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Work
on
this
project
started
in
1915.
Handsome
oak
pews
were
added,
as
were
an
altar,
communion
rails
and
pulpit,
all
in
Caen
stone,
and
a
niche
was
custom
built
to
hold
the
altar-piece
painting.
Following
this,
the
interior
of
the
dome
was
decorated
with
a
sunburst
and
stars
in
gold,
and
the
whole
building
was
illuminated
by
gas
lighting.
Electric
lighting
was
installed
in
1939
with
the
generous
help
of
a
relative
of
James
Gordon
Bennet,
the
founder
of
"The
New
York
Herald".
He
had
been
born, and had lived in Newmill, near Keith, before emigrating to America.
A
local
man,
Charles
Ogilvie
of
Earlsmount,
Keith,
gave
£200
for
the
erection
of
two
side
altars,
one
in
memory
of
his
late
wife,
the
other
in
memory
of
his
kinsman,
the
Scottish
martyr
Father
John
Ogilvie,
born
near
Keith
in
1580,
and
at
the
time
styled
"Venerable"
by
the
church.
However,
in
keeping
with
the
devotion
of
that
time,
one
altar
was
dedicated
to
Our
Lady
of
Lourdes,
and
the
other
to
The
Sacred
Heart.
They
were
completed
shortly
after
the
official
re-opening
of
the
church
by
the
then
Bishop
of
Aberdeen, the Right Reverend Aeneas Chisholm, on September 13, 1916.
History of St Thomas Church - Part Three
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History of
St. Thomas Church Part Three
Work
on
this
project
started
in
1915.
Handsome
oak
pews
were
added,
as
were
an
altar,
communion
rails
and
pulpit,
all
in
Caen
stone,
and
a
niche
was
custom
built
to
hold
the
altar-piece
painting.
Following
this,
the
interior
of
the
dome
was
decorated
with
a
sunburst
and
stars
in
gold,
and
the
whole
building
was
illuminated
by
gas
lighting.
Electric
lighting
was
installed
in
1939
with
the
generous
help
of
a
relative
of
James
Gordon
Bennet,
the
founder
of
"The
New
York
Herald".
He
had
been
born,
and
had
lived
in
Newmill,
near
Keith,
before
emigrating
to
America.
A
local
man,
Charles
Ogilvie
of
Earlsmount,
Keith,
gave
£200
for
the
erection
of
two
side
altars,
one
in
memory
of
his
late
wife,
the
other
in
memory
of
his
kinsman,
the
Scottish
martyr
Father
John
Ogilvie,
born
near
Keith
in
1580,
and
at
the
time
styled
"Venerable"
by
the
church.
However,
in
keeping
with
the
devotion
of
that
time,
one
altar
was
dedicated
to
Our
Lady
of
Lourdes,
and
the
other
to
The
Sacred
Heart.
They
were
completed
shortly
after
the
official
re-opening
of
the
church
by
the
then
Bishop
of
Aberdeen,
the
Right
Reverend
Aeneas
Chisholm, on September 13, 1916.
