Excerpt from The Life of Edward Irving: Minister of the National Scotch Church, London Rev. James Brodie and Mrs. Brodie, of Monimail, and Miss Mar tin, Edinburgh; to J. F ergusson, Esq., and W. Dickson, Esq., Glasgow, nephews of Irving; the Rev. Dr. Grierson, of Errol; Patrick Sheriff, Esq., of Haddington; Mrs. Carlyle, Chelsea; the Rev. Dr. Hanna; M. N. Macdonald Hume, Esq. James Bridges, Esq.; Rev. D. Ker, Edinburgh; Rev. J. M. Campbell, late of Row; J. Hatley Frere, Esq., London; Rev. A. J. Scott, of Man chester; Dr. G. M. Scott, Hampstead; Rev. R. H. Story, of Ros neath; and other friends of Irving, some of them now beyond the reach of earthly thanks - among whom I may mention the late Henry Drummond, Esq., of Albury, and Mrs. Wm. Hamilton -who have kindly placed letters and other memoranda at my disposal, or given me the benefit of their personal recollections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.