The little Hill of Gordon

The misquote from the Psalms that forms the title of this article is appropriate, not only because it was first applied by the organ builder who moved this organ to Gordon, but because the Gordon Church site was chosen atop the hill at Gordon, the prime real estate in the area, when a school was founded there in 1823 and then a church in 1872. The Foundation stone of the first church building was laid on 26 October 1872 and a church built to the design of Edmund Blacket. When this building was too small for the number of parishioners, it was extended, but again became too small and on 28 April 1924 the cornerstone of the new church was set. The Blacket building became the lady chapel of the new church. Music and liturgy have always been important to the parish of Gordon, and even before the debt on the building was cleared, a pipe organ was sought for the new church. No mention is made in the parish histories of an organ in the Blacket church although organists are known back to 1887, and it can be assumed that like many other small churches, a reed organ was used.