McDOUGALL, John Patrick, Rev, M.A. (1877-1950)
Assembly memorial minute, 1951
John McDougall was born at Shepparton, Victoria, on the 26th December, 1877. He graduated Master of Arts at the Melbourne University and entered the Theological Hall, Ormond, in 1904, completing exit in 1906. He was appointed by the Home Mission Committee to Kergunyah, and there ordained and inducted in November of 1907, as the first minister settled in that charge.
After six years he was translated to Seymour, and in 1917 to Stratford, and to his final charge, Beaufort, in 1923. Here he laboured faithfully for 23 years, resigning in 1946 and becoming minister emeritus in that year in the Presbytery of Ballarat.
Mr. McDougall was a man of fine mind; his pulpit preparation was seriously and thoughtfully pursued. He was a good preacher, presenting the Gospel message as a challenge to mind and soul. He was a man of few words, but what he said demanded consideration. He was an energetic athlete, excelling in sport, though he gave most attention to first-grade tennis. He was tremendously interested in children and won their popularity, being a keen instructor in the State Schools. He was a fearless champion of Temperance Reform and expressed his ideals from the pulpit, as part of the Message of his Lord’s Gospel.
He was a zealous pastor and won the esteem and friendship of his parishioners. Of retiring disposition he was regarded among his fellow Presbyters as a man of God.
Though he had been in indifferent health for some time, the end came unexpectedly. He passed away suddenly in the morning of Friday the 1st September, 1950.
To Mrs. McDougall and family the Assembly tenders sincere sympathy.
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