Account of 

 •Dr Dryidale. 



46* HiSroRr of the socitfY. 



of friendfhip ; their conflant ftudy being to oblige each other 

 by a perpetual feries of mutual good offices. 



By the death of Dr Jardine likewife, Dr Drysdale now 

 obtained a fhare in the few clerical offices which the Crown has 

 to beflow on the clergy of Scotland. By Royal warrant, he 

 was appointed oxie of his Majefty's chaplains, with one third 

 of the emoluments of the Deanry of the Chapel Royal. The 

 late Marquis of Rockingham was then Prime Minifter ; and he 

 Was determined in his choice of Dr Drysdale folely by the 

 recommendation of Dr Robertson. 



As this office much improved Dr Drysd ale's pecuniary cir- 

 cumftances, it furnilhed him with the means of indulging his 

 inclination for domeftic hofpitality to a much greater extent 

 than he had hitherto done. His houfe was open at all times to 

 his numerous friends and acquaintance, and it was their fre- 

 quent place of refort. There, in particular, many of the 

 younger clergy, and other young men, enjoyed the advantage 

 of his agreeable converfation, and never were happier than 

 when in his company. There was fomething fo cheerful, fo 

 unaffuming, fo benign, and, at the fame time, fo upright and 

 decided in his manner, that he gained the efteem and good will 

 of all who had any connection with him, without ever exciting 

 the lead degree of envy. Even fuch as were of different fen- 

 timents in church affairs eiteemed the man ; and with feveral 

 of thefe he maintained a very friendly intercourfe. As his turn 

 of thinking on all fubjecfts was clear, acute and judicious, he 

 was very expert in the method of conducting affairs. He had 

 a peculiar facility and elegance of expreffion in the numerous 

 letters he had occafion to write, in a moft extenfive correfpon- 

 dence which he carried on throughout the Church. No perfon 

 who applied to him for a favour from the remotefl parts of 

 the kingdom ever found the application treated with neglect ; 

 but, on the contrary, he was foon convinced, that Dr Drys- 

 dale had made every practicable exertion in his behalf. With 



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