View of gravestone of John McCrea, died 1748. Digital image of B 4389/22.

Description View of gravestone of John McCrea, died 1748. Digital image of B 4389/22.

Date 1989

Collection Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 794761

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 4389/22

Scope and Content Gravestone of John McCrea and Margaret Campbell, St Columba's Old Parish Church and Graveyard, Kirkcolm, Dumfries & Galloway This gravestone features a large central figure intended to represent the figure of the deceased rising from their grave on the Day of Judgement, as angels of the resurrection sound trumpets in his ears. The main figure wears a crown, which symbolises the Crown of Righteousness awaiting the faithful in Heaven. The borders of the stone are filled with rounded forms perhaps intended to symbolise clouds. Scenes depicting believers rising from the dead on the Day of Judgement is common on many Scottish gravestones. The imagery is derived from the following text from I Corinthians 15: 51-2: 'Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed'. This gravestone commemorates John McCrea, who died in 1748, and his wife Margaret Campbell (Wives retain their maiden names on many Scottish monuments), who died in 1738. The stone is inscribed: 'Here lyes the Corps/of John McCrea in Milton who/died 1748 aged 80 years and/also the Corpse of Margaret/Campbell his spouse who died/1738 aged 72 years/My soul with expectation depends on God/Indeed My strength and my salvation'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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