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The Reu Joh Delsi age, M. D. , ad more o elove my sather's actions an his relation to the wOrid than an other of his oriend : ver his thought an convictions proper no much - se licin men ad an even mong the might dead, he calle no an master. He sed to a that thethree naaster intellecis devote to the stud o divine truth since the apostles, were Augustine, Calvin and Ionathan Edwards; but that even the were Onlyproni fer sares, this by the bye. On ali stat concemed his ou ard is as a publicteacher, a clather, an as a member o society, heconsulte Ur Bel frage, and was Wayed greatly byliis jud ent, as sor instance, the Choice of a prola sion or myself, his secon marri age, etc. He knewhim o b his true friend, an no Ont Wis and honest but Pie eminenti a man o assairs casare merum. Dr. Bel frage a a great mai in posse, is ever I sa one, villam Hampilen Greabnes Was of his essenCe nothin paliry nothingSecondary, nostin unime. Large in body large and antisom in face lost in manne to his quaiso Superiors, homely, familiar, cordial, illi they n and the poor, neve me Nith a more
Belsi ade in the lobis of the Synod, and dra nihimsel ut as
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scheminisor the good of thers, and hien in the Way of helping them to et themselves. From a
an stomon affectio of the ear Whic ultimatelyhille him it was to bi sor his Ody, and underine retenties hydrostati law, at last shattere the
su for te esset it finditiself in,-his menta hearialso as to bi sor his happiness, Irom thesecauses, long With a love so gardening, hicli asa passion an an inherite competency, hich ookaway what olin Hunter calis the stimulus o neces sity,' o may undemiand o this remarisbi man, instea of bein a Primeminister, a Lord Chancellor, O a Dr. Gregory, a George Stephenson, o likeli tos ali, a Ioli Howard without sonae of his eaknesses, live an die minister of the mali congregation os lateford, ea Minburgh. It is also true that he was a physician, an an energeti an suo
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vas also an oracle in his district to whom many had the wisdomo gorio tali as ellias ast advice, and Who was neve wear of entering in to the mosi
minute delatis, and taking endless ains, bella like Dr Chaliners a stron belleve in the poWer os litties. It would be ut o place though it wouldbe notoninteresting, to teli ho this great residentpower this strong ill an authority this capacious, Clear, an beneficent intellect-dwel in iis petiysphere, lihe an a in a flowe pol but I cannothel recalli that signa ac o frientishi an os power in the matter of mydather' translation romRos Streetesto Broughton tace, to hicli ou have
It was ne of the tuminζpoints of myriather' history. r. Belfrage, though seldom a speaher in the public courta es his Church, Nasualways watcissu os in interest of the people and of his si ien s. Onthe Rose Street question e had rom the Leginia ingsol ei a stron opinion. y ather ad made his statement indicati illis leanthag, ut leavinitii infeliabsolutet in the and of the Synod Theres as
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mini&; eve thing ooked like a unanimotis decisionsorinos Street, hen Dr. Belfrage ros up an came forinar in to the passage, and with his firs sentencean look too possession of the ouse He taled, with clear an simple argument, the truth and reasonos lae case and then avita fixe himself there, helook up the personat interest an Delings of his friendi and puttin besore them ha the were bout toto in senilin bach m fallier closed illi a bursio indignant appeal- Pask ou now, no a Christians, Dash o a gentiemen, are o prepare to dothis 'in very one fel it a seitled, and so it was. Μ sather neve forgo this great actis his friend. This remactabi man, inferior o m fallie inteaming, in intensi , in compactnes and in power of -sorio spe ait ocunmihimself,-admirin his heen eloquence, his devotednes to his sacre ari, rejoicingin his fame, ealous os his honour Was by reason fhis own massive understanding, his Warin and greatheari, an his instinctive nowledge of men, mysather' mos value friend formite ne best anil
to the ast an an nobier spectacle of tender, generous affection, igh Courage, child-like submission to the Supreme Will, and of magnanimit in iis
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shouldae ne and though ulteri ignorant of drawing, he determine to dolit imself No ne elsecould have suci a perfeci mage of her in his mind, and e resolve to realige this image. He go themateriat for miniature ainting, and think, eight prepare ivor plates. He then situ himself, p
ness, and draW and coloured in a Wayio ne Could
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the more readit pay this tributerio Dr. Belfrage, that Lowe olim the bestilessing of m professional andone os the bestis in persona lise-theieing apprentice to r. Syme. This as his cloing. With that sense of the Capacities an capabilities of oiber men, hich was ne of his osts, he predicte the career of this remarkable an He sed to say, Give imitia, let hi live, an Iano what and where e illbe hirt years herice; and this long es ore our greatest Clinica teacher and wisest surgeon, had madethe public and the profession seel and acknowledgethe fuit,eight of his orth. other lik-long and ever-strengilientia friend8hip
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sens os peril gave to his nobi an leonine sace alook of suffering and of seriousness, and of What, in his Case, e ma trul Cal godi se , whicli alliust remember He sed to a he came his grave be- si de hina . He came in t myriather' funerat, and too par in the services ii He was muchoste ted, and we ea me longi at throuo the cit to theburial-place was to much fortim haereturned home, preache a sermoni his id an dear mend' deatho surpassing beauty The text was, For me to liveis Christ, an to die is gain. . It was ascit mere, his
thin incit that ad his old earer afraid ait itinere tot the last crusti of the grapes. In a letter
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unknown our os the night abiit ad plures he had gone ver to the majori , and oine me amous nations of the dead. Tu vero felix non vita fanium claritate, scd etiam Usor imitate mortis V dyin Willa his tam burning, his passpori made ut for his j ourney death an instant aci, no a prolonge pro-Ces of monilis, as illi his friend. have calle Dr Henderson a rem habi man, and an exquisite reacher he Was both in the strictsenses of the words. He had the larges braines eversa o measured. His halaad tot made soraim; and iis eat was great in the obter regions theanterior an upper ere suli, indeed immense Isthe basem his brat an his physical organi gation especiali his circulatin system ha been in proportion, he would have been a maia os sormidabie poWer, but his defective thro of the eari, an a certain lentitude os temperament, made his impossibi : and his enorinous organ of thought an seeling, eingilius hut rom the utiet os active enero, ecame intenset mes irative, more this than even reflective The consequenc Was, in ali his thought an exquisitenes an sinisti, a crystalline lustre, puri ty, and concentration ut it was the exquisitenes of a great nature. I the fit si edge a fine, it pas the harpen o a edge, the broad en os,hicli ou everreached, but might inser. his gave momentum ceverythin he aid o He Was in the true sense har