Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-18
The Haase or Jehn khax.


|
atcFS~t vs. presented than The house In which dwell
the sSeclch Rofcrmor and fes leave the nsoasFu
| Athens 81 0rest Britain and say thAt they have
done Justice ~ ia religious and political oHrosie,
| while emitting sight II this sRcicat daelling--
situated On what 10 called High strost With ths
fo~aiug haiiieme Of Bdiaharsh Castle overlook.
Tug ts high, sia, aud ths pointed tatrcts Of
olyrcs,d PAiscr rising "a The cther, The atteatiou
called frV The iaitcs IT histctUal fame sBd
splendcr :, Esze on the haildlAS which ,hs
h,,rne 81 enc 81 tbs greatest men 81 bis sga-
A three story stree house. With short aud mar
rec ascsedihg the natsIe n The sccond
! tt,iy snd ending before door oa which "a haEa
iron kn,Skpr IL ancient Hske. 10 shown The hoas
81 John ksoI How esodo~tly u stands saaag ths
towering clsses that Surround IL The loilincn ol
Which would almost shat uat from view the plaiR
and uaprrtoudiRs mansion were Il ns,s that hslow
al memories cling 70 The spN aud guard IL with .
ssuc,iiy that wili Rot sdait Of snennsehBsnI
hmtu
The house IS saii - ,ln belong g. q issuendpa,
# the great tsfoslses having passed from goa
Grafton b. astlhes sud u noe in = wonderful state
Of preeery A,sn csnstdasinE ia great sse bot " u
was M, The psnFrsiy Il iadivitaas related ia tA.
sse. the associations It The place woald b. 3 ssih
esenl n1iSsmeat for The Sculch nation 10 prsssss
10 from Intrusion,
TN no ether day hut Saturday ara visitors kraal-
I'd samiitanoo " The htrtsoT IT tho house. and fos
this privilege each hes y pay siipeacs. The
hceH oncrlci ~ John ksos. and they have aadeF.
Ecac little ~ na alteration sihcn they cssei bis
presence Hts study and sting rarm ara objects Of
pesubA interest and although sons few e the AZ
iielps Il iuruiiurs psva nv him have Ioag ago sue
euasbci h. ths srunsbliRg t0aeh Of time thsFa u
enough len t. enahto tho iu,kglHstiah 81 picture
she, The appearance Il The whole mast have kras
The window that ts paiaLsi oes ~ The one At
Which BIZ aesk s,s-s3, ahj where he daily zFuta, IL
qsslst ia'ie aperture th'Srsgh witch u rsraiSe
light beiag rather lunx thAn Sldn, aud having bst
tee pSaes IL glass Hes-rlooks tke buildings unce
known the l.ae keahieshs. Shrfe The CpveaaRtars
wafe imprisoned tried Asd Condemned ~ death
Here Ia sight II this sl,s dii Knes write mediate
and pray when bis mind and h,AFt we're torn by
, eosAicting tsseght and foslings oeaceSsing The
stale St rVlgsUa Ia hs c,sHIfy, llstc be poured
thc then mighty and aaGalsntoIs questions II ~
HEaoas lecsiS sad solghtnsmunt and studied hos
he eoaa Si5tts people IN the great issaa pending
Cor thea, ts4wrcn light And darkasts ~ u xuys
Wac could liarnr Ia that study sha5slsrT case oas
II tie qBesF old sniys On The sccnss Il fursnaf 70
itgg1s agitation and straEgia Aad nos ash himself
might !, nj have tesa here that the long - ~
REMEMBERED prayer Of knoN arsl suggested itself ,
C,sili II he the reA@tans u thts qusl sft that
led hita in Alsr hour sf anguish y oIeistp
Iarj, Lord, give mo Scotland o. die
Had thee cd gsAy walh bat powsf n sPeak,
they would tell 81 slesplcss nigsts, sonsly Vis,h.
hos. Ct ''IcatAi l.hss and asIisgy, spchi BY the
Scotch foForneT ia The great work be ~ss striving
81 Aoecmplish- TAe prayer Of kn0x Gas beard
Shd answered, tOr scotland VS. reaesmcd anl ~
LAY th0psasds Ahd thousands II voh,us IN the laHi
ihsak their Maker Cor sAv.ng assigned ~ 81
thar c,4initymen . PORTION Il that Urioas labor
undertaken hy LIsheS. AeAactboh, CaiSiA Aai
Zuinge.
Not c,faer of those ryun,s cG Knox II void u
history. Dumb Inoailsrs ~ lhoy have eoen, they
are ooansc4sd eth sacred memories, are sacred ia
themselves and tabi The present IN the past With
tsRioE and holy association. ffusa ihs staircase
that rosoahdcI benesth h,s fs4sep. the iron knock
90 that moved baacsih bis teach, u the WindUs
which pogssd IL rays II light an his study hOof, all
ara reminders Of the Etuzi Immortality that
shrihs- his nsme and preserves them from sacrelt
gious touch. What courage ba TsSAesssd, what
grand sni glofiaas faith bts While he trusted 10
shs protection Of tho Lord and continued his LAHORE
10 The Dangerous locality he lived In. Working At
daoasiy and hopefully IN THIS heusa With danger
stsriag him In the face iFotp oae window, sed abe
variable menas Of kihgly power Al the eabsr Ga
the right Ediat,Irs Castle, With is daag~,Bs and
lfs,h bars that hal imptsanei ntssnaFchs, zsd saf
efci them 20 pine oal long aud weary years within
ita walt Oa the len Ho.yroai Palaces, wilh IL
FeyaI naiAtas and their trsAchsraua followers many
Of who's worshipei rather At altar oi might,
than one u isRtio,ts asi Christian duty lsl
aoI feared hone 81 thsss AID neither Iorsook his
humble abode os reliRgashed tho work that was be-
fore him lroR bars Aad royal caprice might seem
more throSiaeihg from being within sigh. OF bis
hoa,s, ,iili they did NOD deter him from bis work
True the seafsi It The Laeksnbooths vas Meth
os = pleasant encouraging sikht - meet his gaze
" hen he looked forth from q window 81 his house.,
but whsn Is Mas boang prepared 10 launch one inIo
rtsfniIy Who would die for his Religious boliai,
rather than live according 10 another, wN aVt thai
bat = seed planted towards the growth OF the
Church which wAs ~ spread ~ branches all over
lha NoTli7 Aigh. nOt john kBcI baNe realized
such vision this, As be Thought OF that din dis.
tAnt future which he would not live " 300 Coald
il Bst have tsen presented 90 hts mind, Nhrn he
-tood ~ bis oSh door, aud wst.bei the oANaload"l
shd EittIsE,ns PaKoaatry 81 royalty ~ Il passsi "a
way e. Holy Fo,j and then reflected that H. al
tina spieBdsH attached = dsTkRsee sai saprTsii
tea whch would he outliscd
lie did nut live inag ohough b. witness muah II
tho good hr .t,fssi h. efol, hut generaiiuH ~
ter generation passed. sssy wherever the Christian
banner Il Pf0testAntsm has boon uhfuflsj there
also uit..i The aams IT John X aoG ba impaaissi
with thss ii his sliaw sbaTrFs IN ths ~ork IT
OfmGitoh ri determinations that have siSnslihsi 70
ligious On Enlightenment 10 Christian lamb
The dgsi Of the Scotch ltsiormef mingivs Sith rs
mother earth bat q short distance from HE house
At the fval Ut the PenllaRd Hills tho sdo
Of the city the graves oi the CoSouanters Whs
died The sCaoj mATtyrs - tho faith sbioh their
deaths, aud Joha khuKs iAboFs hsiped 10 hrmiy
establish in their native iaad Edinburgh Castle ,s
yielding slowly % decay, AMI ilOlyrood hiss barn
repaired and altered Ia place. 10 accommodate the
Prosent occupant II the throne Of kaglAnd Sill
wth ell The changes time has worked, .hs house Of
jain kBoI hss wlhstt,II them, and yet siHHds
frh AID solii Ne tho religion ho bclpei l., hH,ni
hyde Part m, Ha5rA %, 1893