A notice of the passing of this worthy woman ought to have appeared sooner in our Magazine. She passed to her rest on 7th December, 1935, at the advanced age of 91. She was born at Treslaig, a township lying opposite Fort William on the other side of the Loch, and was a daughter of Alexander Cameron, lay preacher, Lochaber. It would appear that she had deep convictions of sin but when she came into the light her path was like the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. She had seen days of the right hand of the Son of Man in Lochaber and valued the truth spoken by lips that are now singing in glory. These truths were dear to her and when Rev. D. Macfarlane made his stand in 1893 no one was more delighted than she was and though, in God’s over-ruling providence, she was far removed from a Free Presbyterian place of worship she retained her interest in and love of the testimony raised in 1893. It was in her old age that we first met her and we will long remember the pleasure and uplift she gave us on our somewhat infrequent visits. Rarely have we met one who in her conversation had so much of the gracious savour of heaven. She had fought her battles in the strength of the Lord and had come through them more than a conqueror through Him. Naturally of a bright disposition, she had the gift of hiding her sorrows and presenting a smiling face on which the grace within seemed to shine forth. The heavenly nature of her conversation, the childlike simplicity of her faith, and the calm resignation to the divine will had the effect of making one feel that her religion was a real and heavenly blessing.
The Rev. Neil Macintyre, who knew her better than any of our ministers, says in a letter of sympathy to her daughter: “Your mother was one whom I admired and loved. I often think of the days when she used to stay at our home at Lochyside during the communion times. I thought then, and do now that she had as much of the love of Christ in her soul as anyone I ever knew.”
In paying this belated tribute to this saintly woman we would seek to extend to her family our sincere sympathy accompanied by the prayer that the God who called her and prepared her for Himself may graciously work in the hearts of her offsprings for the same gracious end.