“Eh, Jerusalem! Jerusalem! wha slays the prophets and stanes the messengers sent to her! Hoo aft and fain would I hae gaitherʼt thy bairns thegither, like as a hen gaithers her cleckin aneath her wings! — and ye wadna.
“As a man bidin in a far‐awa lanʼ; wha has left his hoose, and gien authoritie to his servants; to ilka ane his wark; and commandit the porter to tak gude tent;
Mak ye perfete in ilka gude thing for the workin oʼ his wull, doin in ye that whilk is weel‐pleasin afore his face, throwe Jesus Christ: tae wham be glorie for evir and evir! Amen.