ON 4th May last year Mrs. Macfarlane, the worthy wife of our beloved brother minister in Dingwall, departed this life. She entered within the veil, we believe, to behold the Face of the glorious Redeemer, who drew her with the cords of His love. This was her gain but her departure evoked feelings of sincere sorrow in the hearts of many by whom she was beloved, and of deep sympathy with her bereaved husband and relatives. Mrs. Macfarlane was a daughter of the late much respected Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cameron, of our Oban congregation. Her father, of whom a biographical sketch appeared in our Church Magazine for May, 1922, was an eminent elder of that congregation. It was evident that the subject of this brief obituary had undergone a saving change long before she made a public profession. In 1922 she was at the death bed of her younger sister, Mrs. James MacAulay, Wolverhampton, an event which made a deep impression on her mind. Following that, at the May communion season in Oban she heard the late Rev. John MacLachlan preach from Song of Solomon, chapter 8, verse 5, “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved?” She could no longer refrain from obeying her beloved’s command, “this do in remembrance of Me,” and was received into membership. A sweet savour of love to Christ manifestly issued from her heart as a sinner saved by grace. She loved the gospel but clearly indicated that a gospel without the efficacious “blood, that cleanseth from all sin,” was no Gospel to her. She had spiritual discernment. A friend remarked, “One would soon feel in her company that she had ‘the one thing needful’ that Mary had which would not be taken from her.” Before her departure she spoke of the promise, “I, even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” Isaiah 43, 25. Her bright, warm-hearted Christian friendship and hospitality endeared her to many. The end came suddenly, at the age of 71, following a period of failing health, during which all that medical skill and tender nursing could do was done. The prayers of many on behalf of the bereaved husband were answered in his receiving sustaining grace in rich measure. It is their hope that he will continue to have that all his days. The bereaved sister and brother in Oban share in our sympathy. “Them also which sheep in Jesus will God bring with him.” (1 Thes. 4, 15.)—W.G.