A VETERAN PREACHER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 9

A VETERAN PREACHER.

THE LATE DR.: FREW, ST.NINIAX'S The Rot. Dr. Frew, St. Ninians, Stirling, "fathor", of al) the Churches' in Scotland; • .Bied ;'ori.' Aigust ,29. ..Ho had .'reached the ...ago;of ninety-eight, and was in tlio seventy-sixth : year , of his ,ministry;,ali' St.';. Niiiians. Decoased • was a .widow,.his wife 'having died about fortyyears '. ago. ' He had' no' family The Rev..'Robert Flow,. D.D;, who !was a son of the .Rov. Forrest'Frew, minister of Cores, FifeshirOj was licensed by, tho/ltojief; Presbytery of' Perth in June 1835, arid' in the same .year, ho. received .'a'xatt, from the St.- Ninians congregation, .which he "accepted,, his' ordination as assistant and'.successor to the late \Rev. I.James ' Logaii . taking place oil, November 25. . Three years, later .Mr.;:. Loganiw.asv.laid 'aside, from duty, and ; t.ho'. burdeu of-tho whole work, devolved. ■ on- ■ the- young... minister,; who' devoted heart and strength, to the interests and'welfare of a large congregation. Keeping: up his studies, lie produced an .edition of 'Barnes 1 : Notes on , the Old ind Now, Testaments, whichUn: 1856 gained him' , the' honour, of Doctor of Divinity:, from,; his. .alma' mater, the . University of Sf; Andrews. Dr. Frew's pulpit "discourses were . always "distinguisliod by high scholarship, as 1 well; as By clear, diction. . In': theology, tlio /'reverend.: doctor .'.was:: particularly well learned.;:. In. 1860 the semi-jubilee of ; Dr, 'Frew'was appropriately marked,' and in, .1868 ,hq received the /highest honour,' the Presbyterian-, phurch could bestow, that of Moderator of the Synod. > '.' . ; .On entering" the', fiftieth year of': his ministry,' the reverend : doctor was entertained to a public dinner,. and. at-' a congrogation'al!;'soirce'.tho;same' evening'' he■ was.presented,with a silver salver and: a cliequo .for £1200. Two . equally: interesting. ceremonies.: attended Dr; Frew's! attainment of the sixtieth .'and eeventietli' year' of .his' ministry. ;t ..:;