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To the blessing of the wider Church, he wrote 17 hymns, always full of gospel truths. However, he was ordained, and in 1868 became pastor of the Prospect Street Presbyterian Church in Hull. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)

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Born: May 13, 1839, Montrose, Scotland.
Died: August 22, 1885, Portree, Scotland, of an accident.

Mackay graduated from the University of Edinburgh and initially worked as a doctor.

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Julian, p. After following his medical profession for a time, he became minister of Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Hull, in 1868, and died from an accident, at Portree, Aug. 22, 1885. We know nothing of his family except that his mother was a godly Scottish woman. 278
Julian, p. It was the very same Bible which Dr.

MacKay’s mother had given to him when he left for the university years before! Evidently, the dying man had bought the Bible from the pawn shop where young William had sold it years before.

Returning to his office at the city hospital, Dr. MacKay found his mother’s familiar writing in both his name and the text of John 3:16 on the inside cover.

James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)

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Born: May 13, 1839, Montrose, Scotland.
Died: August 22, 1885, Portree, Scotland, of an accident.

Mackay graduated from the University of Edinburgh and initially worked as a doctor. 1667
Reynolds, p. He married Mary Loughton Livingstone 1868 in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; they were living in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, as of 1881.

But also weighing heavy on his mind is a book in his apartment; he needed that book brought to him. But alas, he perished without the book.

Curious, Dr. MacKay went to the apartment and asked the landlady about his patient’s great desire for this book. Of these the best known is "We praise Thee, O God, for the Son of Thy love" (Praise to God), written 1863, recast 1867.

When the latter went away to Edinburgh to attend the university, she handed him a Bible with his name on the inside cover which she had written, followed by John 3, verse 16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (KJV) She obviously commended him to the God of redemption.

Upon arriving at the University, William soon fell into the company of some aggressive unbelievers, joining the local infidel’s club, and began to live a godless life.

The medical doctor read them that whole night in his medical office, and at the end of it the next mornng, his life was changed for good from a state of sin to a state of salvation.

He left the medical profession, went to a theological college, and became a minister. After following his medical profession for a time, he became minister of Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Hull, in 1868, and died from an accident, at Portree, Aug.

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