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THE MEMORY OF THE REV. DR WAUGH.

WHOE'ER thou art whose eye may hither bend,
If thou art human, here behold a friend.
Art thou of Christ's disciples? He was one
Like him whose bosom Jesus leant upon.
Art thou a sinner burthened with thy grief?
His life was spent proclaiming sin's relief.
Art thou an unbeliever? He could feel
Much for the patient whom he could not heal.
Whate'er thy station, creed, condition be,
This man of God has cared and prayed for thee.

Do riches, honours, pleasures, smile around?
He would have shown thee where alone is found
Their true enjoyment-on the Christian plan
Of holiness to God and love to man.

Are poverty, disease, disgrace, despair,
The ills, the anguish to which flesh is heir,

Thy household inmates? Yea, even such as thee
He hailed as brothers of humanity;

And gave his hand and heart, and toiled and pled,
Till nakedness was clothed and hunger fed;
Till pain was soothed, and even the fiend Despair
Confessed a stronger arm than his was there.

And ye far habitants of heathen lands,

For you he raised his voice and stretched his hands ;
And taught new-wakened sympathy to start
With generous throb through many a British heart;
Till wide o'er farthest oceans waved the sail
That bade in Jesus' name the nations hail,
And Afric's wastes and wildered Hindostan
Heard the glad tidings of "good will to man."

Such was his public ministry. And they
Through life who loved him till his latest day,
Of many a noble, gentle trait can tell,

That as a man, friend, father, marked him well :
The frank simplicity; the cordial flow
Of kind affections; the enthusiast glow
That love of Nature or his Native Land
Would kindle in those eyes so bright and bland;
The unstudied eloquence, that from his tongue
Fell like the fresh dews by the breezes flung
From fragrant woodlands; the benignant look
That like a rainbow beamed through his rebuke—
Rebuke more dreaded than a despot's frown,
For sorrow more than anger called it down;
The winning way, the kindliness of speech,
With which he wont the little ones to teach,

As round his chair like clustering doves they clung-
For, like his Master, much he loved the young.

These, and unnumbered traits like these, my verse Could fondly dwell upon; but o'er his hearse

A passing wreath I may but stop to cast,

Of love and grateful reverence the last
Poor earthly token. Weeping mourners here
Perchance may count such frail memorial dear,
Though vain and valueless it be to him

Who tunes his golden harp amidst the seraphim!

1827.

T. P.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION,

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION,

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION,

LINES TO THE MEMORY OF DR WAUGH,

CHAPTER I.

EARLY LIFE OF DR WAUGH.

Parentage of Alexander Waugh. Character and mode of life of

Scottish husbandmen of olden times. Change of manners.

His parents and their family. Education of Alexander for

the ministry. His early days. Earlstoun. Parochial schools.

Stitchell. Rev. George Coventry. Course of University

education prescribed by the Secession church. Prosecution

of his studies at Edinburgh-at Haddington, under the Rev.

John Brown-and at Aberdeen, under Doctors Campbell

and Beattie. Misgivings respecting his fitness for the mi-

nistry. Receives license, and proves highly acceptable as a

preacher. Rise of Wells Street congregation, London. Rev.

Arch. Hall. Ordination and settlement of Mr Waugh at

Newtown. Competing calls from London and Edinburgh,

and his final appointment to the charge of the Wells Street

congregation,

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CHAPTER II.

HIS MINISTRY IN WELLS STREET.

Mr Waugh's ministry in London. Visit to Scotland in 1783.

Private diary. His marriage. Ordination of Rev. Alexander

Easton. Intercourse with Rev. John Newton. Deliverance

from danger at sea. Address to the congregation on his ill-

ness. Visit to Scotland in 1806, for recovery of health.

Memorial on the Psalmody. Congregational addresses.

Accident at Clapton in 1823. Increasing infirmities. Let-

ters to old friends-youthful reminiscences. Letters from

Harrowgate. Funeral sermon on Rev. Dr Bogue. Delight

in ministerial duties. Kindness and liberality of his congre-

gation. Correspondence respecting an assistant. His last

public services. Character of his pulpit ministrations. His

lectures in Fetter Lane, &c. Congregational labours.

Anecdote. Non-interference in church secularities. Chris-

tian liberality,

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CHAPTER III.

HIS CONNEXION WITH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

Remarks on associations for the spread of the Gospel. Dr

Bogue's appeal. Co-operation of Dr Waugh in establishing

the London Missionary Society. His sermon on the second

anniversary of that institution. Notices of its proceedings,

from his correspondence. Journal of his tour to Paris in

1802. Missionary tours to various parts of England and

Ireland; letters. Interview with the Synod of Ulster. Let-

ters from Rev. Dr Baird. Tours in Scotland in 1815 and

1819; letters. Circular letter to brethren in Scotland. Ad-

dresses to Missionaries. Sketch of his character as a direc-

tor and associate labourer of the Missionary Society, Con-

nexion with the British and Foreign Bible Society. Speech

at the formation of an auxiliary association.
His support

of the Scottish Hospital, and of other philanthropic and cha-

ritable institutions. Anecdotes,

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CHAPTER IV.

HIS FRIENDSHIPS.

Extracts from his correspondence, with remarks, viz., Letters to

a youth at college—to a young friend in India—to another,

an emigrant to South Africa-to a friend ordained to the

ministry. Readiness to assist country ministers. Visitation

of the distressed and dying-anecdote. Letters of consola-

tion to a mother bereaved of her child-to a father on

the death of an only son-to a widowed mourner-to the

widow of a deceased friend-to a friend on the death of a

parent-to a friend distressed-to a friend dying. Address

at the funeral of Rev. Mr Townsend. To a friend under

misapprehension of his conduct. A good-humoured hint.

Ordinary correspondence. Reminiscences of early days.

Miscellaneous extracts.

Advice to a young lady.

humble old John Ker.

Descriptions of natural scenery.

Friendships with the high and the

His general character as a friend

and companion-urbanity-talent for anecdote-pleasantry

-aversion from evil speaking-modesty-letter-cheerful-

ness. Kindness to his predecessor's widow,

CHAPTER V.

HIS DOMESTIC CHARACTER.

Let-

Conjugal happiness. Character as a husband. Letters to his

wife. Conduct as a father. Letters to his daughters.

Habits of punctuality. His son Alexander: notice of his

death letters to him and to his widow. Paternal counsel

to one of his daughters and her husband on their marriage,

and afterwards. Letters to his daughter Jeane Neill, during

her illness. Short account of her illness and death.

ters 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 corre-

spondence-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 earlys cenes

and friends-patriotism-poetical imagination,

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