The Martyrs, Heroes, And Bards of the Scottish Covenant
The Martyrs, Heroes, And Bards of the Scottish Covenant
Gilfillan George
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" It was previously often laid on the lap of the heather, and often bared to the bi'ceze, as he uttered his fearless field-harangues. He wjis the most powerful of the Covenanting preachers. His action was energetic, his voice thunder — thunder, the re- verberations of which still linger in the west and south of Scotland ; for from him proceeded the once numerous and still considerable sect of the Cameronians. He, with Hackstoun, and about sixty horee and foot, were abid- ing together in the Hig...hlands, between Kithsdale and Ayrshire, when Bruce of Eaishall came suddenly up and surprised them at a lonely spot called Airsmoss, where they were so hemmed in by bogs that their only chance lay in breaking through the ranks of the enemy, and dispersing themselves among the desert paths. Ere battle was joined Cameron prayed aloud, commending the little company to the God of battles, and saying, twice or thrice, with peculiar emphasis, " Lord, spare the green and take the ripe. " Turning then to a brother who was beside him, he said, " This is the day I have longed for, and the death I have prayed for ; this is the clay I shall get the crown.
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