They entered together, the old man crossing himself as he did so, and
sat down in a pew near the door. The schoolmaster saw that the church
was that of Mr. Errol, who occupied the pulpit. He looked round, but
could not see his friend Coristine; nor was little Marjorie anywhere
visible. They must have strolled on farther to Mr. Perrowne's
consecrated edifice for the sake of the walk. Then, with reverent mind,
the dominie joined in the simple worship of the Kirk.
CHAPTER VIII.
The Services--Nash Routs Rawdon--The Dinner Talk--The Pedestrians
with the Ladies--Singing out of One Hymn-book--Grinstuns Again--The
Female Vagrant and the Idiot Boy--Little Marjorie--Nash's
Thoughts--The Captain and the Plot--Arrival of Rufus and Ben--To
Arms!
Mr. Errol's sermon was on the text, "Lord, I knew thee, that thou art an
hard man." He elaborated the unfaithful servant's harsh opinion of God,
and, before he sat down, completely exonerated the Father in Heaven from
the blasphemous judgment of those who call themselves His children.
There is a thief in the world who comes to steal and kill and destroy;
he is not God, but the enemy of God's children.
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