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suddenly awakening to the danger that

threatened their cause, brought to the stake

some of the noblest and most honored of the

sons of Scotland. They did but erect a pulpit,

from which the words of these dying

witnesses were heard throughout the land,

thrilling the souls of the people with an

undying purpose to cast off the shackles of

Rome.

Hamilton and Wishart, princely in character

as in birth, with a long line of humbler

disciples, yielded up their lives at the stake.

But from the burning pile of Wishart there

came one whom the flames were not to

silence, one who under God was to strike the

death knell of popery in Scotland.

John Knox had turned away from the

traditions and mysticisms of the church, to

feed upon the truths of God's word; and the