., ; - ‘% Rev. Frank Lacey Rev. Fraser MacDonald Courtesy Mrs. F. Lacey Courtesy Rev. F. MacDonald

Rev. J. Elmer MacLean Rev. John Fos ter Courtesy Rev. J .E. MacLean Courtesy Dr. W. Foster

and uprightness of character Equivocation was abhorrent to him. As a writer he had few equals .. while as a student of theology he had a high standing among his clerical colleagues. It is said that many of his brother ministers, when troubled in the interpretation of a biblical passage, would come to him for help and in his own unique way he would expound to them the true meaning and correct exposition of the Word. Strong in exegesis, he maintained a careful study of the Scriptures to the very last. The latter years of his study were especially devoted to the study of Paul’s writings, which, to use his own words, ‘were the most intricate, abstruse and difficult of com- prehension in the English language’.

Here is another tribute to the Rev. James Allan: As might naturally be expected from the sound and highly intellectual character of Mr. Allan’s pulpit teaching, the Presbyterians of Covehead and

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