IN the April Magazine “Joseph Mackay and Duncan Cameron, Duthil,” was very interesting to some people in Duthil. William Sinclair of Wick, writes in his Diary not long before his entering into rest in 1884, “Had a long letter from Duncan Cameron, Duthil. He bears fruit in old age.” And it is likely he was bearing the finest fruit of his life at the time, forgiving his enemies and praying for them. He too was nearing the end of his journey at this time. His remark was to a dear Christian that met him, “This is an extra year; the Lord is gathering home His own people,” and they were both gathered shortly after. When out catechising for the last time, he was saying that it was impressed on him it was the last time they would meet, and although he was not troubled with the fear of man, it was his regret that he was not faithful enough. Being at a funeral about this time he observed one of his bitterest enemies standing at a distance, and he went straight up to him, and said, “James, I am going to eternity, and I do not wish to go with anything between any creature and myself,” and offered him his hand. Meeting another on the road, he did the same to him. On the Friday of
the communion, while speaking to the question, altogether against his usual, he broke out in prayer for a considerable time. He had great pity for the rising generation. At the prayer meeting on the evening of that day about the middle of his prayer his voice changed, but he continued sweetly to pray for them, every one that wronged him, and asked forgiveness for every wrong he did to anyone. At the end, with a great effort he cried out, “We shall never meet any more till the great day,” and then went home to die. To one that sat with him the last night he said, “Read the fifth chapter of Revelation,” and asked to sing the first verse of the sixth psalm. Soon after he fell asleep. D. F.