responsible tor the tabric ot the church and the Kirk Session would have the

responsibility for the fabric of the manse. In 1952 plans were submitted for

redecorating the church, although records of the actual work carried out in

1953 are not available. It was recorded, however, that Mr. T. Wallace gave

£100 for a new carpet at the east end of the church. Personal recollections

are at variance as to where the new windows were made which were put in

the two east windows. The plain, variously light coloured diamond shaped

sections were replaced with small light green rectangular shaped panes with a

stained-glass roundel in each window. One roundel has a Bible and sword

symbolizing St. Paul who is the patron saint of preachers, and the other

roundel has an eagle which symbolizes St. John the Evangelist, who in Christian

art is likened to an eagle because, like an eagle, he looked upon ‘the son of

glory’.

In 1955 the Kirk Session was advised to send the early Secessionist and

Free Church minute book to Edinburgh for safe keeping. The Scottish Record

Office in Edinburgh is now in the process of sending all records of

Strathkinness and St. Andrews, which are in their possession, to the University

of St. Andrews Muniments Department.

Mr. Nicoll exchanged pulpits in 1954 with the Rev. Hillis McKenzie from

the First Presbyterian Church in Bucyrus, Ohio (a small town in the Middle

West of the United States). The exchange was most successful on both sides.

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