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

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thing of sma’ account, and as to a man’s face, it
should aye be an honest index o’ the inner man,
and no the fause face o’ a dissembler. I ha’e but
ae face from the beginning of the year to the end
o’t, tho’ at anterin times the expression may be
different. I ha’e nae lowse leather hinging
about my chafts, as if I were a muntebank, or a
play actor, to shake the curtains o’ my counte¬
nance before a multitude, and gar them laugh or
greet, that their laughter or their tears may turn
to my account, to my joy, the rejoicing o’ my
spirit, and the filling of my purse. I ha’e nae
great respect, Sir, for the man wha has a fause
heart, for that man will ha’e a fause face too, and
a double tongue.”
“ All true, Saunders, but what of the eldership.”
“ Weel, Sir, I bethocht myseP and read, and
better read the Standards o’ the Kirk, and having
compared them wi’ the Word o’ God, I, wi’a gude
conscience and a muckle round hand o’ write, sub¬
scribed my name, Saunders Dinwuddie. I mean
to stick to my testimony as closely as my skin
sticks to my flesh. I hae nae brew o’ that man,
Sir, wha first has subcribed and sworn to main¬
tain these Standards, and then turns round and
rails against them like a heathen. The back o’
my hand to sick a man. Believing, as I do be¬
lieve, that Presbyterianism is nearest to the form
o’ the Kirk as it was in the days o’ the apostles,
in worship, order, doctrine, and discipline, I
mean to stand out against a’ innovations o’ fickle
and worldly-minded men, wha would fling
around the shouthers o’ the Kirk robes of men’s
embroidery, and trick her out in the tawdry