Memorial No. 305
Surname(s)MARTIN
Memorial Type (1)5 Wall tablet
Number Commemorated 1
MaterialSolid Marble, Grey
StonemasonDAVID NESS EDINB.
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ
Condition of Inscription (4)1 Mint
Dimensions in mmH 1240 x W 1390 x D 90
Orientation (2)8
Faces Inscribed (2)8
Technique of InscriptionBlack lettering
Inscription 1
IN MEMORY OF
THE REV. JOHN MARTIN D.D.
WHO WAS ORDAINED IN 1793 TO THE MINISTRY AT STRATHMIGLO
AND TRANSLATED IN 1807 TO THIS PARISH
WHERE HE DIED 4TH SEPT 1837 IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
TO THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY HE DEVOTED THE ENERGIES OF A
Inscription 2
HIGHLY GIFTED MIND, STORED WITH SCRIPTURAL AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND DEEPLY IMBUED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE GOSPEL. HE WAS ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED BY CHRISTIANS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS, AND WHEN SUDDENLY CALLED TO REST FROM HIS LABOURS HE LEFT BEHIND HIM A PROFOUND VENERATION FOR HIS BENIGNANT DISPOSITION, HIS UNBENDING INTEGRITY, HIS SOLEMNITY AND FERVOUR IN DEVOTION, AND HIS FAITH AND PATIENCE IN AFFLICTION.
ERECTED
BY THE PARISHIONERS OF KIRKCALDY
A.D. 1839
THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.
PSALM CX11.6.
Notes

(1) : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
(2) : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
(3) : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
(4) : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed

Information recorded 03/08/1992 by R SHARP