Rectorial addresses delivered at the University of St. Andrews : Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, bart., to the Marquess of Bute, 1863-1893 / edited with an introduction by William Knight.

Date:
1894
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Credit: Rectorial addresses delivered at the University of St. Andrews : Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, bart., to the Marquess of Bute, 1863-1893 / edited with an introduction by William Knight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wonderful burst at tlie Scott Centenary; only that was but twenty minutes, this was maintained for nearly an hoiir and a half. Every one, old and young, was hushed and thrilled by it. I wish you had seen the faces of the students, how intent eager and responsive they were, as they drank in every word. Then at the two evening parties he threw himself in among the students in a way that astonished every one. Poor shy lads ! they had never seen before, perhaps will never see again, such a man, addressing them in such easy, equal, and hearty terms. The naturalness and gracefulness with which he moved about from one to another surprised me, well as I knew the charm of his manner. His presence has been like a bright angel's visit, that has sweetened many a heart not used to such things. His address and his influence here will, I trust, be no passing, but a permanent good to the old place. Before the term of his Eectorship expires we shall hope to see him here again, and yoxi with him, restored to health, as before. Dean Stanley followed Mr. Fronde's example, and gave a second address, during his term of office as Eector. Principal Tulloch had asked him, on the occasion of his former visit, to address the theological students at St. Mary's College. He complied by speaking to the Uni- versity at large, on the 16th of March 1877, his subject being «The Hopes of Theology ; an address which was published in Macmillan's Magazine in May 1877, and after- wards in the Dean's Sermons and Addresses. In the interval between his two rectorial visits to St. Andrews, Lady Augusta had died, and the mainspring of Dean Stanley's life was broken: but, although his loss gave a certain sad- ness to his second address, and—as he told the Queen it was less inspiring, because less congenial to the mass of the students, The Hopes of Tlieology is one of the finest things he ever wrote. In it he tried to bell the Inch- cape Eock, on which so many of the galleons of the old theology had suffered shipwreck. His address contains a