DISTRESSING OCCURENCE IN A GLASGOW CHURCH.

Evening Star, Issue 3861, 9 July 1875, Page 2

DISTRESSING OCCURENCE IN A GLASGOW CHURCH.

(From the Scotsman.)

A scene of a peculiarly painful nature took place in the M‘Donald Free Church, Maitland street, Glasgow, yesterday. In the absence of the pastor (the Rev. Mr iM'lver), the pulpic was occupied in the forenoon by the Key. 'W’itliain Hose, of the Free (Jhnrch, Poolewe, Jtio s-sliire, The rev. gentleman had just finished bis sermon, and was about to give out a psalm, wbeu his voice suddenly faltered, and iu subdvud tones’ be exclaimed, “ I'be hand of the Lord is upon'me. I cm proceed no further." Hp, however, jyas able to give out the psalm, but had t-caroely finished doing so when he swooned away, and fell down into the pulpit seat. Dr Ross one of the members of the church, immediately ran up the pulpit stairs, and found Mr Ross in a state ot unconsciousness. Several of the members went up to the pulpit, and' with their assistance Mr Rose was carried to the vestry, A. cab was at once procured and he was conveyed in an unconscious condition to the bouse of Mr ft Wen M‘Kenzie, ifilmgrove Place. During the painful proceeding it will be readily conceived that the congregation were thrown into a state of distressfog excitement, and the services were at onoe brought to a conclusion. Professor Gardner and Drs Came/on and Ross were without delay summoned to attend on Mr Rose, They found that he had suff red a shock of paralysis on the right side, which had extended all over his li idy Fiom the time he wa< carried out of the pulpit he never spoke, and after for srmi hours in vlr M'Kenzie’s house in a quite unconscious state, he died at half-past seven o’clock. Mr Hose came to Glasgow on Tuesday in the enjoyment of perfect health. He addressed a meeting in the Free Gaelic Church on Saturday. and was quite well when he entered the pulpit yesterday. He was a native of mgissie, ‘nveruess-ehiie, where be was "® r 111 1822. After discharging the dutie* of so oolmaster at Lochgilphead for many years he c.itne to Glasgow, underwent a course of -Indies at the Fr e ( hurch Divinity Hall, and in 1864 he was ordained, a ,. 1 6ceiv ed a call to the Free L’huroh at in the Presbytery of Dunoon and Inverarv. About two year- afterwards he was elected pastor ef the Free Church of roo ewe, in the Presbytery of Lochcarrou, in which charge he labored with great acceptance till the time of his death. The deceased had entered his fifty-third year, and was a widower. His remains were interred in the Grange Cemetery.