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Alexander Moody Stuart, born Alexander Moody, Free Church of Scotland minister, born at Paisley, 15 June, 1809, died at Crieff, 31 July, 1898.
Married Jessie Stuart, eldest daughter of Kenneth Bruce Stuart, Esq. of Annat, 9 September, 1839 (she died 27 April, 1891). Her grandfather had entailed his estate at Rait on the braes of the Carse of Gowrie which he had named Annat after an old family estate, on her father Kenneth, with the condition that if a female succeeded, as was the case, her husband should take the surname Stuart of Annat. Hence Alexander Moody took the name Alexander Moody Stuart.
He was missionary in Holy Island, Northumberland, 1831 - 1835; under the Kirk session of St George's, Edinburgh, began in 1835 the work of gathering a congregation in Young Street; ordained to his first ministry at St Luke's, Young Street, 27th July, 1837.
At the Disruption of 1843 he joined the Free Church of Scotland on his return from a trip to Madeira and Brazil, and became minister of St Luke's Free Church, Edinburgh in 1843; he was convener of Jewish Mission of the Free Church from 1847 to 1889 (with a brief interval); and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church, 1875. He received the degree of DD from the University of Edinburgh in 1875.
He was a strong supporter of the Establishment Principle and opponent of disestablishment of the Church of Scotland; opposed Higher Criticism, and the proposed union with the United Presbyterian Church; and interested himself in promoting friendly relations between Scottish Presbyterians and the Reformed churches of Hungary and Bohemia.
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1835 ALEXANDER MOODY-STUART, born Paisley, 15th June 1809, sixth son of Andrew Moody of Muirshiel, banker, Paisley, and Margaret Fulton McBrair; M.A. (Glasgow 1830); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th Oct. 1831; missionary in Holy Island, Northumberland, 1831-5; under the Kirk - session of St George's, Edinburgh, began in 1835 the work of gathering a congregation in Young Street; ord. first min. 27th July 1837. .Joined Free Church and became min. of St Luke's Free Church 1843; convener of Jewish Mission of Free Church from 1847 to 1889 (with a brief interval); Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church, 1875; D.D. (Edinburgh 1875); died at Crieff, 31st July 1898. All his life he was a strong supporter of the principle of
Church Establishment, and an opponent of ecclesiastical and political agitation for disestablishment of the Church of Scotland; dissented strongly from the positions of the adherents of the " Higher Criticism " of the Old Testament; took a prominent part in opposition to the movement for union between the Free and United Presbyterian Churches between 1863 and 1873; interested himself in promoting friendly relations between Scottish Presbyterians and the Reformed Churches of Hungary and Bohemia. He marr. 9th Sept. 1839, Jessie (died 27th April 1891), eldest daugh. of Kenneth Bruce Stuart of Annat, whose name he assumed, and had issue?a daugh., born and died July 1840; Kenneth, Free Church min. at Moffat, author of a Memoir of his father and a Memoir of Brownlow North, born 13th June 1841, died 15th March 1904; Andrew, born 6th Dec. 1842, died 1st Sept. 1866; Alexander, advocate, LL.D., Professor of Law, Univ. of Glasgow, 1887-1905, born 30th May 1844; Robert, chartered accountant, Dundee, born 17th March 1846, died 22nd June 1896; Margaret, born 16th March 1848, died unmarr. 17th March 1880; Jessie, born 14th March 1850 (marr. 1883, George Watt, K.C., Sheriff of Chancery), died 15th Jan. 1895; George, merchant in London, born 27th Oct. 1851; John, Fellow of Institute of Actuaries, born 23rd July 1853; Charles, Bank of Scotland, Lossiemouth, author of Sandy Scott's Bible Class, etc., born 13th Sept. 1854, died 19th July 1900; Eliza, born 4th March 1861. Publications?A Pastoral Letter on the Present Position of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1840); Revival of Religion (Glasgow, 1842); Conversion of the Jews (Edinburgh, 1842-8); Deathbed Scenes (Edinburgh, 1843); A Report of the Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Free Church Relative to the State of Religion in the Land (Edinburgh, 1844); Ireland Open to the Gospel (Edinburgh, 1847); Inquiry into the Present Educational Connection between the Free Church and the Government (Edinburgh, 1848); A Practical Exposition of the Song of Solomon (London, 1857 ; 2nd ed., London, 1860); Key to the Emblems of Solomon's
Song (London, 1861); The Three Marys (London, 1862); Capernaum as the Sphere of Christ's Ministry (London, 1863); The Life and Letters of Elizabeth, Duchess of Gordon (London, 1865); The Spiritual Condition of the Ministry in its Influence on the People (Edinburgh, 1865); Is the Establishment of Religion Outside of the Confession? (Edinburgh, 1868); On Religion and the Church in the Articles of Union, etc. (Edinburgh, 1869); The Union Overture, a speech in the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh, 4th April 1870 (Edinburgh); A Visit to the Land of Huss (London, 1870); Recollections of Dr John Duncan (Edinburgh, 1872); Recent Awakenings and Higher Holiness, Opening and Closing Addresses in the Free Church General Assembly (Edinburgh, 1875); Jesus Christ the Bond of the Holy Universe, Sermon preached at the Opening of the Free Church General Assembly, 1876 (Edinburgh, 1876); The Bible True to Itself (London, 1884); The Path of the Redeemed (Edinburgh, 1893).? [Memoir, London, 1899.]
(http://www.dwalker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Fasti%20Web%20pages/p.%20110%20St%20Leonard's%20-%20St%20Luke's.htm )
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1809 - 1898 (89 years)
