ALEX. MACKENZIE, INVERASDALE, ROSS-SHIRE.
By the death, at 13 Coast, Inverasdale, on 23rd May last, of Mr. Alex. Mackenzie, boatbuilder, the Gairloch F.P. congregation has suffered a great loss. The deceased, who lived a most exemplary life, was highly respected by the whole community. Since the
death, in 1914, of Mr. John Mackenzie, elder, Boor, Poolewe, Mr. Alex. Mackenzie, till within a year or so of his death, conducted, with much acceptance, the services of the section of our congregation at Inverasdale. His remarks at Fellowship Meetings were much appreciated by the hearers. The deceased was eighty-one years of age, and his mortal remains were interred on 25th May, in Gairloch Churchyard.
To the sorrowing widow, two daughters, and three sons, we extend our sympathy, and pray that the God of their father be their God. D. McK.
J. C. PEMBREY, M.A., OXFORD.
WE feel we cannot omit to notice the death of Mr. J. C. Pembrey, of Oxford, who was for thirty-seven years editor of the “Gospel Banner,” an English magazine that contained sound, edifying evangelical truth, known and valued by some of our readers in the north and south. Mr. Pembrey, who had reached the ripe old age of over eighty-six years, was in several respects a remarkable man. He possessed great linguistic powers, and acted during the greater part of his life as a reader in connection with the University Press, Oxford. He had an accurate knowledge of Hebrew, Sanscrit, and other Oriental and classical languages, and was also well acquainted with several modern ones, speaking fluently French and German. His ability in his work as reader amounted to genius, and the Oxford Senate, recognising his remarkable gifts, conferred upon him the honorary degree of M.A. several years ago. But Mr. Pembrey, who was a sincere and unassuming Christian, did not glory in his intellectual acquirements. He preferred to be known as the editor of the “Gospel Banner,” and of religious books of a sound, Calvinistic, and experimental type, which passed through his hands. Two of these are known to us, “The Memorials of Bernard Gilpin,” and the “Life of Joseph Tanner,” two godly ministers of Christ. Mr. Pembrey’s gracious wife (who was a daughter of Mr. Tanner, and a sister of Mrs. M. H. Wakeley, Brighton) predeceased him. He was an esteemed member of the Strict Baptist Chapel, Albert Street, Oxford, and his removal on the 1st May is mourned by the congregation. We cull several items of our information from a notice in the “Sower and Gospel Banner,” a sound periodical, edited by Mr. M. J. Tryon, Stamford.
Mr. J. E. Hazelton, writer of the said notice, states that, “though Mr. Pembrey had failed much during the last two years, he was able to work at his proofs without glasses to the end,” and then concludes the sketch thus:—”His last illness was brief, and extreme weakness prevented him saying much, but he died, as for many years he had lived—a sinner saved by grace. ‘Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.’ We extend our deepest sympathy to his daughter, Miss Pembrey, and all relatives.
J. S. S.