BATH GATE

Rev. William ( youngest son of Wm. Bath gate of Buck holm side, Gala shiels, engineer ). b. Buck holm side 28 Sep. 1820; studied at Glasgow Univ. and Theological academy 1840–44; expelled from the academy May 1844 for opinions supposed to be heretical; minister of Independent church at Stair 6 Dec. 1844, of Bridge ton church Glasgow 1846, of church at Ayr 1847, of church at Forres 1849, of Evangelical Union church Clerk’s lane, Kilmarnock Aug. 1847 to Nov. 1860 and of Winton place ch. Kilmarnock 11 Nov. 1860 to death; author of The moral character of God 1849; Ætern it as 1851; The Soul’s Arena 1852; E ays on a superior popular literature 1854; Christ and man 1865. d. Kilmarnock 28 Dec. 1879. Progre ive religion, Sermons and selections from the manuscripts of Wm. Bath gate, D.D. 1884.