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in Churches." The one heard by Lord Brougham was much altered 

 from the original as composed by his ancestor; and on a comparison 

 of its two shapes, it may be doubted whether the alteration tended 

 to the Assembly's original design of " simplicity and plainness of 

 composition and style." The original stands thus : 



"John, xiv. 1-5. 



" Let not your hearts with anxious thoughts 



Be troubled or dismayed ; 

 But trust the Providence divine, 



And trust my gracious aid. 

 I to my Father's house return ; 



There numerous mansions stand, 

 And glory manifold abounds 



Through all the happy land. 



If no such happy land there were, 



The truth I'd have declared ; 

 And not with vain delusive hopes, 



Your easy minds ensnared. 

 "Now in your name I go before, 



To take possession there ; 

 And, in the land of promised rest, 



Your mansion to prepare. 



But thence I shall return again, 



And take you home with me ; 

 Then shall we meet to part no more, 



And still together be. 

 Thus whither I am bound you know, 



And I have shown the road ; 

 For I'm the true and living way, 



That leads the soul to God." 



VI. (p. 31.) 



Principal Robertson's interest in the drama, and his inclination 

 to countenance it anywhere out of that theatre which he had ab- 

 jured, is curiously shown in an interesting letter, hitherto unpub- 

 lished, by his close friend Dr Carlyle of Inveresk. The letter 

 comments on a paragraph in a newspaper now, of course, for- 

 gotten. In ' The Edinburgh Daily Advertiser ' there appeared the 

 following account of laying the foundation of a new parish church 

 at Inveresk : 



" The Duke of Buccleuch (patron of the parish), Major-General 



