It were enough indeed to abide by the one fact that Scotland is still, after so great trials and danger, the seat of the True Catholic and Apostolic Church, as a strong element of hope and faith wherewith to dispel our weak despondency; but we are convinced that this lesson, cheering and invigorating as it must be in any form, will come home to our hearts with a far deeper power, when it is brought to us, in such a record as this little work affords, of the dauntless resolution and holy zeal, which made Her humble and loyal children of the North such powerful agents in Her cause.