Crime & punishment > Notes of conversations with H. M'Donald, N. Sutherland, and H. M'Intosh, (who were executed at Edinburgh, April 22, 1812,) during the time they were under sentence of death

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j my soul will be happy. I look to the dear Sa-1
i viour, who suffered on the cross for us. He came
| to save sinners, of whom I am chief, and I just
i put my trust in him to be saved by his blood,!
i for he has attended me in the time of trouble. I
j do not fear what man can do; but I fear what
God can do. Man can only destroy the body,
but God can destroy both soul and body. I
hope you will not fear man, but God ; for he is
the only one we have to look to in this world,
that our souls may be saved. For God is able
and willing to save us, if we cry to him in the
time of need. He has helped me in the time of
j trouble, and his good promises in his word have
comforted me. I hope you will notice what
! company you keep, and think of the company I
[ have kept, which helped to bring me here,
I though I hope I shall have a happy end ; and
| my being here has been the means of saving my
I soul. The streets of Edinburgh have been the
ruin of many a one. They have been the ruin
of my body, but 1 hope not of my soul. The
blessed Bible, and the attendance I have got
within this jail, has been the means of comfort^
ing me, since 1 have been bound within these
gloomy walls with chains. God has been all my
comfort in this world; and, I hope, in the next,
he will take me to himself, so that my soul may
be happy, and rejoice for ever. Now, dear
i brother, look at the company which brought
j me here, and I hope you will avoid the like.
| Hugh MTntosh, my fellow-sufferer, joins me in