Watson Redivivus

Excerpt from Watson Redivivus

An excellent sermon, which ought never to be for gotten, and which I carried through the press when I was an undergraduate at Oxford, was published on Christ the Light of the World,' from a verse of the nineteenth Psalm, by my admired, beloved, and lamented friend, the late Rev. George Watson, once a Fellow of University College, to whose early instructions and example I have been indebted in most of the labours of my life. Many extraordinary men have I seen but for taste for classical literature and all works of genius for a deep knowledge of the inspired writings; for readiness of speech and sweetness of cloon tion; for devout affection towards God; for charitable goodness of heart, and elegance of manners, I never met with any one that exceeded him.'