Rev. Alexander MacColl
(This obituary originally appeared in the Inverness Courier and was later published in a small book called Highland Clergymen .) The Rev. Alexander MacColl, Free Church minister of Lochalsh, died on the 22nd of January 1889. Mr MacColl was one of those influential clergymen of the good old school who attained eminence throughout the Highlands by their strong individuality, their earnest devotion, and the power and fervour with which they used their native Gaelic in addressing the hearts and experiences of their countrymen. Mr MacColl was best known in the West Highlands, where he held a position similar to that of Dr Aird in Sutherland and Ross, or of the late Dr Mackay in the neighbourhood of Inverness. For many years, in the time of the late Mr Sutherland, he assisted at the Communion services in connection with the Free East Church, Inverness; but to the younger generation in this quarter his presence was not so familiar. All who knew him personally we...