John Mackenzie, Scourie

From Donald Munro’s Records of Grace in Sutherland:

“In those days, the famous John Mackenzie, Scourie, kept a meeting which was largely attended, and he used to denounce in no measured terms, the faults of the church, and to warn against the unsound doctrine often preached in her pulpits, and discouraged the people from attending the services conducted by the local minister. This godly man who became blind in his latter years, was born in Kylestrome. He entered his rest in 1878, aged 87 years.”

From George Macdonald’s Men of Sutherland:

“For a period of about forty years John Gunn regularly attended the Communions in Sutherland and parts of Ross-shire, and took a prominent part at these solemnities as a Friday speaker and at prayer meetings. Several godly men from the Reay country accompanied him, namely, John Mackenzie, Scourie; George Mackay and John Munro from Melness, and latterly Donald Sutherland, or “Kenneth,” from Durness. It was a rare sight and a beautiful Instance of brotherly love to see this group of godly men walking together at the time of a Communion. They always kept together and resembled the children of one family, or the disciples of Christ, as in were the outcome of his deep experience of the reality they were. John Mackenzie, Scourie, a fine specimen of a Christian, and a very intelligent man, became blind in his latter years, and his friend, John Gunn, always led him by the hand to the sacramental gatherings.”