Scotland/Scots > Licht frae the smiddy o' Saunders Dinwuddie

No. XIII.
CREEDS, CATECHISMS, AND
CONFESSION OF FAITH.
“ We have had many pleasant and, I hope, not
unprofitable conversations, Saunders.”
“ Ay, Sir, we twasome ha’e had mony a kindly,
couthie crack thegither, and mony mair may we
ha’e.”
“ So be it, Saunders ; and may the light from
your smithy shine into the dark comers and
crannies of some of those benighted spirits who
seem contented to live and die under the shadow
of ignorance thicker and grosser than the dark¬
ness of Egypt.”
“ Poor souls ! it is in my heart and in my honest
purpose to do them good; and seein’ they
winna come to me I maun e’en gang to them, and
tell them in their ain hamely tongue, and in my
ain hamely way, what I ken to be profitable to
baith their souls an’ bodies.”
“ Men’s views of things, Saunders, are wonder¬
fully expanded in our days. They are trying to
fathom the infinite and gauge the absolute.”
“ Muckle in the same way, Sir, I suppose, as