. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . ION A. 77 Many a wild and foolish legend no doubt became attached to the laterrecords of a life which we thus see dimly through the mist of centuriesand the imagination of the great evangelists biographers. We reject theSaint Columbu of the hagiologies, but we are able to believe in Columba,the great simple-hearKxl missionary to the Highlands of Scotland ; and ifthe form of truth that he introduced was defaced by some errors, there wasat any rate the vitality in it which proved it to contain the essentials of. Tr)Ml« OF TIIF. KlNOS, lONA. the fa
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . ION A. 77 Many a wild and foolish legend no doubt became attached to the laterrecords of a life which we thus see dimly through the mist of centuriesand the imagination of the great evangelists biographers. We reject theSaint Columbu of the hagiologies, but we are able to believe in Columba,the great simple-hearKxl missionary to the Highlands of Scotland ; and ifthe form of truth that he introduced was defaced by some errors, there wasat any rate the vitality in it which proved it to contain the essentials of. Tr)Ml« OF TIIF. KlNOS, lONA. the faith, and which in times to come was to acconii)lish its furtherpurification. The occasion of our visit proved of especial interest to the islanders, asit was the first excursion of the season. A large number came to the shore togreet our landing, and the conductor of our trip, whose name is now famousamong travellers throughout the world, having pro\-ed a warm friend to theislanders, in regard to their temporal and spiritual wants, was received witha warmth of welcome that it was good to see. We visited th(! ruinedcathedral, inspected the curious crosses which the island contains, and theunique burying-place, where in close array are ranged the tombstones of theold Scottish kings, forty-eight in number, it is said ; Shakcspc^ares Macbeth 78 SCOTTISH PICTURES. being the last of the series, following his victim Duncan, whose body had been Carried to Colmekill,The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,And guardian of their bones. From lona we passed to
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