. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. , consider well That thou ere long in dost must dwell. Endeavour then while thou hast health Still to avoid the 2d death. For on tymes minut doth depend Torment and joy without all end. Round the top of the stone is, 0 death, where is thy sting ? and atfoot, O grave, where is thy victory ? We glean further particulars of this family from a recumbentslab on the ground close beside. It bears a shield with arms ;—Dexterside almost illegible, but presumably, A demi-lion issuant from a fessof three bars wavy between three sta
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. , consider well That thou ere long in dost must dwell. Endeavour then while thou hast health Still to avoid the 2d death. For on tymes minut doth depend Torment and joy without all end. Round the top of the stone is, 0 death, where is thy sting ? and atfoot, O grave, where is thy victory ? We glean further particulars of this family from a recumbentslab on the ground close beside. It bears a shield with arms ;—Dexterside almost illegible, but presumably, A demi-lion issuant from a fessof three bars wavy between three stars in chief and a fleur-de-lys inbase (Chalmers), impaling, A chevron between three bear heads (Forbes),at sides the initials A. C, I. F. The marginal inscription reads :—This . is . nou . the . heritage . of . John . Cant . and . Jean . Forbes .his . spouse . indwellers . in . Bishopmilne . and . their . children . Andthe body of the stone records :—Under. this. stone. lyes. the. bodie. . piovs . worthie . vertois . gentle . woman . called . An . Forbes .. ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT ill spovs . to . Arthvr . Chalmer . lister . bvrgess . in . Elgin . who . de-parted . this . life . the . 15 . day . of . September . 1695 . There are many other tombstones, ancient and modern, which Icould have wished to record, especially those of the Craft Burgesses,but space fails me. Before passing out let us linger over the ruins, and though we knowthat the sun in his splendour shall no more spread his mellowed lightthrough the gorgeous windows, to flicker amid the deep and darkshaded aisles—nor shall be seen again the tapers of the lit-up altars,twinkling through rolling clouds of incense—nor be heard any more themusic of the choir—nor shall witness be borne to the imposing cere-monies and processions as in the days of old ; yea, even though thegrey walls are discoloured by damp and crumbling with age—thoughthe hoary moss has gathered over many an inscription, and the sharpt
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