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"
Our
young
brother
is
lamentably
estranged
from
Christ
,
"
he
said
in
a
voice
which
was
charged
with
regret
as
well
as
with
indignation
.
"
He
is
like
the
Church
of
Laodicea
,
of
whom
it
was
written
,
’
Because
thou
art
lukewarm
,
and
neither
cold
nor
hot
,
I
will
spue
thee
out
of
my
mouth
.
’
I
tell
you
,
sir
,
he
that
is
not
with
us
is
against
us
,
and
that
in
the
day
of
the
Lord
’
s
judgments
there
can
be
no
halting
between
two
opinions
.
It
is
the
duty
of
the
Kirk
to
follow
His
plain
commandment
and
to
rest
not
till
the
evil
thing
be
utterly
destroyed
from
our
midst
,
even
as
Barak
pursued
after
the
chariots
to
Harosheth
of
the
Gentiles
,
and
all
the
host
of
Sisera
fell
upon
the
edge
of
the
sword
,
and
not
a
man
was
left
.
You
are
besotted
in
your
error
,
and
till
you
repent
you
have
no
part
in
the
commonwealth
of
Israel
,
for
you
are
like
Lot
and
have
taken
up
your
dwelling
in
the
Cities
of
the
Plain
and
have
pitched
your
tents
towards
Sodom
,
whereas
the
Kirk
,
like
Abram
,
dwelleth
in
the
plain
of
Mamre
,
which
is
in
Hebron
,
and
hath
built
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord
.
"
The
Presbytery
refrained
from
any
judgment
on
the
case
,
that
being
deferred
till
a
later
meeting
,
when
,
if
necessary
,
evidence
could
be
called
;
but
in
view
of
the
fact
that
the
minister
of
Woodilee
had
acknowledged
his
fault
and
exhibited
contumacy
thereanent
,
he
was
by
a
unanimous
decision
suspended
from
occupying
the
pulpit
and
dispensing
the
Sacrament
in
the
parish
,
and
from
all
other
pastoral
rights
and
duties
.
As
the
winter
was
close
on
hand
,
when
evil
roads
lessened
church
attendance
,
it
was
agreed
that
spiritual
needs
would
be
met
if
Mr
.
Fordyce
were
enjoined
to
conduct
public
worship
alternately
in
Woodilee
and
Cauldshaw
.
David
rode
home
in
a
frame
of
mind
which
was
neither
sad
nor
glad
.
He
felt
no
shame
at
his
suspension
,
but
he
recognized
with
a
pang
the
breadth
of
the
gulf
which
separated
him
from
his
brethren
,
and
the
ruin
of
those
high
hopes
with
which
a
year
ago
he
had
begun
his
ministry
.
He
realized
that
he
was
but
a
poor
ecclesiastic
,
for
he
could
not
feel
that
loyalty
which
others
felt
to
a
Kirk
which
was
mainly
the
work
of
men
’
s
hands
.
"
They
have
lamentably
perverted
reason
and
justice
"
-
-
he
remembered
Montrose
’
s
words
;
and
yet
most
of
them
were
honest
men
and
pious
men
,
and
maybe
their
good
on
a
wide
computation
was
greater
than
their
ill
.
It
was
his
unhappy
portion
to
have
encountered
the
ill
.
But
if
the
Kirk
cast
him
off
he
had
Christ
-
-
"
Other
sheep
I
have
which
are
not
of
this
fold
,
"
was
Christ
’
s
word
-
-
and
he
must
follow
with
all
humility
the
light
that
was
given
to
him
.
When
the
main
trial
came
on
he
would
not
relent
in
his
denunciation
of
the
Wood
,
and
his
loss
would
be
well
repaid
if
,
like
Samson
,
he
could
bring
down
with
him
the
pillars
of
Gaza
.
.
.
.
He
consoled
himself
thus
,
but
he
knew
in
his
heart
that
he
had
no
need
of
consolation
,
for
the
thought
of
Katrine
was
there
like
a
live
coal
.
He
came
to
the
manse
in
the
gloaming
,
to
find
Isobel
waiting
for
him
in
the
road
.
"
Heaven
save
us
a
’
!
"
she
said
,
"
but
there
’
s
an
awfu
’
thing
come
to
Woodilee
.
They
’
ve
prickit
a
witch
,
and
it
’
s
nane
ither
than
puir
Bessie
Todd
o
’
the
Mains
.
Guid
kens
what
they
did
till
her
,
but
a
’
nicht
the
clachan
rang
wi
’
her
skirlin
’
.
The
pricker
fand
the
Deil
’
s
mark
on
her
back
,
and
stappit
a
preen
[
pin
]
intil
it
up
to
the
heid
and
nae
bluid
came
,
and
they
burnt
her
feet
wi
’
lichtit
candles
,
and
hung
her
by
the
thumbs
frae
the
cupples
till
they
garred
her
own
to
awesome
deeds
.
I
canna
believe
it
,
the
puir
doited
body
,
but
if
the
ae
half
is
true
she
’
s
far
ben
wi
’
the
Adversary
,
and
oh
,
sir
,
it
’
s
fearsome
to
think
what
wickedness
can
be
hidden
in
the
hert
o
’
man
.
She
said
the
Deil
gie
’
d
her
a
new
name
,
whilk
she
wadna
tell
,
and
she
owned
that
ilka
Lord
’
s
Day
,
when
she
sat
under
ye
on
the
pu
’
pit
stair
,
she
prayed
to
him
-
-
’
Our
Father
,
which
wert
in
Heaven
.
’
But
whatever
her
faut
,
it
canna
be
richt
the
way
they
guidit
her
,
lickin
’
her
wi
’
a
bull
’
s
pizzle
and
burnin
’
the
gums
o
’
her
till
she
yammers
like
a
bitted
powny
.
If
she
maun
dee
,
let
death
come
quick
.
For
the
Lord
’
s
sake
,
Mr
.
David
,
get
her
down
to
the
Kirk
Aller
tolbooth
,
for
the
Shirra
is
kinder
than
yon
red
brock
[
badger
]
o
’
a
pricker
.
The
verra
sicht
o
’
his
wild
een
sends
a
grue
to
my
banes
-
-
and
Chasehope
standin
’
by
him
and
speakin
’
saft
and
wicked
,
and
smilin
’
like
a
cat
wi
’
a
mouse
.
"
David
’
s
heart
sickened
with
disgust
.
Chasehope
had
turned
the
tables
on
him
;
he
had
diverted
suspicion
from
himself
by
sacrificing
a
half
-
witted
woman
.
And
yet
this
Bessie
Todd
had
been
a
member
of
the
coven
-
-
he
had
seen
her
grey
locks
flying
in
the
Wood
.
Chasehope
was
presiding
at
the
examination
and
torture
;
he
would
no
doubt
take
good
care
that
no
word
of
the
truth
came
out
in
her
delirium
.
And
Isobel
,
who
had
denied
with
violence
his
own
charges
against
this
very
woman
,
seemed
to
believe
her
confession
.
She
was
revolted
by
the
cruelty
,
but
convinced
of
the
sin
.
That
would
no
doubt
be
the
feeling
of
the
parish
,
for
who
could
disbelieve
avowals
which
must
send
the
avower
to
a
shameful
death
?
"
Where
is
the
wretched
woman
?
"
he
asked
.
