The martyr graves of Scotland: travels of a country minister |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 54
Page 2
... feet in height by three in breadth . It had evidently been lately set upon a new base , and it bore the marks of recent painting . The inscription on the east side was : A HEAD . AN OPEN HAND . A HEAD IN RELIEVO . Here lyes Interred the ...
... feet in height by three in breadth . It had evidently been lately set upon a new base , and it bore the marks of recent painting . The inscription on the east side was : A HEAD . AN OPEN HAND . A HEAD IN RELIEVO . Here lyes Interred the ...
Page 24
... feet to Hackston , who kept aloof on horseback from the others , and cried on him as a gentleman to protect him . Hackston merely answered , " I shall never lay a hand on you , ” and rode away . Sharp now turned to the others , and en ...
... feet to Hackston , who kept aloof on horseback from the others , and cried on him as a gentleman to protect him . Hackston merely answered , " I shall never lay a hand on you , ” and rode away . Sharp now turned to the others , and en ...
Page 28
... feet long by two and a half inches in diameter is still preserved in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries in Edinburgh . While thus in prison a rumour reached the authorities that he was present at Sharp's death ; but there was no ...
... feet long by two and a half inches in diameter is still preserved in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries in Edinburgh . While thus in prison a rumour reached the authorities that he was present at Sharp's death ; but there was no ...
Page 30
... feet in height by two feet in breadth . The lettering , very different from nearly all the martyrs ' stones we have visited , is shallow , and bears no traces of ever having come under the deepening chisel of Robert Paterson , the " Old ...
... feet in height by two feet in breadth . The lettering , very different from nearly all the martyrs ' stones we have visited , is shallow , and bears no traces of ever having come under the deepening chisel of Robert Paterson , the " Old ...
Page 51
... feet in length within the walls - must , after the Reformation , have been its ruin . Like most cathedrals , it would not be well adapted for the purposes of Protestant worship . The seizure of the Church lands by the nobles took away ...
... feet in length within the walls - must , after the Reformation , have been its ruin . Like most cathedrals , it would not be well adapted for the purposes of Protestant worship . The seizure of the Church lands by the nobles took away ...
Common terms and phrases
Alexander blood body Bothwell Bridge breadth castle Christ churchyard cloth Cloud of Witnesses Council Covenanted Covenanters Creichton David Steel death declared died Drumclog Dunnottar Dunnottar Castle Earlston east edge Edinburgh edition erected Extra foolscap 8vo faith feet in height Forgandenny friends Glasgow Gospel grave gravestones Hamilton hand hath hill Illustrated inches inscription James James Renwick John Kilmarnock king Kirk Kirk of Shotts Kirkcudbright Lanark land Lesmahagow letter liberty look Lord LYES Magus Moor martyrs miles minister monument murder North British Railway Old Cumnock parish church Peden Pentland persecution pray preached Presbyterian prisoners railway Reformation Renwick rising road Sandyhills says Scotland sentence sermon Sharp Shields shot side Societies soldiers South Queensferry St Andrews stone Story Strathaven suffered taken testimony Thomas tion Tolbooth told tombstone took town vault village walk Welsh William Wodrow words worthy yards
Popular passages
Page 33 - And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree : his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day ; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God ;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Page 106 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 200 - I know in whom I have believed, and that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Page 127 - Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people : for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Page 274 - But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Page 26 - God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship.
Page 218 - O cruel woman, how can you name his name to me ? the first news I expect to hear of him is, that he is hanged for a thief.
Page 239 - Knox and Welch !" exclaimed he, " the devil never made such a match as that." — " It's right like, sir," said she, "for we never speired* his advice." He asked her how many children her father had left, and if they were lads or lasses. She said three, and they were all lasses,