The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14

Held, and gentling the rough massive
walls Of the castle were also ,nakins
ing minister standing In ono Of the
deep window rccesscs Of what was
called in Scots houses OF that day the
nlDcent upper hall, adorned with arms
and tapestry. ewas looking out upon
the woods that stretched to the silver
water Of the Clyde, then narrow ana
hills Of Argyleshire, thin which lay
tho mystery Of the Highlands, Henry
Pollock, had been born OF q Cavalier
as loyal as that of Claverhouse; he had
been brought UP amid what the Cove
nunters called malignant surroundings
and had been taught to- regard TIE
Marquis or Nontrosc as the first of
Scotsmen and the most heroic of mar
tyrs. Although the seniorSo Of Claver.
house by two years. ne ,1 na a paen WIN YIN
knew him well, but in spite Of his
Incredibly Pollock had ever carried
more open mind than Graham. During
his university days he had heard the
saint and scholar Of the Covenant,
Samuel Rutherford. who was principal
and professor in the university and a
most distinguished preacher Of his n, day
ragged furiously against prelacy as
work OF tho Devil and the enemy OF
Scots freedom; no doubt he also wrote
books which struck hard ut the au-
cause of the people His name was
\ reproach among Polioc)s's friends,
and Pollock began with no sympathy
towards Ituther1ord's opinions, but the
lads soul was stirred when. in the col
ege chapel of st. Andrews ana also
in the parish kirk where Rutherford
was colleague with that servant CT the
Lord Mr. Blair, he listened to Ruther-
ford upon the love OF God and the love-
illness OF Christ. One day lie was pres
ent, standing obscure amongSn mass
70 of try q n ~ hlp mi "a
making a TEDIOUS argument on the con-
troyersies OF the ouy which had almost
driven Pollock from the Kirk. came
across the name OF Christ. and then,
carried away out or his course as ~
q magnet, began to rehearse the titles
+ of the Lord Jesus till a Scots noble
there, Rutherford" And Pollock was
. tempted to say, Amen" With his side
he resented the Covenanting regime,
4 because 1t frowned on gayety anu en-
then the lad wished that his side had
preachers to be compared with Ruther-
ford and Blair. and the words OF Ruth
crford lay hidden in his heart. When
the Restoration came he flung up his cap
with the rest Of them, anu drunk only
too many healths of King Charles For
q while he was intoxicated with the
triumph of the Restoration. but there
was a vein Of seriousness in him as
we'll as candor, and as the years pass
ed and the people were still drinking,
ana as me tyranny OIL cromwell gave
place to the brutality of the infamous
crew, Lnuderdale, the renegade, and
others, who misrulcd Scotland in the
name OF the King Pollock was much
shaken, and began to wonder within
himself whether the Presbyterans
with all their bigotry, may not have
had the right Of it. II they did not
dance and drink they, prayed and led
GOd-fearing lives, and II they would
not be driven to hear the curntes
preach. there was not too much to hear
If they had gone When the Covenant
hated 1T, when it became the symbol
for suffering he was drawn to 1t, till
at last, to the horror Of IFS family, he
Of the est OF Scotland. Being lad
Of parts with competent scholarship,
and having given every pledge of SIM
eerty, !, ne !, w WAS STUDYING theology in
ing In the army ofathe Prince, and he
was there ordained to the ministry OF
the kirk. When, one has passed
r rfouh SO y4Efousn change and sue
for his convictions. he Is certain to
be a root 5and>branch man, and to fling
himself without reserve. perhaps also,
& alas, without moderation, into the SER
Vice OF his new cause. Pollock was
not Of that party in the kirk which was
willing to take an indulgence at the
hands OF the government and minis
ter Quietly in their parishes. on condi-
ton that they gave no trouble to the
bishops. He would take no oaths and
Sign no agreements, nor make any
Compromise, nor bow down to any per-
secutor. He threw in his lot with the
wild hillmen. who were being hunted
like wild birds upon the mountains by
Claverhouscs cavalry, and rs he wan
dered from one hiding place to another
he preached to them in picturesque
conventicles. which gathered in the
cathedral of the Ayrshire hills, and
built them UP in the faith of God and
Of the Covenant. Like Ruthcrford,4 who
had been to. him what St stephen was
to st. Paul, he was that strange mix
ture OF ilerccness and OF tenderness
which Scots piety has often bredl'anG
chiefly In tsHdnrk days. He was not
afraid to pursue the doctrine OF Cal
Yin to it's furthest extreme, and would
gorify God In the death OF sinners til
even the stern souls of his congrega.
ton trembled Nor was he afraid tc