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Published in St Stephens Presbyterian Magazine – March 1917 |
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Anna Jane Niven (Kissock) Candlish - (1828-1917) It is
with deep regret that we have to record the death of our oldest member, Mrs
Candlish. She past away on Thursday, the 8th ult. She was born in
Kirkcudbright on August 18th 1828, and was thus in her 89th
year. For some considerable time she had been far from strong and required great
attention, but never was ‘Mother’ more devotedly cared for and tenderly
nursed than she. During
the early period of the present ministry she was often in Church, and up
until a few years ago always at the morning Communions. To her it was a great
deprivation to be absent from the Lord’s table, and so long as she was able,
her place was never vacant. She was in many ways a perfect type of the former
Free Church Presbyterian. She loved her place of worship with a great love,
and never failed to contribute to its support. When she handed her
certificate of membership to the Rev. James Kerr M.A., the first Minister of
our Church in 1872, she enquired at once about the Sustenation Fund. This
enquiry led to it’s organisation in St Stephens, and she had the honour of
being the first subscriber. For the second Minister of the Church, the Rev.
James Rutherford M.A. now known as the Bishop of Kirkwall, she had an
unbounded admiration, and had many stories to tell of his work and worth. Mrs
Candlish was exceptional in many ways. She belonged to one of the best
families in the South of Scotland, and had good reason to be proud of her
ancestry. Her penmanship was the surprise of all who were privileged to
receive her letters, and each of them was in many ways a literary production. About
five years ago she suffered the bereavement of one daughter and only 18
months ago of another, and now they are forever united in the Home above. Her
daughter in Gibraltar – Mrs Martin – keeps in touch with the church by the
annual gift of flowers, and Mrs Ferguson, of |
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