Charles Adamson Salmond (1853–1932) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland and ecclesiastical author.

Life

He was born in Arbroath. He studied divinity at the

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then trained as a Free Church minister at

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. He did a postgraduate year at

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in America. He was ordained at the Free Church in

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in 1879. He was translated to St Matthew's Free church in

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in 1881. He was then living at 4 Royal Crescent (West). In 1887 he translated to the West Free Church in

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and finally in 1890 he settled at the newly built South Morningside Free Church on Braid Road in Edinburgh. Salmond was the first minister of this spectacular church, designed by Sir

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. In Edinburgh he lived very close to the church at 9 Cluny Drive. In 1900 he and his church joined the Union in creating the

United Free Church of Scotland The United Free Church of Scotland (UF Church; gd, An Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte, sco, The Unitit Free Kirk o Scotland) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (or UP) and ...

, usually just referred to as the UF Church. In the same year he visited

again. He is buried in the Western Cemetery in Arbroath.

Family

In 1883 he was married to Margaret Hamersly Johnston (1862-1908).

Publications

*''Vaticanism: An Exposition and Defence of Prince Bismarck's Anti-

Ultramontane Ultramontanism is a clerical political conception within the Catholic Church that places strong emphasis on the prerogatives and powers of the Pope. It contrasts with Gallicanism, the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by th ...

Policy'' (1876) *''A Woman's Work: Memorials of Eliza Fletcher'' (1884) *''Princetoniana: A Table Talk with Hodge the Younger'' (1888) *''J A Wylie as I Knew Him'' (1890) *''For Days of Youth'' (1896) *''The Religious Question in France'' (1905) *''The Protestant Institute of Scotland'' (1911) *''The Romanising Movement in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

'' (1917) *''Pilgrims Towards Plymouth'' *''Perfectionism: The False and the True'' *''Sermonettes for the Young''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salmond, Charles Adamson 1853 births 1932 deaths People from Arbroath 19th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland Religious writers 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland