Diary of Alexander Jaffray, provost of Aberdeen

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death,' to rejoice over all my sufferings! Thus, in
this love of God, I reigned over all my enemies ;
and though in prison, yet was I a freeman, for
'where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.'
And my sufferings were even joyous unto me, but
never grievous; foi' the Lord revealed it unto me,
that it was a more honourable crown than all the
crowns of the whole creation, to be a sufferer for the
Truth of God! And this he made clear to me, at a
time when I was near to sink ; then he raised me
up above all, and gave me strength to press forward
towards the mark for the prize of our high calling.
" And now, my dear Friends, be faithful, noble,
and valiant for the Truth upon the earth ! for yon
may bless the day, thai eiier you were born, who are
called unto such a blessed calling, as to suffer for
the testimony of a good conscience. So, my dear
Friends, keep your testimony, for it is your life.
" And now, my dear Friends, I beseech you, keep
in innocency, and commit your cause unto the just
God, for he will certainly plead the cause of the in-
nocent: this I do infallibly know. Therefore, my
dear Friends, love your enemies, and pray for them,
and entreat the Lord, that he may open their eyes, if
it be his blessed will, and convince them of the evil
of their doings.
" Richard Rae."
It will be readily perceived, that the foregoing pro-
duction came from the pen of one, very differently
qualilicd, in respect both to education and natural
endowment, from the writer of the epistle that pre-
cedes it. In fact, Richard Rae was by trade a shoe-
maker ; and it may be remembered, he has been al-
ready noticed in preceding pages of this volume, as