SMITH, JOHN GIBSON (1862-1933) was born at Kilmarnock, Scotland, and educated at King's College, Aberdeen, and the Edinburgh United Presbyterian Hall. In 1887 he came to New Zealand, and he was for seven years in charge of St Stephen's, Dunedin, for nine years at First Church, Invercargill, and for 14 years at St Andrew's Church, Wellington. Retiring owing to indifferent health, he was appointed to the Eastbourne church, where he laboured for 16 years. Smith was an eloquent preacher, and was the author of Christ and the Cross and a theological poem Eden and After. He married a sister of the Rev James Gibb, and died on 23 Apr 1933. A son, DAVID STANLEY SMITH (1888-) became a judge of the Supreme Court.

The Dominion, 23 Apr 1933.

Reference: Volume 2, page 159

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