Ebenezer Erskine saw that day at Dryburgh that he must recognize the inspired order. He must bow first of all to the authority of the Divine Person; he must recognize the obligations involved in the Divine Precepts; and, after this, he must eschew those things that are forbidden by the Divine Prohibitions. That order he never forgot.
VII
George Macdonald tells us how, when the Marquis of Lossie was dying, he sent post-haste for Mr. Graham, the devout schoolmaster. Mr. Graham knew his man and went cautiously to work.
'Are you satisfied with yourself my lord?'
'No, by God!'
'You would like to be better?'
'Yes; but how is a poor devil to get out of this infernal scrape?'
'Keep the commandments!'
'That's it, of course; but there's no time!'
'If there were but time to draw another breath, there would be time to begin!'