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MEMOIR 
 
 OF THli 
 
 LATE REV. JOim iMcLEAN, A. M.* 
 
 BY THE REV. A. BLAIKIE, BOSTOX. 
 
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 1. PARENTAGE AND EARLY LIFE. 
 
 The subject of the following memoir was born at the West River of Pic* 
 tou, Nova Scotia, September 1st, 1801. He -was the descendant of emi- 
 grants from the South of Scotland, who have been for several generations 
 distinguished by the fear of God. His paternal grandfather was one of the 
 first elders in the County of Pictou, of whom Dr McGregor says, " they 
 were my companions, my support and comfort, when Pictou was destitute 
 and poor, and I was without the assistance of a co-presbyter," and of his ma- 
 ternal gii,). ..father (WiUiam Smith) the Dr says, ''he was an active, pious, 
 spirited man ; but he did not live long, and his death was to me the death of 
 half the congregation." His parents, John and Janet McLean, wore both 
 under the ministry of Dr McGregor, and afterward of the Rev Duncan Ross. 
 From early life his father held, and continues to hold with much consistency 
 and usefulness, the office of ruling elder in the congregation of AYest River. 
 In his dwelling " the voice of rejoicing and salvation" has been always daily 
 heard, and under its associations and influences the subject of this narrative 
 was " trained up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Li the dis- 
 trict school he was early noticed for his apj)arent carelessness, and yet at re- 
 cital he was seldom unprepared. When about thirteen years of age he was 
 removed to the Grammar School conmienced in ISO.j by the late Rev Tho- 
 mas McCulloch, D.D., in the town of Pictou ; and when the Pictou Acade- 
 my was opened, in 1816, he was in it a member of the first class. The 
 erection of this Sen/.nary residted from the exclusive character of the pre- 
 latical establishment called King's College at Windsor, 'Nova Scotia, and it 
 was in its course of instruction modelled after the University of Glasgow. — 
 Reared in a scene of rural piety, he, by association with young men less re- 
 ligiously trained than himself, became during his Academical course in much 
 
 * The foUowinji memoir was propnved lo nccompmy a sdcrtion cf cirnons by the 
 lamented subject, of it, which it \\at intended to puhlish in n small voluirK!. The lUtK- 
 cnlty of deciphering his MS. and other cau«('s prevontcd the execution nfthis purpose 
 The MS. of Mr Blaikie's memoir has hcen placed in our hands with pcruiiH.>ion to make 
 what U30 cf it in the pages of the Inslrmtor we mi;.'lit see fit. It has been submiited tr 
 
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 several friends of the deceased, and from iiiformaiion received from them and fioni 
 other qonrter-i, particularly a iiotice of him by ihc Kov James Waddell in the CAr/t/ian 
 Teac/ur, a few corrections hare been made ufj:l sonae additional inattcr intioducecl. 
 
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 toger of Wng I,U early in,i„cs.,o„j, an. -'f::;"'!'^!';^^;^^"."" a 
 
 T '?;t/*S r/e"Sd S G —"SclS u„,il we finished ou,- 
 Sr "E-u^ SS m* huLr a very -.-.able .|.lcaUc^- 
 
 all his ministrations, and indeed to all tlie acts oi lus m^, r 
 
 private^" 
 
 il. FKOM HIS LICENSURE TO HIS OKDINAl.ON. 
 
 As the first-fruits of the Pictou Academy, and of the tt'^?>^"?><;^^,;-^^ 
 rions of Dr McCulloch, under the direction of ^le %no(l of the 1 le^bj tu an 
 Srch of Nov. Scotia, he, in company with the llev ^^^^^^^^ f^f g"^j^;;^^^;^f 
 doch An-us McGilvray and Robert Simm Patterson, Avas on the htli day ot 
 doch, An„u» iuc^j y ^. pi^t^^j licensed to preach the gospeh— 
 
 ^.^^'Ji:!: l^^^^ he visited Britain, and, -^tc^by t e I^ 
 PS Patterson ef Bedeque, Prince ^^dward Island, "On Yle^da>, tnt 
 Sth of FeSaT;, V820, Mr McLean, . connection with Mr M^xH^och and 
 Lvself rece vcd W tl e University of Glasgow the degree of A. M Pic- 
 vSltl^ we we'-e examined b/ Professor. Walker ^^^^^f-/^' ^^J'f "f^' 
 SrHylne and Meickleham. Mr McLeaii «^'^l-"^'l^X ^^heweih m! 
 eevera branches of learning on which we were examme<L He shew ed him 
 Sf n be well-deserving of' the literary honor conferred ui)on him. Ilis pul- 
 
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 Ion 'er in the ministry. By competent judges they were considered a. indi- 
 
 "t^^S^^r^nd other principal places in Bri^in lie wi^the 
 geiUlemen above named returned to Pictou, arid in the ^"t""" ^* 1^^;^ \l 
 was sent to visit the scattered (resident Presbyterians around the Bay de 
 Ohaleurs The difficulties and dangers to which on this journey he was ex- 
 nosed not '• by flood and field," but by flood and forest, and " by penis in the 
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 same stations, six years afterwards, on ths same errand. It la sufficient to 
 «ay that they weie real. His ministrations on this toar were not only ac- 
 ceptable, but highly popular. The people of Restigouche took steps toward 
 obtaining him ar their minister, and he looked forward to that place being 
 the future scene of his labors, lint Vur saying of inspiration, " A man's heart 
 deviseth his way but the Lord directcth his steps," was in this case strikingly 
 illustrated. In returning to Nova Scotia, finding the navigation on the coast 
 for the season closed, he n»ust needs go through Richibucto, where the spirit 
 of commerce had collected a considcraUe number of Presbyterians. They 
 had been visited by the Rev George Burns, I). D., then of St. John, N. B., 
 yet they were " as slieep wanting a shepherd." They had been supplied by 
 another licentifte of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, one too who 
 then and since has proved an acceptable minister of the New Testament, and 
 they were about giving him a call when INFr McLean arrived and preachel 
 one Sabbath ; and such was the impressio . produced that the call intended 
 for another was unanimously given to him. In the meantime, the people of 
 Restigouche not having shown the same alacrity, he felt it his duty to ac- 
 •ept. 
 
 HI. Ills PASTORAL LABORS. 
 
 His Pastoral labors in the congi-egation commenced in May, 1826.* On the 
 3rd day of July following he was married to Miss Sophia, daughter of the late Mr 
 Jonathan Blanchard of Pictou, and sister of his particular Academical friend 
 and associate, the late Jotham Blanchard, Esquire, Counsellor at Law, and 
 subsequently M. P. P. for the then undivided County of Halifax. In " the 
 plighted partner of his future life" he found a person of great amiableness of 
 disposition, and one who, whether in prosperity or in adversity, was while he 
 lived his devoted companion. The union was one of much enjoyment. But 
 they also experienced the truth of the Saviour's declaration, "In the world 
 ye shall have tribulation." Besides trials to be hereafter referred to, it may 
 be mentioned here that he was called to suffer the loss of his eldest daughter, 
 Sarah, who died September 14th, 1828, aged 15 months. He was enabled 
 to say, " The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name 
 of the Lord." . 
 
 To his pastoral labors he now devoted himself with all the ardour of a na- 
 tui-ally ardent nature, " constrained by the love of Christ." His flock was 
 scattered over a wide extent of country, yet he cheerfully undertook the toil 
 of frequently visiting them, although in some instances it was necessary to 
 travel distances of twenty or even thirty miles over an almost trackless de- 
 sert. Yet at the same time he was a diligent student, and being possessed 
 of excellent natural talents his pulpit exliibitions were of the first order an<l 
 excited the highest admiration. It is to be lamented that his sermons were 
 written in shorthand, and are thus at present inaccessible, as from thein a 
 much higher seleetion might bo made than what has yet been publisheil.— 
 This I affirm from the recollection oi hearing him preach from the followuig 
 texts,— Isa. xxxiv. IG, Rom. x. 17, John xix. 30, Isa. v. 4, and Luke xu. .)0. 
 But as has been stated by Mr Murdoch, " his pre-eminence ar. e from a 
 
 * He WAS ordained at East KJver, Pictoix, in 182.5. prior to iiis departure on Jiis Now 
 Brunswick mission. Ho commenced his piistoral woriv in Richibucto as stated al.ove in 
 May 1826, but his induction did not 'aiic place till thr 19th of August of ilic same year. 
 
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 deep toned j)iety, which gave solemnity and impressiveness to all his minln- 
 trations." liispublishcd sermons !«liow good, yet by no nieans extraordinary 
 powers of mind, but his written publications can give no idea of the impres- 
 sions which his delivery of them produced upon the minds of his hearers. — 
 At times his earnest appeals thrilled eveiy soul, while at others his tender- 
 ness and pathos melted the stoutest to tears.* It falls to the lot of few pub- 
 lie speakers to exercise such entire control over the feelings of his audience 
 as he did. Oftentimes " the heart of the people was moved as the trees of 
 the wood were moved by the wind." 
 
 The field which lie cultivated had never been systematically cultivated, 
 and muc 1 prudence was necessary to amalgamate the heterogeneous materi- 
 als wilh wliicli, as in most congregetions in new countries, he had to do. — 
 That prudence he possessed in an eminent degree ; and while he rigidly 
 maintained the order and discipline of the Church, perhaps none simiiaiJy 
 situated was ever more successiiil in conciliating tlie good will of all. 
 
 The eommu'iily avus one devoted to lumbering, This employment usually 
 gathers the most reckless characters, while their mode of life tends to pro- 
 duce a disregr.rd of all religious obligation, juid he i'oimd its usual accompa- 
 niments, profanity, intemperance and Subbatii bn;aking, i)revalent among a 
 large portion of the community. Against these and otiier sins of the time he 
 not only lifted uj) his voice like a trumpet in his public service, but he em- 
 braced every opportunity for words of admonition and reproof in private. — ■ 
 On the streets or in places of public business, when his ear was assailed by 
 the voice ol' profanity, or his eye beheld the reeling of the drunkard or the 
 desecration of liie Sabbath, olten has he stopped to address words of reproof 
 to the guilty, so solemn that the boldest were awed, and yet so kind as to win 
 their esteem. By such etlbrts a marked outward reformation in the commu- 
 nity was produced during tlie course of his ministry.t 
 
 As a pastor he was ever forward in advancing tlie spiritual interests of 
 his charge, '• in doctrine showing iincorniptness, gravity, sincerity," while ho 
 attended diligently to pastoral visitation, and to the introduction of Sabbath 
 Schools as auxiliary to parv.Mital training. During the seven brief years of 
 his ministrations Jiis congregation received a powerful impidse in the know- 
 ledge of *• sound doctrine," which alone can produce '-{he things which are 
 lovely, honest, and of good report," in tlie outward duties of life, by teaching 
 mer. " to live soberly, righteously and godly." 
 
 When he entered as jiastor upon his duties, he found intemperance feai'- 
 fully prevalent in tliat vicinity. The home o( the tiirmer, the stores, ship- 
 yards, rafts and lodges of the lunibermen, were all too much famiharized with 
 the direful influences of strong driidi ; and while it was universally considered 
 an exiiibition of genero.^ity to invite otliers to drink, and a decided evidence 
 of meanness not to do so in so'iii! or business intercourse, he found himself 
 
 * A Sootcliman in Now Bnitienic!;. not now n momlicr of our Cluircli, remarked to 
 tlic wriiei- ot tills noti! th;U tlie onl_v {w.t |)icMcli('r.s lie ever lieurtl, cither in this country 
 or tlie olil. v.lio eon!d move hiir to tears were I)r MeGrvgor .and Mr McLenn. 
 
 t Tlie foUowiii;.' ini'ldoiu, wliicli took ]iliiee only a few months ago, will show the 
 .HllU'iilly of ln'iiij; f.iiihful in ^ucli a eoiuinMnrty. A Free Church minister visiting th-it 
 I'rovincL'. luid preiieliiii;; in ii |)1;ilx'. ihe iuliulatants of wlileli were piven to lumlicting, 
 felt it liis (liiiy to r>.'provo the pn.'Viiilin;; sins. Ihit ihe result whs that he was refused 
 the u-e of the ('liiuch on the fullouing Sahbiuli, altlioagh we believe it was built as a 
 ,J'nu!i<teriati place of wor-ihiji. 
 
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 in an »in pleasant position. Much of hU subsistenoo dcpondfid on the go<#d 
 will of those who .-ilher soM or used this enemy to hummi peace. 
 
 On duty and its diHioulties he took a careful look, and with a moral hero- 
 ism, not often in these days equalled, and seldom excelled, he under- 
 took to grapi)l(J with inteni|»eriuic(', and if possible to mUigate the suffering* 
 of those around him. It must hove be remembered that at that period Pre- 
 lacy, as the Slate religion, had more influence in New Brunswiik than in 
 Nova Scotia ; that all who were not within its pale were viewed with compa- 
 rative contempt by those in power, ihat, for exam[)le, none but an Episcopal 
 flerL'vman or a Srpiire could solemniiJC mari'iage, that Episcopalians were 
 almost exclusively in the magistracy, and above all, that not a little of the 
 usual and necessary revenue of th(" County iirose from th(! licenses granted 
 to .etailers of strong drink. For a dissenter, then, to appear before the as- 
 sociated magistracy Of tii(.' County, and to rleliver such a discourse on the 
 danger of the drunkard, and on "the criminality of those who mamifacture 
 him" simply bv the uuthoritv of Christ, in a Court House and on a week-day 
 was an undertaking on ))eha!t of the eau^e of temperance requiring more mo- 
 ral herdsm than a' hundred of tho<e efforts which temperance lecturers now 
 m:ik3; .i't.'ntimes by the desecration of the Sabbath, and under a tax of 
 fi.ii, -enr c 01' ninepence a head from their hearers for admission. They thus 
 frei^.^ntly ilerive profi^ from their labors, while he ran the risk of a power- 
 ful opposiiion. if not of tlie lo^s there of sustenance for his family. Another 
 o'.outnsmn-^., which occu'-red aL the moment add.'d to his diiriculties. A 
 fr, ,.i;i )-elor.n;in^- to the Mench of ilagistrates had promised to introduce hiiu 
 to i'iie Courraiuf -'.'q'lesi for elm a hearing. IJiit on Mr McLean's repair- 
 "np, -.0 the p''ue vviiere nc. hr.d engag(.'d to meet him, he fousid that his friend's 
 coiaagi. I'ad failed, nor .lid he make his appearance that day. So that Mr 
 M. hud to go alone. Literally, " no man stood by him." Yet he could not 
 think of turning l)ack. and so "far from encountering oi)en opposition, he was 
 instrumentid in arousing some from their lethargy and danger, ard found that 
 " When a man's ways please the Lord he muketh even his enemies to be at 
 peace with him." tie lifted up his voice like a trumpet, and showed to hi* 
 fellow subjects their sin and tlu ir duty. His sermon was not a mere thread- 
 bare lecture : but an exhibition of the authority of the law of God, and when 
 he '• reasoned of temperance and judgment to come," it was not merely a 
 " moral suasif)n" appeal about the good of the creature, and a matter of pe- 
 cuniary interest to the County funds. It was all this, and also an earnest 
 exhibition of the manner in which Temperance ought always to be present- 
 ed, a i)resentation of the guilt -ind danger before God, of the traffic in hquid 
 poison. At '■• the reipiest of a number of those who heard it delivered" his 
 sermon was published. It has not only contributed much to awaken atten- 
 tion, and to give an impulse to the cause of temperance in the surroundmg 
 oountrv ; but it was probal)ly the hrst contribution, through the press, to this 
 salutary reform in the British Provinces.* As we shall subsequently see, 
 he continued during life his /.eal in the Temperance cause, as subservient to 
 the spread of pure and nndefiled religion. The result was that no licenses 
 were granted during that year. 
 
 ♦ Wc hope to republish this dispoursc in a future number, as the subjci-t is a pro- 
 minent one in our own dny, wlu'n this and other rountries are ngitated on the subject 
 of the prohibition of the tnttfic in intoxii-.ating drinks, arid wheu the duty of those lu 
 nuthovitv in rcfcreucc to it is so freely discussed. 
 
IV, OTIIUU MIN'ISTlvUIAI. I.AI50R.S. 
 
 While his labors wcro ahiiinlant among his own (lock, who esteemed "him 
 highly in love for hid work's sake;,'" his oceasional ministrations were hij^hly 
 prized as an " ambassador of Christ," and he was iVetiucnlly solicited to 
 preach on partioular ncca-ions in other oon<rrc gat ions. On the occasion of 
 attending Synod at Piet».u, in I8;3(), by request he delivered a sermon on 
 "the trudi and Divine aiilhority of the Sei'ipturcs and the imporianec! of 
 knowing their eonl.nts," on behalf of the I'ictoii Sabbath School Society. — 
 This Institution had l)een fonnded prin(Mi)ally, we believe, through the energy 
 of Dr MeCrregor, with the view of establi.-hing Saltl)alh Schools in the East- 
 ern part of the Province. The Tnstilution was for some time in a mrjst use- 
 ful and ellltient condition. It was the means of directing attention to the 
 subject of introducing Sabbath Schools in various sections of the coimtrv, 
 and of increasing tlieir elllciency by the importation of suitable books l)ofh 
 for libraries and for teaching. It has now ceased to exist, but not initil h^. 
 work was accomplished by Sabbath School instruction becoming a jegulur 
 part of congregallonal efli.rt in that part of the couiitry. It was usual to 
 have a sermon ], reached uniuially on its behalf, and it was on the occasion 
 of its anniversary that the discourse was delivered. His subject was the 
 evidences of the divine authority of the Serii)tures, from which "lie urged the 
 importance of those means which are being employed for disseminathig the 
 knowledge of its content.-. One of the arguments used, viz., the arginnent 
 for the universality of the dehige from the fossils found in all |)arts''of the 
 world, lias not been confirmed by modern science, but otherwise the discourse 
 is an admirable exhibition, in a condensed form, of the grounds on which we 
 believe that .v! follow "no cunningly devised fable" when we regard the 
 Scriptures of the Old and New Testament as in truth the word of the living 
 God. The clearness and force of his reasonings, and the earnest practical 
 conclusions to which they are apfdied, render it worthy of the perusal of the 
 advanced student, as well as fit to edify the private christian. 
 
 Resides his labors in his own congregation, and such occasional efforts in 
 others, his spirit was stirred witliiu liim "by the destitute condition of the re- 
 gions beyond." The greater portion of ]S'ew liruiiswick was then missiona- 
 ry ground, and much of it without a road deserving the name, but he under- 
 took long and arduous journeys to carry the glad tidings of salvation to those 
 that "dwelt solitarily in the wood." Of his labors iu this respect an idea 
 may be gained liy some extracts of a journal laid before the Board of Mis- 
 sions of a tour made In tlie year 1827 U) the Northern parts of that Pro- 
 vince : — 
 
 "August ICth.—Lch RIchibucto for Miramlchi at 2 o'clock, P. M., on horse 
 back, passed through a continuation of small settlements of Freneh. Roman Catho- 
 lics for six miles, and crossed three rivers or arms of the Bay in the usual mode of 
 ferrying here, which is as follows :— Two wood or log canoes are floated side by 
 side; across the top or gunwales of tUeso, a luimbor of bonrds are laiil, and upon 
 these board,^ the horsj and passenger arc stationed till the whole is paddled over, 
 frequently by a Frenchwomiiii and her child. 
 
 " Here at the end of six miles I left my horse, not being able on account of the 
 state of the road to use him farther, and took the woods on foot. Travelled six or 
 seven miles without a house, the greater part of the way through a deep cedar 
 swamp, and arrived at Kouchibouquach river, (a station at which I preach si;; or 
 seven times annually) at 7 o'clock. 
 
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 •' nth, Friilai/.—Liih Koucliihoucinuhat 7o'clofk, A.M., on horsrbuck. Found 
 th;vt my horse .is I i)rofi!e(le(l, instea 1 oltaeilitatinj^ my pro;;res3, actually in many 
 places greatly iuipeilwl it. The coualry coastwise hero for one hundred or ono 
 hundred and fifty miles is nearly a di'vl level, ami mueh of it a mere swainp, in 
 general covered densely with spruee, fir, pine, and cedar, and ill adapted for the 
 purjmsesof a.Erriculturc. Like the last static of the preceding: ilay's journey my 
 road now consisted mi^rely of a pathway deareil of the wood which once covere«l 
 it, but yet untouched by a spade. Mulh of it I was forced to walk, and in much 
 of it my horse wallowed up to the saddle in mud. 
 
 " •m'th, S.ililxilh. — Unable to procure a horse here or any where in the vicinitr, 
 
 I gave up the idea of reaching IJathurst in time to collect an audience, and sent 
 up an early notice to New llnindon, 4 miles distant, a small settlement principally 
 of Wesleyan Methodists from the South of Ireland, that I Wviuld preach to them at 
 
 II o'clock. Found them, as far as the notice extended, assembled at the hour and 
 very attentive. Instead of standing in time of prayer they all kneeled, and many 
 of "them h'ft the house with their cheeks bedewed with tears. The audience was 
 about forty in number, and a few more might have been collected had there been 
 time to give them liotice. 
 
 "Upon en.idiry I found that they had been well supplied with Bibles by the 
 Ladies' Bible Society of Miramiclii, and also that they had once organized a Sab- 
 bath School among thea), but that through mismanagement it had fallen into de- 
 cay. I endeavoured to show them the importance of such an Institution among 
 them, and urged them strongly to revive it, which they promised to do. 
 
 " Soplcmher, 2nd .S'aita^/).— I'reached to an audience of about one hundred and 
 twenty persons, which is nearly t'ae aiuount of the Protestant population of Ba- 
 thurst, as the audience in the Episcopal Church consisted of but nme individuals. 
 Baptized two children and gave notice that I had brought with me a few copies of 
 the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, and Brown's First Catechism for children, for 
 sale or gratuitous distribution, and also a few tracts. I aliio intimated that in con- 
 sofjuence of the preachers lately employed by the committee as missionaries, being 
 row all entrusted with the pastoral care of congregations, the comuiittee vould be 
 unable to send the Bay any farther supply tillthebeginninfjof next summer, when 
 they expected to have' two youug men out from Scotland, but that when these ar- 
 rived thev might rest assured one of them would immediately be mlsstioned to 
 them and the adjacent settlements. With this information they expressed them- 
 selves much pleased. In the evening, by a previous appointment I went up the 
 Tataqouche river (distance, three and a half miles) and baptized the six youngest 
 children of Hugh Munro. Esfj., the eldest an adult, the remaining five not. 
 
 " Bathurst is not, and will not likely for a number of years, be capable of sup- 
 porting a I'rcsbyterian clergyman. The French population are the most numer- 
 ous, and they aro all here (as in every settlement round the Bay) Roman Catho- 
 lics. They have a Chapel and resideni priest. The exterior of a small Episcopal 
 Church ha's been nearly completed here, and a person in deacon's orders has been 
 sent on by the Bishop of Nova Scotia to ofHciate in it; but had we an acceptable 
 Presbyterian clergyman established there, the former would not have at an - /er- 
 age one dozen hearers. As this side of the Bay has lately been erected in > a 
 County called Gloucester, and Bathurst constituted the site for the shire town, 
 there can bo little doubt that an Episcopal clergyman will be continued here, how- 
 ever small his audience. The Presbyterian population are able, and would I think 
 be willing, to remunerate the committee for a preacher's labors oriefourth of the 
 year. Many of them anxiously look for some arrangement of this kind. They 
 have yet done nothing towards erecting a Church, and probably will not, till they 
 have some prospect of a permanent supply of preaching. 
 
 "8/A, Sutu ry/a//.— Arrived at Restigouche in time for breakfast, and was Tcry 
 cordially received at the house of Robert Ferguson, Esq., where the missionaries 
 sent hither generally lodge. 
 
 "9/A, i'afc6a/A.— Preached two sermons, as usual to a very attentive audience of 
 about one hundred and fifty persons. Here let me record the goodneie of God, 
 
»fi(l ny, (liui) far haf!i !is lielfi/>d ni6. After bi'irip (.onCiioil in tied .t\ nitkness tli« 
 ^'r«atet part of .Siitunlay and Sabbnth uiorning, and ha>inj,' feand that I would bu. 
 unable tj prosecute mv mission tarllior, I was enabled to ^o t!irouii;h the labors of 
 
 than 1 
 
 ■ ■■•.■•'■ij t^ |ri «>ov«. utv^ i»i^» iiAi^^ivii if«i bill. I f ^ iTua diiiiiivJM HI Lfw lliruui'U ine li 
 
 tho day with greater e.iso, and to leturn Croni the puliiit less exhnusted, ..„,..- 
 have sometimes done when in my .isual lualtli. After sermon intimated that I 
 would preach in the same j.lacc on the; Wednesday following: at J o'elock, and on 
 the foliowinj; Si'.bbath at 1 1 Also that I had a few Catechisms, and Tri.ets fordis- 
 tribiiti'in. 
 
 "10;/;, .1/oru/a^/.— Disposed of about one dozen Citechism?, ind distributed a 
 number of Traets, but was forced, on areor.nt rf my limited supply, to send thoso 
 who applied away in every instance with f.nver than ihi-y solicited. Here, and at 
 Bathurst, jopies of the Confession of Faith were freci'.iently called for, but I Lad 
 none to give. 
 
 •' 12lk, Wedne,<nl(iif.~Vrc?i('h(i(\ at ■') o'clock to rm audience of scventv or eighty 
 pcrso-is (the day was bhistry and wet), and conversed with a few individuals who 
 applied for baptism for their children. Distributed a few Tracts. 
 
 " 13lh, Thurailajf. — Spent a considerable portion of the duv in conversation with 
 parents who called to solicut baptism for tlicir children. 
 
 " 1^'/'. /•'/•(>%.— Distributed a "iw more Catjchisms and Tracts. 
 " 16/A, .S'(7//i(i^/(.— I'reached two sermons to an audi .mce of one hundred and six- 
 ty-five pei-sons, and baptized seven children ; of the above number of hearers, many 
 came either on foot through the woods, or in canoes and boats, fifteen, eighteen, 
 and twenty niiles, to the place of worship, and nund)ers of them left iiomc on Sa- 
 turday. Besides thesa also some attend'd who could not get virithin the doors, the 
 house being small and crowded, and not being able to stand without, on account of 
 a drenching rain, were forced to return home without hearing any of the services 
 of the aay. 
 
 " New r.ichmond, Sept. 10th, Thurs<Imj.-~Vr,iachQd at 12 o'clock in a private 
 house to an audience of about forty-five i)ersons, and intimated that I intended 
 again to preach to them on the following Sabbath. 
 
 " 23rd, Sabbath. — Preached two sermons to •> very attentive audience of seven- 
 ty-six persons, chiefly from the West of Argvleshire (Scotland). This is ne^irlv or 
 cjuite the amount of the Protestant popula^'on of the settlement, as there were Yew 
 indeed absent within ten miles of the place of worship. Numbers during the time 
 of divme service were melted in tcai-s, and all after the assembly was'^dismissed 
 eecmed reluctant to leave the place, where it is to be hoped, some at least had cn- 
 ioycd an interview with GchI their chiefesl jov. A recollection seemed to he awa- 
 kened among them generally of the time when they went up together, Sabbath 
 after Sabbath, to the sanctuary of God, and fnr>ompassed I-'s holy altar in the land 
 of tneir fathers. And the parting etf-sion of every heart, as thev returned to 
 their homes, seemed to be, " Oh ! that we could thus enjoy the public ordinances 
 of divme grace every week, our other privations in this wilderness wouhl be com- 
 paratively easily borne."* 
 
 In these missionary excursion:- his ministrations were deeply impressive, 
 and his personal intercourse greatly endeared him to the scattered sheep of 
 the desert. 0\er a large extent of country, indeed over the whole Northern 
 portions of New Brunswick and the Canada side of the Bay Chaleur, hia 
 memory is still fondly cherished. 
 
 While speaking of Mr McLean's labors beyond his own congregation it 
 may be added that, while he was a firm Presbyterian, tind while he was the 
 farthest from countenancing anything like laxity in regard to religious prin- 
 
 •• ^i ^^'^ "c?^*^ extracts from his journal were originally published in the report of the 
 Olasgow bocicty for promoting the interests of Religion and liberal Education among 
 ihc Settlers of the North Americnn Provinces." We give them here Rz they nre tUt 
 CDly fragments of hi» joorDal which we possess. 
 
ciples and ]Mactice, he «ns at the same time eminent for hi.H christian libera'- 
 liiy and catholic spirit. His intorcouise witli per.-on* jf dirtbrent relifrioua 
 pentimcnt- wa-s mild amii-oiicijiiititig, and lie vas moi-e fivqucnfly invited into 
 other pidpits th.ui f'usfMjf ihc body villi whicii he wii-i iinm-Ji-itcly i on. fet- 
 ed. Tiiu:^, while ropeetod for llie manly avowal rS iiis principle;-!, he won 
 the cstf.em, and vc ma^ r-.iy attcction, ut a largo circle; of christians of other 
 uame-'. 
 
 Having referred to IMr ^iMcLcan's lahn.-s in the oanse of temperance, it 
 may he added that li^ took an a. live part in every project for alloviatin" hu- 
 man misery and niMinoting the wcMiin! oi' society. I'e loved the prosperity 
 of Zion, and into the s'ippo.t of tho.e institutions which were designed to pro- 
 mote it he threw hin».self -.vitli his eliaractoristic ardour. Sahh;ith Schools 
 and Bihi ' iuid .Mi-siontiiy Socu'tie- (!ngrus=ed lauch of his aticution, and 
 
 lipport. 
 
 commanded hid most vigoiou 
 
 V. JUL HKAT/ril. 
 
 iiu.st. and his hnhits of study 
 iinir Iris th"oIogic'il studies, 
 
 INFit ]\r»LK\N's constitution was n"ver ^e 
 
 early became close and arduous. While p 
 
 previous to receiving license, he was compcl'.u, oi. recount ot^tiie stale of 
 his heallh, to relax his exertions : and such severe mental and bodily exer- 
 tions were loo much for him to sustain. The effects of ihem were marked 
 with anxiety by hi.s atrectioh!if(> p.arlner ano di.-cussed with eoncei-n among 
 his intim.i; ■ (iien.ls ; and often was he admonished that the course he was 
 pursuing v> uld soon destroy his usefulness by cutting short his life. Wil- 
 ling however to spend and be spent in the ^ienice of iiis ^raster, though Ik. 
 valued the w;,!-iiings of aili'ction and the admonitions of friendship, he" post- 
 poned then iJ! to the imi)n sions which he enlerlained of his solemn duties. 
 He continr.ed to tax all his energies till, on the f.tli of Angn-;, IS.'jO, he was 
 prostrated by n copious an<l repeat* d hemorrhage of the lungs He had on 
 the previou., Salibath {.••ssist -d iiy the-, IJe'v David I{ov of PicreMi) dispensed 
 the sacrament of the I.orel's Supper to his Church, a'nd, accusteimed as he. 
 was on such oe'c;isions to labour a> in agony for the edification of others, he 
 pppears to have taxed his p'lysie'al energie-s be-yond the powe^r eif eMieluranee. 
 His life was tlie-n despaired of, anel, while on him medie-al .-kill ajipe'ared for 
 a time.' to be; expeneleel in vain, pt intervals of ease he elelighted te') speak of 
 the things of his heavenly Fatlie'r's kingdMin. As his strength biH-amo Mar- 
 tially ree\)vere(l, to theise ..ro'md him, he Uterally >pake " as a dving ukiu to 
 dying men," anel deep and impressive were the lessens of instruction which 
 he communicateel. 
 
 At this time his ])eople wore; eifte-n long witheiut tfieii- sanctuary jvIvHeges, 
 and, ai.'.ong others, i ihen visited him and preached to them three Sabb-ahs 
 in De-cember. .^Vs an iiunate of his lioi>. I then had Oie opportunity- of ob- 
 fierving '-what manner of man" he was, as husbund, jiarjnt, pastor anil nei^rh- 
 bour. From the observations there ;nade, and the'' memoranda taken then 
 and during a week which F spent with him in ."March l.s;j2, and from se\eral 
 years of general aeeiuaintane'e with lem. 1 am now enabled at a distance 
 of nearly twenty years to state, in the absene-e of anvauteibiographv or diary 
 of his own, sf^ many faet^ illustranve of his character. 
 
 VI. TRAVELS FOU IIE-VLTII. 
 
 He fo far recovered by .January 1st, IS'il. ;■,« to venture. h\ \h^ advice (>t' 
 
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 his iiliysic'ians, a journey to the Southeni States fi r the roi^toratioii of Jii.-< 
 health, and, leaving the partner of his life and the children of their att'eciion 
 to ii covenant keeping (.iod, he proceeded by Halifax, Boston and New York 
 to Savannah. A ft'W items from his letters to his wife, written on this joiir- 
 ney, will prove interesting to the reader. Having left Halifax on the 9th 
 of Jainiary lie writes from Bo; on on tlie loth, " Dv Sterling (of Halifax) 
 says my cliest is too contracted to allow rny lungs amplf room to ])lav, and 
 that theretiji-e I will always be subject to a renewed attack of the debility in 
 tlie chest, which I now expei'ience, if I am not careful of myselt." " 1 ne- 
 ver saw tiie hand of Clod ^-o clearly directing my ways, and preserving rae 
 from harm, as I have done since I last left home." This he inentioi^s in re- 
 laiion to the exposure of his liealtli upon the joiu'ney and voyage, and espe- 
 cially in being hindered from going, as he at iirst intended, to Bermuda. — 
 Iteferving to the mercies received on the way he says, "I pray and trust 
 that (jlod will be as kind to you and our dear children. Commit yourself 
 and them and me to liim daily, and he will pre.-erve us and make all our 
 trials and atiiictions is-ue in a llir more ex''eeding, even an eternal weight of 
 gloiy." AVrifing from Bo-ton on tlu^ 29th January Ik says, '' I have every 
 reason to believe that 1 will ninci- again stand either continement or bodily 
 labour as heretotbrc. As to this I wish to say, CJod's will be done. I know 
 tliat he is doing all tliis in great mercy to my soul, and should I complain? 
 Oh that he may make me to proiit by his dealings with me. Without the 
 influences of his Si)irit to (juicken, my heart will remain under all his father- 
 ly corn^ctions as hurd as the nether uiillsione." " I was out at C'ambridjxe 
 visiting th<.' College there. It is the best endowed Seminary in the United 
 States, ])ut now, alas I Unitarian from top to bottom, a deadly fountain poi- 
 soning willi its slreains the whole land." '"The geii(;ral style of i)reaching 
 here is not as good as I anticipated. In the New England States there arc 
 few Bresljyterians. I have not yet met with a minister of this persuasion. 
 They al)0'i:id from New York .-oiithward. I woidd again commit you and 
 our dear little ones and household to (Jod, whom 1 entreat daily to direct all 
 our stei)> and to permit us shortly to meet again in the land of the living." 
 On the 21st l''eltruavy, writing from New Vork mentioning to her the im- 
 ])rovement of his lieallh, and having as yet received no lettei's from home, 
 Ite says, " When God is thus kindly preserving and restoring me 1 feel ex- 
 ceedingly anxious to know that he is ecpially kind to you and to our little 
 babes." •• There is what is called ' an exiensive revival' going on in this ci- 
 ty. 1 have jjeen endeavouring to (jliserve its natui'e and watch its progress, 
 but have lieen able to learn little of its true nature. I iu-ar the ministers 
 preaching and lecturing, and exhorting .ind praying, to ])retty fidl houses, 
 llu'ce or four or half-a-dozen times a Aveek. if I choose to attend ; but in what 
 state liie niiml- ol' the hear('rs are I have no cluuice of knowing. Tho 
 ]ireaching i- not ,siti>laelory to me. Kxeitemenf is more aimed at than in- 
 struction. Numliers of the most faithful and talentetl ministers of the city 
 stand aloof and ref.i.-i' to co-oi)erate in the services. Upon the Avhole I re- 
 gard revivals, a.i .-poken of here, less favourably than I once did. The 
 ■Mf'aehing in these .States generally is not to my mind. There are many 
 howcM)- here whose preaching is excellent. In the meantime I commit you 
 all to til' care of him who keeps Israel." From ^«ew York he reached Sa- 
 vannah nt'ier the short pa.--age of four days; and, when nearly three weeks 
 there, or I'le Istli of '.Marcli he. after detailing to Mrs INI'.'Lean the improve- 
 
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 inciit of his healtl. say?, ^'-I wish, I long much to hasten back to the place 
 where alone I feel at re.^t in the i)resent worl.l, and to share with vou the la- 
 bours and cares of domestic concerns, and to partake of the sv/eets" of domes- 
 tic joys. In all my wanderings the language of my heart is, 'there i^ no 
 place hke home, home, sweet home.' Thv present conditi<jn and nrosuects 
 of the congregation are also subjects which occasion me considerable anxie'- 
 ty. Having heard nothing from home since he left, he says «'I wi«h I 
 could ..u-t hear that you arc all in good lu-alth, and that the congre-iation is 
 siii.plK-d and the Sabbath Schools prosj.ering ; 1 would be comparatively 
 fomented m the mean time." " You will expect seme a-'count of Sa.vannah. 
 It is n very pretty city, reguhirly laid out and well jdaiJed with trees of va- 
 rious kinds, some of whieli retain their le;>.f all winter. Thei-e arc seven or 
 eight clergjmen of different denominations here, and I hope a -ood deal of 
 religion. lu this city of the balmy Soulh he uot only ibund his stren-thre- 
 tunimg, but h.' also enceuntered a new type of human degradatio", and 
 wretchedness. Lntil he landed in Savannah h.3 had never seen a .lave — 
 -lis attention houevei .vas soon ealh'd to the subi,.et in a manner lilted" to 
 pxcite the commiseration of a mind deeply imbue.l with human sympathv— 
 Vn surveying the city, and in front of the Exehan-e, he wa< accosted bx- hu- 
 man beings, negroes and mulatloes, beggi„nr of him. who they had suppo-^ed 
 to be a purchaser, not to separate them as families. " Please, ^fassa, buy 
 T • } If-*^-'^' ^^«^^"' '^"y "-^ ^U ; tlon't i)art us," and ollwv earnest rcmests 
 ot !i sumlar nature were poured into his a-^tonished ear. His spirits «ank 
 yiti.m lum, and (he varied beauties of the city were lost in the ^eeiie On 
 in(iuiry he learned that they were the efli-ets of some bankrupt planter forced 
 under tlie iiaimner, and on returning to the spot on his evenin-r'. ^valk he 
 Jomiddiat Its former occujiants were removed by their piirehaseiN. 
 
 _ Ihia account, which I had from him in conversation, h- in pnrt «tate^ tr, 
 his wife u. his letter of the IS,!, of .Ma:rh. e..ntinuin- from his last extract, 
 ^ Iheiv IS here I hope a good deal of religion. But 1 ere is shnciv with ail 
 Its revolting attendants and consequences. The very day I landed h-re I 
 saw about two hundred and sixty negro,>s. muh.ttoes, k'c. m(>n. women, 
 children, and ini:.nts at iJu' breast, assembled in front of the KxchaiK-e and 
 put up at auction and .-^^M like as manv cattle. At tiie.e sales tiie hr-bind 
 i> recklessly separated from the wifi' aiid she from him li,r ever— cli'il<b-en 
 Irom their parents and from each otii.-r. It is bv the laws of the State -i 
 crime punishable with heavy lines and imprisonment to teach either a slave 
 or a free negro to read or writ<>. 'J'hey are all-^wed to i,c;,,. pn,,.'hin.r, and 
 are Uiught some questions veibaliv at Sabbath Scl,o.,|s. A frci' iK-ro com- 
 ing into the Slat<! can be imprisoned an.; sold. A eon-i.lcrabie nn'inber of 
 slaves absconded s(mie time ago in Soutli ( an.lina and cone, ah'.l themselves 
 in the woods. Tiiey were discovered an<l taken la-t fall, but tweiitv-^even 
 ot them were shot like as many rabbits in tlie s„,,o.,,!, ,vhicli ||,ev niade to 
 secure their liberty. N(,t hmg since a man wa- ImiiuI tod.'aih f ,r kil!in-r his 
 overseer, wlio had treated his daugliter brulaiiv. I liavc manv a warin ar- 
 gument with the people Ikmv about this sy^i.^n.'. but inteic^t preponderates 
 wh.-u oppo sed to argument however strong."* ( )n the sane 18ih ol March 
 
 * It m;.v he npoossary to cxi)lmn Wuu lU ili;U timp ,!,o Al clitinn cNciionicnt h,u1 not 
 oom,ncna..l. and t.c evils ofslMvcry w.-,-. iV-dv di,.cuss<,l nn.l a.^nituV Jen , he 
 ScHUhcrn States The course whioh Mr McLean pui-MU-l mo„M ai ilu pre en nVi 
 tneat, ,n nil ,,roLahility, have caused !,is summary CNpui^io•, l,,m, Die s,a c 
 
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 he ?ays, *' I have preachoJ once here without any serious injury, and nothing 
 but medical advice and a fear of the wet ea-terly weather of April induces 
 me to delay loiger hen'." " ]\Ip.y ( Jod spar.- us all to meet and to be matu- 
 ally a blessinir to <^!U'li ot'ier in .110 land of I lie livin<;, and above all niay our 
 names be written in hciutn and may we be keiit unto his kingdom and 
 glory," 
 
 Finding his health irn])ro\in'r. he <et his face homewr.rd and reached Bos- 
 ton in A]))-!!. In writinj^' to Mrs McLean from that city he informs her of 
 his prosi)(/rity. and in refcience to a call mailc to him by the congrepition of 
 the hue Kev ,h Thompson, of Miramichi, X. B.. he says, '• I have witten to 
 Miramichi deciining liie acceptance of their ca'l and directing them to look 
 elsewhere for a pastoi-." Again, in relation to lii< health he says, '• :\ry looks 
 indicate good health, and all will expect from my appearance that I should 
 enter vigorously upon duty. It must be otherwise." On reading the letters 
 from his wife, which he received in Boston, he writes, " I have endeavoured 
 to thank (iod wilh gratitude i\A' his coiUinned gf)Oihiess exercised towards 
 you all, and ii^r tlie ho[)e I enjoy of shoi'tly meeting you all again in the 
 land of (lie li\ !n;r. ()!i ! that we may be disposed to piaise hiui while we 
 have any being iiir .',ii iiis mercy, and oh I that we may be more knit toge- 
 ther in the bon i> of love, and more helpfid to each other than we have ever 
 yei l)een." "TIkic is what is called an extensiv revival in |)rngress in this 
 «'ity at present, but I defer jiarticulai's until we meet. It is a lime of unpa- 
 ralleled excitement all over the counlry, 1 liaxc i)een excei'iliugly fortunate 
 Jis to boarding. J\[y landlady here, and ihe landlady with whom I lodged in 
 Savannah, are liotli )iersons ot' genuine piety and i;(.!li kind to me Ix'vond 
 description. 'I'he iirivileo'es enioved bv ehi'isiians in liiis cuimtrv are very 
 great ; .and tlie piety ot many is of a more exalted kind than is usual among 
 us. There is nmch piety in some ol' the h.pi-copaliaa Churches." From 
 these extracts (he reader will trace a lew tmlts o.''his character. 
 
 \IU IfKiT-CMl'TiON or I.AIiOliS. 
 
 ■ He returned hf)ino In ^Jayatiil resumed his pa-(oral labours. "With him 
 "the spiiit (riily was willing, but ilie ilc-h was weak." ]\Iany of his people 
 lived by ^hat i- u-iially cal'cd linuberiiig', and -onu' by shipbuilding, vliile 
 others were eii(!( inouriug u» I'ccLiim from the (itiest a small farm. He had 
 no facililies (il eoich or sleaiii. by vhich to reach (he scaKered dwellings of 
 his pio|>;e. ai d in many (nicciioiis in -iimmer a hoive v,';i> lint of lillle use. 
 J'he locoiut/ii\e by Viineh many of hi- 1 earers came (o their place of wor-> 
 fhip in the sununer v.as ilie pad<!le. For example, on my visit to hiin above 
 mentioi u i (in Dec, inber, iJS.'jO) 1 cniciTd hi- lie Id (»f laiKiur at Ktiuchibor,- 
 (juacli, and, atier jiri ;ichii;g there on ihe rhid, 1 on tlie .'b'd crossed the Kou- 
 oliibompui-is and Xortli \'.'e-i ivi\er. Deigle".- Creel; .-uid Uichibueto Har- 
 bour ill log canoe-. S;!(li laboin was enough to luidcihiine the most robust 
 <on>iituiion, especialiy if cained on iu Mich a maniH r a- would satisfy a 
 heart like his, buniing with loxc to the soiil- of the peri-hing. 
 . In his pa-toiid la' ourr-. dining is;;i', he was ('••(jueuily interrupted by a 
 gcjr'eral !•■ •blenr's- oi leahh and iniications of pidmonai'y coii^umpiion. Siill 
 he cor.linued \u ■•ic-tii'y rep"iitance toward (bid, and liiitii to\\aid our l.oid 
 Jcvus Christ,"" iarne.M!\ ei:!refi;i!;ir -inners "(olleefrom the wralh (o come.' 
 As to anv unu-ual plan of pa-t<iral labour wiih the young, or any uncommon 
 
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 manner of conductniLr piihllo woivliip. niootiiiii^ of SL-ssion, cr i'aoramental 
 seasons, lie had Udin' ; i'ur he was a I'l-c-hytcrian. and the i'oiir walls of tlu; 
 Church, necessary lor her well heing, all hiiilt uiion the chief ci)nier slone, 
 namely, doclrine. ^rovcrnnienl. wor-lii|) and di-ci[)linc. were by him, as as-en- 
 tinel on his tvatchtower, faithfully ;;i!ar<led. lie was an cnsa!U[)le to li;e flock, 
 polntinii ton hetter world ami leadiiii;- ihe way. 
 
 The |)rivile;ie of heai'infr him conduct worshi]) in his family morning and ev- 
 enin<r, on llie visits to him above jiamed durinti his sea>on of debility, I hi<_ddy 
 prized, and regard these days as amonir llii' most I'cfre.-hin^ times of my life. 
 The boldness with which he came to th(.' throne uf, irrace, the subdin;d emotions 
 of his soul, his solenni ami melodious voic.",tlie unction and fervoi- which adorn- 
 ed his morning and evening >ong ol'pi'jiise. and his probjund venejation fir tin 
 Word of God. wei 
 and refresji the s(,ul. 
 
 •e all cairulated. under tiie IIolv Spirit, to arou.-c allcntion 
 
 AVherever, din'iii:> the eilicii'ut years of his mini-try, he np 
 
 ieare(! 
 
 and 
 
 preached he was he.-a-d with eai'ne.-t attention, especially whi'ii tiie hand of 
 disea>e was upoii him. Tall and commanding in perM.u, Vviih a voice of 
 rich m(do<ly and ot great coin])a>s, with a due alieiition to ])L'r-onal apj^ear- 
 ance. and alitive all having his own >onl deeply Ii,i|)ressed wiih the awful 
 realities contained in his nH.'ssage, and its elfccts U)v wi.'al or ii-)- woe upon 
 his hearers, his inHueiices on his audiences were unusually great, lli,^ in- 
 structions were clcai', i'orcible and valuable ; but in jii^ inipresqons upon the. 
 sold througii the atfections were his peculiar chaiTicleri.-iics exhibited. Ne- 
 ver can I f M'gcl .-ome of his solenni api)eal- to iiis hearers, and, in one of 
 these, his enunciation of the twenty-ci'iind verse ol' tli'' liftieili I'.-alm* was 
 among the most thriiling and iinpre.--ivc inluuaiions of the human voice 
 which ever fell upon my ear. 
 
 VIII. IIIS r)i::,ii-PiON'. 
 
 In the spring of li^.T.') he was attacked by phan'isy, and from its efTccts, 
 coinbined with ciiu-um[iti()n. h<' ne\er recovered. In the infant <tatc of tlie 
 cojigregation he could not tliiuk ot being longei' chargeable on its bounty 
 when he cnuld no longer perform the duties ot his oliice. and he aihi] ted the 
 resolution /</ (Jennt /lis clutrijc. This -Icj) wa- the more trying to tlie feel- 
 ings of tiie man. ihe hu-i>and aiii the f ilhc-, ina>tnueh as having devoted 
 liinis'elf excdu-ively to th" duties of his olfa'c (not so coir.imiu a course then 
 n«! now) he had drriv<Ml from his limiieil income little ninr. ih;ni tlie mean? 
 of iniinediati' >nb-i<ieiice Ibr his increa-^ing taniily. \''\\ tiie eonxiction of 
 duty )H'e\ai!cd ov>r evcrv oilier cousideiM'ion. and wiiii J< liorah-J I'l-fh ai^\\\* 
 maxii'i. he applied to liie I'l'c.-byiery Ww a di-so!utioii ot'tlie connection bo 
 tween iiim and hi< tlock. I'lider the pet lUar circtim.-lances < f the case, the- 
 Presl)yt( ry t'elt that it was tlieir duly. liov(\ \- painlul to their teelings, to 
 comply with his request. Ills demiision was accipted i.nd the \h'\ James 
 AVaddell was appointi'd to intimate the lad to the congregation. The soeno 
 thai Ibll'jwcd we sliall give in his word- : — 
 
 " Seldom hns it f,i 
 that of publicly anno 
 
 en to my lot to be en'jngcd in so deeply nlVc<'tinga sorvitM 
 iLinciiig to the people '.e deci?ion of the Church. Proofs 
 
 •0 an 
 'Oofs of 
 
 * " Now consider tliis, vo tli .t forgot (jni.1, lest T tear y(\\\ in I'icrcs, iir.d iticrc be none 
 to delivui-." 
 
u 
 
 vr-ry iUy\. mttic^t in his wi'lfaiv had ofion ah'cady hoon manifoslcl 1 
 Micir iiiinistor, and when now they are inl"i)?inL'd that at I 
 
 _ >y them to 
 
 . , , ,, , , . • """^ "■- his own soli'^itation ho wai 
 
 fo be removed, and know that he was to be ren.ove.l too to die, sorrow fille tllir 
 hparts and many of them wept sore. X„r were their ellbsions of jiriefthe etre t 
 of St.. den ehu htu.n of f.vi.n- or momentary excifemont. They left the C u ,vl 
 m sadness, an<l went monrn.n.ir about the streets. One ladv, in partie.dar, to w on 
 he had be.ome very nn.eh endeared wept all the wav-from'the Chur eh to u" 
 own dwel ,n.r and seen.ed to be almost in.onsolal.le. Nor has she for-^o ten si , e 
 h.s departure to the land ol for.etfu'ness, to visit his widow and fatlTerle^S ]" 
 ones, though removed to a d.tan.e, ,n the eharacterof akindan.l benef.ee tViend 
 Indeed, a g,..te ..1 .v.ne.nb.anee of the past has iH.en ,.vin,.od by ma.u of h ( -' 
 me,, elutj^, a..d p.ools have ..ot bee.. wa..ting that 1 is labours amo-.j/ uL-rw^l-c 
 
 "Nor ean it \p suppose! that to a minister, situated as Mv MeLean was nos- 
 
 sent o,j the oeeas.on. Tale and en.aeiated, he took a seat a.non^ll rpeo ,le to 
 uho.n he had often joye, to b,-eak the bread of lito, and with eah^.ne.s and o.^- 
 posu.-e w, .u.>sed the pu'p,., whieh had been his o/lieiallv, oecup.ed by a. o iZ 
 whose busmess .t was to ,e!l the.n that it should be his nri no.-e. ^ Tl omd. the exl 
 .press.on of fee hnff enneed on the oecasio,. coni.I ..ot l>ut deeply ha.^ row h f-'d- 
 .n,,.s he seemed to be ,p„te resi.^.ied fo the eye..t ; and it wou! dha e m.u i.-e, no 
 p-eat eflort ot ..nagi.KU.on to put into Ids .nouth the lan-nia^e of Pa, ' '' What 
 jnean ye to weep and to Ine.k .nine hearth To .ne it w.rs e^L-eeditHy afTec^in- 
 o see Inm, when a l.llle relaxed after service, follow with his moi.t' .ed .^v fS 
 the wn.dow of the vestry, the beloved pa.-fner of his boso... in a vi-i ttoVl e .n'ave 
 of the.r fi>-st born and to hear l.in. .r.na.'k that ano.he,. t.ial awaited/." whcm s ho 
 ™.st be sepa.-ated f.-om the ashes of the .lead. I,. hi,ns,.!f f,,.- the i i' t t, emo- 
 
 p;n::i;';;"Xdinate 'i;:^:^--^^^^''^''^"' -" '•• '-^" - '■---' ='■- i'^-- 
 
 Ld.no q,ntt„,jv tl.r. scone ot b.s lab..nr., he one. more joined ^yitl. the pco- 
 
 . r o lus hit., eharo-.. m pa>-tak.„,ir of the n.en.urials of the Savio.n-'s death, 
 
 ••UHl iM s at the very spot, m whieh ..fall o,h..r.. a P..esbvte..iaM elc-yn, 
 
 won d .k.s.re to part w,.l. his fioek. a,.ain ,., nu.-t them at "the jud-n en t 
 
 o Ch,.,st, that spot ... whi..h all .ha, is .olenut i.t a pastoral v^latCim tl^ 
 
 s .1. ot l.e va, ,,t ,.eai , ,.on....nl..a,..s. ll,u .po, i., ^yhieh to th,. people of his 
 
 <'haf^re he eon 1 ....y, ,I„s .lav a.,.l !„.,.,., ^^ ] oaH (lo.l li„. a ....e.i.l i.pon mv 
 
 KM, hat 'I have ,...t sli„n,„.,l to ,h...]a,-e to you the wh..!.. oo„„>el .If (Jod,'' 
 
 hat 1 l.a\.. known „.,t_hn,g ainono.,, ,,,„ but CI.,-i.t au.l bin, cru<.i,i..,l._at 
 
 he Wds (able' ].,. ba-h- ,1,...,, a„ ane,.!i..na,... a ...l..,,.,, au.l a final fare- 
 
 ,../ 1 ' ,; ^ I'";'"'"""" ^.'^ 'l'"-' uispensed by auotl.e,.,* u„d his ,M,.eu.,.t!i 
 
 n> re. .,...., 1 o f....l euess. he e..ul.l .lo bu, little ,„o,.e fhan say to .1... ehl7.rs 
 
 ot h,.^ Chur..h. as .I„l ,he apo.tle a, .AIih.,us to the ..hle.-s of 'the Church of 
 
 yondiepeatm-fhc xvordsofthesaim' addi-css (vei-se.s 20 2.; 'A-2) "And 
 "Ix'M 1... i.a.l ,h„s sp.>k..n h." p,-ayc,l ;yitl. th..., all, an.l th.'y all ^v ept 'o c 
 son.own,g u.osf of all tl-.U they should sec his tiu..- no .no,-e '' ^ ' 
 
 * The lalc K.v K Douglass, of St I'efcr-s. Trin-c E.lward Island. 
 
15 
 
 IX. LAST UAYS AND DICATII 
 
 After his rdease, from tli'^ cliarj,'e of tlioir ?oul.s and wlu'ii lie liad enjoyed 
 a season of rest, his liealtli improved a littk', and dnriiijr that summer lie're- 
 nioved ^vith his family to Nov," Scotia. He was afterwanls enabled to preaeli 
 occasionally, and to deli r a few addresses on t(^mp<iance. In this catise, 
 as we have seen, he wa^ arly enlistetl, and to his dying hour he willingly 
 subserved its interests as a handmaid to, but not as a substitute for, religion. 
 After the enterprib'e had obtained a i)owerful imi)ulsf' both in the United 
 States and in Great Uritain, and after statistics had been collected exten- 
 sively on the sul)je(!t, he again advocated the cause in his native place in the 
 form of an address, which was afterwards published. Whatever may be iti5 
 merits as a production, it refpiired but very little of that moral heroism wliieli 
 was demanded when fie preached on the subject before the magistrates of 
 Kichibucto. 
 
 For the support of his family he o))ened a private Academy in Halifax. 
 Li this he was successful for two years, until overcome by disease. Ilavin"- 
 finally to abandon the hope of public usefulness, he renioved his family to 
 Pictou, Avhere for several months he lingered under the fell consumption. — 
 My last interview with him was in June, 183G. A spirit of submission cha- 
 racterised his deportment. He knew that it was good for him that he had 
 been afflicted, and while he did not fully understand why God shor.ld keep 
 lii.n so long on the earth whih? his uscfuliu'ss was gone, and he was "become 
 as a wonder unto many," still, in jniticnce, -he possess.'d his soul," and "en- 
 dured as seeing hlai wlio is invisible."* From the pen of his friend Patter- 
 son I have the following observations illustrative of his character, and aftbrd- 
 ing some knowledge of his views of" the work of the ministry" as surveyed 
 from a death-bed : — 
 
 " j\Ir Mc'Lean you know was a hard student. Ilis sermons were the result of 
 much reading and thouglir. lie would not serve (!od witli what cost him nothing. 
 lie was willing to spend and be spent in .l^e service of his Master, lie did not 
 lose in j-our estiniation by increased ac(|uaiiitance. There are many persons wlioso 
 piety ajjpears very warm in jmblic, liut, did you know tiiem in private, your good 
 opinion of tliom would be diminished. It was not so with our friend. The more 
 intimately you became ac(piainted with him the more higlily you would esteem 
 liim. Ilis conscientious attention to |)rivate duties disclosed the secret of his pub- 
 lic usefulnes:^ During the short time that he was spared to minister in holy thiuf^s 
 the anticipations of his friends were not disappointed. His preaching was of a 
 highly useful and practical kind. But his career was sliort. His Master, in his 
 mysterious Providence, saw fit soon to call him away liDm his labours liere below. 
 i saw liim not long In'fore his lamented death. Deop ndoed was the sense which 
 he then felt of the responsibilities of the ministeriiil oUicc. Earnestly did he en- 
 deavour to imi)ress it upon my miud. Oh ! that wo could alwavs feclit, as in the 
 prospect of eternity." 
 
 * " Dininfr tlie last visit which I was privileged to make to him," says the Rev J. 
 Wiiddcll, •' after ex,)iui;uiii(; u|.ion tlu' j,'()(i(.iicss of God lioth in matters temporal and 
 spintiinl, and >,nvin;,' expression to firutct'ul acknowledgments of Jiis mercies, he won- 
 
 ' ■'' I Ity his protracted exis- 
 
 ■ - '=-''0 profit, and in 
 ling himself, he 
 
 B|Miiuiiii, 1111(1 frivin;^ expression to firutctui acknowledgments of Ins me 
 dered \yhal {rood piupose in divine I'rovidcncc could bo served Ity his pi 
 teiice, in circuinstiUices in which h.' feared he was himself reaping little 
 which he supposed he could he i.f no service to others ; and then catchii 
 
 fiilld. ' I P h>ivr» IiiwmI ^^rl^n♦inrl/^rt tl.nf iilViii. .f/i lin..A rlr.nn flw. i.mII r^f Cl^r 
 
 Baid, ' Ye have ne.. 
 reive the promise ' 
 
 pposecl lie could be i.f no service to others ; and then catching himself, h( 
 tod of patience, that after ye have done the will of God yo might re 
 
tM 
 
 liMUMiiM 
 
 1o • 
 
 fiTii-nctea as v.-.mv hi- suffc-rin-.s vol all the clay, of hl^ appointed tim« 
 1, ■ i-eadilv waitcl until his change c-amr. 
 
 Or a-un -aw tii.- "scr- and ^(■lIo^v h-af" of autnnni upon the forest, and 
 f..lt th>. '"chillin- Ijla-I of Avintir in its appointed soa.un. ^^ ith the knell o 
 thedvin- year around hin> he ionnd his en.l drawn.- near, and waited foi the 
 silvuion of hi> Lord. In the promises of the new eovenant he tonnd Ins 
 ho| e n the final hoar, ar.d f 11 a^le-,. in .h'M.s on the 20th day o January 
 H 57, in the 37th venr of his ajre. '• Mark t!.e perleet u.m, and M.M ^ 
 upri-'ht : f;.r tlie end of that n.an i-. i>eae..." He le t a wulow. "•"•;;»';^>^ 
 u!u daughter, in the eare of thnt (lod who Inrs sa,d. " I e.ve t y lathe rle^. 
 children: I will preserve tluMU alive: and let tlrovulmvs trn-t n, n. . -- 
 Thu- havin- raise.l up and nse.l this in>trnmeutahty n. Ins viM'^ani, toi .i 
 i:"o;> d:^:. nuned np.; l.y iniini.e wisdnnu tin. Kh., and lle=vl ol the C^^^^^^ 
 
 aiiain laid idni a^ide, demanded the aeeonnt oi la. >te^va^l.lnp, ="' ' '^^ 
 him to his reward. ^Nhile hv the whole einde .,1 in. ae(H.anitanees h. duitU 
 Z deeplv lan.ented. " He. oein, dead, yet sneaketh," in the ------ 
 
 of hi. hearers who .-urvive, and in the Lw prodnetions ol In- pen, ^^lnh, 
 scattered hv tlio press, e-mvev to the reader a speeinieaot th.. powers natu- 
 re !^1 euhivatecl of his ..:^U., ,l>e earne^tne.^ ot h. ;-;•';:>:;•:;; ^^ 
 tor the souls of others, and h. z,-al lor the ,lorv ot n.d ;^\^^\-f'f^ 
 Viewed in comi)ari>on ^^\^h the n<,t munnuunn hMv.rih ot human li.e, Ihiee- 
 score years and ten, his sun went down at noon, but— 
 
 " That life is long which answers life's great end." 
 
 view he seemed to have '■ withered in all the leaves of his spring," 
 b.l no : 1.;. branches were already la.l := with irair, and he was only trans- 
 Inicd to take -oot in a richer soil, to iiouri-h beocath a a.rer ^^y-^^^ 
 ^i .M .till richer and n.ore abundant fruit to tl>e pra.M- and glory ot hi a 
 vhom the whole fambl in heaven and earth \< ..anted. ' " Ih.-y that be 
 ^.Ue 'hall .hiue a:s the brightness of the lir.aa,..ent, and they that turn many 
 to rif-hteou^aess as the stars, for ever and ever.' 
 
 To our