OBIT: John Molson DEPUTIE, 1877, of interest in Mifflin County, PA

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African Repository
January 1878

DEATH OF A MISSIONARY.

  John Molson Deputie fell asleep in Jesus at his station in Liberia, July 
29, 1877.  He was the fourth of eight children of Charles and Mary Ann Deputie, 
and emigrated to Liberia with his parents twenty-four years ago.  He was born 
in Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pa., July 31, 1842.  In 1868, as a licentiate 
of the Presbytery of West Africa, he entered upon his life-work as a 
missionary at New Tom's Station near Marshall.  The following year he was 
ordained, and married Miss Frances A. Wilson.  With his heart in the work he 
persevered, and a flourishing station is the result of his ten years' labor.  
Among the first that he prepared for usefulness are several native youths now 
completing their studies at Lincoln University.  Besides his many relatives, 
and the boys and girls who were under his care, the section of country where he 
lived and a large circle of friends mourn his loss.  The Presbyterian church, 
in Liberia has lost a host in the death of this devoted and pious Christian 
minister.  He preached on Sabbath, July 8th, from his text, "Thy statutes have 
been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage," (Psalms 119,54).  This was 
remarkably true of him. - The Presbyterian

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Additional Comments:
John Molson Deputie's mother was Mary Ann (Molson) Deputie of Lewistown.

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