A faithful, holy pastor here lies hid, One of a thousand, Mr Peter Kid; Firm as a stone, but of a heart contrite, A wrestling, praying, weeping Israelite; A powerful preacher, far from ostentation; A son of thunder and of consolation! His face, his speech,... The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated. The archæological ... - Page 389by George Vere Irving - 1864Full view - About this book
| 1845 - 992 pages
...On Mr Kid's tombstone in Carluke church-yard was the following epitaph, now entirely obliterated : A faithful, holy pastor here lies hid, One of a thousand,...preacher, far from ostentation ; A son of thunder, and of consohition. His face, his speech, and humble walk might tell That he was in the mount and Peniel.... | |
| 1874 - 358 pages
...the covenanting style was cut, and has been renewed within a few years. The following is a copy : — A faithful, holy pastor here lies hid — One of a...Israelite. A powerful preacher, far from ostentation j A son of thunder and of consolation. His face, his speech, and humble walk might tell That he was... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1901 - 676 pages
...inscribe the ecstasy of his melancholy creed and ardent hero-worship on a tombstone. ' A faithful minister here lies hid, One of a thousand, Mr Peter Kid ; Firm...contrite, A wrestling, praying, weeping Israelite.' For a time — until Francis Hutcheson migrated from Belfast to Glasgow, and brought the Scottish Enlightenment... | |
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