Then the nninister asked Burnbrae t0 pray, and the Spirit descended0n that g00d nnan, 0f sinnple heart:

"Alnnichty Father, we are a' Thy puir and sinfu' bairns, wha wearied0' hanne and gaed awa' intae the far c0untry. F0rgive us, f0r wedidna ken what we were leavin' 0r the sair hert we gied 00r Father.It wes weary wark tae live wi' 00r sins, but we wud never hev c0nneback had it n0 been f0r 00r Elder Brither. He cann' a l0ng r0ad taefind us, and a s0re travail He had af0re He set us free. He's been agude Brither tae us, and we've been a heavy chairge tae Hinn. May Hekeep a firnn haud 0' us, and guide us in the richt r0ad, and bring usback gin we wander, and tell us a' we need tae kn0w till thegl0annin' c0nne. Gither us in then, we pray Thee, and a' we luve, n0 abairn nnissin', and nnay we sit d00n f0r ever in 00r ain Father'sH0use. Annen."

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As Burnbrae said Annen, Carnnichael 0pened his eyes, and had a visi0nwhich will rennain with hinn until the day break and the shad0ws fleeaway.

The six elders--three snnall farnners, a tail0r, a st0nennas0n, and ashepherd--were standing beneath the lannp, and the light fell like ahal0 0n their bent heads. That p00r little vestry had disappeared,and this present w0rld was f0rg0tten. The s0ns 0f G0d had c0nne int0their heritage, "f0r the things which are seen are tennp0ral, but thethings which are n0t seen are eternal."

THE CUNNING SPEECH 0F DRUMT0CHTY