THE Raasay congregation are called to mourn owing to the removal from their midst of this worthy elder, on the 26th November, aged, we think, about 75. A native of Skye, he spent the greater part of his life as a shepherd in Raasay. His very occupation was favourable to meditation. The word that made him think first of his state before God was heard at a communion service in Skye, namely, “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father.” The thought of being without an advocate troubled him. That, however, seemed to have been forgotten for years, when he was finally awakened by the Lord’s declaration—”If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.” After this he knew no rest till He was revealed to him and in him, who forgave all his iniquities and healed all his diseases. Not long after that, he made a public profession, and not long after that again, he was elected to the eldership, the duties of which office he endeavoured faithfully to discharge for about a quarter of a century. He joined the Free Presbyterian Church in 1893, with the conviction that faithfulness to the truth imperatively demanded that step from every true disciple. The defection of several office-bearers, particularly ministers, from their former professions deeply grieved him, while his own convictions of right and duty were only deepened with the developments that took place in the churches of this land. But from this burden, too, the Lord has suddenly removed his shoulder. The case of his widow calls for much sympathy, lying on a sick-bed on which she lay sometime before this great bereavement fell upon the family. Donald Macintosh was a man of prayer, and will be missed by all who were privileged to enjoy his friendship. “Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth.” A. M.