Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors corrected silently. Correspondence included in the 'Memoir' has been indented. A notice of another book by one of the editors has been shifted to the end. Small capitals have been replaced by full capitals. Italics are indicated by _underscores_. [Illustration: Yours faithfully, W. G. Elmslie] PROFESSOR W. G. ELMSLIE, D.D.: _MEMOIR AND SERMONS_. EDITED BY W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D., AND A. N. MACNICOLL. _SECOND EDITION._ London: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 27, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCXC. Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury. ADVERTISEMENT. My share in this book has been the writing of the brief introductory Memoir, with the exception of the pages relating to Regent Square and Willesden. These have been contributed by Mr. A. N. Macnicoll, who has also given me the benefit of his advice throughout. I have also to acknowledge the kindness of Principal Dykes, who has read the proofs, and of the friends who have, amid pressing engagements, enriched the volume with their reminiscences. The many correspondents who sent help of various kinds are warmly thanked. There was abundant material for a larger biography, and some of it will be utilised in another way. But it was thought desirable that the memorial volume should be issued at a moderate price, and that it should, so far as possible, consist of Professor Elmslie's own work. W. R. N. * * * * * For the selections from Dr. Elmslie's sermons which are contained in this volume I am entirely responsible. These sermons were seldom fully written out, and some of them required considerable amplification. In every case the thought of the writer has been rigidly preserved, and the wording has been left, as far as possible, untouched. In cases where I have had the benefit of short-hand reports I have, with the slightest alteration, printed the sermons as they were delivered. Two "Sunday Readings" are reprinted from _Good Words_, and an article on Genesis from the _Contemporary Review_. A. N. M. CONTENTS. PAGE MEMOIR 1 SERMONS. I. CHRIST AT THE DOOR 81 "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me."—REV. iii. 20. II. THE DARK ENIGMA OF DEATH 92 ST. JOHN xi. III. THE STORY OF DORCAS 108 ACTS ix. 36-43. IV. UNFULFILLED CHRISTIAN WORK 118