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The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William)

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The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.

Name: The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.
Author: Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William)

Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William)

Great Britain -- Description and travel

TO TESTIFY GRATITUDE FOR INESTIMABLE SERVICES
    IN THE CAUSE OF RELIGION, EDUCATION, AND CIVIL
                      LIBERTY;
                TO AWAKEN ADMIRATION
    OF THAT INTEGRITY, DISINTERESTEDNESS, AND COURAGE
      WHICH STOOD UNSHAKEN IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS,
    AND IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE HIGHEST OBJECTS;
                      FINALLY,
    TO CHERISH UNCEASING REVERENCE FOR THE PRINCIPLES
                        AND
          BLESSINGS OF THAT GREAT REFORMATION
  BY THE INFLUENCE OF WHICH OUR COUNTRY THROUGH THE
                MIDST OF DIFFICULTIES
      HAS RISEN TO HONOR, PROSPERITY, AND HAPPINESS,
  THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION
              TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN KNOX;
    THE CHIEF INSTRUMENT UNDER GOD OF THE REFORMATION
      IN SCOTLAND, ON THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1825.
      HE DIED--REJOICING IN THE FAITH OF THE GOSPEL--
                    AT EDINBURGH--
        ON THE 24TH OF NOVEMBER A.D. 1572, IN THE
                  67TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.

On the north side is the following:--

        PATRICK HAMILTON, A YOUTH OF HIGH RANK
              AND DISTINGUISHED ATTAINMENTS,
  WAS THE FIRST MARTYR IN SCOTLAND FOR THE CAUSE OF
                  THE REFORMATION.
  HE WAS CONDEMNED TO THE FLAMES AT ST. ANDREWS IN
                    1528 IN THE
          TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
  FROM 1530 TO 1540 PERSECUTION RAGED IN EVERY
              QUARTER; MANY SUFFERED
  THE MOST CRUEL DEATHS; AND MANY FLED TO ENGLAND
                  AND THE CONTINENT.
   AMONG THESE EARLY MARTYRS WERE JEROME RUSSELL
               AND ALEXANDER KENNEDY
    TWO YOUNG MEN OF GREAT PIETY AND TALENTS WHO
                SUFFERED AT GLASGOW
     IN 1538. IN 1544 GEORGE WISHART RETURNED TO
              SCOTLAND FROM WHICH HE HAD
      BEEN BANISHED, AND PREACHED THE GOSPEL IN
              VARIOUS QUARTERS. IN 1546
      THIS HEAVENLY MINDED MAN, THE FRIEND AND
             INSTRUCTOR OF KNOX, WAS ALSO
       COMMITTED TO THE FLAMES AT ST. ANDREWS.

The south side has the following:--

     THE REFORMATION PRODUCED A REVOLUTION IN THE
               SENTIMENTS OF MANKIND
  THE GREATEST AS WELL AS THE MOST BENEFICENT THAT
               HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE
             PUBLICATION OF CHRISTIANITY.
  IN 1547, AND IN THE CITY WHERE HIS FRIEND GEORGE
                WISHART HAD SUFFERED,
     JOHN KNOX, SURROUNDED WITH DANGERS, FIRST
           PREACHED THE DOCTRINE OF THE
  REFORMATION. IN 1559 ON THE 24TH OF AUGUST, THE
              PARLIAMENT OF SCOTLAND
  ADOPTED THE CONFESSION OF FAITH PRESENTED BY THE
                      REFORMED
  MINISTER, AND DECLARED POPERY TO BE NO LONGER
                   THE RELIGION
  OF THIS KINGDOM. JOHN KNOX BECAME THE MINISTER
        OF EDINBURGH, WHERE HE CONTINUED TO
  HIS DEATH THE INCORRUPTIBLE GUARDIAN OF OUR BEST
                     INTERESTS.

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The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.

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