WE should like to have a brief notice of the above worthy Elder of the Oban congregation inserted in our Church Magazine. He was a sincere God-fearing man, who did what he could in the service of the House of God. The Oban congregation lost no fewer than five of its members by death during a comparatively recent period. Mr. Campbell’s wife was one of these. She passed away not very long after himself. His death occurred on the 21st day of March. He had been suffering from a cold and the end was sudden. But to him to live was Christ and to die was gain. We are not able to say how he came to have the excellency of knowledge, of which the Preacher says that its wisdom giveth life to him who hath it. He was born in the district of Gairloch and was a tailor to trade. He suffered severely from asthma and this caused his being during the winter months in various places, as Glasgow and Portree, where he could also follow his occupation. He was latterly mainly resident in Oban. He was a most obliging and useful man in the Oban congregation. He was always willing to help his brother-elders in any way possible, and had a most agreeable spirit and disposition as a believer and as a man. Murdo Campbell knew experimentally that salvation is of Divine grace, Divine merit, Divine justice and Divine mercy. He loved the cause of God on earth, and kept the faith when many did not know to which Church they belonged. He was about 73 years old at the time of his death. The Oban congregation lost a humble praying man and worthy Elder, and we feel the loss of a real friend.
We sympathise with the bereaved relatives and may the Lord give them the like precious faith which the late Elder had!
—D. A. MacF.