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This was tiot- ^ csfcse , of DecbiilllyV - ; ,-. I |^ trustedH ^?^ ^ , 2 ^ - ^ S re ^ s of lite rature . ¦ ^ e Re ^ . Dr . Aeli entered into a detail of the duties df a parish minister , his preaching , visitibg , cateehisiag , and making himself perfectly acquainted with the circumstances aud opinious of his parishioners j $ > as to gfre effect to his preaching , who that knows the importance of all these things wcioki enco ^ r ^ ge plux ^ litJ ^? He
himself had , been a minisjter for seventeen years , jand Jie woul £ freely confess that he had v richer time , spirit , nor abilities to discharge ^ thje . duties pf \ his office ^ tp his own satlsfactipn . Fifteen years $ go a Rev . Friend , ° ^ h | s , wjbto was a cpaiplaiiiaut to-cfay , h $ d , along wit ^( i ^ nji , addressed a memorial to the magistrates of t&is city , statiijg it as their opinion , from , a calculation of t ^ e population compared with the church accommodation of this cjyr ^ thj&t at least ^ . ^ f '^ ipli churches wgje required Sinc ^^ lja * t | p ^ e the population had been doubled , aud ouly two jievv parish churches had been erected .. ' , Hi thjea entered ttfen the duties of the Principal , pf this College- —a
College containing , 1 , 4 ( 10 s ^ j ^ t ^ of whon ^ he ^ tad % hei complete superji ii tendance . E ( e Jmd % h $ r pio ^ l ^ fma ^ gt to watch over , their learaing to encourage , and their deliu ^ uenciea tp check and punish . So far down ^ as J ^|^ cl ^ ys of Principal Leishman ^ they fpupd ibat " he discbaiged a . part ot ^ jBdulies oJ Professor of f ) ivinity » > vhe ^ t ] b ere . were not above twenty jMviiiity Students In the College . How much me . imn ^ Ttant must the duties be now , wnen there was
such an increase of members ? By an express statute , the Prinqip ^ l was to walk with the Students to the College Church on Sabbaths . Now how cojjdJie perform this duty if he acted as Mtmsfer in the High Church ? Some might think this circumstance of small importance , but it was in fact a duty , of great consequence to the young st | id 6 nts ., It encouiaged them when they observed that the Principal took an interest in their studies , and observed that they did not
spend the sabbath in idleness , nor roamed about with all tty * , warm passions' of youth , exposed to all the temptations which a great city presented * - ^ Bf sw thi » a time to encourage pluralities—a time ^ hen more labourers in the vine / ard were iiuperatively called farj ^ Lool at the situa ^ ipn of Europe , aady ? ee What the , ^ ffe ^ ct tMi piuriiJUies , wW » n ^ ther kingdoms . ; , and , to look atptow * he begged tji ^ m to consider ' the late appaling ti » t i of criifaes which were tried
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of delinquencies might am ount t ® X& # tft ); fourteen or fifteen haiidred p ^ ied aiinu ^ lly through' ¦ the Mil , S 3 ^ as- ¦ -Mj | ay through the Bride # eW i arid du ^ t ^ OTt a consideratiou of $ 0 & 6 th 1 ^ g ^^ 6 e ? S inducement t ^ the Ministers oT ^^ ifirfef ^ do- their duty ? It was as impossible to check , the increase of crime % ^ he i&kfe * - cution of a ^ few ragged boys , 1 | % ; J ' ^ lw the rising of the ^ pe bjr tikmg ^ b ii n a few cupfuls o # virater [ applause through the church , and cries 6 f dm ^ rj , tp cbiicl « 5 ion , he called upon them to take pity upon the state of Sdcteffr t $ M pfevemt a union ofbflkteb . ¦ ¦¦ *• v
Dr . Ch a lmers said , a fgw yeats a ^ o , the ra ^ e for building a £ w ch urches Wim so great , « kf ; # kh € great specific for a nation ' s profligacy were discovered . The Magistrates of this city came honourably forward on the occasion ; the General Assembly itself was swept away by the current of public opinion , and granted privileges and endowments without number . This plurality was in direct opposition to all this *—4 t was a Royal presentation , and so much the worse , as it proved that there was S by-road i& the Rofal bosom , by which he was induced
to counteract his most laudable intehtions . It was years ago since thejr had addressed the Magistrates on the small number : of ministers hi the ci t |^* % o which they at length responded , by erecting two new churches : and if they en couraged this plurality , they must be ihe last persons in the world to apply for' an accession of ministers . He ridiculed the idea that they were acting unhandsomely to the crown , when they , h jf a cqnscientfdujs discharge of ' their du ^ re rbsed to encourage pluralities , and considered it a mere bugbear to frighten children ; It sin ell ed all' over of feudalism , antt' in politics it was unworthy of them as men * uia as Britons ^ Itfwoiild oiily eXti ^ e a If
smile m the Royal complacency ^ the Synod did their duty on tne PfeiipB t . qccasipn , it w 6 uld he a ; a | aflfW to Radicalism : and the king , God bless him , would resound from every mouth , amid the plaudits of a grateful people . Mr . Muib , of St . Jame& * s , supported the Presentation . » , I " W * > .. M r . Robesqn , in reply , conclu ^ l with a handsome eulqgy oU Dr . Wwll «« d the mimstera . of %# Church o ^ ScOtlaAd . Mr . G rah am of Kelleairn , said there were 16 pluralities in the Church of Scot *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 577, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/61/
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