Therefore Jesus also, that He might [a]sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. ( Hebrews 13:12-16 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after `the city' which is to come. 15 Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. New King James Version / NKJV) Outwith the Camp - Alex Murdo Macleod Very Rev Alex Murdo Macleod (Gaelic name Ailig Murchadh Macleoid[1]) (1932–2006) was a 20th century minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1994/95. In 1992 he helped to establish a non-denominational nursing home in Stornoway: the Bethesda Nursing Home and Hospice. He was born at Ranish on the Isle of Lewis on Boxing Day 26 December 1932, the son of Murdo Macleod and his wife, Catherine Mackinnon. His mother died while he was still an infant and he and his younger brother were raised by their grandmother. He was educated locally then went to the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway. In 1950 he was obliged to serve his National Service and served in the Fleet Air Arm. In the mid 1950s he worked for British Aluminium at Kinlochleven and then became involved in several hydro-electricity schemes in the Highlands. He then studied Economics at the West of Scotland College of Commerce and the University of London, graduating BSc. During his time as a student he attended the Partick Highland Free Church under Rev Malcolm Morrison. Mainly due this experience he felt called to a life of devotion, particularly in the Free Church of Scotland. He retrained at the Free Church College in Edinburgh graduating in 1963. He was ordained into the parish of Kinloch on his native Isle of Lewis in 1963 where he remained all his life. In 1994 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly the highest position in the Free Church of Scotland. He retired to Leurbost in 1997 and died of Parkinson's disease on 26 June 2006.