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IV. The Faithful Servant

           Thistimetherumourswerestilldarker.ThatverymorningMr.MuirheadhadhadapostwhichspokeofMontroseravagingthelandsofthatlightoftheGospel,Argyll--ofhisfleeingnorth,and,atthemomentwhenhisdoomseemedassured,turningontheshoreofaHighlandsea-lochandscatteringtheCovenantarmy.Itwasthehourofperil,andthenationmusthumbleitselfbeforetheLord.AnationalfasthadbeendecreedbyParliament,anditwasresolvedtosetapartadayineachparishwhensomestoutdefenderofthefaithshouldcallthepeopletoexaminationandrepentance.Mr.ProudfootofBoldwasoneofthechosenvessels,anditwasagreedthatheshouldtakethesermononthefast-dayinWoodileeinthefirstweekofMarch.

           ButDavidwasnowinadifferentmoodfromthatofNovember.HerepressedwithhorroranunregenerateadmirationforthisMontrose,who,itseemed,wasstillyoung,andwithahandfulofcateranshadlaidanironhandonthenorth.Hemightbeafinesoldier,buthewasbeyonddoubtasonofBelial.ThetroublewithDavidwasthestateofhisownparish,comparedwithwhichthesorrowsofArgyllseemeddimandfaraway.

           January,afterthesnowsmelted,hadbeenmildandopen,withtheburnsrunningfullandred,andthehillsonevastplashingbog.WithCandlemascameablackfrost,whichlastedthewholeofFebruaryandthefirsthalfofMarch.Theworstofthewinterstringencywasnowapproaching.

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