Memoir Of The Rev John Watson Pastor Of The Congregational Church Musselburgh Etc PDF Download

Excerpt from Ian Maclaren the Life of the Rev. John Watson OF Dr. Watson it is most true that no man is able to show to those who knew him not what he was; no man could show this to those who knew him in a way that they would feel satisfying. His sympathy, his tenderness, his kindly humour were to those who knew him inseparable from his presence, and all attempts to describe or report him must be sadly inadequate. But for the friendship with which he honoured me and for the love I bore him, I have done my best. There is nothing in this book which is not strictly truthful and based on indisputable authority. I have thought it my duty to set him forth as he was, and to give his own views as nearly as possible in his own words. It will be seen that on important points he differed seriously from the majority in his own Church, and it was thought by many that he sometimes fell into deep in discretions. I do not agree with this View. His indis cretions were merely the frank statement of his dif ferences. He would never allow himself to be miscon ceived, and while he had the greatest patience with the opinions of others he firmly maintained the right to assert his own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.