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- 1910 August 25 pg1 WI Founder2
(Blue Highlight) Wm. Irvine gave up his connection with that sect (Faith Mission) for two reasons, according to my information --- 1st, because the leader was alleged to have been a ‘hypocrite,’ in that while teaching Pilgrims to live by faith he himself had over hundreds of pounds. 2nd, because Mr. Irving’s converts always lapsed and were lost among the clergy by going back to their own congregation or what is known as the churches. Consequently a small number of preachers and some from the Faith Mission, along with one named John Long, (who was rejected three years ago, because he would not maintain that John Wesley had gone to hell) and about a dozen stood by Wm. Irvine, and they had difficulty in knowing what to preach as the only true gospel, which same difficulty still exists to-day and has been the debate of many Conventions, and I suppose is now and will yet be. However, the chief motive power was latent until Edward Cooney heard Wm. Irvine, and offered him money and even a salary yearly, which was refused by Irvine. At all events 1,300 pounds from Mr. Cooney alone was applied to the cause, and has been preached as having been ‘given to the poor,’ on the authority of, ‘Sell all that ye have, …”. Yet as a matter of fact, this sum was mostly paid to transport preachers to places abroad, and not to the poor, as in sometimes understood, the fruit of which even yet in some measure returns annually to Crocknacrieve Convention. - Irvine, William large
William Irvine #3, Founder of 2x2 Church, age 20 - Edwards, WIllie 1942i
Willie Edwards was William Irvine's right-hand man in America until they had a misunderstanding and parted ways in 1944. - ArchieIrvine Service Rec
Archibald Grassam Irvine, son of Wm Irvine Attestation for General Service in New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I Archie usually listed his grandparents as his parents, but not on this form. It shows Margaret Irvine as his mother and John Irvine as his father. (His mother was Margaret Grassam and his grandmother was Elizabeth Grassam Irvine) - Irvine William at tomb
1935 William Irvine in front of the Garden Tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem. Irvine was living with the caretaker of the Garden Tomb, where there were 700 visitors in March, 1935. - Irvine, Wm BJC
William Irvine - Irvine William shorter
William Irvine #11, Founder of 2x2 Church - McNeill. John
John McNeill was a Presbyterian Minister associated with D. L. Moody's campaign. William Irvine professed at John McNeill's meeting on Jan 8, 1893, in Motherwell, Scotland. - Kilsyth Main Street 1910-600 dpi
1910 Main Street at Westport Street Intersection, Kilsyth, Scotland - Kilsyth 1915
1915 Main Street at Westport Street Intersection, Kilsyth, Scotland - irvine lastwill
William Irvine's Last Will & Testament signed Jan. 27, 1947. (Page 1-4) Pages 2 and 3 at link below. Download (Pages 1-4) at: https://www.workersect.org/2x204_inprint.html - Archie & Mary Irvine
Induction of Rev. Archibald Irvine to the St. Johns Presbyterian Church at Hawera, NZ on March 7, 1933. - Auchinstarry Rows 1881 Census
This is the address that shown on the 1881 census for the Irvine Family: No. 16 Auchinstarry Rows. William Irvine lived in one of these cottages. The photo is of the original Auchinstarry Rows, from a local history site. - 1912 Nutfield, Ireland Convention
- Archibald Irvine 2
Induction of Rev. Archibald Irvine to the St. Johns Presbyterian Church at Hawera, NZ on March 7, 1933. Archibald Irvine was the son of William Irvine - Archibald Irvine x4
Archibald Irvine - 1913 July 3 highlited
- Archibald Irvine-Birth Record
William Grassam (possibly Archibald Grassam Irvine), illegitimate son of Margaret Grassam born April 23, 1886, in Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland. - Irvine, William-Last Will
William Irvine's Last Will & Testament signed Jan. 27, 1947. (Page 4-4) Pages 2 and 3 at link below. Download (Pages 1-4) at: https://www.workersect.org/2x204_inprint.html - Main Street2
2004 Main Street, Kilsyth, Scotland - Irvine, William-Freemason 2010
Confirmation letter dated Nov. 19, 2010 from Grand Lodge of Scotland verifying William Irvine recieved his Mason Degree on Jan. 17, 1885. It is highly probable that this is the William Irvine, founder of the 2x2 sect. - 1917 Heresies Exposed
From Book "Heresies Exposed" compiled by W C. Irvine, published by Loizeaux Bros, Inc, Bible Truth Depot, Neptune NJ. First edition: 1917; several additional editions since. "The originator of this new cult was a Mr. William Weir Irvine, a Scotchman, who went to Ireland about fifty years ago as a preacher in connection with the Faith Mission. He subsequently left them and started an independent Mission on his own at a town called Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, where he found a few hearty people who had recently been converted. These he succeeded in gathering round himself and they became the nucleus of this new sect." - Irvine, William-Freemason 1937
William Irvine's 1937 letter to Berglinds stating he had been a Freemason for 50 years - 1917 July 19
Impartial Reporter: Their founder was really a Mr. William Irvine, who lived near Enniskillen, and his doctrines, of course, do not differ essentially from those of the various heretical millenarian sects which have arisen in the history of Christianity. - Irvine, William- Handwritten Letter page 2
Page 2 Handwritten Letter of William Irvine to Walter, Neomi & Co. dated April 25, 1936 - 1931 July 9 p1
Impartial Reporter .... At the morning meeting, which continued for almost three hours, t he principal speaker was George Walker, a native of the Co. district of Fermanagh. ‘George,’ as he is called by everyone—not even the leaders get the courtesy title ‘Mister’—is a polished speaker, of refined appearance. As a young man, when in the late Mr. W. R. Cooney’s establishment in Enniskillen, he was a good looking youth and he has preserved his good looks. His address was learned, interesting, and full of force. He was in the place once occupied by Wm. Irvine, the pioneer of this great movement, a man of magnetic power, rugged, a strong personality, a forceful speaker, and at one time worshipped as a leader of men and women. George Walker spends most of his time in America, but has not got the American twang. He will shortly visit the Continent. He has a charming manner. - Irvine, William-Handwriting
An example of the handwriting of William Irvine - Miners cottages
Miners cottages built in 1891 and still in use today. They are located on the A803 in the village of Queenzieburn on the outskirts of Kilsyth. It is likely that Wm Irvine lived at some time in a cottage similar to these. - 1917 July 13
(Ideas July 13, 1917) One of the most remarkable religious sects of our day is that of the 'Tramp Preachers", otherwise known as the "Cooneyites", who have suddenly sprung into prominence during the last 15 years...... Their founder was really a Mr. William Irvine, who lived near Enniskillen, and his doctrines, of course, do not differ essentially from those of the various heretical millenarian sects which have arisen in the history of Christianity. - SS Whakatane
The Whakatane was the ship that Jame & Catherine Irvine (William's brother) and Archie Irvine sailed aboard from London on July 19, 1900 when they emigrated to New Zealand. - Irvine, William- Handwritten Letter page 1
Page 1 Handwritten Letter of William Irvine to Walter, Neomi & Co. dated April 25, 1936 - 1913 July 17
Impartial Reporter: William Irvine, one of the founders of the Go-Preachers’ Society, said it was Protestant evangelical. Its tenets containing nothing relating to the sexes that was different from the teaching of other denominations. - Agnes (Irvine) Freebairn, husband John & Jane Reid
William Irvine's Sister, Agnes and her husband John Freebairn with his mother, Jane Reid. - Helen (Irvine) Clelland w:husband David
Helen (Irvine) Clelland with her husband, David Clelland. She was William Irvine's sister (also called Nellie) Helen and David Clelland were married Aug. 7, 1896 at Queenzieburn, Kilsyth, Scotland. She was born Jan. 25, 1876 and died died Nov. 23, 1952, age 76. They had at least 9 children. - 1910 July 7
...'Over one thousand "Cooneyites" from all parts of Ireland and from England and Scotland, have assembled to hold their annual Convention, and delegates from New Zealand, Australia, America and Canada are expected to arrive in a few days.... Nearly all the 'visitors wear black dresses and plain sailer hats. Services are held daily, and the principal preacher is Mr. Wm. Irvine, one of the founders of the sect, who was formerly and engineer in Scotland. Mr. Edward, the son of a wealthy Fermanagh merchant, who joined the sect some years ago, and who for the past four months has been preaching the new doctrine in Canada is expected to arrive at Crockaecrieve before the convention closes. At each service two or three members of the sect relate the story of their "conversion" and renounce their former religious associations. The "Pilgrims" do not believe in any of the Christian churches and at the principal meetings clergymen of all denominations are vigorously denounced...... - Archie Irvine 3
Rev. Archibald Grassam Irvine was William Irvine's illegitimate son. He was born April 23, 1886, in Maryhill, Lanark, Scotland In this photo, Archie Irvine is with St. Andrew's Sr. Young Men's Bible Class of 1928. Archie is in the center of the 2nd Row. - James Irvine
James Irvine was an Uncle to William Irvine, He was born in 1827, and married Jane Wilson. In 1862, they left Scotland for a better life in New Zealand on SS Mataura and arrived in Dunedin NZ in 1863. They possibly founded a canning factory known as the House of St. George. His nephew, William's brother, James (married to Catherine/Kate Halkett) also emigrated to New Zealand, as well as William's son, Archibald. James Irvine died in 1913 - Kilsyth Burns & Old Parish Church-200dpi
Free Church of Scotland (Burns) in Kilsyth attended by Wm Irvine's Family. Built in 1816 and demolished in 2002. - Helen (Irvine) Clelland's husband
David Clelland at Shirva; David was the husband to Helen Irvine Clelland, sister of William Irvine. - Kilsyth main date unknown
Early 1900s Main Street at Westport Street Intersection, Kilsyth, Scotland