Born: May 23, 1818, Bon­hard, Scot­land.

Died: Ap­ril 30, 1895, at his home Ra­vens­brook, in Chis­le­hurst, Kent, Eng­land.

Buried: With his se­cond wife, Lou­i­sa Ste­phen, and daugh­ter, Anne Se­ton Mac­duff, in the Chis­le­hurst church­yard.

After stu­dy­ing at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ed­in­burgh, Mac­duff in 1842 be­came par­ish min­is­ter of Ket­tins, For­far­shire; in 1849 of St. St. Ma­does, Perth­shire; and in 1855 of San­dy­ford, Glas­gow. In 1857 the Gen­er­al As­sem­bly ap­point­ed him to its Hymn­al Com­mit­tee. Macduff re­ceived his D.D. de­gree from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow in 1862, and about the same time al­so from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of New York. He re­tired from pas­tor­al work in 1871, and in 1887 was liv­ing in Chis­le­hurst, Kent. His works in­clude:

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Hymns

  1. Blessed Feast! Most Gracious Token
  2. Christ Is Coming!
  3. Eternal Rock! To Thee I Flee
  4. Everlasting Arms of Love
  5. From Thy Habita­tion Ho­ly
  6. Hasten, Lord, That Morn of Glory
  7. O Do Not, Blessèd Lord, Depart
  8. Where Shall I Look for Ho­ly Calm
  9. Who Is This in Silence Bending
  10. Why Should I Murmur or Repine?