Memoir of the Chisholm

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. 217
of the Catholic and Apostolic Church into
which he had been received by Baptism, — the
strict and consistent line of conduct, which he
pursued, in accordance with those assertions, —
and the reverential observance which he paid
to all her ordinances, — are the most sure and
certain witnesses to the truth of the fact, that,
from that Church, he had no wish, no intention,
to depart. It were an act of unfaithfulness
with which he cannot justly be charged. That
it was his duty to provide, as far as in him lay,
the means of worship according to the rites
of the Established Church of Scotland, for
those of his tenantry who were members of
its communion, cannot be questioned; and
he shrank not from its obligations. But it
was no part of his duty to forego his own
convictions, and to compromise his own pro-
fessions. If it be alleged, that he did so com-
promise them, by partaking of the Holy Com-
munion in the manner related above, it should
be borne in mind that there are peculiar rela-
tions, existing between the Highland Chief
and his clansmen, which they, who are set
over the tenantry and households of southern
climes, not seeing realized among themselves,