“But say I, Loʼe yere faes; bless the anes that ban and curse ye; seek the gude oʼ thae that hate ye; and pray for sic as shamefully ill‐treat ye, and seek for yere wrang:
The service oʼ religion, pure and perfete afore oor God and Father is this: To be visitin faitherless and widows iʼ their dool, to keep his sel unstained frae the warld.
Blessʼt be the God and Faither oʼ oor Lord Jesus Christ, wha, conform to his great mercy, has regeneratit us intil a leevin hope, throwe Jesus Christʼs Risin‐again, frae ʼmang the deid,