James Ramsay (moderator)
James Ramsay (1672–1749) was a Church of Scotland minister who served twice as Moderator of the General Assembly in both 1738 and 1741. He was Dean of the Chapel Royal from 1716 to 1726. At the time of his death in 1749 he was the acknowledged Father of the Church. Life He was born in central Scotland in 1672 and appears to be related to the Ramsays of Edington. He graduated MA at St Andrews University in 1687 (aged 15). He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns and Chirnside in November 1692.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott He was ordained at Eyemouth Parish Church in May 1693. In September 1706 he translated to Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kelso Psrish Church. In November 1706 he unsuccessfully opposed the Scottish bishops' involvement with the forthcoming Act of Union 1707. In 1714 he was one of the several senior ministers sent by the General Assembly to congratulate King George I on his ascension to the throne. A Royalist, he ...
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The Auld Kirk, Eyemouth - Geograph
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when fol ...
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