WALLACE, W. C., Rev, M.A. (1835-1912)
Assembly memorial minute 1912
The Rev. W.C. Wallace, M.A., was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and ordained in 1864, and served the Church at Staffordshire Reef, at Batesford, and Moorabool, and afterwards at Branxholme. In the time of stress, he became the founder of the most successful village settlement, which bears his name—Wallacedale. The Church placed him in her place of honours in 1899; he retired in 1906, and died in West Australia in 1912.
Mr. Wallace was a man of fine character, of striking individuality, and of more than average intellectual gifts. He was robust in person, fearless as a thinker, a lover of truth and sincerity, well abreast of the thought of the day, thoroughly in touch with the social side of Christianity, and able to show the bearing of the Gospel upon the needs of men and women in our own time. Being thoroughly acquainted with the Bible, and in touch with the most advanced modern thought, he was eager to show that there need be no conflict between Science and Religion, when both are properly understood. The district around Hamilton and Branxholme, where the best part of his life was passed, holds his name in grateful remembrance, and all who knew him will ever honour his memory. He never lost interest in our Church and its work, and was friend and counsellor to not a few younger Ministers.
As his life had been joyful service, so his death was perfect peace. Our Church mourns his removal and records its sympathies with his bereaved widow and family.
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