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CONTENTS
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Duddingston Church continued.—Charles Lumisden.— Robert Monteath “of Salmonet.”—Secretary to Cardinal Richelieu.—His Writings.—Jaspar Hume.—Mr Archibald Newton.—Charles Lumisden.—The Persecution. | 181 |
CHAPTER XII. | |
The Kirk Session.—Its Constitution.—Duties of Elders and Deacons.—Discipline.—Proclamations of Marriage.—Drunkenness and Sabbath Breaking.—The Church Officer.—Burials.—The Minister of Duddingston before the Privy Council. | 194 |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
The Revolution.—James Craig.—Mr David Malcolm.—A Baron Bailie.—Sabbath Vagrants.—The Inn Keepers.—Mrs Hunter before the Session.—Deposition of Minister.—Principal Pollock.—Provision for Parish Poor.— Walter Scott, W.S.—Rev. Wm. Bennet.—State of Religion.—Character of People. | 206 |
CHAPTER XV. | |
Rev. John Thomson, “Pastor and Painter.”—Ordination of Walter Scott as an Elder.—Chapel of Ease at Portobello. —The Burying Grounds.—Rev. James Macfarlane, D.D.—The Kirk Session.—Dr Macfarlane’s Writings.—Rev. J. A. Hunter Paton. | 229 |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
The Parish Schools.—Teachers’ Salaries.—Schoolmasters.—Easter Duddingston School.—Cauvin’s Hospital.—Louis Cauvin and Robert Burns. —The Resurrectionists. | 248 |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
Duddingston Loch.—Its Flora and Fauna.—Duck Stalking.—Ownership of Loch.—Its Surroundings.—Arthur Seat.—The Roaring Game.—The Duddingston Curling Club.—Skating.—The Shepherd on the Ice. | 257 |