368 MEMOIR OF GEORGE WILSON. CHAP. XII. 



" 'Twere better still to follow on 

 The path that thou hast trod, 

 The path thy Saviour trod before, 

 That led thee up to God." 



Two of his fellow-professors wrote on the first impulse of 

 sorrow as follows : " The intelligence of the death of my 

 beloved colleague, your son, has quite unnerved me. Of 

 the loss which Scotland has sustained others will speak ; 

 suffice it for me to state, that I have lost a friend, the 

 brightness of whose genius was only equalled by the warmth 

 of his heart. When lying far away, wounded and low, his 

 ready sympathy and aid cheered me ; and it is sad to think 

 that I shall not be able to return his kindness in this world. 

 But he did it as a Christian, as he did his every act, and he 

 shall in nowise lose his reward. Think of him as entered 

 into his rest, where his bright spirit basks in the full sunshine 

 of that Presence which made it shine. May He comfort 

 you, and teach you to acknowledge the words which your 

 son addressed to me in this room just a week ago, ' It is 

 good for me that I have been afflicted.' " l 



Another 2 says, " You cannot wish George Wilson back 

 in this world. His soul was well fitted for a better ; whilst 

 his body was not fitted to remain in this world without 

 much continued suffering, borne so unrepiningly for the 

 sake of those he loved. 



" His memory will always remain with us tenderly 

 cherished. His elegant and graceful mind, his genial and 

 happy spirit, made him many friends, but never a single 

 enemy." 



At the next meeting of the Philosophical Institution, before 

 the lecture began, Mr. Smith, the Vice-President, alluded 

 with tenderness to the loss they had sustained ; " We can 



1 Professor Kelland. 2 Professor Playfair. 



