1801–1872
Lord Kinloch

Introduction

Born: 1801, Glas­gow, Scot­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 31, 1872, Hart­rigge House, near Jed­burgh, Scot­land.

Buried: St. Cuth­bert’s church­yard, Ed­in­burgh.

Biography

William was the son of Glasg­ow mer­chant Will­iam Pen­ney and Eli-za­beth John­ston. He mar­ried twice: to Jan­et Camp­bell (1828) and Lou­isa Camp­bell (1842).

He stu­died law at Glas­gow Uni­ver­si­ty, and en­tered the of­fice of so­li­ci­tor Al­ex­an­der Mor­ris­on. Lat­er, he spent some time in an ac­count­ant’s of­fice.

In 1824, he was called to the bar, and soon gained a large prac­tice, prin­ci­pal­ly in com­mer­cial cas­es.

Im May 1858, he was ap­point­ed a judge on the recom­men­da­tion of Lord Der­by, on the death of Lord Han­dy­side, tak­ing the cour­te­sy ti­tle of Lord Kin­loch.

When a va­can­cy oc­curred in the in­ner house of the court of ses­sion on Lord Cur­rie­hill’s death, Pen­ney suc­ceeded to the post in 1868.

Works

Poem

The Unknown God

A stranger once I met, of aspect stern,
Of whom ’twas told, that, if I did but learn
His real nature, I should love him well;
But still I found that aspect stern repel,
And would not once go near him, truth to tell.

At last I found that he, unknown to me,
Had done me service; then I thought ’twould be
Fit that I thanked him: so to him I went;
And found uprightness with such sweetness blent,
I gave him all my heart; nor since repent.

Lord, when Thou stranger art, we treat Thee so;
We think Thee stern in aspect, till we go
More close to Thee; then find ’twas our ill sight;
When all Thy holy grace we know aright,
Love Thee we must, e’en in our own despite.

William Penney, Lord Kinloch
Time’s Treasure, 1862

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Angels, Wake Your Loud­est Prais­es
  2. Arise, Let Us Go Hence
  3. At Thy Feet My Gifts I Lay
  4. Beautiful up­on the Moun­tains
  5. Christ Had Two Se­ver­al Wrongs to Bear
  6. Christ Is the Smit­ten Rock
  7. Clearly I See
  8. Fall Not Out up­on the Way
  9. Go Thy Way
  10. God with Us!
  11. Great, O Sav­ior, Is My Sin
  12. I Have a Watch­ful Foe
  13. I Hold a Joy, with Which I Feel
  14. I Need Not Stay the Swell­ing Tear
  15. I Sought for Wis­dom in the Morn­ing Time
  16. In My Fa­ther’s House Above
  17. In Time of Health, Aid Me
  18. It Is Not Hea­ven Alone
  19. It Is Writ­ten, Said the Lord
  20. Lead Me, O Sav­ior
  21. Master, We Per­ish!
  22. Master, Where Dwell­est Thou?
  23. My Heart a Mat­ter Good In­dites
  24. O Christ, Who Art the Light
  25. O Sav­ior, Long and Wea­ry Years
  26. O Sav­ior, ’Twas a Two­fold Love
  27. O Sav­ior, Well with Me
  28. Savior, I to Thee Would Stoop
  29. Savior, Not e’en My Sin
  30. Savior, Thou Art My Light
  31. Savior, What Thy Words Dis­play
  32. Savior, When to Thee I Go
  33. Scarce Can I Claim the Place of Child
  34. Sower Went Forth to Sow, A
  35. Speak, Lord, Thy Ser­vant Hear­eth
  36. Stranger Once I Met, A
  37. There Lies an Op­en Foun­tain
  38. There Stood a Sen­tence Stern
  39. Thou Art the Christ
  40. Thou Com’st, O Sav­ior, to Al­lay
  41. Thou, O Sav­ior, When Thy Time
  42. Throw Wide the Gate, My Heart
  43. Thy Tem­ple, Lord, Most Glo­ri­ous Stands
  44. ’Tis Not the Tem­ple’s Shrine
  45. ’Tis Not the Whirl­wind
  46. To Thy Tem­ple, Lord, or Ta­ble
  47. View Not Forms with Heed­less Scorn
  48. Watchman, What of the Night?
  49. Weep Not, for Christ Will Meet Thee
  50. When Thou to Thy King­dom Com­est
  51. Why Art Thou Not, O Sav­ior, Here?
  52. Why Rage the Hea­then?

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