The life of Henry Calderwood, LL.D., F.R.S.E / by his son [W.L. Calderwood] and David Woodside ; with a special chapter on his philosophical works by A. Seth Pringle-Pattison.

  • Calderwood, W. L. (William Leadbetter), 1865-1950.
Date:
1900
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Credit: The life of Henry Calderwood, LL.D., F.R.S.E / by his son [W.L. Calderwood] and David Woodside ; with a special chapter on his philosophical works by A. Seth Pringle-Pattison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    over his subject. When I got through with it, my heart was throbbing and my whole frame shaking with inward emotion, and I at once asked myself, if such be the case with its perusal, what would have happened under its delivery ? The same friend has been at an ordination, and in the following letter gives an account of the impression received there :— Dr. Newlands offered up the ordination prayer, which was one of the most comprehensive, pathetic, and overpowering petitions that I ever listened to or took part in. There was something about it that it is impossible to convey to any one who had not the pleasure of hearing it. It contained that deep solemnity, earnestness, energy, and firmness that seemed to speak to every one in the language of Jacob, “ I will not let thee go except thou bless me.” He wrestled for the cause of divine truth, the glory of God in Christ, the well-being of sinful creatures, the prosperity of Zion, and of this small Zion and him who was placed over it, in such a manner that you would have thought him to be under divine inspiration. In fact the deep feeling which manifestly held possession of the audience and of your own spirit made all look as if we were in a trance. It would be impossible from these lettersfor thedullest and least spiritually minded to mistake the spirit which animated Calderwood and his friends ; nor could any one fail to recognise how thoroughly their hearts were set upon their future life-work, and how evidently they longed to share in the world’s regeneration. His love of music,combined with religious enthusiasm, is revealed in this old memory, brought forth out of the treasures of the past. One of those old student- friends writes :— The incident that lives most deeply in my memory in our student days was our going together to hear the oratorio of the “ Messiah,” sung by Sims Reeves and Madame Grisi and