History of the Episcopal Church at Keith Author:John Archibald Subtitle: In the Diocese of Moray, in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries, With Other Reminiscences of the Dioceses of Moray and Ross ... General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1890 Original Publisher: St. Giles' Printing Co. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and the... more »re may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: IRemtniscences OF THE DIOCESES OF MORAY AND ROSS. Consecration Of Bishop Jolly. In the year 1796 Bishop Macfarlane requested the appointment of a Coadjutor for the Diocese of Moray, Ross, and Argyll, and the Rev. Alexander Jolly, Presbyter at Fraser- burgh, was chosen as a fit and proper candidate for the office. Bishop Abernethy Drummond and Bishop Watson of Dunkeld approved of the proposal, but Primus John Skinner opposed it to the very last. In a letter from Aberdeen, dated March ist, 1796, Primus Skinner expressed his opinion to Bishop Abernethy Drummond, in these words -- " With regard to Bishop Macfarlane's proposal of having Mr. Jolly consecrated to be his Coadjutor, I requested of Bishop Watson to intimate to you and Bishop Strachan, my reasons for not agreeing to it, which, I hoped, would have induced you not 10 persist in urging a measure, which in the present situation of things can answer no good purpose, and may be attended with very disagreeable consequences. No man can be more sensible of Mr. Jolly's merits as a clergyman than I am, as I hope I am equally disposed with my brethren to show all due regard to piety and learning, where they appear in a conspicuous manner. But I am not fond of drawing comparisons, to the prejudice of the clergy in general. And though Mr. Jolly were ever so fit, both inwardly and outwardly for the office of a Bishop, I do not see what use he can be of in the manner proposed, a...« less