Alexander Smellie
Alexander Smellie | |
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 Alexander Smellie | |
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| Born | 30 August 1856 Stranraer, Scotland |
| Died | 23 May 1923 (aged 66) Carluke |
| Buried | Inch New Parish Churchyard |
Alexander Smellie (1857–1923) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and writer, best known for his 1903 work Men of the Covenant, about the Covenanters.[1][2]
Smellie was born in Stranraer and after studying at the University of Edinburgh he returned to Stranraer in 1880 where he served as minister of the Original Secession Church. He lived in London from 1892 to 1894, where he worked as editor of the Sunday School Chronicle, but then returned to Scotland and pastored congregations in Thurso and Carluke.[3]
References
Citations
- ↑ Smellie 1908a.
- ↑ Smellie 1908b.
- ↑ "Alexander Smellie". Banner of Truth Trust. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
Sources
- Morton, Robert (1923). The Original Secession Magazine, Vol 29, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, July-October 1923. Edinburgh: AW. F. Henderson. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- Scott, David (1886). Annals and statistics of the original Secession church: till its disruption and union with the Free church of Scotland in 1852. Edinburgh: A. Elliot. p. 432. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- Smellie, Alexander (1908a). Men of the Covenant. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: Andrew Melrose. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- Smellie, Alexander (1908b). Men of the Covenant. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). London: Andrew Melrose. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- Smellie, Alexander (1913). Robert Murray McCheyne. London: National Council of Evangelical Free Churches.