MACLEOD, NORMAN: Church of Scotland; b. at Campbeltown (38 m. w. by s. of Ayr), Argyll shire, June 3, 1812; d. in Glasgow June 16, 1872.

In his Reminiscences of a Highland Parish (London, 1867) will be found an animated account of the old

Highland family-especially as repre

Early rented by his grandfather, the patri

Life. archal minister of Morven-from which he was proud to be descended, as well as graphic descriptions of the wild scenery, and free,

out-of-door life, in the midst of which some of the happiest days of a happy boyhood were spent. It was, however, chiefly with the town of Campbel town and its seafaring associations that the boy was familiar. On his impressible and sympathetic nature all the circumstances of those early years appear to have exercised a lasting influence. He entered the University of Glasgow, after an irregu lar classical training, in 1827, where he shone more

in the students' social and political meetings than in the classrooms. Of general literature, however, he appears to have read much in those days, his

favorite author in poetry being Wordsworth. In

1831 he removed to the University of Edinburgh,

that he might take his theological course under Dr.

Thomas Chalmers, then professor of divinity in that university. Before receiving license in 1837, he spent three years in the family of a Yorkshire gen tleman, Mr. Preston of Moreby, as tutor to his son, during most of the time residing at Weimar, or elsewhere on the continent of Europe. This first of many visits abroad had an important influence

on the development of the young man's character.

" His views were widened, his opinions matured,

his human sympathies vastly enriched; and, while

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all that was of the essence of his early faith had become doubly precious, he had gained increased catholicity of sentiment, along with knowledge of the world " (Memoir, vol. i., p. 49).

Macleod's first charge, to which he was ordained in 1838, was Loudoun, in Ayrshire, a parish partly agricultural, but with a considerable weaving population. There he gave himself with all the ardor of his nature and the enthusiasm of youth to his parochial duties, especially among the working classes. His Cracks about the Kirk far Kintra Folk,

published in 1843 shortly before the Ministry. disruption, had a large circulation and

exerted considerable influence. In Dec., 1843, he was translated to Dalkeith. During his ministry there he became one of the founders of the Evangelical Alliance in 1847, and also editor of the Edinburgh Christian Magazine. In 1851 he was appointed to the large and important parish of the Barony, Glasgow, embracing at that time 87,000 souls, and here he showed preeminently his gifts as a parish minister, above all his powers of organization, his large-hearted sympathy with all classes of his parishioners, and his eloquence as a preacher. One of his special aims in the Barony was to reclaim the non-churchgoing population; for which purpose, among other schemes, he introduced with success Sunday services open exclusively to working people in their working clothes. He also founded the first congregational penny savings-bank in Glasgow, and established places of resort for working men, to counteract the temptations of the publiohouse. In 1857 he was appointed one of her majesty's chaplains, and he enjoyed in an eminent degree the royal favor and confidence (cf. Journal of our Life in the Highlands by Queen Victoria, London, 1868, pp. 147, sqq.).

Dr. Macleod took an active part in the general work of the Church. In 1845 he was one of a deputation to visit the Scottish churches in Canada. In 1864 he became chairman of the Foreign Mission Committee of his church, and in this capacity paid a visit to India as a deputy from the church in 1867. His last great public effort was a memorable speech in the General Assembly of 1872, when he resigned this position. In 1865 he became involved in a controversy regarding the Sabbath; while strenuously upholding the religious observance of the Lord's day, he refused to base that observance on the perpetual obligation of the Fourth Commandment. In 1869 he was elected moderator of the General Assembly. Two memorial windows were placed by Queen Victoria in Crathie Church, Aberdeenshire, where he had often conducted service; in one of these he is described as "a man eminent in the Church, honored in the State, and in many lands greatly beloved." He married Catherine Ann Mackintosh Aug. 11, 1851.

In 1860 Dr. Macleod undertook the editorship of Good Words, one of the ablest and most successful of the religious magazines of the day. Some of the

more popular of his contributions to Writings. general literature were written about

the same time, many of them originally appearing in Good Words. They include: The Earned Student (Edinburgh, 1854), a memoir of

his wife's brother, John Mackintosh of Geddes; The Gold Thread (1861); The Old Lieutenant and his Son (1862); Wee Davie (London, 1864); Eastward (London, 1866); Simple Truth Spoken to Working People (1867); The Starling (2 vols., 1867); Peeps at the Far East (1871); Character Sketches (1872); The Temptation of our Lord (1873).

W. Lee†, revised by Henry Cowan.

Bibliography: Donald Macleod (his brother), Memoir o1 Norman Macleod, London, 1878; A. Strahan, Norman Macleod, ib. 1872; Stanley, in Good Words, 1872; Jean L. Watson, Life of Norman Macleod, ib. 1881; R. Flint, in Scottish Divines (St. Giles Lectures), London, 1883; A. H. Japp, Good Men and True, ib. 1890; J. Wellwood, Norman Macleod, Edinburgh, 1897; John N. Macleod, Memorials of Rev. Norman Macleod, ib. 1898; DNB, xzxv. 217-218.