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 A BRIEF GENEALOGICAL 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 OF 
 
 Uhe Macleans of 61enbarl) ; 
 
 rOGICTHKU WITH 
 
 A FEW I'OEMS BY MARV MACLEAN. 
 
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 Not for sale. 
 
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 PRINTED HY HASZARD & MOORE. 
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 THE MACLEANS OF GLENBARD. 
 
 1. (Jilleain, the founder and first chief of the Clan Maclean, 
 lived in Argyleshire about the year 1250. lie was known as 
 Gilleain na Tuaighc, or Gilieain of the Battle-axe. 
 
 2. Gillise, son of Gilleain, was the second chief of the 
 Macleans. 
 
 3. Malcolm, son of Gillise, was the third chief of the 
 Macleans. 
 
 4. John Dubh, son of Malcolm, was the fourth chief o. •.:, • 
 Macleans. 
 
 , 5. Lachlan, son uf John Duhh was the fifth chief of t'le 
 Macleans, and 1' first Maclean of Duart. He married in 1366 
 Margaret, daughter .;i John Macdonald, first Lord of the Isles, 
 by his first wife, Amy Macrory. 
 
 6. Hector, Eachann Ruadh nan Cath, Hector Roy of the 
 Battles, son of Lachlan, was the sixth chief of the Macleans. 
 He married a daughter of the Earl of Douglas. He was killed 
 at the battle of Ilarlaw, July 24th, 141 1. 
 
 7. Lachlan, Lachinn Bronnach, son of Hector, was the 
 seventh chief of the Macleans. 
 
MACLEANS OK GLENBARD. 
 
 8. Donald, son of Lachinn Hronnach, by a daut,'htt'r of the 
 Laird of Kingerloch, was the first Maclean of Ardgour. lie 
 married a daughter of Kwen Cameron of Lochiel, Koghan nan 
 Creach, by whom he had Kwen, Niall Han, and Iain Ruadh. 
 
 9. Kwen, son of Donald, was the second Maclean of Ard- 
 gour. lie married a daughter of Thomas Chisholm of Comar, 
 chief of the Chisholms, and had l)y her Lachlan, Allan, John, and 
 Hector. John was the first Maclean of Treshnish in Mull. He 
 was succeeded l)y his only son, Donald, who died without issue. 
 The Macleans of Treshnish were hereditary constables or keep- 
 ers of the Castle of Kernl)urgh in Mull. 
 
 10. Hector, fourth son of Kwen of Ardgour, was the first 
 Maclean of Blaich and Achnadale. He had three sons, 
 Donald, Ewen, and Hector. 
 
 11. Donald, eldest son of Hector of HIaich and Achnadale, 
 succeeded his cousin-german, Donald of Treshnish. He was 
 thus the third Maclean of Treshnish. He was known as Donih- 
 dall Dul)h a Chaisteil. He lived in the fighting days of Sir 
 Lachlan Mor of Duart. He was a hostage on the hands of 
 Angus Macdonald of Islay in 1587. He saved Mackenzie of 
 Kintail from falling into the power of his enemies in 1602. He 
 was married twice. Hy his first wife, a daughter of Macmartin 
 of Letterfinlay, he had Ewen, his successor. By his second 
 wife, a daughter of Macdonald of Moydart, Mac-Mhic-Ailain, 
 he had Eoghan Uaibhreach, who succeeded his grandfather in 
 Blaich ; John, Iain Odhar, of Achnadale ; and Lachlan. 
 
 12. Lachlan, fourth son of Domhnall Duhh a Chaisteil, was 
 known as Lachinn Eionn, or Fair Lachlan. He was 
 the first Maclean of Highnish in Tyree. The Ardgc.ur MS. 
 says that "he was a bold, resolute man, and very rich." He 
 had nine sons. 
 
 13. Ewen, one of the sons of Lachinn Fionn, had a son 
 named John. 
 
 14. John, son of Ewen, had a son named Donald. 
 
 15. Donald, Domhnall Og, son of John, had a son named 
 Lachlan. 
 
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 MACLEANS OF GI.ENBARD. 
 
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 16. Lachlan, son of Dt.naM Og, hnd a son named Charles. 
 
 17. Charles, son of Lachlan, had two sons, I<achlan and 
 John. Lachlan had a son named (iillespir. Cillespic, known 
 as (Jillcashic Laidir, and also as (Jilleasbic Crosda, was the 
 author of a few (Jaelic jHiems. He married Flora Maclean, by 
 whom he had John, Cillespic, Alexander, James, and Hector. 
 
 18. John, son of Charles, lived at Hodh in Tyree. He was 
 drowned near Mull. He was married, and left a son named 
 Allan. 
 
 19- Allan, only s(m of John, lived at Cnoc-Mhic-Dhughill, 
 at Caolas in Tyree. He married Margaret MacFailyen, by 
 whom he had Donald, Charles, John, Neil, and .NLary. He' was 
 about seventy years of age at the time of his death. 
 
 Neil MacFadyen, Niall Mac Dhomhnill Mhic Dhughill, 
 was married to a daughter of Neil Lamont, the author of a poem 
 which is puiilished in Clarsach na Coille at page 234. He had 
 four children, Donald, Neil, Alexander, and Margaret. Donald 
 and Neil settled in the township of Hrock in Ontario. Alex- 
 ander remained in Tyree. He had Hector and .Mary. Mar- 
 garet was married to Allan Maclean. 
 
 (I) Donald, Domhnall Cubair, eldest son of Allan Maclean, 
 lived at Uail'-a-phuill in Tyree. He married Mary .Macdonald' 
 by whom he had Margaret, Mary, Marion, Catherine, Ann, 
 Christy, Gillespie and John. He composed a few short poems. 
 He died in 1868, in the 98th year of his age. Margaret was 
 married to Neil Brown, Mary to Donald MacEachern, and 
 Marjon to (iillespic Macr'^ )„ 'd, Catherine was married to Colin 
 .Macmillan, who came t. Canada with his family in August, 
 185 1, and settled in Artemesia, near I'riceville, in Ontario. 
 Ann is living with the Macmillans in Artemesia. Christy was 
 married to John .Macleod, who emigrated with his family to 
 Australia. Gillespie died young. John married Marion Sin- 
 clair, by whom he had Lsabell, Mary, Catherine, Christy, (Gilles- 
 pie, Dougall, and Donald. He lives at Hnil'-a-phuill in Tyree. 
 (2) Charles, second son of Allan Maclean, married Mary 
 
MACLEANS OF OLENHAKD. 
 
 Lamont, by whom he had an only child, Allan. lie died about 
 iSii Allan married Mary Cameron, by whom he had two 
 sons and a dauj^hter. 
 
 (4) Neil, fourth son of Allan Maclean, succeeded his father 
 at Caolas in Tyree. He married Marion Macdonald, by whom 
 he had Mart,'aret, Ann, Neil, Charles, Isabell, Catherine, Flora, 
 Mary, and James. lie died alxjut •1847. Margaret was mar- 
 rieti in 1844 to (]illesi)ic Macdonald. Ann was married to Lach- 
 lan Maclean. Neil, Niall Og, succeeded his father at Caolas. 
 He is married to Flora Macfadyen, and has five children, 
 Christy, Neil, Mary-Ann, Alexander, and Marion, or Mora. 
 Charles married Ann lin.wn, by whom he had John, Christy, 
 Marion, Joanna, Catherine, Neil, and Hector. John died 
 young. Isabell was married to Dougall Maclellan, a nati%'e of 
 Islay. Catherine was married to Alexander Davidson, a native 
 of Lanarkshire. Mary was married to Lachlan Maclean. 
 James married Catherine Macdonald, by whom he has (me son, 
 Lachlan. 
 
 (5) Mary, only daughter of .Allan Maclean, married Rod- 
 erick Macdonald, at Caolas in Tyree, and had Allan, Lachlan, 
 John, Alexander, Marion, Charles, Catherine, Margaret, L=abell, 
 Duncan, and Lachlan. Allan left home in 1S40, and is sup- 
 posed to have been lost at sea. The first Lachlan died in 1841, 
 in the twentieth year of his age. Roderick Macdonald died in 
 July, 1883, at the advanced age of 103. 
 
 20. John, third son of Allan Maclean, was the well-known 
 Gaelic poet, Am Bard NLic-Gilleain. He was born at Caolas 
 in Tyree, January 8th, 1787. He married, July 19th, 1808, 
 Isabell Ulack. He came to Nova .Scotia in 1819. He settled 
 at Bail'-a-chnuic, in Barney's River, in the County of Pictou. 
 He removed to CJlenlnrd in the County of Antigonish in 1830. 
 He died January 26th, 1848. His poems, together with a 
 sketch of his life, will be found in Clarsach na Coille. 
 
 Duncan Black, Donnachadh Foirbheach, was a native of 
 Lismore. He was married twice. By his first wife, Elizabeth, 
 
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 MACLEANS OK OLENBARD 7 
 
 «laut;hter c.f J„hn Mackenzie, Iain Mac Dhughiil, he ha.l f.nir 
 daughters, Mary, fhristy, Isahell, an.l Catherine. I!y his sec- 
 ond wife, Catherine IJlack, he had Allan. Miles, (iillcspic, 
 D-.nald, and Ann. He live.l -luring several years after his first 
 marnage at (daic-Aoirisgendh in Appin, where Nfary, Christy, 
 and Isahell were horn. He returned .shortly after the birth of 
 Isahell to Lismore. lie died about 1839. Mary was marri-d 
 to Duncan Macfarlane at Meadar-Loch. .She died without sur- 
 viving issue in i86j. Christy died in OIn.sgow about 1S08 
 I.sabell was born in 17S6. .She lived two years in (ila.sgow. It 
 was there that she met the poet, and became his wife. She 
 <lied June sth, 1877. Cath.-rine was married to Hugh HIack in 
 L.smore, i,y whom she ha.l four s.ms, J<.hn, Duncan, .Miles, and 
 Donald. She died in 1865. Allan was married twice, and ha.l 
 Catherme, Ann, Mary, Christy, Isabell, Duncan, an<l Gillespie 
 Miles died at the age of twenty-two. Cillespic <lie<l unmarried 
 in 1861. Donald seltle.l in Creenock. He married a Miss 
 MacColi, and had Duncan, Johr^ .Mary, and Catherine. Ann 
 died about 1853. 
 
 Jolin .Maclean, the poet, had .six children, Christy, Charles, 
 (iillespic, John, Allan, rnd Kli7.ai)eth. 
 
 (I). Christy, the eldest of the poet's family, was born in 
 Tyree, December 25th, 1809. She was married in 1839 to John 
 .Smclair, by whom .she had Alexander-Maclean, named after 
 Alexander Maclean, Laird ot Coll. She died .March 7th, 1887 
 The ancestors of John Sinclair lived in Strath-Halladale in 
 the parish of Reay, which is partly in Caithness and partly in 
 Sutherlandshire. His grandfather had three sons and one 
 daughter, William, John, Donald, and Ann. William lived at 
 Kirkton in Strath-Halladale. He married a Miss Campbell 
 and had John, Colin, Alexander, Ann, Catherine, and Henri- 
 etta. Cohn was married and had Donald and others. Donald was 
 married and had Colin, Free Church minister at Invergordon 
 Alexander was a merchant in Thurso. He married a Miss 
 Waters, and had Benjamin, Alexander, David, and William, 
 
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 MACLEANS OF GLENBARD 
 
 and five (lauc;hters. Mr. Aiikl gives an account of him in his 
 interesting work, " Ministers and Men of the Far North," /rt'f^ 
 2^1. John, brother of William and Donald, married Jennet 
 Sinclair, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, William, 
 John, George, Christy, and Catherine. He lived first at Strath- 
 Ilalladale, and afterwards at Clachl)huail, near Bruhster in 
 Caithness. All his children were born in .Strath-Halladale. 
 John, his second son, came to Nova Scotia in 1831, and settled 
 in (loshen, in the County of (luysborough, near his maternal 
 uncle, Alexander Sinclair. William, (Jeorge, and Christy came 
 some years afterwards. Catherine remained in Caithness. She 
 was married to James Murray in Brubster. 
 
 John Sinclair came to Nova Scotia by the ship " Industry," 
 which left Cromarty, July 6th, 1831, and arrived in Pictou on 
 Sal)l)ath morning, October nth. He was married twice. Hy 
 his first wife, \farj' Inglis, he had three children. Jennet, John, 
 and George. By his second wife, Christy Maclean, he had one 
 child, Alexander- Maclean. Jennet was born December 1st, 
 1833. She was married to Robert Poison. John succeeded his 
 father in Goshen. He is married to Isabel, daughter of James 
 Ban Stewart. George lives at Lochaber, in the county of Anti- 
 gonish. He married Maria, daughter of John Inglis. 
 Alexander-Maclean lives at present in Belfast, Prince Edward 
 Island. He married, .August ist, 1882, Mary-Ann, only daugh- 
 ter of John Macrae Campbell, of East River, in the county of 
 Pictou, Nova Scotia. 
 
 (2). Charles, eldest son of the poet, was born in Tyree, July 
 24th, 1813. Me succeeded his father in Glenbard. He was 
 ordained to tiie eldership in the congregation of Harney's River, 
 December 24th, 1871. He died June 27th, 1880. He was 
 never married. He composed a few short poems. 
 
 (3). Gillespie second son of the poet, was born in Tyree, 
 May I2th, 1815. He lived near Marshy Hope, about two miles 
 and a half west of Glenbard. He married Catherine, daughter 
 of Donald Macphie, by whom he had Isabell, Mary, and Christy- 
 
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 MACLEANS OF GLENBARD. 
 
 Mary, his second daughter, lives 
 She is the authoress of the poems 
 
 Ann. His wife died young, 
 in Franklin, Massachusetts, 
 in this work. 
 
 Donald Macphie was a native of Lochaher. He was a ser- 
 geant in the first battalion of the 79th regiment. He settled, 
 some time after the battle of Waterloo, at Upper South River' 
 in the County of Antigonish. He was known as Domhnull 
 Mac Dhughill. He was married to Mary Cameron, Nighean 
 lam Mhic Alastair Mhic Iain Mhic Dhughill Mhic Dhtmihuill. 
 (4) John, third son of the poet, was born at Bail'-a-Chnoic, 
 Barney's River, August 2nd, 1820. He married, April 17th,' 
 1857, Margaret, daughter of Dr-^an Robertson, by whom he 
 had John, Alexander, Dunca., sabell, Allan-Robert, Ann- 
 Elizabeth, Christy, and Charles-Sinclair. He succeeded his 
 brother Charles in Cilenbard. 
 
 John Robertson came from Rainneach in Perthshire to Nova 
 Scotia about the year 1802. He settled in Piedmont Valley, in 
 the County of Pictou. He was married to Jennet Robertson 
 by whom he had Donald, Alexander, Duncan, Jennet, and 
 Elizabeth. Duncan was born in Rainneach in 1795. He 
 married Ann, daughter of William Gordon and Margaret 
 Matheson, and had John, Duncan, Alexander, Lewis, Margaret, 
 Dougall, William, Donald, Robert, and James. He died 
 August 9th, 1879. Margaret was born August 20th, 1827. 
 
 (5) Allan, fourth son of the poet, was born at Bail'-a-Chnoic 
 July 2nd, 1822. He lived at Harvey, New Brunswick. He 
 married Rebecca, daughter of Andrew Maclaughian and his 
 wife Jane Ewen, and had Rebecca, John-Andrew, William- 
 Henry, Charles- Archibald, Anthony-Smith, Jane- Ewen, and 
 Isabell-Black. He died, April 24th, 1871. Charles- Archibald, 
 his third son, died young. 
 
 (6) Elizabeth, the youngest of the poet's family, was born at 
 Bail'-a-Chnoic, April 28th, 1826. She lives in Glenbard. 
 
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 "OEMS BV „«v „^CLE.N. 
 
 «UEL DEATH HAS ENTERED 
 
 MOTHER. 
 
 Cruel death has entered. „.other, 
 
 And has snatched you from our side ■ 
 But in heaven we hope to meet you 
 When we too have crossed the tide. 
 
 And our hearts are dull and sore 
 Wuh our Saviour we shall find yo,' 
 When we too have reached tha'tXre. 
 
 Vou were always gentle, mother. 
 
 . ^y*'"" ^^ '^'•«"ght our childish cnre . 
 And we never had a sorrow ' 
 
 That you did not with us share. 
 
 Vou were always tender, mother. 
 
 When with sickness we were t ied • 
 Tlnnking not of self a moment, ' 
 
 Vou would never leave our side 
 
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 LEAN. 
 
 POEMS BY MARY MACLEAN. 
 
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 We will miss you sadly, mother, 
 But our loving Saviour said. 
 
 When he sent his angel for you. 
 It is I, be not afraid. 
 
 In my house are many mansions, 
 W'hich in love I did prepare ; 
 
 When you too have crossed the river, 
 Vou will find your mother there. 
 
 So we are not hopeless, mother, 
 For our trust is placed in God ; 
 
 'Tis in love that He afflicts us. 
 Let us bear the chast'ning rod. 
 
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 O MOTHER, DEAR MOTHER. 
 
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 O mother, dear mother, long years have gone by 
 
 Siflce last I was clasped in your arms. 
 And softly you sang me your lullaby songs 
 
 Which soothed all my griefs and alarms. 
 
 Vour face was then youthful, and lovely to see, 
 
 Unshaded by sorrow or care ; 
 The past had been kind, and br'ought nought but delight. 
 
 The future looked blooming and fair. 
 
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 POEMS BV MARY MACLEAN. 
 
 We h„,l, , """"^ ""seen i 
 
 A"cln,aJeo„.™ee,,no,he,, heir ten. 
 
 Vour body, dear mother Me, .rii • ■ 
 fo»^i<,,e„.„,^,'=J;J-;M,n.,e,..e, 
 
 Jiut your spir t, we know h ' 
 
 '^o, mother, dear mother «,«'m ■ 
 
 Where no one tha 17 ' ''^'^"'>' ^""^^' 
 ""c mat enters e'er dies. 
 
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 'LEAN. 
 
 " your love, 
 
 do, 
 ■ queen. 
 
 unheard, 
 ed so secure, 
 
 POEMS BY MARY MACLEAN. 
 
 United with you we will kneel to our Clod, 
 And thank him with hearts full of love 
 
 For guiding our feet through this weary, sad world 
 1 o mansions in heaven above. 
 
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 ave rolled on, 
 
 ue joy, 
 
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 lome. 
 
 A DEAR FRIEND HAS LEFT US. 
 
 A dear friend has left us and gone to his home, 
 To the mansions of glory, whence none shall e'er roam. 
 ^^e laul hmi to rest where the tall maples wave 
 And fondly, O fondly, we watched o'er his grave. 
 
 In life he was honoured and greatly beloved • 
 How dark seemed our fireside when he was ;emoved • 
 So vacant h,s chamber, so empty his chair ; 
 Ue knew we would never agam meet him there. 
 
 We miss him at noon and we miss him at night • 
 \\ e miss him when morn sheds her glorious light • 
 ^^ e miss him in pleasure, we miss him in pain 
 For we know such a friend we will ne'er meet'again. 
 
 His heart was so gentle, so true, and so brave 
 The wrongs that were done him he freely fr^rgave • 
 Resentment and malice his great soul despised, ' 
 While love, truth, and honour his noble heart prized 
 

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 POEMS BY MARY Macl 
 
 EAN. 
 
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 The Wcndle" :" . ij™"; .-'■"™ h. „,.», , 
 
 The weak a„,l Ihell '"' "=»""■" l>'"Ve,l , 
 
 ""^^'.vvuh money, and pray'r. 
 
 He ever was ready himself tn 1 
 Thnt r^iu • , """^eu to deny 
 
 I^e bore his misfortunes with , ... 
 
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 ^- niurmur escaped hin/w 2 T '"'"' -^'^ '^''^ '"^'^e ; 
 
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 ^^'^ HIGHLAND BARD. 
 
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 That they knew and loved so well 
 
 L.e Maclean the Highland poet ' 
 And his loved wife Isabell 
 
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 All around majestic mountains 
 Towering in their glorious pride 
 
 Watch in cahnness o'er the slumbers 
 Of the poet and his jjride. 
 
 In their youth they were united. 
 And their love was pure and true 
 
 When they stood l)efore the ahar 
 To repeat their marriage vow. 
 
 They were then both young and happy ; 
 
 He was manly, she was fair. 
 With what pride he gazed upon her 
 
 As she stood beside him there, 
 
 In her fresh, true, girlish beauty. 
 Like a rose at early dawn ;— 
 
 'Twas no wonder that the pott 
 Loved and chose her for his own. 
 
 Many years they lived together, 
 
 Happy in each other's love. 
 Till cold death removed the poet 
 
 To the realms of joy above. 
 
 Then with patience r,id submission 
 
 Worthy of her Christian life, 
 The bereaved one toile<l and laboured. 
 
 Trusting Jesus in the strife. 
 
 And she fought the battle bravely. 
 Leaning on her Saviour's arm, 
 
 Till at length old age o'ertook her, 
 Bending low her queenly form. 
 
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 On her be,, she lay in anguish, 
 -Sorely tr.ed with racking pain • 
 
 Vet no one had ever knowt,':;' 
 ^ er to „n.rmur or complain. 
 
 Vear by year she waited cahnly 
 
 ^or the message of her Kin/ 
 Which would end her ,nin nnt 
 
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 Death auast came near in pity 
 To her form so frai, and thin, 
 
 Threwh,s chilling arms around her 
 To set free the soul within ' 
 
 Now again she is united 
 
 VV,Uttl'?''''^"''W shore. 
 Wuh the husband loved so fondly 
 Never to be parted more. ^' 
 
 Their green graves are all now left us 
 Of the poet and his wife, 
 
 with Chnst we walk through life. 
 
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 TO MV AUNT CHRISTY. 
 
 You are growing old, dear aunty, 
 ^'our liriglu brow is lined with care, 
 
 \VhiIst your step is slow and feeble, 
 And there's silver. in your hair. 
 
 You were cjnce both young and happy, 
 
 Ves, the gayest of the gay ; 
 But the cruel waves of sorrow 
 
 Took your girlish joys away. 
 
 Yet you trusted in your Saviour, 
 With submission to his will ; 
 
 For you knew that He watched o'er you. 
 And could bid the waves be still. 
 
 You have toiled and sorrowed, aunty, 
 But 'twas not for selfish gain, 
 
 'Twas to clothe us little children, 
 And to soothe our childish pain. 
 
 \Ve have often been ungrateful, 
 ^ We have sometimes been unkind ; 
 Yet we hope you will forgive us, 
 And not call our faults to mind. 
 
 For we always loved you, aunty. 
 Though your care we can't repay ; 
 
 But we hope you'll be rewarded 
 In the coming judgment day. 
 

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 May the ioving, faithfu, Saviour 
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 '" "'^' '"■'«'^' «"<' happy ,and. 
 
 T^'^ to live an^iCst his riches, 
 There h,s gJory to I,eh.,lci ; 
 
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 One 'n,,e dear friend has left us 
 Thus one by one they go ; 
 
 One -re saint safe in ntaven. 
 lim one less here below. 
 
 One after one God calls th 
 
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 give them their reward ; 
 One after one they're leaving 
 fhe homestead in Ulenbard. 
 
 Now one more aged pilgri,,, 
 
 \V hose suis are all forgiv'n 
 ^^': Sone to l,e with Jesus, ' 
 
 To s,ng his praise in Heav'n 
 
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 While here she loved the Saviour, 
 And chose him for her own ; 
 
 His cross she Lore with patience, 
 hut now she wears the crown.' 
 
 The loss that we must suffer 
 
 Is her eternal gain ; 
 For now her hapi)y spirit 
 
 Is ever free from pain. 
 
 Among the bright immortals. 
 From joy to joy she goes ; 
 
 And never more remembers 
 Her earthly pain and woes. 
 
 So then instead of grieving, 
 We rather should rejoice, 
 
 And pray .hat God may fit us 
 Again to hear her voice. 
 
 And with her swell the chorus 
 On Canaan's happy shore, 
 
 Where death, and pain, and' parting 
 Can grieve us nevermore. 
 
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 Mrs. Christy Sinclair, the subject of the ab.v 
 March 7th. 1887. 
 
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 T.1IK PLFADINc; ORPHAN. 
 
 O gentle lady, pity 
 A lonely orphan hoy 
 
 Who has no wit or l)eaiity 
 To win your smile with joy. 
 
 My father and my mother, 
 They jjotb have gone away, 
 
 And left me poor anrj lonely 
 O'er this cold world to stray. 
 
 I'm often cold and hungry, 
 I'm often sick and sore, 
 
 As for a crust I, begging. 
 
 Must creep from door to door. 
 
 I seldom meet with pity, 
 I often meet with scorn ; 
 
 Some people think me heartless 
 Because not highly horn. 
 
 Why is it, gentle lady, 
 That I'm so poor and sad, 
 
 While you have plenty money, 
 And friends to make you glad ? 
 
 What have you done that's noble 
 
 To make God love you so ? 
 Pl'-ase tell me, gentle lady, 
 "•■»• r would try it too. 
 
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 If no one shall take pity 
 On my poor freezing feet, 
 
 fJefore another morning 
 I'll perish on the street. 
 
 His pleading voice fell lightly, 
 On the gay, thoughtless ear ; 
 
 They found him the next morning 
 In a dark alley drear. 
 
 His little head was pillowed 
 On the cold, icy, loam ; 
 
 But his poor broken spirit 
 At last had found a home. 
 
 An angel came at midnight 
 And bore him to that shore ; 
 
 Where the lone orphan outcast 
 Will want for love no more. 
 
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 I CVCE LIVED IN SCOTLAND. 
 
 I once hved m Scotland, the land of the free, 
 The land of all others that's dearest to me • 
 But fortune was fickle and did me repel ' 
 And sent me away fr-.m the land loved so well 
 
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 There father and mother both wan.Iere.I when youne • 
 There father to n.other her praises forth sung ; ' ' ' 
 The tale of h.s love in her ear he di.l tell, 
 NNhen no one was near them to l.reak the sweet spell. 
 
 And there in my childhood I rambled and roved 
 And played w.th the friends an.I companions I loved • 
 T ere w.ndered in youth with „.y winson,e, wee N ,' 
 ^^hose pure heart now sleeps in the grave's narrow cell. 
 
 There, too the brave warrior, all wounded and sore 
 I ell guard.ng his country to rise nevermore. 
 A .Scotchman his freedon. to no one will sell • 
 His enemies never his bold heart could quell.' 
 
 Though far I have strayed from the land of my birth 
 An.1 ., ,,red for years o'er the face of the ean ' 
 Ut fresh in „,y mind are her fountains and fells • 
 V^Hh thoughts of her grandeur my heart pro:d,y'sw.ll.s. 
 And when in this world all my labors are o'er 
 
 Pray c,rry„e back to the dear Scottish shore'. 
 And lay me to rest in some one of her dells 
 And over uiy grave plant her bonny blue bells 
 
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 FAREWELL TO .MULL. 
 
 Farewell, farewell, sweet Lsle of Afulj, 
 A last farewell from me ; 
 
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 For ere the sun sinks in the west 
 
 I sail upon the sea; 
 In lands unknown, unloved, aion^ 
 
 I'll fondly think of thee. 
 
 Farewell, my father and my fdend, 
 \\ hose words were always kw • 
 
 May life within me cease to throb, 
 Ere I dishonor you. 
 
 Who toiled so hard to earn my bread 
 t-re r to manhood grew. 
 
 Farewell, farewell, my mother dear, 
 Whose love has blessed my life ; ' 
 The thouirht of vnn n.ni i 
 
 ..,• ^ " ''^'-'-'P '"e pure 
 
 Mi'I pain, and toil, and strife ; 
 To heel your prayer will be my care 
 Though trials hard be rife. 
 
 Farewell, farewell, my clansmen kind, 
 „ ".'^"■^'^ hearts are brave and strong. 
 
 ^^"•^ honest pride I'll think of you 
 
 Who,only fear the wrong ; 
 And jealously I'll guard oi^r name 
 
 From every evil tongue. 
 
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 The vessel sails; my eyes grow dim 
 
 To see old Scotia's shore 
 Keceding slowly fr-.m niy sight 
 
 With all I lov'd of yore 
 
 Heav'n bless the couniry and the friends 
 I hat I shall see no more. 
 
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 HONNY BRIGHT-EYED LITTLE MAID. 
 
 lionny bright-eyed iittle maid, 
 ^^eet me in yon mossy glade ; 
 Pure and artless as a flower, ' 
 Meet me in the evening hour. 
 
 When the sun sinks in the west. 
 And the birds have gone to rest, 
 Loved one spend an hour with ine 
 "Neath the bonny linden tree. 
 
 There we'll plan for future years, 
 Plan for smiles but not for tears ; 
 Lifo will be one golden day, 
 Grief from us will flee away. 
 
 Soon, alas ! the trumpet's noise 
 Called away both men and boys. 
 And the maiden bade atlieu 
 To the bonny lad in blue. 
 
 Bravely fought he, bravely fell, 
 For the land he loved so well. 
 In a Southern grave he sleeps. 
 Whilst at h.jme his loved one weeps. 
 
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