Burns and the Kirk

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Excerpt from Burns and the Kirk: A Review of What the Poet Did for the Re Religious and Social Regeneration, of the Scottish People The purpose of this book is to show the reforming work that lay at the hand of Robert Burns in the field of religion and morality, how he took up the task to which, by his poetic endowments, he was divinely called, and the urgent necessity the represently is for the continuance and fulfilment of his work. It appears to the author that the influence of the poetry of Burns, especially in matters pertaining to religion, has grievously suffered from arrested development, that the influences of orthodoxy and conventionalism have counteracted and prevented the action of the liberating, purifying, and recreative energies latent in the poems inspired by a restless impulse of religious reform. As the witch Sycorax imprisoned Ariel, so sacerdotalism, in foolish fear (moved to avenge as well as to protect itself), incarcerated Burns. It could not brook criticism, it resisted reform, and therefore caged the critic and reformer. Burns, the rustic, singing of love, we know and adore, but Burns, the prophet of religious reform, with a weighty message to the Kirk and Society, we have not yet even recognised. The love-lyrics of Burns have regenerated the Scottish heart, and literally put new songs of sweetness and purity into the mouth of the Scottish man. But the reforming poems of Burns, couched in humorous satire, parables written for after-comers to read and understand, prophetic utterances charged with perpetual regenerating power for the soul, have not been read and assimilated in the spirit of reform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.