Morison, James

D.D. (Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., 1862; University of Glasgow, 1882), Evangelical Union; b. at Bath gate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, Feb. 14, 1816; graduated in arts at the University of Edinburgh, and studied theology at the United Presbyterian Halls of Glasgow and Edinburgh; was pastor in Kilmarnock, 1840-51, and in Glasgow, 1851-84. From the first year of his pastorate he had a hard battle to fight for the doctrine of the universality of Christ's atonement. The battle c 160 ontinued for more than twenty years. The ecclesiastical outcome is a group of about a hundred churches in Scotland, called the Evangelical Union. Since 1843 he has been principal and profe or of New-Testament exegesis in Evangelical Union Hall, Glasgow. He holds to " the three great universalities: (1) God's love to 'all,' (2) Christ's atonement for 'all,' (3) the Holy Spirit's influence shed forth on 'all.'" He is the author of The Extent of the Atonement, London, 1842; Saving Faith, 1842; An Exposition of the Ninth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, 1849; Vindication of the Universality of the Atonement, 1861; Apology for Evangelical Doctrines, 1863 A Critical Exposition of the Third Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, 1866; A Practical Commentary on the Gospel of St. Matthew, 1870, 5th ed. 1883; do. on St. Mark, 1873, 3d ed. 1882 (the last two republished from last edition, Boston, Mark 1882, Matthew 1883).