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the memory of the writer of this article. He 
died April 6th ult. in the 77th year‘of his age. 
The following-is a lift of his works: 
1752. A Sermon before the Synod of Aber- 
deen. 
1761. An Effay on Miracles, againft Mr. 
Hume. This treatife is well known to the 
learned world. He obtained no fmall ihare of 
reputation, not only from the able manner in 
which he handled the fubjeét, but from the li- 
beral ftyle in which he addreffed his antago- 
nift It was fpeedily tranflated into French, 
‘Dutch, and German. 
1771. A Sermon before the Society for pro- 
pagating Chr: nee knowledge, Edinburgh: 
before the Synod of Aber- 


deen. 
1776. The Philofophy of Rhetoric, 2 vols. 
$vo A work nics difcovers a clearnefs of 
eifeernment, and aceu-acy of obfervation, which 
. juftly entitle him to be ranked among the moft 
judicious critics. He entered on this eriquiry 
as eaily as 1750, when a part of the work was 
compofed. The laws of elegant compofition 
and criticifm are laid down with great perfpi- 
cuity. 
1777. A Sermon on the King’s Faft Day, 
on Allegiance, firit printed in 4to, and after- 
wards, at the expence of pe fix thou- 
fand copies were printed in 12mo, enlar ced with 
pie and fent to America, when the ‘unhappy 
fruggle had, however, put on appearances which 
prevented the effect hoped for from this {ermon. 
1780. An Addrefs to the People of peonand, 
en the alarms which have been raifed by what 
are called the Popifh Bill. This is a powerfud 
difuafive from bigotry, and every fpecies of reli- 
gious perfecution. 
1793. His Magnum Opus. The tranflation 
of the Gofpels, with preliminary Differtations, 
2. vols. 4to 7). 
For the following fketch of his character, the 
writer is indebted to Dr. Brown, his fucceffor, 
in his funeral fermon. He has abridged fome 
art of it, but has altered nothing, convinced, 
from perfonal knowledge of Dr, Campbell, that 
it is ftriGly juft. 
« Dr Campoell, as a public teacher, was long 
aes for the clearnefs and copioufne{s with 
which he illuftrated the great doftrines and pre- 
ae of -religion, and the ftrength and energy 
with which he enforced them. Intimately per- 
fuaded of the truth, and infinite confequence of 
What revelation teaches, he was ftrongly defirous 
of caryying the fame conviction to the minds of 
his hearers, and delivered his difcourfes with 
that zeal which flows from flrong impreffions, 
and that power of perfuafion, which i is the re- 
fult of fincerity of heart, combined with clear- 
nefs of underftanding. He was fatistied that 
the move the pure didtates of the goipel were 
udied, the more they would approve them- 
felyes to the mind, and bring forth, in the affec- 
tions and conduét, all the peaceable fruits of 
righteoufnefs The unadulterated dictates of 
Chrifianity, he was, therefore, only ftudious to 
recommend and inculcate, and knew perfectly 
Memoirs of the late Dr. Campbell. 
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to difcriminate them from the inyentions and 
traditions of men. His chief fludy ever wag 
to direct belief to the great objeét of practice ; 
and without thefe, he viewed the moft ortho- 
dox froféffion, as a founding brais, and a tink- 
“ ling cymbal.” But, befides the charafter of z 
preacher of righteoufnefs, he had alfe that of a 
teacher of the fcience of divinity to fuftain. 
How admirably he difcharzed this duty, and 
with what effect he conveyed the foundeft and 
moft profitable inftru¢tion to the minds of his 
{cholars, jet thofe declare, who are now in va 
Tious congregations of this country, communi- 
cating to their fellow Chriftians, the fruits of 
their ftudies under fo able and judicious a teach- 
er.—Difcarding all attachment to human fyftems, 
merely confidered as fuch, he tied his faith to 
the Word of God alone, pofleffed the happicft 
talent in inveftigating its meaning, and commu- 
nicating to his hearers the refult of his own 
enquiries, with a precifion and per{picuity which 
brought light out of obfcurity, and rendered 
clear and fimple, what appeared intricate and 
perplexed. He expofed, without referve, the 
corruptions which ignorance, craft, and hypo- 
crify had introduced into religion, and applied 
his talent for ridicule to the beft of all purpofes, 
to hold up to contempt, the abfurdities with 
which the pureft and fublimeft truths had been 
loaded. 
“ Pleaced at the head of a public feminary of 
learning, he felt all the importance of fuch a fi- 
tuation, and uniformly dire&ted his influence te 
public utility, His enlarged and enhghtened 
mind, juftly appreciated the extenfive confes 
quence of the education of youth. He antici- 
pated all the effects refulting to the great com~ 
munity of mankind, from numbers of young 
men iffuing, in regular fucceffion, from the uni- 
verfity over which he prefided, and occupying 
the different departments of focial life. His 
benevolent heart delighted to reprefent to itfeif 
the ftudents under ius direction ufefully and ho- 
nourably difcharging the refpectiye duties of 
their diferent profefions; and fome of them, 
perhaps, filling the moft diftinguithed ftations 
of civil fociety. With thefe profpects before- 
him, he conftantly direéted his public condué& 
to their attainment. He never fuffered his 
judgment to be warped by prejudice or partiali- 
ty, or his heart to be feduced by paffion or pri- 
vate intereft. Thofe mean and ignoble motives, ~ 
by which many are actuated in the difcharge 
of important trufts, approached not his mind, 
A certain honourable pride, if pride it may be 
called, diffufed an uniform dignity over the whole 
of his behaviour. He felt the man degraded by 
the perverfion of public charaéter. His under- 
ftanding alfo clearly fhowed him even perfonal 
advantage attached to fuch principles and prac- 
tices as he adopted frem a fenfe of obligations 
and thofe elevated conceptions of real worth 
which were fo congenial to his foul. He faw, he 
expericneed, efteem, refpe&, and influence, fol- - 
lowing in the train of integrity and beneficence ; 
but contempt, difgrace, averfion, and complete 
infignificance, Sly linked to corruption and 
felifh- 
