The Marquis of Montrose . rnestabout their spiritual prerogatives. The two sects agreedin one thing only—their stubborn conservatism. Itwas a very pretty powder-magazine for the inevitablespark. The spark came from the king. Charles took upthe question of Scottish reform with the sincere inten-tion of setting things straight. But the strange fatalityof his race pursued him, and he mingled in his policywhat was just and sensible, and what was unjust andfoolish. He undertook the business of reforming someof the feudal tenures, particularly the vexed matter oftithes, and in the most modern way he
The Marquis of Montrose . rnestabout their spiritual prerogatives. The two sects agreedin one thing only—their stubborn conservatism. Itwas a very pretty powder-magazine for the inevitablespark. The spark came from the king. Charles took upthe question of Scottish reform with the sincere inten-tion of setting things straight. But the strange fatalityof his race pursued him, and he mingled in his policywhat was just and sensible, and what was unjust andfoolish. He undertook the business of reforming someof the feudal tenures, particularly the vexed matter oftithes, and in the most modern way he appointed aRoyal Commission. The result was a genuine reform,acceptable alike to the commons and clergy of was far from acceptable to the nobles, but theirmouths were stopped ; they bided their time till theirchance came. They had not long to wait. Fanaticismalways produces a counter-fanaticism, and it was thedearest wish of the kings heart to make the worshipof God uniform throughout his dominions. When he.
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