110 Communion Tokens. 



Sanquhar- North— continued. 



borders, obi., c.c, 18x12. Dick 771. (See Plate 



correction, p. 76.) 



Rev. Robert Simpson, D.D., 1820-1867, was the first 

 minister of the Sanquhar Burgher Secession congre- 

 gation. His " Tales and Traditions of the Covenan- 

 ters " will keep his memory alive within and far be- 

 j'ond the bounds of Dumfriesshire and Galloway. 



242. U.P. No. 145. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN / 



CHURCH / SANQUHAR / NORTH / REV. JAMES 

 HAY SCOTT / 1868. Reverse, "THIS DO IN / 



REMEMBRANCE / OF ME." / / " BUT LET 



A MAN / EXAMINE HIMSELF." / 1 Cor., xi., 

 23-29. Borders, obi., c.c, 17x12. Dick 772. 



Dr Simpson was succeeded by the Rev. James Hay 

 Scott, who was ordained in 1868, and who only re- 

 cently retired from an active and honourable minis- 

 try. As a collector of coins and communion tokens Mr 

 Scott's name has for many years now been well known 

 in numismatic circles. 



Sanquhar - West. 



243. F. \o. 146. FREE CHURCH / ornament / SAN- 



QUHAR. Reverse, plain. Border, obi., c.c, 

 20x16. 



Thornhill. 



244. A.C. No. 147. U. ASSOCP. CONG". / OF / THORN- 



HILL / 1828. Border. Reverse, plain, ov., 17x12. 

 (Rev. William Rogerson, 1817-1857.) Dick, 828. 

 The Tokens used prior to this date were those of 

 Moniaive. Dick 827, obviously an error. (See correc- 

 tion under Addenda 5.) 



Tinwald. ■ 



245. E.C. TN. Reverse, MAR in monogram. Light 



borders. R. 11. 



The Rev. Alexander Robesone was minister of this 

 parish from 1697 to 1761. It is said that at his 

 ordination " he was so unwilling to submit that he 

 endeavoured to escape, and was only brought back 

 by the constraint and remonstrance of some of his 

 senior brethren." One daughter married the Rev. 



