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John Ferguson (clergyman)

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It is said that Ferguson was a "tall, dark-haired man, with a drooping moustache and a commanding presence. An attractive preacher, with a genial and informal friendliness, he seldom forgot a face or a name and few entered St Stephen's without a warm personal greeting. He was admired and respected by
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The new moderator preaches a gospel all sufficient, all powerful. He grapples with the problems of poverty â€Ļ he insists on justice being done, though the heavens fall. I advise every citizen to read every word of
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and St Andrew's Theological College, and vice-president of the Highland Society of New South Wales. He was also to become the Acting Principal of
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Ferguson married Isabella Adie, from Old Deer, on 4 February 1881 at Dunedin. He soon became colleague and successor to A. Stobo at
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Council, retiring in 1923 due to ill health. Whilst in this role, he actively worked towards the planning and establishment of the
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interests led him to seek an audience with the Pope on a visit to Rome in 1914, an action that evoked much criticism in Sydney.
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Following Ferguson's death, a memorial hall and tablet were erected at St Stephen's Church, Sydney in his honour. Ferguson
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in 1916, a branch of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney. He was also the first chairman of the board of the
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Upon leaving school at the age of 14, he became a pupil-teacher, and also acted as laboratory assistant in the
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to the ministry on 20 May 1880. He was then sent to work with the miners at Tuapeka in the
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of St. Stephen's Church and subsequently died at his home, 'Atherton', on
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Ferguson took full part in Australian religious and public life, becoming
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at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney is also named after him.
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Presbyterian minister, acting principal, school chaplain and chairman
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The Golden Hope: Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney 1888–1988
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Scottish born Australian Presbyterian minister (1852–1925)
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John Ferguson was born on 27 December 1852, at Shiels,
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McFarlane, John (1988). "Firm Foundations 1888–1919".
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19th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland
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John Ferguson (disambiguation)
Aberdeenshire
Kings Cross
New South Wales
New College, Edinburgh
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney
The Scots College
St Andrew's College
Presbyterian
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Otago
New Zealand
chemistry
University of Otago
ministry
Dunedin
bursary
New College
probationer
Stuartfield
Old Deer
ordained
Central Otago goldfields
Invercargill
Phillip Street
moderator-general
Melbourne
Labor
William Morris (Billy) Hughes

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