. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . re to justifymyself, hut the Lord, wdio is holy in all his ways, right-eous in all his works, holy and hlessed he liis come I to condemn others. I hless the Lord,I pardon all men, and desire to he pardoned of the Lordmyself. Let the will of the Lord he done; that is allI desire. . These times are like to he either verysinning or suffering times; let Christians make theirchoice. There is a sad dilemma in the husiness—sinor suffer. Surely he that will choose the hetter partwill choose to suffer; o
. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . re to justifymyself, hut the Lord, wdio is holy in all his ways, right-eous in all his works, holy and hlessed he liis come I to condemn others. I hless the Lord,I pardon all men, and desire to he pardoned of the Lordmyself. Let the will of the Lord he done; that is allI desire. . These times are like to he either verysinning or suffering times; let Christians make theirchoice. There is a sad dilemma in the husiness—sinor suffer. Surely he that will choose the hetter partwill choose to suffer; others that will choose to sinwill not escape suftering. They shall suffer, hut per-haps not as 1 do (pointing to the maiden or guillotine),but worse. Aline is buttemporal; theirs shallbe eternal. Air. Hamilton prayed,then Argyle prayed, andAL. Hutcheson lord, now holdyour grip sicker.(Hold on with a firmgras]).) He answered,Y o u k n o w. , what I saidto you in the chamber. -, . . The Maiden, 1 am not airaid or (Now m the National Museum, Edinburgh.). THE KILLING TIME. 39 being surprised with fear. He kneeled down, laid hishead upon the block, and, after a brief prayer, lifted hishand as a signal to the executioner. The axe fell,and the head of the martyr dropped into the basket,while his soul fled up to God, to receive the crownpromised to all who are faithful unto death. Hishead was fixed upon the west end )f the Tolboothprison, where all could see it from the street. Hi^body was carried away by friends to Dunoon, nearGlasgow, and buried in Kilmun Church. A writer ofhistory says of Argyle, He had piety for a Christian,sense for a counsellor, courage for a martyr, and a soulfor a king. This was the man who had put the crown upon thehead of Charles II. as King of Scotland, ten yearsbefore, saying to him, Stand fast from henceforth,in the place whereof you are the lawful and righteousheir, by a long and lineal succession of your fathers,which is now deliv
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