Friend Mac Donald

s and Thanksgivings.-"Repose in Peace."-"Thou Excelledst them all."-Explanation of Miracles.-Pulpit Adverti

is still more theological and church-going; but the fashion in

rible and avenging, whose very name strikes awe, and is not to

e the next-door neighbour. He tells Him all his little needs, and

de is boundless. If he has had a meagre repast, he thanks Him for the least of His mercies. The thanks a

Dr. Ramsay in his Reminiscences, I find. As to the second, I leave the responsi

er not being very propitious for making it, he knelt near h

a rantin', tantin', tearin' wind, but

ind that made the panes rattle, and scattered

ay got up and closed h

, that's r

authentic, I feel quite sure that none

ns, just as the sermons of

ssings he wishes for, and will certainly receive, for God cannot refuse him anything,-all this is present to his prodigious memory. He dots his i's, as we say in France; and if by chance he should

cotch family, and heard the master of the house, amo

that is to say, O Lord, the po

cotch charac

gnification of the far-fetched word receptivity, so that He should not be able to say: "

cellent Caledonian imagined that

come, this same Scot, before making known to the Lord the blessings which he expected from Him,

third wife in the room,

the company of Jane" (his first wife); "I thank Thee also for the pleasur

, apparently plunged in profound meditation, and thanking Heaven for the p

ome to play her part

five, and I can assure yo

family; but in this case the same Scotch characteristic showed its

and the rest of his family, which was composed of several big sons and three grown-up daughters, he prayed for the repose of the soul

"how discreet, faithful, wise,

f the practical side of things. While it solicited the admission of the first wife into Paradi

which confirmed me

a card, illuminated with a garland of roses and foliage, and bearing the inscription "

-table, I beheld a card exactly similar to that

one virtuously, but th

ld Mrs. X. (No. 2) cease to be "discreet, wise, careful

be dictated to as to what he shall say. He knows his own wants,

ime of George III., who used to officiate in a churc

s and idiots, and the members o

hurches it is not possible

n the North of Scotland, and was well known f

or sinfu' servants that are now addressin' Thee in their ain shilly-shally way, hae mercy on Rob. Ye ken yersel' he is a wild, mischievous callant, and thinks nae mair o' committing sin th

riddles: like hawks to do evil, like snails to do guid, and like

uckle ill the year; gie him a cup o' Thy wraith, an' 'gin

wing, which I have kept for a bonne bouche. The good folks of Dumbarton used it in the year 1804, w

within twa miles ilka side this house. O bless the coo and

and warlocks, and a' lang nebbet be

ranks about the neck of the French Emperor; gie me the helter in my ain

over the interests of his flock; he knows their wants and their wishes, and he expresses them in his prayers. That does not

certain smack of the pulpit. By dint of preaching and liste

iarity which comes from the good-humoured frankness of the Scotch character-show

performed a miracle in walking across the waves to join His disci

erful thing: you would find it just as difficult as

ow God is everywhere and sees ev

ne dyke, aye keekin' out at us frae ho

to recommend their parishioners to the care of

have heard, when a boy, a Free Church mi

d to pay a substitute. And you, my dear friends, be prudent: keep yourselves warm, that is the essential thing; wear flannel clothing. If you have none at home, lose no time in going to Donald Anderson. He has just received

the kingdom of Heaven, which he looks upon as a British possession

r! At God's right hand came-first, John Knox; next, Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott; then an immense crowd of good folk, who, if they had been in complete attire, would have had kilts and plaids; and then next, but at some d

my host

ur leave,' you install yourselves in the best seats to the exclusion of the poor outside world! My dear sir, it l

make a Frenchman

aw pictures of the Last Judgment too, but with a decided improvement on this arr

to have seen him, but I guarantee that he is to be found in the midst of the an

prove that even the libations of overnight do not hinder a true-

a friend, and towards two in the morning set out

grave arrested his progress. He tried to jump, his foot caught, he slipped, and the next moment was lying full length in the improvised bed. Here he soon fell fast asleep. About six in the morning the Kirkcaldy coach came speeding

"weel, weel, this is a fer

-trade is generally a Bible. For a penny he will recite you a chapter; Old and New Testament are equally familiar to h

n the Bible business, which is not lucrative. Besides, turning the ha

his pocket is very well; but he does n

d me, last February, that he was one day accosted by

going to do to earn i

ing?" repl

N

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t his penny without "as

ars without relating a little incident

up to me, as

I said to him; "but you d

penny, and don't make me play. I

d to show him that I apprecia

"do you never

he said, lowering his

enny, but s