“The Queen oʼ the Sooth‐land sal rise up iʼ the Judgment wiʼ this race, and condemn it; for she airtit hersel frae the ends oʼ the yirth to hear Solomonʼs wisdom; and tent ye? Ane greater than Solomon is here!
“I, indeed, div in watir bapteeze ye intil repentance; but he wha follows me is sterker nor mysel; whase shoon Iʼse no fit to cairry; he sal bapteeze ye wiʼ Holie Spirit, and flaughts oʼ fire.
And the Angel answerin, says, “The Holie Spirit sal come, and the pooer oʼ the Maist Heigh sal descend upon ye; and sae that that is to be born sal be caʼd holie, the Son oʼ God!
John answerʼt, sayin till ane‐and‐aʼ, “I, indeed, bapteeze ye wiʼ watir; but Ane comes wha is michtier than I; the whang oʼ whase shoon I am‐na fit to lout doon and lowse. He sal bapteeze ye wiʼ Holie Spirit and wiʼ fire.
“But loʼe yeʼre enemies, and do them gude, and lend, lookin for naething back; and yere meed sal be great, and ye sal be bairns oʼ the Maist Heigh; for he is kindlie to the ungratefuʼ and the reprobate.
And aʼ the folk answerʼt him, “We hae heard oot oʼ the Law that the Anointit Ane bides for aye; and hoo say ye, ‘The Son oʼ Manʼs to be upliftit?’ Wha is this Son oʼ Man?”
“And to the messengers oʼ the Kirk in Philadelphia write ye: Thir things says the Holie Ane, the True Ane, he that has the key oʼ Dauvid, he that opens and nane can steek, and steek and nane can open: