removed by death, there are many remaining to bear witness to his kindness.

"The very laudable custom in the Secession churches, of annual ministerial family visitation, which has been found so beneficial in creating and cherishing mutual interest and friendship betwixt pastor and people, was, till the latter period of his life, constantly and zealously attended to. A considerable portion of his congregation being composed of the working classes, the evening was the only period that afforded convenient opportunities for this devotional exercise. When the extent of ground is considered, over which are scattered the families of a Scotch congregation in London, it will cause no surprise that the performance of this duty should at last become, through age and increasing debility, very limited; but the sacrifice was made with no small unwilling ness and regret. The service, as he performed it, consisted in asking the children various questions from the catechism; and in a familiar and affectionate address to the family on some important part of our holy faith, with practical deductions; the whole concluding with ardent supplications to the Throne of Grace for blessings suited to the situation of each individual.

"Another duty which he considered of importance was performed during the greater part of his ministry,-that of public catechetical instruction. An evening in each week during the summer months was devoted to this purpose. On the preceding Sabbath, he intimated the numbers of the seats the proprietors of which were requested to attend. The service consisted of extensive illustrations of the questions in the Assembly's Catechism, and of answers given to questions asked on such topics as arose in the course of the conversation. However simply, easily, and kindly the exercise was managed, he found that there existed such an increasing unwillingness on the part of the people to come forward on these occasions, that it was, with great reluctance on his part, discontinued."

The following circular, addressed to each member of his church, will serve to illustrate the deep interest and the mi

nute duties which he cultivated in connexion with his office as their pastor:—

"MY DEAR FRIEND,-The church being divided into districts corresponding to the number of the elders, and some little alteration being found necessary in consequence of the late addition to the eldership, I send this to inform you that you are placed in the division which is intrusted to the spiritual care and superintendence of our beloved brother, Mr

"We nothing doubt but that the members of the church will, in the language of the apostle, 'know them that are over them in the Lord, and esteem them very highly in love, for their work's sake;' in the dark hour of sickness will invite them to pray over them; to comfort them, by conducting the troubled mind to the cross, to the precious promises of the Gospel, and to scriptural views of the holiness, wisdom, and goodness of Divine Providence, in all our tribulations.

"It is very desirable that the afflicted members of the church convey information to the minister and elders of their indisposition, as soon as possible; and when other methods fail, it is requested that they send word by the two-penny post.

"With earnest and growing concern for your spiritual welfare, and the welfare of all who are dear to you,—I remain, my dear friend, your affectionate pastor,

"AL. WAUGH."

"In the performance of the duty of ministerial visitation," says one of his daughters, "much of my dear father's time was consumed. For many months in the year the evenings of two or three days in each week were devoted by him to the visiting of his people from house to house, between the hours of six and ten; after which he would return home with his bodily strength so entirely exhausted as frequently to alarm his family; but with a mind cheerful and happy, his whole heart glowing with gratitude to God for his great kindness in giving him strength to do his work, and in providing him so many comforts when it was completed.

"On the first Tuesday of every month, from four till five o'clock in the afternoon, he met in the vestry the children of his congregation, from five to about fourteen years of age.

He heard them all repeat their Catechism, and the younger ones a hymn which he had given them to learn. To the older ones he gave a question from Scripture history, to be answered in writing by the next meeting. He advised them to make their answers simple, and as much in Scripture language as they could, that he might see they had sought in the Bible for their knowledge. This plan he found particularly beneficial, and often expressed his surprise and pleasure at the answers they brought him. His manner to them was most tender and kind; so that instead of seeking to escape from their lessons, they looked forward to the day of meeting him with great delight, and felt disappointed if any thing prevented his attendance. He was always particularly anxious to keep this monthly engagement with the children; insomuch that, when in health, no state of the weather, although he resided a mile and a half from the chapel, ever detained him from it,-nor indeed from the performance of any other ministerial service in his own chapel, whether he was at home during the day, or out upon other duties, or in social family parties. The last time he met them he was unusually pleased; he himself went and opened the door, patted them each on the head as they passed, and told them to continue good children, and to be sure to read their Bible. "At six o'clock on the same evenings he met his Session; and at seven the monthly prayer-meeting was held.

"Every Tuesday evening during the winter months, he

He was in the habit, twice in the year, of providing a little collation of fruit for the younger children in the vestry, and of distributing it among them with his own hands, accompanied with expressions of parental caution or encouragement to each, suitable to their several capacities and characters. This is noticed merely as a slight trait indicative of his pastoral benevolence.

+ Since the removal of Dr Waugh, the ministers supplying the pulpit in Wells Street have occasionally resumed the above department of pastoral duty, and have expressed their gratification at the most interesting evidences given by these young children of the uncommon pains which must have been bestowed on their instruction in divine things by their late minister.

met in the vestry, for two hours, the young unmarried men of his congregation. He read and explained to them the Confession of Faith, after which he conversed on general subjects, and advised them what books to read. * In this part of my dear father's duty he always felt great delight, and expressed much satisfaction at the respectful and most affectionate conduct of the young men to him. He would often say, when returning home, Well, my dear, I should be happy to-night, for I have had a delightful evening with my good lads, who I am sure may be called the flower of London.'"

His mode of addressing the young men on these occasions, and of stimulating them to virtuous conduct by stirring up. their generous affections, is well illustrated in the following extract of a letter from an esteemed correspondent, who was one of his hearers from an early period, and is now one of the trustees of Wells Street congregation :—

"I may truly say, and ought gratefully to feel, that I have been the ward of Providence; and in no circumstance has this been more apparent to my mind, than in my having been, at an early period of my life, brought under the ministry of Dr Waugh. It would, indeed, be difficult for any person, not similarly situated, duly to estimate the benefit accruing from the instructive advice and the high-toned and animating example of such a teacher, to an inexperienced youth, far from a father's house, and thrown as a stranger amidst the vast population and numberless temptations of such a place as London. I may thankfully say, that whatever may attach to my matured character, of correctness in conduct as a member of civil society, of integrity as a tradesman, of filial affection as a son, of filling with competent propriety the relative duties of husband, of father, or of friend, ought to be ascribed, in a paramount degree, to the invaluable instructions and guidance of my late beloved pastor and friend.

Among other means adopted for improving the minds of the rising generation, and beneficially occupying their leisure hours, was the institution of a congregational library in Wells Street, in the selection of which Dr Waugh was always consulted.

"The greater part of his congregation was originally composed of young men from the North, who had come to London to work for their bread, and who, for the most part, had left their parents in indigent circumstances. On meeting them, either at his weekly conference, or on more private occasions, he used first to inquire delicately and kindly as to the health and welfare of their relatives in Scotland; and would then follow up these inquiries with the strongest exhortations to industry and good conduct, and on the imperative duty of avoiding every unnecessary expense, in order to be enabled to render assistance to their aged parents or connexions. I shall never forget the beaming benevolence of his eye when touching on these points. He would urge in words to this effect: O my young friends, only think what joy, what gratitude will fill the bosom of your aged father! think how the tear of love and affection will run down the furrowed cheeks of your tender mother, when they receive your dutiful communications, with a part of your earnings to assist them in the rugged down-hill of life! how ardent their prayers to God on your behalf! how grateful to Him for having blessed them with such a son! how warm, how heartfelt their supplications, that the blessing of God may be on the head of their Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that is separate from his brethren! How many aged fathers or widowed mothers have been cheered in their solitude, how many orphan children have benefitted, by such admonitions to young and susceptible hearts; what incalculable good has resulted to the givers, what benefit to society by influential exhortations of this nature for nearly forty-six years, it is impossible to estimate. My heart throbs with gratitude at the remembrance of such admonitions, and the good effects produced by them on my own mind."

On the first Monday in the year he met the unmarried young women of his church in the vestry, where they took tea with him, and spent an hour or two in conversation. This he did that he might have the pleasure of knowing something more of them, and that they might know more of their minister than simply by hearing him from the pulpit. For these attentions to the young of his charge, he was greatly rewarded by the love and respect they evinced towards him.