The Ian Maclaren yearbook . ation, and that feware chosen—juist a handfu here an there ; noon accoont o ony excellence in oorsels, so weniaunna boast. Verra comfortin for the handfu, mur-mured Jamie, his eyes fixed on the roof. Weel, gin yon young man didna declarein sae mony words that we were a Godsbairns, an that He wes gaeiu tae dae the bestHe cud wi every ane o s. What think ye othat? — nae difference atween the elect an theithers, nae preeveleges nor advantages! Itsagainst balth Scriptur an reason. He wes maybe mixin up the Almichty wihis ain faither, suggested Jamie. Aveheard ignorant f
The Ian Maclaren yearbook . ation, and that feware chosen—juist a handfu here an there ; noon accoont o ony excellence in oorsels, so weniaunna boast. Verra comfortin for the handfu, mur-mured Jamie, his eyes fixed on the roof. Weel, gin yon young man didna declarein sae mony words that we were a Godsbairns, an that He wes gaeiu tae dae the bestHe cud wi every ane o s. What think ye othat? — nae difference atween the elect an theithers, nae preeveleges nor advantages! Itsagainst balth Scriptur an reason. He wes maybe mixin up the Almichty wihis ain faither, suggested Jamie. Aveheard ignorant fouk say that a the differ is thatthe Almichty is nae waur than oor ain faither,but oot o a sicht kinder. But whar wud yebe gin ye allooed the like o that ? — half o thedoctrines wud hae tae be reformed, and Jamiedeparted, full of condolence with Milton. It was not wonderful after these trying ex-periences that Milton became a separatist, andedified himself and his household in his Days of AiildLatig TTES a skilly man, Doctor MacLure,1. JL continued my friend Mrs. Macfadyen,whose judgment on sermons or anything elsewas seldom at fault ; an a kind-hearted,though o coorse he hes his faults like us a,an he disna tribble the Kirk often. ** He aye can tell whats wrang wi a body,an maistly he can put ye richt, an theres naenewfangled wys wi him : a blister for the oot-side an Epsom salts for the inside dis his wark,an they say theres no an herb on the hills hedisna ken. If were tae dee, were tae dee; an ifwere tae live, were tae live, concluded Els-peth, with sound Calvinistic logic; but aIIsay this for the doctor, that whether yir tae liveor dee, he can aye keep up a shairp meisture onthe skin. Beside the Bojitiie Brier Bush. March i As we grow older and see more of life, itseems easier to put a man out of conceitwith his sin by showing him the winsome andperfect form of goodness. So full of surprisesis human nature that he will loathe himself andbe drawn to
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