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Richardson, Campbell, & Gordon gravestone

gravestone | memorial

sandstone

Pyramidal stone by church wall; has inscriptions on two sides; 1^st side, lettering mixed Gothic, Roman, Italic, mostly barely legible.

[East face of pyramid]

In
Memory of
THE REV.
JAMES RICHARDSON,
Who was Minister of the Scotch
Church here thirteen Years
Died 11 December 1830
in the 40^th Year of his Age
He died as he had lived, regarding himself
as the chief of sinners, but cherishing a
strong and an unwavering faith in
the LORD JESUS CHRIST,
HIS HOPE.

[Square panel below, badly worn]

To the Memory of
CHRISTINA CAMPBELL,
who was born on the 19^th of January, 1793,
and who died on the 6^th of April, 1828, at
Gordon castle, in the parish, and was buried
in the churchyard of Inveresk, in Scotland.
ERECTED
[???] BY HER HUSBAND,
JAMES RICHARDSON,
Pastor of the Scotch Church here.
[???]
[???]

[North face of pyramid]

Sacred to the
memory of the
REV JOSEPH GORDON
for upwards of 11 Years Minister of
the Scotch Church, Hexham,
who Died July 17 1855
in the 37^th Year of his Age.

1828–1855

“Conscious of strange sensations, and asking a medical gentleman who was present what they meant, he was informed that they were the agonies of death; he then breathed an earnest prayer, commending his spirit unto God, and immediately expired. This was on Saturday evening, December 11^th, 1830. … As expressed by himself, in a brief monumental inscription, which he wrote a short time previous to his dissolution, and which he intended should prevent the partiality of his friends from furnishing one of a more flattering character: — ‘He died as he had lived, regarding himself as the chief of sinners, but cherishing a strong and an unwavering faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, his hope.’ On the morning of interment, his people exhibited proof of attachment to their lamented minister. A great number of his congregation voluntarily assembled at the chapel in mourning, joined the funeral procession as it passed by, and followed the remains of their late beloved pastor to the grave.” [The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, for March, 1833, p.93]
“Soon after his settlement in Hexham, he had married a Miss C. Campbell, to whom he approved himself tenderly attached. … Mrs R's health began visibly and seriously to decline; and, on the 5^th of April, 1828, he had to endure the stroke which deprived him of his highly esteemed wife, by whom had been soothed the keenest smart that e'er he felt on earth. This event took place at Musselburgh, Mrs R's native town, whither she had gone in hopes of benefit from a change of air.” [ib. p.91]

Exterior/Nave/North/Campy Hill West

CND: 36 D2 17+54; NCH3 p.199

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