Tour Scotland Photograph David Black Gravestone

Tour Scotland photograph of the Reverend David Black gravestone in Kilspindie Churchyard, Perthshire, Scotland. Sacred to the memory of the Reverend David Black. Minister of this parish for 32 years, who died March 13th, 1850, aged 55. Last text. " And deliver them who through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to a bondage. "

The surname was popular in Scotland from the 15th Century. Adam Black of Edinburgh, born 1784, died 1874, was a publisher who acquired the rights to the Encyclopedia Britannica in 1827. No less than ten Coats of Arms were granted to families of this name. Those borne by Gilbert Black, Dean of the Guild of Aberdeen in 1672, depict a black saltire between a red mullet in chief and a red crescent in base, on a silver shield with a black chief. A demi lion proper is on the Crest, and the Motto, " Non Crux, sed lux ", translates as, " Not the cross, but its light. "



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