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later, and wearing a profuse white neckcloth, Uke the 

 old-time minister and doctor. A strict man, firm with 

 others, and not indulgent with himself, governed by 

 rules of action derived from the Bible, we may be sure, 

 but the Bible as read by the framers of the Westminster 

 Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Cate- 

 chisms. A God-fearing man, as he would have been 

 then called ; and, if not directly a lover of men, yet 

 doing more for their welfare than is often accomplished 

 by professed humanitarians. He aided in founding 

 and nurturing one of those Presbyterian communities 

 that form a large part of the backbone of Australia 

 and New Zealand. Everywhere such men are the 

 salt of the Earth. 



