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Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of W. Smellie
Memoirs of the Life Writings and Correspondence of W Smellie Author:Robert Kerr General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1811 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: The first of these is from Mr Smellie to the well known Dr Henry Hunter, then a young man, and a divinity student, of whom the following short biographical notice may be acceptable, as he was a person of most respectable literary character. Henry Hunter, D. D. a respectable, learned, and ingenious divine of the Church of Scotland, was born at Culross in Perthshire in 1741. Showing an early quickness of apprehension, his parents determined to give him the best education which their circumstances could afford. After receiving the rudiments of learning at the school of his native place, he was sent, when only thirteen years of age, to the University of Edinburgh, where he prosecuted his studies, in literature, philosophy, and divinity, with unwearied diligence and much reputation; insomuch that, at the early age of seventeen, he was appointed tutor to Mr Boswell of Balmuto, now one of the Senators of the College of Justice. He soon, however, gave up this charge on hearing that his own father lay dangerously ill, and preferred attending upon his sick parent to all the advantages he might have derived from the situation of a tutor to the eldest sonf . .; ' of a respectable family. On the death of hi§ father, after an illness of four months, he was appointed tutor to the sons of the late EARL"5 of Duadonald, then resident at Culross Ah.. bey. In May 1764, he received his licence to preach the Gospel from the presbytery of Dunfermline, after passing through the customary trials and exercises with great applause. He now began to preach, and was always listened to with much attention and interest, and...« less