Shroud and StockingsGairloch Museum Many people kept a shroud at home in case it was unexpectedly required for a death at a time when orders took many days to arrive in Gairloch. It shows the importance to a family of wanting to do right by the departed. This example,...
Communion Token Cromarty Courthouse Museum Communion tokens were widely used in the Presbyterian Churches of Scotland. Parishioners would need to be approved by the elders of the church. Those showing adequate knowledge and thought to be living ‘upright’ lives...
Communion Plates and Chalices Cromarty Courthouse Museum These simple Eucharistic vessels come from Resolis Parish Church, built in 1767 and closed in 2005. The plates were used to hold the bread, broken into pieces, to be shared amongst the communicants. The...
Korean Bible Seaboard Centre This Bible, written in Korean, is a modern-day example of John Ross’s translation of the Christian Bible. In 1872, thirty-year-old John Ross was sent by the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission to Northeast China, where he founded...
Korean Porcelain Vase Seaboard Centre In 1872, thirty-year-old John Ross was sent by the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission to northeast China, where he founded the Dongguan Church in Shenyang and became acquainted with traders from Korea. John Ross is a very...
