by Penny Tray » Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:34 am
Something, previously posted, of the Rev. James Giffen: -
GLASGOW HERALD
28 MARCH 1870
DEATH OF REV. JAMES GIFFEN, OF SALTCOATS
We regret to announce the death of this gentleman, which occurred at Saltcoats, on Monday last.
The deceased, who was in his 66th year of his age, was born at Southend, Kintyre, on the 12th of August, 1804. His father, Mr. James Giffen, was for many years an elder in the Relief Church, Southend.
At the village school James, the youngest son, and the subject of this notice, made very satisfactory progress, and entered the University of Glasgow at the age of sixteen. After completing his University course he entered on the study of divinity in the Relief Hall, under the late Doctor Thomson. During several Hall vacations Mr. Giffen taught a school in Campbeltown.
In due course he was licensed as a preacher of the Gospel, and was soon called to be a colleague of the Rev. James Ewing, first pastor of the Relief Church, now the East U.P. Church, Saltcoats.
Mr. Giffen was ordained in Saltcoats on the 26th July, 1831. His colleague, Mr. Ewing, died in 1833, in his 79th year of age and 49th of his ministry, leaving him with the sole charge of the congregation, the duties of which he discharged with much acceptance till 1863, when failing health, occasion by an infection of the left lung and irregular action of the heart, induced him to resign his charge to the Presbytery.
He was succeeded by the Rev. George Philp, who was ordained to the East U.P. Church on 6th September, 1864.
The deceased gentleman was highly respected by a wide circle of attached friends, and much sympathy is felt and expressed for his sorrowing widow and family.
The funeral took place yesterday, and was largely attended by many sorrowing friends.
Something, previously posted, of the Rev. James Giffen: -
GLASGOW HERALD
28 MARCH 1870
[b]DEATH OF REV. JAMES GIFFEN, OF SALTCOATS[/b]
We regret to announce the death of this gentleman, which occurred at Saltcoats, on Monday last.
The deceased, who was in his 66th year of his age, was born at Southend, Kintyre, on the 12th of August, 1804. His father, Mr. James Giffen, was for many years an elder in the Relief Church, Southend.
At the village school James, the youngest son, and the subject of this notice, made very satisfactory progress, and entered the University of Glasgow at the age of sixteen. After completing his University course he entered on the study of divinity in the Relief Hall, under the late Doctor Thomson. During several Hall vacations Mr. Giffen taught a school in Campbeltown.
In due course he was licensed as a preacher of the Gospel, and was soon called to be a colleague of the Rev. James Ewing, first pastor of the Relief Church, now the East U.P. Church, Saltcoats.
Mr. Giffen was ordained in Saltcoats on the 26th July, 1831. His colleague, Mr. Ewing, died in 1833, in his 79th year of age and 49th of his ministry, leaving him with the sole charge of the congregation, the duties of which he discharged with much acceptance till 1863, when failing health, occasion by an infection of the left lung and irregular action of the heart, induced him to resign his charge to the Presbytery.
He was succeeded by the Rev. George Philp, who was ordained to the East U.P. Church on 6th September, 1864.
The deceased gentleman was highly respected by a wide circle of attached friends, and much sympathy is felt and expressed for his sorrowing widow and family.
The funeral took place yesterday, and was largely attended by many sorrowing friends.