COMMUNION TOKENS OF SOUTH-EASTERN BORDER 123 



CHIRNSIDE PRESBYTERY. 



Coldstream. (1) Mixed metal; oval, 19x12; slight rim. 



COLDSTREAM | 1826. Eeversc, r.s. in large letters. Ministry 



of Robert Scott (1794-1830.) 



(2) Mixed metal; oval, 17x13; bordered, coldstkeam 

 I PARISH. Reverse, In the field, 1838 ; around it, this do | 



IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME. Ministry of Thomas S. Goldie 



(1830-1859.) I have not met with older tokens of this 



Parish. 

 SwiNTON. (1) Lead; oblong, 13x10; slightly bordered on 



obverse, s. Reverse, 1702. Ministry of John Lithgow. 



See fig. 



(2) Lead ; square, 9 ; no border, s. Reverse^ plain. 



Uncertain ; it may belong to Simprim, or even to another 



parish. 

 Simprim. (1) Lead; round, 11; slightly bordered on reverse. 



3. p. Reverse, 1705. Ministry of Thomas Boston, A.M., the 



author of " Human Nature in its Fourfold Estate," (1699- 



1707) ; afterwards of Ettrick. See fig. 



(2) Similar to preceding, but with date 1758. Ministry 



of John Jolly, last minister of Simprim as a separate parish 



(1757-1761.) See fig. 

 SwiNTON AND SiMPRiM. Lead; square, 12; with a rim. s.s. 



Reverse, 1761 — the year of the union of the parishes. In 



the ministry of Rev. George Cupples. See fig. 

 Ladykihk. Lead; oblong, 12x9; no rim. lk. Reverse, 11 \&. 



Ministry of George Ridpath, A.M., father of George Ridpath, 



minister of Stichill, author of the Border History. See fig. 

 Whitsome. — (1) Lead; nearly square, 10x9; no rim. w k. 



Reverse, plain. See fig. 



(2) Mixed metal; round, 12; bordered, whitesome | 

 church I M I R.c. Reverse, token | 1840. Ministry of 

 Robert Cowe, A.M. (1839-1843.) 



(3) A token of the united parishes of Hilton and Whit- 

 some, which I have not seen. The figure is reproduced 

 from Mr Burns' book. Parishes united in 1734. 



Hilton. — Lead; square, 10; no rim. h. Reverse, ^laxn. See fig. 



Hutton. — Mixed metal; round, 13; slight border. Round 

 circumference, hutton | kirk. In Centre, a star-like 

 ornament, i^everse, round circumference, rev. ad. landels; 



