78 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
In politics he was conservative ; and he was connected with the 
Park Church, which is ministered to by the Rev. Dr. Donald 
Macleod, editor of Good Words. But Mr. Turner was not the 
man to obtrude his views political or ecclesiastical; his large- 
heartedness carried him above all petty differences and fruitless 
debates. 
He was never married. He lived with his mother, who 
predeceased him by less than two years; and when he died at the 
comparatively early age of forty-five, he left no near relations to 
mourn his loss, but many friends by whom he had been beloved. 
In accordance with an oft-expressed desire, his remains were laid 
beside those of his mother in the old graveyard which overlooks 
his native village. 
In private life he was a pleasant companion as well as a 
valuable friend. He had much force of character, but was 
modest and courteous withal. To great conversational powers he 
added a keen sense of humour. In everything he was sincere 
and honourable, with a high ideal of right and duty, and he made 
his life a busy and useful one. Now that he has gone, his work 
remains to remind us of him; but we, who have known him long 
and well, cannot fail to recall his genial presence, or to remember 
his sterling worth. 
