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to follow his father's career. However his interests turned to the church, which had been the path of his grandfather, Rev George Rainy (1734–1810) of
Sutherland, in northern Scotland. He was caught by the evangelical fervour of the
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His granddaughter, Barbara Parker, inspired her youngest child, Andrew Parker, to follow in his footsteps. Andrew studied
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He had come to the front as a champion of the
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