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The Scottish Auxiliary was founded in 1853 to support the work of the Presbyterian Church of England's China Mission since the Free Church of Scotland had no mission there. Through this means members were enabled to support missionary work in China. A number of EP missionaries in China were recruited and supported by the Scottish Auxiliary. A considerable amount of money was provided each year (in the 1920s the annual sum ammounted to £2000). Supprt by that date had broadened to include members of of both the Free Church and the Church of Scotland. There were four Committee of the SA, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. The Barbour family of Bonskeid was very closely associated with the work of the SA. By 1946 the Secretary of the Edinburgh Auxiliary wrote (in letter to Miss Galt, 24th April 1946) that support for the EP mission in Scotland had come to ane end. Whereas in early days "95 per cent of the missionaries were from the Free Church of Scotland"that was no longer the case. "Neither the United Free Church nor the United Church of Scotland has favoured any attempt on our part o extend interest in Scotland....In fact I think our Mission in Scotland is dead." |
The Scottish Auxiliary was founded in 1853 to support the work of the Presbyterian Church of England's China Mission since the Free Church of Scotland had no mission there. Through this means members were enabled to support missionary work in China. A number of EP missionaries in China were recruited and supported by the Scottish Auxiliary. A considerable amount of money was provided each year (in the 1920s the annual sum ammounted to £2000). Supprt by that date had broadened to include members of of both the Free Church and the Church of ... View more |
