then delivered them to him,
saying, it was not his practice to engage in secular business on
the Sabbath, and that he would have no difficulty in Edinburgh to
find some of his profession who would have none of his scruples.
No wonder such a man was confided in, and greatly honored in his
professional line.--All the poor services I did to his family
were more than repaid by the comfort and honor I had by being in
the family, the pecuniary remuneration I received, and
particularly by his recommendation of me, some time afterwards,
to the Magistrates and Town Council of Montrose, when there was a
vacancy, and this brought me on the carpet, which, as he said,
was all he could do, as the settlement would ultimately hinge on
a popular election.

"Mrs. Scott was a wife in every respect worthy of such a
husband. Like her partner, she was then a little past the
meridian of life, of a prepossessing appearance, amiable manners,
of a cultivated understanding, affectionate disposition, and fine
taste. She was both able and disposed to soothe her husband's
mind under the asperities of business, and to be a rich blessing
to her numerous progeny. But what constituted her distinguishing
ornament was that she was sincerely religious. Some years
previous to my entrance into the family, I understood from one of
the servants she had been under deep religious concern about her
soul's salvation, which had ultimately issued in a conviction of
the truth of Christianity, and in the enjoyment of its divine
consolations. She liked Dr. Erskine's sermons; but was not fond
of the Principal's, however rational, eloquent, and well
composed, and would, if other things had answered, have gone,
when he preached, to have heard Dr. Davidson. Mrs. Scott was a
descendant of Dr. Daniel Rutherford, a professor in the Medical
School of Edinburgh, and one of those eminent men, who, by
learning and professional skill, brought it to the high pitch of
celebrity to which it has attained. He was an excellent linguist,
and, according to the custom of the times, delivered his
prelections to the students in Latin. Mrs. Scott told me, that,
when prescribing to his patients, it was his custom to offer up
at the same time a prayer for the accompanying blessing of
heaven; a laudable practice