Blair Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases

throne. But, at his death, the non-juring clergy were
quite at a iionpius how to behave with respect to their
quaUfying to the present Royal Family.
Many of those staunch adherents of the unhappy
House of Stuart, who had fought and bled in the
battles of the Clans with the Royal forces, were still
living : and many of the elderly gentle bachelors, and
old maiden gentlewomen, who hailed in their hearts
Henry the Ninth, (Cardinal York,) as the rightful
heir to the British throne, remained steady to their
principles, and would not " bow the knee to Baal."
Well do I remember the day on w^hich the name of
George was mentioned in the morning-service for the
first time, — such blowing of noses — such significant
hems — such half-suppressed sighs — such smothered
groans, and universal confusion, can hardly be con-
ceived ! But the deed was done — and those who had
participated could not retract.
Several, however, whose consciences could not re-
concile this seeming inconsistency of the Clergy of the
Scottish Episcopal Church, stood out, — called aloud
against the schism, and forthwith separated themselves
from the great body of their brethren. One bishop
only remained firm to the good old cause, namely,
Bishop Rose, a man far advanced in life, and almost
in his dotage. To this prelate, however, the few
faithful staunch Jacobites looked up as the only father
of the " church militant here on earth." A Mr Brown»
one of our episcopal priests or presbyters, an adherent
of Bishop Rose, went to Down, where the bishop re-
sided, and was there consecrated as successor to th*^'