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 PeopleThe matter of the Book was composed for delivery in the ordinary course of Sunday-evening lecturing, and its somewhat magnified form has to be excused by the fact that one who speaks popularly has to aim at broad and yet vivid effects. It is hoped that, on being presented to a wider public, the popular form Of the matter will commend itself. It will be found that the chapters overlap each other here and there that is accounted for by the intervals at which they were originally written and delivered but, perhaps, line upon line and precept upon precept will not be objected to.The author, as lecturer, was placed where he was at liberty and expected to Speak freely, and he trusts that, though without a bond on his utterance, he has kept within the truth. He is sensible that the rigid feature may resent his words with fresh rigidity, but he trusts that there will be many to whom his interpretation will come as a new and welcome reading of the works of their adored poet, and also as a fresh stimulus to thought and action for the sake of religious and moral rightness of life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.