they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for 2 CORINTHIANS iv. 10.-Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in COLOSSIANS iii. 17.—And whatsoever ye do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by MEMOIR OF THE REV. DR SCOTT. FEW characters could more honourably bear, or would more profitably reward, a minute inspection than that of the late DR SCOTT of Greenock. His extensive correspondence and the record of his every-day experience and observation would supply ample materials for a separate volume. The writer of this notice has not had access to either of these sources of information; nor would it be consistent with his prescribed limits to give the detailed history of a long and active life, which embraced a wide sphere, and extended over an eventful period. But even a brief outline cannot fail to be useful, and seems to be called for as an appropriate introduction to the following Discourses. The Rev. Dr John Scott was born in the year 1765 in the parish of Logierait, Perthshire. Soon afterwards his father's family removed to the parish of Kippen, in the neighbourhood of which he received the rudiments of his education first at the school of Port of Menteith, and subsequently at that of Aberfoyle. At an early age he com menced his academical studies in the University of Glasgow, where he pursued, if not a brilliant yet an honourable career, discovering that ardent desire of knowledge, and exercising that patient industry in the cultivation of it which characterized his maturer years. By an unwearied application to the various departments of biblical literature, he laid the foundation of those attainments in theology which eminently fitted for the sacred profession he had chosen. When at college, he contracted habits of affectionate intimacy with a number of young men, whose principles and views coincided with his own, and who were destined to occupy important stations as fellow-labourers in the same vineyard with himself. Among his early and most valued friends may be mentioned the venerated names of Dr Balfour of Glasgow, Dr Campbell of Edinburgh, Dr Davidson of Dundee, and Dr Love of Anderston, a short memoir of whom, prefixed to his published Sermons, was written by Dr Scott. In 1787 he was licensed to preach the gospel at the early age of twenty-two years. It does not appear that during the period which intervened between the dates of his license and ordination he held any stated engagement as a preacher. For some time he taught in the family of Colonel Graham of Rednock, father of the present General Graham Stirling; and also in that of Mr Wallace of Kelly, father to the present Member of Parliament for Greenock, which latter situation placed him in immediate contact with the scene of his future labours. The fact of his having been the means of saving the life of a boy whilst bathing was often mentioned by him as a circumstance which providentially brought him under the notice and recommended him to the good wishes of the inhabitants of Greenock, who enjoyed otherwise the most favourable opportunities of becoming acquainted with his character, and of appreciating his qualifications for the minis |