A tribute by his father Allan Smith:
Andrew Macleod Smith MA (Hons) was a History graduate of Glasgow University.
He had suffered from severe clinical depression for eight years. During part of this time, he worked for the Christian charity Moral Re-Armament visiting the Nordic countries, the countries of Eastern Europe, Sudan and India.
In his good times, he could be the life and soul of the party with his songs and guitar and his wonderful sense of humour. He made many friends from across the world, helping some to find a faith. He took part in the British Arab University Association and hosted visits of groups of students from the Middle East to his beloved Scotland.
He wrote many poems in order to express his feelings at any particular time. They were often an outlet for the rage and frustration he felt about his illness, but also about the faith and hope which kept him going through it all. There was so much he wanted to do with his life, but his illness was too unbearable for him and he died on 24 October, 1995 aged 28.
He set many of his poems to music. They deal with faith and hope, love and war, as well as sadness and the hell of depression. A few are funny while for some, readers will have to find their own meaning.
