PRESBYTERIANISM IN LISBURN
from the SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

FIRST LISBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

BY W. I. CRAIG
 
 
 
 
 

Rev William Boyd, M. A.


Interior if Church-1960


Large Stone below window adjacent to main entrance

Initials " I.F." probably have allusion to John Fulton -`Director and Overseer of Works," in erecting the Church in 1768. Example of Field Stone Structure.


Interior of Church - 1904


Rev. Gilbert Kennedy, M. A. 1932 - 1733


Rev. James Bryson, M. A. 1764 - 1774


Rev. William Bruce, B. A. 1779 - 1782


Rev. Andrew Craig,1782 - 1824


Rev. James Morgan, 1814 - 1828


Rev. William Breakey, 1856 - 1872


ENTRANCE DOORS WAR MEMORIAL, 1939-1995

Tablets record building of Church in 1768 and

Extension in 1873. Lamp was formerly over entrance gates and is of considerable antiquity.


Rev. J. L. RENTOUL, M.A, 1872-1886.


Rev. JOHN JAMES CARLYLE BREAKEY, B.A. 1886-1927


SESSION AND COMMITTEE-1960.

Back Row, 1. to r.-J. Lindsay, J. L. Boyle, A. Brownlee, R. Beck, W. C. McClenahan, S. Snowden, G. Allister, R. N. Collins.

Middle Row, l. to r.-H. A. Duff, P. Baird, H. S. Eaton, P. B. Coulter, W. Shaw, J. Beattie, H. Cozen, W. E. Tyrrell, N. G. White, W. I. Craig.

Seated, 1. to r., Session-A. Martin, J. Cowan, G. Moore, G. B. Leonard, Rev. Wm. Boyd, R. F. McNeight, T. E. Browne, D. Mairs. Committee-T. Malcolmson.

Absent, Session-J. D. Carson, H. A. Frazer, W. Johnston, W. A. McNeill. Committee-V. Boyd, J. Wilson.


Rev. DAVID HAY, D.D., 1927-1949