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in the colony, on a certificate from the Session of Trinity Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne, which bore testimony to his great personal worth and his many services to the congregation as an elder, and commended him as a brother greatly beloved to the Christian congregation he might be led to join in the land of his adoption. While his health permitted, he was earnest in works of faith and labours of love. In the district of his eldership he was welcomed by its families as a neighbour, friend, and adviser. He was exemplary in his attendance on ordinances, and at the Session and the prayer meeting. During his illness he often mentioned to the ministers the unremitting kindness he received from his fellow-elders, Messrs Gordon and E. Smith, and from Mr Aikman, of Mornington. In death he was only separated from his daughter, companion, and friend, by a month."