MILLAR, James Galbraith, Rev. (1855-1919)
Assembly memorial minute 1919
The Rev. James Galbraith Millar was born at Duns, Scotland, in 1855. Educated at the town college, he was afterwards articled to a writer of the Signet in Glasgow. In this period he heard the call of God to the Christian ministry. When he had completed his course in the University of Glasgow, and in the United Presbyterian Church Theological Hall, at Edinburgh, he came to Australia, and was accepted by the Church of New South Wales.
In 1888 he was ordained and inducted to the charge of Tumberumba. In 1892 the Corryong (Vic.) charge called him to be their minister, and so was he esteemed and loved that portion of his old charge transferred themselves with him.
Five years later he was invited to Fingal, Tasmania, where he laboured for 22 years with that earnestness and simplicity of soul that gave him an appeal to men of varied temperaments, education and position.
For nine years prior to his death, on June 16, 1919, he was Clerk of
the Midlands Presbytery. He was loyal to the claims of the Church, and gladly gave of his time and gifts in her courts and committees. To the men of the ministry he was a true brother.
To his congregation he was a tenacious friend and exceedingly faithful pastor. He has left his mark on the district that he served, having witnessed to the beauty of the Christian religion by a sincere, straightforward, and manly life of helpfulness.
To his widow, who for 22 years presided over the delightful hospitality of the Fingal Manse, the Assembly conveys its high appreciation of her noble partner, and its deepest sympathy in her great sorrow and loss.
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