Reid A Cameronian Apostle

[Frontispiece.]

[Illustration: BALMAGHIE CHURCH SHOWING REMAINS OF MACMILLAN’S CHURCH.]

---

---

A Cameronian Apostle

BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF

John Macmillan of Balmaghie

BY THE

REV. H. M. B. REID, B.D.,

BALMAGHIE

WITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONS

ALEXANDER GARDNER,

Publisher to Her Majesty the Queen

PAISLEY; AND 26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE, LONDON

1896

---

ILLUSTRATIONS.

---

BALMAGHIE CHURCH, SHOWING REMAINS OF } Frontispiece.

MACMILLAN’S CHURCH,

BARNCauchlaw, . . . . . . . . . . To face page 27

CLACHANPLUCK, . . . . . . . . . . ” 81

JOHN MACMILLAN OF SANDHILLS, . . . . ” 89

MACMILLAN’S CUP AND SEAL, . . . . . ” 96

CROSSMICHAEL CHURCH, . . . . . . . ” 132

EARLSTON CASTLE, . . . . . . . . . ” 150

AUCHENSAUGH HILL, . . . . . . . . ” 176

FLY-LEAF OF FAMILY BIBLE, . . . . . ” 205

MACMILLAN’S MONUMENT IN DALSERF } . ” 218

CHURCHYARD,

---

CONTENTS.

---

PAGE

PREFACE,

v.

LIST OF AUTHORITIES,

ix,

CHAPTER I.—SETTING SAIL,

9

„ II.—FAIR WEATHER,

28

„ III.—THE PARISH,

46

„ IV.—THE PRESBYTERY,

63

„ V.—MEETINGS AND MANNERS,

79

„ VI.—STORM,

92

„ VII.—STRESS,

108

„ VIII.—ADRIFT,

121

„ IX.—ANCHORED,

134

„ X.—A PARISH SCHISM,

149

„ XI.—THE CAMERONIAN APOSTLE,

173

„ XII.—THE LAST STORM,

199

„ XIII.—SUMMING UP,

209

---

APPENDIX, CONTAINING REPRINTS OF—

---

(1) MACMILLAN’S “TRUE NARRATIVE,” printed 1704,

223

(2) MACMILLAN’S “GRIEVANCES,” printed 1704,

267

(3) THE PRESBYTERY’S “LIBEL,” printed 1705,

272

(4) MACMILLAN’S “PROTESTATION, DECLINATURE, AND APPEAL,” 1708,

277

(5) MACMILLAN’S “ELEGY ON MISTRESS MARY GORDON,” 1723,

286

(6) A LETTER TO A DYING FRIEND, Oct. 26, 1741,

298

INDEX,

299