Dr. Hutchison came to Renfrew from Renfield Street Church, Glasgow. He was ordained and inducted to Renfrew United Presbyterian Church on 16 February 1864. His scholarly achievements were widely known, and in 1874 he received the Degree of Doctor of Divinity from Glasgow University.

In 1877 he was translated to the newly formed congregation of Bonnington, Lieth, where he ministered till his death on 1 March 1901, the last six years of his ministry at Bonnington being as Senior Minister.Dr Hutchison published in 1884, Expository Lectures on the First and Second Epistles of Thessalonians, followed in 1887 by a corresponding volume onPhillipians, and later by Messages to the Seven Churches in Asia.