ANNALS AND STATISTICS

OF THE

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

BY THE LATE

REV. WILLIAM MACKELVIE, D.D.,

BALGEDIE, KINROSS-SHIRE.

ISSUED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF A COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.

EDINBURGH:

OLIPHANT & COMPANY, AND ANDREW ELLIOT;

GLASGOW: DAVID ROBERTSON.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY M'FARLANE AND ERSKINE, (late Schenck & M'Farlane,)

ST JAMES SQUARE.

PREFACE,

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

CONTENTS.

SUMMARIES.

CAUSES OPERATING IN THE FORMATION AND

INCREASE OF CONGREGATIONS.

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vii

ix

31-35

35-40

41

42-43

VIEW OF THE PROGRESSIVE EXTENSION OF THE CHURCH IN ITS DIF-

FERENT BRANCHES, FROM 1733 TO 1871,

ABSOLUTE, Average, and ReLATIVE INCREASE SHOWN IN DECADES,

RESULTS OF SECESSION,

CONGREGATIONS WHICH HAVE CHANGED NAMES, OR BECOME EXTINCT,