ceived on the green the sudden news of his wife's illness-and before he had time to leave for St. Andrews in a yacht, kindly put at his disposal by a gentleman, a second telegram announced her death in childbirth, and also that of the infant-just born. His sensitive nature never recovered this blow. His next public match was at the October meeting, when he and his father were pitted against Davie Strath and Martin, and after bringing the match almost to a successful issue-being 4 holes up and 5 to play-Young Tom so completely broke down, that he and his father lost the 5 holes and the match. After this, he was seriously ill, and nothing seemed to rouse him from the recollection of her who had passed away-life's interest having been snapped asunder by her early death. Shortly before his sudden death, a challenge was given by Mr. Molesworth of England, and Tommy's friends readily entered into it with the view of rousing him, and trying to infuse new life and vigour into his withered feelings; but he was very much out of condition, and he repeatedly remarked to his friends and backers that but for them he would not have continued it. He gained

the match however.

Although born in St. Andrews, he was removed by his father at a very early age to Prestwick, where Old Tom went with his family and resided for many years-but on the death of Allan Robertson, Old Tom's noble colleague in many a tough match, he again returned to St. Andrews, where he yet plays an excellent game, and it may not be out of place here to state that of all the great professional golfers, none have played so long and so well as Old Tom Morris-the father of the subject of this sketch. Young Tom's public career commenced at the early age of sixteen years, he was first brought into notice at a golf tournament held at Carnoustie in 1867, where he beat all comers, professionals and amateurs,-the tournament being open to the world. On the back of this he played with and beat Willie Park of Musselburgh, a well-tried and excellent professional player. After this he was victorious on every green on which he played. His youth and success led to the most brilliant displays of golf probably ever known, and, in all cases, played so well that he was allowed to be-by all, the champion golfer of the world. In 1860 the Prestwick Club instituted a challenge belt to be played for annually there, to be held by the winner until won from him-but in the event of it being won in three consecutive years by the same player-(a feat con

sidered almost impossible)—it was then to become his absolute property. It may not be uninteresting to give the history of the playing for this belt.

So the trophy, which is an exquisite piece of workmanship, richly ornamented with silver plates, bearing appropriate devices --produced at the cost of thirty guineas-became the property of Young Tom, and is now prized as an interesting heirloom by the family. A challenge cup was substituted for the belt, to be played on the three greens, Prestwick, St. Andrews, and Musselburgh, by turn, when Tom was again victorious at Prestwick at a score of 166,-thus winning four consecutive times. As an instance of the smallness of his scores, when playing for professional prizes in 1869, he won with the smallest score ever known to be made on St. Andrews Links, viz., 77.

Out, 4 4 4 5 6 4 4 3 3,

In, 3 3 4 6 5 4 5 5 5,

37

40

77

It were endless to state the many great professional matches he played and won. But I may state that from his amiable and agreeable temperament and obliging disposition, combined with that indomitable spirit and determination which marked his play, Young Tom Morris became a great favourite with every one he came in contact with, and it is needless to say that his very sudden death at such an early age made him universally regretted throughout the golfing world, which is likely to result in a very substantial monument to his memory on the links of the principal scene of his success— -St. Andrews.

APPENDIX.

PROSE ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE SECOND CANTO OF "DESTINY."

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LTHOUGH I originally intended to have made a continued poem of "Destiny," yet, after the lapse of many years and nothing done, owing to the increasing cares of this present existence, amid the worry of a speculative business, in a contracted-mean-spirited town-permeated with little, envious personalities and snake-eyed, cold-blooded, amphibious, Selfishness, I thought that the mental sails had been so worn in continually beating against head winds—and a strong adverse tide, that the ability or even the wish to string together another stanza (however disjointed) had departed for ever, but, owing to the unlooked-for visit of the Channel squadron of the British fleet in St. Andrews bay last September, the idea struck me that, as those magnificent ironclads, like the continually advancing light of Truth, had been destined by the spirit of Progress to supersede the old and boasted wooden walls of Britain,-So, in the words of Paul concerning the mission of the Old Testament or done-away-with laws of Moses-when writing to the Hebrews, "In that God said a new covenant, He hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away," when Paul, with the far-seeing eye of enlightened truth, wrote these words, and in the spirit of the Divine simplicity of true greatness also said "I think I have the spirit of God"-in writing them, it was after a careful study of the old laws of Moses, and the writings of the grand old prophets -which seemed to strike him (as on his way to Damascus) with the greater prophetic truth of Jeremiah-who said that the time was destined to come when there would be no necessity for preaching or teaching every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know God for themselves, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, "saith the Lord," and, as the desire to inculcate this great truth is one of my objects in writing the Canto-I have deemed it prudent to write this accompaniment, as I do not think that the

that we

figurative or allegorical characteristic of the sacred scriptures is sufficiently explained in the poem. Paul truly said, "If the first covenant had been faultless then should no place have been sought for the second" (the same truth applies, if the wooden vessels had been faultless then there had been no necessity for the ironclads). But, as everything is destined to progress in this revolving globe, from the sickle to machinery-truth built upon truth, creed upon creed-and the soul of man in endless search after God or truth, the time will come when there shall be no sectarian creeds, but that each one-in the words of Jeremiah shall know God for themselves. At the same time Paul rather vaguely says, "It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." The Apostle John's idea of God is a figurative truth, "He that doeth good is of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen God" (3 John 11). Also "This is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is Light, and in him is no darkness at all, If we say have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness" (or ignorant credulity) "we lie, and do not know the truth" (1 John i. 5, 6). "The world passeth away, but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever" (1 John ii. 17). "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is, and every man that hath this hope purifieth himself, even as he is pure, and whosoever abideth in him sinneth not; and whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him neither known him,"-and, coming to plain literal truth, the same writer says distinctly, that "No man hath seen God at any time" (1 John iv. 12), neither have they, unless in the works of nature, although Moses truly, but figuratively, said he had not only seen him (Ex. xxiv. 10), but spoken to him,-as allegorically written in whole chapters of the Old Testament, although the New Testament, equally as distinctly maintains that he was neither seen, nor his voice heard by man, "at any time" which is as true in one way, but not so true in another, as he is seen in every blade of grass, and his voice heard in every storm. Paul says truly, "Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God; so that things which are seen, were not made of things which doth appear." This is perfectly true, besides, Paul openly avowed, that he built his doctrine and creed on the writings "of Moses and the prophets, of which Chrst was become the chief corner-stone." His own words to the

Ephesians are, "Ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God. And, are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner-stone. In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord. In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit," meaning figuratively that the soul of man was the habitation for the spirit of truth, or God to dwell in. He says also to the Corinthians, "We know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," figuratively meaning the soul of man clothed with immortality. To show how anxious Paul was to extend the new and more enlightened doctrine of Christianity after he left the then orthodox faith of the Jews, Luke says, in his Acts of the Apostles, that "when Paul came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures. Opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead, and that this Jesus whom I preach unto you, is Christ, and some of them believed." But the greater portion of the Jews, of course, did not believe in the literal resurrection from the dead,—but this was not singular, for Luke tells us in his Gospel, that when Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary-the mother of James, and other women, said that Christ was risen from the dead, the apostles themselves said, "Their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not." But Paul, in so strenuously building the new creed on the firm foundations of the Old Testament and the prophets, showed his far-seeing wisdom and knowledge of the Bible,-for, beneath its figurative teaching, lies the eternal essence of advancing Truth, for "God is Light,” and he that doeth good and abideth by His laws, with enlightened Truth, both know God-and see God everywhere— which no mere petty-so-called miraculous agency can deepen or enhance, and no writer, however talented, will ever advance the cause of truth by sapping the foundation, or pulling down the sacred scriptures. But to attempt to prop them up with mere Ignorance and bigotry, would be to hasten the time,-if it were possible for more enlightened ideas of God and truth yet to come, (for God is Light and Truth,)-to make the prophetic words of Paul true," in that when God saith a new covenant, he