BROWN, JOHN, D.D., grandson of John Brown, of Iladdington, was b. 12th July, 1784, near Whitburn, Linlithgowshire. He studied at Edinburgh university, and afterwrds at the theological hall of the secession church in Selkirk. In 1800, he was ordained to the pastorate of a church in Biggar, a small town in Lanarkshire, where he labored for 15 years, employing his leisure hours in those studies which subsequently enabled him to take a high rank as a biblical expositor. In 1822, he was transferred to Rose street -church, Edinburgh, and in 1829 to Broughton place church in the same city. In 1834, he was appointed professor of pastoral and exegetical theology in connection with the associate synod. He died 13th Oct., 1858. As a preacher, Dr. B. was among the first of his time. For clearness of scriptural exposition, chaste and powerful language, and majestic ardor and earnestness of manner, he had no equal in his denomination, and no superior in Scotland. The attractiveness of his delivery was heightened by a counte nance singularly noble, tender, and sweet. Among his works are The Law of Christ
respectingCivil The Resurrection of Life; and his important and scholarly Expository Discourses on the Epistles of Peter, on the Epistle to the Galatians, and on the Epistle to the Romans. See Dr. Cairns's Memoir (1860).—JonN BnowN, LL.D., son of the above, b. 1810, has attained a distinguished place among the medical practitioners of Edinburgh. He has also abundantly inherited the paternal genius, though in him it has taken a literary rather than a theological direction. In 1858, he published Harm Subsecirw, a volume of essays, most of which had previously appeared in periodicals. One of these, Rub and his Friends, has been since published separately, and has obtained -a remarkable popularity. It excels in quaint fancy, rich delicate pathos, and abrupt but felicitous diction. A civil list pension of £100 was allotted to Dr. B. in 1876.