He was a strong supporter of the Establishment Principle and opponent of disestablishment of the Church of Scotland. He opposed Higher Criticism, and the proposed union with the United Presbyterian Church. He interested himself in promoting friendly relations between Scottish Presbyterians and the Reformed churches of Hungary and Bohemia. He retired in 1876 on completion of his role as Moderator and died at Crieff in Perthshire on 31 July 1898 aged 89. He is buried at Kilspindie Parish Churchyard. Family His son Kenneth Moody Stuart (1841-1904) was minister of the Free Church in Moffat and wrote both his father's biography and that of the preacher Brownlow North. Alexander Moody Stuart LLD (b.1844) was Professor of Law at Glasgow University from 1887 to 1905. Jessie Moody Stuart (1850-1895) married George Watt KC Sheriff of Chancery Publications Revival of Religion (1842) Deathbed Scenes (1843) Ireland Open to the Gospel (1847) A Practical Exposition of the Song of Solomon (1857) The Three Marys (1862) Life and letters of Elizabeth, Last Duchess of Gordon (1865) A visit to the land of Huss (1870) Recollections of the late John Duncan, L.L.D. (1872) The Bible True to Itself (1884) References Citations Sources 1809 births 1898 deaths 19th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland People from Paisley, Renfrewshire Alumni of the University of Glasgow