David Inglis
David Inglis [1]
a Reformed (Dutch), and afterwards a Presbyterian minister, son of Reverend David Inglis, was born June 8, 1824. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1841; studied divinity under Drs. Chalmers and John Brown; was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle in 1845, and came to America in 1846. He served the Presbyterian Church in the following places Scotch Church, Detroit, Michigan (1846); stated supply at Washington Heights, New York city; Bedford, N.Y. (1847); St. Gabriel Street, Montreal, Canada, in July, 1852; Hamilton, Ontario (1855); professor of systematic theology in Knox College, Toronto (1871); pastor of Reformed Church, Brooklyn Heights (1872), where he died, December 15, 1877. Dr. Inglis was a powerful and eloquent preacher of the great truths of the gospel. He was prominent in the deliberations to further the union of the different branches of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in the success and consummation of which he greatly rejoiced. His publications are, Exposition of International Sunday-school Lessons in Sower and Gospel Field (1874-77): — Historical Sermon in Commemoration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Church on Brooklyn Heights (1875): — many contributions to the press: — Vedder Lectures, in course of preparation at his death. See Corwin, Manual of the Ref. Church in America, 3d ed. page 317.
