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Esdaile, James, D.D.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Scotch clergyman, became a tutor in the family of Mr. Christie, of Durie; was licensed to preach in June 1803; presented by the town council to the second charge at Montrose in June, and ordained August 14, 1805; promoted to the East Church, Perth, October 18, 1810; resigned his charge, which was accepted June 15, 1844, after securing a bond from the magistrates for an annuity of £200, having discharged the duties of his office with great ability and a high degree of acceptance and usefulness. He died January 8, 1854, aged eighty years. He published, Christian Theology (Edinb. 1823): Apocraphy, for the Perthshire Bible Society (1826): A Letter to the Reverend W.A. Thomson (Perth, eod.): Lectures on the Shorter Catechism (ibid. 1829): Civil and Religious Institutions Necessarily and Inseparably Connected (ibid. 1833): The Voluntary Church Scheme without Foundation in Scripture, Reason, or Common- sense (ibid. 1834): 'The Spirit, Principles, and Reasoning of the Voluntaries Exposed (ibid. eod.), with various articles in the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:619; 3:848.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Esdaile, James, D.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​e/esdaile-james-dd.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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