Religion & morality > Address to the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh on the occasion of his retiring from the active duties of the ministry

36 Ministerial Reminiscences.
is engaged he was most exemplary. His
spiritual mind had a quick and strong percep¬
tion of the connection of the great principles
for which she is contending, with the interests
of vital godliness in the land. His views
concerning the issues of the controversy, as
regards the fate of the Establishment, and the
guilt and consequent danger of the country,
were remarkably dark; but as respects the
imperishable interests of the Gospel, he re¬
joiced in the assurance, ‘We have a strong
city; salvation will God appoint for walls and
bulwarks.’ ”
But it is time that these reminiscences were
brought to a close. To you I do not need to
give any account of myself or my ministerial
experiences after my translation to Glasgow.
These twenty-eight years have been spent in
going out and in among you: some of you
have been brought up from your childhood under
my ministry; and I have nothing to tell you
which you do not already know. Moreover,