st of indignation, bounced from her seat and flung her stool at the
dean's head, crying with a loud voice, "Villain, dost thou say mass at
my lug?" The unpremeditated deed acted as a signal; the whole
congregation was immediately in an uproar; the dean fled and the service
came to an undignified conclusion.

The indignation manifested itself in many other places that Sabbath. In
the Greyfriars' Church, there were deep sobs, bitter crying, and wails
of lamentation. Over the entire kingdom the excitement was intense. The
Scotch blood was stirred; the king had outraged the most sacred feelings
of the people. They held meetings, prayed to God, and petitioned the
king. The king replied to their petition, like Rehoboam, with blustering
insolence. The Covenanters were not intimidated, their determined
resistance was contagious and stirred vast communities, national
sympathy was aroused; the Holy Spirit wrought mightily upon multitudes.
Three days after the king's haughty reply had been received, a
procession, including twenty-four noblemen, one hundred ministers, and
bands of commissioners from sixty-six churches, marched boldly into
Edinburgh and enforced their petition by a demonstration of strength,
with which not even the king could afford to trifle.

[Illustration: JEAN GEDDES THROWING HER STOOL.

Jean Geddes sat convenient to the pulpit on the eventful Sabbath, when
the dean attempted to introduce the new "Prayer Book" in St Giles'
Church. The innovation had by anticipation filled the people with
intense indignation. A storm was brewing. This heroine, unable to
restrain herself, sprang to her feet and hurled her stool at the dean's
head, exclaiming. "Villain, dost thou say mass at my lug?" The dean
dodged the stool and escaped. Confusion followed, and the service for
that day was abandoned.]

Do the children of these Covenanters appreciate the value and power of
the truth? Have the fundamental principles of the kingdom of Jesus
Christ become incarnated in our lives? Do the doctrines of the Word
circulate in the blood, throb in the heart, flash in the eye, echo in
the voice, and clothe the whole person with strength and dignity? Is the
Covenant of these ancestors a living bond that binds the present
generation to God, through which His energy, sympathy, purity, life,
love, and glory descend upon us in continual streams of refreshing?
Then will our mission on earth be fulfilled, our work in the Church will
be blessed,