History of Revivals of Religion in the British Isles, Especially in Scotland

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1836 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX. KILSYTH. Some Tracts on the subject of Revivals of Religion have been published by Mr Gallie of Glasgow, and though their number be few and their extent limited, their authenticity is unquestionable. That entitled Kilsyth, 1742-3, contains an abstract of Mr Robe's Narrative, so suited to our purpose, that we take the liberty to appropriate it in part. The only alteration made, is the omission of a passage or two, and inserting from the book itself, a few particulars which the small compass of a tract has necessarily excluded. Among the many godly ministers who frequently visited Cambuslang on this memorable occasion was the Rev. Mr Robe, minister of the neighbouring parish of Kilsyth. Like Mr M'Culloch, he was a man of prayer, deeply aware of the responsibility attending his office, and anxiously solicitous for the eternal welfare of his people. Every time he visited Cambuslang he seems to have returned to his own charge as if ' anointed with fresh oil, ' resolutely determined to know nothing among them but 'Jesus Christ, and him crucified.' By this time he had laboured in the parish of Kilsyth for the space of thirty years, without being aware of any remarkable success having accompanied his ministrations. During that period, the parish had been visited with a severe fever, by which many, particularly of the godly, were suddenly cut off. That visitation was followed by a famine, and shortly after, in the summer of 1733, great loss was sustained by a destructive storm of thunder and lightning; but, instead of these judgments leading the people to think of God, whose displeasure they had in..-curred, and to seek Him ' with weeping and with sup plication, ' wickedness seemed to increase. Mr Robe, in his narrative, testifies that no one appeared t...