John Cairns (1857–1922) was a United Presbyterian Church minister, writer and biographer. He was born on 13 April 1857 at Stichill in Roxburghshire. He was the son of Rev. David Cairns, United Presbyterian Church minister at Stichill, and of Elizabeth Williamson Smith. He was educated at

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Parish School in

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and at

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where he graduated M.A. in 1878. He trained for the ministry at United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh and at

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.The

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of the

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, 1900–1929. Edited by the Rev. John Alexander Lamb. Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1956. p.102. He wrote a biography of his uncle, John Cairns in the "Famous Scots Series". He died in Edinburgh on 13 May 1922.Birth and death information sourced from records held by the General Register Office for Scotland and accessed through the Scotlandspeople internet site

Career as Minister

* June 1882 – Licensed by U. P. Presbytery of Kelso * 1882-3 – Assistant at

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Bridgend * 1883-4 – Assistant at

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Buccleuch Street * 16 Oct 1884 – Ordained and inducted as Minister at

Buccleuch Street * April 1922 – Retired as Minister at

Buccleuch Street

Administrative Posts with UF Church

* 1907-8 – Vice-Convener of Continental Committee * 1909 – Convener of Continental Committee * 1913–22 – Convener of Colonial and Continental Committee

Publications

* '' Principal Cairns.'' Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1903, ( "Famous Scots Series") * ''Our Continental Mission Field and its Historic Background''. Edinburgh:

, 1921.

Sources

* ''The

of the

, 1900–1929''. Edited by the Rev. John Alexander Lamb. Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1956. p. 102. * Scotlandspeople internet site: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

References

External links

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