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controversy in 1832 he took a prominent part in the discussions,
and obtained celebrity as a platform orator. He died on the 10th
June, 1846. For many j^ears Dr. Heugh exercised a powerful
advocacy on behalf of religious and charitable institutions.
A monument of Peterhead granite, surmounted by a bust, cele-
brates the Piev. Ralph Wardlaw, D.D., the eminent theological
■writer. Dr. Wardlaw was descended from the ancient family of
Wardlaw of Pitreavie, one of the members of which was the cele-
brated Bishop Wardlaw, of St. Andrews, founder of the University
in that city. His father was one of the magistrates of Glasgow,
and his mother granddaughter of the celebrated Ebenezer Erskine.
Born at Dalkeith on the 22nd September, 1779, he became a stu-
dent at the theological seminary of the Secession Church, when the
brothers Haldane began their lay preaching in 1797. Attracted by
the new movement he attached himself to the Congregationalists,
and in 1803 became pastor of the Independent Church, Albion
Street, Glasgow. In 1811 he was appointed theological tutor in
the Academy of the Scottish Congregational Church. Though
frequently offered important preferment he continued to minister
at Glasgow to his large and attached flock. He died on the 17th
December, 1853, in his seventy-fourth year and fiftieth of his
ministry. Dr. Wardlaw was author of numerous works in theology,
homiletics, and Christian biography. His memoirs have been pub-
lished by the Eev. William Lindsay Alexander, D.D.
In an elevated spot of the Necropolis an elegant monument,
reared by public subscription, celebrates Duncan Macfarlan, D.D.,
minister of the High Church and Principal of Glasgow College ; it
is thus inscribed : —
" In memory of the Very Rev. Duncan Macfarlan, D.D. Born
1771. Died 1857. Succeeded his father as minister of Drymen,
1792. Became Principal of Glasgow College 1820, and minister
of St. Mungo, the original parish of Glasgow, 1824. Erected
1861."
" Principal Macfarlan, as a minister of the gospel, was faithful and
diligent ; as a member of the Church of Scotland, his knowledge of
its constitution and history, his zeal for its stability and extension,