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

No. XIV.
A STURDY PILLAR ADDED TO
THE KIRK.
‘ ‘ Let me make my obeisance to you, my laborious,
worthy old friend, Saunders Dinwuddie; shake
hands with you, and congratulate you on your ap¬
pointment as an elder of the Auld Kirk of Scot¬
land. It is an honourable office, Saunders, and
an office of solemn responsibility ; and without
being in any way complimentary, I think you are
well qualified to do the work of a ruling elder.”
‘ ‘ Some folk may think, Sir, that the Kirk was nae
o’er rife o’ timmer when she set up Saunders
Dinwuddie for a stoop, to baud up the auld taber¬
nacle of our Covenanted and martyred forefathers,
but I thank you, Sir, I thank you for your good¬
will and yoUr good wishes, and I’ll do the best I
dow to uphaud the purity of doctrine, of worship,
and the discipline of the house of God.’’
‘ ‘ It will be a sight worth the seeing, Saunders, to
behold your colossal figure standing in the porch
of the sanctuary on the Sabbath days, with a face
of serious official gravity.”
“ As to a man’s bodily appearance, Sir, that’s a