454:, Presbyterianism was restored as Scotland's established church. Just as in 1600, Fraserburgh had the wrong kind of minister in the pulpit. Furthermore, the people of the town seemed to have no love for the Presbyterian form of Church Government. The Episcopal Minister was allowed to hold his charge until his death - as was agreed in the Scottish Constitution of 1688. The minister at the time, Rev. James Moore, continued his ministry until his death in 1703. His assistant, and son, Rev. Alexander Moore took over the charge in 1703 - an illegal move as far as the law was concerned. Officially the Kirk was declared vacant until 1706 when finally a willing Presbyterian minister (who was either brave or stupid) finally accepted the call. When the unfortunate representative of the Presbytery in 1706 came to declare and induct the new minister, the church was stormed and he was flung from the pulpit. After this event the Master of Saltoun petitioned the Presbytery demanding that the Rev. Moore be allowed to take the charge of Fraserburgh. This was rejected, and in 1707 the Rev. Alexander Auchinleck became the first Presbyterian minister of Fraserburgh in almost a century. Upon taking the Kirk, he found he held only half of the congregation that Moore held. Although the new minister built up the congregation throughout his 47-year ministry, the Episcopalians tried to storm and take the kirk on several occasions up until the 1740s. Since that shaky start to Presbyterian rule in 1707, it has survived to the present date.
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