Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. Stevenson Macgill, D.D: Professor of Theology in the University of Glasgow and Dean of the Chapel Royal The design of writing a Memoir of Dr. Macgill was formed soon after his death, in August 1840; but various circumstances put it out of my power to carry the intention into effect till Within these few months. The Work is now given to the pub lic, as a faithful record of the character and public services of one of the most justly esteemed minis ters of the Church of Scotland in these later times. Neither the life of a Professor in the University, nor that of a pastor in the Church, can be expect ed to abound in incident; but the life of Dr. Mac gill derives its chief interest from the public ques tions in which he was engaged, and the benevolent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.