Discourses

Ian C. McKay

A web site for publishing discursive articles on philosophical and religious topics.

Essays

Why I am not a Fundamentalist, a discursive essay (in PDF format), also available in Microsoft Word format and in HTML format.

Photographs

New: The Bazlinton Collection. Photos of Brethren in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

History of the Exclusive Brethren

A Brief History of the Brethren, (60 pages) published in 1968 by Ian McDowell and made available here by kind permission of the author.

Dendrogram, a 3-page Microsoft Word file, an attempt to summarise the evolution of Plymouth Brethren groups and subgroups from 1825 to 2000. The chart relating specifically to Brethren is on page 3 and is best printed on A3 size paper. Some printers will work better with one of these alternative formats, which you can download by clicking them: PDF file, JPG file, PNG file or GIF file.

List of Meetings July 1931 [UK]

List of Meetings 1953 [UK]

List of Continental Meetings (including New Delhi and Rangoon) 1953

List of Meetings in Europe (excluding Great Britain) 1954

List of Meetings 1956 [UK]

List of Meetings 1962 [UK]

List of Meetings 1969 [UK]

List of Non-Taylorite Meetings 1971 [UK]

The Watchman Nee affair, 1933-34

Parodies

These are mostly based on Gilbert and Sullivan songs, and depict various aspects of life among the Exclusive Brethren, sometimes with humour, sometimes with pathos. Click on any cell of this table to download the words or the music or the full score with interleaved words and music for printing. If singing along with the MIDI file, wait for the introduction (usually piano) to finish before the choral entry (usually oboe).

Title of song	Words only	Tune in MIDI format	Full Vocal and Instrumental Score
A Model Brother	Model.pdf	ModelBrother.mid	ModelBrother.pdf (for tenor, piano and chorus)
Leadership	Leader.pdf	Leadership.mid	Leadership.pdf (for tenor, piano and chorus)
Followership	Follower.pdf	Followership.mid	Followership.pdf (for tenor, piano and chorus)
Courtship	Court.pdf	Courtship.mid	Courtship.pdf (for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus of men, and piano)
My Wandering Mind	Wandering.pdf	WanderingMind.mid	WanderingMind.pdf (for soloist and two pianos) Wandering_1_piano.pdf (shorter version for one piano)
Heartbreak	Heart.pdf	Heartbreak.mid	Heartbreak.pdf (for boy, girl, piano and optional chorus)
Notes of a Reading on Ecclesiastes 3	Read.pdf	Reading.mid	Reading.pdf (for tenor, piano and chorus)

Time and Truth: a parody on a Shakespearean sonnet, also based on life among the Exclusive Brethren

The Opening Day of the Three-Way Beatings: nonsense verse written in imitation of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky poem.

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