. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . of England, andsigned by him, and for thatreason often called the KingsConfession. (2) The acts of the Scottish Parliament condemning Romanism, andcoiifirming the acts of the Presbyterian General Assem-bly. This part w^as w^ritten by Johnston, afterwardsLord Warriston. (3) The special application of thewhole to the present circumstances of the church,written by Alexander Henderson. This was the o-reat National Covenant, and Februarvthe 28th, 1638, was the day set for it to be signed inEdinburgh. By early daw
. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . of England, andsigned by him, and for thatreason often called the KingsConfession. (2) The acts of the Scottish Parliament condemning Romanism, andcoiifirming the acts of the Presbyterian General Assem-bly. This part w^as w^ritten by Johnston, afterwardsLord Warriston. (3) The special application of thewhole to the present circumstances of the church,written by Alexander Henderson. This was the o-reat National Covenant, and Februarvthe 28th, 1638, was the day set for it to be signed inEdinburgh. By early dawn the leaders of the churciiof Scotland met and read o\er the whole document,accepting it as a true statement, and declared that theywere ready to sigfu it. It was decided to hold a greatmeeting at Greyfriars Church, in the afternoon of thatday, to have the Covenant signed. At the appinntedhour a great multitude assembled at the church andin the graveyard surrounding it. The Rev. AlexanderHenderson opened the meeting with a memorableprayer, which none present e\cr forgot. A solemn. 20 THE BLUE FLAG. hush fell over the assembly, for they felt that upon whatthey were doing depended the future of pure religionin Scotland, and that they were about to enter upon acourse which meant great danger to them all. But theyhesitated not, for they saw their duty plainly. TheEarl of Loudon arose and addressed the meeting in aprudent but forcible speech, incUcating that, while de-fending their religion against the bishops, and againstthe King, they were not disloyal to their earthly mon-arch. They would obey him in all temporal things, andeven fight to defend his government and person, butin spiritual matters none could come between them-selves and Christ. Johnston then unrolled the vastsheet of parchment on wdiich the Covenant was written,and read it to the attentive assembly. He finished, anda solemn silence fell upon them. An aged nobleman,the venerable Earl of Sutherland, slowly walked for
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