Excerpt from The Doctrine of the Church in Scottish Theology: The Sixth Series of the Chalmers Lectures The Rev. John Macpherson was born at Greenock in 1847. After graduating at the University of Glas gow, and receiving his theological training in the Free Church Divinity Hall of that city, he gave four and-twenty years of his life to ministerial work at Findhorn, a fishing village in Morayshire. On retiring from this sphere of labour, he found his home in Portobello, where he died suddenly on the 3lst of March 1902. As was written regarding him at the time of his death by one who knew him intimately, Mr Macpherson was an accomplished scholar, a solid theologian, an able and wise defender of the faith, a thoughtful Evangelical preacher, a staunch and loyal friend, and a Christian man, absolutely true, fearless, and uncompromising. A diligent student and a copious writer, be enriched theological and historical literature with numerous translations of standard German works, with Commentaries, Dictionaries, and Handbooks of sterling value. The latest production of his pen was A History of the Church in Scotland, published in 1901. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.