Patrick Anderson’s Illegal City Meetings – Potterrow, Edinburgh – SFH067

Patrick Anderson’s Illegal City Meetings – Potterrow, Edinburgh – SFH067

Aug 28, 2020 | Podcast

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A lot was going on in Edinburgh during the time that all meetings outside the parish churches were made illegal. People were gathering for worship in houses every day, right under the noses of the authorities. This is why the story of a not especially well known minister and the street in which he lived on the edge of the Old Town has more to it than meets the eye.

 

John Law on the Bass Rock – Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh – SFH045

John Law on the Bass Rock – Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh – SFH045

Feb 7, 2020 | Podcast

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In Greyfriars Kiryard in Edinburgh, there’s a memorial to a little known minister called John Law and his wife, Isabella Cuninghame. The inscription reads:

“To the memory of his most excellent parents Mr JOHN LAW, a most prudent and vigilant pastor of the Church at Edinburgh, distinguished by his zeal for pure religion, and his unfeigned piety; and ISABELLA CUNNINGHAME, his affectionate wife, noted for true holiness, and the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, who, pressing towards the joys of eternal life, laid aside mortality, the former on the 26th December A.D. 1712, his 80th year; the latter on the 8th November A.D. 1703, in her 70th year. This monument was dedicated by William Law, their son.”

Matthew Vogan explains more.

To dig deeper, visit ScotlandsForgottenHistory.com