APPENDI X. At 
moft odious and deteftable colours. Whatever he uttered was 
natural, unaffected, and full of energy, always flowing from 
the heart, and always difcovering a deep penetration into the 
human mind. 
In entering upon his fubject, he feemed at once to feize upon ~ 
the moft proper and rational views of it; and he carried his 
liftening audience along with him, in a rapid and fervid train 
of jult, pure and elevated fentiment, from the beginning to the 
-end of his difcourfe. His fermons by no means confifted, as 
had been infinuated, of the mere doétrines of morality. Thefe 
he certainly did moft ftrenuoufly inculcate; but, at the fame 
time, no man ever brought home to the minds of his hearers, 
with greater force and efficacy, the genuine fpirit of that reli- 
gion which he preached. 
His mode of delivery, though by no means corre¢t, was ex- 
tremely animated and {ftriking. His gefture was frequently ve- 
hement; and though not always graceful, becaufe not ftudied, 
but produced by his real feelings, yet it had a moft powerful 
effet. Nor were the elevations and depreflions of his voice by 
any means confiftent with thofe rules which profeffed teachers 
of the art of elocution inculcate. Thefe too were entirely di- 
rected by his own fenfations, and fuited to his own original 
mode of fpeaking. But however irregular his tones and his 
emphafis. might fometimes be, ftill what he uttered came al- 
ways home to the hearts, and effectually commanded the atten- 
tion, of every audience. __ 
In that part of the fervice of the Church of Scotland which 
confifts of a portion of fcripture read and explained from the 
pulpit, and which is called the Le@ture, Mr DryspaLe difplay- 
ed uncommon ability and fkill. He expounded the fcriptures in 
a plain, fimple and connected manner, fo as to render the 
meaning quite intelligible to ordinary capacities. But wherever 
he found a paflage that he either did not clearly underftand 
himfelf, or defpaired of making edifying to his hearers, he 
Vou. Ul. (F) frankly 
Account of 
Dr Dryfdale. 
