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220 "THE FAIR HAVENS"
long past, the women of the congregation have
raised a Memorial to her, designed by her friend,
Mr. Ritchie, of Iona. It has the only inscription
in the Gaelic language among the churches of
London. In the archives of Crown Court her name
is placed as a baptized member of the Church of
Christ.
None of the congregations of the National Church
with which she was connected could claim an exclusive
position in her affections. At Edinburgh, in St. Giles,
St. Cuthbert's, and St. Michael's, her presence was a
familiar sight. Her love of all music, but especially
good Church music, was intense, and she felt the
inspiration of beautiful architecture. " I weary for
the beauty of St. Giles, after our Highland barns,"
she would say ; and when in London, the daily service
in Westminster Abbey, where : —
" The organ rings
And the sweet choir sings
Along the emblazoned wall,"
was a treat she gave herself as often as she could
manage to go.
There is no greater mistake than to imagine her
an intolerant Presbyterian. She had seen too much
of bigotry and ignorance in Anglicans and Presby-
terians not to banish it in herself. She was a frequent
worshipper in the early Communions of the Church
of England when in London, or when she could not
get that service in her own church. One of her joys
was " to keep the great tryst " at the Easter obser-
vance of the Lord's Supper in St. Giles, and it was

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