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Title: Records of the Scottish settlers in the River Plate and their churches
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Dodds, James, of Buenos Aires
Subjects: Scots Presbyterian Church
Publisher: Buenos Aires : Grant and Sylvester
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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eantime, the Very Eev. Dr. Charteris of Edinburghhad been communicated with, and had secured for us theservices of a probationer, the Eev. David John Moir Porteous,the son of a distinguished minister of the Free Church, theEev. Dr. Moir Porteous, who had just finished his theologicalstudies, having also graduated M.A. and B.D. at EdinburghUniversity. Mr. Porteous arrived at the end of June 1890. Hereceived a very cordial welcome from the congregation, andexpressed a desire to be placed in harness without delay.(We may mention here that the assistants salary wasarranged at £300 a year if engaged for two years, and £250if only for one year, with, in each case, outward and returnpassages paid by the congregation.) In addition to the usual services in St. Andrews it wasthen hoped to continue a weekly service at Barracas, afortnightly service at Belgrano, a monthly service at Quilmes,and a monthly service at San Martin. Latterly the suburbanservices have been increased and stand thus:—
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Rev, A. Rutherford Howell, M.A. the River Plate, a)id their Churches 453 San Martin fortnightly. Quilmes fortnightly. Campana fortnightly. This latter station is 65 miles distant from the city. Los Ingleses, Ajo. Three times a year. Another important feature of pastoral care in connection withthese stations is the Sunday School. We have in the City Sun-day School, 152 children ; in Barracas, 215 ; in Quilmes, 56 ; inBelgrano, 53; and in San Martin, 37. Total 513. Some of these children at the suburban stations belong tothe Anglican and Methodist Churches, but we may fairly claim400 of them as our very own. After labouring for two years in Buenos Aires, Mr.Porteous returned to Scotland. A handsome presentationand address were made to him before leaving. Mr. Porteoustwo years after his arrival home was ordained to the veryextensive parish of Mid-Calder, in the Presbytery ofEdinburgh. The Eev. W. Lyall Wilson, M.A., another probationerfrom Edinburgh, succeeded Mr. Porteous as assistant,

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