Matheson, George

D.D. (Edinburgh, 1879), Church of Scotland; b. at Glasgow, March 27, 1842; lost his sight in youth, but after a brilliant course at the University of Edinburgh, taking the first prize in senior division of logic (1860) and in moral philosophy (1861), graduated M.A. 1862, B.D. 1866; minister at Innellan, 1868-86; since of St. Bernard's, Edinburgh. In 1880 he declined a unanimous call to succeed Dr. Cumming of London. In 1881 he was Baird lecturer, and in 1882 a St. Giles lecturer (Con fuci an ism, in Faiths of the World). He is the author of many articles and the following books: Aids to the Study of German Theology, Edinburgh, 1874, 2d ed. 1876; Growth of the Spirit of Christianity, 1877, 2 vols.; Natural Elements of Revealed Theology (Baird Lectures, 1881); My Aspirations (Heart-Chord series), London, 1883 Moments on the Mount, a Series of Devotional Meditations, 1884, 2d ed. 1886; Can the Old Faith live with the New? or, The Problem of Evolution and Revelation, 1885, 2d ed. 1886.