McDONALD, Angus, Rev. (1839-1914)
Assembly memorial minute 1914
The late Rev. Angus McDonald, formerly minister of Morwell, was born in the Island of North-Uist in 1839. In his younger days he was engaged as a schoolmaster, and did Church work in the parish of Nairn, of which the late Rev. Professor McDonald was minister.
He came to this country mainly for his health, and in 1891 he was inducted into his first and only charge at Morwell, where he laboured for about 10 years, rendering splendid service in the Master’s cause. He was highly esteemed in that district, and did most efficient pastoral work, visiting and arousing lapsed Presbyterians, and inducing many of them to again return to the Church of their fathers.
He was deeply interested in the welfare of young people, and many were attracted around him for Christian service. He constantly contributed funds to provide prizes for the Higher Christian Education scheme. He retained his interest in the Fellowship Movement until a few months before his death, and set a splendid example by his regular attendance at the class in the Brunswick Church. His decision to resign from the Morwell charge was received with deep expressions of regret by all classes in the com community. Many bear testimony to the help and encouragement they had received from his ministry. He never would subordinate the foundation doctrines of our Christian beliefs to the fleeting conditions of the moment. He was a typical Highlander, reserved and rugged in appearance, loyal to his Master and His Church, unbounded in his generosity, with a heart filled to overflowing with sympathy, denying himself in many ways so that he could more help on every Christian and charitable enterprise.
After leaving Morwell, he supplied in different charges during the absence on holiday of its minister to the Home lands, and more than one of them can testify to the uplifted condition in which he found his charge on his return. A few years ago he had a stroke which partially paralysed him, from which he never properly recovered, and it prevented him from doing any more active work. He was a bachelor, with no relatives in this country, and his last few years were passed in retirement, enlivened only by the visits of a few friends, which greatly cheered him. He has passed on to his rest, leaving behind him a memory salted with a savor, which will ever be cherished by those who knew him best.
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