Page:Elegy on the much lamented death, of the Rev. Mr. Thomas Monteith, late Minister of the Gospel in Dunse, who departed this life the 22d of May, 1787.pdf/2



Rev. xiv. 13. ''Bleſſed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth yea. ſaith the Spirit; that they may reſt from their labours, and their works do follow them.''

USTLY Lamented is the death,

Of that good man Thomas Monteith:

Great loſs it is unto his flock,

Yet they muſt yield unto the ſtrock.

He's been their Paſtor fifteen years,

But now left them to mourn in tears:

Death ſuddenly ſnatch'd him away,

And left him lifeleſs as the clay.

Amongſt his flock there hangs a gloom,

Till they get one to fill his room:

Let all their pray'rs to God aſcend,

That he may a good Paſtor ſend.

The loſs is great which they ſuſtain,

Yet it's to him the greateſt gain:

But ſince it is the will of God,

Submit they muſt unto his rod.