DEATH OF DR. CANDLISH.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1637, 3 November 1873, Page 2

DEATH OF DR. CANDLISH.

The latest European news .contains, an announcement of the death: of Dr Caridlish,' one of the eminent. oleaders ;b'f *the •Free Church ivmovement.;,in t i;Scptlandsin ,1843, a distinguished clergyman in connection with that church since then;land -.'>? [latterly Principal of the-New'>':Gblle^ey:::: • Edinburgh^. -The^following ,biography».bi^., Dr Candlish appearsiin^^'Men of the Tihies": — He was born at Edinburgh, March 23, 1807, and having been educated " at {Glasgow, was engaged as a private tutpr at Eton, "and in JB2§^license4 a preacher by tjie Presbytery, of Glasgow. In 3820 lie' became minister of Sfc\f Andrew's, Glasgow. In 1831 he officiated^ ! cm a Me capacity al;Bdnh r ill;in ? the :J dMe)H of Leven, where ;;he; remauiedt^ until his call ; to Edinburgh. In ,1839, he top> a prominent part' k in'the- dSrjate's^in'the General Assembly, and in 1843j ,the vyear ;>c of the disruption, left the: Scotch' Kirk for the Free Church. In 1845 and 1846 he was largely con<krned f^ih > the- establish^ £ ment of the- Evangelical Alliarfcel 'Aliilthe "■* « last-named year '.^Dr'* Candlisn a:^as^ appointed Convener ,of the Education Committee of'the'Fr'ee'Gliarcli^ In;Jß47he ! w,as,i upon the deaWof ''Dr Chalmers, to . the, i Chair of /Divinity fe ihi : New College.i . iDr Caridb'shi is.the : author of "Contributions towards the Exposition > lof the Bbokiof Genesis ;"^**THe'Atonei ment :-i{a-Beality and Extent;?- -f^ripV - ture {Characters and ;" Life in .a Sayio^r;""' " The'fwo.Grea^ Commandments j'? ,^-Phe,^ther|i9(^djof^ Gpdj" being the Cunningham Lectures '•; (■ "The First Epistle , of St., .^Fphn. ex- "" founded in^'a geriea of Leptweii \" and contributions; to uthe (periodical press. On the death of Dr Cunningham, in honor of whose mempryj the Cunningham lectureship was established, Dr Candlish was appointed his successor as Principal of New College, Edinburgh.