The Tron Kirk of Edinburgh: Or Christ's Kirk at the Tron; a HistoryOliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1906 - 375 страници Reminiscences of his ministry in the Tron parish, by the Very Rev. Dr. James MacGregor: p. 347-359. |
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