John Cunningham (moderator)

John Cunningham (1819–1893) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1886.

He was also the main mover in introducing organs into Scottish churches, which had previously sung a cappella.

He was born in Paisley on 9 May 1819, the son of Daniel Cunningham, an ironmonger, living and working at 53 High Street.

At the latter he won Prof Wilson's prize for poetry with his poem "The Hearth and the Altar".

[3] In 1886 he succeeded Very Rev Alexander Ferrier Mitchell as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.