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| CrctanS. at heart he and his son ana grand
! sons were papists, because papacy Is opposed
to republicansm and favorable to monarchy
All the Stewards were fully convinced that
kings are above all law, and the people are
only subjects Whose only privilege is to obey.
James began to reign MS king of Scotland in
March, 1878, and as king Of both Scotland and
England in March, 1903. For period OF near
ly flfty-eight years he was King OF Scotland
and for twenty-five years king of both Eng.
land and Scotland. All things considered, he
was weak sovereign. We're ii not, that II
was during his reign, and in some sense by
| his encouragement, what is improperly called
the authorized translation Of the Bible was
made, his name might very well be erased
! from the page OF history. lie was Il Scotch
tesscd friend OF the Presbyterian church of
Scotland. About 1897 he began TO show signs
| that he was favorably inclined to prclacy.
The prospective ncarncSs Of his ascension To
the throne Of England, evidently brought
about Il change in his religious notions. So
soon as he became king of England he ceased
10 regard with favor the church of Scotland.
l'rclacy was exceedingly offensive TO the
Scotch people. James knew this and at one
time declared that 1t was offensive to him.
PrcsbyteraniSm, with its grand simplicity,
stood In his way rs an adamanine wall. 1t
stands i'm the way of all men who have ms
high notions Of the Divine right Of kings as
James had. The maxim Of James was mo
| Bishop no King" With this principle firmly
| fixed in his mind he eXcried himself, In every
possible way, to root out of existence the
church which he had declared was tho pur-
est "Kirll on earth," and established In its
stead a church, which he once said, was often.
sve to him, because, among other things, II
kept yule."
TIoSS.
| James was by no means scrupulous
rs to the means he adopted to effect
his purposes. lie so managed as TO get a
number OF packed General Assemblies by
means Of which he procured the introduc
tiou of several pretalic corruptions into the
church Of scotland. Among these may be
mentioned the Fire articles of Perth. These
| were as follows:
| |. Kuceling at the communion.
,. The observance of certain days as holi'
| ter, Ascension and PentccoSt.
! 3. Episcopal Confirmation.
| 4. Private baptism.
| 5. Private communicating.
TO these Fire articles Of Perth the staunch
Presbyterians of Scotland, both ministers and
| lay members, were violently opposed, be-
cause, said they, they had moro than resem.
blance to the corruptions in the church ol
Rome.
During the latter part of the reign OF James
he did all that he could to corrupt the church
Of his native land. James was u weak man.
! He was pedatic, cowardly and mean. He
died In 1928 and was succeeded by his son
Charles /. No monarch ever took his scat
on throne under, apparently, more favor.
tered more real difficulties He had read the
works of his vain father entitled "Irue Lt,rS
Of Nonarchies and BaSiticon Doron." He had
| imbibcd the opinions contained in these pro-
ductions, and very soon alter his ascension
| to the throne attempted to reduce them To
practice. The difficulties which Charles had
with his English subjects need not be men.
! toned here. Like his father, Charles thought
since he was King of Scotland, he had the
| indiSputable right TO dictate to the people OF
the country what they should believe in mat
! ters OF religion and how they should worship
| Nat l.
nate. lie knew no law but his own will.
KING CHARLES GOES TO SCOTLAND, AND
CAUSES TROUBLE.
In 1858 Charles went TO Scotland that he
might enjoy the ,pagcantry of having the
crown Of his ancestors placed on his head.
The first thing lie did was To make himself
offensive in the eyes Of the Scotch, by violat.
ing the Sabbath day. At the coronation the
notorious Archbishop Land showed that ii
was the determination of himself and the
! king TO ioSt Preacy, in its most hateful form
upon the Scotch. The Scotch parliament
met and Charles had the cflrontery to propose
an act which empowered him TO regulate &C.
/ clcSiaStcal veStmentS.
The vote was put, and although the major.
ity was against the king, the subOrned clerk
declared the act adopted.
THE WAY 4 WOMAN PIT A PREACHER TO
FLIGHT.
Trouble now begun. Land prepared his
! service-book and it was determined 1t should
! he used In all the churches In Scotland. One
James Hanna. the dean of Edinburgh, was
chosen to introduce IL and the High Church
of ST. Giles, the place. AT the hour OF public
worship the dean, clad in his surpice, issued
| from the veStry and passing through thu
crowd TO the reading desk began The services
No sooner had he began to read than an old
woman by the name of Janet Geddcs who
kepta green stall on High Street became
aroused, and seiZing the home constructed
i,,I, uI,ny nt rl,li In
of the surplice dean with al her power. en-
claiming "The dell collie the hail o'yc, yell Id
say mass i'm my lug The dean in Scotch
! phrase '.joukcd and fled. 1t was well he did
and the shout was raised "a pOpc-A Pope
Antichrist--PulI him down--Stonc him. One
woman cried "Fy, if could get the thropp!C
ont of him.
! we dare not give an unqualified approval
TO such transactions, but we should rcmem
her that it was during that period that tho
seeds of American liberty were sown.
! know not what became OF Janet Geddes
Her stool is in the Antiquarian Socicty's Mus
cum in Edinburgh. The imm ediate result o
the hurting the stool at james lIannas head
was the persecution OF the church or scot
land by LaudS party.
The wicked career OF Charles was brought t
II close on the iOth OF January. 1919. lie was
tried for treason, found guilty and bchcud"d
under the control of the Protector, Oliver
Cromwell and his son Richard. The ScOtcl
! disapproved of the execution of Charles and
crowned his son Charles II. Their, opposition
to Cromwell amounted to very little.
I In 1860, the English, tired OF the common
wealth, recalled Charles II, then an exile, and
placed him on the throne OF his father
Charles II, was very dissoluic. He, In early
life. prOfrSS"d adherence TO the Papal Church.
He rchounccd this and prO(cSSed PrcsbytGr
ianlslh. This lie again rcnouncGd and died
Il Catholic.
His reign extended from May the Goth, tt
February 9th. ljSj. lie was succeeded by hi:
brother James the VII or scotland and II o
England.
Jarncs II abdicatcd the throne Oh the 22nt
of January, lCSS, and was succeeded by hi
Son-in-law William the III, commonly
called William Prince of Orange.
OTHER SACRIFICES OF HUMAN LIFE Fol
THE SAKE OF RELIGION.
The Presbyterian Church Of Scotland had
had an organic existence OF about one hun
dred and thirty years. During III that period
il had been pcrsccutcd. 1t passed through
trials which tested the power of Divine grace
Thousands of its members had been put Il
death. Kings and queens, civil aud religion:
dignitaries had raclie their brains III devils
ing modes of torture aud in invenling inStru
meutS OF death that they might Danish Pres
bytcrianiSm from the land. Men and women
pressed down with the weight OF years, wert
!, dragged from their beds and burned. Young
girls in the prime Of maiden innoccncy, ant
tender children were led into the sea at low
tide and tied TO stake to be overwhelmed b.,
) the swelling waves. Ministers OF the gOspe
: were forbidden TO preach and even to pray
unless they would preach and pray us tn
ruling power prescribed. Some of the mos
godly ministers the world has ever produced
were put to death, their heads cut of ant
fastened oyer the gates Of cities. and all pro
hlbitcd to remove them on pain of death.
1t is perhaps not strange that during th
"killing time" pure religion lourished The
word of God, Paul says To Timothy. sis no
burned" 1t is claimed that the purest periot
In the history Of the Churcn of Scotland i
EN- brnced bctWecm The yCArS lG}S and liJO.