“And noo, see! the Lordʼs haun is on ye! And yeʼse be blinʼ, no seein the sun till the time come!” And at ance thar fell on him a misty mirkness; and, gaun aboot, he was seekin for some ane to airt him by the haun.
“ ‘To unsteek their een, that they may turn them aboot frae the mirk intil the licht, and frae Sautanʼs rule to God; that they may hae their sins forgiʼen, and hae their lot amang them wha are sanctifyʼt by faith in me.’
For oor consolation is, the witness oʼ conscience, that in purity, and aefauldness afore God, no in wisdom oʼ man, but by Godʼs favor, we sae leeved iʼ the warld — and mair owerflowin toward you.
But I fear least in onywise, eʼen as the serpent beguiled Eve wiʼ his craft, sae yere minds soud be airtit awa frae the aefauldness and purity that are for Christ.
In wham the god oʼ this warld made drumlie their perceptions, least they soud discern the brichtness oʼ Christʼs Joyfuʼ‐message oʼ glorie, wha is the image oʼ God.
Servants, be biddable in aʼ things to yere maisters iʼ the flesh; no by way oʼ ee‐service, as men?-?pleasers, but in aefauldness oʼ heart, fearin the Lord.