Speaking Yet: Limavady Presbyterians and Balteagh.
Author: BLACK, J. S. P.
North-West Books, 1986. 72 pages. Illustrated. Booklet.
The Rev. J. S. P. Black was brought up in Balteagh congregation, in the countryside of the Roe Valley of County Londonderry, and near the town of Limavady. He was educated at Foyle College and Magee University College, Londonderry, at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Assembly’s College, Belfast.
He was licensed in 1935 and took up an assistantship in Great James Street congregation, Londonderry, before becoming minister of Largy Presbyterian Church, near Limavady, in 1937. In 1952 he moved to Belfast, and built up the church extension charge of Garnerville, where he remained until his retirement in 1970.
He completed this history of the Balteagh congregation very shortly before his death in 1984.
COVER ILLUSTRATIONS: The approach to Balteagh church from Limavady (upper), and the countryside in which the church is situated, showing the former Lislane school (lower).
CONTENTS:-
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 The Early Days               Â
CHAPTER 2 Controversy                    Â
CHAPTER 3 Emigration                      Â
CHAPTER 4 Planting the Church at Balteagh
CHAPTER 5 People and District              Â
CHAPTER 6 The First Minister: Samuel Templeton 1824 - 1866
CHAPTER 7 An All Too Brief Sojourn: William Dorrance Wallace 1867 - 1872
CHAPTER 8 A Reluctant Emigrant: Richard Dill Macky 1872 - 1883, 1884 - 1890
CHAPTER 9 The Most Energetic Man in the Whole District: Hugh Alexander MacKenzie 1891 - 1906Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
CHAPTER 10 An Earnest and Faithful Ministry: Joseph McKee 1906 - 1926Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
CHAPTER 11 Efficient and Successful: Richard John Sloan 1927 - 1950Â Â Â Â Â Â
CHAPTER 12 A Man of Promise: John Alexander Kirkpatrick 1950 - 1959
CHAPTER 13 An Earnest and Acceptable Ministry: Douglas Armstrong 1960 - 1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
CHAPTER 14 A Dynamic Personality: James Clark 1966 -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
CHAPTER 15 Day Schools                            Â
APPENDIX 1 Bequests and Donations                Â
APPENDIX 2 Ministers, Licentiates and Office Bearers
TABLES
1 Protestant Householders in Balteagh - 1740Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
2 Emigrants from the Parish of Balteagh - 1833 - 34
3 Presbyterians by Townland                           Â
4 Schools Survey - 1825Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
5 Schools Survey - 1834Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
6 Tithe Composition Book - 1826Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
7 Financial Statement of Balteagh - 1864
ISBN: 0907528074
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