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      Memoir Of The Rev. Alexander Waugh, D. D...

      was with difficulty induced to pursue his theological studies He did so however ; and the result wasj not that he reimqubhe 4 h ^ rfhitesRfi hyy but that his stern tutor was cured of his suspicions-of 5 hfc ycp ^ g lp s uissoundness : ¦ ¦ ; - ¦ ¦ . r r , :. ,, - , _ .. ; ,. _ . This was not all he had to suffer from the same quarter * When he was bound down with anxieties and fears ( from which such a mind and heart as his might and ought to have been exempt ) respecting his ' own qualifications for the sacred office for which he was designed , the tenderness of some kind friends was applied to sooth and encourage him . His Divinity tutor also wrote to = hira ; but we own that , whatever we may think oi" the ^ faithful freedom ^ for which our authors laud his epistle , we can see little of the tfl tender affection" which they also extol .

      ~ Dear Alexander , " The hint I heard concerning Mr . Blackball v exed me . I have written to him , and I hope he will be up at the Presbytery . I beg you will have all your trials ready . Cast your burdens on the Lord ; but beware of any attempt to slight what in Providence you are called to , otherwise the Lord may avenge it on you while you live . God makes our strength as our days are . Cast all your care on Him . I am far from thinking it a token that a man is

      not called ^ that he , when it comes to the point , is terrified . Christ got forty days of sad temptation before he was licensed to preach the gospel , Matt . ivo But if we will set God ' s time , the consequences are apt to be dangeroius . My advice to you is , to make a solemn surrender of yourself to God , before coming to the Presbytery . I hope the Lord lias let some of the wind out of you , that I thought was in yom when I rirst knew you . Beg of Him to fill its room with himself and his grace . " Yours affectionately .,

      " John Brown . —P . 74 . It seems to us that all the tenderness here is concentered in " Dear Alexander , " and " Yours affectionately . " Again , when the young man who might have been a treasure to the most enlightened congregation was trembling and hesitating about undertaking the charge of a little flock in the wilderness , his tender tutor writes ,

      " I know the vanity of your heart , and that you will feel mortified that your congregation is very small in . comparison with those of your brethren around you ; but assure yourself , on the word of an old man , that wlien you come to give an account of them to the Lord Christ , at hi & judgment seat 5 you will think you have had enough . "—P . 9 L

      We cannot resist the impulse to subjoin an anecdote which proves how different was Waugh ' s tone of feeling when what he said was influential as tG the word of an old man . " He was Chairman of the Committee of the London Missionary Society , and was much engaged in examining the candidates for missionary offices abroad . A young man , pious , zealous , and well recommended , stated on examination that he had ot \ e difficulty . He had an aged mother entirely dependent on an elder brother and' himself for support ; and , in case of that brother ' s death , he should wi & tvio te at liberty ito return * in order to protect his mother till h £ r deal !* ., A ha * $ h voice , immediately exclaimed , "If you love your rilotihet '^ lft ^ xiMiiJ tb ^ Lord Jesus Christ , you will not do for us . " The youag m 0 rij - ' ^ fi ats-tied arid confounded , was requested to retire while the committee bsmsid & fed ? Bis case - On his re-entrance , Dr . Waugh gently informed him l ¥ kt tlte « m » a uiittee could not accept his services on any conditioii'i n ^ lv ^^^ as to the term ; adding , v ; ; v-r

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1830, page 817, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121830/page/17/