Greville Ewing

Year	Month/Day	Reference	Event
1767	4.27	Mem, p.1,2	GE born in the parish of Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh, the son of Alexander and Jacobina Ewing. He was the youngest of eight children.
1773	10.28	Mem, p.3	Jacobina died after and 18 month illness. She had been married for 22 years to Alexander. – GE was 6 years old
		Mem, p.4	At 6 – GE was sent to the High School in Edinburgh to learn Latin – However found it difficult because of “boisterous rudeness” on the part of his schoolmates. Also, he hurt his foot somehow and was confined to the house for 11 months. He was sent for a time to the village of Cramond.
1781		Mem, p.1,9	GE’s eldest brother, Alexander went to the Bermudas for educational purpose.
1782	Summer	Mem, p.9	GE suffered a severe and dangerous illness. Inflammation of the eyes that led to fever in the brain, nearly died.
	November	Mem. P.10	GE “attended the table of the Lord” for the first time with his parents. He was 15 years old. – Had wanted to do it before, but his parents discouraged it. – It was about this time when a new “innovation” at Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel took place. They determined to partake of the Lord’s supper 6 times per year, not like the single annual partaking of the Church of Scotland.
1784	January 6	Mem. P.11	GE’s father, Alexander records in his diary that he partook of the Lord’s Supper for the first time without fast the previous day and subsequent Monday meeting, a previous regular practice of the church.
1786	September	Mem. P.13	GE completes an internship under a seal-engraver. However his heart was for the ministry, though he hid this from his father. For the next 18 months he saved his money for ministerial studies, books, etc.
1787	October	Mem, p.14	GE announced to his father the intentions of entering the classes at the university of Edinburgh for the winter quarter in view of the ministry. – His eldest brother returns to Scotland around this time for ordination into the church as minister.
1788	May	Mem, p.16	GE entered the home of James Lockhart, Esq. of Cambusnethan, as a tutor to his son. From this he would school in the winter and work as tutor in the countryside during the remainder of the year.
		Mem, p.18	In a letter to his daughter, dated 27th Sept. 1841, a school friend, Rev. Robert Lorimer, wrote that her father as a student was very pious. He even learned Hebrew, though it was “not then much studied.” Became proficient enough that he read the Hebrew Scriptures daily. He was also a good debater – quick in response, but never severe.
1792		Mem. P.21	Finished University – returned to tutoring at Cambusnethan.
	Sept. 25th	Mem, p.21	Ordained in the Presbytery of Hamilton as a minister in the Church of Scotland.
	Sept. 30	Mem. P.21	He preached his first sermon as an ordained minister in the parish church in East Kilbride.
	Nov. 25th	Mem. P.23	Preaches at his home church in the afternoon on Isaiah 8:13. Also preached the following Sunday to a capacity crowd. (The old chapel held 2000). The next day the church formally invited him to become the assistant minister to Dr. Jones at Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel in Edinburgh.
	December	Mem. P.43	See fn, that before departing Glasgow, GE preached one Sunday in Glasgow Cathedral, according to Rev. Robert Balfour, D.D. of Glasgow.
1793	Jan. 6.	Mem. P.24	Settling in his home of Edinburgh, GE begins preaching as an assistant to Dr. Jones the minister of the church at Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel. Preaches on 1 Timothy 1:15
	October 17	Mem. P.24,25	Ordained by the presbytery at Edinburgh as Second Minister in Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel.
	October 20	Mem. P.25-27	The first Sunday after ordination – Dr. Jones preached in the morning, charging his young protégé to the ministry, and in the afternoon, GE preached on 2 Cor. 5:20.
1794	Spring	Mem., p.56	GE made his first trip into England – 7 weeks to visit a sister in Feliskirk, Yorkshire, a brother in London, and a trip to Bristol. – Lasted 7 weeks. Believed that he met Rev. John Newton, the writer of the song, Amazing Grace, and Glorious Things Of Thee Are Spoken, while on this trip.
	Nov. 13	Mem., p.57	GE married Anne Innes, the daughter of Rev. James Innes, minister of the parish of Gifford. Her brother Rev. William Innes traveled with him on his trip to England earlier that year.
	December 8	Mem., p.54f	Writes a letter to the editors of the Evangelical Magazine under the signature, Onesimus, thanking them for inserting an article he had previously submitted comparing Calvinism & Arminianism. It appeared in the previous month’s edition of the magazine. (Later, GE became a trustee for the Evangelical Magazine, p.56)
1795	July 24	Mem., p.57f	GE & Anne visit his father’s sister in Ft. George. After four days they return to Edinburgh because of her sickness.
	July 28	Mem., p.58	Return home where she was sick until she died.
	August 23	Mem., p.59	Death of Anne Innes Ewing, in the middle of her 20th year, and only married for nine months. “Obtained” a plot in the West churchyard (St. Cuthberts Churchyard today, p.63). GE wrote about it in a letter on Sept. 8, 1795. GPS Location = D.d 55.949719,-3.205696
	Fall	Mem., p.90f	GE goes to Sterling, visiting Airthrie Castle, the home of Robert Haldane. Meets the Haldanes for the first time. He is with his brother-in-law, Mr. William Innes.
1796		Mem.,p.124	GE was a member of The Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge – spoke a lesson to encourage its growth.
	March	Mem., p.71f	The Edinburgh Missionary Society, later known as the Scottish Missionary Society was formed. About six months previous the London Missionary Society was formed. GE was appointed as its first Secretary.
	April 6	Mem., p.74	First meeting of the EMS held in Mr. Hall’s church, Rose Street Church. Various denominations involved for the purpose of raising awareness of Jesus in foreign lands. Mr. Hall prayed and read Psalm 67, then GE read Isaiah 63 and prayed. Then Dr. Johnson read Psalm 72 and prayed. They agreed to meet monthly.
	May 27	Mem., p.75	GE, being the Secretary of the EMS, wrote a circular addressed to all ministers, as well as many private Christians in Scotland. At the General Assembly of the church of Scotland it was discussed. Some rejected the concepts. It ultimately let to a splintering within the church of some Missionary and some anti-missionary. The General Assembly put the movement down by a vote of 58 to 44. The 44 were allowed to pursue the evangelical movement, but not with the backing of the church.
	July	Mem.,p.81f	GE began editing The Missionary Magazine, from Edinburgh. The preface introduced, “The Missionary Magazine: a Periodical Monthly Publication, intended as a Repository of Discussion, and Intelligence respecting the Progress of the Gospel throughout the World.” The periodical was not owned by or produced by any missionary society. See pages 83ff for more about its purpose. Proceeds of the paper were to be used to support missions. It was meant to be an entirely unsectarian paper, reporting any effort to evangelize among the heathen around the world, the simple gospel. GE signed his writings as Philalethes (p.87) The first 13 issues enjoyed a circulation of 5000 to 6000 copies of each issue sold. (p.126fn).
	November?	Mem.,p.92	Robert Haldane and William Innes (preacher in Sterling & GE’s brother-in-law), visited GE in his Edinburgh home in Rose Court where they unfolded a plan to move to India for the purpose of evangelizing. Haldane committed to selling Airthrie Castle to fund the plan. / GE takes a trip to London to enquire to the East India Company permission to go preach in Bengal, India.
	Nov. 13	Mem., p.93f	A letter was written by T.S. Jones, minister of Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel, to GE in London, requesting, on behalf of the church trustees, that he abandon his plan to go to the East Indies and return to Edinburgh to continue his work there.
	December	Mem.,p.96	Presents a request to the Court of Directors of the East India Company for consideration of GE’s wish to go to India.
1797		Mem.,p.671	A list of GE’s published works includes 1797. A Defense of Missions from Christian Societies to the Heathen World. A Sermon preached before the Edinburgh Missionary Society. Edinburgh.
	February	Mem.,p.107	By February, writings in The Missionary Magazine had increased the number willing to go the Bengal from the original number of 4 to about 30.
	July	Mem.,p.132	GE reports in Missionary Magazine of a three month mission to northern Scotland for the purpose of giving rise to the sense of spiritual awareness among Scottish people. Included in the group was James Haldane, Joseph Rate, John Aikman,
	Sept. 22,Fri.	Mem.,p.110	Meeting of Edinburgh Missionary Society – GE, Secretary, puts for the men, Henry Brunton and Peter Greig as the first two missionaries of the society to go to Foulah country in Africa. – They were to be part of six person group, the rest provided by the London Missionary Society, and Glasgow Missionary Society.
	End of year	Mem.,p.138f	Missionary Magazine, GE reported that there were 34 Saturday Schools going, offering religious instruction to children. GE visited some Sunday Schools occasionally near the city of Edinburgh.
	December 20	Mem.,p.159	GE was a founding member of a new society, “The Society for Propagating The Gospel at Home.” The first sentence in the announcement to the public was that the Society “shall be composed of persons of every denomination, holding unity of faith in the leading doctrines of Christianity.” (p.161) This led to further criticism from the Established church leaders.
	December 24	Mem.,p.139f	GE presents a lesson at Glenorchy’s Chapel on the subject of Itinerate Preaching. Taking his text from Prov. 1:20,21, he defended the need for anyone who would preach the Scriptures to do so, addressing whether such could be done if the person was not trained by the ordered plan of the church, etc. He commended that it needed to be done by anyone and everyone who would allow Scriptures to be their guide, and that if it were not of God, people would not follow it. The sermon, along with notes, etc. was printed under the title, “Defense of Itinerant And Field Preaching (p.155,156) Much of this sermon is placed in the memoirs of GE. GE underwent much criticism for the speech, not for any Scriptural reason, but that a man of his position in the church should know better than preach such ideas. This sermon made him a “marked man” within the church of Scotland. (p.157,8)
1798	March	Mem.,p.163	March issued of The Missionary Magazine, GE reasoned the need to accept anyone who preaches the Gospel, if keeping in line with the Scriptures, in particular he was defending the efforts of “The Society for Propagating The Gospel At Home.”
	Spring	Mem.,p.118	The East India Company denies application to GE and his group from going to India in view of not disturbing the religion of the people of India in view of not being disturbed by Protestant Missionaries. This brought to an end his connection with R. Haldane for a time (p.158)
	June	Mem.,p.166,7	GE is involved in an accident. Returning from a visit to his brother in London, his carriage overturned, throwing him into a field in the process. It took five or six weeks to mend, but from this accident he had back troubles and occasional flare-ups of lumbago for the rest of his life. It was said that it affected his stance in the pulpit as well, that from then on he stood with a forward lean that caused him to look more earnest in his sermon delivery.
	August 26	Mem.,p.170	GE attends an evangelical meeting at Calton Hill led by Rev. Rowland Hill from London. This “Lord’s Day” meeting saw 15,000 to 20,000 in attendance. It shows the evangelical fervor taking place at that time.
	Summer	Mem.,p.170	The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed a law saying that no presbytery could ordain a minister who had not first been educated at a university. This led to further division in the church, and especially in the mind of GE.
	Fall	Mem, p.171f	GE began disconnecting from the Church of Scotland in view of participating in some free-congregational churches “tabernacles” being planted by Robert Haldane.
	November 29	Mem.,p.175	GE preached his last sermon at Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel. The lesson was entitled, “The Duty of Christians To The Civil Government.” It was printed. In the prefix of the pamphlet it stated that it was the last sermon he had the honor of preaching to them.
	December 1	Mem., p.177	Saturday, GE sends a letter to the Rev. the Moderator of the Presbytery of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1st December, 1798. “Rev. Sir, I beg you will have the goodness to inform the Presbytery of Edinburgh, at their next meeting, that I think it my duty to decline being considered, any longer, a minister of the Church of Scotland. I do, therefore, hereby resign my charge as one of the ministers of Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel, and request that the Presbytery may be pleased to sustain this my resignation, I am, with respect, Rev. Sir, Your obedient servant, GREVILLE EWING” A similar, but more indepth letter is written to the leadership of Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel.
	December	Mem.,p.188	GE departs on the business of the Society for the Propagating the Gospel At Home. Volunteers to do a trip on of evangelism on their behalf.
	Dec. 14	Mem.,p.188	Arrived in Perth at 4pm. Preached the following day in St. Paul’s Chapel. Preaches twice.
	Dec. 16	Mem.,p.188	To Dunkeld. Preached at Auchtergaven at noon. He wrote in his diary that it was the first time he preached in a barn.
	Dec. 18	Mem.,p.189	Preached at Dowally. Preached in a barn again.
	Dec. 19	Mem., p.190	Preached at Dalpowie, from Jer. 17:9,10. Back through Dunkeld where he preached in a barn from Rom. 5:1,2. Preached again that night from Isaiah 54. The people of the town raised £60 for a building.
	Dec. 20	Mem.,p.191	“A hard frost. Rode, over a very rough road, to Wester mill-town of Clunie, and preached in a barn from Luke 13:5. Distributed a great quantity of tracts. Saw James Haldane and heard him preach.
	Dec. 21	Mem.,p.191	Went to Easter Capeth, preached to a large barn full from John 1:29. Went to Inver at 6pm preached in an inn from Psalm 34:8. Distributed tracts.
	Dec. 22	Mem.,p.192	“Disappointed of a horse. Walked to New Delvin, to a small school house. Overflowed, went outside standing on a chair on the porch preaching to the gathering from Eph. 2:4-6. Preached that night on the way home.
	Dec. 23	Mem.,p.192	Lord’s Day – Thick fog and rain. Went to a barn and preached. Weather lightened in the afternoon and he went into a tent and preached.
	Dec. 25	Mem., p.192	Back to Edinburgh, preaching the day before in Auchtergaven. Heard a report of a seceder minister protesting this kind of preaching.
1799		Mem.,p.671	From a list of publications of GE for 1799. The Duty of Christians to Civil Government. A Sermon. Edinburgh.
		Mem.,p.671	From a list of publications of GE for 1799. A Defense of Itinerant and Field-preaching. A Sermon preached before the Society for Gratis Sabbath Schools. Edinburgh. Second edition, Glasgow, 1832.
	January	Mem.p.194	Beginning of the year GE started a seminary, where he tutored young men in a school setting. There were 24 young men in all, and all received a stipend to attend by Robert Haldane. It was up to GE as to when, where & how it was carried out. It was all a part of his involvement with the Congregational Union of Scotland. The boys were selected from among all the branches of Presbyterians. (p.195) The purpose was to prepare young men to go into the field to preach with no connection to a denomination. Ewing’s plan of teaching was simply “to make the Bible its own interpreter, by comparing one part to another.” (p.196)
	January 27	Mem.,p.200	GE preaches for the first time in the Edinburgh Circus.
	Spring	Mem.,p.197f	GE is involved in the organization of Congregational churches in Edinburgh and other places. In them they were determined to do everything according to the Scriptures. Even partaking of the Lord’s Supper weekly, which finally began in 1802, after two years of GE’s preaching and teaching on the subject. (p.198) Robert Haldane’s explanation of the Congregational church concept is explained beginning on page 200. Note: In Mem. Appendix P, pages 655-658, GE discusses his views on the Lord’s Supper.
	February 3	Mem.,p.200	James Haldane is ordained to the pastoral office of the new Congregational Church. (The ordination service lasted five hours).
	May 28	Mem.,p.203	The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ruled that no parish was to allow anyone to preach in their pulpit who was not licensed by a Presbytery and educated at a Scottish University. – This law was not rescinded until May, 1842, at which time it was said to have been the blackest period of the history of the Church of Scotland when this law was enacted. (So, it was a law that was enacted due to the growth and development of the evangelical spirit of the day, along with the schools that were being operated by men such as the Haldanes, GE & others.)
	May 29	Mem.,p.204f	The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ruled that Mr. Greville Ewing be no longer considered a minister of the church; nor allowed to accept a presentation to any parish, or living, in it; and that no Clergyman in this Church employ him in any manner, unless this sentence shall be taken off, by a future General Assembly.”
	June 2	Mem.,p.218	GE preaches at the Edinburgh Circus. The next day he departs to live in Glasgow to preach at the tabernacle church there.
	June 3	Mem.,p.205	General Assembly of Church of Scotland ordered 4000 copies of a Pastoral Letter drawn to mark the efforts of the evangelical movement, in particular, the Society for Propagating the Gospel at Home, encouraging parishioners to avoid it at all cost. All doors of all churches were to be closed to those of the movement. It was sent throughout the country and read in every church. The letter in its entirety appears on pages 207-212, though Ewing’s name is not specifically mentioned.
	June 4	Mem.,p.230f	GE publishes a letter in the principal Scottish papers a response to the letter sent by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, stating his innocence of their charges, and expressing his determination to preach the pure gospel of Jesus Christ.
	June 8,9	Mem., p.219	GE preached at Paisley while the tabernacle in Glasgow was being built.
	June 19	Mem., p.219	GE preached at Falkirk, then to Stirling where he preached “under the castle.” In the following days to Kinross, Dunfermline, Perth, Dundee, Aberbrothwick, Montrose, Brechin, Laurence-kirk and Stonehaven. Through all the eastern parts of Scotland to Aberdeen on June 29th.
	July 28	Mem.,p.224	Public service begins in the Tabernacle in Glasgow, under the oversight of GE. Over 3000 in attendance the first day, people turned away. Haldane had taken a “riding-house” and changed it over to a tabernacle, located on the west side of Jamaica Street, at the corner of what is now Midland Street. (Only an outer wall still stands, and is seen under the Scottish Rail tracks that cross the top of it). GPS, D.d. 55.857696,-4.25791. During the service, one of the staircases gave way, and the banister broke away. A number of people were injured. (p.225). “His mindset in starting the church was “Without issuing any thing in the form of creed, confession of faith, formula, or church rules, he exhibited the Bible, as the only rule of faith and practice, to which reference should be made, for government in every duty. He never contemplated making men Independents, but as being made Christians, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit.” p.230 A copy of the regulations of the church on Jamaica Street appear in Appendix L on pages 647-649.
	October 3	Mem.,p.227	GE was married at Edinburgh to Janet, youngest daughter of Mr. William Jamieson, late of the island of Jamaica.
	December	Mem., p.86	Fn. GE ceased his editorship of The Missionary Magazine.
1800		Mem.,p.240f	A pamphlet appeared entitled, Lay-Preaching Indefensible on Scripture Principles. By John Robertson (1768-1843). The 98 page book was for the purpose of criticism of the missionary policies of GE and other preachers of his day who were seeking to preach to anyone who would hear. GE responded with a 93 page Pamphlet entitled, Animadversions on some Passages of a Pamphlet, entitled Lay-Preaching Indefensible. In it GE answers the charges that the movement was begun by the Missionary Magazine by listing a great deal of division and divisive things going on in the Church of Scotland that led to the movement. He followed up by saying that it may have been that the major reason for the division, and outreach existing was more aptly described as a result of the grace of God. (p.246). He also wrote publish a response to Robertson’s reply called Remarks on Reply to ditto. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	November	Mem.,p.247	The first class in the seminary operated by GE completed its term of study. Three students are sent to Ireland by the Missionary Society. The rest were sent to various places around Scotland. (p.249,250)
	December	Mem.,p.253	Birth of his daughter, only child, and writer of his Memoirs, J.J. Matheson.
1801	January 18	Mem.,p.256	Death of GE’s wife, Janet Jamieson Ewing. Died on Sunday morning. The following week he conveyed her body to the family plot in West Churchyard, (St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard today) Edinburgh, (p.258) GPS Location = D.d 55.949719,-3.205696.
	September	Mem.,p.259	GE receives a letter from Rev. John Newton, the song-writer and minister in England, telling him of the loss of his own daughter, and being aware of the loss he suffered earlier in the year.
			GE published 1801. Remarks on a Sermon concerning the Qualifications and Call of Missionaries. Glasgow. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
1802		Mem.,p.274	GE releases a book that he printed on his own entitled, 1802 The Rudiments of the Greek Language shortly Illustrate; and a Compendious Lexicon, for the use of those who wish to make themselves acquainted with the New Testament in the Original." Each student in the second year of the seminary were given copies. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	Summer	Mem.,p275	GE preached a series of sermons to children in the evenings.
	November 15	Mem.,p.278	GE married his third wife, Barbara, the youngest daughter of the late Sir James Maxwell, Bart. Of Pollock. They were married for nearly 26 years (p.279). Her mother had remarried Sr. John Shaw Stewart, Bart. They lived at Ardgowan. So she was living there at the west coast of Scotland at the time. He would go there and preach, as well as the nearby village of Innerkip and preach (p.285).
1803			A publication of GE this year was 1803. The Ignorance of the Heathen, and the Conduct of God towards them. A Sermon preached before the London Missionary Society. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	Spring	Mem.,p.286	In the spring of 1803 Barbara’s health was such that they had to spend several weeks in Edinburgh for medical advice.
	May	Mem.,p.286	GE attended the anniversary meetings of the Missionary Society in London. He preached then.
	June	Mem.,p.286f	GE is involved in the starting of a new association called, Glasgow Religious Tract Society. This was a program used to distribute small tracts of Bible information among the poor, to “cast the bread upon the waters,” in reaching the lost.
	August	Mem.,p.287	Alexander Ewing, GE’s father died. Buried in the family plot at West Churchyard.
		Mem.,p.666f	Appendix U. gives a history from some notes of the founding of the Albion-Street church in 1803, as being a sister church of the Jamaica Street church, with Dr. Wardlaw being the preacher. Considered a sister congregation.
1804		Mem.,p.671	GE released a publication 1804. A Lecture on part of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	End of year	Mem.,p.307	There were 24 Congregational churches in existence in Scotland. Mr. Munro stated that GE was the “chief instrument” that began congregationalism in Scotland. The Eclectic Reviewer cited GE as the founder of the denomination.
1805		Mem.,p.671	GE released a publication: 1805. An Exposure of some Things contained in “A Vindication of Presbyterian Church Government.” See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	Summer	Mem.,p.321	A concerted effort was made to get missionaries in the field, being sent by congregational churches. In August, 1805 GE was part of a commissioning service for two men, Patterson and Henderson. They were go to Copenhagen, and then to India. The ended up being detained in Copenhagen, and spent the next several years evangelizing in northern Europe.
	December	Mem.,p.348fn	The number of members in Glasgow Tabernacle are 525.
1807		Mem., p.330, 345	GE produced a book entitled, An Attempt towards a Statement of the Doctrine of Scripture on some Disputed Points, respecting the Constitution, Government, Worship, and Discipline of the Church of Christ. It was written in response to a book that had been produced called Social Worship by James Haldane. In it Haldane had set standards for church government, elders in every congregation of the working class, etc. It caused a good bit of disturbance. GE wrote his book in response to Haldane’s work being ever so careful as to not even use Haldane’s name in the process. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
1808		Mem.,p.335	GE published a book entitled, Memorial on Education for the Ministry of the Gospel. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	March	Mem.,p.341	The Tabernacle church in Edinburgh, led by James Haldane, splits over the subject of infant baptism. Haldane had introduced the need for adult baptism, and was himself immersed as an adult. His teaching ultimately gained support from his brother Robert. However, GE still held strongly his comfort in his own (infant) baptism. It caused him to separate himself from the Haldanian movement.
	April 28	Mem.,p.346	GE resigns his pastorship of the Tabernacle church in Glasgow. The departure was to take place at the next Whitsunday (May 15, or the end of the quarter). As the church was Haldanian in nature, and financed, it was in keeping with his departure from union with them. He intended to begin preaching in “Trade’s Hall.” (p.347).
	May 2	Mem.,p.348fn	Five hundred members gather to discuss the departure of GE, and agree to write a letter. Since the end of 1805, 176 additions to then number of 525 members, made the total of 701 members at the time of GE’s departure.
	May 15	Mem.,p.350	GE begins preaching in the Albion Street Chapel on Saturday nights at the invitation of Mr. Wardlaw, its pastor. (p.354) On Sundays he preached in Trade’s Hall. – During the last part of May letters pass back an forth between the congregation and GE. In the end, the congregation re-hired GE as their pastor, and the church agrees to leave the tabernacle and begins meeting with him at Trade’s Hall. They proposed to buy some land on Nile Street for the purpose of building there.
	May 25	Mem.,p.353	GE and the church are back together, meeting at Trade’s Hall. (It had a 1000 seating capacity – p.365)
	Nov. 9		GE begins influencing a young Irish student, Alexander Campbell
1809		Mem.,p.356	GE writes Essays Addressed to Jews, on the Authority, the Scope, and the Consummation of the Law and the Prophets. 2 Vols. Since 1798 efforts had been made to reach out to the Jewish people by the London Missionary Society. He wrote a treatise to support this effort.
		Mem,.p.671	GE published: 1809. Facts and Documents respecting the Connexions which have subsisted between Robert Haldane, Esqr., and Greville Ewing. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	June	Mem.,p.365,6	GE wrote a proposal in view of a new building in which he set out how the church in which he preached was to be organized. Some characteristics of the church were as follows: 1. No money collected or borrowed for a place of worship until a trust-deed by drafted and published; 2. Trustees put in place for the church; 3. The church is maintained by the sole authority of the holy Scriptures in matters of faith and duty; 4. The doctrines of salvation by free grace through the merits of the Savior; 5. The Congregational form of church-government; 6. The practice of weekly communion 7. Infant baptism; 8. The exercise of the pastoral office, by one or more if possible to do the work of God.
	June 9	Mem.,p.366	GE writes a note to the trustees of his determination to take half his salary £100, the other half to go toward the paying for the building that would be built.
1810	May 6	Mem.,p.367	Nile Street Meetinghouse was completed, with seating for 1800 persons, but could hold 2000 at the cost of £5000. Later called West Nile Street.
	June 25	Mem.,p.371	GE begins an Itinerate Preaching Tour. – At Stirling, then on to Gargunnock. He preached at Kippen and Thornhill; at Rousky and Callender; at Doune and Blair Drummond Moss; then do Drip. He proceeded into Ayrshire and Galloway. Then to Alva, Alloa, and Bannockburn
1811	March 13	Mem.,p.379	The Glasgow Theological Seminary was announced. GE & Dr. Wardlaw became the tutors. The plan of education was presented: embracing Latin, Greek and Hebrew; logic, natural philosophy, mathematics, general history, and theology. It was to be four year course, or five if necessary.
	October	Mem.,p.380	The seminary begins in Glasgow. – 8 students began, and the number continued as such for a number of years due to funding. (p.381)
1812	January 1	Mem.,p.406	Second edition of the Greek Grammar and Lexicon was released. Explanations of updated material on p.407. / See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	January	Mem.,p.408	In Glasgow the British and Foreign Bible Society was formed. GE promoted it.
	February	Mem.,p.408,9	GE began preaching evangelistic messages during funerals. This was something that he felt would be a way to turn a sadness into an opportunity. It was the occasion of the funeral of a young preacher he had taught back in 1801,02. Mr. James Hill, pastor of Haddington, had passed, being buried in Edinburgh where GE happened to be at the time.
	November	Mem.,p.392	The formation of the Congregational Union in Edinburgh – a union of all the congregational churches in Scotland. There were not less than 55 churches involved initially (p.394) The union was mostly for the purpose of combining efforts and keeping aware of mission work being done throughout the country.
	July	Mem.,p.409	GE was called to Edinburgh due to sickness of his mother. She died after a short time. He was present when she departed.
	August 2	Mem.,p.410	GE stood beside the bed of his mother-in-law’s second husband, Sir John Shaw Stewart who died.
	End of October	Mem.,p.410	GE was thrown from a horse while riding with a friend. He received a “violent contusion” on the same part of his body that had been injured in the accident in 1798. He was confined to bed for nearly a fortnight.
1813	May	Mem.,p.394	First annual meeting of the Congregational Union in Edinburgh (alternating annually in Glasgow) took place with GE chairing the meeting. In the next 30 years, GE never missed one of these meetings (p.395).
			GE spends the latter part of the year working on a Hymnal.
1814	November 20	Mem.,p.411	GE published a Hymnal with Rev. George Payne called, New Collection of Hymns for Public and Family Worship. First used at Nile Street Church on 11.20.1814
1815			At the first graduation of the first class of the Academy, GE presented a lesson that was printed, The Encouragement Due from Christians to Preachers Of The Gospel. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	May-June	Mem.,p.415	GE traveled on an itinerancy Perth, Dunkeld, Dundee, Montrose, Aberdeen and other places. Finished on June 4th in Inverness.
	October 11	Mem.,p.440	GE turns down £300 per year salary at Niles Street Church due to the money owed on the property. £1500 was still owed on the facility.
1816		Mem.,p.449	GE began preaching, along with other ministers in the area around Glasgow, in the local Magdalene Asylum. Often when so doing his students would fill in at Nile Street.
1817		Mem.,p.451	In 1817 there were 35 Sabbath-Schools in Scotland. By 1842 there were 61.
	December	Mem.,p.417f	GE traveled with a Mr. McGavon to preach on extensive missionary tour. On 12.11 they were at Perth. Then to Fortingal on the 17th. On the 18th at Killen, they went to the Independent Meetinghouse. They both had finished their sermons when the floor of the upper room they were in gave way.
		Mem,.p.671	GE published: 1817. Sermon preached on the day of the Funeral of H. R. II. The Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
1818	Spring	Mem.,p.421	GE went on another itinerate speaking tour. This time through Ayr, Girvan, Barr, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Whitlet- Toll, Monkton and Irvine.
	August	Mem.,p.421	GE goes on another tour, beginning on the 10th. To Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Bridge of Dee, Nun Mill, St. Mary’s Isle, Torr, Innerwell, Kilmarnock, Returned to Glasgow on the 28th, (p.427).
1819		Mem.,p.456	GE began preaching from time to time at Bridewell Prison
	Summer	Mem.,p.429	GE journeys north to preach, returning home by the 29th of July (p.438). They were away 45 days. GE preached 51 times, attended 2 prayer meetings and 2 Bible meetings.
1820		Mem.,p.671	GE published 2 works this year: 1820. The Testimony of God against Massacre and Rapine. A Sermon. & Two Discourses delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Archibald Jack. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
1821		Mem.,p.469	GE was a member of the Glasgow Literary Society. In its fortnightly meetings, the various members read original essays they had written. This year they gave him a special recognition for the years he had contributed.
	End of Year	Mem.,p.472	GE’s daughter J.J. marries the minister of the church in the city of Durham.
		Mem.,p.671	GE published: 1821. The Duty of abstaining from Debt. A Sermon. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
1822		Mem.,p.465	Princeton University in the U.S. conferred upon GE the degree of D.D. (Doctor of Divinities).
		Mem.,p.475	GE went on a “short excursion” to Ayrshire to preach six times in five days. This was his only trip for 1822.
1823	January 8	Mem., p.7,8, 475	Alexander, his oldest brother dies in Bermuda. He died of a stroke. Apparently, this was something that was also realized in a short time in the deaths of his sisters and ultimately of GE. In a letter GE attributes his eldest brother’s influence as the driving force of his being in the ministry and the love of literature.
		Mem.,p.477	GE releases, An Essay on Baptism; Being an Inquiry Into The Meaning, Form, and Extent of the Administration Of That Ordinance. GE enlarged and republished this book the following year. Also in 1823 he produced 1823. The Sympathy of Christ. A Sermon. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
		Mem.,p.485	Barbara Ewing, with the assistance of her husband produced a book of sermons by ministers of the Congregational Union of Scotland for the purpose of aiding widows and children of those ministers. The book was entitled, Sermons by Ministers of the Congregational Union of Scotland
1824	Spring	Mem.,p.488	The Nile Street church added two new windows on the front of the building. This allowed GE time for an itinerate trip to Ayrshire, Ayr, Girvan, Maybole, Catrine, Mauchline, Galston, Irvine, and Stewarton.
	September	Mem.,p.488	GE and Barbara go to London to raise money for support of the academy as well as pecuniary aid for the Congregational Union. While there he noted in a document that there were 72 churches in the union, 12 of which had regular pastors who could preach in the Gaelic language. His last engagement on the trip was the 31st of October in London. While there he saw his brother.
		Mem,.p.671	GE published: 1824. Address to the Rev. William Orme, on his settlement at Camberwell, London. Third edition. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
1825	January	Mem.,p.492	GE ordains the first minister of the third Congregational Church planted in Glasgow, Mr. Edward Campbell.
	Summer	Mem.,p.478	GE goes to Durham and preaches, also at Hull.
1826	July	Mem.,p.496	GE itinerates in the Highlands
	September	Mem.,p.497	GE itinerates in Chester on behalf of the London Missionary Society.
	Fall	Mem.,p.500	The British and Foreign Bible Society produced the Apocrypha and began distributing it. Caused a great amount of strife among its previous supporter. GE tried to give leniency, but was greatly disappointed in its decision to reproduce the Holy Scriptures with the Apocrypha attached.
1827	January	Mem.,p.504	An unexpected death occurs in the residence of GE. A missionary, Mr. John Urquhart, was ill, and died in the 8th day of his visit, unexpectedly at their Carlton-Place home.
	February	Mem.,p.506	GE releases a third edition of his Greek Grammar & Lexicon. A Greek and English Lexicon: originally a Scripture Lexicon; and now adapted to the Greek Classics; with a Greek Grammar prefixed. Large 8vo. pp. 1150, in double columns. Duncan: London, 1827. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
	September	Mem.,p.509	GE and Barbara travel for an itinerate effort to Lanarkshire, and then to Dunham, where their daughter lived. Also to Peebles, Hawick, and Kelso,
	November 15	Mem.,p.513,4	GE and Barbara celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.
1828	First Few Months	Mem.,p.515	GE suffers a common cold that leads to a “long continuance of a cough, and general debility.” Also during the first quarter of the year he lost his eldest sister, his only remaining brother (March 12), and his youngest grandchild in death (April 8). (p.516-518)
	September 10	Mem.,p.521	GE & Barbara, traveling with another couple, the Cathcarts. They were traveling to the Falls of Clyde. The buggy fell down an incline. Barbara was injured, breaking her right leg, bone extruding.
	September 15	Mem.,p.523	Monday, letter from GE to his daughter, wrote to tell his daughter that her mother died the day before, the 14th.
	September 20	Mem.,p.526	Saturday, the body of Barbara Maxwell Ewing is taken to the church-yard at Eastwood Parish Church (today Eastwood Old Cemetery). According to her dying wish she was buried in the vault belonging to the family of Pollock. – Soon after GE produced the Memoirs of Barbara Ewing.
1829		Mem.,p.542	A good friend of GE, Mr. Cowie died.
		Mem.,p.671	GE published: 1829. A Memoir of Barbara Ewing. Two editions. Glasgow. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671
1830		Mem.,p.541	GE went north for another itinerate mission. To Dundee, Dunnichen, Brechin, Auchtermuchty, and Perth. In the year three friends of GE die: Mr. Orme, Mr. William McGavin, & Mr. Aikman.
1831	August 7	Mem.,p.544	GE preached the funeral for his youngest sister.
		Mem.,p.672	GE published: 1831. The Nursing Fathers and Mothers of the Children of the Church. A Sermon. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671,2
1832		Mem.,p.547	GE produced a second edition of his book, Defense of Itinerant and Field-preaching, that had been originally published in 1799. See List of GE’s published works on Mem.,p.671
		Mem.,p.671,2	GE published: 1832. A Funeral Sermon on William McGavin, Esq. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.672
1834		Mem.,p.548	GE visited his daughter in Durham, while her husband, Mr. Matheson, the minister of the congregational church there was serving as a delegate from the Congregational Union of England and Wales to the United States.
		Mem.,p.671,2	GE’s last published work: 1834. A Sermon preached on the occasion of the Death of Mr. John Aikman. See fuller list of GE’s publications on p.671,672
1835		Mem.,p.554,5	GE suffers a mild stroke that left him sightless in his right eye.
		Mem.,p.555	GE spends the summer at Cork-Hill.
1836	May	Mem.,p.556,7	GE is struck with blindness in his left eye, leaving him blind and unable to study. He could see where to go, and that was the limit. Needed someone to read the Scriptures for him, and then he could preach with relative ease.
1837	March 31	Mem.,p.559	GE and the church at Nile Street invite an Englishman, Rev. John Morell Mackenzie, who was then assistant to Rev. Thomas Durant of Poole, to come and be his associate minister for the church. His loss of sight made it essential to get help.
1838	April 27	Mem.,p.561	On his 71st birthday, GE preached at the annual gathering of Congregational churches in Dundee. It was his first time to preach at such an occasion after losing his eyesight. The crowds were greatly moved by his presence.
	August 3	Mem,p.562	GE takes part in a public meeting to formally recognize Mr. Mackenzie, by solemnly commending him to the grace of God.
	August 18	Mem.,p.562	GE had a “paralytic seizure” of his right arm and side, during a visit with some friends to Stirlingshire. Was not able to preach until November
1839	May 29	Mem.,p.565	GE resigns his post as minister of the Nile Street church. At the same time, Mr. Mackenzie resigns as pastor in order to be full time with the Glasgow Theological Academy. The church responded that with a kind letter and a request that he allow the church to support him £100. (p.567). Devotes his time to visiting the sick, and assisting the church where he could.
1840	February	Mem.,p.572,3	GE writes to his daughter Jessy, of the sadness of the loss of his last living sister.
Into 1841	Winter	Mem.,p.579	With the aid of Miss Cathcart, or at times, Mr. Francis Dick, GE visited the sick and dying. The weather that season was “remarkable for its severity.” Often friends would come and gather in the parlor of his home to hear as he “addressed the word of life.” (p.580) Spent 3 weeks at Hillhead, home of John Maxwell, Esq., younger of Pollock. (Pollock house still stands today, in Pollockshaw, just south of Glasgow.)
	February 21	Mem.,p.581	GE preached at Nile Street Chapel. His subject was the 2nd Psalm. It was his last sermon there. Later he did lead in prayer, on April 4th. After this he never entered the pulpit again.
		Mem.,p.583	At this time, 42 of the Scottish churches had pastors who had graduated from the academy started by GE and Dr. Wardlow, not counting the 29 preaching in England and Ireland, those who had already died, and 8 laboring among the heathen.
	April 27	Mem.,p.585	GE reaches his 72nd birthday
	May 21	Mem.,p.586	Lady Maxwell is “released from her sufferings.” He followed her body as it was laid to rest in Eastwood, in the family plot, near his wife, Barbara.
	June 8	Mem.,p.588	GE travels to Leith to visit with friends. Then he goes on to the Frith of Forth, to Pitcairly, to be with old friends. Now his appearance was described as “feeble gait and bending frame” also “weak voice”
	July 5	Mem.,p.589	GE writes his last letter to his daughter, Jessy Matheson, two pages.
	July 18	Mem.,p.591	GE is asked to preach at the home of Mr. Cullen in Leith.
	September 24	Mem.,p.592	Jessy, along with two of her ten children arrive. She had not seen her dad in four years.
	August 2	Mem.,p.600f	A little past midnight, Monday, GE died in the chair beside his bed in the home in which he had lived for 38 years, #4 Carlton Place.
	August 7	Mem.,p.602	Saturday, Funeral at Eastwood Parish Church. In his papers, his daughter found a request he had made to be buried with his wife, Barbara, in the Pollock family plot. (JJM states that it was the 6th, but in 1841, Saturday fell on the 7th.)
	August 8	Mem.,p.603	Nile-Street church “was clothed in the garb of mourning.” All in the assembly wore black. Rev. J.M. MacKenzie delivered a lesson from Hebrews 7. But a funeral service was held in the afternoon with Dr. Wardlaw officiating.
1841	Autumn	Mem.,p.345	Less than two months after the death of GE, the Church building on Jamaica Street in Glasgow, burned to the ground. Only the remnants of the location can still be seen today as Scottish Rail presently passes over the location. Location on today’s Midland Street, Glagow.
1857			Nile Street Church moved to a new building on the corner of West Campbell and Waterloo Streets and called Ewing Place Chapel.
1890			Ewing Place Chapel moved to Hillhead District.