[56.] Wales, selects.
[57.] Dundee, Martyrs, Elgin, well-known psalm tunes.
[58.] Beets, fans or feeds.
[59.] Nae unison hae they, no unison have they; i.e. they are not in harmony with.
[60.] Abram, or Abraham. See Genesis.
[61.] Moses bade, etc. See Exodus xvii.
[62.] The royal Bard, King David. Probably Burns refers to certain of the Psalms which express suffering and repentance.
[63.] Job's pathetic plaint. The "plaint" begins with Job iii.
[64.] The Christian volume, i.e. the New Testament.
[65.] How His first followers, etc. See Acts of the Apostles.