REV. JAMES ORMISTON, BRISTOL, Editor of the “Gospel Magazine,” and the “English Churchman.”
WE desire to express our sincere regret at the death of the Rev. James Ormiston, Rector of St. Mary-le-Port Church, Bristol, and Editor of the Gospel Magazine, and English Churchman. Mr. Ormiston was between seventy and eighty years of age. As a minister of the Gospel, and editor of these periodicals, he showed himself an earnest opponent of Ritualism, and of modern departures from “the faith” in general, as well as a constant advocate of fundamental gospel truth. His spiritual articles in the Gospel Magazine and English Churchman were much appreciated by many who know the truth in its saving power upon the heart. Mr. Ormiston was a man of decided piety and deep spirituality, and served his own generation well to a ripe old age. His death causes a loss to the ranks of Christ’s witnesses on earth.
MISS ABBOTT, LONDON.
We regret to record this month the death of Miss Abbott, whose name is well known to friends of the London Mission. The deceased, who was forty-five years of age, was for many years a complete invalid, suffering from great weakness, but she bore her trouble with no ordinary degree of Christian patience and meekness. Her case was a remarkable example of “the trial and triumph of faith” in the midst of much tribulation. Though in humble circumstances, she possessed superior powers of mind. The Lord’s kind providence was seen in the wonderful way in which all her temporal wants were provided for to the end, through the considerate sympathy of friends in various parts of England and Scotland. Miss Abbott passed away on the 6th October. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”