Adam Gib
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Adam Gib (15 April 1714 – 14 June 1788) was a
Secession Church.[1] He reportedly wrote his first covenant with God in the blood of his own veins.[2] Gib was born in the parish of Muckhart, in southern Perthshire on 15 April 1714.[3]
He studied literature and
Bonnie Prince Charlie were occupying the town. When, in 1747, the Associate Synod, by a narrow majority, decided not to give full immediate effect to a judgment which had been passed in the previous year against the lawfulness of the Burgess Oath, Gib led the protesting minority, who broke off and formed the Antiburgher Synod (10 April) in his own house in Edinburgh.[3]
It was chiefly through Gib's influence that the Antiburghers decided, at subsequent meetings, to summon to the bar their Burgher brethren, and to depose and excommunicate them for
Nicolson Street Church, which was constantly filled with an audience of two thousand persons. His dogmatic and fearless attitude in controversy earned for him the nickname Pope Gib.[3]
He died on 14 June 1788 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh on 18 June.[4][5] The grave lies on the south-facing section of the western wall within the original graveyard. He is buried with his wife Emilia MacGeorge and his daughters.[3]
Life
Adam Gib was a Scottish
Antiburgher divine, the ninth son of John Gib. He was born at Cowden Castle, his father's property, in the parish of Muckhart, Perthshire, on 7 April 1714. His mother's name was Helen Bogie.[6]
Adam was educated at the
George II, for the preservation of the Protestant succession, and for the suppression of the rebellion. The services were conducted in the open air, and among the audience were sometimes some of the Pretender's soldiers. Gib took prisoner a rebel spy a few hours before the Battle of Falkirk
; but when searched for he could not be found.
About 1747, among the Seceders a dispute arose about the lawfulness of an oath to be taken by burgesses or burghers. Gib took the side of those who deemed the oath unlawful, and ultimately became the leader of the Antiburgher section of the Secession Church. The antiburgher synod was constituted in his house at Edinburgh 10 April 1747. This involved him and his flock in litigation over Bristo Church. Gib stuck to the building for years, after decisions had been given against him. His congregation built a meeting-place for him in Nicolson Street, where he ministered till near his death, which took place at Edinburgh on 18 June 1788. He was succeeded as minister by John Jamieson.[7][8]
All his life Gib was an active controversialist. Rude, scornful, and despotic, he earned for himself the nickname "Pope Gib".[9]
Publications
- 1. ‘A Warning against Countenancing the Ministrations of George Whitefield,’ Edinburgh, 1742. This he afterwards regretted that he had written.
- 2. ‘The Proceedings of the Associate Synod at Edinburgh, concerning some Ministers who have Separated from them,’ Edinburgh, 1748.
- 3. ‘A Solemn Warning by the Associate Synod,’ Edinburgh, 1758.
- 4. ‘Address to the Associate Synod met at Edinburgh,’ Edinburgh, 1763.
- 5. ‘An Exposure of a False and Abusive Libel entitled “The Procedure of the Associate Synod in Mr. Pirie's Case Represented,”’ Edinburgh, 1764.
- 6. ‘A Refuge of Lies scooped away, in Answer to a most False and Abusive Libel,’ Edinburgh, 1768.
- 7. ‘Tables for the Four Evangelists’ [anon., 1770]; 2nd edit., with author's name, 1800.
- 8. ‘The Present Truth, a Display of the Secession Testimony,’ 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1774.
- 9. ‘An Antidote against a New Heresy concerning the True Sonship of Jesus Christ,’ a sermon against William Dalgliesh of Peebles [q. v.], Edinburgh, 1777.
- 10. ‘Vindiciæ Dominicæ, a Defence of the Reformation-standards of the Church of Scotland concerning the Administration of the Lord's Supper and the One Sonship of Jesus Christ’ [anon.], Edinburgh, 1780.
- 11. ‘A Display of the Fraudulent and Gross Abuses committed upon the Secession-testimony’ [anon.], Edinburgh, 1780.
- 12. ‘Kαινἀ καὶ Παlαιά: Sacred Contemplation in three parts: I. A View of the Covenant of Works; II. A View of the Covenant of Grace; III. A View of the Absolute and Immediate Dependence of all things on God,’ Edinburgh, 1786.[7]
- Tables for the Four Evangelists (1770, and with author's name, 1800)
- Concerning the Gospel Call And The Warrant Of Faith[10]
- The Present Truth, a Display of the Secession Testimony (2 vols., 1774)
- Vindiciae dominicae (Edin., 1780).
- A display of the fraudulent and gross abuses committed upon the Secession-testimony, in a late publication, entitled The re-exhibition of the testimony : containing some strictures upon persecution and toleration[11]
Bibliography
- M'Kerrow's Hist. Secession Church[12]
- M'Kelvie's Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church[13]
- Chambers's Eminent Scotsmen[14]
- Anderson's Scottish Nation[15]
- Scots Mag. vol. xxvii.
- Walker's Theology and Theologians of Scotland.[2][9]
Memorials
A memorial plaque taken from the Nicolson Street Church is now on display in the National Museum of Scotland.
References
- Citations
- ^ Forrester 1941.
- ^ a b Walker 1888.
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Brown 1867.
- ^ Rogers 1871.
- ^ Roxburgh 2006.
- ^ a b Blaikie 1890, p. 246-247.
- ^ Anderson 1877, p. 565-567.
- ^ a b Blaikie 1890, p. 247.
- ^ Gib 1774.
- ^ Gib 1780.
- ^ McKerrow 1839a.
- ^ Mackelvie 1873.
- ^ Chambers 1857.
- ^ Anderson 1877, p. 292-293.
- Sources
- Anderson, William (1877). The Scottish nation: or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. Vol. 2. A. Fullarton & co.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Blaikie, William Garden (1890). "Gib, Adam". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 21. London: Smith, Elder & Co. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Brown, James (1867). The epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. Collected by James Brown ... with an introd. and notes. Edinburgh: J. M. Miller. pp. 112-113.
- Chambers, Robert (1857). Thomson, Thomas (ed.). A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen. New ed., rev. under the care of the publishers. With a supplementary volume, continuing the biographies to the present time. Vol. 4. Glasgow: Blackie. pp. 435–436.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gib, Adam". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 927. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Forrester, David M. (1941). "Adam Gib, the anti-burgher". Scottish Church History Society. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- Gib, Adam (1774). Concerning the Gospel Call And The Warrant Of Faith. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- Gib, Adam (1780). A display of the fraudulent and gross abuses committed upon the Secession-testimony, in a late publication, entitled The re-exhibition of the testimony : containing some strictures upon persecution and toleration. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill & Co. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- Mackelvie, William (1873). Annals and statistics of the United Presbyterian Church. Edinburgh : Oliphant and A. Elliot ; Glasgow : D. Robertson.
- McKerrow, John (1839a). History of the Secession Church. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Son.
- McKerrow, John (1839b). History of the Secession Church. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Son.
- Miller, Hugh (1874). My schools and schoolmasters, or, The story of my education (23 ed.). Edinburgh : W.P. Nimmo.
- Rogers, Charles (1871). Monuments and monumental inscriptions in Scotland. Vol. 1. London: Published for the Grampian Club [by] C. Griffin. pp. 38-39.
- Roxburgh, Kenneth B. E. (2006). "Gib, Adam". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10579. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
- Scott, David (1886). Annals and statistics of the original Secession church: till its disruption and union with the Free church of Scotland in 1852. Edinburgh : A. Elliot. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Small, Robert (1904a). History of the congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, from 1733 to 1900. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David M. Small.
- Small, Robert (1904b). History of the congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, from 1733 to 1900. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: David M. Small.
- Thomson, Andrew; Struthers, Gavin (1858). Historical sketch of the origin of the Secession Church and the History of the rise of the Relief Church. Edinburgh and London: A. Fullerton and Co.
- Walker, James (1888). The theology and theologians of Scotland : chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. p. 117. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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