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400 AYRSHIRE.
PAEISH OF STEWARTOK
James Wilson and his wife, who both died in February, 1721.
have the following epitaph : —
" foolish people, and unwise,
That love to live in sin,
Amend your ways now speedily.
For danger is therein.
Sin is the cause of all the woes
That ever did befall
To any in this present life.
Or that hereafter shall ;
Therefore I do you all advise
In time now to repent.
Least that the fatal stroke of death
Do all your work prevent.
Let holiness towards your God
Be all whicli you intend,
Be just and righteous to all men.
E'en to the very end.
So finish all your work and come.
Lie down with us and sleep.
Here all your bones shall be at rest,
The Lord your dust shall keep,
And when he calls w^e shall awake,
And rise again shall we.
let that time be hastened !
Amen — so let it be."
Ann Gray, who died September, 1820, aged twenty-two, is by her
husband thus commemorated : —
" To all who read, I sleep in death,
live to die by Christ in faith,
While youth and vigour gild your brow ;
Remember still thy days are few.
To God's blest house I long to be.
When last I viewed these tombs you see,
1 did the silent graves review.
And look'd as fair for life as you ;