A wide circle of friends will be sorry to hear of the death of this excellent woman. Ann was in failing health for some time, being confined to bed for several months with paralysis in the legs. She bore her trouble with Christian patience and meekness, longing at times to depart, but submissive to the will of her Saviour. To an unusual degree she possessed the spiritual mind that is life and peace, so that it was refreshing to one’s soul to be in her company. Her favourite portions of the Word were the 40th Chapter of Isaiah, 14th Chapter of John, and the 8th Chapter of Romans. She was fond of having these chapters read to her, and would sometimes punctuate the reading with pithy and edifying comments of her own.
Very early in life she came under the power of the truth, and was a communicant in the congregation of that eminent servant of God, the late Rev. Roderick Macleod, Snizort. When the F.P. Church was formed she thought it her duty to uphold its testimony, and from that time never wavered in her attachment to the Church.
She had trials and difficulties to face, which she kept to herself, but they all worked for her good, keeping her dependent on the Lord, and teaching her to cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils.
Like Abraham of old, Ann was strong in the grace of faith. She did not seem to have any doubt about her own state for eternity. Sometimes when she would express impatience at being left in the world, she would immediately correct herself, and say, “The Lord’s will be done.”
With the exception of her memory, her faculties were unimpaired to the end. It seems that a few hours before her death she lapsed into unconsciousness, and passed away on Friday, the 4th May, in her 79th year.
The writer happened to be from home when she died, but by a favourable providence from the Lord, managed to reach home in time to attend the funeral on the following day. We may say, without the least exaggeration, that Ann has left none behind her in the Parish of Portree of like Christian worth and attainments. Her gain is our loss. She has gone to be for ever with her Lord and Saviour, leaving behind her the fragrance of a well-spent life and gracious experience. Not in her own merit did she place confidence, but in the infinite merit and atonement of the Lord Jesus, for in Him she found peace and eternal salvation.
Mrs D. Ross, her niece, patiently nursed her through her long illness.
“The righteous shall be held in everlasting remembrance.”
D. M. M.