A Memoir of Lady Anna Mackenzie: Countess of Balcarres and Afterwards of Argyll, 1621-1706Edmonston and Douglas, 1868 - 162 trang |
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Trang 56 - Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Trang 130 - During that interval he asked for pen and ink, and wrote to his wife. " Dear heart, God is unchangeable. He hath always been good and gracious to me ; and no place alters it. Forgive me all my faults ; and now comfort thyself in him, in whom only true comfort is to be found. The Lord be with thee, bless and comfort thee, my dearest. Adieu.
Trang 132 - ... scaffold, he- embraced and took leave of his friends, delivering to Lord Maitland some tokens to be given to his lady and children ; then he stript himself of his upper garments, which he also gave to his friends, and kneeling, embraced the instrument of death, saying, " It was the sweetest maiden he ever kissed, it being a mean to finish his sin and misery, and his inlet to glory, for which he longed.
Trang 84 - The day arrived, the noble party were assembled in the church, and the bride was at the altar ; but, to the dismay of the company, no bridegroom appeared ! The volatile Colin had forgotten the day of his marriage, and was discovered in his night-gown and slippers, quietly eating his breakfast ! — Thus far the tale is told with a smile on the lip, but many a tear was shed at the conclusion. Colin hurried to the church, but in his haste left the ring in his writing-case ; — a friend in the company...
Trang 131 - He also wrote the following to his daughter-in-law, Lady Sophia Lindsay: — "My dear Lady Sophia, — What shall I say in this great day of the Lord, wherein, in the midst of a cloud, I find a fair sunshine? I can wish no more for you, but that the Lord may comfort you and shine upon you, as he doth upon me, and give you the same sense of his love in staying in the world, as I have in going out of it. Adieu. ARGYLE. — PS My blessing to dear Earl Balcarras. The Lord touch his heart and incline...
Trang 52 - When the Earl of Lauderdale (his near kinsman and great friend) was prisoner in Portsmouth and Windsor Castle he fell into acquaintance with my books, and so valued them that he read them all and took notes of them, and earnestly commended them to the Earl of Balcarres (with the king). The Earl of Balcarres met at the first sight with some passages where he thought I spoke too favourably of the Papists and differed from many other Protestants, and so cast them by and sent the reason of his distaste...
Trang 122 - Hospitall had a publick charge and office, they ordained him to take the Test, and offered him the paper, but he, loving a bone rather than it, absolutely refused it ; then they rubbed it over with butter (which they called an Explication of the Test in imitation of...
Trang 84 - ... Colin hurried to the church, but in his haste left the ring in his writing-case ; — a friend in the company gave him one, — the ceremony went on, and, without looking at it, he placed it on the finger of his fair young bride : — it was a mourning ring, with the mort-head and...
Trang 129 - God that gave it, he uttered great evidences of joy that the Lord had blessed him with the time he had in Holland as the sweetest time of his life, and the mercifulness of his escape to that end. But rejoiced more in that complete escape he was to have that day from sin and sorrow. Yet in a little fell into some damp, and in parting with my mother...
Trang 128 - The day being appointed for his suffering, she had access to him, and though under deep distress, was encouraged by seeing the bounty and graciousness of the Lord to him in enabling him with great courage and patience to undergo what he was to meet with, the Lord helping him to much fervency in supplication and nearness in pouring out his heart with enlargedness of affection, contrition, and resignation...