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his wonted endearing manner to his family, — only lefs animated, ^r D^fdaL 

 but affecting in the utmoft degree. Thus he continued to 

 grow weaker and weaker, until his conftitution at laft feemed 

 to be quite worn out ; and in him the Church of Scotland loft 

 one of her greateft ornaments, on the 16th of June 1788. 



Such was the conclution of the well-fpent life of this ex- 

 cellent perfon ; whofe integrity was inflexible, whofe amiable 

 converfation and manners were expreflive of the extreme worth 

 and benevolence of his heart, whofe refpectable character 

 adorned his facred profemon, and who was the delight of his 

 friends and of his family. Though gentle, unfufpicious and 

 candid, in an extraordinary degree, yet, as his foul was in- 

 fpired with that noble elevation which arifes from confcious 

 virtue and freedom from all deceit, his indignation was excited 

 whenever he detected in others any duplicity in conduct:, or 

 any deviation from the road of honour. As in his public ap- 

 pearances, the energy and animation with which he delivered 

 and enforced his inftructions, carried a conviction that they 

 flowed directly from the heart ; fo it was univerfally allowed by 

 all thofe who were acquainted with his private life, that never 

 any man more fuccefsfully illuftrated what he taught by his 

 own conduct and manners. His charity to the indigent was as 

 extenfive as his circumftances would admit, and in fome cafes 

 went far beyond what ordinary men would deem to be con- 

 fident with prudence. He took the greateft pleafure in pro- 

 tecting, encouraging and bringing forward young men, who 

 feemed to him to be pofTefTed of talents which promifed to be 

 ufeful in thofe fituations which were the objects of their purfuit 

 either in Church or State, and he was indefatigable in availing 

 himfelf of every opportunity to ferve them. He lived to have 

 the fatisfaction of feeing many of them fuccefsful in life ; but 

 no one ever obferved him arrogating any merit to himfelf on 

 that account, or even betraying a fingle expremon which might 



(G 2) feem 



