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SKETCHES OF THE COVENANTERS
by
J. C. McFEETERS, D.D.
Minister of the Second Church of the Covenanters, Philadelphia
"That ye may tell it to the generations following;
For this God is our God for ever and ever;
He will be our guide even unto death."
[Illustration: MODERN CHURCH OF THE COVENANTERS, GREENOCK.]
THE UNCONQUERABLE COVENANTERS
"We bind and obligate ourselves to defend ourselves and one another, in
our worshiping of God, and in our natural, civil, and divine rights and
liberties, till we shall overcome, or send them down under debate to
posterity, that they may begin where we end."--_Queensferry Paper_.
PREFACE
This book is a spontaneous growth, being without pre-meditation or
original intention. A visit to Scotland was the embryo; out of this seed
sprang a stereopticon lecture on "The Martyrs of Scotland;" the lecture
developed into an illustrated serial which was published in the
CHRISTIAN NATION; and the serial, at the request of many readers,
developed into this volume. The book, therefore, was not originally
contemplated; it is a providential growth, rather than a human
conception; and we sincerely trust that it is one of God's eternal
thoughts, blossoming in the sunlight of its own appointed time.
May our Lord Jesus Christ add His blessing, and commission these
Sketches to do Him service and glorify His exalted name.
J.C.M.
Philadelphia, March 1, 1913.
CONTENTS.
SUBJECTS ILLUSTRATIONS
Chapter I.
The Land of the Covenants
In the Highlands