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 sitting some time on the grave, he gave James a clap on the shoulder with his heavy hand and said, 'I am going to tell you a strange tale!!" James said, "I am willing to hear it" He said, "This is a strange day, both of sinning and suffering; (as indeed it was, it being killing time. wherein many fainted, and could not endure the scorching heat of the persecution! but to some, the Lord in his love, gave guards of strength, support and comfort, to keep them from fainting;) But, said he tho' it be a dreadful day, it will not last long: this persecution will be stopt within these few years, but I will not see it; and ye are all lodging and praying for that day, but when it comes ye will not crack so much of it as ye trow. And ye are a vain man, James and many others, with your bits of paper and drops of blood, but when that day comes, there will be a bike of indulged, lukewarm ministers from Holland, England and Ireland, together with a bike of them at home, and some young things that know nothing; and they will all hive together in one General Assembly; and the red hands with blood a d the black hands of defection, will be taken by the hand, and the hand given them by our ministers; and ye will not ken who has been the persecutor, complier, or sufferer; and your bits of paper and drops of blood will be shut to the door, and never a word more of them; and ye and the like of you will get their backside."He gave him another sore clap upon the shoulder, saying, "Keep mind of this, James Wilson! for, as the Lord lives, it will surely come to pass." James Wilson told me this shortly thereafter, and repeated in the first General Assembly, when he and I and many others, saw the