Walter Chalmers Smith
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Walter Chalmers Smith (December 5, 1824 - September 19, 1908),was a poet and minister of the Free Church of Scotland.
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[edit] Life
Born in Aberdeen. Attended Marischal College at the University of Aberdeen and New College, Edinburgh. He received the degrees of D.D. and LL.D. He was mentioned in Lord Adam Gifford's will.
[edit] Service
He was ordained pastor of the Chadwell Street Scottish Church, Pentonville, Islington, London, on Christmas Day, 1850. He later served at the:
- Roxburgh Free Church, Deinburgh;
- Orwell Free Church, Milnathort, Kinrossshire(1853-1858);
- Free Tron Church, Glasgow;
- Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh;
- Free High Church, Edinburgh (1874-1884);
The Free Church of Scotland elected him its moderator during its Jubilee year in 1893. He was a distinguished preacher and a man of kindly nature and catholic sympathies.
[edit] Published Works
He attained considerable reputation as a poet. Among his works are The Bishop's Walk (1861), Olrig Grange (1872), Hilda among the Broken Gods (1878), Raban (1880), Kildrostan (1884), and A Heretic (1890). Some of these were written under the names of "Orwell" and Hermann Kunst.
[edit] References
Bailey, Albert Edward (1950). The Gospel in Hymns. New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 455-456.
Julian, John (June, 1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. London: John Murray, 1064.
Gifford Lecture Series. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
