Thomas Chalmers : a biographical study . e in Glasgow:* Ou ay! ye see Glasgow was made for theStranraer folk the same as Liverpool for thefolk o Dumfries.* The people, though richand money-loving, were neither rude, norsordid, nor repulsive. On the contrary, theywere free with their money, generous, straight-forward, and manly, public-spirited, ready withtime and means for any good cause. Theywere quite the people, in short, to yield them-selves up to the fascination of Chalmers, andgive him for leverage, in all his sacred and 72 THOMAS CHALMERS. philanthropic enterprises, the whole strengthan
Thomas Chalmers : a biographical study . e in Glasgow:* Ou ay! ye see Glasgow was made for theStranraer folk the same as Liverpool for thefolk o Dumfries.* The people, though richand money-loving, were neither rude, norsordid, nor repulsive. On the contrary, theywere free with their money, generous, straight-forward, and manly, public-spirited, ready withtime and means for any good cause. Theywere quite the people, in short, to yield them-selves up to the fascination of Chalmers, andgive him for leverage, in all his sacred and 72 THOMAS CHALMERS. philanthropic enterprises, the whole strengthand nobleness of their city. He was elected minister of the Tron onthe 25th of November 1814, but not formallyadmitted till the month of July 1815. Thoughhis heart was wedded to the hills of Kilmany,as he mournfully said on leaving; yet he couldnot but feel, and did feel, that he now requiredthe vantage-ground of a great city, to enable himto realize those schemes of national revival andusefulness which had long been brooding in hi^ VIII. THE IDEALS OF HIS LIFE.
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