The original members of the 'Exegetical Society' included, besides
Horatius and Andrew Bonar, William Laughton, Thomas Brown, Henry Moncreiff,
William Wilson, John Thomson, Walter Wood, John Millar, Robert Hamilton, John
Burne, Patrick Borrowman, Alex. Somerville, and Robert Murray M'Cheyne.
In
1838 the members list had obviously changed. The document reads:
"We, the
undersigned members of the Exegetical Society hereby declare our intention to
read during the course of next year the Books of Isaiah and Jeremiah or one or
other of them in Hebrew - and one of the books of the New Testament in
Greek."
Signed by: Henry Moncreiff, Andrew A. Bonar, Rob Kinnear, Thomas
Brown, Walter Wood, John Thornton, Alexander Somerville, George Smeaton and
Robert Murray M'Cheyne.
