Testimony to be read out in front of the congregation, 1919
Photocopy of a hand-written personal testimony apparently to be read out in front of the church congregation. Dated Thursday the 2nd of October 1919.
2013.74.1
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2013.76.1
Poem `New Year Resolution (part 1)` by Duncan Campbell
Typed religious poem by Duncan Campbell. Date and details unknown. Includes photocopy.
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2013.61.1
Book `Turus a` Chriosduidh` / ` Pilgrims progress` in Gaelic by John Bunyan, 1877.
Heavy, calf-skin bound, hardback book belonging to Lachlan MacKinnon, Hillcrest. On the inside cover is an ornately hand-drawn name plate `John McCallum` with the date cut from the top of a newspaper `Saturday, March 3, 1877`. John McCallum may have been the husband of Mrs McCallum (Monica Smith`s grandmother) that Lachlan MacKinnon drove to bible meetings. Includes a photocopy of a torn loose-leaf A3 drawing of `Bunyan`s Dream` that is stored separately in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4 (2013.61.2).
2013.61.2
Drawing `Bunyan`s Dream` from the book `Turus a` Chriosduidh / Pilgrims Progress` by John Bunyan
Original drawing of `Bunyan`s Dream` from the book `Turus a` Chriosduidh / Pilgrims Progress` (2013.61.1), plus a photocopy of the same.
2013.53.1
Gaelic hymn book belonging to Mrs John Lamont of Balevullin, 1935
Dark blue covered, hard-back Gaelic hynm book titled `An Laoidheadair` in gold embossed lettering, with “Mrs John Lamont, Balevullin, Isle of Tiree` written in pencil on the inside cover.
2013.54.1
Two Communion tokens from the Free Church of Scotland
Two small, oval, lead tokens stamped with “Tiree Free Church” on one side and “Do this in rememberance of me” on the other, belonging to Lachlan and Joanne MacLean, Druimfraoich. Possession of a Communion Token authorised the bearer to take part in Holy Communion. They were widely used in Scotland from the time of the Reformation until the middle of the 19th (20th?) century.
In the weeks before the celebration of Communion the church`s elders (or a Catechist) would visit each member and examine his or her knowledge of the faith and purity of life. Those who met with the elders` approval were given a small lead token, which permitted them to receive Communion. This was to prevent exposing the Lord’s Table ‘to profanation by immoral and unfaithful people`. This example is from the Free Church of Scotland and was manufactured some time after 1843.
2013.54.3
Information about the Free Church of Scotland Communion Tokens
Printed email from Gordon Scott to An Iodhlann with information about the two Free Church of Scotland Communion Tokens (2013.54.1) donated by Flora MacLean, Druimfroaich in 2013.
2013.44.1
Brass rubbing from Kirkapol Church
Length of white linen depicting a broadsword on an ornate background. Painted in brown and black from a brass rubbing made by Fiona MacKinnon, Kirkapol, in Kirkapol Church, ca 2008. Originally stretched over a wooden frame and used as a curtain pelmet.
2013.1.3
Printed version of Soroby Graveyard inscriptions 2012
Bound booklet of Catriona Smyth`s printed spreadsheet of gravestone inscriptions in the old section of Soroby Cemetery, with numbered references to her map of the cemetery produced in 2012.
2012.109.2
Book of extracts in Gaelic from the Bible entitled “Tiomnadh Nuadh”
Small hardback book of extracts from the Bible translated into Gaelic. Signed as belonging to Mr(s) A McLean, Cornaigbeg. Amongst the belongings of Annine Black.