Excerpt from On the Border The narrative is as follows: Between five and six in the morning, the said John Brown, having performed the worship of God in his family, was going, with a spade in his hand to make ready some' peat-ground. The mist being very dark, he knew not until the cruel and bloody Claverhouse compassed him with three troop of horse, brought him to his house, and there examined him, who, though he was a man of a stam mering Speech, yet answered him distinctly - and soberly, which made Claverhouse to examine ...
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Excerpt from On the Border The narrative is as follows: Between five and six in the morning, the said John Brown, having performed the worship of God in his family, was going, with a spade in his hand to make ready some' peat-ground. The mist being very dark, he knew not until the cruel and bloody Claverhouse compassed him with three troop of horse, brought him to his house, and there examined him, who, though he was a man of a stam mering Speech, yet answered him distinctly - and soberly, which made Claverhouse to examine those whom he had taken to be his guides through the muirs, if ever they heard him preach They answered, N o, no; he was never a preacher.' He said, If he has never preached, mickle has he prayed in his time.' He said to John, 'go to your prayers, for you Shall immediately die.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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