And one of the elders answered saying unto me. What are these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they? Rev. 7 13.
Author: John Kennedy
HIGHLAND PREACHERS AND BELIEVERS In a fascinating book entitled “The Days of the Fathers in Ross-shire”, first published in 1861, the Rev. John Kennedy of Dingwall (1819-84) describes the development of religious life in the Highlands of Scotland during the eighteenth century. Short portraits are given of notable ministers and outstanding believers in Ross-shire. He …
SOME UNUSUAL CONVERSIONS from The Days of the Father in Ross-shire by J. Kennedy A Death-bed Scene `Having got anxious about a sick neighbour,’ he writes, ‘whom I had been visiting, I went for the doctor to examine her, and he found that a deadly disease was making such rapid progress that she had only …
It is no reproach to be behind the religion of this age, in its present course. To be behind an age that is drifting away from truth and godliness is the only safe, the only dutiful position. John Kennedy
MRS. MACKAY Mrs. Mackay was a native of Perthshire, and come to reside in the Sutherland along with a brother. During his lifetime, she was known only as a giddy girl, full of fun, and with a way of doing things quite unlike that of all around her. It was her brother’s death that was …