A Covenantal Cause

When the King of England said tha’ he wished tae be the head

Of the whole united church of our dear Laird,

Then we put up quite a fight, for we knew it wadnae richt,

Nor the loss of God could Scotland’s church afford.

For a king of man to make of himself a god, an’ take

Frae Christ Jesus His authority an’ crown

Was profanity in full, an’ tae sic ungodly rule

We, as children of the King, wadnae bow down.

Sae then we, as loyal Scots, put aside dividin’ thoughts,

An’ we joined taegether in the common cause,

We a’ came taegether an’ wi the sword an’ pen in hand

We each signed our names withoot a siccent pause.

Then wi’ blood an’ firebrand Charles spread throughoot the land

Sic a multitude of horrors, dark an’ grim.

But, when put tae fire an’ sword for the sake of Christ, our Laird,

We stayed true an’ took our strength an’ pow’r frae Him.

There were some, indade, wha bent, an’ the way of Judas went,

Tae these few the trials were tae hard tae bear;

Yet those raised with Him on high, frae the fire tae the sky,

Would repate a joy, worth any pain tae share.

Wi’ the cry of “Christ an’ Kirk,” clasping claymore, shield, an’ dirk,

We, the Covenanters took our richteous stand;

For tae keep God’s banner pure, bitter hardships we endure,

Sae we gladly gave up a’, an’ clasped His hand.

An’ the few wha lived tae tell how the foes of Jesus fell

Had a story where God’s richteous wrath was known;

For when wicked men assail God’s beloved – no avail

Will divest frae them the harvest they hae sown.

By Virginia Grace Discher

Yesterday, (Ok, early this morning…) our family got home from the 2012 CHEF conference. The theme was “The Scottish Covenanters’ influence on Colonial America.”  The poem above was written by Grace for a competition a few years ago. (She won first and was asked to recite it in front of the whole convention! 😀 )

We left Sunday evening. The Hamann’s graciously let us stay with them again during the conference.:)

We had an unfortunate tragedy Sunday morning.

Sarah had her leg stung/bit twice by some type of dreadful animal. About two hours later she came inside limping and her leg was swollen really, really bad.   We thought it was  a snakebite, so Mama took her to a clinic to see what they could do. Thank Goodness, it was only an insect sting.

Anyways, here are some pictures of the way up.

 (I tried to get a picture of Mr. Swanson, but, he wouldn’t hold still enough for my slow camera..;D)

 

The Ball

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Next year the CHEF conference will be combining with Kevin Swanson’s Family Economics conference. Your family will not want to miss this wonderful opportunity of fellow shipping with fellow believers and gleaning from the wonderful messengers of God’s Word that will be speaking!
We look forward to see y’all!:D:D:D

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 Markie