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Book Description<\/h2>\n

Many volumes deal with that terrible yet glorious period in the history of the Scottish church between the restoration of Charles II and the accession of William III, but Fair Sunshine<\/em> deserves a place alongside the very best of them. Whether Jock Purves was writing about James Guthrie at the beginning or James Renwick at the very end of this time of martyrdom and suffering there was a lyrical quality about his treatment. When taken together with his spiritual perception and moral earnestness this drives every one of these biographical chapters to the heart of the reader.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nPreface<\/td>\nix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChronological Summary<\/td>\nxi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJAMES GUTHRIE<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHUGH MACKAIL<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRICHARD CAMERON<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDAVID HACKSTON<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJOHN BROWN<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMARGARET MACLACHLAN & MARGARET WILSON<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJOHN NISBET<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJAMES RENWICK<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJAMES MITCHELL<\/td>\n107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWILLIAM GORDON<\/td>\n123<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJOHN DICK<\/td>\n137<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDONALD CARGILL<\/td>\n149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEpilogue<\/td>\n175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAn Outline of Scottish \u2018Covenant History\u2019 in the Seventeenth Century<\/td>\n179<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBibliography<\/td>\n191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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