WE have to record the death in December, 1950, of Mrs. Annie Ross, 10 King Street, Hilton, Fearn, widow of the late Donald Ross, who was for many years an elder in the Fearn congregation.
Mrs. Ross was a faithful witness on the side of the Free Presbyterian Church testimony during many years of her earthly pilgrimage. She was one who had the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, and until a month before her death, she was a regular attender at the means of grace. For many years she walked to the church at Fearn, and amid all the afflictions and sorrows which were her lot in the world, she never failed in her attendance at God’s House.
On the last Sabbath evening before she lay down on her death-bed, she was as usual at the meeting in Hilton. Her sweet voice could be heard that evening as the service concluded with the words of Psalm ii:—
Kiss ye the Son, lest in His ire
Ye perish from the way,
If once his wrath begin to burn:
Bless’d all that on him stay.
It was a great consolation to those who watched over her during her illness, for a month previous to her death, that preparation had been made by her during her life-time for eternity, and that it was true of her that she was staying herself on the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as her Saviour and Redcemer. Her illness was such that, had that not been the case, there would be no opportunity to talk with her on her death-bed, as perfect quietness and no conversation were ordered by the doctor.
The Fearn congregation is very much the poorer for her death, as her prayers for the Cause will be greatly missed. We tender our sincere sympathy to the members of her family—two sons and two daughters—who have lost a loving mother. May they be enabled to make choice of their mother’s God and Saviour.—J. H. M.