Scottish divines 1505-1872 . ting that juster views prevail, and that as thechurches understand his position and tend practicallyto realise it they may draw nearer to each his countrymen of to-day his whole position is fullof instruction, not only in regard to points of worshipbut also in regard to the doctrine and even thegovernment of the church. Take him all in all,Scotland cannot point to a greater among her resembles on the historical horizon one of thepine trees of his native land as it stands alone, boldlyout against the northern sky. Angular and gaunt nograce of form o
Scottish divines 1505-1872 . ting that juster views prevail, and that as thechurches understand his position and tend practicallyto realise it they may draw nearer to each his countrymen of to-day his whole position is fullof instruction, not only in regard to points of worshipbut also in regard to the doctrine and even thegovernment of the church. Take him all in all,Scotland cannot point to a greater among her resembles on the historical horizon one of thepine trees of his native land as it stands alone, boldlyout against the northern sky. Angular and gaunt nograce of form or symmetry, nor rich profusion of wide-spreading foliage, contributes to its grandeur andbeauty. But it stands in its own place, suggestive asare few objects in nature, of moral forces ; of a hardi-hood and endurance that have mastered the stormsof the air and the iron hardness of the soil; the verypicture of sturdy independence, perfect fearlessnessand rugged strength. ^t. dalles JLetturee;. THIRD SERIES—SCOTTISH Glasgow Cathedral. LECTURE II. ANDREW MELVILLE. By the Rev. Colin Campbell, , Minister of the Parish of Dundee. r^EAN STANLEY, in his Lectures on the^ Church of Scotland, says, that Hildcbrand andAndrew Melville would doubtless have started inhorror at either being thought the twin-brother ofthe other ; but so it was—and even in actual historythe affinity has been recognised. The affinity ismore apparent than real. Melvilles chief work wasto establish between the Church of Scotland and theState such friendly relations as would preserve theindependence and validity of each in its own sphere; B 38 Andrew Melville. and it is not too much to say that one remote resultof his labours is seen in the mutual recognition of therights of each which takes place between the repre-sentatives of Church and State every year in ourGeneral Assembly. Hildebrand, on the contrary,began his career by tracing the corruptions of theChurch to her connection with the State ;
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