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The tidings of this promotion, as it may be deemed, produced, in the humble dwelling of the pastor of Muirden, that measure of gladness which is inspired by the smiles of fortune varying in degree among the different members of the family according to their intelligence and their years.
It is thus that the human heart is to be won; and it is thus that a Christian pastor most effectually "Allures to brighter realms, and leads the way." There was a peculiarity in the village of Muirden which I must not omit to notice. It was, perhaps, the first locality in Scotland, so entirely rural, that had a library established in it.
Mr. Douglas' zealous and faithful discharge of his pastoral duties did not remain unknown to his noble patron. From the time, indeed, of his induction at Muirden, the moral movements of that hamlet were occasionally reported by its guardian, Mr.
Muirden was situated in a region which is consecrated by many events and traditions of "the persecuted times."
Douglas once more set out with his family on this, his last migration; and, with the aid of caravan and cart, the family party went on their way from Muirden to Edinburgh, retracing thus far their steps, on their journey to Eccleshall; and, in a few days, they were set down in the court before the manse of Eccleshall, over which two stately lime trees formed a cooling shade from the fervours of a summer sun.
After a little while devoted to necessary arrangements after many visits paid to all the dwellings of the humble flock of Muirden after the interchange of kindly hospitalities among the superior classes of his neighbours and after a public and affectionate farewell to all Mr.
The society and friendly intercourse which naturally arose betwixt such a country gentleman and the pastor, formed no slight addition to the enjoyments of the latter, in a sphere shut out by its position from much personal intercourse with well-educated men; and, in short, amid mountain and moor all around, Muirden presented one of the most pleasing pictures that this country affords of a rural parsonage.
It was, in truth, a new world to its young visitants and appeared, in the superior house accommodation and rural amenity around, a terrestrial paradise, contrasted with the circumscribed dwelling on the rocky shore of the German Ocean in the north, or in the hamlet of Muirden amid the wilderness on the southern border of Scotland.
The village of Muirden, too, had the advantage of a resident country gentleman in its immediate neighbourhood Mr. Sterling. Such an auxiliary to the clergyman and schoolmaster in a rural district, is generally of unspeakable advantage to the moral condition of the locality, more especially when, as in this instance, he was a man everyway worthy of his rank and position in society.
But, what of all this? It afforded a home in our native land and we soon learnt by experience that its inhabitants were among the most kind-hearted and intelligent of the sons of Caledonia. The humble parsonage of Muirden was but a chapel of ease, yielding an income under one hundred pounds per annum. Yet, with this limited benefice, the Rev.
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