Communion Tokens. 109 



Sanquhar— continued. 



238. E.G. No. 141. S K with radiated dot between. Border. 



Reverse, plain, obi., 14 x 11. Brook 993. 



AVe are unfortunately unable to discover any approxi- 

 mate date for these tokens of Sanquhar parish. The 

 first (236) seems to be quite unique, like the two first 

 of Morton parish (111. 124, 125), and, like them, are 

 in the collection of the Rev. J. Richmond Wood, to 

 whom we are indebted for their reproduction. 



Sanquhar - South. 



239. A.C. No. 142. AC / SAN. Reverse, M / IG / 1750. 



(Rev. John Goodlet.) Borders. S. 12. Dick 773. 



On the death of Rev. John Hepburn, of Urr (1689- 

 1723), " The Morning Star or the Secession," as he 

 has been called, the old Dissenters of Nithsdale found 

 themselves as " sheep having no shepherd." Accord- 

 ingly in 1730 they approached Thomas Boston of 

 Ettrick, Messrs Wilson of Maxton, and David- 

 son of Galashiels, " to establish a correspond- 

 ence with such as they considered the purer part of 

 the corrujot church." Says Boston: " I found them 

 to be men having a sense of religion on their own 

 spirits, much affected with their circumstances as 

 destitute of a minister, endowed with a good measure 

 of Christian charity and love, and of a very different 

 temper from that of Mr M'Millan's followers." 

 Boston could not see his way towards separation, so, 

 he adds, "we parted on the morrow after; but with 

 great affection and much heaviness on both sides." 

 It will be remembered that this was the second 

 attempt on the part of Nithsdale Presbyterians to 

 bring the famous Thomas Boston to their midst. 

 (Vide Closeburn.) Sanquhar became the seat of the 

 first Secession congregation in Dumfriesshire. The 

 pastorate of the Rev. Thomas Ballantyne (1742-1744) 

 was follo^ved by a five years' vacancy. The Rev. 

 John Goodlet (1749-1775) was the second minister. 



240. A.C. No. 143. Variet}- of preceding. 



Sanquhar— North. 



241. A.C. No. 144. ASSO. CON / SANQUHAR / REV. R. 



S. / 1820. Reverse, as Dumfries A.C, 1810. Light 



