# John Finch (1848)

Leuchars Parish Church, Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1824.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/leuchars-church-cemetery/1824

```text
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN FINCH,
AGED 65 YEARS,
MASTER MARINER OF MALDON
ESSEX,
WHO WAS DROWNED
WITH A CREW OF FIVE OTHERS
IN ST ANDREWS BAY,
28TH JAN 1848.

THE NAME OF THE LORD
IS A STRONG TOWER
THE RIGHTEOUS RUNNETH INTO IT
AND IS SAFE. PROV. 18TH OF 10.
```

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

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