History of the Fife Pitcairns

330 THE FIFE PITCAIRNS.
them walking in that theer burning fiery furnace ! " She
evidently thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle !
My father's forgiveness of injuries was to me quite won-
derful : he seemed, when once he forgave, to entirely blot
it out of his mind, as if it had never been, and certainly he
never alluded to it again, even to his own family. His love
for his friends was very great. Though apparently open he
was still most reticent of his deepest feelings, and few knew
how sensitive he was.
Very religious without any parade of it, no doubt many
were hardly aware of the depth of his faith ; he had such
a horror of talking about it, and of ostentation in religion.
Vale.