George Smeaton: Learned Theologian and Biblical Scholar

George Smeaton lived through a period of turbulence in theological and biblical studies. There is no doubt that Smeaton was a man of irenical and gracious spirit. In assessing his life in the Church it is inevitable that his attitudes to the controversial issues will come to the forefront It is not known what became of Smeatons papers or books, though apparently most of his considerable library was donated to the New College Library, Edinburgh. This book is a sketch of the life of one of the foremost Reformed theologians and divines of Victorian Scotland. George Smeaton was a man of God, a faithful minister of the gospel, and an accomplished New Testament scholar. It is fitting that his major works should have been rediscovered by lovers of the truth in recent years. He has rested from his labours, but his works follow him.