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The Lonely Grave,
THE LONELY GRAVE ,
A TALE OF 1645 . BY BROTHER G . TAIT , OP THE HADDINGTON ST . JOHN ' KILWINNING LODGE . IN a remote corner of the parish of Salton , East Lothian , is still to be seen , on the green banks of a shallow rivulet , several miles distant from the churchyard , an old time-worn , moss-covered grave-stone , on which is scarcely legible the following memento : —
2 , SAM . 24 DAVIDS CHC'IIE . HEIR LYES WILIAM SKIRVIN WHO DESICIT THE 2-1 . OF IVINNE 164 . 5
On a broken fragment of another stone we can trace the following characters , which , although more distinct , are nevertheless more abrupt and unsatisfactory . HEIR LYES KATIRN WILSON AVHO DESICIT . IN . ANNO The singular and unexpected discovery of a grave in the wilderness
, far from the hallowed habitations of the dead , and alike distant from the holy and soothing sound of the sabbath bell , could not fail to excite feelings of no ordinary nature ; and with a keen desire for information , I turned to my friend Mr . , who communicated to me the following story with an earnestness and feeling which proved his own conviction of its truth . "For nearly half a century previous to his death , in 1645 , Williaih
Skirving had lived an honest and industrious tenant on the farm of Gilchriston . He was a man greatly beloved by his friends , and honoured , trusted , and esteemed by all who chanced to have dealings with him . The gudeman of Gilchriston , as he was commonly called , spent a quiet , inoffensive , and peaceable life . Seldom , unless to church on sabbath days , straying beyond the bounds of his own farm , and never unduly mingling in the bustle of a busy world around him , his days and years
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Lonely Grave,
THE LONELY GRAVE ,
A TALE OF 1645 . BY BROTHER G . TAIT , OP THE HADDINGTON ST . JOHN ' KILWINNING LODGE . IN a remote corner of the parish of Salton , East Lothian , is still to be seen , on the green banks of a shallow rivulet , several miles distant from the churchyard , an old time-worn , moss-covered grave-stone , on which is scarcely legible the following memento : —
2 , SAM . 24 DAVIDS CHC'IIE . HEIR LYES WILIAM SKIRVIN WHO DESICIT THE 2-1 . OF IVINNE 164 . 5
On a broken fragment of another stone we can trace the following characters , which , although more distinct , are nevertheless more abrupt and unsatisfactory . HEIR LYES KATIRN WILSON AVHO DESICIT . IN . ANNO The singular and unexpected discovery of a grave in the wilderness
, far from the hallowed habitations of the dead , and alike distant from the holy and soothing sound of the sabbath bell , could not fail to excite feelings of no ordinary nature ; and with a keen desire for information , I turned to my friend Mr . , who communicated to me the following story with an earnestness and feeling which proved his own conviction of its truth . "For nearly half a century previous to his death , in 1645 , Williaih
Skirving had lived an honest and industrious tenant on the farm of Gilchriston . He was a man greatly beloved by his friends , and honoured , trusted , and esteemed by all who chanced to have dealings with him . The gudeman of Gilchriston , as he was commonly called , spent a quiet , inoffensive , and peaceable life . Seldom , unless to church on sabbath days , straying beyond the bounds of his own farm , and never unduly mingling in the bustle of a busy world around him , his days and years