James A. McClymont
James Alexander McClymont CBE VD (1848–1927) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1921.[1][2]
Life
[edit]He was Principal Chaplain to the Royal Army Chaplains' Department in the First World War.[3]
His duties as Moderator in 1921/22 included unveiling the stained glass windows at St Laurence Church in Forres.[4]
In 1924 a sermon by McClymont on the "League of Nations" was broadcast from Edinburgh on radio by the BBC.[5]
Publications
[edit]- The New Testament and its Writers (1899)
- Greece (1906), illustrations by John Fulleylove[6]
- The New Century Bible: St John (1930)
References
[edit]- ^ Weisse, Wolfram (1991). Praktisches Christentum und Reich Gottes: die ökumenische Bewegung Life und Work, 1919-1937 (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 634. ISBN 9783525565353. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland genealogy project". geni_family_tree.
- ^ "Royal Army Chaplains Department". Great War Forum.
- ^ "Data". www.stlaurencechurchforres.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Radio Times, 19 December 1924
- ^ Baker, Anne Pimlott. "Fulleylove, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33293. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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