30 “Sayin, ‘This man begude to bigg, and wasna able to finish!’
“And the rain fell, and the spate cam, and the winʼs blew and stormed again that hoose; and it whammlʼt ower; and muckle was the faʼ oʼt!”
“Least ance, eftir layin the fundation, and no bein able to finish it, aʼ wha seeʼt begin to jeer him,
“Or whatna king, mairchin to meet anither king in battle, disna sit doon first and seek advice, whether he be able wiʼ his ten‐thoosands to meet him wha comes again him wiʼ his twenty‐thoosands?
“But the richtous ane by faith sal leeve; but gin ye gang back, my saul delichts‐na in him!”
But we hae mickle desire that ilk ane oʼ ye schaw forth the same perseverin, to the fuʼ confidence oʼ hope, eʼen tae the end.
Tak ye gude tent to yersels, least ye tine what things ye did win; but that a fuʼ reward ye may duly hae.