eat respect
for him, though, perhaps, he did not mean all he said in his famous
criticism of Lord Bolingbroke's philosophy, which Mallet published
after the author's death. "Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward--a
scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a
coward, because he had no resolution to fire it off himself, but left
half-a-crown to a beggarly Scotchman to fire it off after his death."
It has been disputed whether Mallet, or Thomson of the "Seasons," wrote
"Rule Britannia." I do not care to enter into it. After all, David
Mallet was a lesser light in the literary firmament. It more concerns
the literary honour of Crieff that John Cunningham, the historian of
the Church of Scotland, did his life-work here; and that in the year
1793, Rachel Barlas, daughter of the Secession minister of Crieff, went
to Comrie as wife of Samuel Gilfillan and became the mother of George
Gilfillan, late of Dundee, a man of fine gifts and of glowing
imagination--somewhat loosely controlled, who wrote much--too much; but
unfortunately left nothing worthy of the reputation he had among his
intimates.

[1] Vicars of Crieff at an earlier date were Bricius, who was a witness
to the reconciliation of Earl Robert and Innocent, Abbot of Inchaffray,
in the Church of Strogeth. The entry is--"_Bricio persona de Creffe,
et Malisio filio ejus_," showing that celibacy was not the universal
clerical custom; and Nicholas, who in one charter, of date 1258, is
called "_Camerario Comitis_" (Malise); and in another, "_Meo filio_,"
by "_Malisius filius Gilberti quondam Comitis de Stratherne_." Hence
he was a cousin of the Malise to whom he was "camerarius."

APPENDIX

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ROLL OF MINISTERS WITHIN THE PRESBYTERY OF AUCHTERARDER FROM THE
REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT TIME

By Rev. GEORGE D. MACNAUGHTAN, B.D., Ardoch

ARDOCH

(_Chapel opened for Worship,