MRS. MUNRO was in her early years quite unconcerned about her soul’s everlasting interests. When she was twenty-two years of age she entered into the married state, and continued without God and without hope in the world till her third child was born. Then she was awakened to a realisation of her lost condition as a sinner before God. The neighbours concluded that her reason had given way. Mr. James Urquhart was the catechist in Rona at the time. He held a different opinion as regards her mental distress, and visited her as often as he could. It is probable that it was through him she got the relief of the gospel, for she held his memory in the highest esteem to the end of her life.
A few years after the change took place she removed to a place about three miles from the Mission House. In this place there lived a godly woman, whose name was Catharine, who went constantly along with Mrs. Munro to the services every Sabbath. But measles having broken out in the township where the services were held, Catharine stopped going, being afraid that she might carry the measles to her family. Mrs. Munro continued to go as regularly as before. When the measles vanished the two appeared together at the service on Sabbath. James Urquhart asked Catharine what kept her away from the services of late? Getting no answer, he told her the reason, and said: “The names I will give you now are big Catharine (Mhor) of little faith and little Catharine (Bheag) of great faith.”
When the Declaratory Act was foisted on the neck of the Free Church Mrs. Munro had no dubiety as to which party she should follow, and when some of the ministers, who stood for God’s word and the Westminster Confession of Faith, betrayed the Free Presbyterian Church and turned away, she said: “Should all the ministers in our Church do the same, I would not follow them.” She did not mean by this that she was afraid that they would do so, nor that she could stand except by the grace of God upholding her.
She had her own large share of the troubles that afflict the just during her whole pilgrimage in this world. The inward corrupt nature in herself, and sin in the world around her, gave her much sorrow, but she bore it all with exemplary patience. The troubles through which the F.P. Church passed added greatly to her sorrows, for she loved dearly her Church, and prayed much for her increase and prosperity.
She was able to attend the means of grace till very near her end. She attended the Communion at Applecross on the third Sabbath of September, 1920. She was able to leave her bed daily, though feeling weak and unwell. On Saturday the 13th November she got out of bed at 2 p.m., and while sitting in her chair lost her speech, which she did not regain till she passed away on Tuesday the 16th day of November. The portion of God’s word which relieved her of all fears as regards her eternal destiny was: “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter i. 13). “These all died in faith.”