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admired as an original, powerful, and rational preacher. His 
diftinguifhed abilities, great integrity, goodnefs of heart, and 
agreeablenefs of manners, now procured him the friendfhip 
and confidence of feveral other perfons, who afterwards became 
celebrated in the republic of letters; and, about this time, a 
particular incident occurred, which was an earneft of that ge- 
nerofity of mind, for which he was afterwards fo remarkable. 
Mr Oswa.p, who was now making a figure in public life, had 
remained his firm friend, and had promifed to beftow on him 
the firft living in the Church he fhould be able to procure. 
The parifh of Kennoway, in Fife, became vacant, and at the 
difpofal of Mr Oswatp ; but Mr Dryspate having heard, that _ 
his friend was embarrafled by a certain political connection, 
which made it extremely eligible to beftow that living upon 
another candidate, he took an early opportunity of waiting on 
Mr Oswa tp, and having voluntarily renounced his claim, he 
begged of his friend. by all means to yield to the political ap- 
plication in favour of his rival; for which Mr Oswa tp ever 
after confidered himfelf as under the greateft obligation to him. 
Indeed, at every period of his life, the conferring of a favour on 
a friend, was to Mr DryspaLe a much more powerful motive of 
ation, than the view of obtaining any perfonal emolument ; 
and in examining the foundations of morality, a fubje& in 
which, as well as his friend Mr Smitu, he took great delight, 
and to which he had paid particular attention, the feelings ot 
his own mind were fufficient to induce him to rejeG&t with dif- 
dain the fyftem of thofe philofophers who deduce all human ac-- 
tions from a felfifh fource. 
_ In the year 1748, he obtained a Crown-prefentation to the 
church of Kirklifton in Weft Lothian, by the intereft of the 
late Joun Earl of Hopetoun, to-whom he had been recommend- 
ed by Wiit1aM Apam, Efq; of Maryburgh, Architect, whofe: 
third daughter he afterwards married. 
In: 
Account of 
Dr Dryfdale: 
