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A Cameronian Apostle . A Cameronian Apostle BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF John Macmillan of Balmaghie REV. H. M. B. REID, B.D., BALMAGHIE WITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONS A L E X A N D E R G A R D N E R Ifubliaber tn Jjler Majeetjj tbe 6iueen P/VISLEY ; AND 26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE. LONDON — PREFACE npHE Authfjr of this book is encouraged by the friendly reception given to his brief notices of Macmillan in the Kirk above Dee Water, to hope that this more lengthy account of that remarkable man may interest some. He has tried, as far as possible, to make the work interesting to the general reader, and, at the same time, strictly accurate and faithful as a lecord of facts. The controversy, which cost Macmillan his place and emolu- ments as a parish minister, is not dead, or even sleeping. Recent movements in ecclesiastical circles prove that " spiritual independence" is still a living principle in many earnest minds. The author wishes to give cordial acknowledgments to the following kind friends (among many others) who have gener- ously and unselfishly helped him in his self-imposed task : ; Hutchison, Rev. J. H. Thomson, Hightae Rev. M. New Cum- nock; Rev. George Laurie, Castle Douglas; Rev. John Tor- rance, Glasgow; Rev. James Kennedy, New College, Edinburgh; William Macmath, Esq., F.S.A., Edinburgh; James M'Kerrow, Esq., Boreland of Southwick; Adam Rae, Esq., Castle Douglas; Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser J. H. Maxwell, Esq., of the ; James Barbour, Esq., F.S.A., Dumfries; Rev. John Reid, of Minnigaff ; Rev. Walter W. Coats, B.D., of Girthon; Dr. Goold, Edinburgh ; iTiomas Binnie, Esq., Glasgow ; Rev. T. Colvin, vi Preface. of Kirkmabreck ; and last, not least, Dr. John Grieve, a great- great-grandson of Macmillan, who constantly aided the author's researches. A list of books and pamphlets, as exhaustive as possible, is subjoined. liAi.MAGHiE Manse, April, 1896. ) ILLUSTRATIONS. Balmaghie Church, showing Remains of) r- .- . } . Fnmtispttce. Macmillan s Church, . • Barncauchlaw, .... To face Clachanpluck, .... )) John Macmillan of Sandhills, . n Macmillan's Cup and Seal, . )) CrossiMichael Church, Earlston Castle, .... )) AUCHENSAUGH HiLL, .... !) Flv-leaf of Family Bible. J) Macmillan's Monument in Dalserf ) Churchyard, . .J ——— CONTENTS. PAGE Preface, ........ V. List of Authorities, ..... ix, Chapter I. Setting Sail, .... 9 II. Fair Weather, 28 III. The Parish, . 46 IV. The Presbytery, .... 63 V. Meeitngs and Manners, 79 VI. Storm, ..... 92 VII. Stress, 108 VIII. Adrift, 121 IX. Anchored, ..... 134 X. — A Parish Schism, .... 149 XL—The Cameronian Apostle, . 173 XII. The Last Storm, .... 199 XIII. Summing Up, ..... 209 Appendix, containing Reprints of— (i) Macmillan's " Trlte Narrative," printed 1704, 223 (2) Macmillan's "Grievances," printed 1704, 267 (3) The Presbvtery's "Libel," printed 1705, 27.2 " (4) Macmillan's Protestation, Declinature, AND Appeal," 1708, ..... 277 (5) Macmillan's "Elegy on Mistress Mary Gordon," 1723, . 286 (6) A Letter to a Dying Friend, Oct. 26, 1741, 298 Index, ........ 299 — : WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS BOOK. Pamphlets on the Controversy : A True Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Kirk- cudbright : 1704. [By Macmillan himself. Reprinted in Appendix.] The Pamphlet entitled A True Narrative Examined and Found False: 1705. [By Cameron of Kirkcudbright. Contains also the Libel and Grounds of Sentence.] Answers to a Paper of Grievances : 1705. [Chiefly by Cameron and Ewart. Contains also a copy of Macmillan's " Griev- ances."] An Account of the Deposition of Mr. John McMillan : 1706. The Examination of the True Narrative Tryed and Found False 1706. [By Macmillan.] The Ravished Maid of the Wilderness: 1708. Letter to a Friend : 71. d. Reply to I he Letter to a Friend : 1710. Reflections on the Reply : n. d. [By Robert Hamilton.] The Friendly Conference ; or, a Discourse between a Country Man and his Nephew, who having fallen ofi^ from Hearing, hath for some time been a follower of Mr. McMillan : [1711?] A Short Survey of a Pamphlet, entituled, A Friendly Confer- ence : 17 12. The Survey Breiflie Examined : n. d. The Examiner of the Survey : //. d. — X. Works Consulted. A Letter from a Friend to Mr. John Mackmillan : 1709. [By Lining and Webster.] The Beam pulled out of the Hypocrite's Eye : n. d. [This is a reply to the preceding.] A Modest Reply to a Pamphlet, intituled, A Letter from a Friend: 1710? [By Hugh Clark. Wqdrow (^/;a/., i. 278), writing in 17 10, says:—"The Modest Apology for Mac- milian is writt by a club. The Lady C., once a sweet singer, her son, with Dr. Pitcairn, and Arniston, were the composers of it."] ''The foregoing pamphlets are mostly in the Advocates' Lib- rary. Macmillan's Exami?iation of the True Narrative Tryed and. Found Faise, and the tract entitled The Examiner of the Survey Ofi the Friendly Conference, are in the New College Library, Edinburgh. Books bearing on the Period : A Testimony to the Free Grace of God, by Monteith of Burgue : ed. 1841, by Rev. Samuel Smith. Modern Sadducism : a True Relation of an, Apparition . in Ringcroft of Stqcking in the Parish of Rerwick in 1695 ... by Mr. Alexander Telfair, Minister of that Parish. In Nicholson's Historical and Traditional Tales-, 1843. The Twice-Christened Bairn. Also in Nicholson, as above. Tne Presbytery Records of Kirkcudbright, from the year 1700. The Records of the Synod of Galloway, from the year 1689. The Kirk Session Records of Minnigaff, from the year 1699. The Kirk Session Records of Girthon, anno 1700. A MS. Narrative, by a contemporary, ot events in the Parish of Balmaghie in 1701-1713. Copious extracts printed in Glasgow Herald oi August 16, 18, and 23, 1870. Works Consjiited. xi. Minutes of the United Societies, from the year 1693. I" the New College Library. Scot's Fasti, ed. 1867. Wodrow's Analecta, ed. 1842. Old and New Statistical Accounts. Fraser (of Brea) : A Treatise of Justifying. Faith. Also, Dr.. Walker's Theology and Theologians of Scotland, 2nd edit., 1888. Acts of the General Assembly, 1704 to 1708. Hill Burton's History of Scotlaad. Principal Cunningham's HistC'ry of the Ciiurch of Scotland,, ed. T882. Murray's Literary History of Galloway : .1822.. Rae's History of the Late Rebellion : 17 18. Patrick Walker's Biographia Presbyteriana. Adam Gib's Display of the Secession Testimony : 2 vols., 1774. Nisbet's System of Heraldry : 2 vols., 1816. Minutes of the War Committee of the Stewartry, 1640-41. Nicholson : 1855. Hepburn's Humble Pleadings for the Good Old Way : 1713. An Informatory Vindication of a Poor, Wasted, Misrepresented Remnant of the Suffering, Anti-Popish, Anti-Prelatick, Anti-Erastian, Anti-Sectarian, True Presbyterian Church of Christ in Scotland, united together in a General Corres- pondence : 1707. [By Renwick and Shields.] Johnston's Treasury of the Scottish Covenant : 1887. =^. M'Kerlie's Lands and their Owners in Galloway : 1877. Nicholson's History of Galloway : 2 vols Testimony-Bearing Exemplified. Paisley: 1791. A Dismal Account of the Burning of our Solemn League and National Covenant ... at Linlithgow, May 29, i66t, being the Birthday of Charles 2d. [A broadsheet.] xii. Works Consulted. The National Covenant and Solemn League and Covenant, with the Acknowledgment of Sins and Engagement to Duties, as they were renewed at Douglas, July 24, 17 12. Published 17 12. [By Macmillan. An account of the " Auchensaugh Renovation."] Scots Worthies, 2nd ed., 1781 [with the appendix of" Judg- ments upon Persecutors"]. Reformed Presbyterian Magazine: 1869, 1S70. Johnston's Place-Names of Scotland : 1892. Gibson's Tombstones of the Covenanters. Dr. Kerr's Covenants and the Covenanters : 1895. Dr. Thomson's Thomas Boston of Ettrick : 1895. Binnie's Sketch of the History of the First Reformed Presby- terian Congregation : 1888. The Kirk above Dee Water : 1895. William Wilson's Steps of Defection : August 2, 1721. [MS. original in New College, Edinburgh.] Observations on a Wolf in a Sheepskin : 1753. Scots Magazine : 1753. Hutchison's History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church : T893. Burns' Scottish Communion Plate : 1892. Mackenzie's Galloway. Chalmers' Caledonia. A CAMERONIAN APOSTLE. CHAPTER I 1669-1700. SETTING SAIL. Reasons for present work— Birth at Barncauchlaw, 1669— Glenhead Con- fession of Faith—Minnigaff Records and Tomb stones— Boyhood and Youth—College Days— Relations to United Societies at College- Reasons for entering the State Church — Divinity Studies — His Scholar- ship and Piety. T PROPOSE, in this volume, to give as ftill an account as -*- the documents within my reach permit, of the life of John Macmillan. Although few, comparatively, know or care much about the subject, there are more reasons than one for under- taking this task. For one thing, no attempt at a complete life of this remark- able man has, so far as I know, ever been made, if we except the brief sketch by Mr. Thomson of Hightae in the Reformed Presbyterian Magazine.'^ This account of Macmillan is charac- teristically accurate, but it does not go into minute detail. Mr. Thomson's investigations are embodied in the present work, while a considerable mass of additional matter has been * See the volumes for 1S69 and 1S70. B - lO A Cavieronian Apostle. obtained. The notices of Macmillan in works on Scottish Church History are very meagre. In Cunningham, for instance, he has hardly more than one short paragraph allotted to him.* And this contains simply a discreditable piece of gossip. In these circumstances, and considering the renewed interest taken at 'present in questions of Church government and establish- ment, there seemed to be some room for a detailed treatment of a career which covers so interesting a period as that embraced between 1690 and 1750. Again, the personality and position of Macmillan seem worthy of some degree of consideration. He was, undoubtedly, a man of unusual force and determination.
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