Thomas Chalmers, the Man, His Times, and Work, a Biogr. Sketch [Signed A. J. S. ]

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...The separation was equally felt by pastor and people; and we are told that, when the time came for the farewell discourse, so tremendous was the rush of the populace to gain access to the church, that a party of the 83d Eegiment had hastily to be summoned from the barracks, to erect a barrier of bayonets against the pressure of the crowd. In a church capable of containing 1,700 persons, nearly double that number was packed; and when, at the close of a sermon whose lofty eloquence and profound effect we will not attempt to describe, the congregation sought to disperse, it took forty minutes for the edifice to empty itself of the crowded masses. CHAPTER VII. Dtorfessorsfeip at t. itotefos. R. CHALMEES was forty-three years of age when he went to St. Andrews in 1823. He remained there for five years, but afterwards, continuously, occupied other professorial chairs in Edinburgh, down to his death in 1847. The St. Andrews period, with which we have at present to deal, is, therefore, that extending from the 43rd to the 49th year of his age. His introductory lecture to the students was delivered on Monday, 17th November, and eagerly listened to by all who could contrive to gain admission. During the first four months he had hard literary labour in preparing his lectures; and it required close application to keep his manuscript in advance of his public exercises. Yet, although written at the call of daily duty in this hand-tomouth manner, "what an impression do we receive from their perusal of the well-stored mind, the brilliant fancy, the exquisite taste, and the facile pen of the great divine!" He never encroached upon the night-hours. At early morning he braced himself to his task, and, steadily pursuing it during such hours as...

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