THE above mentioned was comparatively young when taken away from our midst as a congregation. She complained of illness on the Sabbath night of the communion at Finsbay and was in eternity shortly afterwards, having only a brief illness. Having been awakened to a sense of her sins and lost condition, she was in the greatest distress of mind concerning eternal realities, and was on the point of being bereft of reason, when she was mercifully delivered from bondage under the law to the glorious liberty of the sons of God. She was most exemplary in her attendance on the means of grace at all seasons of the year, and did her utmost to instil the fear of God in her family, for whose souls she was concerned more even than for their temporal welfare. One verse of truth she often quoted was, “What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul.” In her letters to her sons she continually warned them to read the Bible and to observe the Lord’s Day at all times.
It would be well if all mothers and fathers did so in their letters. She was of a very happy disposition and welcomed the Lord’s people to her home. When not otherwise employed she was accustomed to sing the spiritual songs of Peter Grant which were much in vogue among the godly in a former generation. Being only of middle age her premature death was a severe blow to her husband and children, as well as to the cause of Christ here. We miss her presence and prayers. “Ye are the salt of the earth. Ye are the light of the world.” The world is all the darker for the removal of God’s witnesses. We believe it is better for them to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.—D. J. McA.