188 ROXBURGH PLACE—ST PAUL'S [presb. of Edinburgh
Church 1852-82 ; died 17th July 1888. He
marr. 1853, Eliza (died 12th Aug. 1865,
aged 35), daugh. of William Stothert of
Cargen, and had issue—William, born 24th
Oct. 1854 j Thomas, born 8th April 1856 J
Alexander, min. of St Columba U.F.
Church, Kilmacolm, born 23rd Aug. 1858
;
Eliza Jane, born 6th Dec. 1861.
ST PAUL'S (Q.S.).
[Erected by Agnes (died 10th July 1859,
in her 87th year), daugh. of Thomas Hunter
of Glencarse ; declared a parish quoad
sacra 30th May 1836, and opened 4th Dec.
1836. By the terms of endowment the
chapel remained with the Free Church in
1843, and is now United Free St Paul's.]
1838
ROBERT ELDER, born Inveraray, 28th
July 1808, son of John E. and
Euphemia Beith ; educated at
Campbeltown Grammar School and Univ.
of Glasgow; MA. (1825); licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre 25th Nov. 1829; ord. to Kil-
brandon 23rd March 1831 ; trans, to Killin
18th Dec. 1834; trans, and adm. 11th Oct.
1838. Joined Free Church ; min. of Free
St Paul's 1843-7; trans, to West Free
Church, Rothesay, 24th May 1847; D.D.
(Glasgow 1871) ; Moderator of Free Church
General Assembly 1871; retired 1st June
1882 ; died at Edinburgh 30th March 1892.
He marr. 4th April 1838, Margaret, daugh.
of John Robson, Oban, and had issue
—
Euphemia Beith, born 21st Jan. 1839
;
John Robson, born 22nd June 1840, died
23rd May 1897; Margaret Matilda, born
1st April 1842; Julia, born 24th Sept.
1844, died 19th March 1846 ; Nancy Eliza,
born 4th July 1846. Publications
—
Non-
Intrusion, a lecture (Edinburgh, 1840)
;
Danger of Spiritual Ignorance, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1841) ; On the Conversion of
the Jews, a lecture (Edinburgh, 1842)
;
Sermon in Vol. II. , Free Church Pulpit
(Edinburgh, 1846) ; The Soul's Deliverance,
a lecture (Glasgow, 1861) ; Present Trial
and Future Glory, Memorial Sermons
(Glasgow, 1868); Thesis on Doctrine of
the Sacraments (Glasgow, 1871) ; The
Unchanging Saviour, Memorial Sermons
(Greenock, 1876) ; Free Church Principles,
a lecture (Glasgow, 1877) ; Sermon inVol. [.,
Modern Scottish Pulpit (Edinburgh, 1880).