Helen Alexander

Helen Alexander (1654 - Maris 1729) jarumi ce ta Scottish Covenanters a cikin gwagwarmayar da ba ta da daidaito tsakanin mabiyan tsohuwar Presbyterianism da prelacy. Har yanzu a yau ita ce "sunan gida" a yammacin Scotland; a cikin tsaunuka da tsaunuka na Ayrshire da Galloway da Pentlands, litattafai har yanzu suna ba da labarinta mai ban mamaki na ƙarfin hali da ibada. 

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An haifi Helen Alexander a West Linton a shekara ta 1654, kuma daga ƙuruciyarta ta kasance Kirista mai himma. Ta kasance mai tsayin daka na Presbyterian. Ta "yi hidima" ba tare da wata matsala ba ga 'yan gudun hijira. Ta tsaya kusa da marasa abokantaka a mashaya. Ta kwashe kwanaki da dare a kurkuku tare da "ragowar wahala". Ta mutu a watan Maris na shekara ta 1729, tana da shekaru 75.

Zuwa ƙarshen rayuwarta ta gaya wa mijinta yawancin abubuwan da ta samu, kuma Rev. Dr. Robert Simpson, na Sanquhar, ya buga rubutun a cikin Muryarsa daga hamada, ko Ikilisiya a cikin jeji (1856). Ana kiranta A Short Account of the Lord's Dealing with Helen Alexander, matar farko ga Charles Umpherston, mai haya a Pentland, sannan daga baya ga James Currie, ɗan kasuwa a Pentland; tare da wasu wurare masu ban mamaki, abubuwan da suka faru, da goyon bayanta da ta'aziyya a ƙarƙashin su, da kuma ceto daga gare su. Dukkanin sun tattara daga bakinta ta wurin mijinta da ya tsira. Yana da wuya a yi tunanin wani labari mara kyau ko kuma cikakkiyar gaskiya game da abubuwan da suka faru na "The Killing Time", kamar yadda ake kira a Scotland. Dukkanin manyan Covenanters sun haye kuma sun sake haye mataki; domin a ciki da waje daga kurkuku an kawo Helen Alexander cikin dangantaka mafi kusa da su duka, musamman John Welsh, Donald Cargill, David Williamson, Andrew Gullon da James Renwick. Daga na karshe ta rubuta:

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