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In
a
passion
of
tenderness
he
pled
for
charity
and
holiness
as
the
only
candles
to
light
the
short
dark
day
of
life
-
-
candles
which
,
lit
by
a
heavenly
hand
,
would
some
day
wax
into
the
bright
everlasting
day
of
the
New
Jerusalem
.
There
were
those
among
his
hearers
who
were
moved
by
his
words
,
but
to
most
they
were
meaningless
,
and
to
many
they
were
an
offence
.
Peter
Pennecuik
was
darkly
critical
.
"
The
man
is
unsound
as
a
peat
,
"
he
declared
.
"
Whaur
’
s
the
iron
o
’
doctrine
and
the
fire
o
’
judgment
in
sic
a
bairnly
screed
?
There
’
s
an
ill
sough
there
,
sirs
-
-
he
’
s
ower
fond
o
’
warks
and
the
rags
o
’
our
ain
righteousness
.
Worthy
Mr
.
Proudfoot
will
be
garrin
’
the
stour
fly
the
day
denouncin
’
the
Laodiceans
that
wad
be
lukewarm
in
cuttin
’
off
the
horns
o
’
the
wicked
.
Is
there
ony
such
godly
zeal
in
our
man
?
Whaur
’
s
the
denunciation
o
’
the
sins
o
’
Montrose
and
his
covenant
-
breakers
?
It
seems
that
he
’
s
mair
convinced
o
’
his
ain
sins
.
"
"
He
has
maybe
cause
,
"
Chasehope
observed
dryly
.
It
had
been
David
’
s
intention
to
visit
the
manse
of
Kirk
Aller
and
obtain
the
answer
of
the
Presbytery
’
s
moderator
to
the
charges
he
had
formulated
.
This
was
a
duty
which
could
not
be
shirked
,
since
he
had
put
his
hand
to
it
,
but
at
the
moment
the
fire
of
battle
had
died
in
him
,
and
he
had
no
zest
in
the
task
.
He
found
himself
longing
to
take
Isobel
’
s
view
and
believe
that
his
senses
had
played
him
false
,
that
the
events
of
the
Beltane
and
Lammas
nights
were
no
more
than
illusions
.
So
he
had
delayed
journeying
to
Kirk
Aller
,
hoping
that
his
mood
would
change
,
and
that
that
which
was
now
a
cold
duty
would
revive
as
a
burning
mission
.
.
.
.
Suddenly
a
post
brought
him
a
summons
from
Mr
.
Muirhead
to
wait
upon
him
without
delay
.
He
rode
down
the
riverside
in
a
day
of
October
glooms
and
shadows
.
Sometimes
a
wall
of
haze
would
drop
from
the
hills
so
that
the
water
ran
wan
as
in
the
ballads
,
and
the
withering
fern
and
blanching
heath
had
the
tints
of
December
.
Then
a
light
wind
would
furl
the
shrouded
sky
into
fantastic
towers
and
battlements
,
through
long
corridors
of
which
the
blue
heavens
would
shine
like
April
at
an
infinite
distance
,
and
the
bald
mountain
-
tops
,
lit
by
sun
-
gleams
,
would
be
revealed
.
When
he
rode
over
the
crook
-
backed
bridge
of
Aller
,
past
the
burgh
gallows
,
he
saw
that
the
doomster
had
been
busy
at
his
work
.
Three
ragged
scarecrows
hung
in
chains
,
the
flesh
already
gone
from
their
limbs
,
and
a
covey
of
obscene
birds
rose
at
his
approach
.
Stragglers
of
Montrose
,
he
guessed
,
and
he
wondered
how
many
gallows
-
hills
in
Scotland
showed
the
same
grim
harvest
.
The
thought
,
and
the
fantastic
October
weather
,
deepened
the
gloom
which
all
morning
had
been
growing
on
him
.
He
found
a
new
man
in
the
minister
’
s
chair
.
The
victory
of
his
cause
seemed
to
have
expanded
Mr
.
Muirhead
’
s
person
,
so
that
he
loomed
across
the
oaken
table
like
a
judge
in
his
robes
.
Pride
pursed
his
lips
,
and
authority
sat
on
his
forehead
.
Gone
were
the
airs
of
tolerant
good
-
humour
,
the
assumption
of
meekness
,
the
homeliness
which
had
a
greeting
and
a
joke
for
all
.
This
man
sat
in
the
seats
of
the
mighty
and
shared
in
the
burden
of
government
,
and
his
brow
was
heavy
with
the
weight
of
it
.
He
met
David
with
a
cold
,
inquisitorial
eye
,
and
greeted
him
with
a
formal
civility
.
"
I
sent
for
you
,
Mr
.
Sempill
,
"
he
said
,
"
anent
the
charge
which
you
have
set
out
in
these
papers
,
and
on
which
you
have
already
conferred
with
me
.
There
has
been
no
meeting
of
Presbytery
,
owing
to
the
disturbances
in
public
affairs
,
but
I
have
shown
the
papers
to
certain
of
my
brethren
and
obtained
their
mind
on
them
.
I
have
likewise
had
the
privilege
of
the
counsel
of
the
godly
laird
of
Wariston
,
who
,
as
you
no
doubt
ken
,
is
learned
alike
in
the
law
of
God
and
the
law
of
man
.
I
have
therefore
taken
it
upon
myself
to
convey
to
you
our
decision
,
whilk
you
may
take
to
be
the
decision
of
the
courts
of
the
Kirk
,
and
that
decision
is
that
there
is
no
substance
in
your
case
.
You
are
upset
on
the
relevancy
,
sir
.
There
is
nothing
here
,
"
and
he
tapped
the
papers
,
"
which
would
warrant
me
in
occupying
the
time
of
folk
who
have
many
greater
matters
in
hand
.
"
"
I
did
not
ask
for
a
judgment
,
but
for
an
inquiry
,
and
that
I
must
continue
to
demand
.
"
