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PEEBLESSHIRE.
PAEISH OF BROUGHTON.
In this churchyard rest the remains of the Eev. Hamilton Paul,
minister of the parish and an ingenious poet. Born at Dailly,
Ayrshire, on the lOtli April, 1773, he studied at the University of
Glasgow, where he was the friend and companion of Thomas
Campbell, the future poet. Obtaining licence to preach in 1800,
he became ministerial assistant to several clergymen in his native
county. For three years he edited the Ayr Advertiser. In 1813
he was ordained to the ministry at Broughton. He possessed a
deep sense of humour and abounded in anecdote. He died on the
28th February, 1854, in the eighty-first year of his age, and forty-
first of his ministry. Of his several publications the most popular
is an edition of the poetical works of Burns, which appeared in
1819.
PAEISH OF EDDLESTON.
William Purdie, farmer, Kingside, who died 10th September,
1786, has on his tombstone the following epitaph: —
" Consider, ye that eagerly explore
The silent grave, here lies the son threescore
Of days. Yea, and the father sixty-three
Full years on earth did nearly see.
Trust not in man, for parents cannot save
Their youngest infants from the gloomy grave ;