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

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