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Ridpath was not what we would now call an eminently Spiritually-minded man; indeed, in the wide range of his reading, theology is conspicuously absent, the only reference to it being an observation that some magazine he had been reading contained nothing except some silly articles on theology.' But, on the other hand, he was an excellent parish minister, and no one can have'visited his people with 'more exemplary regularity and assiduity. And he not only rendered himself responsible for their souls, but also to some extent for their bodies. His tastes were largely scientific, and he had more than a mere smattering of medical lore; he did not hesitate to prescribe for his parishioners in illness, if he thought he could do them any good, and he knew the virtues of the many simples that could be gathered in the fields.
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Excerpt from Diary of George Ridpath: Minister of Stitchel, 1755-1761
Ridpath was not what we would now call an eminently Spiritually-minded man; indeed, in the wide range of his reading, theology is conspicuously absent, the only reference to it being an observation that some magazine he had been reading contained nothing except some silly articles on theology.' But, on the other hand, he was an excellent parish minister, and no one can have'visited his people with 'more exemplary regularity and assiduity. And he not only rendered himself responsible for their souls, but also to some extent for their bodies. His tastes were largely scientific, and he had more than a mere smattering of medical lore; he did not hesitate to prescribe for his parishioners in illness, if he thought he could do them any good, and he knew the virtues of the many simples that could be gathered in the fields.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Diary of George Ridpath: Minister of Stitchel, 1755-1761
Of the two MS. volumes containing the Diary, of which the following pages are an abstract, it was the second which first came into my hands. It had found its way by some unknown means into the archives in the Offices of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh; it had been lent about 1899 to Colonel Milne Home of Wedderburn, who was interested in the district where Ridpath lived, but he died shortly after receiving it. The volume remained in possession of his widow, who transcribed a large portion with the ultimate view of publication, but this was never carried out, and Mrs. Milne Home kindly handed over the volume to me. It was suggested that the Scottish History Society might publish the work as throwing light on the manners and customs of the period, supplementing and where necessary correcting the Autobiography of Alexander Carlyle, the Life and Times of Thomas Somerville, and the brilliant, if prejudiced, sketch of the ecclesiastical and religious life in Scotland in the eighteenth century by Henry Gray Graham in his well-known work. When this proposal was considered it was found that the Treasurer of the Society, Mr. C. S. Romances, had another volume of the Diary dealing with the years immediately preceding these contained in the volume first discovered: this Mr. Romances with characteristic generosity has put at my disposal. But however interesting the two MSS. might be, it was found impossible to publish them in extenso in one volume, regard being had to the much increased cost of printing and the limited resources of the Society.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This fascinating book is a curated selection of extracts from the diaries of a little-known 18th-century Scottish minister. George Ridpath, minister of Stitchel in Roxburghshire, kept detailed and witty diaries between 1755 and 1761. They give a unique insight into the life, customs and controversies of the time, through the eyes of a man whose life and concerns were both ordinary and extraordinary. From his theological musings and preparation for sermons, to his horticultural adventures and parish duties, these diaries are filled with rich detail about the day-to-day existence of a man in the Scottish Borders in the mid-18th century. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781332120352_0
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