See also: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
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He studied See also:law for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
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
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in Edinburgh (1758), and Old Greyfriars church in 1768, where he became the colleague of See also:Principal See also:Robertson, the historian
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Here he remained until his See also:death, which took See also:place on the 19th of See also:January 1803
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Dr Erskine's writings consist chiefly of controversial See also:pamphlets on theological subjects
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His sermons are clear, vigorous expositions of a moderate Calvinism, in which metaphysical See also:argument and See also:practical morality are happily blended
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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
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For his See also:life and See also:works see See also:Sir H
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Moncreiff Wellwood, Life and Writings of J
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Erskine, D.D
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(Edinburgh, 1818)
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