# John Bethune (1839–1888)

Abdie Churchyard Cemetery, Abdie, Fife, Scotland. Stone 97.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/abdie-churchyard-cemetery/97

## Face 1

```text
JOHN BETHUNE
DIED SEPTEMBER 1ST 1839
AGED 27 YEARS.

THIS IS A PLACE OF FEARS THE
[?] EYE
HATH QUAIL'D TO SEE ITS SHADOWY
DREARINESS;
BUT CHRISTIAN HOPE AND HEAVENLY
PROSPECTS HIGH.
AND EARTHLY CARES AND NATURE'S
WEARINESS.
HAVE MADE THE [?] PILGRIM
CEASE TO FEAR.
AND LONG TO END HIS PAINFUL
JOURNEY HERE.
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/fife/abdie/churchyard_cemetery/monument/image/S7000746a.JPG)

## Face 2

```text
ALEXANDER BETHUNE
DIED FEB. 1888.
AGED 79.

ALISON CHRISTIE
RELICT OF
ALEXANDER BETHUNE
DIED [?] 21. 1840
AGED 74.
```

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## Face 3

```text
[?]
JOHN [?]
OF HIS BROTHER
ALEXANDER BETHUNE
[?]
[?]
[?] 1843. AGED [?]
[?]
```

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## Face 4

```text
1841
ERECTED
BY THE LAST MEMBER
OF A FAMILY
TO MARK THE SPOT WHERE
THE [?] OF AN ONLY
BROTHER [?]
```

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Square brackets mark uncertain readings. The title is guessed from the inscription.

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