That fly I to noon–day, or fly I to night, To shroud me in darkness, or bathe me in light, The light and the darkness to thee are the same, And still in thy presence of wonder I am? Should I with the dove to the desert repair; Or dwell with the eagle in clough of the air; In the desart afar, on the mountain’s wild brink, From the eye of Omnipotence still must I shrink? Or mount I on wings of the morning away To caves of the ocean unseen by the day, And hide in these uttermost parts of the sea, Even there to be living and moving in thee? Nay, scale I the cloud in the heavens to dwell; Or make I my bed in the shadows of hell; Can science expound, or humanity frame, That still thou art present, and all are the same? Yes, present for ever! Almighty—alone Great Spirit of nature, unbounded, unknown! What mind can embody thy presence divine? I know not my own being! how can I thine? Then humbly and low in the dust let me bend, And adore what on earth I can ne’er comprehend; The mountains may melt, and the elements flee, Yet an universe still be rejoicing in thee! END OF VOLUME FIRST. EDINBURGH: Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes There is one page of music in the book; the html version of this file has links to a midi file ([Listen]); the musical notation ([PDF]); and and a MusicXML file ([XML]), which can be viewed in most browsers, text editors, and music notation applications. The book has no chapter VII and two chapters XII. A duplicate heading before chapter one (“THE BROWNIE OF BODSBECK”) has been removed. The following are inconsistently used in the text: Quave Brae and Quave-Brae meantime and mean time day-light and daylight eye-brow and eyebrow moon-light and moonlight way-laid and waylaid M’Leadle and MacLeadle Tallo-Lins and Tallo-Linns cleuch-brae and Cleuch-brae Clark and Clerk Clavers and Claverhouse Obvious punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected as follows: p. 30 “Several witnessess” changed to “Several witnesses” p. 43 “‘Now, billies, says I, ye” changed to “‘Now, billies,’ says I, ‘ye” p. 43 “gar ye speak.” changed to “gar ye speak.’” p. 44 “shabbles o’ swords!”” changed to “shabbles o’ swords!’” p. 44 “light o’the truth” changed to “light o’ the truth” p. 56 (note) “Christ in Scotland_. It is dated” changed to “Christ in Scotland_.” It is dated” p. 131 “proffers proved alike in vain” changed to “proffers proved alike in vain.” p. 145 “the everlasting Covenant,” changed to “the everlasting Covenant,’” p. 160 “night-time, beats a,’” changed to “night-time, beats a’,” p. 161 “cried Maron,”--“Dear” changed to “cried Maron,--“Dear” p. 211 “power to make a handle o” changed to “power to make a handle o’” p. 217 “appresion” changed to “apprehension” p. 243 “head the creature, man,’” changed to “head the creature, man,””