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| <tab>John Fraser was one of the two ministers from outside the congregation who assisted the resident minister at the formal opening of the Kenyon Presbyterian Church at Dunvegan on 9 Sept. 1880. During his pastorate of the Gordon Church he revisited Scotland at least once. When John Fraser left the Gordon Church the large pastorate he had served was divided, with the Maxville and Dominionville congregations becoming independent and self-supporting. John Fraser died in Montreal. His obituary stated, “After his retirement from the active duties of the ministry about seven years ago, the reverend gentleman travelled extensively east and west, preaching in vacant charges, and studying the state of spiritual life in different sections of the country. His impressions were that the people are losing the firm hold of God’s Word that they had a generation ago, and he accounted for this by a belief that the teaching of many itinerant evangelists is very superficial.” The obituary also said, “He was of a retiring, gentle disposition, and his whole life was far removed from the reproach of self-seeking.” W. A. MacKay, in an eloquent character sketch of Fraser, said that Fraser was “equally at home” in both English and Gaelic, and had well mastered the notoriously difficult written form of Gaelic. | <tab>John Fraser was one of the two ministers from outside the congregation who assisted the resident minister at the formal opening of the Kenyon Presbyterian Church at Dunvegan on 9 Sept. 1880. During his pastorate of the Gordon Church he revisited Scotland at least once. When John Fraser left the Gordon Church the large pastorate he had served was divided, with the Maxville and Dominionville congregations becoming independent and self-supporting. John Fraser died in Montreal. His obituary stated, “After his retirement from the active duties of the ministry about seven years ago, the reverend gentleman travelled extensively east and west, preaching in vacant charges, and studying the state of spiritual life in different sections of the country. His impressions were that the people are losing the firm hold of God’s Word that they had a generation ago, and he accounted for this by a belief that the teaching of many itinerant evangelists is very superficial.” The obituary also said, “He was of a retiring, gentle disposition, and his whole life was far removed from the reproach of self-seeking.” W. A. MacKay, in an eloquent character sketch of Fraser, said that Fraser was “equally at home” in both English and Gaelic, and had well mastered the notoriously difficult written form of Gaelic. |
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| <tab>An address of Fraser’s delivered at Montreal in 1868 against the introduction of organ music to Presbyterian church services was published in pamphlet form, and extracts from it are reprinted by MacKay. Also, though the identification is far from certain, Fraser is said to have written the words of “A Christmas Anthem” which was published with music by C. R. Sinclair in //The Canada Presbyterian// 16 Dec. 1885. For John Fraser, see also James Drummond. | <tab>An address of Fraser’s delivered at Montreal in 1868 against the introduction of organ music to Presbyterian church services was published in pamphlet form, and extracts from it are reprinted by MacKay. Also, though the identification is far from certain, Fraser is said to have written the words of “A Christmas Anthem” which was published with music by C. R. Sinclair in //The Canada Presbyterian// 16 Dec. 1885. For John Fraser, see also [[drummond_james|James Drummond]]. |
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| <tab>John Fraser was married to Charlotte Augusta MacKie (d. 28 Jan. 1903). (seven children) They were the parents of Dr Wilhelmina Grant Fraser Stait. Another daughter, Charlotte, appears to have been sub-editor of the Montreal //Star//. | <tab>John Fraser was married to Charlotte Augusta MacKie (d. 28 Jan. 1903). (seven children) They were the parents of Dr Wilhelmina Grant Fraser Stait. Another daughter, Charlotte, appears to have been sub-editor of the Montreal //Star//. |
