. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . on with the district as a landlord, and the manykind actions with which his name is associated, had made it ahousehold word. On Sunday a funeral sermon was preached in theparish church by the Rev. Mr Buchanan. Mr Buchanan took for his text Rev. xiv. 13—Blessed are thedead who die in the Lord. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they mayrest from their labours; and their works do follow them. I amvery sure that you will all at once agree with me when I say thatin the character of the late Duke of Roxburghe there was a con-spicuo
. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . on with the district as a landlord, and the manykind actions with which his name is associated, had made it ahousehold word. On Sunday a funeral sermon was preached in theparish church by the Rev. Mr Buchanan. Mr Buchanan took for his text Rev. xiv. 13—Blessed are thedead who die in the Lord. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they mayrest from their labours; and their works do follow them. I amvery sure that you will all at once agree with me when I say thatin the character of the late Duke of Roxburghe there was a con-spicuous combination of beautiful features, which it is not onlypleasing to bear in affectionate remembrance, but which it wouldbe hurtful to the best parts of our own natures, and very much toour loss in every way, to allow ourselves easily to forget. Hispicture is, I am certain, already hung up in the most sacredcorner of many a heart, and it will hang there until that heartshall cease to beat. Born to great estates and one of the proudest From the Kelso Courier of May By Sir F. Grant, His Grace, the Duke of Roxburghe CANON PITCAIRNS LIFE AT ECCLES. 305 titles of the land, he administered his large affairs always under ahigh sense of duty, and with the most careful consideration for theinterests of others, even the humblest; he bore the honours of thehighest social position with singular modesty, unaffected simplicity,and an unfailing grace and courtesy, that everywhere reachedand conquered the hearts of all; and he has handed down hisescutcheon to his natural successor—the son he loved, and whodeserves to be loved — pure, unsullied, and untarnished. Histenantry on his large estates will indorse my words when I saythat he has not left behind him in the land a better, a kinder, ora more considerate landlord. Ministers of religion, and those whoare at the head of municipal affairs, will unite in bearing oneunvarying testimony, that he was always ready to give hi
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