The books he wrote on abstract and difficult theological problems were highly prized in those days.

Moreover, he belonged to a class of preachers, not altogether unknown to-day, who have a real love for that order of preaching which convicts and converts the soul, although unable to practise it themselves.

_He knew a good thing when he saw it_.
"The first time he heard me preach was on a Sunday evening.

I saw him seated before me, at the end of the church.

I knew he was going to judge me, and I realised that my future standing in his estimation, as well as my position in the Society I had now made my home, would probably very much depend on the judgment he formed of me on that occasion.
"I am not ashamed to say that I wanted to stand well with him.