Smith, The Reverend George (1748 - 1823)

"Smith opens out his cauld harangues,

On practice and on morals;
An' aff the godly pour in thrangs,
To gie the jars an' barrels
A lift that day.
What signifies his barren shine,
Of moral pow'rs an' reason?
His English style, an' gesture fine,
Are a' clean out o' season..."

In 'The Twa Herds', Burns suggested that while pretending 'New Licht' sympathies, he was not to be trusted:

"An monie a ane that I could tell,
Wha fain would openly rebel,
Forby turn-coats amang oursel;
There's Smith for ane -
I doubt he's but a grey neck still
An' that ye'll fin'."

Angered by the criticism of his lines on Smith in 'The Holy Fair', Burns did not spare him in 'The Kirk's Alarm'.

"Cessnock-side, Cessnock-side, wi' your turkey-cock pride,
O' manhood but sma' is your share;
Ye've the figure, 'tis true, even your faes maun allow.
And your friends daurna say ye hae mair,
Cessnock-side! And your friends daurna say ye hae mair.'

Smith was great-grandfather of R. L. Stevenson.