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TURNBULL’S DIARY
of these bounds are men of such prudence and conscience as
will walk tenderlie in the planting of that congregation, and
I am very ready to give my consent to that person coming
there.’1 From the Diary we find that Turnbull preached in
Mr. Hamilton’s meeting-house in Edinburgh on the Sabbath
before he was appointed by the Presbytery to minister tem¬
porarily at Dalmeny, doubtless with a view to Mr. Hamilton’s
judgment as to his qualifications; and this having apparently
been favourable, and his advice given as above, Turnbull was
formally appointed on the 28th of November. In the follow¬
ing May (1689), the Committee of Estates, on the petition of
the parishioners, issued a warrant authorising him, on the
death of Alexander Banks, the Episcopal incumbent, which
occurred about that time, to exercise his ministry in the
church at Dalmeny, and apparently also from his own state¬
ment (p. 337), in the neighbouring church of Muiravonside.
But in this temporary charge he did not continue long, for
what reason does not appear. It may have been connected
with difficulties regarding the stipend, for long afterwards, in
1702, we find him engaged in a law-suit in the Court of Session
with the heritors of Dalmeny (Diary, p. 410), the exact
nature and final issue of which, however, he does not indicate.
The Presbytery released him from his engagement on the 5th
of June, though he seems to have still continued ministering
in the parish and in the neighbourhood for some time, leaving
finally in September, and preaching only once thereafter at
Dundas meeting-house on a special occasion, the death of
Lady Christian Dundas, in December that same year (p. 340).
After a year of itinerating preaching, etc., he was called and
admitted to the pastoral charge of the parish of Alloa on the
26th of September 1690, where he remained for nine years, till
his translation to Tyninghame in September 1699. Towards
the end of his ministry at Alloa he became the friend and
principal adviser of the celebrated Thomas Boston, then
1 Linlithgow Fresh. Keg.
TURNBULL’S DIARY
of these bounds are men of such prudence and conscience as
will walk tenderlie in the planting of that congregation, and
I am very ready to give my consent to that person coming
there.’1 From the Diary we find that Turnbull preached in
Mr. Hamilton’s meeting-house in Edinburgh on the Sabbath
before he was appointed by the Presbytery to minister tem¬
porarily at Dalmeny, doubtless with a view to Mr. Hamilton’s
judgment as to his qualifications; and this having apparently
been favourable, and his advice given as above, Turnbull was
formally appointed on the 28th of November. In the follow¬
ing May (1689), the Committee of Estates, on the petition of
the parishioners, issued a warrant authorising him, on the
death of Alexander Banks, the Episcopal incumbent, which
occurred about that time, to exercise his ministry in the
church at Dalmeny, and apparently also from his own state¬
ment (p. 337), in the neighbouring church of Muiravonside.
But in this temporary charge he did not continue long, for
what reason does not appear. It may have been connected
with difficulties regarding the stipend, for long afterwards, in
1702, we find him engaged in a law-suit in the Court of Session
with the heritors of Dalmeny (Diary, p. 410), the exact
nature and final issue of which, however, he does not indicate.
The Presbytery released him from his engagement on the 5th
of June, though he seems to have still continued ministering
in the parish and in the neighbourhood for some time, leaving
finally in September, and preaching only once thereafter at
Dundas meeting-house on a special occasion, the death of
Lady Christian Dundas, in December that same year (p. 340).
After a year of itinerating preaching, etc., he was called and
admitted to the pastoral charge of the parish of Alloa on the
26th of September 1690, where he remained for nine years, till
his translation to Tyninghame in September 1699. Towards
the end of his ministry at Alloa he became the friend and
principal adviser of the celebrated Thomas Boston, then
1 Linlithgow Fresh. Keg.
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| Description | Contents:The library of James VI. In the hand of Peter Young, his tutor, 1573-1583 / G.F. Warner -- Documents illustrating Catholic policy in the reign of James VI., 1596-1598 / Thomas Graves Law -- Twenty-four letters of Sir Thomas Hope, ... 1627-1646 / Robert Paul -- Civil war papers, 1643-1650 / H.F. Morland Simpson -- Thirty-four letters written to James Sharp, ... 1660-1677 / John Dowden -- The diary of George Turnbull, minister of Alloa and Tyninghame, 1657-1704 / Robert Paul -- The Masterton papers, 1660-1719 / V.A. Noël Paton -- Accompt of expenses in Edinburgh by Alexander Rose of Kilravock, 1715 / A.H. Millar -- Papers about the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 / Henry Paton -- General index -- Index to the library of James VI. |
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