Death of Andrew Liddell, Esq. 359 



rendezvous of the theoretical and practical science of the city and neigh- 

 bourhood. It was in connection with this Society that Mr. Liddell took 

 a leading part in organizing the great popular exhibition of the opera- 

 tions and products of the arts and sciences during the holidays at the 

 close of 1846 and the beginning of 1847, to which nearly a hundred 

 thousand visits were made, and which, after paying expenses, left a 

 surplus which has fructified under his care into the sum of £619 for 

 future use. 



Mr. Liddell was brought up in the Scottish Baptist connexion ; and 

 when he retired from business in 1844, was invited to become the 

 pastor of the church assem1)ling in Brown Street, and of which he has 

 been the sole pastor for the last three years. The chapel in Brown 

 Sti-eet was originally built for an Independent congregation, but was 

 purchased by Mr. Liddell for the use of the Baptist church. He offi- 

 ciated for the last time in his pastoral capacity on Sabbath the 5 th of 

 November. His attachment to the congregation led him, when residing 

 at Plean, near Stirling, to come to Glasgow every Sabbath to join in 

 its worship. Although conscientiously attached to his own denomina- 

 tion, he always cherished a most catholic feeling towards evangelical 

 Christians of every name. His conversation on religious subjects was 

 grave, earnest, and edifying. His Christian profession was humble, 

 childlike, and self-questioning. His pious counsels to others were 

 tendered with singular modesty and aiFection, and an utter absence of a 

 dictatorial or overbearing spirit. His deeds of active benevolence, done 

 in secret, but sometimes revealed by the objects of them, abounded in 

 the neighbourhood of Plean and of Bardowie, in Glasgow, and wherever 

 he went. Heart and hand were open to relieve distress and to do good. 

 The wealth with which Providence had blessed his industry and skill 

 in business, he held as a trust, to be administered as a faithful steward. 

 Those who knew him most intimately will have observed, of late years, 

 that his desire was to withdraw himself more and more from the en- 

 gagements of active public hfe, and spend his declining years in the 

 enjoyment of the elegant taste and warm affections of his happy home, 

 and in the society of his attached friends, in a manner becoming the 

 great change for which he was manifestly ripening, and to which he was 

 often reaching forward in fond expectation. He has gone at last, to 

 his own unspeakable gain, but to the heartfelt sorrow of his friends, 

 who revered him for his sound judgment, his common sense, and 

 practical sagacity, — who loved him for his genial kindness of heart, 

 — who will miss his portly form, his radiant smile, his cordial greet- 

 ing, and his ready pleasantry ; and who will long cherish the memory 

 of Mr. Andrew Liddell, as a fine example of a consistent Christian and a 

 true man. 



