Communions.
January—Fourth Sabbath, Inverness. February—First Sabbath, Dingwall, third, Stornoway; fourth, North Uist. March—First Sabbath, Ullapool; second, Ness and Portree; third, Finsbay and Lochinver; fourth, Kinlochbervie; fifth, London and North Tolsta. April—First Sabbath, Breasclete, Portnalong and Fort William; third, Greenock; fourth, Glasgow and Wick. May—First Sabbath, Kames and Oban; second, Scourie; third, Edinburgh and Broadford. June—First Sabbath, Tarbert, Applecross,
Coigach; second, Shieldaig; third, Lochcarron, Glendale, Helmsdale, Dornoch and Uig; fourth, Gairloch and Inverness. July—First Sabbath, Lairg, Raasay and Bealy; second, Staffin, Tomatin and Tain; third, Halkirk, Rogart, Flashadder and Daviot; fourth, Achmore, Bracadale, North Uist and Plockton. August—First Sabbath, Dingwall and Vancouver (Canada); second, Portree and Stratherrick; third, Bonar, Finsbay and Laide; fourth, Vatten and Thurso; fifth, Stornoway. September—First Sabbath, Ullapool and Breasclete; second, Strathy; third, Tarbert and Stoer; fourth, Applecross. October—First Sabbath, Tolsta and Lochcarron; second, Gairloch and Ness; fourth, Greenock, Lochinver and Wick. November—First Sabbath, Oban and Raasay; second, Glasgow and Halkirk; third, Edinburgh, Dornoch and Uig. December—First Sabbath, London.
SPECIAL NOTICE.—All changes in Communion dates for year 1959, should be sent AT ONCE to the Editor, that the above List may be corrected. This will save inconvenience later on.—Editor.
Southern Rhodesian Mission.
Due to the illness, and now the death, of Rev. James Fraser, Mr. Jan Van Woerden has had to go up to Mbuma to take care of the medical clinic and the Mission work there. It is anticipated that Rev. Petros Mzamo will come down to Zenka when a house has been built for him there. Mr. Van Woerden’s departure to Mbuma means that there is no male European at Ingwenya.
Mrs. Nicolson has also had an illness which has incapacitated Miss Nicolson as far as actual teaching is concerned and there is need for another teacher at Ingwenya.
In view of these circumstances, the Committee, in conjunction with the Training of the Ministry Committee and the Outer Isles Presbytery, have asked Mr. Alfred MacDonald, M.A., Divinity Student to go out to Ingwenya until August 1960. (DV.) Mr. MacDonald, who was a school-teacher, has consented to go and this has relieved the position for the present.
The Committee would appeal to any teachers in the Church who have a mind to serve in the Mission field to get in touch with the Clerk. There is still great need for teachers in order to keep our schools running and keeping the African children in touch with the Word of God.
Our staff have been having a trying time with illness; and the death of Mr. Fraser, who was such a strength to them all, has been deeply felt by them. They stand in special need of the prayers of the Lord’s people at this time.—Donald MacLean, Clerk.
The Death of Rev. James Fraser, Rhodesia.
It was with a real sense of grief that friends throughout the Church learned of the passing away of the Rev. James Fraser, M.A., our highly respected and loved Missionary, in a hospital in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, on Saturday, the 28th March, 1959. As is known, Mr. Fraser was several months in hospital seriously ill, prior to his
death. His wife was able during that period of anxiety to be in constant attendance at the hospital. Mr. Fraser was forty-six years of age, being born on 17th May, 1913. He went in July, 1938, to Africa to relieve Miss Jean Nicolson, M.A., at our Ingwenya Mission; and on her return he went for a period to Hope Fountain Teacher Training Centre and obtained much experience there in the training of native teachers. He came home in September, 1945, and after a further period of study was ordained as a Missionary in June, 1947, at Dingwall; and returned to the Mission in Southern Rhodesia, on 28th August, 1947. He came home again for about eight months in 1953, and returned to Rhodesia again in November of that year. When in Rhodesia three years ago, with Rev. D. MacLean, Portree. we witnessed the fact of his abundant labours on the Mission and his devotion to the Cause of His Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We enjoyed the Christian fellowship and affectionate hospitality afforded us by Mr. Fraser and his wife in their home at Mbuma. He has now gone to rest from his labours and to be for ever with Jesus the Redeemer of European and African believers. We will not write more as this is but an editorial note. An appropriate obituary will no doubt appear later (D.V.). We extend especially to Mrs. Fraser, the sorrowing widow and her three children; and also to the late Rev. James Fraser’s mother, Dingwall, deep and sincere sympathy, and seek to commend them to God and His divine grace, compassion and care. And to all other members of the family circle, we also extend our sympathy with that of many friends throughout the Church.
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