“His maister says to him, ‘Weel dune, gude and leal servant! ye hae been leal and true ower a wee wheen things; I wull gie ye chairge ower a hantle oʼ things. Enter ye intil the joy oʼ yere lord!’
And he gaed on a wee bit yont, and fell on his face, and prayed, sayin, “O my Faither! gin it be possible, lat this cup pass by me! yet, no as I wull, but as Thou wult!”
“Frae the time the gudeman may rise and steek the door — and ye begin to staun withoot, and to chap at the door, cryin, ‘Lord! open ye to us!’ and, answerin, he sal say, ‘I ken ye na, nor whaur ye are frae!’
Makin steive the sauls oʼ the disciples, entreatin them to bide iʼ the faith; sayin, “Throwe a hantle oʼ afflictions maun we win to the Kingdom oʼ God.”
And no to be conform to this warld, but to be transformed by the renewin oʼ yere mind, that ye may pit to the prufe what is Godʼs gude, and perfete, and acceptable wull.
Epaphras salutes ye, wha is frae ʼmang ye, a servitor oʼ Jesus Christ: at aʼ times warslin in yere behauf in prayer, that ye may be made to staun complete, and wiʼ fuʼ assurance in aʼ things oʼ the wull oʼ God.
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.
Sae, seein it is left ower for some to enter intilʼt, and they wha afore had the Joyfuʼ‐message deliverʼt to them enterʼt‐na in, on accoont oʼ thrawartness.
“Whasae prevails sal be buskit in white cleedin; and in naegate wull I delete his name oot oʼ the Buik oʼ Life: and I wull own his name afore my Faither, and afore his Angels.