LEADERSHIP

Micah 5: 2; Matthew 2: 3-6; Hebrews 12: 1,2; Romans 12: 8

J.A.McL. I was thinking of leadership, a matter which affects all of us, brothers and sisters alike, both of whom may be leaders, and, of course, should be leadable. I was not thinking of that feature of leadership which has been seen in an outstanding way at certain stages of the testimony, in the Lord's ordering, in one person. In Moses' day, for instance, Moses would be a test, although there were other leaders - Miriam was one. But directly there was an attempt made to question the special place that Moses had, Jehovah showed his displeasure. Similarly in Paul's day, I think the brethren would agree that he would be the test. Then we have seen in the last century and in this, persons whom God used outstandingly as leaders. There were many, but the thing was seen in a particular way in one person. Who of us would question the Lord's right to operate thus if He chose? But I did not have a mind to develop that side because we are not tested just in that way at the moment. What I was thinking of was leadership, seen in the first two scriptures in Christ personally. These two scriptures in Micah and Matthew are, I believe, complementary to one another, not contradictory as some might think. Then we see in Hebrews that it is in Christ, but its bearing there is specially on ourselves as having in mind the effect produced in us, we to be looking steadfastly on Him. Then thirdly to see it in Romans where it might come to light anywhere, not as a rarity; you might find it up and down the country in any local meeting or in any circumstance.

H.McF. Would you say how this affects the sisters?

J.A.McL. There have been certain outstanding instances in scripture where sisters led, Miriam for instance and Deborah. I only mentioned the sisters to show that they should not feel out of it, because we often think, when we speak of leadership, of brothers who can take three-day meetings. That is right of course and I would not belittle the importance of leadership in a prominent way. Gift in scripture is seen spread widely among the saints sometimes, and in other instances you might see it in a particular way in one person. I am thinking rather of the way God has liberally distributed the gifts, and leadership is a feature which might come to light in a most unexpected way.

M.G.W. Why does it say in Micah "out of thee shall he come forth unto me"?

J.A.McL. I think that is distinctive to Christ. Some Old Testament scriptures, you would have to say, refer primarily to David but the Spirit of God has in mind the Lord Jesus. That is not so here. This was written hundreds of years after David's death and it can only refer to Christ. The point in this passage in Micah is that He shall come forth unto me - God's side of the matter.

A.A.B. Why do you think the place is in Micah and Matthew, Bethlehem Ephratah?

J.A.McL. It is part of God's wisdom. He is not going to choose a place of prominence in men’s eyes and work from there. In His wisdom He may work in an insignificant place. In Micah it is the littleness of the place that is in mind, and that would remain true, but in Matthew it is rather that the place is dignified because of who came out of it. I suppose Bethlehem Ephratah would speak to us first of all of David and the service of song: "We heard of it at Ephratah", Psalm 132: 6. The place itself is linked early in scripture with suffering, maternal suffering in Rachel, in view of Christ being produced. In one way that is incidental; the main thing in the scripture is that God is calling attention to Christ, the One "whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity". It is that Person. Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus 'who he is' (see note to Luke 19: 3).

A.A.B. It is like a background to the greatness of the Person as He comes forth.

J.A.McL. Going forth would link with leadership. Psalm 19 speaks about going forth in connection with the sun, and the Old Testament speaks of the time when kings go forth. It is the idea of the Lord in power accomplishing things for God.

A.A.B. "Whose goings forth are from of old". Does that speak of the glory of this One? God had this in mind.

J.A.McL. Like the doxologies in the New Testament, this is prompted by what precedes. I think it would be right to say that this aside (or parenthesis) is prompted by the word "they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek". The Lord was smitten upon the cheek. What lowliness was there! - but then what moral power in the ascendency above those who sought to judge Him! In contemplation of that in an anticipative way the prophet bursts out in this parenthesis.

J.M. ls this feature of leadership essential in localities even in days of breakdown?

J.A.McL. I think so. I hope we may get the help of the dear brethren on that, specially when we come to speak about the verse in Romans.

R.T. Is not the word in the singular applied to Christ, but in the plural applied to men?

J.A.McL. "Obey your leaders, and be submissive", Heb 13: 17.

R.T. Leadership in men flows from the Leader, the Leader of our salvation. He is unique. His distinction is preserved in that way.

D.L.S. Had you any impression why the word "Ruler" in Micah is changed to "leader" in Matthew?

J.A.McL. I think in Micah we get a long-range view of the greatness of the Lord personally. It is against a background of what God is going to accomplish in power for Israel, and the context seems to lead on to the public vindication of things and the dealing with things in power in Israel. In Matthew I thought it was peculiarly the introduction of the Lord personally in His lowly pathway here; hence mention is made of "shepherd". The function of shepherd in Matthew is peculiarly suited to the Lord's first coming. Do you agree with that?

D.L.S. I wondered if it was a pointer to what you had in mind, that there were going to be those who follow. The Lord sets things on in view of there being followers, does He not? The word in Hebrews (chap 2: 10) means that, the one who sets things on.

J.S-n. The Ruler would establish a subject condition amongst the people that would be amenable to leading.

A.F. The word of the angel at the end of Matthew is "Behold, he goes before you into Galilee" (chap 28: 7), as if He would establish Himself a centre in a place of reproach, a place that was little in the eyes of the religious leaders of that day.

J.A.McL. That is exactly what is in mind. A leader is one who has the assurance of what God's mind is, has confidence as to what he is doing, and that he is on the right path, and has the courage to go right forward before others and show the way; into a place of reproach as you say.

W.D. Was not that one of the commendations of David, that he led out and led in the people?

J.A.McL. And the Lord in John's gospel puts forth His own sheep and goes before them (see chap 10: 4).

J.R. Does who the Lord is as to His Person come in? "Whose goings forth are from old, from the days of eternity". It is the greatness of the One who is Ruler. The circumstances into which He came, and the locality, could not add anything to Him.

J.A.McL. The Lord is specially in mind here. We know that God created the universe, but scripture makes clear that the One who was especially concerned in that was the Lord Jesus - "by whom also he made the worlds", Heb 1: 2. That is what is in mind here, that if things are to be accomplished for God, this is the One who is to do it.

J.R. This would involve His corning into manhood; One so great, by whom God made the worlds, came into manhood.

M.G.W. The expression is "Ruler in", not 'of' or 'over'. Have you any impression as to that particular character of leadership?

J.A.McL. "Ruler in Israel" would be God's people, His favoured people, those in whom He was working. I know that David says "The ruler among men shall be just" (2 Sam 23: 3), but Ruler in Israel is in God's people. We can extend that to our day.

M.G.W. The expression is 'Israel', not 'Jacob'. In a day like that the full dignity of the title ' Israel' would be a comfort to the saints, and to us in our day.

J.A.McL. Yes, we would be impressed by the glory of this One. When we consider leadership in Him nothing can fail. "What he has promised, he is able also to do", Rom 4: 21.

H.F. "Whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity". Would it add tremendous interest to what such a One was doing at any time in any place?

J.A.McL. In a sense you feel that something of the character of the days of eternity found a reflection in His operations in time.

J.M. Do you mean that it really implies the working out of divine purpose in His coming in?

J.A.McL. I think that is right.

J.R. As ruler or leader in Israel He was rejected, but He is available for those who become disciples. Would that apply to our own day?

J.A.McL. Yes. In the New Testament the apostle bursts into a doxology when he thinks of the wisdom of God's ways, that in the very setting aside of Israel the gentiles are brought in too. It is reflexive.

J.R. I was thinking too of Matthew 11: "Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest" (v 28). He becomes a ruler and leader and a gathering centre, does He not? I think it would apply to the day in which we are.

R.T. Is not one of the distinctive features of the Lord the way He did things; not only what He did but the way they were done? There are many right things done, but leadership would shine in the way they are done. They "wondered at the words of grace which were corning out of his mouth", Luke 4: 22. Leadership would leave an impression of God in the way the thing is done.

J.A.McL. Often the Lord Jesus led in a way that we would not have thought of. His going down in itself was leading.

H-h.F. Is there the idea in leadership of influence and attractiveness? I am thinking of the word 'shepherding' coming in in Matthew. It has been said that God has put leadership where it is most attractive.

J.A.McL. Who would not be attracted by the way the Lord has led?

W.L. Is the glory of His manhood seen in the fact that He Himself was led: "led by the Spirit in the wilderness", Luke 4: 1? He knew leadership from that angle too.

J.A.McL. He did not need to learn things the way we have to, but in the perfection of His manhood it is recorded that he was led by the Spirit. Two of the most prominent leaders in the New Testament, Peter and Paul, each had an outstanding experience at the beginning of their history; they were both led. Peter was not secured first in his house; his brother le d him to Jesus. Paul was struck down by the Lord personally and was led by the hand. I suppose they had to go through that experience to be leaders themselves.

A.A.B. Would it mean for us just being subject to Him as Lord, coming under His sway, allowing Him to have His way with us?

J.A.McL. However the Lord may lead, even though it may be strange to us, it is always for our good and, as our brother says, attractive.

J.M. In chapters 18 and 19 of John we get an impression of the dignity of the Lord's Person. When He went forth He says "I am he" (chap 18: 5), and when Pilate says "Behold the man!" (chap 19: 5) He is brought out distinctively.

J.A.McL. What glory was there! Elsewhere in the gospel we have Jesus going on before and the disciples followed. Of course there was a point beyond which they could not go, as we rightly sing: 'None could follow there, blest Saviour, When Thou didst for sins atone' (Hymn 298). But apart from that, leadership in such perfection was seen in Him and we are to follow.

J.R. At the end of John's gospel the Lord's last word to Peter was "Follow thou me", chap 21: 22. That would come home to every one of us. It is a very personal matter as to whether we are prepared to follow such a glorious One.

J.A.McL. And that is linked with ‘shepherding’. Shepherding and teaching are closely linked, as are other things although distinct in themselves; for example, eldership, teaching, leading are combined in one sentence, one flow s into the other (see 1 Tim 5: 17).

J.R. Peter was concerned about John, but it was Peter's own links with the Lord Jesus ("Follow thou me") that the Lord stressed; and so with each one of us.

W.S. Peter had a lesson to learn. The Lord had to say to him "Where I go thou canst not follow me now": John 13 :36. There was a lesson to learn between that and what Mr Renton is now saying.

J.A.McL. Yes, Peter was somewhat impetuous. He liked to think he could do things.

J.R. It would be as he submitted to that exhortation "Follow thou me" that he became the leader early in the book of the Acts.

P.G. Nothing fails from God's side; He provides such a leader as is mentioned in Micah and Matthew.

J.A.McL. That would give us courage to follow, an assurance that the thing will not fail. Some persons would hesitate to follow certain ones, but there is no need for hesitation here.

J.G. In Matthew's gospel, Herod and all Jerusalem are troubled at the fulfilment of Scripture, but there are other persons who are attracted by it. We want to be among those who are enquiring and attracted by what has come in.

J.A.McL. It is striking how, when things happen, there is such a wide variety of reaction. In Esther's day, several times the same occasion means joy in one place and consternation in another. It is similar here. Right persons were affected rightly, but the city was in consternation.

J-n.M. The persons who quote this scripture to Herod are the very persons who rejected the Lord.

J.A.McL. It meant their displacement. We know what that means ourselves. We see it also in King Saul.

W.L. It says of Peter and Andrew, when the Lord said "Come after me" (Mark 1: 17) "straightway... they followed him". There is very often hesitation with us.

J.A.McL. Most gain comes from that ready responsive action you speak of.

J.R. When the Lord was here the disciples must have followed Him because they found Him lovable and attractive. Even the matter of their sins did not seem to come up - it was not that side so much; and they did not seem to realise how great and glorious He was as to His Person; but the kind of Man He was in His attractiveness seemed to hold them. Do we need to grow in that, finding the Lord Jesus attractive?

J.A.McL. Yes. Now as to Hebrews 12 we have to understand the passage contextually, that is, it comes at the conclusion of a long list of persons who overcame by faith in the most difficult circumstances. In other words we are attracted to Jesus and our attention is drawn to Him. Leadership here in Hebrews is not the kind of leadership which involves getting on horseback with banners flying and swords gleaming.

D.S. Obviously those persons in the previous chapter had come through, their faith had brought them through. It would therefore be for us to act in that way.

J.A.McL. The first name mentioned in the list is Abel. I know it is not his death that is referred to here, it is his offering, but Abel went out by way of death, an example of what James speaks of: "ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you", chap 5: 6. Abel overcame in trying circumstances. Throughout this chapter there is that spirit. I know that here and there we get the idea of conflict and warfare and overcoming enemies and kingdoms, but the general bearing of the chapter is that the persons concerned are in the midst of most difficult circumstances and overcome by faith in a way which men would not readily think of. Following upon that we are called upon to look on Jesus "the leader and completer of faith".

J.S-n. We have all these examples of faith in chapter 11, but at the beginning of chapter 12 we are exhorted to look "stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith". Why is that?

J.A.McL. They took character from Him. They come first historically but is He not the originator of it all?

J.S-n. It seems that all these persons would afford us help and encouragement, persons like ourselves going through difficult circumstances. But there is One who has set on the whole path of faith Himself uniquely. You are attracted to Him; your gaze is held in relation to Him.

J.A.McL. He is leader and completer of faith. The thing is going through in triumph finally although it may take time and there is no public vindication for the time being. The Lord Jesus is presented here particularly for our encouragement. This is not something which He does Himself, completely unrelated to us; it is very relevant to us.

R.S.R. Stephen fixed his eyes on heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus, and that sustained him.

H.McF. It has been said that the Jews could not understand the Messiah coming as a sufferer, but He really is the leader in suffering, is He not? Suffering has a great place in the whole path of faith. The next time the Lord comes it will not be as a sufferer. But the first coming was marked very much by suffering.

J.A.McL. Quite so. Revelation 19 speaks of a white horse and one sitting on it, and the armies in heaven following Him. His name is called 'The Word of God'. That is the Lord. He can deal effectively with every contrary element and will do so in a day to come, but that is not here. We are to be looking at Him as having been in a contrary scene.

J.R. These persons in chapter 11 did not have the advantage that we have. We have Jesus, the leader and completer of faith, as our object. They did not have that. They are a stimulation to us as we read the chapter but we have an object, a personal object they did not have.

J.M. Moses "persevered, as seeing him who is invisible" (chap 11: 27); that is Christ.

R.S.R. Why does he speak of a "cloud of witnesses"?

J.A.McL. I think this is a bright cloud such as we read of in the gospels, not a black one.

 

M.G.W. Would it be the idea of what is heavenly?

J.A.McL. Yes, in character, here on earth is suffering.

A.A.B. In running with endurance we are to look aside from other things to that glorious One.

J.A.McL. What sufferings He endured! And He knew all things beforehand; we do not. But it is in view of the joy lying before Him. What a down-going it was for Jesus! We look to get through, but it may involve going down. Of course He did so in a special way.

H.F. Why should the "joy lying before him" be mentioned? We are reminded of the character, not just suffering but what comes out in suffering, the fragrance in Christ. Would the "joy lying before him" be the purpose in suffering? Also would the 'completer' show that there is an end to these things?

J.A.McL. And it is especially appropriate when we are speaking of faith: "the joy lying before him".

A.F. Would the 'cloud' indicate the thought of giving a lead? The cloud on the tabernacle moved and gave a lead to the whole camp, as if the feature of giving a lead is found in these witnesses, a lead in faith.

J.A.McL. That is very good.

D.L.S. It is the shame that is connected with the cross here, not the suffering. It is really the reproach connected with the path of faith. Everything is in reproach outwardly, publicly, there is no glory connected with it.

R.S.R. Do you think enduring the cross would be the acacia wood in Christ, and running with endurance the acacia wood in the saints?

J.A.McL. I have no doubt that is true.

R.S. The two gospels which refer to Bethlehem are the two gospels which give us the Lord's birth. That is all against what man naturally would take pride in. Then the cross, the suffering side, is all to help us in our spirits.

H.McF. What does it mean to 'despise' the shame?

J.A.McL. It seems that it is of no account to Him. He is not overcome by it, He is not stumbled by it, He is not deterred by it.

J.R. Would you say He is superior to it in view of the joy lying before him?

J-n.M. "I hid not my face from shame and spitting" (Isa 50: 6) confirms what has been suggested.

W.D. Would you say a word as to how we get Him on to our view? He is in heaven and yet we are to look stedfastly.

J.A.McL. Although He is in heaven, do you think what is emphasised is His pathway of such perfection here?

W.D. Do you mean that, as we read the gospels, these features would come before us and in that way the Person would become an object to us as He is now?

J.A.McL. Yes, Mr Taylor sen says 'He has already finished the path of faith' (N.S. Vol 1, p. 354).

J.R. Would it not involve faith, linking us with Him where He is? He is spoken of in chapter 6 as "forerunner for us" (v 20). He has completed the course. He is the forerunner and we are runners. He is the leader and completer of faith.

J.A.McL. Yes, He has reached the goal.

P.G. The Lord despised the shame. In the testimony we might be discouraged by the shame, but the Lord would be an inspiration to us in how to regard it.

J.A.McL. What was mentioned earlier as to the Lord leading into Galilee affects us all.

P.G. In this chapter it is ‘us’. In the previous chapter, it seemed to be more on individual lines.

J.A.McL. We can encourage one another; that is what is in the writer's mind, I think.

W.G. In 2 Timothy Paul says "I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth the crown of righteousness is laid up for me... also to all those who love his appearing", chap 4: 7,8. Would he be a leader, setting it on in that way?

J.A.McL. Yes, I think so.

J.R. This word for leader is quite unique. It is only used of our Lord, I understand. It is one who begins and sets a matter on.

J.S-n. Would the leader and completer of faith include the thought that the Lord exercised faith as a man down here? Psalm 16 says "Preserve me, O God: for I trust in thee" (v 1). In setting the thing on it is not just that it is objective but the thing has been there in the Lord's pathway down here, so that He is fully qualified through His own experience to set the whole thing on and be an object for us.

J.A.McL. There are some things which we would hesitate to attach to the Lord, but He set out in completeness and in perfection as Man what God required from man. If God requires faith, then the Lord's pathway is something that we take account of in that regard.

J.S-n. Yes. We can take account of the Lord setting on the whole matter of faith and completing a pathway in relation to this. Would it be an encouragement to us that we can complete the race on the same principle?

J.R. It was said in meetings in Buckie in 1972 that the Lord went into death in faith. It was based on Hebrews 5: "Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death" (v 7). It is touching to think of the Lord going into death in faith. There have been questions as to it, but the ministries we value stress that the Lord was a man of faith.

J.M. I think Mr Taylor sen linked it with the Man of the gospels. It was really what was set out here in the Lord as Man. The Psalm (16) finishes with that: "at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore" (v 11). That was really the objective.

W.L. Mr Taylor linked it too with "because of his piety". It is a remarkable reference to the reality and dependence of the Lord in manhood.

H.McF. Alongside of that we get the fact that the Lord learned obedience by the things which He suffered.

J.A.McL. Yes, when He was here, in the position in which He could experience in manhood what obedience meant, although He personally would be the One who would be obeyed. The scripture in Romans is another which must be read contextually. We get a list of seven gifts, and the one I was thinking of is "he that leads, with diligence". These seven gifts have a character that is worth noticing. There are four in Ephesians, not quite the same as the seven, and there are eight in Corinthians, again are not the same as these. It is very instructive to see what is excluded; also to see in the whole chapter that the apostle has in his mind a very wide range for the saints. He says "present your bodies a living sacrifice" (v 1). Would that be normal or abnormal? Would you expect to see that generally among the saints or a rarity?

J.R. It would be the normal thing.

J.A.McL. Then he says "to every one that is among you" (v 3), not some, but every one among you; then he says "as God has dealt to each a measure of faith". He has all the saints in mind. Then "as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office; thus we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other". Note the expressions "all" and "each one". Then, after the section which we read, we get exhortations which would apply to all the saints. In the middle of that we get this remarkable list of gifts. It is true, of course, that you could hardly say that all the saints here have gifts, but the setting of this scripture, I believe, is of that general character, that is, the gifts are more general than you get elsewhere. There are no apostles here, and there are no 'spectacular' gifts - gifts of healing, miraculous powers, tongues. The gifts are those we might expect to find in any local meeting.

J.R. Do you think it would be something like what Paul says in Ephesians 4: "to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ" (v 7). That does not apply to specific gift but to what each saint has which is meant to function.

J.A.McL. That is helpful.

W D. Do you think, in view of the collective setting of the passage, that the apostle might be suggesting 'he that leads in going down'?

J.A.McL. A well-known brother many years ago related to us in Dundee an incident in his experience. He said he was visiting a meeting and his hostess said to him, My husband is the leading brother. He replied, And does he lead downwards? She answered, I am afraid I do not understand what you mean. The dear sisters here would have more sense than to say things like that! But it shows what may creep into our minds and then find expression. Leading downwards is a very important thing.

J.R. Mr Russell Besley has a short book of ministry, and among other things he says in that book, Leading brother, where do you lead?

W.L. Once, during a difficult time in our parts, the brothers in the meeting were maintaining an attitude which led to disaster. One day after a meeting a sister said informally, Look, brethren, we are all wrong. That led to the solution of the whole matter.

J.A.McL. That was a sister giving a good lead. We have all known situations in local gatherings where relations became strained as a result of something coming in between brethren, and what it needed was for someone to say, Well, brethren, I am largely to blame for this, I have been wrong. And the only right outcome following that would be for someone else to say, Well, I have been wrong too. And love begins to flow, and that is the key to t he situation rather than someone coming in wit authority, as Paul did not want to do, and saying, You must do this. Older brethren will remember many cases of that kind but I think it has a present bearing, the need to go down. I know we may say, I am standing for the truth. We can all say that, but can we go down? Can we say, I have been unwise? And often that is the key to the whole thing.

R.T. At a critical time in the north of England, the title of Mr Taylor sen's ministry was "The supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ".

H.F. Is not leadership more a moral matter?

J.A.McL. The one who goes down is morally greater than the one who remains on a pedestal.

M.G.W. Does that make way for the exercise of this other gift, that if someone is prepared to go down, there is often need on the part of others to show mercy? Let them do it with cheerfulness.

J.A.McL. Is it not so that we would expect to see the gifts mentioned here in any local meeting?

J.M. In a small locality, where there might be only two brothers, leadership is still a necessity.

J.R. As each one exercises his or her service, there would be no collision, no rivalry. In this chapter we have the truth of the body, one body in Christ, working out locally.

J.A.McL. Mr Stoney said that there is far more gift in the church than many of us imagine.

W.L. This is an active matter: he that does it; it is not only a question of the ability to do it.

J.A.McL. The instruction here is to get on with it and do it. It is 'having' the gifts here, and active engagement in the thing concerned. "Say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou has received in the Lord, the end that thou fulfil it", Col 4: 17. Archippus was in danger of thinking that what he had was not very important, so it did not matter and he would sit and listen to other people. Paul says, No, you have something, see that you minister it.

J.R. There would be a preservative and salvation in each one functioning in his own responsibility.

D.L.S. "Leading with diligence": the person would not be thinking he was exercising a gift, exactly. He would just be doing what was needed to be done, and doing it well, in his own way in his own locality. That is leadership.

J.A.McL. The word ‘diligence’ in the original means haste or speed. So he is in such a hurry that he is not thinking about the importance of his gift at all. Something has to be done and he does it.

A.A.B. How each gift is to be exercised is mentioned, and diligence is to mark one who leads. There would be no waning.

J.A.McL. It is an onerous job, and it requires courage too.

A.A.B. Is the suggestion of the body here in Romans to preserve us from independency? There would be a certain merging as each one is exercising whatever is given.

J.A.McL. Yes, I think so.

 

Grangemouth,

2 January 1975

 

KEY TO INITIALS

A.A.B. A.A.Brown Grangemouth; W.D. W.Dickson Edinburgh; H.F. H.Fentiman Grangemouth; H-h.F. H.Falconer Coatbridge; A.F. A.Falconer Airdrie, J.G J.Gray Edinburgh; P.G. P.Grant Dundee; W.L. W. Lamont Cumnock; H. McF H.Macfarlane Dundee; J. A. McL. J.A.McLaren Dundee; J.M. James Munro Grangemouth; J-n.M. John Munro Grangemouth; J.R. J.Renton Edinburgh; R.S.R. R.S.Renton Edinburgh,
D.L.S. D.L.Stewart Edinburgh; D.S. D.Steven Glasgow, J.S-n J.Strachan Dundee;
R.S. R.Swan Edinburgh, W.S. W.Somerville Coatbridge; R.T. R.Taylor Kirkcaldy, M.G.W. M.G.Wood Dundee