Religion & morality > Chronicles of the kirk, or, Scenes and stories from the history of the Church of Scotland

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SCENES AND STORIES FROM THE
seeking to establish a sovereign authority in the
person of the pope—that he exalted the single life
above measure—that he caused masses to be said
for the dead—that he erected images in churches,
and introduced divers rites unknown to the ancient
Church.”
Thus fearlessly did these two Scottish presbyters
contend for the faith, the freedom and the forms of
the Church of Christ, against the corruptions of the
Roman antichrist. But they were not permitted to
do this with impunity. In a council held at Rome,
they were accused of heresy and condemned. What
became of Samson is not known, but Clement was
given over to the arm of the civil power, and was
devoted to the flames.
IONA DESTBOYED.
In 796 a great disaster befel Iona. The Danes
or Northmen, after having made frequent incursions
on the coast of Britain, steered their ships to the
Hebrides. Landing on the once happy but now de¬
voted isle of Iona, they laid its churches and col¬
leges in ruins, and put great numbers of the Culdees
to the sword.
“ Now watchfires burst from across the main,
From Bona, and Uist, and Skye,