Inscription
"Erected by the United Presbyterian Presbytery of Dunfermline, 1876" and on the east end there is the following text of Scripture, which was on the former stone:
"Remember them which had the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the Word of God; whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation; Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and forever" (Heb. xiii. 7, 8).
The south panel bears the following inscription:
In memory of the Rev. RALPH ERSKINE; born 18th of March, 1685;ordained a Parish Minister of Dunfermline 11th August, 1711; left the Established Church and joined the Secession, 18th February, 1737. He was Minister of Queen Ann Street Church from the formation in 1740 till his death in 1732, in the 68th year of his age, and 42ndof his Ministry."
The panel on the north side has on it the following inscription :—
"In memory of the Rev. JOHN SMITH, Minister of the Gospel, first at Jedburgh, afterwards in Dunfermline, who died 7th December, 1780, in the 58th year of his age, and the 36th of his Ministry.
Also, in memory of the Rev. JAMES HUSBAND, D.D., Minister of the Gospel in Dunfermline, who died 17th May, 1821, in the 70th year of his age, and 46th of his Ministry.
And of the Rev. ROBERT BROWN, Minister of the Congregation of St. Margaret's; ordained 17th May, 1826; died 19th April, 1828, in the 30th year of his age, and the 2nd of his ministry."
(“The Annals of Dunfermline and Vicinity from the Earliest Authentic Period to the Present Time AD 1069-1878”, by Ebenezer Henderson LLD, p 704)
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