Burnet Prize at Aberdeen.
Sir,--I sent a _query_ to the _Athenæum_, who, by a _note_, referred it
to you.
My object is to ascertain _who gained_ the last _Theological Premium_
(forty years since, or nearly) at Aberdeen. You no doubt know the
subject: it is the best Treatise on "the Evidence that there is a Being
all powerful, wise, and good, by whom every thing exists; and
particularly to obviate difficulties regarding the wisdom and goodness
of the Deity; and this, in the first place from considerations
independent of Written Revelation, and, in the second place, from the
revelation of the Lord Jesus; and, from the whole, to point out the
inferences most necessary for and useful to mankind."