DOW, Donald, Rev (1879-1955)
Assembly memorial minute 1955
Born at Abbotsford, Victoria, on 31 st December, 1879.
Ordained at Lakes Entrance in October, 1910.
Charges: Mirboo, from 1912 to 1915; Mansfield, from 1915 to 1918.
Served as Chaplain to the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, and later as an education organiser in Egypt, during the first World War.
Tallangatta, from 1920 to 1923; Sunbury, from 1923 to 1931.
Padre with the Australian Inland Mission, from 1931 to 1935.
Maffra, from 1936 to 1946; Murchison, in 1946: resigned in 1952.
Died on Sunday, 19th June, 1955.
Mr. Dow acquired a profound knowledge of Assembly rules and regulations and was zealous in their implementation. He was active in Presbytery and Assembly. For many years he served as a member of the Kilmany Farm Home Committee, even until a few weeks before his death.
Mr. Dow was a faithful servant of his Lord and was zealous in the preparation and exposition of the evangel of Jesus Christ. Throughout his pastorates the people knew him as a brother among them.
He was a minister emeritus within the Presbytery of Melbourne South.
To Mrs. Dow, her son and daughter, the Assembly tender sincere sympathy.
Gender
- Male