Service
He was ordained pastor of the Chadwell Street Scottish Church, Pentonville, Islington, London, on Christmas Day, 1850. He later served at:
- Roxburgh Free Church, Deinburgh
- Orwell Free Church, Milnathort, Kinrossshire(1853–1858)
- Free Tron Church, Glasgow
- Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh
- Free High Church, Edinburgh (1874–1884)
The Free Church of Scotland elected him its moderator during its Jubilee year in 1893. He was a distinguished preacher and a man of catholic sympathies.
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