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Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie and Memoir by His Sons D.k. and C.j. Guthrie. Popular Ed
Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie and Memoir by His Sons Dk and Cj Guthrie Popular Ed Author:Thomas Guthrie General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1877 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER. 7 Through my ancestors, so far as I can trace them, I can claim to be the seed of the righteous: -- a higher honour than the "blue blood" some boast of, though why noble blood should be called "blue," which is venous and polluted blood, I have yet to learn. My grandfather, on my father's side, was a farmer, us bis father had been before him. Tbe latter was a tenant of that Earl of Panrnure who lost both title and estates for taking part in the Rebellion of 1715. My worthy ancestor, accounting his lease too dear, saw in the rebellion a favourable opportunity to get rid of a bad bargain. So, when Panmure mustered his men, he appeared among them on horseback, booted, spurred, and armed for battle. But he was foiled. "No, no!" said the Earl, dismissing him to more peaceful toils, " g J'ou home, David, and attend to your farm." A circumstance in my great-grandfather's history is worth preserving, as, while honourable to his piety and courage, illustrative of the promises and providence of God. In his days, Willison, author of the well-known " Sacramental Meditations" which bear bis name, was a minister in Brechin. He had been placed there by the Government, of which he was an able and ardent supporter, to keep down the Jacobites, who were strong in that district -- most of the landed proprietors in the neighbourhood, and indeed throughout the whole of Angus, with the Earls of Panmure, Southesk, and Airlie at their head, being vehement partizans of tho elder Pretender, and his son Prince Charlie. Willison, though supported by tho townspeople -- who were chiefly Presbyterians, while ...« less