THE late Mrs. Matheson, who died about six months after her husband, was born in Waternish, Skye, and like her husband went South early in life.
She became a member in Portree congregation during the ministry of the late Rev. Alex. Macrae and supported her husband in every good work they considered worthy of encouragement. Sometimes she had severe bodily illnesses which, we believe, had a mellowing effect and helped her to look upon the things seen as trifles in comparison with the great realities of eternity. That is what every child of God must realize in some degree and therefore, the salvation of the soul is to him of paramount importance.
Mrs. Matheson was of a modest and kindly disposition walking humbly before God and showing her regard for His cause by entertaining hospitably the Lord’s people at communion time. Careful in her daily conduct she set a fine example before her own large family and her neighbours. She passed away suddenly to enter the rest that remaineth for the children of God.
Very few of those who originally formed the Free Presbyterian Congregation of Portree are now left and the removal of these two worthies makes a decided blank in our congregational life. Those who remain should firmly resolve to be faithful to the testimony of their Church notwithstanding the temptations that may be put in their way by other denominations that are unsound in creed and practice. May the sons and daughters love their parents’ God as their God and through grace follow the Lord Jesus Christ through good and evil report.—D. M. M.