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Title: The history of Lothian Road United Free Church congregation / by authority of the Session and Managers
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: United Free Church of Scotland Session
Subjects: Lothian Road Church (Edinburgh) United Free Church of Scotland
Publisher: Edinburgh (Scotland) : Turnbull & Spears, 1911
Contributing Library: University of Guelph Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Scottish Studies Foundation (Canada)

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and other incidental matters. Thespecification of the organ was designed by the buildersmore with the idea of congregational than recitalpurposes, and as such is eminently satisfactory. Theorgan contains two manuals and complete pedalorgan with twenty-three stops and six couplers. Thebuilders latest form of tubular pneumatic action issupplied throughout, rendering the touch both lightand instantaneous. The wind is supplied by a rotary blower and electricmotor, which have never caused the least anxiety sincethe organ was installed. The voicing of the organ hasbeen carefully carried out to suit the accoustic pro-perties of the church, and, while there are several verybeautiful individual stops, the general build up oftone is very artistic and well balanced. And so the various transitions have been traced asindicated at the outset. Long may those who leadthe praise of God in Lothian Road be imbued not onlywith musical ability, but with the true spirit of praise,love and gratitude to God.
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Pulpit and Organ IX A CHAPTER OF STATISTICS In the commercial world the merchant reckons whetherhe has been progressing or receding by means of figures,and some will be anxious to apply the same test to achurch. To most people statistics are dry, and sothey are collected in a convenient form to be passedover if desired. The spiritual life of a congregationshould not be reckoned by figures, however, eitheras showing membership or subscriptions. The formertest would place Lothian Road in the foremost placein the U.F. Church, but the latter would give it avery mediocre position. A large congregation maybe spiritually dead, while the subscriptions of a smallcongregation may represent a very large percentage ofthe surplus income of its members which is left afterdeducting the sums required to meet the necessaries oflife, and still the total sums may be small. Dr Reids failing health was responsible for bringingthe membership down to 1118 at the end of 1865, andthis may be taken as the numb

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