When King George VI passed away in February 1952, the then Moderator and Clerk of Synod sent a Message of Sympathy to the Royal Family. The present Moderator and Clerk have followed this precedent on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and sent today (9 September 2022) the following Message to His Majesty King Charles III:
On behalf of the members of the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, we wish to put on record our deep sorrow on the passing away of our beloved Monarch Queen Elizabeth II.
It is with great thankfulness that we recall the gracious manner in which Her Majesty the Queen conducted Herself for the well-being of our nation and the many parts of the world where Her Majesty represented the Commonwealth and the United Kingdom.
We deeply appreciated Her Majesty’s professed attachment to the Christian faith and reliance on the Lord Jesus Christ for her duties as Queen.
We offer our sincere and prayerful sympathy to Your Majesty and the Royal Family in the great loss that You have sustained, a loss shared by the whole nation. Our desire is that together we would take the God of Truth, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, as our stay; and take His Word alone, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, for all spiritual and moral direction and guidance.
We, Your loyal Subjects, wish Your Majesty God’s blessing, comfort and upholding in all the duties now upon Your shoulders as our Monarch.
Rev Donald A Ross, Moderator
Rev Keith M Watkins, Clerk