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happiest order! His wit, his genius, his nationality, his general knowledge of men and things, were all consecrated to the good of those with whom he associated. There was a port and bearing about his mind which constituted him a master-spirit wherever he went; and yet all his intellectual qualities were so blended with the exercise of the heart, and with the lovely graces of Christianity, that every one who knew him was ready to claim him as a father and a friend."

We shall close this account of his friendships by stating the interest he took in the widow of his predecessor. Some ministers are jealous of the fame of those who went before them, and regard every eulogy of their talents and exertions as a disparagement of their own, and every thing done for the comfort of their families as an invasion of the funds which should be appropriated entirely to their own support: but so different was the conduct of Dr Waugh, that he delighted to allude to the excellencies of the Rev. Archibald Hall, led his congregation to the comfortable support of his widow, during the many years that she survived him, and paid her every personal attention of respect and kindness. It was judged fit that there should be an annual collection for her benefit; and on these occasions he exhibited her claims to their kindness with much delicacy and tenderness. We are happy to lay before the reader an intimation which he wrote out for this collection, that it might be read by the minister who was to officiate for him during his illness. It is a wellmerited tribute to the character of Mr Hall, and a most touching statement of the claims of his widow.

"Intimation has been already made that on this day the annual contribution will be made for the support of the aged widow of the former pastor of this church. Her husband's character as a faithful pastor and an able author is well known, and hath been long duly appreciated in the churches of the saints. He industriously employed the vigour of his faculties and the prime of his days in forming and organising this congregation, which he cherished with a father's tenderness, and strengthened by an exemplary life and a triumphant

death. His official situation put it out of his power to make any provision for the support of his widow. He left her behind him in the exercise of firm faith in the care of Providence, the love of relations, and the fostering liberality of the church. His confidence was not misplaced, since, during the long space of two-and-thirty years (during which period she has undergone the sad privations of a husband's care, tenderness, and sympathy), her trials have been alleviated by the kind counsels, and her wants supplied by the unwearied beneficence, of his beloved people.

“The pressure of the times, with the growing wants and infirmities of age, approaching to fourscore, will be felt by good men, and by the considerate and humane of her own sex, as powerful inducements to swell the stream of their liberality, which may be never required again to nourish her withered vineyard. It is a work of goodness, your minister firmly believes, most acceptable to God, closely connected with your own individual felicity and fair character. The recollection will be pleasing on the bed of death; and the kindness shown to a disciple in her peculiar circumstances will be admitted in evidence of your faith in the divine Redeemer by himself on his tribunal, in the face of the assembled world.

"These thoughts your minister affectionately submits to your consideration, more from a sense of the duty incumbent on himself, than from any fear of their being necessary on your part. Minds taught of God to love one another, need only, as the apostle expresses it, to be gently stirred up by way of remembrance.' There is an energy in the principles of Christianity, especially in redeeming love, which will soften every bosom into sympathy, and make the sympathising bosom ready for every good work."

CHAPTER V.

HIS DOMESTIC CHARACTER.

Conjugal happiness. Character as a husband. Letters to his wife. Conduct as a father. Letters to his daughters.

Habits of punc

letters to him, daughters and

Letters to his

tuality. His son Alexander: notice of his death
and to his widow. Paternal counsel to one of his
her husband on their marriage, and afterwards.
daughter Jeane Neill, during her illness. Short account of her
illness and death. Letters to his sons: counsel to one of them on
his entering the University. Family gatherings. Letter. Sketch
of his domestic character and habits, by one of his daughters:
kindness to the poor-hospitality-commissions and correspond-
ence-strict sense of duty-course of Sabbath duties-personal
economy-cheerfulness-miscellaneous notices. Sketch by one
of his sons his nationality-description of a tent preaching-
Stitchell Brae-recollections of early scenes and friends-patriot-
ism-poetical imagination.

It is in a man's dwelling that his heart is seen, and his conduct there is the best test of gentleness and kindness. The charity that blazes in public, and the wit that charms the social party, are sometimes conjoined with fretfulness and severity at home; but when the heart reserves for home its best attentions and its sweetest smiles, we see in it the power of love, and are confident that the suavity which delights abroad is the expression of a kindliness sincere and steady. Amiable as Dr Waugh appeared in every circle in which he mingled, he was seen to the greatest advantage at home, for there his heart opened in all its tenderness.

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He was exceedingly happy in his domestic relations. his surviving partner, delicacy forbids our paying the high tribute her merits deserve; but we may be allowed to state,

that God had given her a vigour of mind, a prudence, and a sagacity, excellently suited for the duties to which she was called. To rear a family in London on an income narrow as her's was for many years, was a task to which many would have been found unequal; but she fulfilled it admirably. Her children were reared and educated with a respectability suitable to their father's character and profession; and all his lessons were seconded by her counsels, endeared by her example, and cherished by her prayers. To her husband's comfort she ministered with a zeal that never slumbered, and with a kindliness which seemed to increase as his infirmities required it. When from home her image was his constant companion; and amidst the toils and anxieties of his varied duties in London, he leaned on her ever as his best earthly stay. His letters to her breathe the spirit of refined yet manly tenderness, and evince the most entire confidence in her prudence and care, and the fullest consciousness of their union in those feelings and hopes which shed over affection and over home the happiest influences of religion. There is a delicacy in these effusions of his heart which shows its gentleness and purity, and a sprightliness and ease which evince that he felt how safely his soul might trust in her. Letters of this description, though valued by the possessor as a most precious treasure, are not adapted for the public eye; and we shall therefore select from them only a few passages in order to illustrate this part of the writer's character.

In one of his letters, written from Berwick in 1792, he describes an excursion he had taken to his native place :—

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"As the day was warm, we did not leave o'clock. We got to Cornhill at seven. At this village we left the Tweed on our right hand; and turning south, rode over a charming country, passing by Flodden Field (the scene of a most disastrous event to the arms of Scotland in 1513). Our conversation was to me very pleasing, as it gave to — an opportunity of discovering his acquaintance with elegant writing, and the history of former times. We talked together of the

good La Roche, of Uncle Toby, of Shenstone, and others; and found our hearts warmed with the love of nature and of goodness. The evening was serene and cool; the road is winding, and at every step new objects present themselves to the eye. The hills, which are scattered on the north of the mountain of Cheviot, and which are all green and smooth, and covered either with corn or flocks of sheep, arose in all their lovely diversities before us. When we came to the Beaumont Water, along the side of which we rode for several miles to Yetholm, the sun had set for nearly an hour; and the full moon, on our left, began to appear on the brow of the hill, in colour and magnitude very like the bale-fires which, in ancient days, were lighted up to give the alarm of the incursion of the Borderers; but very different sensations now filled our minds, and the most solemn stillness prevailed. The Sabbath morning was misty, and when I looked out at the window I beheld a scene truly Ossianic ;the east wind rolling the mist before it over the face of the hills, which rose majestically before us. The day was warm; but, by the attention of the elders in making the meeting-house as cool as possible, I was less incommoded than I feared. The only thing that hurt my mind was the imprudent conduct of a few of the people, who had come over to hear me. We preach against these tempers, and feel their stinging power when they are exercised on ourselves, and should with equal warmth oppose them when they injure the peace of others.

"On the Monday we went to Caldron-brae. My brother was very kind; but the recollection of a parent who could welcome me no more, rushed upon my mind, and occasioned the most uneasy night I ever spent there. I rode up to Gordon, and visited the graves of my parents, the cottage where I was born, the springs where I used to drink when tending my father's cattle, and the cairns where I have sheltered myself from the summer's shower. My mind was transported back to the scenes of infancy and youth, and I started at the thought that I was a man, had a family, and was stationed four hundred miles distant from these muirland but beloved abodes. I thought of you, my heart felt delighted and grateful for the gracious appointments of Providence. I took the liberty to present your namesake with a crown piece from you, which was received with a hundred times more thankfulness than its value entitled it to. "By a letter from Mr I learn that the God of peace

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