Nathaniel Paterson
Nathaniel Paterson | |
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 Nathaniel Paterson from The History of Galashiels[1] | |
| Church | Free St Andrews Glasgow |
| Archdiocese | Glasgow |
| In office | 1843-1865 |
| Predecessor | founding minister |
| Successor | John Isdale |
| Previous post(s) | Galasheils 1821-1834, St. Andrews Glasgow 1834-1844 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | August 30, 1821 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nathaniel Paterson 3 July 1787 Kells |
| Died | 25 April 1871 Helensburgh |
| Denomination | Free Church of Scotland |
| Spouse | Helen Laidlaw (1800-1864) |
| Children | 9 |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh, Glasgow University DD, 1837 |
Nathaniel Paterson (1787–25 April 1871) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly to the Free Church of Scotland in 1850/51. He was a close friend of Walter Scott and was included in his circle of "worthies".
Life
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He was born in Kells in Kirkcudbrightshire in 1787, the eldest son of Mary Locke and her husband, Walter Paterson a stone engraver, and grandson of Robert Paterson aka "Old Mortality".
Nathaniel was educated at Balmaclellan. In 1804 he went to the University of Edinburgh to study divinity. Not until 1816 was he licensed by the Church of Scotland, initially being employed as an assistant at Linlithgow.[2] He took some time to find a patron and only in 1821 became minister of Galashiels. In 1833 he moved to St Andrews Church in Glasgow.[3] This church stood on Greendyke Street near Glasgow Green.
In the Disruption of 1843 he left the established Church of Scotland and, together with a large part of his original congregation, created the Free St Andrews Church. They worshipped in a rear hall in the Black Bull Inn while the new church was built. The new church stood on the corner of Hanover Street and Cathedral Street.[2]
In 1850 he replaced Very Rev Mackintosh MacKay as Moderator of the Free Church. He in turn was succeeded in 1851 by Very Rev Alexander Duff.
He lived at 19 Landsdowne Crescent in Glasgow.[4]
He retired to Helensburgh around 1864 and died there on 25 April 1871. He is buried in Glasgow Southern Necropolis on Caledonia Road in Glasgow.[5]
The Free St Andrews Church was demolished in the 20th century.
Publications
[edit]- The Manse Garden (1836)
- The Cry of the Perishing (1842)
- Popery: The Enemy of the Souls of Man
- Popery Accommodated to Human Corruption
Artistic recognition
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He was photographed by Hill & Adamson in 1850. He was photographed in 1860 at the foot of the steps to New College with several other ex-Moderators of the Free Church. A coloured version of this photograph has been produced.
Family
[edit]In February 1825 he married Margaret Laidlaw (1800-1864), daughter of Robert Laidlaw.[2]
His brother, Walter Paterson (1790-1849) was Free Church minister of Kirkurd.[6]
Scott notes 9 children, two who died in infancy. Survived by 4 sons, and 3 daughters. Nathaniel Paterson Jr (1831-1896), went to Canada following his education in Glasgow; graduating from Knox College, Toronto in 1857, and ministered in Presbyterian Church in Canada from 1859 until his retirement in 1892, in a number of Ontario congregations.
References
[edit]- Citations
- ^ Hall 1898.
- ^ a b c "Famous Scots - Nathaniel Paterson". www.findagraveinscotland.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Ritchie 2004.
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1859
- ^ "Southern Necropolis Action Group". www.southernnecropolis.co.uk.
- ^ Ewings Annals of the Free Church
- Sources
- Black, William George (1895). "Paterson, Nathaniel". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Freer, James (1871). "obituary". The Home and Foreign Missionary Record of the Free Church of Scotland for 1871. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons. pp. 168-169.
- Hall, Robert W. (1898). The history of Galashiels. Galashiels: Published under the auspices of the Galashiels Manufacturer's Corporation [by] A. Walker. pp. 212-215.
- Paterson, Nathaniel (1835). "11 Lecture XI: Who would gain by the destruction of the established church?". Lectures on the Church Establishment Controversy and Subjects connected with it delivered in Glasgow. Glasgow: William Collins. pp. 1-16.
- Paterson, Nathaniel (1851). "Sermon delivered on the opening of the New College". Inauguration of the New College of the Free Church, Edinburgh, November MDCCCL: With Introductory Lectures. Edinburgh: Johnstone and Hunter.
- Ritchie, Lionel Alexander (2004). "Paterson, Nathaniel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21534. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Sanderson, William, ed. (1904). "The Border magazine". 9 (101). Galashiels: A. Walker & son, ltd.: 100-105.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Scott, Hew (1920). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 434.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Smith, John (1849). Our Scottish clery: 52 sketches, including clergymen of all denominations (2nd series ed.). Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. pp. 123-128.
- Thomson, James (1905). History of St. Andrew's Parish Church, Glasgow. Glasgow: Printed by R. Anderson. pp. 33-37.
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