1829, Glas­gow, Scot­land.

March 6, 1902, Par­tick, Glas­gow, Scot­land, of pneumonia.

Sight­hill Cem­ete­ry, Glas­gow, Scot­land.

Mac­Gill stu­died at the Uni­ver­si­ty in Glas­gow, and in 1849 be­gan mis­sion work in the west dis­trict of that ci­ty by found­ing the Roll Toll Rag­ged School. Three years later he founded the Port Room Rag­ged School; and in 1858, the Mill Girls’ Re­li­gious So­ci­e­ty, with branch­es all over the ci­ty. In 1858, he al­so found­ed the Bi­ble Stu­dents’ So­ci­e­ty, in 1862 the Ci­ty Hall Sup­pers for the poor, and in 1863 the Found­ry Boys’ Re­li­gious So­ci­e­ty. In 1866 the Grove Street In­st­itute was built, and his var­i­ous en­terprises were cen­tered in this large build­ing.

In 1879, MacGill went to London, where, in co­op­er­a­tion with his friend Grat­tan Guin­ess, he found­ed Berger Hall, a Home Mis­sion In­sti­tute on the same lines as the Grove Street In­sti­tute. From 1884 un­til 1901, he was sec­re­ta­ry of the Man­ches­ter City Mission, the largest city mis­sion in Bri­tain out­side Lon­don. While there, he man­­aged to build 24 meet­­ing hous­­es or as­sem­blies in Man­ches­ter.

1. Coming, Com­ing, Yes, They Are
2. Glory to Je­sus
3. Hear the Wail
4. My Sav­ior Is Pre­cious to Me
5. Send Them, O Lord