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JOHN ERSKINE (1721-1803)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 755 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN ERSKINE (1721-1803)  , Scottish divine, son, of John Erskine of Carnock, was born on the 2nd of
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June 1721 . He studied law for a time after completing his course in arts at the university of
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Edinburgh, but was eventually licensed to preach in 1743 and was successively parish minister of
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Kirkintilloch,near
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Glasgow, Culross, in Fifeshire (1753), New Greyfriars church in Edinburgh (1758), and Old Greyfriars church in 1768, where he became the colleague of
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Principal Robertson, the historian . Here he remained until his
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death, which took place on the 19th of
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January 1803 . Dr Erskine's writings consist chiefly of controversial
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pamphlets on theological subjects . His sermons are clear, vigorous expositions of a moderate Calvinism, in which metaphysical
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argument and
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practical morality are happily blended . In church politics he was the leader of the evangelical party; and was much beloved for his high character and amiability . For his
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life and
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works see
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Sir H . Moncreiff Wellwood, Life and Writings of J . Erskine, D.D . (Edinburgh, 1818) .

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