A Memoir of the REV. James Marshall, Late Incumbent of Christ Church, Clifton
by James Marshall (9781150139345)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1857 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 47 CHAPTER III. GLASGOW MINISTRY DIARY CONTINUED MARRIAGE. Ma. Marshall was thus, at twenty-three years of age, appointed to a very important charge, where an eminent man had ministered for forty years; and to a parish containing a population of 8000 souls, in the midst of a city notorious for its wickedness. A re-distribution of the city parishes, made at this time, deprived him of the advantage of carrying on many of the plans which Dr. Balfour had in operation, and he had to begin anew for himself. His first effort was to establish district Sunday Schools, the teachers of which visited the families in their several districts. By these visits, they were enabled to use their inquiries after the children, as an opportunity for speaking to the parents, and bringing them to a weekly meeting where their minister gave an address. These meetings were well attended, and blessed to many. The next thing was, the erection of parish schools, which were conducted with great success. He had also weekly classes for the younger members of the congregation, at whichhe gave instruction to the males on one evening, and the females on another. These were very abundantly blessed; and even since his death, his family have heard of several persons unknown to them, who date their first serious impressions to these classes. The congregation attending his church was very large, and deeply interesting from the number of truly pious persons it contained. The entries in his diary are generally very brief at this period, owing, it would seem, to the great pressure of work laid upon him. The following are the most pertinent to...

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