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Glory to GOD alone !
Sacred to the Memory op
The Rev d . JOHN SKINNER,
for LXIV. Years and upwards
Episcopal Clergyman in this Parish ,
whose attainments as a scholar,
and 8criptural research as a dlvine,
of which many written documents remain,
acquired him a name
never to be forgotten in the church
in which he exercised his ministry ;
while his pastoral labours in the charge
COMMITTED TO HIM
ENDEARED HIM, ALMOST BEYOND EXAMPLE,
TO THE SORROWING FLOCK, BY WHOM,
IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR HEARTFELT REGARD,
THIS MONUMENT
is
ERECTED.
On THE XVI th DAY OF JuNE 1807, AGED LXXXTI
Years,
he slept the sleep of death, in the arms of
The Right Rev. JOHN SKINNER,
Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen, his only
surviving Son ;
who, with his family and other numerous
descendants,
shall never cease to feel the most devout
and lively veneration for the talents, the
Acquirements,
and Character of a Progenitor,
who LIVED
so justly respected,
AND DIED
SO SINCERELY LAMENTED.