containing more signatures than the call itself-which circumstance prevented the Presbytery from sustaining the call. A second moderation was granted, and Mr Wardrop was again put in nomination, but the other candidate had a majority of 22. His supporters declined to concur in the call to his successful competitor, and, expecting to obtain Mr Wardrop for their minister, petitioned the Presbytery to be disjoined from School Wynd and formed into a separate congregation, which was granted. They met for a short time in the Caledonian Hall, Castle Street, and after that in Thistle Hall, Union Street, from which they removed, in 1834, to a commodious place of worship they had built for themselves in Tay Square, at a cost of £2300, containing 1014 sittings.

Before obtaining a fixed pastor, the congregation called Mr Wardrop, on whose account they separated from the parent congregation in Dundee, but the call was withdrawn at his own request, the state of his health not permitting him to accept of it. He was afterwards called to Liverpool and Dumfries. His illness necessitated his withdrawal from preaching. He died 17th March 1840, in the 33d year of his age. A volume of posthumous sermons, with Memoir by W. R. Thorburn, was afterwards published.

1st Minister.-JAMES R. M'GAVIN, D.D., from Irvine (East). Called to Cupar, Campbelton, Dunoon, and Dundee. Ordained at Dundee 26th November 1833. Had the degree of D.D. conferred on him by Princeton College, New Jersey, in March 1858.

Author of a "Lecture on the Early Choice of Right Principles;" "Perils by Sea and Land, being a Narrative of the Loss of the Brig Australia' by Fire, on her voyage from Leith to Sydney; ""Sailors' Prayer Book, a Manual of Devotion for Sailors at Sea and their Families at Home, suitable also for Passengers and Emigrants during their Voyage ;" "Pastoral Sketches;" "Pocket Commentary on the Bible."

WISHART CHURCH.

This congregation originated in a desire to have a Secession place of worship in the eastern part of the town. The persons thus acting met for the first time as a congregation in the Old Roman Catholic Chapel, Meadowside, on the 18th of February 1837, but removed soon after to the Caledonian Hall, Castle Street. In 1841 they built a place of worship near the Old Portgate, where the venerable George Wishart, afterwards martyred at St Andrews, preached during the plague, and because of its vicinity to this place, named it "Wishart Church." The congregation have, for some time, been making arrangements for rebuilding the church on a more eligible site.

Before obtaining a fixed pastor, the congregation called Mr Andrew Robertson, who preferred Stow.

1st Minister.-SAMUEL SPENCE, LL.D., previously of the Second Congregation, Liverpool. Admitted to Wishart Church, 24th October 1838. Resigned 2d July 1844. Joined the Free Church, and is now minister of Kilbirnie Free Church.

2d Minister.-ROBERT D. DUNCAN, from Mid-Calder, of which his father was minister. Called to Girvan, Montrose, and Dundee. Ordained, 19th February 1845. Translated to Bread Street, Edinburgh, 22d August 1848.

3d Minister.-JOHN C. BAXTER, from Greyfriars, Glasgow. Called to Catrine, Gourock, Musselburgh, Bread Street (Edinburgh), and Dundee. Ordained 7th February 1849.

BUTTERBURN.

In the beginning of 1861, the Presbytery of Dundee opened a preaching station in Butterburn, at the north-eastern extremity of the town. The station prospered so well, that in October of that year a petition from the people to the Presbytery prayed for a continuance of sermon, and that the Presbytery take steps to have the station congregated. In answer thereto, the Presbytery took the usual steps, and the station was congregated on 11th March 1862. In March 1863 a call was given to the present minister, the number of members then being 75.