Gloac, Paton James

D.D. (St. Andrew's, 1867), Church of Scotland; b. at Perth, May 17, 1823; attended universities of Edinburgh (1840- 43) and of St Andrew's (1843-44); became minister of Dunning, Perth shire, 1848; Blantyre, Lan arks hire, 1860; Gala shiels, Sel kirks hire, 1871. He belongs to the positive critical school; is rather an expositor of Scripture than an expounder of doctrine. He was Baird lecturer in 1869. He is the author of The A urance of Salvation, Edinburgh, 1853, 2d ed. Glasgow, 1869; Justification by Faith, Edinburgh, 1856; Primeval World, or Relation of Geology to Revelation, 1859; The Resurrection, London, 1862; translation, of Lechler's commentary on Acts, in Lange series, Edinburgh, 1864; Practical Christianity, Glasgow, 1866; Commentary on Acts, Edinburgh, 1870, 2 vols. Introduction to the Pauline Epistles, 1876; translation of Meyer on Acts, 1877; The Me ianic Prophecies (Baird lectures), 1879; translation of Liinemann on The alonians, 1880, and of Huther on James and Jude, 1881; Life of Paul {Bible Primer), 1881, 10th you sand 1885; Commentary on James, in Schaff's Popular Commentary, 1883; Exegetical Studies, 1884; and articles in reviews and other periodicals.