Alexander Martin (Scottish minister)

Rev Dr Alexander Martin DD (1856 – 19??) was a Scottish minister, successively of the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland. He was Principal of New College, Edinburgh 1918-1935 and one of the architects of the union of the United Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland in 1929. [1]

Life

He was born in Panbride in 1856, the son of the Rev Dr Hugh Martin, the local Free Church of Scotland minister. [2] He contributed to his father's entry in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 36. [3]

He studied at the University of Edinburgh and New College, Edinburgh.

In 1884 he was ordained to the Morningside Free Church congregation, Edinburgh.

In 1897 he became Professor of Apologetics and Pastoral Theology in New College, Edinburgh, and succeeded Alexander Whyte as Principal from 1918 in the United Free Church of Scotland which continued till 1935 in the reunited Church of Scotland.

In 1929 he guided the United Free Church of Scotland into union with the Church of Scotland.

Family

In 1887 he married Jane Thorburn, the daughter of the Rev Dr Thomas Addis DD, whom he assisted as minister of the Morningside congregation.[4]

Publications
  • The Problem of Apologetics.
  • Winning the Soul.
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References
  1. Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, William Ewing, Vol. I, 1914.
  2. Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, William Ewing, Vol. I, 1914.
  3. Hugh Martin, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 36.
  4. Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, William Ewing, Vol. I, 1914.
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