# Rev Adam Blair (1779–1842)

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1635.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/tayport-auld-kirk-cemetery/1635

## Face 1

```text
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE REV. ADAM BLAIR
MINISTER OF THE [?]
CHURCH FERRY-PORT-ON-CRAIG.
HE WAS BORN [?]
IN THE PARISH OF [?] AND DIED
[25TH?] NOV [1840?] IN THE 61 YEAR OF HIS AGE
[?] OF HIS MINISTRY

[?] WITH THE SPIRIT OF TRUE CHRISTIANITY
HE APPROVED HIMSELF AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND, AND A FAITH FRIEND
WHILE HE DISCHARGED THE DUTIES OF A
CHRISTIAN PASTOR, WITH UNTIRING FIDELITY.

HE LEAVES BEHIND HIM WORKS,
WHICH WILL LONG REMAIN TO SERVE HIS
MASTER, AND EDIFY THE CHURCH
WHILE FROM THIS TOMB, HE CONTINUES TO
PREACH IN FAR LOUDER ACCENTS, THAN
THOSE OF A LIVING VOICE, BESEECHING
MEN IN CHRISTS STEAD, TO BE RECOURILED
UNTO GOD.

HIS SURVIVING PARTNER ERECTED
THIS AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
O DEATH, WHERE IS THY SLING!
O GRAVE, WHERE IS THY VICTORY!
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/fife/tayport/auld_kirk_cemetery/monument/image/S7002367_side1.JPG)

## Face 1

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ALSO ELIZABETH HENDERSON
[?] OF THE LATE REV. ADAM BLAIN
WHO WAS BORN IN NINE WELLS JULY [1779?]
AND DIED [?] JULY [1842?] AGED 63 YEARS
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/fife/tayport/auld_kirk_cemetery/monument/image/S7002367_side2.JPG)

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

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