Her silent obsequies* took place in the midst of a great multitude of weeping spectators, who crowded the chapel on this occasion. This heavenly grain was sown in weakness, but it shall be raised in power. It was sown in dishonour, but shall be raised in glory.

On the Lord's day after Lady Glenorchy's interment, two funeral sermons were preached in her chapel in Edinburgh, that in the morning, by the minister of the place, from Luke xii. 42-48. "And the Lord said, who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing; of a truth, I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath: but if that servant say in his heart, my Lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, the Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; but he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes; for unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." That in the afternoon, was preached by the then Professor of Divinity in the University, the Rev. Dr Andrew Hunter, from Psalms xii. 1. "Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.”

* See note, page 410.

Lady Glenorchy, ever mindful of the uncertainty of life, had for many years kept her will in readiness. The frequent changes which took place in her circumstances, however, required her repeatedly to alter it. On the 17th of February 1785, immediately on finishing the purchase of Matlock, she, by a separate deed, gave the house there, with its furniture, and the chapel, to the Rev. Jonathan Scott, and after him, to his wife, without limitation or restriction.

On the 26th of January, this year (1786,) she executed a trust-deed of her chapel and school-house in Edinburgh, to five gentlemen: Alexander Bonar, Banker; Andrew Hamilton, Deputy Comptroller of Excise; James Ogilvy, Deputy Receiver-General of the Customs; John Pitcairn, and Alexander Pitcairn, merchants; with full power to nominate their suc

cessors.

Lady Glenorchy left more than £30,000 in money. A will was found, regularly drawn, and executed at Bristol, dated the 6th day of December 1785, in which she made Lady Maxwell her executrix and residuary legatee, burdened with £5000 to the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowlege; the interest to be employed in supporting schools, and for other religious purposes, on the estates of Sutherland and Breadalbane, provided the noble proprietors gave due encouragement; or otherwise, to be employed for the general objects of the Society. £5000 to the Rev. Jonathan Scott, for the educating of young men for the ministry, and other religious purposes. To her mother, her aunt, and others, large legacies and annuties, besides a number of smaller ones, amounting to the half or more of her fortune.

Lady Glenorchy evidently intended to have made a new will. Memoranda and other papers found in her

494 her last requEST TO LADY MAXWELL. [1786.

cabinet after her death, prove distinctly that she had been preparing for it. In fact, the scroll of it, together with the stamp paper on which it was to have been written, were found, and she had actually appointed her attorney and his clerks to attend her for the execution of it the evening of the day on which she died.

This occasioned her executrix considerable trouble and expense, as some of the memoranda clashed one part with another, and yet by the gentlemen of the law were considered to have codicillary powers. Lady Maxwell, however, by much patience and labour, adjusted the whole to the satisfaction of all parties.

Lady Glenorchy had left a sealed letter addressed to Lady Maxwell to be delivered after her death, requiring her to finish Hope chapel at Bristol-wells, and to aid those of Carlisle, Workington, and her other chapels and institutions, which she did, and not long before her death, had completely exhausted all the funds Lady Glenorchy left.

Lady Alva survived her daughter more than twenty years, and Miss Hairstanes died only three or four years ago.

A neat marble slab has been placed at a considerable height, directly above the pulpit in her chapel in Edinburgh, on which is the following inscription

In Memory

OF

THAT MOST EXCELLENT LADY,

WILLIELMA MAXWELL,

VISCOUNTESS GLENORCHY.

Few characters in the religious world were better known, or more universally and justly respected. Her many amiable personal qualities, and superior understanding, improved by education, genuine religion, reading, and experience, greatly endeared her to her numerous acquaintances, her family, and select friends.

And

this house, with several other places of worship in Scotland and England, founded by her, together with the large sums she bequeated to the Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge, will be a lasting monument how much she had at heart the glory

of the Redeemer,

and the best

interests of mankind.

She died July 17, 1786, aged 44.*

Her remains are deposited in the centre of this chapel. This monument was erected as a tribute of respect, by her executrix,

LADY MAXWELL.

* This inscription in the former edition of this book is an exact copy of that on the monument, which was executed in London, and from some cause not now known, the sculptor erred both with respect to the time of her death and her age. This line therefore is altered, to make it consistent with the account given of these in the work, and which is the truth with respect to these circumstances.

Lady Glenorchy's friends, after her death, expressed a wish to have her picture engraved; but although there was one in Lady Sutherland's house in George'ssquare, painted in Italy, in which she is represented as playing on a lute, it bore no resemblance to the original. There is another in the hall of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge: this was painted by Martin, at the particular request of the Directors; but as he had no personal knowledge of her Ladyship, and therefore drew from imagination and the description of her person which he obtained from others, he did not, as indeed it was impossible he could, succeed. On this account, the wish of her friends could not be gratified.-It matters not: her likeness can never be effaced from the memory of those who knew her; and those who knew her not, may discover the features of her mind, and the dispositions of her heart, in the lasting productions of her beneficence and piety, as long as they shall endure; for,

The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

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