The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century (1890) (14774616271)

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Title: The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century ..
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Mackintosh, John, 1833-1907
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Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons London, T. F. Unwin
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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umn of 1547. Nextyear, however, a French army of seven thousand menarrived to assist them ; the young queen was sent toFrance, and thus one object of the war was removed.After many severe struggles, the French and theScots drove the English out of the castles andrecovered the southern part of the kingdom. Peacewas at length concluded in 1550. Though the pressure of external enemies wasremoved, the internal religious struggle proceeded.As the conflict of the old and the new religious viewsbecame clearer, and the shadow of the revolution wasseen approaching, the Church and the Governmentacutely felt the gravity of the issues. In the tenyears preceding 1560 four provincial councils of theChurch were held in Scotland, at which were enactedone hundred and thirty-one canons, mostly directedagainst the immoral lives of the clergy, their igno-rance, and the neglect of their duties. A strict andexhaustive search was ordered for heresy and here-tical books, and especially poems and ballads. The
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MARY OF GUISE, QUEEN REGENT. EXECUTION OF ADAM WALLACE. 127 party who . wished to redress abuses without demo-hshing the old Church prepared a catechism in thevernacular for the use of the clergy, which ischaracterised by moderate statement and by graceof manner and of composition. It was intended as amanual for the clergy to be read to the people. Butall the canons and the catechism were of no avail ;the accumulated corruptions of many generations hadresulted in a system of institutions incapable of refor-mation from within ; the features of purity, the loveof truth and justice, had departed from their wallsand altars ; the great ethical principles at the heartof all true religion had waxed dim, and there wereno glowing rays to lighten up the darkness whichenveloped the Church. In the end of the summer of 1550, Adam Wallace,a layman from Ayrshire, a man of humble rank, wasaccused of heresy. He was tried in Edinburgh beforethe bishops, the regent, the Earl of Huntly, and others.Amongs