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Inscription on Monument

JOHN MILNE,
MINISTER OF

THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.

CHRIST SENT ME
TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.

“WE ARE AMBASSADORS
FOR CHRIST, AS THOUGH GOD
DID BESEECH YOU BY US! WE
PRAY YOU IN CHRIST’S STEAD,
BE YE RECONCILED TO GOD; FOR
HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN
FOR US, THAT WE MIGHT BE
MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
GOD IN HIM.’

HE LABOURED
FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS IN PERTH,
AS MINISTER OF ST. LEONARD’S CHURCH,>
‘FIRST IN THE ESTABLISHED,
AND THEN THE FREE CHURCH,
AND FOR UPWARDS OF FOUR YEARS
IN CALCUTTA.

BORN AT PETERHEAD, 26TH APRIL 1807,
DIED IN EDINBURGH, 31ST MAY 1868.

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Restored from a scan of the 1869 edition, with page headers and numbers removed and words rejoined across line breaks. Scan-derived text, still being proofread; compare the original scan before quoting.