Webster, p.p., Foreign Mission Secretary of the United Free Church, occurred suddenly in a nursing home, Edinburgh. Dr. Webster was a and notable figure in missi circles in Scotland Torn in 1854 at Auchintoul, in Banffshire, he was educated at the School, Aberdeen, For time he engaged in busines his interest in foreign mii work became so keen that he decided to devote his life to that "cause. He took his Arts course at Glasgow University,—where he met Dr. Dugald Christie, then preparing for the mission field, whose influence strengthened' his purpose. He studied in the Free Church College, and after being licensed became assistant to Dr. Wilson, of the Barclay Church, Edinburgh, where he did admirable work. When Dr. Christie was appointed to Manchuria by the Foreign Mission Board of the United Presbyterian Church, he pointed out the importance of having a clerical colleague with whom he could work—in sympathy, and suggested that Mr. Webster might be. selected. Dr. Webster was accordingly appointed—a gift of the Free Church to the sister communion. Both missionaries sailed in October, 1882, and were closely associated in the succeeding years. Mr. Webster possessed the gifts of a warm heart, a burning zeal, and a catching enthusiasm, and although he encountered many difficulties and hardships, he won his way into the affection of the Chinese, and drew even the most hostile elements in the country to him. He had a large share in the organization and the work-
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