Rev Hugh White. Duped or follower or even like minded

Elspeth having ran away from Banff shire to Glasgow avoiding potential murder by Captain Cook husband of Buchans convert Mrs Cook made a real connection with Rev White. He had recently returned from America and had seen first hand the "Shakers". White had been flattered by Buchans letters he allowed her to speak at his congregation in Irvine. Her doctrine was extreme with white trying to tone things down. Some of the congregation began to suspect the soundness of her faith and indeed whites.

She was given three weeks to leave town!
Before leaving she had made known her views on some of her theology like she good free people from the bondage of law.  This meant she advocated no marriage and a sharing of all assets and wifes.
White and Buchan were charged with heresy , White being ejected from his church (relief church) and both White and Buchan setting up a  meeting in a house in Seagate. Their meetings became so popular that  the had to erect a tent in the garden to accommodate the group.

A Society with Buchan at the head as "Friend Mother of the Lord" was set up and local hostility was not long in coming...  

Hard times brings spiritual wakening...

I am continuing the discovery of Mrs Buchan

The potters business did not perform and Robert went back to Glasgow presumably to get work leaving Elspeth and children at home in Banff shire to make ends meet.
She Elspeth raised living expenses from educational work by opening a school teaching basics including the ability to read.  However she got bored with the standard Scottish theology and returned to her young years visions and revelations which stimulated her into passing on her interpretation of the Bible. She started with fairly orthodox views which then grew into more unorthodox views.

As  an eager interested follower she mixed with a local fellowship meeting and on the face of it showed great Piety and value to the group. She was able to influence many that she had almost a direct access to the truth  and that she was a prophetess. Now it would seem she had found her mission in life .

The family and school suffered as she developed her mission with opposition coming from all parts including her children.

Gone was the sewing and teaching and then the money dried up. So off to Glasgow back to the husband in 1781 where she seems to have done very little apart from spending her husbands money so she could promote her thoughts.

Letters to the Rev Hugh White a relief church minister in Irvine had resulted in meetings together and for him to come under her "spell" believing together that she was the women in Revelation 12.

   Coming next group of followers ...heresies ...Muthill ...the Buchanites.

Mrs Buchan not Simpson

Mrs Buchan Elspeth Simpson daughter of John and Margaret Simpson was born in Banff-shire in 1739 in the parish of Fordyce. Her mother died when she was about three years old. Elspeth was brought up in hard situations. She was a herdswomen but did not like the work. As a girl she was allowed to run wild and spoke of seeing visions. A local relative tried to take her under her wing and taught her home skills like sewing and reading. The plan was to go to America with her cent husband and Elspeth to work in the plantations of Jamaica. Having spent some time in Greenock waiting for the appropriate ship the bored girl found the new life of the docks and city interesting and fun. She found her self in Ayr and fell in love with and ”married” Robert Buchan a potter. After having several children the couple moved to Glasgow allowing Robert to work at the Delftfield potteries. Elspeth managed to gain employment with the wife of one of the business partners of the pottery. Robert was ashamed of Elspeth's loose ways and thought that moving to Elspeth roots might help them regain some stability as a couple. They moved to Banff and set up their own pottery business. …..to be continued.


 Ann Lee (1736-1784) “Shakers”

Its a Grand Tour...of Sutherland

Spotted in various places in Sutherland last week were the three from  The Grand Tour, Clarkson May and whats his name. ( Hammond.)

Churches in Perth leads to Buchan!

I was researching to see if I could list all the major churches past and present associated with Perth, Scotland. I was reading George Pennys “Traditions of Perth”, did you know you can read it on Google playbooks and save a visit to the library. So I'm reading and note that there was a group of Bareans in Perth, of which I knew about from previous research when I come across this comment about some of the group being influenced by Mrs Buchan. Then as can happen one wanders...and wonders who was she this Mrs Buchan and what was she about? My first inclination was the wife of perhaps a Dyer or fabric maker, or local farmers wife maybe even a local important person of Perth. Well with in minutes I had the answer. Come back tomorrow to find out about Mrs Buchan (... not from Perth). Bareans

Alpacas Nearer to farming them?

For some time I have thought of farming alpacas. I have read a few books I have access to a couple of pet "boys" but the opportunity to move out on my own with these animals seems a challenge. firstly there is land to have them then the shelter and both need to be near where I live. I visited an alpaca frmn a few years ago in /near Bristol. It was an interesting time. Those at Valley farm were a great help

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 I just discovered today that they are dispersing the flock.

verification

Worship as in Music

Interestingly I am coming across a lot of people who are not in to the Contemporary worship style in Churches today. Is it the repetition the chanting less melody or is it

the "second rate" musically quality?

Weather

Weather is a topic that the British fall into. I wonder what causes this conversation. Is it because they dont want to talk about more pressing things, or items that are more important on a relational matter. Or is it just the concern of rejection if its a topic that others may have a differing opinion?

Roadkill my machine ...please

SCIO vehicle for Scottish Charities

Scottish Charities can set up as a  SCIO s which are limited incorporated bodies just right for Churches or missions. These organisations are regulated by OSCR based in Dundee. Its worth noting that you cannot transfer to another entity once youare an SCIO.

There is a lot of information about setting up charities on the OSCR website.

Four main vehicles are

Entity
Limited company( need to register it separately)
SCIO once stop registration

No legal entity
Association
Trust
There is also Industrial and Provident Society which may quailfy for tax relief by way of Gift aid.

Greece

Two year rescue plan?

Greece

BBC says 

"The Greek government has requested a new bailout deal from the eurozone, just hours before its bailout expires and it must repay €1.6bn (£1.1bn) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Greece is reportedly asking for a new two-year aid deal from a bailout mechanism for eurozone countries.
Eurozone finance ministers will discuss the Greek offer in a teleconference on Tuesday evening.
If it fails to repay the IMF loan, Greece risks leaving the euro.
The European Commission, which is one of Greece's creditors, wants Athens to raise taxes and cut welfare spending.
Amid fears of a Greek default on its huge public debt of €323bn - and a possible exit from the euro - long queues of people are continuing to snake from many cash machines in Greece, where withdrawals are capped at just €60 a day."

Greece what now?

I wonder how this situation is going to work out. The Stock Market has reacted in Europe and UK but not in the USA.

A last second request today to have some recovery package does seem late in the day.

What now?

Charles Kennedy 1 June 2015

Rip Charles Kennedy at 55 a loss to Scotland and UK.

Holy Spirit ...shy

I am currently reading this book. In It the suggestion is that the Holy Spirit is Shy!

Church of Scotland

Church of Scotland votes in favour of allowing ministers in same sex civil partnerships

May 16, 2015

Thje Church of Scotland has voted in favour of allowing people in same sex civil partnerships to be called as ministers and deacons.

The historic decision was made by the General Assembly on the Mound in Edinburgh today, where the motion was passed by 309 votes in favour and 182 against.
The outcome is the culmination of years of deliberation within the Church. The motion has faced a series of debates and votes before the final decision was arrived at this afternoon. This included 31 of the Church’s presbyteries endorsing the move to 14 who opposed it.
This means the Church has adopted a position which maintains a traditional view of marriage between a man and woman, but allows individual congregations to ‘opt out’ if they wish to appoint a minister or a deacon in a same sex civil partnership."

I am not making comment on the theology but taking note similar to the Free Church of Scotland with regard to Worship when it comes to a difficult answer the local congregations are given the authority to choose!

Is this not a good Baptist principle ?  the local church decides and not some authority out with the locality.

Back

Well its been a long time, but now we are back have a look at Amazons new products

TEDDINGTON

Tearfund staff, some Tearfund staff are working on a week where you eat on £1.00 a day.

It seems so hard when you think about it to live on that basis yet some are doing this everyday

One idea was to pull together resources but it's still a challenge.

Could you do it £1.00 a day?

Improving weather

it is encouraging to see improving weather in mid Scotland.