Volume 29 Christmas 1995

Henry R SeftonThis brief opening article provides a very concise view of the ecclesiastical Scotland into which James Cooper was born, no small task when one considers how divided a land it was. This also serves to present him in his own particular setting. Through the series of Cooper’s perceptive but sometimes quite acerbic views… Read More

Cooper’s ministry seemed to attract controversy even before the induction took place. Douglas Murray’s account contains elements which might be part and parcel of many ministries, but perhaps not all together in the ministry of one man in one congregation. It is either a picture of how to introduce a number of quite significant changes at… Read More

James Stewart, a successor to James Cooper in Aberdeen St Nicholas, contributes a useful background to Cooper’s growing up as he traces the influences on the way his liturgical practice developed. There is detailed analysis of Cooper’s Service of Holy Communion, and useful accounts of the various daily, weekly, and other services which have come… Read More

A useful little précis of a booklet published by Maclehose & Sons in 1917.

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An Obituary of James Cooper in The Times, 28th December 1922

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