“But whan they persecute ye iʼ this toun, flee till anither; for truly say I tʼye, Yeʼse no be ower the cities oʼ Israʼl till whan the Son oʼ Man comes!
“Then wull the King say to them on his richt haun, ‘Come ye, aʼ blessed oʼ my Faither! Inherit the Kingdom made ready for ye frae the up‐biggin oʼ the warld!
But when Jesus saw it, he was unco displeased, and said to them, “Lat the wee anes come to me: hinner‐them‐na: for oʼ siccan anes is the kingdom oʼ God!
“But sal win a hunner‐fauld noo in this time — hooses, and brithers, and sisters, and mithers, and bairns, and mailins, wiʼ persecutions; and iʼ the warld to come, eternal life!
“And, afore aʼ thae things, they wull lay hauns on ye; and wull persecute — giean ye up to kirks and dungeons — leadin awa afore kings and governors for my nameʼs sake.
“Keep mind oʼ the word I gied ye, ‘The servant isna aboon the Maister!’ Gin they hae persecutit me, they wull eʼen persecute you; gin they mind my sayin, they wull mind yours.
And to him they greeʼd; and, bringin forrit the Apostles, they bade them be cloured, and chairged them no to be speakinʼ iʼ the name oʼ Jesus; and loot them gang.
And Saul was ane wiʼ them, in his death. And thar gat up, that day, an unco persecution again the Kirk‐folk oʼ Jerusalem; and aʼ, except the Apostles, war scattered abreid throwe aʼ the kintra‐side oʼ Judea and Samaria.
And no bein fleyʼt in ony thing by thae opposin their sels: whilk, in truth, is for them a token oʼ destruction, but oʼ yere salvation; and this frae God.
Persecutions, sufferins; whatna things happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; whatna persecutions I dreed; and oot oʼ them aʼ the Lord brocht me!
Look! we caʼ thae happy wha tholed. Oʼ Jobʼs patience ye hae heard; and the end the Lord had in view ye saw: that the Lord is oʼ muckle tender‐love, and fuʼ oʼ compassion.
“Be‐na‐fleyʼt as to whatna things ye are to dree. And look! the Enemy is aboot to cast some oʼ ye intil thrall, that ye may be testit; and yeʼse hae dool ten days. Be ye leal to death, and I wull gie ye the croon oʼ Life!