4 “The Bapteezin oʼ John, was it frae Heeven or oʼ men?”
“ ‘I will rise and gang tae my faither, and wull say till him, My faither! I hae dune wrang, again Heeven, and afore you;
But he answerʼt them, “I too wull speir at you anent a thing; and tell me —
But they coonsellʼt thegither by their sels, and said, “Gin we sal say ‘Frae Heeven,’ he wull answer, ‘Why believed‐ye‐na in him?’
God sent a man oʼ the name oʼ John.