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rowed- brow, large eyebrows, overhanging eyes that seemed to regard more what was taking place than what was around him—his calmness that would have assumed a character of sternness but for its perfect placidity—his dignity, repose, and venerable age tending at once to win confidence and inspire respect."
And as seen in his portraits, his figure in later years became hearty and robust, looking the picture of health and vigor, able to easily stand as he did an unusually long life of arduous toil and vast responsibilities.
THOMAS CHALMERS (1780–1847)
Born at Edinburgh; son of a ship-owner and merchant. At St. Andrews University at twelve; devoted there to mathematics, ethics, and political economy; licensed to preach at nineteen; preaching and lecturing on mathematics and chemistry, and winning fame as a savant. When Napoleon threatened England, enlisting as a lieutenant and chaplain; a frequent writer for the magazines; at first on economical and other scientific subjects; then upon religious themes; attracting hearers from great distances by his eloquence in the pulpit; writing his Evidences of Christianity; organizing many Bible and missionary societies; at the Tron Parish Church, of Glasgow, enjoying unrivalled renown as an orator; delivering weekly Astronomical Discourses, which were published, and met with wide sale; invited to London in a time of high political excitement, when all parties thronged to hear him; and Canning, disappointed at first, at the end of the sermon, said to Wilberforce: "The tartan beats us; we have no preaching like that in England!" looking after the interests of the poor; reviving the parochial system of Scotland; taking charge of two thousand poor families in his parish with highly gratifying results, including personal visits to every family by his agents and teachers; accepting a call to the chair of Moral Philosophy at St. Andrews'; then the Chair of Divinity at Edinburgh; where he remained fifteen years; appointed Royal Chaplain; "carrying his eloquence into the class-room, which was filled, not with students alone; but with clergymen of various denominations, and eminent literary and scientific
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