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COULTER, James Crichton, Rev (1869-1958)

 Person

Assembly memorial minute, 1958

Born - 31st October, 1869 - Perth, Scotland. Educated - Glasgow University. Ordained - Path Struie, Perthshire, Scotland - 10th February, 1903. Parishes - Path Struie - 1903-1911. Corryong - - 1913-1918. Charlton - - 1918-1920. Broadford - - 1920-1927. Footscray - - 1927-1930. Ballan - - - 1930-1933(resigned). Worked under Home Mission Committee Preachers’ Supply List - 1933-1937. Died - 29th January, 1958 - almost fifty-five years of ordained ministry.

The Rev. J.C. Coulter, after eight years in Scotland of ordained pastoral ministry, came to Australia where he gave forty-five years in Victorian pastorates. Upon retiring he gave twenty-four years of faithful service supplying the pulpits of vacant charges.

He was a cultured student seeking to keep abreast of the writers of his time, and a faithful minister of the Word and Sacraments.

To his two daughters, the Assembly tender sincere sympathy.

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