Edmond, John

D.D. (Glasgow University, 1861), Presbyterian; b. at Balfron, Stir lings hire, Scotland, Aug. 12, 1816; studied in Glasgow University, 1832-35, and in Anderson's University, Glasgow, 1836; was ordained as colleague of Dr. James Stark, Dennyloanhead, 1841; inducted to Regent Place, Glasgow, 1850; to Isling ton (now High bury), London, 1860. He was moderator of the United Presbyterian Synod, 1871; and of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1883; with Dr. Norman McLeod, represented the United Presbyterian Synod at the First General A embly of the reunited Presbyterian Church in the United States, at the General A embly of the United Presbyterian Church of America, Pittsburgh, and the first General A embly of the Canada Presbyterian Church, Toronto,— all in 1870. He is a " liberal Calvin ist,— a disciple of the Marrow school." He is the author of The Children's Charter, Glasgow, 1859; The Children's Church at Home, London, 1861-63, 2 vols., 4th ed. 1872, 1 vol.; Scripture Stories in Verse, with Sacred Songs and Miscellaneous Pieces, Edinburgh, 1871.