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Principal of the College. He was also a member of the committee 
for revising the authorised version of the Old Testament. 
He published several treatises, chiefly theological. He contri- 
buted articles to the eighth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica 
on “ Moral Philosophy ” and “ Scripture Theology.” The collection 
of hymns now used in the Augustine Church was entirely composed 
by him. 
In these circumstances, it was natural that Dr Alexander should 
receive many public testimonials of the esteem in which he was 
held. In February 1876, on the completion of the fortieth year of 
his ministry, the congregation of his church presented to him an 
address, from which I quote these words, “ to express their grateful 
recognition of his profound learning, and of the fearless fidelity and 
true Christian love with which he had discharged the duties of his 
sacred office.” Since his death, as I see from to-day’s newspapers, 
a marble bust was placed last Saturday in the corridor of Augustine 
Chapel, bearing Dr Lindsay Alexander’s name, as “ the honoured 
minister of this Church for forty-three years ; eminent as a theolo- 
gian, preacher, and scholar.” 
Professor Fleeming Jenhin , who died suddenly only a few weeks 
ago, was Professor of Engineering in Edinburgh University, being 
the first who occupied that chair. He was skilled in various 
branches of engineering, especially in electricity with reference to 
its mechanical applications. For several years he worked in con- 
nection with Sir William Thomson of Glasgow University in the 
manufacture and laying down of several great submarine telegraph 
lines. During the last two years of his life he is said to have 
occupied himself in endeavouring to invent a system of electrical 
locomotion, to which he proposed to give the name of “ Telpherage.” 
In the year 1877 he gave two lectures before the Edinburgh 
Philosophical Institution on “ Sanitary Houses,” which created so 
much interest that they led to the formation of the Edinburgh 
Sanitary Protection Association, the first of its kind, and the use- 
fulness of which has been so generally acknowledged that it has led 
to the formation of similar associations elsewhere. 
Professor Jenkin was the author of numerous important papers, 
which appeared in magazines and reviews — one on Magnetism and 
Electricity (published in 1883), so much appreciated that it was 
translated into German and Italian. 
