"Here lies a follower of the Lamb,
Thro' many tribulations came.
For long time of his Christian race
Was persecute from place to place.
A Scottish prophet here behold,
Judgment and mercy who foretold;
The Gospel banner did display,
Condemn'd the sins of that sad day,
And valiantly for truth contended,
Until by death his days were ended."

N a STONE in the CHURCHYARD, St Andrews.

"Here lyes the Reverend Mr Samuell Rutherfoord Professor of Divinity in the University of St Andrews, who died March 20, 1661.

"What tongue, what pen, or skill of men,

Can famous Rutherfoord commend?
His learning justly rais'd his fame,
True godliness adorn'd his name.
He did converse with things above,
Acquainted with Emmanuel's love.
Most orthodox he was and sound,
And many errors did confound.
For Zion's king and Zion's cause
And Scotland's Covenanted laws;
Most constantly he did contend,
Until his time was at an end.
Then he wan to the full fruition,

Of that which he had seen in vision."

(October 9th, 1735. By W. WITSON.)

(The famous Mr Samuel Rutherford, who was cited before that Parliament, which rescinded the Covenanted work of Reformation, to appear before them when he was in a dying condition; being soon after that called to answer at that tribunal, where his Judge was his friend though he did not actually suffer martyrdom, being called home to the joy of his Lord before his persecutors got their wicked

devices put in execution against him; yet since he was a martyr, both in his enemies' design and his own resolution, the epitaph upon his gravestone, done above seventy-four years after he died, by a true lover of his memory and owner of the honourable Covenanted cause which he faithfully contended and suffered for, deserveth a room here among martyrs' epitaphs.-Note in the Fourth Edition.)

HE following inscriptions have now been added for the first time.-ED.]

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N a GRAVESTONE in the CHURCHYARD, DUNOTTAR.

"Here lyes John Stot, James Aitchison, James Russel, and William Broun, and one whose name we have not gotten, and two women whose names also we know not, and two who perished coming down the rock, one whose name was James Watson, the other not known, who all died prisoners in Dunottar Castle, anno

1685, for their adherence to the Word of God and Scotland's Covenanted work of Reformation. Rev. xith ch., 12th verse."

"Here lies the body of James Davie, who was shot at Blackdale, April 1673, by Heron, for his adhering to the Word of God and Scotland's Covenanted work of Reformation, in opposition to Popery, Prelacy, Perjury, and Tyranny."

IN a GRAVESTONE in the CHURCHYARD, GALSTON.

"Here lies Andrew Richmond, who was killed by bloody Graham of Claverhouse, June 1679, for his adherence to the Word of God and Scotland's Covenanted work of Reformation.

"When bloody tyrants here did rage

Over the Lord's own heritage,

To persecute His noble cause
By mischief framed into laws,
'Cause I the Gospel did defend,
By martyrdom my life did end.

"Renewed in 1823."

[The stone is an upright one, and stands to the south of the church. Besides the inscription, it has sculptured on it, in basso relievo, an open Bible, a man with a soldier pointing a gun at him, and a figure of the Galston Covenanter's flag.—ED.]

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N a GRAVESTONE in the CHURCHYARD, GALSton.

"In memory of John Richmond, younger of Knowe, who was executed at the Cross of Glasgow, March 19th, 1684, and interred in the High Churchyard there. And James Smith, East Threepwood, who was shot near Bank of Burn Ann by Captain Inglis and his dragoons, and buried there. Also James Young and George Campbell, who were banished in 1679. And the Rev. Alexander Blair, who suffered imprisonment 1673."

Na GRAVESTONE in the CHURCHYARD, LOUDON.

"Here lies Thomas Flemming of Loudon Hill, who, for his appearing in arms in his own defence and in defence of the Gospel, according to the obligations of our National Covenants, and agreeable to the Word of God, was shot in a rencounter at Drumclog, June 1st, 1679, by bloody Graham of Claverhouse."

N a GRAVESTONE in the CHURCHYARD, CAMPSIE.

"Erected in memory of William Boik, who suffered at Glasgow, June 14, 1683, for his adherence to the Word of God and Scotland's Covenanted Work of Reformation.

"Underneath this stone doth lie
Dust sacrificed to tyranny,
Yet precious in Immanuel's sight,
Since martyr'd for his kingly right.

"Rev. chap. 7, verse 14."

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Na MONUMENT in the CHURCHYARD, GLASSFORD.

"To the memory of the very worthy pillar of the Church, Mr William Gordon of Earlston in Galloway, shot by a party of dragoons on his way to Bothwell Bridge, 22 June 1679, aged 65. Inscribed by his great grandson, Sir John Gordon, Bart., 11 June 1772.

"Silent till now full ninety years hath stood

This humble monument of guiltless blood.
Tyrannic sway forbad his fate to name,

Least his known worth should prove the tyrant's shame.

On Bothwell road, with love of freedom fir'd,

The tyrant's minions boldly him requir'd

To stop and yield, or it his life would cost.

This he disdain'd, not knowing all was lost,

On which they fir'd. Heaven so decreed his doom,
Far from his own laid in this silent tomb.
How leagu'd with patriots to maintain the cause
Of true religious liberty and laws,

How learn'd, how soft his manner, free from pride,
How clear his judgment, and how he lived and died,
They well could tell who weeping round him stood
On Strevan plains that drank his patriot blood."

"Repaired by Sir John Gordon, Bart. of Earlston, his representative, 1842.

"If a hard fate demands,

Or claims a tear,

Stay, gentle passenger,

And shed it here."