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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 17, 16 August 1889, Page 13

There is (says Truth) a refreshing absence of sentiment and superstition among the Scotch, devout though they are supposed to be, when a matter oE business is concerned. The ancient Barony Church in Glasgow has just been abaudonc I tor a new building, and, within a fortnight, this interesting old landmark has been Bold by audioo, by the frugal Kirk Scssior, for £194 in order that it may be pulled down and removed. Suppose an old Anglican church, say in London, had been closed for service under such circumstances, and any one had attempted to sell it to be cleared away, the whole country would have resounded with execrative bowlings from " bishops, priests, and deacons," and their feverish folio were.