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J. H.

Artes infernas Divinà Gilpinus arte

Detexit, vicit, jam requiescit ovans.

Id.

Presbyterûm præses, præco optimus, et medicinæ

Doctor Gilpinus, conditur hoc tumulo.

T. P.

Fitly accompanying this ‘elegy’ and—as verse little superior but—similarly valuable as a ‘testimony,’ come the lines of Dr Harle, which Horsley thus prefaces:—‘I have oft heard him mention the severe shock the death of Dr Gilpin gave him.’ His tribute to Gilpin occurs in a ‘copy of verses upon the death of the Rev. John Turnbull of North Shields.’ It is as follows:—

‘How oft have we with admiration hung

On the angelic Gilpin’s pow’rful tongue,

Who in perfection had the mighty art,

To form the soul and captivate the heart;

Pour Gospel balm into the wounded soul,

And vengeance on the harden’d conscience rowl.

When he hell’s gloomy stratagems did clear70

Man ceased, and Satan then began to fear

His empire’s utter ruin drawing near.

Great man! whom goodness did to greatness raise,

Nor forced applause, nor warmly courted praise.