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Luke 2.34. ‘Since I was ordained’—says Mr. Brown of Haddington—‘I know not how often it has been heavy to my heart to think how much this scripture (Isa. 6.9, 10) has been fulfilled in my ministry. Frequently I have had an anxious desire to be removed by death from becoming a plague to my poor congregation. Often, however, I have tasked myself, and have considered this wish as my folly, and begged of the Lord that, if it was not for his glory to remove me by death, he would make me successful in my work.’ Life and Remains, p. 18.