. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . in Lorn,about 1626. He was ordained pastor at New Luce,in Galloway, about 1660. After three years he wasdeprived of his charge by the Drunken Act of Glas-gow. His farewell service before leaving his flockwas a very pathetic occasion, and as the people refusedto go home, he contiiuicd with them in the church untilafter nightfall. Fre(|uently, while he spoke that was interrupted by outbursts of wailing from hishearers, though he urged them to be composed. Ashe finished he closed the door of his pulpit a
. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . in Lorn,about 1626. He was ordained pastor at New Luce,in Galloway, about 1660. After three years he wasdeprived of his charge by the Drunken Act of Glas-gow. His farewell service before leaving his flockwas a very pathetic occasion, and as the people refusedto go home, he contiiuicd with them in the church untilafter nightfall. Fre(|uently, while he spoke that was interrupted by outbursts of wailing from hishearers, though he urged them to be composed. Ashe finished he closed the door of his pulpit and fastenedit; then, knocking on it hard three times with hisBible, he said thrice, ^^ my Masters name T arrestthee! that none ever enter thee but such as enter as PEDEN TEIE PROPHET. 109 I have done, by the clnor. This prophecy was fulfilled,for no minister ever entered that pulpit until the per-secutions were over, the Church of Scotland freed, andthen a pastor was installed, according to the wishesof the people, and in the spirit of him who left undersuch trying i^-r^.. Peden the Prophet. From the day he was driven from his pulpit he wasa wanderer, preaching at conventicles and ministeringto the people as he had opportunity. He joined thePentland insurrection, but soon left it, believing that no TJJR BLUE FLAG. it Could (In no j^ood. He was thereafter denounced asan otitlaw and liis property confiscated. For five yearshe was a prisoner at the Bass Rock, near Decemljer, 1678, he was sentenced, along with sixtyothers, to perpetual banishment, and carried to Londonwith a view to transportation to the plantations of theAmerican colonies. He encouraged his companions onthe way to London, telling them *the ship is not builtthat will bear us over the sea to any of the they reached London they were all liberated,from what cause was never known. In 1679 ^^^ ^^turned to Scotland, dividing his time afterwards be-tween his own country and I
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