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XVI. The Witch Hunt

           Youarebesottedinyourerror,andtillyourepentyouhavenopartinthecommonwealthofIsrael,foryouarelikeLotandhavetakenupyourdwellingintheCitiesofthePlainandhavepitchedyourtentstowardsSodom,whereastheKirk,likeAbram,dwellethintheplainofMamre,whichisinHebron,andhathbuiltthereanaltartotheLord."

           ThePresbyteryrefrainedfromanyjudgmentonthecase,thatbeingdeferredtillalatermeeting,when,ifnecessary,evidencecouldbecalled;butinviewofthefactthattheministerofWoodileehadacknowledgedhisfaultandexhibitedcontumacythereanent,hewasbyaunanimousdecisionsuspendedfromoccupyingthepulpitanddispensingtheSacramentintheparish,andfromallotherpastoralrightsandduties.Asthewinterwascloseonhand,whenevilroadslessenedchurchattendance,itwasagreedthatspiritualneedswouldbemetifMr.FordycewereenjoinedtoconductpublicworshipalternatelyinWoodileeandCauldshaw.

           Davidrodehomeinaframeofmindwhichwasneithersadnorglad.Hefeltnoshameathissuspension,butherecognizedwithapangthebreadthofthegulfwhichseparatedhimfromhisbrethren,andtheruinofthosehighhopeswithwhichayearagohehadbegunhisministry.Herealizedthathewasbutapoorecclesiastic,forhecouldnotfeelthatloyaltywhichothersfelttoaKirkwhichwasmainlytheworkofmen’shands."Theyhavelamentablypervertedreasonandjustice"--herememberedMontrose’swords;andyetmostofthemwerehonestmenandpiousmen,andmaybetheirgoodonawidecomputationwasgreaterthantheirill.

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