tivity, but only translated to a noble sphere, where his expanded powers may find higher exercise. "Oh then, from all of earthly taint made free, And ceaseless hymn the great Creator's praise." From the preceding sketch, the reader will be in some measure prepared to form an estimate of Mr Morren's character. Like us all, he had his peculiar infirmities. He sometimes manifested a degree of sensitiveness-verging, perhaps, at times, to irritability; and in the heat of controversy, his ardour occasionally betrayed him into the use of expressions which might have been spared. He had no hypocrisy about him. If he felt contempt either for the arguments or the conduct of his opponents, he did not conceal it. His quiver was stored with the arrows of satire; and when tempted, as he sometimes was, to use them, he generally drew a sharp one-sometimes it was barbed. But, on the other hand, it would not be easy to over-estimate his worth. His intellect was of a high order-acute, active, and at the same time comprehensive; its minute accuracy was remarkable, while its range was extensive. He possessed a memory peculiarly retentive. As a scholar, his attainments were large and profound; as a minister of the gospel, he was pains-taking and devoted; and as a friend, warmhearted and faithful. His conversation was always interesting-fail of information, abounding in anecdote or sparkling with wit, and enlivened with even playful humour. In controversy, though sometimes severe, he was always candid. He was an attached and tender husband, and a loving brother. Above all, he was a sincere and humble Christian. It may not be uninteresting to the friends of the deceased to close this hasty sketch of his life with a brief notice of his works; and this we may introduce by a very cursory glance at his habits of study. These were, in some respects, peculiar. Of course, much of his time was spent in the study; but his literary work was not all carried on within its walls. His sermons, in particular, were frequently composed while walking out of doors. And during the period of his ministry in Greenock, the sea-shore was a favourite resort; many a sermon having been composed on the road from Greenock to the village of Innerkip. He studied as he walked along, and afterwards, with great facility, committed the discourse to paper in short-hand writing. From this circumstance, many of his manuscripts are in such a form as to render it almost impossible for another party to decipher them. Sometimes he chose the family sitting room for bis labours; and on these occasions, nothing seemed to disturb him. No restraint was put by this presence, on the conversation of the other members of the circle; and he could even bear a part in the conversation, while giving his work with diligence. He had no unoccupied time-no hours of listless inactivity. Though of a disposition eminent social and communientive, he was seldom to be seen without a book; and thus, amidst at his necupations, he continued to keep up a very extensive acquaintance both with passing events, and with the current literature of the day. His study, however, was his chosen retreat. Here he usually spent several hours in the early part of the day, and, resuming his labours again in the evening, frequently continued there till a late hour. When thus employed, he disliked interruption; but he was ever ready to suspend his studies at any call of duty, and was at all times accessible. By a proper distribution of his hours, he had time for every duty. Although ever busy, he was never hurried. To the work in hand he devoted his whole energy, grudging no research however laborious. He usually composed walking, and wrote standing at a high desk. His study was fitted up with benches, on which a number of volumes could be spread out at once, for continuous consultation; for his habit was strict research, and the works in which he was generally engaged required minute and extensive investigation. To these, the products of laborious study, we must now advert. Besides several minor* works, in 1835 he published his "Biblical Theology," a treatise which at once established his character as a scholar and biblical critic, and called forth expressions of high approval from some of our most eminent divines. Of this work it is to be regretted that only the first part was published. "In 1841-2," says Mrs Morren, "he * Mr Morren's power of arresting the attention of children, and communicating instruction to them in such a form as to awaken and keep alive their interest, was quite remarkable. Of this happy talent, his "Addresses to Children," and especially "The Paradise of Children," are admirable specimens. had another part ready for the press, and had been on terms with printers for carrying it on; but the troubles within the church, and the fate he saw impending over our beloved Zion, prevented him from proceeding with it. He, with deep regret, foresaw that far other subjects would soon engross the attention of her ministers, and wholly absorb their time and energies, and had little hope that such a work would find sufficient countenance and favour to induce him to run the risk of publishing it at that time: so, looking to better days, he reluctantly laid it aside for less congenial topics," Immediately after the publication of the "Biblical Theology," he commenced a translation from the Corman of "Rosenmuller's Biblical Geography of Contral Asia." Of this work, which is enriched with a multitude of learned notes by the translator, the first volume appeared in 1836, the second in 1837, and the third in 1841, forming Volumes in the series of At Chark's Biblical Cabinet. In 1839-40 he compatose a sexalaston, previously commenced by another, muller's Biblical Botany." tu txas appeared as of the Assembly," and a taxa vodane was published. This work We got so be a Bourt of the Transactions of the Issembly of the Scottish Church, whether relating to begintive dots or Judicial Decisions." It is careCully compiled, and, besides being useful as a book of reference, is rendered peculiarly interesting by an apRendix of biographical sketches, illustrative documents, and notes. In 1840, he who now discharges the melancholy duty of thus recording the labours of the deceased, was, along with another friend, the Rev. James Gibson of Glasgow, associated with Mr Morren in the work of editing the "Imperial Family Bible." About a third of the notes was furnished by Mr Morren. The work was completed in 1844. During 1841, 1842, and 1843, Mr Morren furnished many valuable articles for Kitto's "Biblical Encyclopædia,”—a work in which he felt an especial interest. In 1842 he published his "Church Politics"already referred to as containing a spirited and able exposition of his views on the questions at that time agitating the Church. This was followed in 1844 by his tracts entitled "The National Church a National Blessing." In the interval he was engaged in the preparation of notes for a "Pocket Edition of the Bible," published by Messrs Blackie in 1845. The latest published productions of his pen were in the form of contributions to Macphail's Ecclesiastical Journal, a periodical in the success of which he was deeply interested. Before the last of these articles appeared, their lamented author was numbered with the dead. The writer cannot more appropriately conclude this tribute to the memory of his departed friend, than in the words of Dr Kitto, the accomplished editor of the "Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature," than whom no man was better qualified to form a correct estimate of Mr Morren's peculiar acquirements. "It is with all sincerity," says Dr Kitto in a letter of 3d December 1847, "that I declare that I shall miss him greatly; for he has not left many who will enter with the same vigour of mind, the same patient research, and the same variety of attainments, into those questions of sacred history and geography in which I think his greatest strength |