Tour Scotland photograph of the Reverend Andrew Donald gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland. First Minister of the Free Church of Blackford, born in Aberdeen on May 8th, 1820. Ordained at Blackford on 16th October, 1845. Died in Edinburgh on 19th July, 1898. St. Andrew’s United Free Church was founded as a result of the Disruption in 1843, which started in Auchterarder and quickly spread to Blackford. A number of merchants and villagers met for worship in a stackyard at the west end of the village. In the summer of 1843, after worshipping in the open air without rain for thirteen consecutive Sundays, they concluded that the Lord was with them and they decided to build a church. The foundation stone was laid on the first week in March 1844 and it was completed for Christmas of that year.
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