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His parents were not rich in the wealth of this world, bat they were rich in faith and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; and they were in circumstances which enabled them to give the benefits of such education as the country afforded to their son. His fathei: was a man of genuine piety and of tried principles, and at the baptism of his infant son solemnly dedicated him to the work of the ministry, should it be the will of God. He therefore enjoyed the privilege of Icing trained up from his early childhood in tbw nurture and admonition of the Lord. Nurtured amid the sublime and romantic scenery of Looh- Earne-side, young McGregor had his mind early imbued with feelings of poetry ; but it does not appear that he produced anything worthy of preservation until an advanced period of his life. While yet a young man he studied the GsbUo language, his mother tongue, with considerable assiduity and success ; and he not only spoke it with fluency and ease, but could also write it with grammatical accuracy and precision — a very rare attainment even now, and much more so in his younger days. Mr McGregor was conscientiously a seceder, and belonged to that branch of the Secession Church called the Genera Affloeiat« 8yaod. Having flnishtd hia ol«Nical and philoio- /"., IHMOIll. -i''- phieal •tnditi at the tlnlyerilty of Edinburgh, h* applitd himself to the study of Divinity, under the tuition of the Rer. William MoncrieflF of Alloa, and was in due course licensed to preach the everlasting gospel, about the year 1784. Shortly after, he was licensed to preach, some colonists in Pictou, Nova Scotia, sent an earnest application to Scotland for a person of acknowledged abilities and evangelical principles, to preach the gospel to them. This application was laid before the General Associate Synod on the 4th May, 1786 ; and after due consideration had been given to the subject, Mr McGreger was fixed upon as the only one under their superintendence qualified to discharge the arduous duties of such a situation He was accordingly appointed to go thither ; and although he had the prospect of an advantageous settlement in his native country, he hesitated not to go to a strange land, to proclaim the glad lidings of salvation. He arrived in Nova Scotia on the 11th July, 178(J. Here he entered on a field boundless in extent as in difficul- ties. The inhabitants were few and far between ,* there were no roads in the country ; nearly the whole land was covered with vnbroken forests ; and when we say that his operations included the eastern part of Nova Scotia, and the adjacent Islands of Cape Breton and Prince Edward, as well as part of New Brunswick, the reader may form some idea of the Immense labor which his* charge involved. He was the first missionary to that region, and may therefore be regarded as the Apostle of Pictou. While journeying from place to place, he encountered diffioultieSf perils and hardships of no ordinary kind, and such as few men could have undergone. It was not an easy matter to travel through thick forests, nnbridged rivers, and interminable swamps — a pocket com- pass, marked trees, or an untutored Indian, being his only fHidis through the solitary and dreary wilderness. Some- MBMOIU. V. t!mi> be was deprived of sleep for several Di^htu; at othex times a plank was his bod, a potato his fare ; and often did ho Set uut on his snow shoes in the depth of winter, to seek out the bumble cottages of those '* who dwelt solitarily in the woods," that he might carry to them the glad tidings of grea^ joy. Of him it might bo said, he was ^'in joumeyings oftem in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by his own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren, in weariness and painfnlness, in watehingi often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that whieh cometh upon him daily, the care of all the churches." The labor was enjugh to crush the spirit and undermine the physical constitution of most men. But the expatriated Gael around him needed tbe gospel, and that to Mr McGregor waf enough. He had devoted himself to the work of God Sn (he gospel of his Son among his GsdHo countrymen, in the woods of Nova Scotia, and he was therefore firmly resolved to spend and be spent in this great and good work. And the Lord abundantly blessed his labors, and wonderfully 8npport94 him in all his toils. ' Towards the end of his life, he oonceived the idoa of clqth- ing the doctrines of the gospel in Gselio vers^cation, that ho might unite tho best and most wholesome instructions with the sweetest and most fascinating melodies of his native land. That he might familiarize his mind with the style and spirit of the be^ Gaelic poetry, he wrote to a friend of his at Iioch- Earne-side, for* a copy of Duncan Mclntyre's and Alexander McDonald's poems. The volumes were sent; but throng|i the ofBiciousness of some of his servants theiact of their being in the minister's possession became known, and a mqst mnwarrantable, unjust a«d ungtMrous aonitraotioli WM put .-/ f Vi. MBlfOlR. i if I ll upon th« oireumitan««. How ibort-sighted, illiberal, and bigoted it was, to make insinuations against tVo genuineness of Mr McGregor's piety and religious principles, simply because the productions of two of the most brilliant poets of his native country were on the table of hi^^ study, in a foreign land ! About this time, a stranger intruded himself on his labors ; and to the disgrace of many of Mr McGregor's flock, they forsook the ministry of their long tried friend, and followed the intrusionist. This schism in his congregation must have embittered his cup very mucti in his old age ; but by the help of Divine grace he was enabled to bear it without a murmur. He proceeded cheerfully with his poems until he composed as many as formed a small 18mo volume, of which several edmons have already been published in Britain. jO^hese poems are smooth in versification, pleasant in their ^arb, and evangelical in their doctrines. They are chiefly /^ composed after the model of Duncan Mclntyre, the Breadal- bane poet, from whom he borrowed the airs, as well as many of his words and expressions. The author's mind was richly •tored with gospel truth, and he had the singular facility of expressing it in eloquent and appropriate terms. His design appears to haVb been to give his Gaelic countrymen a com- plete and comprehensive view of the whole system of revealed religion ; and in this he has wonderfully succeeded ; for his poems are a concise but comprehensiye system of Divinity, in which the fundamental doctrines of the gospel are clearly illustrated and accurately defined in pure, classic Gselio. He has sufficiently demonstrated the powers of the Gsslio as the language of descriptive and religious poetry ; and in his plastic hands it has proved a suitable vehicle for •zpressing the feelings and emotioni of his mind. As pieces of iberal, and renuineness es* ■imply nt poets of n a foreign lis labors ; flock, they followed oiust have the help murmur, iposed as several ' in their > chiefly Breadal- tts many IS richly Jility of i design a com- tem of leeded ; tern of gospel classic of the )etry; »Ie for ^•8 0f HIHtlfl. Til. I{eli« aompositlon, bii pojpMni are a standard authority in that language. They are therefore very popular in the Highlands [and islands of Scotland; and as long as the Gaslic is a spoken 'language, they tvill continue to ko in groat demand, and to be highly esteemed by the pious peoplo whose vernacular i? Giclic. As Dugald Buchanan has been often called " the (Jowpcr of the Highlands," so may Dr McGregor with equal propriety be called '* the Gallic Ralph Erskino." Like Ers- kine's Gospel Sonnets, his poems are remarkable for the siuinUcity of their ptylo, and the evangelical strain in which tlicy are composed. Their strict Calvinism, their beautiful Gaelic, and the sweet, melodious music to which they are set, all contribute to make them very popular among the Highlanders for whose benefit they were originally written. Though their chief excellence consists in their sound theo. logy, yet even as poetical compositions they are not destitute of merit. The poems en "The Gospel," " The Complaint/ " The Righteousness of Christ," and " The Eulogy of Grace,'* are worthy of particular notice as superior pieces of poetry, having some passages which are truly beautiful and sublime. On the whole, these poems indicate that the author wrs a man of genius, thoroughly acquainted with the whole system of theology, filled with love to the Saviour, and earnestly desiring to save the souls of his fellow -countryineji^MC When Mr McGregor's character and claims were made known to the members of the University of Glasgow, the Senatus Academicus unanimously agreed to confer upon him the title of D. D., an honour which he amply merited by hii services. This was about the year 1822. Such mark of respect; coming, unsolicited and unexpected, from his nat^ye country, and from a place so celebrated for its learning and philoiepby, nnuit have been loothing to hii feelings, and have ?!«• ? ir h It MSMOIB. oontributed ^o obetr hif mind io^.th« midst of hit tolli and Ubors in his old age. *In the spring of 1828, Di MoGregor was seized with paral. jsis ; and at Piotou on the 1st March, 1830, at the age of 70, he experienced a second attack, which terminated in his death on the third day of that month. His funeral was attended by an immense gathering of sorrowful friends, who showed their love and respect for him by unfeigned ezprds- sions of grief. It has been matter of surprise and regret, that in this country; where he spent the greater part of his life, and for the spiritual welfare of whose inhabitants he labored so sealously, these poems should not be as well known as in many parts of Scotland. It is hoped that this edition, pub- lished among ourselyes, will be the means of rendering thtm more extensively known, and that thus through the divine blessing they may promote the great object which the author had in view, the advancement of the divine glory in the spiritual good of his fellow men. DUNCAN B. BLAIB. Baraty's Bivtri Ajgust, 1861. DAIN A CHOMHNADH CRABHADH, &c. SUllft AN LAGHA. Do'n Ard Thighearn do Dhia bheir thu gr&dh^ Bheir thu db4 e le d' anam ga leir, Le do chridho, 's le d' inntinn gu Blan ; 'Us do d' choimhearsnach gridh mar diiuit f^in. NA DEICH AITHEANTAN. 'Smi do Dhia, 'us do Thighearna treun, Thug amach thu o Eipbit nan tr^ili. 1 Na biodh agad Dia eir ach mi fein ; 2 'Us na slenchd-sa do lomhaigh gu brath. 8 Ainm an Tighearn do Dhia cuir an suim ; 4 Agus cuimhnich an t-sabaid le tlachd. § Thoir do d' pharantaibh urram, 'us gr^dh ; 6 'S cum do Umhan o mhort, 'us o chreacb. 7 Seachain adhaltras, cuirp agus cridh, 8 'Us na sintear do lamh chum na braid ; 9 Dean an fhirinn, 'us seachain a' bhreug; 10 N& bi sanntach; ach r^idh ri do staid. MOLADH AN LAOHA. Thugadh lagh leii an Triath dhoinn, d'ar riaghladh o thili| LagS Dim buadbaniia eiataoby gan f biara4b» gna 1^ t » I Lagh bhios seasmhaoh gu siorroidh, gun chriooh air a ohaoi ; Lagh do ainglibh an Triatb, 'us do dhiabblaibh fu cblaoi. Chaidh an lagh ud a sgriobhadh, le f irinn gun bheud, Ann an oridh ar ceud sinnsir, 'b bha 'inntinn d'a r^ir ; Gus an d'ith e am meas ud. gun mheas aig air f6in, Rinn an oumhnant a bhristeadb, 'a thug sgrioa oirn gu I6ir. Sud an lagh theid a sgrlobhadh, gu dileas guch ial, Ann an cridh gach uil'fhirein tba'n siochMint ri Dia;. Leis an deadh spiorad ghr^tsmhor nach fd,ilnich an cAis Leis nach trdigear gu brilth iad, 'snaeh fkg iad air chdl. Sud an lagh a bha 'n ikirnibh an t-Sld.nuighir ghleusd, 'Nu;iir a ghabh e ar nSLdui , 's a tb^in' o gu 'r feuni Fad a lathan do chleaohd e an reaohd ud gu dlil ; B'itoil 'Athar a tblaohd, 'us bha 'bheachd oirre dilr. Thubhairt Daibhidh ; 'ee *b prlseil na mlltean de 'n dr, 'S cha 'n 'eil mil anns na ciribh n'as milse ri b-dl * 'Se bu thlaohd, *b bu thoil-inntinn gu cinnteach do Phdl, 'Nuair a thr^ig e am milltear, 's a pbill e ri cdir f Na h-AbstoiU 's na Faidhean ta ard ann an gloir, S e an aiteas gu brilth e, an grd,dh, 'us an dedin : Tha na h-aingil ro ghldrmhor Itln sdlais d' a thaobh, 'Se an aoibhneas ro mhdr e^ an cedl, 'us an gaol. 'S cian mnn toill e bonn ml-chliu ged^dhlt e na daoi, 'S ged naoh bi aca slth ris, 'nan inntinn a chaoi : Oir is ainmio le meei.irleach bhi 'n grd.dh air an reftchd, Kinn a dhiteadh gu bd,8, o nach b'Eluinn a chleachd. 'S mdr an t-aobhar air cliii dha gu 'n diiilt e le td,ir Am fior mhonar iimhlachd, gun dilrachd, gun ghr^dh, Bheir na oealgairenn li^baoh, ta ddbailt 'nan gnttth Leis an t-sean chridh nach fiil, nach deach' ^rach le griLs. Na h-aingil bha aon uair gl6 naomh ann an gldir, 'Nuair a thr6ig iad gun aobhar an gaol air a' chdir ; Rllin an Iagb*an grad f huadach gu buan chum a' bhrdin, Gun dad feairt air an uaisle bu dualach d' am pdr. Tha an naimhdeas ag €iridh gu h-eucorach, dkn. *lalm xlx.lO. Eon. vlt. 22. T Aoh gidli«adh '•« is fiigin doibh g^illeadh gu br&th : Oir am ftasd oha bhi buaidh ao', lo faatli thoirt do'n obeart, Bithidh 'n lagh orr* an uacbdar, 'gam bualadh le neart Tba s^r cbeartas 'us firinn gu dllinu san lagb, 'Us cha tilgear am firean neo-chll leis gu dragb : Ach ma cblaonadb leat aon uair gun aontaobadb leis. 'S dearbb nacb dean e leat aomadh, 's nacb saorar tbu'm feasdy 6us an diolar le rUtban bhioc td.bhacbdaoh treun Gaob aon dlighe gu slSlc da, gun f h&ilinn, gun bbend ; Oir oba gbabh e ri call, no dad gan air a' cbdir ; Bithidb 'n geur cbeartas teann aig, 's oba sanntaiob e corr. Tba e fiorgblan, ro naomb, 'us oba'n aom e gu briltb, Le ni truaillidb bbios baotb, no le faoineis gun st2l. Tba e matb, agus oirdbeiro, 's e sonrnicbte giinn ; Maiseacb, caoin, 's e ro bbdidbeabb, ag sedladb gaob linn. Gacb ni math thig ad smuaineacb, (as suaraicb, 's as crln,) Tba e 'g iarruidb gacb uair e bbi fuaighte ri d' cbridb, 'S oba 'n 'eil olc anns an t-saogbal co eutrom, 's oo meanbb, Nacb do tboirmisg e daonnan maraon ri olo garbb. 'Se lagb iomlan na saors' e, gun gbaoid, 'us gun sgled : Tba gacb aon neaeb fo dbaorsa nacb taobb ris le dedin. 'S e an grd.dh tba e'giarruidb do Dbia» 'us do dbaoin', Grildb bbios saor agus fial, gr^db bbios dian, 'us nacb traogb. Tbugadb dbd, anns a bblobull, Lagh rioghail mar ainm ; * Tba gacb caibdeal ga mbineacb, 's tba bbri' anns na sailm. Bba e sgrlobht' air dsl oblskr nan deicb ilitbeant anaig Maois; Mar an lagb tbug an t-^rd-rigb gu brditb do cbloinn daoin*. Db' {iitbn a' cbiad te an Triatb bbi mar Bbia agad fein ; Thu bbi 'n combnuidb 'na f hianais, 'us ciatacb mu d' bbens : Tbu tboirt gidir dba, 'us aoradb gu b-aobbaoh do gbn^, 'S gun do chridb no do ghaol tboirt acb eutrom do cbSlcb. Bb'iarr an darna gacb lomhaigb cbur slos mar ni faoin, 'Us uir orduigbean Dbia bbi gacb ial leat ro obaomh ; Bbi'gam freasdal gu d' dbdcbas, 'as d' edlas cbur ceart : 'S meadboin griis agus gldir iad, bi'n tdir orr' le feairt. • Seam. li:! I »r Hhng an treaa aon doit It Ubn' imtm Urd tboirt do I>hi% Ansa gaoli '&iiii, 's aniifl gaoh Mte» le nrrlldh 'as la datl; Le dO) bbria'raibb' 's do smaointibb bbi daonnan gii fenn. Gun tbv ebaui a mhl-naomhaebadb adn ni fo'n gbrAn. 'N cea^bramb Hitbn' iha fg ridb, biodb an t-8d.baid ad cbntmbn, 'S ann a cbombDadb ar crabbaidb obaidb 'u U ud tboirt dumn Cuir na smuainte, 'soa seancbais air falbb bbios gun bhrl ; Bi9db an ikrnaigb's au t-saarmoio ag leanmbu'na ri d' chri'. Tbuirt an ?digeamb, ma's a.in leat bbi siLbbailt o bbeud, iTrram, iimblabbd/as ^iLdb tboir do d' pbHrantaibh iMn ; Do gaob neacb os do obeann ann an ionnaacLi' no drenobd, 'Us do gbliocas nan seann daoin', tba teann air an eug. Tba an aeaibatnb a' toirmeasg dbnit eoirbteacbed 'us stri ; Tbu bbi brAis ann am feirg* 'us bbi doirbb 'n agbaidb sith ; Oir tbig morta man saflil tbu a daocbanaobd dbian : Bitbaadb anna vbloinn daoine l^at gaolaob gaob ial. Tba an t-adbaltras ba^bdte san t-seatthdamb a cbaoi, 'S dearbb ga'm ole leat an deacbdadb aig neach e ri d'mbnaoi. Tr^ig gaob smaaineacb 'us gniomb bbeir gu striopacbas tbik» Ri Dia taie bbi gad dbion o gacb lion bbeir gu driiis. Tba an t-oobdamb a' toirmeasg dbnit airgid an-r^igb, Bbi neo-gbniomhacb ad gbairm, us neo-airgbiosacb, gear : Bi rt saothair gu bunnt^macb sunntaeb gun tikrab ; Oir is maarleaeb an lundair neo-gbrunndail, gun stil. Tba an naptbamb ag iarraidb ort fianais gun seled Tboirt air firinn an Triatb, gun a fiartuh ri d' bbed : Tba |ia breugan le sJLtan, bba gbnil cur ri foill ; Bemi an tr^igsinn, mur Ikill leat bbi 'n ilireamh a cbloinn Tba an deicheamb ag iarraidb gaob miann cbur fo cbls Tbu bbi stnam aguS fialaidb, so-riaraicbt 's gacb ni : Cuir air falbb 'n talaob grd,nd bbios gad obnilmbadb gunobr)«b; XJs' bi grikdbacb do gbnH ris gacb nibaidb san tir. Oe oeart, 'us ge grildhacb na ^itbeantan ga leir Tba mo nUdur mar nUmhad a gbnil air an d^iiarh ; An ro gbeall air an diteadb, acn m' Iblreanacb' leo, Ged tba 'm dmhliobd co cli 'naob 'eil brigh innt no bed. Aeb b'e 'n f haoineis domb smaoineaeb gu-'n saoradb iad ml, 'Us mo gbaol aig gaob son ni ta claon leo, 'us cl). *S cba'n 'oil f«um dbomb bbi 'g earbs' anns an aimalr ri toaobd j b 0lr olm *n alnmie ohleaehd'; bblot aambninnMcUl )mtMnbut wliait Aeh ! cia no-gbr^dhacb an Slilnaij^benr eftoin ; Thag an ilmliUehd nW iiite a dh' f bUgas mi 9aor : *&» thug iik«\ur as ilr dbouib ta giillan a dhreach,. 'Us >;am stiiiireadb tboirt Clmhlacbd le ciirani d' a reackd; Mar mo abdias to luinneiU us m' aoibhneas ro Urd, Oed tha 'm p«aoadb ga la* obraoidhneadh gu b oillteil ^aeb lib; Acb tre ghria tbfiid mo dbedin, na mo tbredir aqn am meiidy Gui am faic mi fadhedidh ana an gldir e air n^bmh. COI' CHEANGAL NAN OIBIOB * Ged nach b'e riin Do* riamfa.duine saox bitb a dheanamh sona le Ooi'-oheangal nan Qtbre, ach leCoi'-^heangal nan GraSygidhdadhnnneadh aa ceud cho'-cb^angal ud ann an doigh a bba qo caoimbneil, eo grasmhor, agus co iomcbuidb ehum Bonas Biorriiidh athoirt doAdhamb/agns d'a shliocbd gu leir 's a dbTheadto smuain* eachadh. B' e 'n Cumhadb araidb leis An coisneadb Adhamb an sonas sin, fantuin o*n mheas tboirmisgt. Bba'n Cumba sin coiurasd ri cho*-lion:idb 's a b'urrainn a bhi. B' usa dba 'n comhnuidb gun bbeantuinn do'n mbeas, no*gbabhail, agus 'itbeadh. Cha robb Adhamb, tio 'shliocbd, an cunnart tuiteam ann am peaeadh sam bitbcilc^gusan itbeadh o am meas toirmisgt; oir, air do Dhia aradb ris, ^'Anns an la dh'itheas tu dheth, gu cinnteaeb basaicbidb tu/' bba sin ionann 's 'na gbealladb dha nacb tigoadb am bas air^ ann an Uoigb sAm bitb e&je i rti m * Cwabnant Ban GniMnlk. m ih I ach lo itheadh dhi : agus raur tigeadh am bas> cba inb5 thigeada am peacadh. Mur bioah an Co'-cheangal ud idir ann db'fbeumadh gach duin' againn seasamh air a Bbon fein. Cba bn choslaeh dhuinn suil a bhi agninn ri sonas siorruidb, acb an lorgco'-lionadh an lagba ; agus ged bhiodb sin comasach, cha bbiodb e co furasd idir ris an doigb ud eile; oir bbiodh aig an diabhol cotbrom air sinn h bbu- air eadb gu peacadb, co lioDmbor ^s a bba dleas- danais annB an lagh, ^nuair nacb robb acb aon cbotbrom aig air*Adbamb. Tbug Dia dha an t-socair sin o'n bba e seasamb airson asbliocbd; agus nan smuainicbeamaid ceart oirro cba deanamaid a cbaoi gearan air Co'-ebeangal nan Oibridb. Anns a' cbo'-cbeangal ud cba bbiodh ni air bitb aig sliocbd Adbamb ri dbeanamb agus cba lobb aig Adbamh fein ri dbeanamh acb fantuinn o'n mbeas thoirmisgt. 'Kuair a cbrutbaiebeadb Adbamb, Beir na combairie araidb, Bb' atg an Trianaid ro ghrasmbor, Fbuair e cumadb gle aliiinn ; Colainn mbaiseacb, ro aillidb, Anam diongmbalta, agbmhor, Dreacb a Cbruitbir gn elan air, 's Ve gblotr e Preach, &c. Bhuin an Cruitbear gu caomb ris, Tbug e sealbb dha sen t-saogbal, (Cba do chum e acb craobb uaitb,) » 'S bu Tnh6r an oigbreaohd o dh'aon fhear; Ged bu bheag o d^a mhaoinse, O'n bha firinn, 'us naombaehdy Stoach 'na chridhe, lo gaol agus eolas. S teach, &c. Fhuair o sonas gun iarruidh, Fhuair e beannachd na Trianaid, Bha an caidreamh gu fial aig, Bha co'-cheangal ri Dia aig; B'o co'-cheangal nan gniomh e ; Gealladh beatha gun chrioch aig, Cumba socrach, so-dhiant' air gach doigb aig Cuniba, &c. Thug an Tigbearna fiios da, Thaubn na craoibh ud san lios aig, (Bha 'n t-iui a b'f hearr'us bu mheas innt;) Air dha blanad de 'n mheas aic', Gu 'n tigeadh bas agus sgrios air, Gu'm biodri mallachd do-mheas air, 'Us gach ti^uaigho a chiisgeadh an toir air. 'Us, &c. Ach bha sa' bhagradh nd fillto Gealladh beatha ro phriseii ; 'Us nan scasadh e dileas Mar a dh'iarr an t-ard-righ air, A seachnadh craoibh a mheas mhilltich, Cha tigeadh bas air gu dilinn, Ach bhiodh beatha gun cbrich ann an gloir aig Ach, &c. I 1 V)' t ^^ v^ III Hi ■.I ■ 10 Bha' an enmbadh ud eatrom f B' nsa cbo'-lionadh daonnan^ Ka dol idir a thaobh uaith : Bha 'bbeatha sbutbainn n Taotainn^ Gun gbniomb oibre, no saotbair; B' usa fuireacb san aon ait [ddlas. Ka dol dh'ionnauidb na craoibb san robb ^n Anns a' cbumbnanta gbrtiidh ud^ Sbuidbich Dia gu ro gr&smhor, Gu'n seasadh Adfaamh n' at n-^it-ndi An 4it a shlioebd tba do4irearab ; A cbosnadb aonais, 'us aigb dboibh, JN^o cbosnadb donais gu bratb dboibb, [dugb. Beir mar gbieidbeadfa; no db'f bagadb e'n t-or- Beir^ &C. Bba m5r aoibbneas air Adbamb^ Socracb) saibbir am pbarras, Mealtuinn caoimbneas an Ardrigb, Faicinn greim aig air slainte, Cuid 'us roinn aig gacb al di. Mar an oigbreachd ro aluinn ; Meud na foill a bba 'n Satan cba b^eol da. Meud, &c. l^uair bba Eubb greis air faibb uaitb, 'S gu'm bYn soitbeacb a b' anmbuiniiy Tbainig S4tan gu cealgach, 'S le TO »h66hacbd a ebeancbait I 11 1 'n [ugh. t-or- I liheall e h-nige a h-earbsai 'Shin i 'l^mh ga mi-shealbhach, Dh'ith i meas a thog searbhas, 'as br5n dninii. Dh'ith; &c. Dhiomain Satan san uair i, Dh'ionnsuidh Adhamh ga 'bhaaireadh. Thug i 'meas san droch aair dha, Ghabhy 'us dh'ith e gun smuainoach, Thil^ e 'n aithne gu luath dheth^ Chaiil e 'sbonas 'us uaisle, Dh'at a chridhe le aabhar^ 's le ni6t>chtiia. Dh'at; &Q, Einn e cionta ro uamhar^ Threig e 'Ghruthadair aasal, Ghabh e 'n Diabhol mar uachdran^ ^'S air gach neach thainig uaithOi Thug e poacadh^ 'us truaighe, Mile triobloid, 'us buaircadh, Diteadh ifrinn, 's b'e 'n cruadal bti mh6 e. Diteadh, &c. 'Sbochd dhuin uile mar thacbair, Chain sinn Dia, 'tis an rcacbd aig, DhThalbh ar tuigse 's ar noart uainny 'Se ar namhaid an ceartas, Tha ar gradh aig a pheacadh, Tha sinn Ian do dhroch cleachdaibby 'S cian, 's is fada air seachmn 'Sa cbed sifinv 'S ciatiy A«. 12 I. I fi' ii 1 Ged tha'm focal a^ innseadh^ Gu bbeil an Slanuignear priseil Tairgscadb fuasgluidh 'us dion duinn, Tha de naimhdoas 'n ar n-inntinn, Ga bheil einn diultadh bhi 'n sith ris : 'S a thaobh ar gannlais do'n fhirinn 'S lad na brougan ar didean 's ar dochns. 'S iad^ &c. Fhir tba cluinntinn an dain so^ Co de 'n ditbis a b'fhearr leat, (Nan tugt' an rogbainn duit tratbail,) Earbs' ri fireantacbd Adbaimb^ "No ri dicbeall do lamban, A cbosnadb c6ir dbnit air slainte ; Acb nan tuiteadb tu'm bas tbeacbd gnn tr6cair ? Acb, &c. Ma tbeir tbu riumsa gun teagamb, Gu'm bu r«ighnicb' leat seasamh, 'N taic ri d' dbicbeall, 's ri d* tbeagradb, Cbum nacb tigeadb ort L agadh, 'S e mo bbeacbd gur e beagnair, Marri aineolas beadaidb, Tba 'g ad stiuireadb gu freagradb co goracb. Tba, &c. On sbeas e 'n aite cbloinn daoine, Cosnadb sonais do 'n t saogbal, Bba Cumbadb Adbaimb na b'eutruim, Na bbiodb iomcbuidb dbuits' f baotainn : IS B' nrras Dia gu ro chaomh dha, Nach tigeadh poacadh, no aog air^ Ach tre itheadh de chraoibh ud an e^Iais. Acb^ &c. Ach bhiodh seol ac' teachd ort8a> Steach air lionmhoireachd dhorsan^ Smuaintean, gniomhan us focail^ Na h-ni]e seorsa do lochdaibh ; Oha bhiodh e idir co socraeh Fuireach saor o gach drochni, 'Us an diabhol 'gad bhrosnuch' an comhnuidb. 'Us, &c. Faicsa caoimhneas an Triath dhuinn^ Ann an cumhnant nan gniomh ud ; Bha e furasd ri riarach', B' ionann 's neoni na dh'iarr e, Mar chnmba beatha gu siorruidh, D'ar ceiid sinnsear, 's d'a iarmad ; [ledinte. Ged dhThag a bhriseadh sinn iargmnneach, Ged, &c. On is peacach gun chli thu, NsL bi smuaineach gu dilinn, Gu 'm faigh do ghniomhara sith dhuit, O Ard-bhreitheamh na firinn ; Tha thu chean ^ir do dhiteadh, Cha dean thu 'n Ceartas a dhioladh, 'Us tha 'n Beachd air a dhiobradh gu mor leat. 'Us, &Ci 14 If w i ' ill Cha teid a h-aon de chloinn daoine lie oibribh 'n Lagha' a shaoradh, Tha iad uile ro eutrom ; CJime sill gabh-sa foghlum, Teich a dh'ionnsuidh 'n Fliir-shaoraidh, (Tha a chuireadh ro chaoin duit,) 'Us gabh fasgadh 'na ghaol, 'us 'na Chrbcair. 'Us, &o, OO'-GHEANOAL NAN ORAS. 'Sis Co'-cheangal nan Grds ard innloachd Dhe cham peacaich tur ehailit' a thearnadh, chum ciiii a shaor ghrais gu siorruidb. Binneadh e o shiorruidhheachd eadar an t-Athair agus am Mac, le aontadh an spioraid. Shonruich an t-Aihair doigb na slainte. Dh'urraieh e air a nihac mar Urras* nam poacaeh. Thairg e nadur an duin' a thoirt da, anns an co'-lionadh e umlachd agus fulan^us air an son, agus an Spiorad Naomh a bhi maille ris. Ghcall e 'ardachadh aig a dheaslaimh fein gu siorruidh, agus beatha shuihainn a thoirt da air a shon fein, agus airsoii a phobuill. Dh'aontaich am Mac. Do reir sin thai nig e ann an co'-Iionadh na h-aimsir, chum ant-saoghali, mar Urras nam peacach ; agus 'nan nadur rinn o an dleasdanas uile chum am fireanachadh, agus dh'f huiling e am peanas gu h-iomlan. Chaidh e suae an sin ftt neamh, agus fhnair e a' bheatha shuthainn ha £eiQ, agus dhoibhsan ; agus tha e ga tab- hairt doibh, ieadh gaob lion trid oreidsinn an t-soisgeil. Tba CrioBd a tairgseadh Da beatha iid anna an t-8oi9gcil gaeh Ml, do na b-aile sedrsa phea* each an nasguidh : agus, a leughadair, mur diult thu i, bitbidh si agadsa. Ach eba ghabh thu i ; 's fearr leal gn ra6r tbu fein a sgrios ga siorruidhy le bbi gluasad a r 'us comhrag Measg nam mordhaoin', 's nan islean Thog thu draghy 'us mi-shuaimhaeas, Measj^ nan sluagh, 'us qan ^ghvjDan. 8 Thogthu mortadh, 'us marbhindh, Thog thu f ariiiady 'us ihirun Thogthu tuailoas, 'us culchaint, Bhris thu cun^hijiiant na aioQhaint. 9 Thog thu gannlas in^asg bbra 'irean, Binn thu caird^an mi-dhiieas ; Thog thu mallacl^adh's breugan, 'Siomadh sgeutachd, neo-bhrioghar. ft f I- m , wl '.'■il :i ''t I %\ 10 Binn thu^n daonnachdach iargalt^ 'S am fear fialaidh 'na mhiodhor ; Cbuir thu ceatharna^ 's meairlich. Feadh gach cearn anns gach rioghachd^ 11 Kinn thu misgearan olmhor, Rinn thu geocairean ciocrach ; Einn thu*n t-adhaltrach no6-ghlan, 'S miannan feolmhor na stiiopaich. 12 Einn thu'n saoghaltach sanntach, Agus mealltar nan innleachd } Lion thu 'n cridhe le gearan, 'S chuir thu talach 'san inntinn, 13 Rinn thu'n t-eucorach laidir, Bhios ag sarachadh mhiltean ; 'Us an snaigem beag dona, Bhios ag toUadh os iosal. 14 'Stric a sheol thu an sloidhtir Dh'ionnsuidh oighreachd an f hirein ; 'S a thug thu cosna 'n Ihir thapaidh Chum a sgapadh lo siochair. 15 Thug thu gul as a ghaire, 'S fala-gha gu bhi rireamh ; Thug thu tuircadh a solas, Thug thu doruinn a siochaint. 16 Chuir thu cuthach san oigridh, Gu bhi 'g 51 an toil-inntinn, 27 De gach cluich, ^as gach stigradh. Gun bhi 'n duil gu'n tig crioch orr*. 17 Einn thu'n eaglais a shalchadh, Einn thu cealgairean lionmhor : Luchd a chleachdaidh 'ta cearbach, Ged tha'n earbs' anns an gniomhaibh. 18 Dh'f hag thu dall na cinniuil aic', Gionach, lubach, nco-chriosdail ; 'Nuair theid iad do'n chupaid^ Cha bhi durd ac' air losa. 19 Theid an t-searmoin a leughadh, 'S bidh na breugan mar ghiomh innt ; 'S iad mo thruaigh an luchd eisdcachd^ Cha bhi Bgeulachd ach blion ac\ 20 'S moch a rinn thu geur-leanmhuinn, Air gach searmonaich dileas. A chuir Criosd am Fear-saoraidh A chraobh-sgaoileadh na firinn. 21 'Stric bha d'ionnsuidh gle fhiadhaich^ A chur diadhachd fo mhichliu. 'S bhiodh fior ghoraich, 'us aingeachd, Measail; ainmeil le d' dhilsibhs'. 22 'Stric a chuir thu droch theagamh Ann an creldimh nan criosduidh ; Chum an deanmh mi-thaingeil, Gun gheall-daingnich na rioghachd. {': f, I t ^1 i 1^ ! & ! i M H ^ C-J S f hiUdb a' chriocb^bb. 24 Tbug.i^-°J£'«^^^^^^^^ -^ A ivk» fttin ad Tiadar, fed «r a«»J2it^n?e ird.B, '• ''^"•y.fbbaSeftd a« Ardrigb, . '^^t^ilSrroSbriBell. - - ^8*'tVS triaS-sun ft dh'iarr tbu, m 'J^f 6 Chuir thu seaobran o Dhia orr*, 's gach droch mhiann anns.a cbridh ac'; Bug am mallablidy 'a an t-eng orr/ . le do bhr^ig, 'a d' ais-intileachd. 6 Binn thu mortair de Chdin, '8 b*ann air Abel am firean : 'S eha robh Mobhar do'd fir nd, acb am br^tbair bbi dileas. 7 Binn thn ainneart a sgaoileadb, feadh an t-saoghail gu lionmbor : Lion tbu'n saogbal le f5imeart| ague db'fhogair tbu 'n trsiocbaint. 8 Tbruaill thu sligh' ^ch uile fhedla, thug tbu ddrta na dip orr"; Cha d'fhan a b-aon diubb gun bb^tbadb^ 'nuair a thdin' an lom-sgriob ud. 9 Acb an t-ionracan ]Sr6ab, 's na bha cbomhnuidh fo dbion aig*^ A rinn an Trianaid a cbaombnadh^ cbum an saogbal ath-sbiolacb'. 10 Db'ibag tbn Sodom co graineil, lo do gbnatbannaibb griseil, 'S gu 'n d'rug leir-8grios gun ddil air^ le breth an Ardrigb ro pbriseil, 11 Bbriiebd tuil tbein' as na speuraibb a char gu b-eiticb gu dith e ; ;«i| ' 1 f.-^ r;i : '!| li,- 30 m It 'I Chiiireadh suas e mar shaimpleir, air cor nan aingidh gu siorruidh. 12 Thug thu leth taobh clann daoino dh' ionnsuidh aoradh nan iodhol : Kinn thu'n aigne ro dhiomhain, chuir thu'n Trianaid air dichuimhn. 13 'S trie a thruaill thu sliochd lacoib, fiiol an armuinn deis, dileis : 'S trie a rinn thu dhiubh traillean, fo do shailtibh gle iosal. 14 'S trie a mheall thu gu d' ghradh iad ^nuair b' o 'n aite bhi Btri riut : B' aobhar truais iad 'nad sheirbheis, cosnadh feirg an Ardrigh dhoibh. 15 Thug thu tuisleadh do Dhaibhidh^ '8 mor a chaill e d'a shith riut : ^& ge bu tuigseach righ Solamb, rinn thu dholaidh 's a rnhista- 16 Cha robh duine do 'n t-seors ud, nach do leon thu le d' bhriodal : ^S trie a riun^adh le d' laimhs' iad 'n an droeh shaimpleir do Israel : 17 Cha do sguir thu de d' bhuaireadh, gus 'n do thruaill thu an rioghachd- Thruaill thu 'n sagart, 's am faidhe, thruaill thu 'n ard-dhaoin' 's an islean. 18 Thug sad braighdcanas trdilloil, ann am Babilon shios orr'; Fo righ Nebuchadnesnr, fear d'am b'eigin doibh striochdadh : 19 GuB an d'thainig an uine, san do dhuisgeadh dhoibh Cirus ; A rinn an aiseug d'an diithaich, 'sa thug ctimbnantan sith dboibb. 20 Lean tha fathast ga geur iad, mhill thu leursain an inntinn ; Chuir thu creidimh gun ghradh anni, 'us fuar-cbrabhadh gun bhri ann. 21 Ged bha 'n Slanuighear ciattich, iomadh bliadhna san tir ac'^ Le do chuilbheartaibh seolta, cha robh 'n eolas ach cli air. 22 Thug thu orra a cheusadh, le droch eud, 'us lo mirun : Sud an 3eusadh thug sgrios »rty tha thu nis air do dhiteadh. 23 Sud an ceusadh tha dearbhte, mar bhun earbsaidh, do'n chriosduidh. Gabhsa comhairl, a pheacaich, thig a Bteaoh; 's bi fo dhion sud. 24 Bheirear maithoanas saor dhuit^ agus naoDihachadh fiorghlan : » m p n ( > :|< S *.: 32 Trid a' chreidimh bheir gras duit 's bidh do namhaid an iochdar. BANN AIH AN DBOCH OHBIDHE. 1 Tha mo chridhe co teagmhach 'us nach croid e aon fhocal o Dhia : Tha mo chridbe n' as cruaidbe na 'n reotha, 'n tra's fuaireadh an sian. 2 Tba mo chridhe co feargach 's ga'n ieum e gu garg air a' choir; Tha mo chridhe co sanntach s' gur beag leis na beanntaichean oir. 3 Tha mo chridhe co naibhreach 'us gur trie e ri uaill anns a nair : Tha mo chridhe le salchar. Mar an sgeith thig o'n bhalgair, 's e Ian. 4 Tha mo chridhe co luaineach 's a bhios tonnan a' chuain leis a' ghaoith Tha mo chridhe co mealltach 's nach faighear dha samhladh a chaoi. AN soisaxuL. 'Deadh sgeal mb6r aoibbneas do'n iiile abloagh/' *Saoraidh se a phobull 14in o'm peacaibb.'' ff ' Se 'n aoisgeul gr^dhaeh thug Bia nan gr^s dainn A cbum ar s^bhaladh d^n mo ril^in : Aob '8 e^ias &rd e, air o^isibh ^luio, J 33 Nach tuig an ndidur a tba gan liU. Gur mis' an ttuaghan, 'a oa le6ir m' an ooairt donih» Toirt ^isdeacbd ciuais da, mar f buaim naob fiach ; B' e 'n gnotbach cruaidb e nacb tuig an sluagh e, An Bgeui as uaisle a obualas riamb* Tba clann naik Jaoine gu tar fo dbaomadb, . Aig Dia an t>sao'il 80» ^a ag aoradh dh4 : Fo cbois am mianiian, a. tba do-riaraob : Gun f beart, gun larruidb air Dta nan gris : A' deanamh t^ir air gacb ni is 4iii leis, A' briseadb '^i'ntean gacb ]k gon sgios ; £ fiid o'n smuaintibb, 's iad ruitb gu luatb naithj Chum na truaigbe ta buan gun cbricb. Go m^r an c^nm tba 'g Dia nan dul diubb, Cha tig iad dlii dba le iiniaigb cbaoin ; Bu mb6r a' gbriin led bbi qair.'na ]&tbair, An caidreamb blatb ris 'na aros naomh i lad ruitb na gaoitbe, 'a ag earbsadb daonnan, Ri sonas f baotunn am faoineis bbreug ; Gun f bios, gun aird ao' air ddieh n' asfearr dhoibh Na greim an drast :ar n' a's ain le 'n cr6. Tba 'm barail laidir gur muinntir sblan iad, 'S nacb 'eil cionfatb ac' air grasaibh Dti6 : Tba 'n soisgeul iaoin led, seacb gean an t-eaoghail» Tba 'n cridbe eutron^, gun gbaoi do'n L6igh Acb 's ait an sgeul e, air l^igbeas ceutaeb : Do dbuine euslan, fo cbreuohdaibh civtrt ; 'Us noimbeacbd pbriseil, o Dbia na firlnn Do ueacb fo dbiteadb, 's e diblidb, brdit. Do neach fo smuairenin, le i>ia bbi 'n gniatm ris, 'Sa locbdao uambur 'g n cbuartttcb diu r I Gun f bios nacb aite dba ifridnn chig^teacb, I r ^Li }\'. i I < HI ■,,-.twr*.^--^,Tt;,'rs.'t»«TrY«T7rTnT-Br-iTn>TT'^*''' |ij.|' 34 M* an tig an maireach, 's am bas 'na shtiil. Do neach a dh'f haoluim o'n Spiorad Naomhn, Gur Bonas baoth bheir an eao'l so uaith ; Nach'eil ann ach sgail deth 'san am tha lathair, 'b gu 'm bac am bas e nacb fas e buan« B*e sgeul an aifjb e, air beatha 's slain iOi Io8* a bhasajch 'na ghradh do dhaoin'. 'Si 'f huil am plasd anns a bheil an tabhachd, 'Nuair tb^id a caramh gu baigheil, caoin, Ri cridho le6inte, gun ghean, gun shdlas, Ach doilich, brdnach, gun se6l air sith ; Le Spiorad uasal nam tearta buadhar, 'Nuair thig e nuas air le gluasad min. Sud sgeul ro aiibbneach, air maoin'us oighreachd, Do dhuine daibhir, gun sgoinn do'n t-sao'l ; Air cruD, 'us rit^ghachd a chaoi nacb criocbnaich, Gun dragh gun mhiothlachd, ach sitb, 'us gaol. Sud sgeul ro araidh do dhuine taireil, Air urram aid ann am Parras shuas ; Le gradh gun aimbleas, ameasg nan aingeal : 'S cha teirig cainnt doibh, toirt taing do 'n Uan. Beadh sgeul air fuasgladh, do pbeacacb truaillidh . cbionta duaichnidh, nach suail a mheud ; Tre 'n chtiD^hacbd bhrioghara ta an iobairt An t Sagairfe riogbail, ta siobhailt, e6amh : 'S air feartaibh grasmhor, ni cobhair trath'dha, 'Nuair bhios a namhaid gu laidir, gleusd, A' tarruinn teann air chtim 'earbs a thionndath Tur bun os cionn da, le ionnsuidh thr^in. Air gras, 'us trocair bheir neart, 'us tre6ir dha, Re fad an roid dh'ionnsuidh gloir an Uain ; 'Soa neamhaibh ard far am pailt an gradh dhoibbi 35 ^S cha tcirig c&il doibh gu br^th g' a lundh. 'S e cliu an sgrdil ud gur f irinn mh^r e. Gun f hocal m6r-uaill, no s^le6 gun bhri ; 'S e Criosd an eiric as buaine eifenchd, An iobairt rbitich, sar steigh ua sith. Thug Dia an t-Ardrigh aon mhoc a ghraidh dhuinn, A ghabh nr n^dur, 's e bharr a riann ; Anns an d'thug e 'n uoihlaohd, le dedin, 's le durachd, Thug c6ir as i^r dhuinn teachd dlu do Bhia: S^r uoihlachd chiatach do lagh na Trianaid, Leis an duin' is Dia ann bha riamh re feum ; An coslns truaghain de dhuine truaillidh, Ach a b^iienrr, 's a ))' uaisle na'n sluagh gu leir. An caraid gaolach a choisinn saorsadh Do' chinneadii dhaonna le caonnai^; chruaidh; A dhThuiling tamailt o rug a mhA'ir e Gu la a bh^is ann an k\t an t'sluaigh. Nuair bu naoidhean 6g e, rinn Herod fhogradh 'S e dearcadh 'n comhnuidh air doigh an t-sluaigh. Bha 'bhcatha br6nach, am fnd 's hu bhf 6 'S e cruaidh an toir air gu bheo thoirfe uaith. lOir b' e bu ghn^th dhoibh bhi deanamh t^ire 'Mr Athair gr^dhach, 's air '^i'ntibh naonih : $ bhi deanamh dearniaid air sl^int' an anma, e cleachda garg, 'us le h-angnath baoth. lii Sagairt uaibhreach, 's na h-ard dtiaoin' uaisle Nan naimhdibh buan da, le fuath gun chrich : V de namh dlchill, le h-iomadh innleachd* "s mdran miruin gu 'shir chur sios. Fs air a lorg bha na diabhla borba, phri«>nn8' an dorchadais, eolgail, cruaidh : \di Vo iiu chrAitiuh an ceartas ^rd bhi 1 V i:t f! Ill 1 r,.'} Cur claidheimh 'n sas ann, gun bhaigh, gun truas Rug mallachd Dhia air arson na fiachun, Bhuin 'Athair fial ris gn fiata garg ; Oir rinn e threigsinn an am na h-eigin, Nuair chaidh a cheusadh le h eucoir gharbh, Ach 's gearr a'chuairt a bha'm bas an uachdar, Gu haitbghearr f huair e a'bhuaidh gu slan ; Oir rinn e eiridh 'n treas latha 'n d^igh Pud, Gu subhach, treubhach, chum feum do chach : Po pheacaich dhiblidh, a bha fo dhiteadh, Gu*n deanadh 'fhireanta'ihd didean doibh ; chiont an naduir, 's o'n lochdaibh grair.eil. 'S o chumhachd Shatain bha ghna ri foill. Nis anns na h ardaibh,, tha neart gu brath aig A chum na's aill leis thoirt sabhaiit suas ; 'Us chum a naimhdean a sgrios gun taing dhoibh Droch dhnoin' 'us aingil, luchd ainneart chruaidh. Ach thair gach seorsa na peacaich mhdra 1 e 'm fuathach eolas air dedin an Triath : x^ ach creid an i hirinn, ged tha i cinnteach, Nach gluais gu direacb, ach sir dhol fiar. Ged bhiodh an criosduidh 'n a luidh am priosan, Gu dochrach, iotmhor, gun bhiadh, gun sluint, Ni'n soisgeul siorruidh, tre bheannachd losa A chridhe tiorail, le fior ghcan graidh. Ged dhuisg a namhaid geur leanmhuinn craiteach Gun aon chion fath air ach gradh, 'us sith : Tha chridhe aoibhneach tha ghnuis ro aoidheil ; Tha dan 'us laoidh aig' gach oidhch gun dith. E cumail gleachdaidh an aghaidh peacaidh, 'S a stiuireadh cbleaohdaidh, le beachd air i Criosd riosan, ctftUeacH i dltbf i,idb, . , . air Ctiosd » Tha gaol do'n reachd thar gach ni, 'us neach aig ;J 'S cha ghabh o tlachd ann an seachran fiar. 'Se Dia na trocair a neart, 's a chomhniidh, A bhios an comhnuidh toirt seolaidh dha. Cha lag a dhochas, cha bheag a sholas, Toa aiteas mor aig' nach eol do chach. A Thighearn, losa. gabh truas de 'n chriosdaohd, Tha 'n t-eolas iosal, 's gach crioch muncuairt: Is bras a dh' direas gach mearachd eitich 'S is beag an t-eud th' aig a chl^ir san uair. Dean creidinih, 's eolas, dean gaol na corach, 'Us pailtens solais, a dhortadh nuas : Gu daoin' a philltinn, o'n cleachdaibh millteach, 'S gu oaomhachd inntinn bhi cinntinn suas. Ouir gaol na siochaint ameasg nan rigbrean, Is borb ri stri iad mu ni ro f haoin.* Taid tional armailt, 's cinn'fheadhna falbh leo, i A gblacadh talmhainn, 's a mharbhadh dhaoin'; JDaoin nach d'thug fuath dhoibh, 's le'm b'aill bhi suairc, ach )haidh sparra^h 'n tuasaid le 'n uachdrain f6ia Mo thruaigh I nach Vfhe irr do na h-uachdrain ard udt "►hi beo mar bhrai'ribh, an gradh da ch^il. Dhe na siochaint, craobhsgaoil an fhlrinn, [easg slogh nan tirean, 's nan innsean cian : tar dhaoin' air chall, ann an ceo nam beann lad, LD oidhche teann orr, 's ial fann gun bhiadh. [heir solus gle 'ghlan, thoir rathad r6idh dhoibh, Ts cridhe gleusd a thoirt geill do 'n uan : |hoir sgeul do shl^inte, thoir fi')s do ghraidh dhoib'i lir feart do ghrasan 'nan dail le buaidh. •-' Sgriobhadh so ri am cogaidh. f I .1 I ■ ( ,' I { !ii I ' i ■ ■■ . r IB CREIDIMH. **Cre{d anna an Tighearn lota Criosd, agu$ Baorar ihu," *'Gach ni nach 'eil o chreidimk ta peacadh e." leftm is ioghnadh an ni nach 'eil flrinn na sl^int^ Air a oreidsinn do rkeamh gun dlobradh. gnn tair, Leis gach iosil 'us uasal d'an dualach am bis, 'Nuair tbig aiteal d'a fuaim chum an cluasan le failt. O'n 'se creidsinn bheir fuasgbidh do thruaghanaibh ledint. an cleachdannaibh truaillidh, 's o'n truaigh air an tdir. 'So a ghleusas an ck?1 chum an gridh thoirt do Dbia, Chum an tlachd bu> 'r /'^ibh ro aiuinn gach lal; Leam ia ioghnadh an ni gu bheil f Vinn na siaint; Air a creidsinn do rie-mh gun diobradh, gun tair, Le duin' iosal no uasal d m t^^'^lach an has, Ged a bhuaileadh a fuaim air on cluasaibh do ghna : Tha an f hirinn 'na buadbannaibb u.ii&\ toirt barr Air na seudaibh as luachmboir' mu'n cual thu n ad la ; 'S tha do nJldur co suarach 's gur fuath leis a gnatn, Oir cha ddraig e smuaineach bhi uair air a sgath. Tha gach focal de 'n f hirinn a' diteadh cloinn daoin', O'n tha'n cleachdanna cli, 'us an innleachdanjlaon j 'S o'n tha iadsan le dicheall gam f ireanach f6in. 'Se am miann a bhi sir tharruinn sioehaint o n bhrfiig. Tha an cridh aca sanntach, l^n gann ais do n chdir j Tha an inntinn ac' dall. tha lad meallt air gach ddigb. 'S ann ri Satan tha'n r^ite. 's iad g^Hleadh d'a mhiann r Cia mar dh'f heudas iad 6isdeachd le sp^is'ri guth Dhi« 7 Deir an Slanuighear priseil, beul hi "'Jf^- "'^^tS^bbeul "* "Cha do chreid sibh do bhri gur i 'n t hirinn tha m bheul. Cia mi-chiallach an reuson ! cia 6itich ! cm bar . Air an f hirinn a tb^igainn mar bbreugaibh nach bach . * Eoin viii. 45. 39 bir. 'Slad mo tbruaighe olann daoine, co baogfaalt, 's co dilr! Dol a thaobh mar tboid caoraicb air faondrath gu did i Mar tig feartan o'n aird thoirt doibb nS,tluir as Ar. €ha cbreid ueacb do shiiochd Adhaimh an Slanuigboar ciilin. Crcidimh naomh agus fior ann an losa mac Dhe, Dcir an Scriobtur gur tiolao o Dbia e gu leir. Bhcir a throcair *a a ghaol e gun aobhar no fa,tb, Do na trua^^banaibb baotb, tba fo dhaorsadb do'n bbls; A tbuirt bec> dboibb o'n bb^s, 's fradbaro slainteil d'an silil^ Cbutu 's gu *m. faic iad mar db't btlg iad an sL 1 'n air an oiil : Mar a bbrosnaicb iad Dia, le bbi fiaradb an gntltb, Obum an diteadb gu piantaibb nacb criocbnaicb gu br^th. 'S mar tba ml-cbrcidimb graineil air tlracb 'nan cridb^ Bbios a gbu^ deanamb tair air an t -Slanuigboar mbln : 'S cbum gu'm faic iad an f bkinn tba 'g inuseadb mu Gbriosd, Oacb ni rinn e, 's a ni e tboirt sith dboibb gun cbrioob : Mar a db 'uibricb e 'n f blrcantacbd pbriseil leis I'^in, lltDu am fuasgladb o'n dlteadh, le cinnto nacb g^ill : 'S mar a bbeir e dboibb griLscbum an gnilth dbcauamb seamlt, Gus am fils e co aiilidb 's gu'n t^r e gu ueamb. 'Nuair a gbeibb iad an leursainn ud^ ceutacb, noo-cblaon Hi e tui^seach 'us geur iad tbair reuson cbloinu daoin': Cbi iad cuspairean liunmbor tba dlombair do cb^cb; 'Sao'l neo-i baicsinneacb siorruidb, ro f bior, 'us ro hr(L Cbuireas pgail air an t-sao'l so, 's gaeb faoineis 'ua cbom, Kucbdas luaiitsacb mar gbaoith e, co autrom ri moll, Eiridb 'n iut na gta dail gu ro ard os a cheann, Db'ionnsuidU Pbarrais an gr^idb, 's gacb ni £Lluinn a tb'ann Kis o *s leur dboibb an sf{3igb, agus ^ifeacbd na sl^int, Cba 'n 'cil d6igh ac' bbi 'g eisdeacbd ri breugaibb an niimh: 'Si an f blrinn guu f boill a bbuir aoibbneas doibb gbn^ ; 'S bidb an inntinn 'ga faoidhneacbd a db'oidbcb, us a la, Funaidb 'n t-as-creidimh ! luimeil mar fbuigbleach a 1^ 'ir, Acb cba cblos doibb 'ga cbuibbleacb, 's 'ga cbiaoidbeadb gach tra. Cbuid a chuld gbeibb lad buaidb air, ge buan o, 's ge rag ; Oir bi'db gr^s 'gan atb-nuatbacb', cba dualacb dba atad. ! I h ' J U i:'-' ■if iil t I 1 * r- to ' I I Ml ;!i:i lliil 40 '& gasd an acuinn ri h-^igin, no denchainnibh crnaidb, Greidimh diongmhalta, treubhacfa^ nach g^ill ri h-an-uair. Aoh ni greim gn ro chruaidh air gach buaidh a ta'n Criosd^ Chum na feartan thoirt nuas, ni ar fuasgladh, 's ar dion. Cba 'n 'eil aon ni 'san t-saoghal co gaolach aig Dia, *Us cha'n f haodar as aogais le daoinibh a riar ; * Oir ri f irinnibh Dh6 cbuir e *shoula gu slJln, -f- 'Nuair ni 'n t-ascreidimh breug de gach sgeul thig o*n aird.J O'n tha'm peacach thaobh n^duir 'na n^mhaid da ghu^,^ 'S e an Triath le laimh h\idir a db'ilraicheas e : Bi'dh a ghairdean gu feartmhor a neartach' gach gniomh, Toirt a bhochduinn gu beartas, 's a* ceartuch* gach giomh ; A thoirt ilmhiachd le gradh do na aintibh gu l^ir, Gun dad uaill ach fein-£lieheadh bhi ghnsl anns gach ceum ; Oir ge dian bhios a mhiann gu bhi diadhaidh gach tlnii Chi e 'n lagh aig an Triath fada cian os a cheann. Creidimh fior bi'dh gnii shiiil aig ri ilrach' o'n aird Bheir e ort dol a dh'iirnaigh le diirachd gach trd, ; Urnaigh threun thdid a dh'urchair gu cuimseach gu neamb, 'S a gheibb ^isdeachd gu tulcbuisea6b, cunbhalach, roidh : Chuireas faobbar* us gleus ort gu h-eudmhor, 's gu bed, Chum do tboil bhi gu Idir arson Dht^, 'us a ghldir : /Si do cbr^dh 'n drnaigh mharbh bhios aig cealgair nan lAb, Urnaigh bhochd arson ainm, gun dad tairbh iunt no silgb. Fhad *8 a riaghlas an grtls ud thd 'n luthair do Dh6, Bi'dh do naombachd a fS,s, bi'dh do gh^irdeachas gleusd; Cha bhi smuaineach ad chridb nach bi dileas ul cncasd ; Bidh do mhiann ris gacb ni a bhios direach us ceart. Fhad 's a riaghlas an grSls ud tbu 'n lathair chloinn daoin, Cba bhi gniomh ni do lamb nach bi gradhacb, us caoin, Cba bhi focal 'n ad bheul nach bi reusontacb, ciuin, Ged a thacbradh riut beist bhios gun bbeusan, gun cbliil. Tba an grS,3 ud co ceutacn, *s co feumail gacb uair, Us naoh f heudar as eugmhais gu ^n eiricb leat buaidh. * Eabb. xi. 6. i 1 Eoin v: 10. t Eoin iii. 33. ^ gno a chreidimh. Bi *ga altrom gu deiinach, ri d' bhe6, 'us ri d' bhtls j Bithidh eith ague golas an cOmhDuidh *na \h 'ir. Bi ng rannsuch' an f haonil lo tlachd, *us lo miann, Do gaeh creidinheach is taice gach scachdain de'n bbliadhn, Lean gach aon mheadhon grtlis fad do liltban gun sglos, 'S thig do cbreidimb, 's do sblainto gu Rnachd gun ditb. DO'N NHICIIREIDMHEACH.* I. CHUID. "An ti nach creid, tba e air a dhitoadh cheana, Chionn nach do chreid o an ainm aonghin mic Dhe" !* "Do bhrigh gubheil mise 'g innsoadh na f irinn. Cha ^eil sibh ga m' cbreidsinn." 1 Cha do chreid thu do dhitcadh, Ged 's i 'n fhirinn a dhaor thu, Dh* ionnsuidh ifrinn na peine ; Us cha leur dhuit do bhaoghal. 2 Cha do chreid thu do chridhe Bhi sir thighinn, gu faoilidh, Air gach olc th'air a bhacadh, Leis an reachd tha ro naomh dhuinn. 8 Cha do chreid thu gur comadh Leat an comunn ro chaomhail, Th' aig na naoimh ris an Dia ac', 'S nach b' e 'm miann bhi as aogais. \ f ^ A£-creidmheacb. 42 J 1m'- I' •■ IS) ■ iM:'i:i '/ 4 Gur t*athair an diabhol; 'S ffu bheil a mhiannan leat aobhach : Gur fior namhaid do Dhia thu, Air dol cian uaith air faondratli. 5 Gu bheil thu 'n combnuidh 'na f bianais, No gur fiacb dhuit do shaothair, Dol a lubadh do ghliin da, Ann an urnaigh, no aoradh. 6 No, ma rinn thu an lubadh, Gu'n robh 'n durachd gle f haoiu ann ; Thaobh do chridhe bhi truaillidh, 'S gur CO luaineach ri gaoith o. 7 Cha do chreid thu gu'ra b' f hcarr dhuit, Bhi sir f has ann an naomhachd, Na bhi cumhachdach, saibhir, Le mor oighreachd san t-saoghal. 8 Chreid thu breugan an diabhoil (Fear bha riamh ga do shlaodadh, Chum a gharaidh gu dian leis,) Fad roimh f bianais 'n Fhir-shaoraidh. 9 Chreid thu 'n t-slighe bhi leathan, Bheir gu beatha nach caochail : Gur glo t harsainn an geata, 'S iad dol steach air nan sgaothaibh. 10 Chreid thu 'n t-slighe bhi aimhle'an, A bheir gu gaintir a' chaoinidh ; 43 Gu bhoil cachaileag theann air, 'S iad ro ghann tha 'ga faotainn. 11 \Sann air Dia chreid thu mi-sgeul ; E bhi direaeh reir d* aoigis,* E hhi toilicht' lo d' chleachdadh, *Us do d' j)lieacadh toirt aontadh. 12 Do do smuaintibh neo-gheamnaidh, 'TJs do d' sheanchnsaibh draosda. Do d' ad halt rami 8 grain eil, 'Us dod' mheairle gun aobhar. 13 Do do bheiimadh, 'b do d' chaineadh Air a' bhrathair bha caomh riut : Do do bharganaibh carach, 'Us tu moaliadh na dh' fhaod thu. 14 Gach aon ni bhiodh tu ceannach, Bin 'ga tharrainn ro shaor ort, 'Us gach neaeh ri 'n do reic thu, JNach bu deic leis a dhaoirid. 15 Eis gach droch rud a ni thu Cumaidh 'm mi-chreidimh 'aodan ; God b' guidheachan drabasd, Ged b' e sabaid no eaonnag. [16 Gheibh e leisgeul an comhnuidh Do d' giieocaireachd chraosach : * Sal. i. IS— 2U I 5 ^- i > S !| - ^*» *•-■« r'^rWH il ill ■>,'■. "Si' .hi I 'I 44 'S ni e dearbht thu nach misd thu Bhi ro thric air an daoraich. 11. CUID. 1 Ged is lionmhor na peacaidh Ta an cleachdadh chloinn daoine; Ged tha lochdan nach gann r.c', Cuid n'as antruim, 's n' as aotruim 2 God tha smuaintean ro dhiomhain, Agus gniomharan baoth ac*; Ged tha braid agus brcugan, 'S breth-air eigin gabh taobh ac': 3 Ged tha mirun'us soirbhe, 'S moran ceilg far nach saoilinn ; Ged tha ardan 'us farmad, Air an anmaibh toirt caoile : 4 Cha'n 'eil iad uilo co millteach, Eis a mhi-chreidimh bhaobhail ; Nach creid an f hirinn 'us leumail, Ach na breugan 'us claoine. 6 Nach creid focal thuirt Dia ruinn, Chum ar riaghladh, 's ar faolam ; Ged 's e creidimh 'n t-aon innoal, Ni o mhilleadh ar saoradh ; j?:^ii 45 6 'S a bhcir sealbh dhuinn sa bheannachd A chaidh cheannaoh' gu daor dhuinn; A choisinn Criosd duinn gun Boradh, 'JNuair a dhoirteadh fhuil chraobhach. 7 'S e 8ud pcacadh na dunacb, Cha'n 'cil duino tha saor uaith ; Fhad 's a ruigoas an fhirinn, Bidh cinnteach gu'n sgaoil o. 8 Ma's duin' thu 'n staid nadnir, Bidh tu ghnii leis ag aomadh ; 'S ged f huair thu a cuibhtoach, Leanaidh faighleach nach caol riut. 9 Air do shiiilibh thig sgleo leis, Bheir e ceo ort ni caoch thu : E CO scoltagu mealhidh, Kis an t-sionnach a saobhaidii 10 E CO leanmhuinneach, boadaidh, As nach teich o ri d' aois uait : 'S e do sgrios tha o miannaeli', 'S fad mun iarr o do chaomhnadh» 11 Seas, 'us seall air do chunnart, Gun f bios c'uin a gheibh 'n t-aog thu. Gabh ri Criosd anns an Ihaeal, Leig do thaic ris ^na aonar. [12 Cum an comhnuidh do shuil air, Bi gu dill ris air d' aonadh : 'i i; ' w gg wu - I ii S a tr i ' I II ' "A4.^.J iMiUm^a maaem ffiv jit! \ i. :i|li'»" ' 46 Gabh an Spiorad gun dail uaith, 'Ni e gras ovi a thaomadb. 13 Fhir tha creidsinn na f irinn, Dean am mi-chreidimh shaodach ; Na toir tamh dha, no fa^gaJi, Cuir air asdar do*n f hraoch o. 11 Oir ma gheibh e to chis tbii, Bidh tu 'd chinneig, 's ad dhaolaig Thig do mbisneacb gu fuaracb', 'S tbig do cbruadal gu maoladb. 15 Faibbaidb d* cud, 'us do cburam, 'S caillidb 'n duracbd am faobbar Bidh do sbith air a loon ad h, 'S thig do sbolas gu traoghadb 16 Creid an f hirinn gun teagamb, Bheir an creidimh an gaol leisj Ni c snasmhor do gbluasad, 'S bithidh buaidh agad daonnan. AN GEAR AN. '* Och is duine truagb mi ! co a sbaoras mi o chorp a' bbais so ?" Is doilich learn mar tha ml Ag siubhal le mo namhaid^ i I 47 Eas-umbal do na aintibh, 'S mo ghradh dhoibh co fann. 'S iomadh fear a bharr orm Tha siubhal reir a naduir; 'S e 'n lagh tba fulang tamailt, 'Us taire nacb gann. Eiamh o tbuiteam Adbaimb, 'So 'm poacadh 'n ni as fearr leinn, 'S mi-chneasd a thug sinn gradb dba, 'Ga tbalath gach am. Cha d'fbuair mi fiad mo laitbean, Dad bbuannacbd, no dad statb dbetb; Acb daonnan tarrainn sais orm, 'S 'g am charamb am fang. 'S e db'f bag gacb ni a leugb mi, Gacb searmoin riamb a db' eisd mi, 'S gacb guth a labhair beul rium Gun f beum dhomb, gun statb. 'S e mhilleas gcalladb Dhe orm, Nacb earb mi ris aob eutrom, 'S nacb cairicb mi rium fein e, Gu b-eifeacbdacb, slan. *S ann cbuir e mi an deislaimb, 'G am fbagail ro mbi gblousda, Gu h-obair uasal, eucbdacb, 'S gu treubbantas ard : Gu gleacbdadb ris an eucoir A bhios a*in* obridhe 'g eiridh, No cbithear ann am bheusaibb, Gu b-eiticb, \s gu grand. Mil W H :'■-{ »aG r«y>«^TW^ il^:i I') i,': i!- '' if- ' m m Ml 48 Nam bithinn tairis, dileas, Ag leantiiiDii ris an f hirinn, Bhiodh ise dhomh mar dhidean !Nach diobradh gu brath. Ged cbuireadh daoino sios mi Le casaidibh, 's le ditibb^ Gu'n togadh ise ris mi, 'Us dhirinn an aird. Cha toiileadh i gu dilinn Dad coiro dhomh no miothlachd, Tha ceangal ris an t-sith aic*, 'S is direuch a gnath : Ach 's nior an call, 's an dith dhomh, Gu bheil i trie air di-chuimhn, 'S nach eil a creidimh cinnteach A'm' inntinn ag tamh. Bha amaideaehd 'us goraich Ag leantuinn rium o m* oige, 'Us b* annsa leam gu mor lad Na 'n t-eolas as fearr. Nan deanainn leth na corach Cha chreidinn nach bu leoir e, 'S nach tearnadh sud fa-dheoidh mi, Gun doigh air ti'nn gearr. Go mor an t-aobhar solais Bhi 'n comunn Righ na gloire, 'S iad b' annsa loamsa orain, 'S bhi 'g 61 nan deoch slaint. Bu dallag mi nach soradh, Bhi cluich air bruaich na dorainn, t I u I'll' 49 An l)iabhol ga mo threoraeh' Gu seolta air laimh. Gu mor a' chreach, 's an diubhail, Mo chriJho bhi gun durachd, A ghabhail De nan dul domh, Mar Ughdar mo shlaint : 'S e tairgseadh dhomh 'na chumbnant; A neart a bhi mar chul domh, 'S a ghliocas ard gu m' stiuireadh, Le curam, 's le gradh. Tha druidheachd air mo shuilibh, 'Se 'n rud a ni mo chiuradh, D* an ruith mo mhian gu siubhlach, 'S mi lubadh 'na dhail. Mo shonas air mo churaobh, Mar anabas nach fiu leam ; 'Us m' anam an droch run da, 'Ga dhiultadh lo tair. 'S mi 'n duin' as truaigb' san t-saoghal, Fo chis aig m' eascar daobhaidh, Lan fuath do 'n bheath' as eaoine, 'S an gaol air a' bbas. Co sheallas rium a'm' dhaorsadli ? Co thiondas mi o chlaonadh ? Cha'n-aingil, no clann daoine, Och ! b'fhaoin iad sa' chas. Ach taing do'n Athair naomha, A dh'ullambaich an t-saorsadh^ m ill I: if i; ■38iM0Ca«BssaasaM 9'^ammmmm 'i\ m I 50 Lan tearnadb o gach baoghal, Trid aon-ghin a ghraidh. A Dhe ta iochdmhor, maoineach, Cia f bad a bbios mi caoinoadb ! O greas le d' cbabbaii* cbaomba, Is saor mi gun dail. iiiili lilli U 'Ml n nil III FIREANTACHD CHRIOSD. "Gu faigbear annsan mi gun m'fbireantacbd fein agam, a ta o*n lagb, acb an fbireantachd sill a ta tre cbreidimb Cbriosd, an f biretmtachd a ta o Dbia tro cbreidimb/' 'Si Fireantacbd losa Criosd mo Tbigbearn, 'An dion a bbitbeas gu feum, O m' pbcacannaibb, gniomh talionmbor, minio, 'S o'n t-siol a gbin iad gu leir ; Bbeir.sonas 'us solas mor do m'anam Nacb lean an an-sbocaii cbruaidb ; Sa cbumas rium docbas gloir nam ilaitbeas, Ei m' bbeo air talamb mo ebuairt. Bba mise mar ebaeh a'm' tbraill do'n donas Gun cbail do cbobbair an Triatb, Ag iarraidb mar m' ailleas satb na colla, Gun aird air cogadb ri m' mbiann : Ag siubbal mar gbaoitbean aotrom, falarab, Co faoin ri failens na breig ; Gun smuaineacb air aog, no eaoobiatb aitb- A dh'fhaodadb tJicbairt domb i(>in. [gliearr, 51 Linh, bh aitb- |[gheaiT. Gus an d' thaining an uair san d*f huair mi Bu chruaidh, ro gbuineach o*n reacbd, [buille, Dh'f baggaoir ann a'm'cbluais nacb dual dbomh A fuaim cbur buileacb a' m' bbeacbd. [tuille "Is mallaicbt gu bratb gacb garlacb dona, A dli'f bag neo-cboi'liont an lagb ; Tlia 'cbridbe 's a lamb gun tamb dba solar Gacb cradb, gacb gonadb, 's gacb dragb." 'N sin gbabb mi an ruaig le ruatbar cabbaig, Mo tbruaigb ! cba d' aitbnicb mi 'n ceum : Le cumhachd is buaidb mo tbruailPeacbd gbra- Cha d'f buair mi macb asam fein. [mail Bha m' earbsa ri feum o m' dbeircibb falaicb; llii eifeacbd aitbreacbais mbairbb ; [Gu'n deanainn gacb beud a tbreigsinii baileacb ; 'S -y as dein gu'n leanainn matb m' anm'. Acb b' anmbunn, 's bucbli an c-sitb atbogmi, (ha diteadb cogais am cbom : iha bagradb na firinn sior-dbol trombam; lug sgios is claoitboadb air m' f bonn. iha ra' earbs' is mo cbail sior f bas n' as fainne, db'f bailnoacb m* an am gu mor : [ha Criosd is a gbradb san tratb as m' aitbne, cba b' aill leam teannadb 'na cboir. Cba cbreidinn nacb deanainn fein mo cbab- lum reite cbosnadb ri Dia : [bair, »a cbreidinn gutb Dbe, 'g radb, 'Se do ID eis gu maitbeanas Cbriosd. [bbeatba i.- mUmmiS f r i'/^ i^K;! ^.' iiiJiti Ijii ! ! i f 52 'So shaoil mi gu slan gu'm b'fhearr dhomh 'Na dhail le gibhtibh a b'f hiu ; [tighinn Gii'n cosnainn le aiTaichd failt a chridhe, 'S 'na la'ir gu'm bithinn lo cliu. Cha'n fhac mi cor m' anma marbh fo'u No'n fheaig a bh' annam riDia. [mhallachd, Mi fein a bhi m' chealgair dealbhadh mealluidh Do m' earbsa tbana nach b'f hiach : No m' f liireantachd ,tein bhi breun, 's bhi 'S 'na steigh mhi-fhallain do m' shith; [salach Mo naomhachd gu leir bhi eitich, greannach, Gun f heum a ghianadh mo chri. Ach thug e ri h-uin domh suil a dh'fhaicinn. Mar dhruigh am peacadh 'n am gbne : Nach 'eil e 'n am dhubhlan lubadh tairis Hi run ro bheannuichte Dhe : Gun chreidimh d'a sgeul, mar bhreig dhonili Gun gheill d*a reachd, no d'a aithn } [fhacalj Gam ardachadh fein thar Dhe 'nam chleach- Gach ceum a' bacadh mo shlaint : [dadhj Mo nadur bhi aingidh, naimbdeil, fuileach, Mi-thaing na dunach bhi m' chri ; 'Us gniomhan mo laimh Ian aimhleis uile^ Mo chainnt gu cumant' gun bhri. Mo naimhdeas do ghras bhi araid dombain, O'n ardan doimhe tha m' chliabh ; 'S momhi-chreidimh; graineil, granda, loitheacij 'G am f hagaii coimheacb-ri Dia. ;Hii!i I! Mr; .I'l l;i 58 Ocli ! mhothaich mi f hearg mar gharbh f hras No dealgaibli tcine 'g am cbradh', [pheileir, Chaidli surdalachd m' anm' airlalbh le b-eagal, Chuidh m' ea.bs a loagail gu lar, Ach thionudath e smuainte truagh mo chridhe Mun cuairt, ('se sireadh mo ghauil,) "A dh'fbaicinn mo liiaidh, 's rud uainn 'nar Nach dual da rilhisd gu'n sgaoil." [ditbrs 'N sinthuigmi gu b-a^bhach gaolmocharaid, Fear saoraidh tairis nan daoi, A thainig do'n tsao'l o thaobh an Atbar Chum suorsa cheannach' dhoibh chaoi. Bha 'shiubbal tre ghabhadb, 's bas' ga ohosnadh, ^Ach b* ard a chomas, 's a throis, I'Us rabair e ri la gun tarah ag obair n ait a' i^bobuili bu lois : Oir tbug gu 'cul an umblachd seacbad tlia 'n cumbnant *g agairt gacb re, &nn aincamb,gun lub, do ebuin nacb tacbradb u'n duint orr flaitbea*>as De; Is dU'f bailing o 'm bas bu cbar dboibb f baigh- ^0 ian do nibaliacbdaibb gour; [inn |ir sheas e 'nan ait mar Hathan daingean, |u laidir diongalta, treun. iSud umblachd 'us bas as aillidb feartan, n'f hiig slan an Ceartas 's an Reacbd : juig Athair nan gras, 's do lamb an taic riu, ibidh fbailt lo tlachd ort, 's a dhreach.) 1 .;■! f y'\ ' !1 aHmmm^mmm M Mil of 1 I:: mn ii mm m I 1 Sud F ireantachd lo a Criosd an Urrais Einn dioladh bun ai teach, treun. Tha n Tigliearn Dia leath'riaraicht tuille, 'S cha'n iarr o dhuin' ach i fein. O'n thug 'na airgheas gairm dhomh gab- Us tairgse a faghail 'san uair, [ha'l, A dh'fhireanach'm' anm' gu dearbh, 's gu Gun airgead, agus gun luaeh. [deimhin. O 1 cionnas a dhiultainji lubadh ealamh, Le diirachd ainneamh 'na coir ! Ceud mhiann mo shul an dlus dhomh tarrainn Cur ur-bhith an nam le treoir. 'JN'uair thainig i' m' dhail le gradh, 's le crei- An tabhachd teagaisg na sith, [dimh Ghrad fhuaradh learn agh chuir sgath air 'Us nair air teagamh mo chridh. [m* eagal J !Nis tha mi air tir le cinnt 's le cothrom, Ge diblidh dona mi fein ; Tha m' Urras gun diobradh, chi mi 'chabhair, Gun dith mu choinncamh gaeh feum. Cha teirig a ghras an cas no'n eunnart, 'Se failteach, furanach, caoin : Cha*n eagal leam has, no cradh, no fulang, No namhaid guineach ehloinn daoin'. O! cionnas a dh'fhaodas gaol co barraicht Bhi faoin a'm' bharail gu brath ! Gaol cridhe m' f hir-saoraidh daonnan mar-rui 'N deis taomadh f hala gu lar ! d;9 Cia maiseach o fein, mac Dhe an Athar Cia ceutach gcalladh a gbraidh ! Cia sgiamhach gu leir a dhrouchda flathail ! 'S caoin-bheiima faillin a laimh ! \S ann agam tha 'n rouson geill, 'us iirram, 'Us eisdeachd ullamli thoirt da ! Mo chridho bhi gleusd, mo cheum bhi siubhal D'a reir mar 's urradli mi ghna ! bitbeadh mo cbeann gach am gun obadh Ei tionnsgnaibh thogas a ghloir; Mo chridbo le m' lairah gii teann ri obair A ceannsach tograidh na fool'. Dhe, tabbair dhomh comhnadh, doigb, 'us 'Smi' m' dheorneo-shuidhicbteghna: [uidheam, Gleidh m' anam o gho, 'so sgleo fad m' uidhe, 'S cum deo 'n am ghuidhe gu m' bh^s. OBAIR AN SPIORAID NAOIMH. " Shaor e sinn tro ionnlad na h-ath-ghin- mbinn, agus ath-nuathachadh an Spioraid naoimh." " Bheir bbur n-Athair neambaidh an Spiorad naomh dhoibhsan a db'iarras air d." Duisg a d' cbodal, a tbruagbain, ITha thu 'n cunnart, 's cba suail e, |Tha thu ciontach, 'us truaiilidh, haobb do ghne, 'us do ghluasaid ; tha an Ceartas 'gad ruagadh ^h' ionnsuidh ifrinn na truaigbe 56 f'i I ^'! fl mm !:(n ill III Htii|;il I Hi] Chum do chlaoidhoadh gu buan, 'us gu crai- Chum, &c. teach. Traill thu buileach do d' mbiannaibh,^ 'S tha iad doilich a riarach', Namhaid guineach do Dhia thu, 'Ai'ntean uile ro shiar leat, !Nair gu tur ort a diadhachd, Dh' fhag do thuigs' 'us do chiall thu, Chain thu mothachadb d'iarguinn, *& b*e 'm Chain, &c. [has o Tha thu foumnach air fuasgladh, Ged nach leur dhuit san uair e : 'S m5r am beud e nach gluaist' tbu Lei 8 na reusonaibb buadhach, A thug le h-eigin mhin, uasal lomad eucorach duaichnidh O'n cor breun gu ath-uuadhadh aluiirn. 0*n cor, &c. M' annsachd Spiorad na naomhachd, A thig o'n Athair, 's o'n Aonghin, 'Be is urrainn 'sa chaochlath, Spiorad cumhachd 'us gaoil e, Spiorad barraichte saor e, Spiorad carthannach, caoin o, 'Spiorad acuinneach, faolidh, gun ailloas. 'Spiorad, &c. Euig an t- Athair le h-urnaigb, 'S iarr an Spiorad le durachd ; r)T 'Se a dh' f hosglas do shiliilean, Chum '8 gu'n tuig thu d' eas-iimhlachd, Naimhdeas d' anma do 'n chumhnant, D' oibre marbha gun lii's annt, A cridho cealgach nan lub, 'us e graineil. A cbridhe, &c. Bheir an Spiorad duit Icursainn, Air d' fhein-f hireantachd bhreige, '8 air do mbi-cbreidimh eitich : Bheir e molbachadh ^our dhuit Air do choire, 's air d' cucoir, Chuireas tur thu gu h-eigin ; Chi thu d'uamhas duit fein, us do cbach thu. Chi, &c. Wi an Spiorad do sti^ireadh, . (Ge neo-mhothaichte ciiiin e,) ^S theid thu rannsacb' le durachd, 'S le mor ghrain de d' mhi-churam, Dli' fhios am iaighear Ceann-iiiil duit, A sheolas slighe as ur dhuit, 'So do mbiann a nis cul chur ri d' abhaisd. 'Se do, &c. Gheibh thu scalladh lo h-aoibhneas, A.ir mor mhaise na h-oighreachd, |A bheir an Slanuighear caoimhneil >o na peaeaieh as oillteil ni lo creidimh diu ghreim air, jed b'i ifrinn a thoill iad, Mi m E . I Milil mm i 58 'S thoia ihu, O thoir dhomh roinn ann ad ghras 'S their, &c. [dith. Ghoibh thu sealladh lo h-aitoas, Ann am f irinn an f hacail, Do Ftiear-saoraidh nam peacach, Lo 'chuid oifigibh taitneach, 'S their thu, "M' annsachd, 's mo thlachd ris, Nam biodh e agam a'm' ghlacaibh, Bhiodh mo shonas eo pailt as a b' aill leam." Bhiodh, &c. Theid thu direach 'na chomh'ail. 'S ni thu greira air gun 86radh. Le fior chreidimh, 's le dochas ; Tha thu rag, ach theid deoin leat, Tha thu lag, ach theid treoir leat, Oir is noartmhor d*f hear comhnaidh, Bidh Criosd 'us tu posd, 's cha sgar bas sibh. Bidh, &c. Cuiridh 'n Spiorad ud eifeachd Ann an orduighean De dhuit ; Anns an t-searmoin 'ga h-eisdeachd, Anns an f hocal 'ga leughadh, Ni e d'urnaigh ro eudmhor, Ni e'n t-suipeir dhuit ceutach : Ni e tarbhach gu leir iad ri'n gnathach. Ni,'^i&c. Bheir e leasachadh eolais, Creidirah, gaoil, agus broin duit, i 5i) Bheir o noartachadh d6chais, Tuille iomhais do sh61a8, 'Us de'n irioslachd bhoidheach : Blioir e gras do gach soors duit, 'Us ri h-uin bidb iad domhail, 'us laidir. 'Us, &o. Ni caeclilath air d' inn tin n, Bhoir gu reito, 's gu sith thu, Eis an lagh a thug Criosd duinn : Bidh uilo leat priscii, Bidh tu daonnan 'ga sgriobhadh, Air do chri(iho gu diloas, Chum 'a gu'n cloachd thu lo dieboall gach U o. Chum, &c. Bhoir an Spiorad gu boachdaidh, Air gach maoidhoadh 'us bagradh, A tha sgriobht anns an f hacal^^ 'Sa thig gu crich air luchd seaehrain B* iomain divoach o'n pheacadh, Chum gach innloachd a shoachnadh, Chuireadh sios thu fo smachdachadh Shatain. Chuiroadh, &c. 'S lionmhor goalladh ro luachrahor Th' aig an Spiorad gu d' f huasgladh, 'S gu d' lionadh le luathghair, 'Nuair bhios d' aghaidh ri cruadal r 'S thig iad h-ugad air uairibh, 'S thu air faobhar na bruaicho, Ji i % 00 Ged naeh deanar leat gluasad 'nan dailsan. Ged, &t re. Bi'dh gach cuis anns an f hreasdal, Air an stiuireadh ga deas leis ; Ma bhios tu saraicht, no seasgair, Ann an ailleas, no'n easbhuidh^ Ann an slain te, no*n easlaint, Bheir e ghna chum do leas iad, 'S bheir e sabhailte leis aig a' bhas thu. 'S bheir, &c. larr a chomhnadh 'sa chaonnaig, Oir ma ghleaehdas thu d'aonar, Bidh do bhuillean ro aotrom. Bheir do namh thu fo dhaorsa, 'S cuirear glun ann ad thaobh leis, Ph'fhagas bruit thu ri d' shaoghal, Mur bi'n Spiorad ro naomh ud riut baigheil. Mur, &c. Deanaidh 'n Spiorad duit seula Dh'fhagas 'aileadh gu reidh ort, (lombaigh bheannuicht do Dhe e, !Naomhachd, soilleir ri leughadh :) Dearbha glan gur leis fein thu, 'S gu 'm bi 'n oighreachd dhuit gleidhte : Bidh e dhuit mar an eeudna 'na earlas. Bidh, &c. 'Se 'm fior Cho'furtair mor e } Ged a chiosnaicht le bron thu, 61 An slochd iochdrach na doraiiin, Bheir e nioB thu le treoir as, Chum do lionadh lo solas Bhios doth-innseadh, Ian gloire ; Cha'n 'eil, crioch air a throcair, no ehairdeas. Ch.Vn 'eil, &c. Fhir tha creidsinn a Bhiobuill, On is triiaghan gun chli tlui, Taic ri Spiorad na firinn, Chaoi na fag e air dichuimhn, Earb do shliglie, 's do shith ris, Cum do shuil gus a chrich air^ Sar Cheann-iuil e nach dibir gu ibrath thu. Sar, &c. Bhri gu bheil e ro uasal, Bi air d'f haicill 'nad ghluasad, Buin gu failteacb, 's gu suairc ris Gun a chradbadh, no 'bbuaireadh, Oir is grain leis ni truaillidh : 'S ged nach fag e car uair thu, 'S mor do chall ma bhios gruaim air car trA I yoi" S'moi', &c. [riut. Amhlair ghraind tba 'gad iomairt Anns a cblabar 'gad mhilleadh, 'S tigh do Shatan do eh rid he, Tha thu 'd' namhaid do'n Spiorad; Pill gun dal, 's rach g*a shireadh, Na gabh aichoatb, no pilleadh, B'e do sblaint' e ged bhioradb o d'airnean. B'e do, &c. .1' "* ww*wilii »'yj Nw*"^ iiin i ".ii iill ^m (ft % hi ' n 02 Clia n'eil athair 'san t-saoghal A bheir tiolac d'a aon nihac, Leth CO eusgaidh, 's co faoilidh, 'S a bheir Athair nan saor ghibht Spioiad beannaicht na naombachtl Do*n ti dh'i arras gu caoin e, Chum 'athnuadhachadh daonnan le 'ghrasaibh Chuni; &c. A thi beannaicbte, ghloir-mboir, A th'air caithir na morachd, Tha siol Adhaimhco gorach 'S naeh 'eil miann ac' air d* eolas : Cuir do Spiorad gn'ii seoladb, Chum 's gu 'm pill iad gu deonacb, Dh' ionnsuidh slighe na corach, 's na slainte. Dh' ionnsuidh, &c. MOLADH GRAIS. ;i. »> ''Is leoir mo ;;br^s-sa dhuit. As do mboineis, o ni'anan, grad dhuisg, *Us le duraehd bi guiJheadh gaeh tra, Gu'm fosgail an t-Ard rigli do shiiil, Gu bbi faicinn cia dlii dhuit a gbras. On tha thu ad pheacach ro thruagh Air do thruailleadh o d'mhullach gu d' shall, On a thain' orfc am mallachd lo buaidh. Ga do bhualadh gun iochd lets a' bhas. 63 'S b'e sud am bas uamhasach, searbh, Naimhdeas garg anns an inn tin n ri Dia : Seachran aigne, 'us coimheachas an'ra, Ardan cridhe ro anbarrach dhian, Fuathroshonruicht do'n t-Slanuighear chaomh, Bhios ag aontachadh 'cheusadh gun daimh ; Agus tair air an Spiorad neo-bhaoth ; 'S air an obair ro chaoin tha 'na lairah. Tha an t-as-creidimh fuaiglit' ruit a ghna, 'Stric a bhrist thu na h-aintean gu leir ; Thaobb na tbug tbu do'n pheacadn do ghradb, 'Us do Shatan, ge dian e a'd' dbeigb : Do mhi-churam 'us d' aineolas dall. Do thiiigse ro mball, ach san olc; Do smuaintean tr'c null 'us a nail, Gun dad buannacbd, acb call a tboirt ort. • Acb ! 'ee mo chreach thair gach cuis, Thu bhi dur ann ad naimhdeas da ghras; Ged 'se gras tha 'gad leigheas gu dlu, 'S a gheibh 'i. cliu uait am flaitheas gu brath; B'e sud an gras iongantach, snairc, Gras as cumhachdaich buaidh agus feart, Gras ro shaor, 'us ro phailt, 'us ro bhuan, Gras ro uasal d' an dual a bhi ceart. Ciod ach gras rinn do thaghadh o thus ? (0 m'anam, grad umhlaich thu fein !) 'S a ghabh ortsa sarbheachd le doadh run, '^uair bu tusa an diu ameasg cheud ? 'I Esatt ^' (J <**. V { P i! m 64 Ciod ach gras thug an Slanuighoar nuas, Greis air cbuairt measg nan truaghan a bhos j A thoirt umlaehd 's a dh'lhulang gu eruaidh, Chum gu'm faigheadh tu suaimhneas, 'us fois ? Nach e gras thug an soisgeul do'ji tir, 'Us a mhin-ghuth gu d* chridhe a steach ; 'Nuair bba iomadach fine d' a dhith, 'Us na miltean 'ga oluinntin gun bheachd? 'Nuair bha thus aig an leoinhann fo 'mhaig 'S gun a h-aon teachd lo cabhair 'n ad dhail, 'S e gun dail dol gu d' roubadh gun truas ; Nach e gras rinn do thiorcadh 'ean uair ? Bha do pheacanna 'g eiridh 'nan earn, Mar na beanntaichibh ard os do cheann ; lad CO lionmhor ri gaineamh na traigh,J lii feur fasaich, no duilleach nan crann. Bha iad sud :nar na neuhiibh dubh, dorch, Bagradh doininn bhiodh borb ort o'n speur: Thai nig gras, thai nig ciuineas 'na lorg, Dh'fhalbh an stoirni, 's tha fianih ghair air a ghrein. 'Se a dh' f hireanaich thu o gach lochdj Bha thu bochd, 's rinn e oighr' dhiot air Tog do chridhe, an siubhail fo sprochd, Oir cha nochdar e chaoi dhuit ach fial. On a thug e air flaitheas duit coir, Cha diult e dhuit solas do d' chri, 'Us am feadh bhios tu gabhail an roid, Ni a spiorad do sheoladh gu min. Dia : G5 Cha sor e da naimhdean a chlaoidh', ^Us cha mhaoidh e ort costus gu d' riar ; Cha bhi sgios air 'gad bheannachadh chaoi, 'Us cha chuimhnich e lochd rinn thu riamh. Le bhi creidsinn, 's a eogadh gu dlu Le bhi 'g obair, 'us ag urnaigh gun sgur, Le bhi iulang gu foighidneach, ciiiin, Bheir gras chum do ruin tha gu tur. Oir tha acuinn 'san f hacal gu leoir, Thoirt do laigse gu trcoir, us gu neart ; lomadh gealladh ro phriscil 'us mhor, lomad aithne ro choir, 'us ro cheart, lomadh cuireadh ro thaitneach 'us gairni, lomadh tairgseadh an nasgaidh de*n t-slaint; lomadh bagradh, 's ged tha iad ro shearbh, Tha feumaii gu d' thearbath o d' namh. • Gad tha 'n seann duine fathasd 'n ad fheoil, ^Ufe 'n comhnuidh a tionnsgnadh do thruaigh : Ged chura e riul eogadh ri d'bheo, ^Se their gras riut, Is leoir mi gu buaidh. Ged tha thusa gun spionnadh, gun treoir, Agus deuchainnean nior ort mun cuairt, Agus d' eagal 'g radh, Caillidh tu'n deo; 'Se their gras ritit, Is leoir mi gu buaidh, Ged tha romhad trom obair, 's cruaidh spairn, ^Us do chomas neo bhraideach 'san uair; 'Na h-ob dol 'nan coinnimh gun sga, Oir their gras riut, Is leoir mi gu ouaidh. t •: Mi 66 M mil m :i' mi *B ged nach feudar leat toicheadh o 'n bhaS; Ach gu'n cairear do chorp anns an uaigh, Ka gabh fiamb, creid an gealladh gu slan A thug gras duit, Is leoir mi gu buaidh. 'Nuair a thig la a bhreitheanais mboir, 'S a theid ordugh a^ bhreitheimh am fad, A dhuBgadh 's a thional nan slogh Chum 's gu 'n seas iad am mod ud gu grad : Theid na h-aingidh a dhiteadh chum bais Bidh an siorruidheachd craiteach gu leoir ; Theid na h-ionracain dachaidh gu brath, 'S euiridh gras thu 'nan cuideachd chum gloir. Cha bhi duine 'sa chuideachd gu leir, Nach bi gleus air ag moladh a ghrais : Bidh Abraham 's Maois ann 1« cheiF, Agus Daniel, 's Joseph an aigh, Bidh seann Simeon, Peadar 'us Pol, Muire Magdalen, 's Eoin fear mo ghraidh. Bidh am meairleach f huair gras air a' cbrann 'Na ghaisgeach nach fann a measg chaich ; Bithidh milteann gun aireamh dhiubh ann, Agus moladh nach gann ac' air gras : Gras an Athar a shonruich dhoibh buaidh, Gras a' Mhic chaidh 's a chruadal gu seamh ; Gras an Spioraid a threoraich iad suas, Bh'ionnsuidh comuinn nan uaislean air neamh. m "II ill 67 Is e toradh an Spioraid gradh, aoibhneaSj sith, fad fhulangas, caomhalachd^ maifheas, creidiwhj macantas stuaim. Thoir an aire* O m* an am, f^u pjenr, Ciod am feum a tha 'n cleachdadh nan gras; 'Us nach ruig thii air uaisle io *n ghrein, Mar do ghluasad bhi reidh ris an aithn. Tha do nadiir gun riaghailt, gun chonn, Chain e'm fonn a chuir Dia air o thus : Trie air uideal mar ghluasad nan tonn, Glacadh sonais gun bhonn, *us gun shugh. Tha e 'n comhnuidh ag iarruidh do sgrios. Tuig an f hirinn so niae 'na thra, 'Us bi *g iarruidh an Spioraid gu liosd, Chum sgu'm fiosraich thu sonas nan gras. Gabh sar Eolas air briathraibh a bheil, Gabh r'a sgeula le Creidimh glan, iir, '^i an t-eolas duit solus do d' eheum, Bithidh 'n creidimh dhuit feumail mar shiiiL • Bithidh 'm fradharc ud sir dhol n' as fearr, Gus an ruigear leis airde an 16 j Bithidh 'm fradharc ud leasachadh ghna, Gus an dealraich thu shuns ann an gloir K\ an creidimh dhuit casan chum trial!, Agus sgiathan chum itealaieh ard. 'Se nn lamh ghabhas tairgseadh de Chriosd, 'Us an sgiath ni do dhioi o do namh. I .'n ^1 % V 1 f: I i l! I :\ m 08 il ;i II' III if ilii: Li If m hi Ilii' Bheir an creidimh dhuit buaidh air an t-sao'l. 'S air na l»-uile i)i faoin tha 'iia gblaic ; Oir tiia neart aig nach lour do oh loin n daoin, 'So an Ti"ian:.id ro naomh a cliul-taic. Bithi ill ghnatl) aig a' chreidinih 'na choir IJeadh ehoisridh do ghrasaibh iiaeh crion ; lis fein ac' 'na oide ro chorr, Cliiim an sooladh, 's an greasad gu gniomb. Bithidh 'n connhnuidh ag siuhhal 'na chois An t-Aithreachas soisgeukich, thi, ]Naeb gabh suaimbncas am pcacadb, no fois, Acb ag osnaieh le bron, 'us lo gradh. Bron mu d'chionta, 'b mu d' tbruaigbe mun seach, Bron mu d' pheacannaibh gin agus gniomb ; Bron mu d' dhiobradb airfirinn an reacbd, 'Us mil d' sbeacbran cian fada o Cbriosd. Gradb do'n Athair thuggradh dhuito cbian, Gradh d'on Mbac thug gradb dhuit chum bais, Gradb do'n Spiorad chuir gradb ann ad cbliabh. \Sa iii combnadb gacb ial ris chum fais. Gradb d'a sbluagb, ub d'am bousaidbro cbeart. Gradb bhios seamb ris gacb duine mun cuairt,, Acb gu sonruicbt ri truagban air for : Gr^db bhios treibbireach, baighcil Ian truais, 'Us d* an dual a bbi caomb ris gacb cor. 69 Leis a' ghMdli tlii^ an t-Aoihi.^. Sue. an taoibh„L"„i S. ^^Hr '«'^'- Auair bhios c 'aire 'c w^ i , ' mhor, "' ' ''^ S'^«»i- leanmhuinn ro 'Jfuair bhios d' amhffhar 's r]r» .i, • , . pailt, ^ '"^ ^ ^0 thrioblaidean Bheir an t-aoibbncas an sgait asda corr aS lfhi;;^l*« ""» thair na h-„a^h, Togaidh n'%ZsV S'^^ "''"•* «^^' ,1'hig'nan cuideacbd fud i aVlf h*^ S'^'''- r euairt '"'""='^Sachtaobh'dhdtm„„ h_^'-Ieaohadhs£.7„r;.S. * ! ■|M. * 70 ii'M si 11 Chi thu aobhar air Irioslachd cri, Oir bu diblidh do chor, raur bhiodh gras. ^ Chi thu aobhar air Taingealachd mhor, Nach 'eil thu fo dhorainn 'san t-slochd ; '8 on a fhuair thu an gealladh 'nai dhorn, Ged bhiodh bron ort car taniuil fo sprochd. 'S feaird thu Faighidinn mhaireannach, bhuan; J Oir cha dual duit o thriobloid bhi saor Agus theagamh gu*n ceanglar a' chual Air do ghuailnibh gach latha ri d' shao'l. 'Us cha mhisd thu bhi Caithris* gach uair, (Gun dichuimh air Stuaim, no air Eud,) Gabhail beachd air gach bealach mu'n cuairt, Gu do ghleidheadh o bhuaireadh, 'a o bheud. Gheibh thu spionnadh; 'us Misneach o'n Uan, 'S bidh do Chruadai neo-mheat anns an stri : 'Na gabh aomadh le gealtachd car uair, Oir thig buaidh leat tre'n Cheannard nach di. Tha do naimhdean ro lionmhor, 's ro dhoirbb,| Mile diabhol gle choirbt', 'us gle dhan, D'f heoil, *s do mhiannan ro dhian, 'us ro bhoAj 'Us an saoghal le colg, no le gair; A' toirt ionnsuidh, gach latha gun sgios, Air do tharruinn a dhiobradh do shlaint' Le bhi dearmad a' chrcidimh 'm bheil cli, 'Us a bhri tha 'na umlachd do'n aithn : • r ^Fairo. K-'^'.- C'A 71 each. Gas an lean tbu an cleachdadh th' aig cac Bhi 'g ad iinairt 'sa chlabar mar mhuic ; Chor 's giVm bi thu 'nan cuidoacbd gu brath, Air do chradhadh am meadbon an t-sluicbd. Ach gabh b-ugad uiV armachd an Triatb, Clcachd na grasan ro bbriagb ud gu treun ; Chii tig buaidb dbuit a taise no iiamb, Ann an cogadb ro dkian nan cruaidb-bboum. Lean gu diiracbdaeb, duingoan an spairn, Oliii'n'cil lasacbadh 'n dan duit san fbooil; Ach gidboadh bidb do spionnadb sir-fbas, *S caithear cailcachd do naimhdean mar cheo. Ni na grasan ud snasmbor do bbeus, \S iad a ghleusas do cbridhe air cboir : Bheir iad flaitbeanas nuas duit lo'n gbrein, Gus an teid thu gu siorruidb chum gloir. >i V-' CEISDEAN SOISGETJLACH, NO Oriosd na h-uile anns na h-uile. O BHEURLA RALPH ERSCINN, |C. Oiod an t-eot^s, f hir-beatbaebaidb 'n treii^, Bbeir dhomh^l^Onas nacb treig mi gu bratbf ' IF. flolas creidimb air losa mac Dbe, '8 e a threagnis do d' fheum anns gacb cas. J. Cbaill am peacadb dbomb Dia, 's gacb ni maitb, (-'ait am faigb jui dbomb fein iad a ris? • I) ' J r -■■ 72 I Hi '! I 1 III p. Ann an Criosd, on tha 'n 8piorad toirt brth, 'S an sgeul Ait a tha 'n soisgeul na sith. C. Cionnas idir bbios Dia 'us mi reidk, Oir is eitich mo pheaeadh 'na la'ir ? F, Ann an Criosd, Jar an taisbean o fcin A dheadh-ghean gu leir dbnit, 's a gbras. C. C ait am taigh mi deagh fhcalladb 'us roinn D*a chuid grasan, 's d' an aoibhneas ro mbor ? F. Ann an losa a riochd, agus 'oighr*, Anns an soillsich gu dealrach a gbloir. C. C ait an ian*, 'us am faigh mi na Icoir De gach ionmhas a cbomhnas ri ni' shlainte ? P. Ann an Criosd gheibh tbu pailtcas ro mhor, Oir tha esan an comhnuidh gle Ian f C. C ait an teich mi o'n chorruicb ro gheur A tha tuitoam gu leir air mo cbeann ? P. Dh'ionnsuidh Chriosd neach a ghiiiiain leis fein Corruich uamhasach Dhe air a chrann. C. Cia mar stiiirear mo chcumaivna suas 'Us mi buailteach do sheaehrarj a ghna ? P. Is e Criosd an t-sUrjh' choisrigte nuadh Anns an gluais tbu gu dircach an aird. C. C'ait am faigh mi air flaitheanas coir, 'S air an t-solas gun cbrich a lb' air neamh ? P. Ann an losa an Slanuiglicar mor, 'Se lehobha ar flreantachd e.J *Eabb, i. 3. f Eoin. i. 14, 16. + Ealil> x. 20. b, 01 nn Uov? ^inte ? uihov, in le*H la? r *>0 C. Cia mar nitheur mis' iomehiiirlh air gl6ir, 'S mi CO Tioo-gltin am shiubliai, 's am gliDiomh ? F. Ni luil losu tlni cionalt g^n k'oir, !Ni a Spiorad tlui ))6i(.ll»eacli gun ghiomh.. C. Cia mar leuntivS mi 'n t-sligho gu ceann, \S mi CO farm, 'uh co anmiiunn diom foin ? F. Bi tin (ill losa na neari duit gaeh am,* 'S cha bhi 'cliobhair dluiit fann ann ad fheum. C. Cia mar cblaoidhcar mo naimbdo miin cuairt, Daoin' 'us dcamhain 'gam bbuairoadh gun sgur ? F. Tro Cbriosd bhoir tbii tuilleadh *us buaidh f Chuire 'n ruaig air na naimbdibh gu tur. C Bidh mo cbogais *gam dbiteadh, 's gam cUradh ; Cia mar cbiiirear a cnambadb air cbul ? F. Nocbdaidb Criosd duit a mbaitbeanas slan, Cbi tbu failt, agus gean air a gbnuis. C. Cia mar ruigoas orm trocair gu bratb, 'S lion-mbor, graineil mo pbeaeanna fein ? F. Srutbaidb trocair troimb Cbriosd ort a mba'n 'S pailto gras na do lochdan gu leir. C. Acb nacb eiricb an Ceartas le coir Eadar trocair 'us mise am feasd ? F. Fbuair an Coartas o Tosa na Icoir, Arson d'f biachan, 's bu mboriad gun cbeisd. * Jer. xxiii. 6. f Isa. xlv. 24. t Roni. viii, 3T. i i 74 ill IP C. C'ait am faicear loam maitheanas fial Teachd o Dhia dh'ionnsuidh m'anma gun dail ? r. Chi thu sud ann an geallannaibh Chriosd, Am fuil los' a rinn reite le bhus. C. C'ait faigh mi na geallanna fein, 'Nan cultaic ann am f heum, 's nan cuis earbs ? F. Ann an Criosd tha iad uile gu leir. 'Nan Seadh '5 ^nanAmen; daingeau, dearbht.* C. Agus c'ait am bheil Criosd : Ochon ! C'ait, Lo chuid gaallannaibh grasrahor gu leir ! F. Gheibhar Criosd anns na geallannaibh ghna, Chi do chreidimh e la'ir annt' gun bhreig. C. Criosd sa ghealladh! 's an gealladh jan Criosd! Cia mar chi mi gur fior sud le eheil ? F. Lcis an Spiorad bhi caramh fuil losV 'Us a gheallanna lion-mhor riut fein. tx C. Ciod an dion, 'us an tioreadh f as fcarr Dhonih o bhaffraidh neo-bliaiiijheil an reachd? F. Sealladh ereidimh de'n umhlachd chum bais, A thug losa an Slanuighear seach C. Innis CO bheir an ereidimh sin domhs, 'S mi gun treoir leisan cuir mi e 'n gniomh ? F. Cum.r*;dh losa riut ereidimh ri d* bheo, 'So a Cheannard o thus gu8 a' chrioeh.J ■■f *2Cor. i. 20. ' ftioncadb. t iiJa^b xii. 2. C. 75 n s? t* ait, ina, omb ? C. Cchon ! c nin a gheibh 'n t-ascreidmheach Tiolac measail a' cbreidimh o Chriosd ? [mia*, F. 'Nuair a leigeas e d* ascreidimb ris, 'Us tu fiosracbadh fhoeail 'n ad sgios. C. Bitbidh 'n t-'aithreacbas feumail gacb la, Cia mar gbeibb mise cail da co biian ? F. Gheibb o Cbiiosd, cbaidb mar cbeannard an aird Gus an gvas sin ihoirt seacbad do'n t-sluagb.* C. Am faigb amhlar, co tvuaillidh, 's co baotb, Glanadb eridhe, 'us naomhacbd tjcnn sgleo. F. Gbeibb; ni Crio.sd, auit 'na LigMcb 'bbeir barr, ; .. Cbuid a cbuid ort tin caocblatb sin fos. C. Cia mra* ni mi na b-oibre iiu deaf*^ ; Tba mar dbleasdanas orm leis ai^'reacbd? •, F. Biihidh Criosd annad 'g oihreachl^ trcis Toil 'us gniomh gu do leas chiir an^cleacbd.t l".- C. Cia mar dh'f beiidar mo leighoa$ scu bratb, 'Us mi gabirach, graineil, ro bbruit? F. Bitbidh Crioj^d duit na Liginch' 'bbeir barr, 'Se an Tighearn a sklanuicheas thu.\ C. Seol mi cionnas a dh'iarras mi'igbniiis, ' 'Us mo cbridhe 's mo dhurMchd co marbb : F. Doirlidb Criosd ort an SpioracJ gu dlii, Gu do sbcohidb ebiim iirningh'gun chealg.§ * Oriiom. v. SI. t Phil. ii. 13. tjEcsod. xv. 26 i^ Sech, xii. 10. ■■ ..'*' €. 'S an-mhor ard m' obair slai it' tharum fein, Clod Tii mis 's mi ;]jun f heum \w pjiin sta ? F. Sabbaidli Criosd diot uaeh eallach gu leir; 'S esan Alpha 's Omega na slaint'.''' C. C'ait am faigh mi deadh bbuuchar do m' euros', Chum nach eirich i ealm agus meallt ? F. Ann an Criosd a' clach hhuinn a tlia dearbht^ Bis an coir dhuit bhi leanmhuinn gu teann.f C. Cia mar ebeibh mi an sal chuir air falbh, '^uair a thuiteas mi 'n salchar ro^hrand ? F. 'S tobar glanaidh fuil Chriosd Ic mor thairbh, Pailte, reidh dhuit gach aimsir, 's gach tra. C. Creachan ! ciod ma thig plaighean ro mhor, ■ Ma thig bron, agus eagal 'us aire ? F. Tha sar iocshlaint aig Criosd do gach leon, Agus buideal gu d' dheoir chur an taisg. C. 'S mis am peacach a's caillte 'san t-sao'l, Cia mar dh'thaodar mo thiorcadh o thruaighy F. On is Shlnuighear Criosd nach 'eil baoth;, Bhoir e saorsa gu h-iomlanachd uaith.J C. Tha mo jrheilt roimh thein' ifrinn ro mhor, Am blieil docbas gu-saorar mi uaith ? J * Taisb. i. 8. 'Siad Alpha acrus Onidga ceud litir agus litir dbeirionnach aibdeal na Grelgis, agus an uair a bheirear iad mar ainm do Chriosd, tha iad ag cialluchadb, ni h-d amhain gur e an ceud neach agus an neach deirionoauh, acb mar an eeudna ^ur o Tiis agus Crioch na slainte. t Lea. xxviii. 19. ± Eabb. vii. 25. 77 F. Bithidh Criosd duit 'na f hasgath fadl^eoidh, O gach dorainn, 's o'n chorruich tha buan. C. Cha bheag m' eagal, as m* uatnhunn roimh 'n bhas, Cia mar theid mi le danachd 'na choir : F. Thugadh 'n galh as le losa *na ghradh, 'Nuair a dh^eiig e 'nad aite le deoin. C. Cia mar f hrcagaireas Criosd anns gach cas, Gach cor, 'us gach sas a thig oirn ? F. 'Se is UiV anns na h-uile de'n t-slaint, \Se lehobha Ian grais agus gloir.* C. Cia mar dh'f heudas e'n comhmiidh bhi la'ir, A thoirt slainV agus teasairginn duinn ? F. On is fagiis ainm gloirmhor a ghna, Jh nnuely Dia maille ruinn.'\' C. 'Us an co'lion e dhomhsa an t-slaint' Gun dad fhagail an taicc rinm fein ?• P. (^ha dean thiisa as 'cngmhais-san sta, Tha do chili 1, 'us do chomas mi-ghleusd. C. Ach nach fenrl mi bhi rinrach* mo mhiann, Ma ni Criosd domli an obair ^\\ slan ? F. 8irriosaidh Criosd iad an ifrinn gn cian* IMiios ag iarniidh nil-bfjnil thoirt a 'ghras. C Cia mar mhcudaicheas m'eolris le gaol Air an t-Sh'inuiiihoar chaoin fad mo re? F- Meas an coimeas ris saibhroas an t-sao^il, Bhi mar challdach, no aolach gun Iheum.t M « Col. iii. 14. '- Af»tt. i. 25. t IMiil. iii. S. 78 i'l' GKAHDHDHE. I. CHUID. " Is gradh Dia" Saor ghradh an Triaih do na peacaieh iargult, Air fc-eachran cian 'se mo mhiann a shcinn ; Is mo na miorbhuil gu'n cluinnte riamh dad' Ach bagradh fiadbaich 'na bhriatbar leinn. Ki sgeul air gaol leis an Athair naomha, Do'n chinneadb dhaonna gu caonihail, dlii, Do chum an saoradh, le maise naomhachd, Cia 'm fear nach saoileadh gu 'm b'f haoin bhi 'nvaiiil. On tha^Omhaigb Shatain, gu eoilleir, graineil Air iarmad AdbainfB;, 'nan gnatb gu leir ; Tba teist gach la oi?*', nach feudar aicheath, Gu bh^l. an nadur* 's an nambaid reidh. Gidheaah tha'n fl^irinn toirt fianais ehinntoack Air gi^-tlh ro d hi leas an Ti as aird, Do pheacaich bhaotha a' chnneadh dhaonna, Tha duaichnidh, i daobhaidb, 's nan aobhar ghrain : Is gradh neochriochnaeh, is gradh nach crion e, Ach mar an t-siorruidheachd dhiomhair, and. Gradh ard mar^ neamh ey^ gradh's doimhno freumh c, :; Gradh fada reidii c, '8a lefid toirt ban*. 79 Ceud mheas a' ghraidh ud ann innlcacbil aluinn , Gu daoin' a shlanuch* le bas mhic Dhe. Sud innleachd nasal chum gloir a bhuaidhean A thogail suas thair air smtain gu leir, Chaidh glbir a cheartais a dheanamh beartach; Le iobairt ghasda nam feartan fior : Chaidh gl0ir an i hirinn a dteanamh cinn teach, Toirt bagr' an ditidh gu crioeh air Criosd : Chaidh gjoir a ghraidh a dheanamh soilleir, dealrach Cur a Mhic gu bas ann an ait nan daoi : 'S bha gloir gun traoghadh d'a throcair • chaomha, Toirt thruaghan saor o bhi caoincadh chaoi. Chaidh gloir a tiabmhachd a dheanamh maom- eaeh, A glanadh dhaoin'le fuil chaoin an Uam : A* toirt air fiilbh. uath gach uile shalchar, A chuir mi-dhealbh air an anmaibh truagh. Chaidh gloir a ghrasan a noehdadh aluinn, Toirt seaeh a shlaint', ^us a ghraidh gu saor: 'S b'e ^loir a ghliocais, gu doigheil, riochdail Gach buaidh 'nam measg bhi gun bhristeadh claon. \Si sud an innleachd mu'ni biuil e *g inn8ea4b 'Na leabhar priseil a s^criobh e dliuinn : (Jo h-iomadh lirian a tha sa' Bhiobull, S e 'n gradh ud cinn teach am bri 's an Huim, 80 U'W Im 'S b'e*n gradh do rireadh thug dhuinne sgriobhadh 'S am bhcil gach firinn a binn ri luadb, B' e'n gnidh a* dh'orduich gachcoum/usdoigh, gus, Na peacaich rahor thoirt gu gloir an Uain. Tha comhar fior air, gu'n chuir e Io8a An staid ro iosal 'gur dion o bheud ; 'S a nuchdadh saimpleir ro mhaiseach, dhaim- hcil. Do ghraisg mhi-thaingcil, 'nan cainnt 's 'nam beiis } Gu 'n stiuireadh dircach air ceuni na Tirinn, Gu sonas einn teach an tir na gloir; Ged 's e a thoill iad, a la 's a dh' oidhche, Mirifrionn oillteil, 's an-aoibhinn mhor. IT. CUID. An t-aon Mhac graidh ud, 's an robh a nadur, A bha CO ard ris, 's co aillidh, naomh ; Bha 'uile mhiann lois, 'na run ro fhialaidh Mu pheacaich iarguinneach, cliianail, bhaoth. Mun d'rinn e'n saoghal bu phailt a sma')intean Mu chlann nan daoin' a thoirt saor am feasd. Go b'ard an gloir e bha miann ro mhor aig' Air teachd a chomhnuidh 'san fheoil 'nam nieasg. 'S ged bha e faicinn na Icoir gu 'bhacadh Gach aohhar acain a thachradh ris, ftl IV, Cha d* rinn e caochlath, cha d' mhuth e 'ghaol, doibh Ach sheas e daonnan, gun aomadh leis. 'S 'niuiir tliain' an nine, a reir an ruin ud, Tluig e Ic durachd an umhlachd uaith, A ch^isinn failte an Ti as aird' doibh, ^S a bheir gu ait iad ^na aros stiuas. Bna peacadli chaich air, 'us rue am bas air, Le mallaehd araidh gu craitcach, geur; Oil dh'agair Dia e. arson nam tiachan, On ghcall. e'n dioladh gun ghiomh o chein. Be'n sealladh aluinn, bhi faicinn Bathain Toirt goill chum bais, ann an ait an t-sluaigli, B' e'n comhar graidh o naeh cualas aiehoatli, 'S cha teid a shamhuil gu brath a luadh. Bha cleachdadh losa gu h-uasal, iosal, Bha bhearta miorbhuileach lionmhor, trie ; Cha robh e diomhanach, 's trio bha sgios air, Gu h-ocrach, iotmhor, ri gniomhuibh seirc. Bu lionmhor euslaint, galar eitich Da'n robh mar leigh e, gun eis, gun chosd : Thug guth a bheil-sa do'n dall a leursainn, ^S do'n bhodhar eisdeachad r'a sgeul lo tosd. Thug cumhachd 'Ihacail a lus do'n bhacach, \S do mhiltibh acraeh Ian phailtcas bidh ; Cxhrad chuir e seanchas an teanga bhalbhain, 'Us chual na mairbh e 'gan gairm a nios. Bha 'cheupi an comhnuidh a dheanamh trocair Air muinntir leointe, 's air deoraibh bochd: i 'M r &i S' cha d'f huair a namhaid ach goan 'us gradli naith. Am fad 's a bha o 's an f luisach bhos. t * ' ■ . i . 'S a nis ge b-ard e, cba dean e tair orr', i Tha cbri co gradhach 's a bha e riamh : ; Tba chiiireadh fbaoilidh, 's an t-soisgeul cba- omhail, Aig cloinn nan daoine, gu saor, gach ial : Chum teachd 'na dhail-san, gu ciontach, i graineil, On gheibh iad failt air, le cairdeas dlfi ; 'S on bheir e fuasgladh, a mhaireas buan doibh, U na b-uile bruaidlein chuirgruaim 'nan gnuis. \ III. CHUID. Cha lugha 'n gaol thug an Spiorad Naomh dhoibh, No'n t-Athair caomh, agus Aon-mbae graidh : Tha 'earrann fein aig' de'n obair cheutaicb, 'Se corr air gleifsdachd's air treine hiinib. Bbeir e gu crich i a dh' aindooin innleachd An namhad inich, 's a dicbill threin; 'S a dh' aindeoin miruin an naduir mhiltich, A chogas direaci» ri lirinn De. Bidh 'shaigbcad saite, le focal tiraidb, 'S an cri bha slan bitbidh craitoach, bruit; Ach 's ann gu* ruagadh a, dh'f ! aigbinn fuas- /^laidh, 0*n Cboannard bhuadbaeh, a's uaislo eliu. 83 ^N sin thig e chomhnuidh 'sa chridho bhronach. 'Us bheir e comhlath ris solas buan. 'Se 'n chridho mealltach os ceann gacb samh- ladh, 'So 'a cridho teann, mar an geamhradh fuar : 'Se 'n cridhe gruamach, 's e'n cridhe uaibbreach, 'Se 'n cridiio truaillidh, ta uamhurr, breun : 'Se »n cridhe fiar, anns a bheil an diabhol, 'So 'n cridhe fiata, gun rian, gun ghleus : 'So 'n cridhe 'n seomar, 's am bi a chomhnuidh, Aig Spiorad oirdheirc an eolais aird ; • Air teachd dha nuas leis an t-soisgeul uasal, Gu duine truagh dheanamh nuadh le gras. B'i*n obairaluinn an cridhe grand ud A dheanamh ailiidli, le gradh do Dhia ; An cridhe suarach a dheanamh uasal, An cridho cruaidh* dheanamh truacant, fial : An cridhe diabhlaidh a dheanamh diadhaidh, 'S an cridhe fiat' dheanamh tiorail, bla ; 'S gach gras o neamh chur a ghabhail freirah ann 'S a dh'fhas gu seamh ann, 's gu gnethail, tla. Ni fas nan gias ud an gluasad aluinn, Gun uaill tjfiar ohach, ach 'gan aicheath fein : Gun bhreug, gun chulchaint, air neach 'san duthaich, Ach pailt an urnaigh, 's an siiil 'na deigh. Bithidh 'n gaol, 's an gradh do gach uile nabuidh, 'S iad beusach, narach, gun ardan cruaidh : 84 Gun fhoill, gun f hoirnoart air duine beo ac', Ach smior na corach, gun sgleo, gun chluain. 0*8 dream gun tur iad, ni'n Spiorad iul doibh, Bidh 'chobhair dlu, 's iad gun ius, gun taic : An aimsir duldaich, 's am freasdal dudhorch .Ni e an stiuiroadli le curam ceart. 'Us ni e'n altrum, a reir an laigse Tha gliocas pailt aig' 'us faicill chaomh : 'S 'nuair thig am bas orr', cha dean e'm fagail, Ach bheir e*n aird iad gu' aros naomh. O m' anam beachdaich air meud do pheacaidh, An aghaidh 'n reachd ud tha dreachmhor, grinn : 'S air meud a chaoimhneis bha Dia ag roinn ort, 'S thu d'uilbheist oillteill, a thoill bhi millt\ Biodh naire gnuis ort, thoir iomadh cliu dha, Bi 'gearbs' a churam, 's cuir duil 'na ghradh ; 'Se d'ait bhi diibladh do ghraidh, 's do dhu- rachd, Gu h-aithghearr crunaidh se thu gu brath. AM BAS. I. CHUID. " Tafhios agam gu'n toir thu mi gu bas. Sud an righ bhios an uachdar Air gach iosal us uasal ; lU- 85 Cha teid saoi ris a thuasaid Dlieth nach buannaich e cuis. '8e bhi rnilleadh tha 'n dan da, }5hcirear sgrios air gach al Icis, \S iomadh baile tha fas lois, iointid aros gun 8inuid. An cogadli lailtoach nan righcarn, 'S an teid na ceudan 's na railtean, A ghrad chasgradh gu mill teach Ta 'tboil-inntinn 's a run. Tein', 'us critheanna talmhain Gort, 'us plaighean ro ghairbhsneach, 'Us gach galar a's marohtaich, A chilis earbs'j 'us a dhuil. Cha robh gaisgeach mor, ainmeil, High, no Sennahiir armailt, A.nns na linntibh a dh'fhalbh iiainn, Nach d'fhairich calmachd a liiis, Thug e sgriob air na faidhibh, Air na h-aobstolaibh gradhach, 'S air na creidnihich bu daicheil, A lean an an aithne o thus. Thug e beum do'n Fhear-shaoraidh, Sud am beum a bha daor dha, A chain dha moran d'a dhaoinibh, '8 iad, 'nam faobh aig' fo ghliin. .Ged chaidh losa do'n uaigh leis, B' ann thoirt sgrios agus buaidh air, 'S thig na creidhmich an u;ichdar, A dh'aindcoin cruadhas a dhuirn. it.'H II i. ;rr IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 ^^ tii £? 1^ 12.0 u 1.1 ^ ^ V Photographic .Sciences CarporatiQn 23 WBT MAIN STRUT WiiSTiR,N.Y. 14SM (716)t72.4S03 ^% r ^ 86 Ged nach b'aobhach leat riamh o, Thig an t-aog ann ad fhianais : Cha bhi 'aoigeas ro sgiarahacb, Allaidh, fiadhaich a gbniiis. '^uair a bboaiias a lamb riut ; Bidh do cbridbo gun bblas ann, Cba cbuirear cas air an hir leat, Bidb do ghairdean gun lus Bheir o sgrios air do cbeudfaitb, Sbeir e 'cbainnt tb'ann ad bbeul as, •J do cbluaiB bheir o 'n eisdeacbd, 'Us an leursainn o d' sbuil. Ood bu tu'm fear a b' aluinn, / i^iinig riamh de shliochd Adhaimh, Isi 'n eabhaig cuis gbrain diot, Mur teid do charamh fo'n iiir, Sgeul a's cruaidhe r*a eisdeacbd, Gur e 'm peacadh 's gatb geur dha, Lo neart an lagba gu d' leireadh, Chaoi an deigh dhuit dol null : Mur glac aitbreachas tra tbu. De eboirbteachd dhona do naduir, '8 mur glanar d'anam gu grasmhor, Leis an t-Slanuighear chiuin. Thig am bas ort mar shealgair, 'S tbu gorach ag earbs' as, Bheir e leum ort an anomoich, 'S trie e sealg oirn a cuil. * Seall air cleacbdadh cloinn daoine, 'Us cha'n fhad bhios tii foghlum. «7 Gur tearc duin' a la saoilsinn, GvL bheil an t-aog aig a chiil. Saoilidh 'n duine ro aosda, GvL n teid la ^ile r' a shaoghal : 'S cha ehreid an t-oganach aoirom, Gq 'ni faod a chaochlath bhi dlu. 'M fear tha slan tha e smuaincaeh, Nach tig am has a thoirt luaidh air, Gun chaismeachd araidh chur uaitbe, Seal mun gluais e sa' cliuis. 'M fear tha sariiicht' lo aslaiDt, Tha suil a ghna ri dol as aig', Gus an tig am has co ro chas air, 'S gu'n grad chaisgear a dhuil. 'S mairg nach faigheadh tu grasau Mun tig breislich a bhais ort; 'Nuair bhios do choraas air d' f bagail, 'Us do narahaid 'na dhuisg. Gabhsa cothrom na h-oigo, Gabh am focal gu d' sheoladh, Gabh an Spiorad gu d' threoruch, Fad an roid mar cheann-iuil, Cleachd a ghrasan lo di-eheall, Biodh na h-aitheantan leat priseil, Chaoi na fag iad air dichuimhn, Tha iad di reach gun lub. Na bi 'g earbs' a do naomhachd, Ach a iochd an Fhir-shaoraidh, Cha d'rinn thu riamh ri do shaoghal, Ach rud aotrom gun din. iiiH- ii m r^ »8 Cleaehd an ereidimh nach diblr^ Glcidh do cbo^ais an sith riut ; ^S cha ruig thu leas bhi fo mhighean, Dol gu d' shineadh 'san uir. IT. CCID. f Fhir tha mireadh, 's ug gaireadb, Sunntach, cridbeil ri abbacbd, Thig am has gu mi-narach, A cbur do mbanrain air cul. Fhir gun solas, gun aidbear, Ge trom siubbal do laitbean, Tbig am bas gu gle aitbgiean', Cbum do cbaitbeadb 'n ad smur Fbir tba mealtuinn do sblainte, Buitbeacb, fallain, gle cbailear, Tbig droch gbalar a' bbais ort, A mbilleas ailleacbd do gbnuis. Fbir tba siubbal fo'n aslaint, (Caitbe, fiadbras no easdaieb.) Cba 'n e 'm bas as neo ascaoin, Fiata, glasdaidb a sbuil. Fbir tba 'd' olaeb matb, fialaidb, Mu d' f bairdaicb, 's rau d' bbiatacbd, Bbeir am bas duit gun iarraidb, Fardacb cinan anns an nir. A dbiiilt aoidbeacbd do d'cbairdibb, Cba gabb an t-aog uait an t-aicbeatb, Ged bbiodb d'f bardacb gle dbuint', Fhir tha tuigseacb, glic, cialUcb, I . 89 DeaDamh gnothaich le riaghailt, Nach faic thu'm bas ag teachd siar orb. Ge math do rian, 'us do thur. Fhir tha 'd amadaD gorach, 'S bocbd an larah thu sa' chombraig, Tha do namhaid ro sheolta, Theid an thoid ort gun mhuirn. Fhir tha foghainteach laidir, *G earbs a spionnadh do ghairdein, '!Nuair a bhuaileas am bas thu, 'S ro bheag tabhachd do dhnirn. A shaighdcir thapaidh san tuasaid, A thai nig trie as a' chruadal, Bithidh bas tuiir as cruaidh ort, Bha buaghach o thus, Fhir tha dian cur ri saothair, 'G earbs' gu 'n diong e dhuit aoibhneas, Thig am bas ort mun saoil thu, A dheanamh faoineis de d' dhuil. Fhir tha 'snamh ann an saibhreas, 'G earbs' gu 'n diong e dhuit aoibhneas, Bithidh 'm bas 'na chuis oillt dait, 'Kuair thig e dh'f hoillseach' a ghnuis. Fhir tha aosda, 's air liathadh, A chaidh ehaomhnadh ceud bliadhna, Nis tha 'n t-aog teachd gu d'iarruivih, Chithear 'iomhaigh 'nad ghnuis. Leinibh oig, tha 'nad mhaothran, Ur air tighinn do'n t-saoghal. Ma Icag am bas ort a chlaonshuil, 90 'S dearbh nach caomhain e thu. Ogain smiorail, thoir feairt ort. 'S Icis 2J bhas le coir cheart thu, Bhoir e buaidh maeh le neart ort, God tha thu sgairteil, doas, ur. Mhaighdean mhin-rosgach, sgiamhach, Nach laic thu'm has ort ag iahiigh, A thoirt an rugha a d' ghialaibh, 'S a chur fiatachd 'nad shuil : A Lighich theoma le d' phlasdaibh, Cha chilis eagail do'n bhas thu, Thig e timchioU gu samhach, A gtiabhail fath ort o d' chul ; Fhir tha 'd Mhinisdeir sao*ireabh, Gu 'r toirt dh'ionnsuidh 'n Fhir-shaoraidh, Cha mho sheachnas an t-aog thu, Na fear gun f haolum, gun iiil. Chrcidich iriosail, ghrasmhoir, Ged thig samhlach' do*n bhas ort, Cha bhi gath ann gu d' chradiiadh, Gheibh thu slan uaith ri i-uin. A dhaoi tha dearmadaqh, taireil, Air saor thairgse na slain te, Thig n' as seirbhe na 'm bas ort; Bidh ifrionn gun dail air a cliul. AN AISEIRIGH, ^^ Ta *n uair a tenchdy anns an duinn iadsan uile a ta sna huaighihh a ghuih-san : agus theid iad a much iadsan annnmaitk, chum aiseirigh na beatha ; agus iadsan a rinn olc^ chum aiseirigh an damnaidh. VI tdsan theid }igh na igh an Thig am bas oirn mnnciiam. 'S ceart gu 'n luidhinn 's an uaign, 'Ach chaTteid mi lo ^ruaim 'na coir, Oir bha losa mo run, Greis 'na luidhoadh 'san iiir, 'S rinn o'n Icabadh ud cubhraidh dhomhs*. Thug e 'n gath as a' bb^s, Einn e caraid de m' namh, A shaoil mo cbumail gu bratb fo leon : Teachdair m' Athar e nis. BhHonnsuidb m'anma le fios, E dhol dachaidh a chlisg chnm gloir. On a db'eirich a ris Sar Choann f beadhna mo shith, (jrun dh'f huireacb fad shios fo'n fboid : 'Us gu 'n deachaidh e suas, Ghabhail seilbbe d'a shluagn, Anns nil flaithibb, le luathgbair^mboir : 'Se mo chreidimb gun bbreig, Gu 'n eirich mise 'na dbeigb, "^ Measg na buidbne gun bheud, gun gbo ; 'Nuair a db'fbosglar gacb uaigb, 'S a thoid beo aims gacb sluagh, Cbum an togail 'san uair, gu mod. Sud an cumbacbd tba troun, Sud am fradliarc tba geur, . .»§! Cbnireas ritbisd gaeh^cre air doigh ; Dream cbaidb itbeadb le sluasn. • i f ll ii- \ ill I ■ I I f 92 Dream chaidh mhoasgadh 'n aon uaigh, Dream chaidh losgadh 'nan luaith *s nan coo, 'Siomadh colainn bhios ann, Tha fad air asdar o 'ceann 'S thi^ iad cuideachd 'san am, ga foil. Thig iad uile 'nan taom, As gach clagh tha 'san t-sao'l, 'S as gach araich, 's an aom na seoid. Cha'n 'oil ait am bheil corp, Air ard mhonadh, no cnoc, Ann am fasach, no slochd na moin'; Ann an doimhneachd a' chuain, "No 'b na h-aibhneachibh buan. As nach eirich iad suas, 's iad beo. Eiridh 'n diuc 'us an righ, Eiridh 'm bochd bha fo chis, Eiridh gaisgeach an'stri, ' san deoi*'. Eiridh bhainti'arna mhaoth, Eiridh 'n t-amadan baoth, 'S cha bhi dearmad air aosd, no og. Eiridh cuid ac' le griiaim, Chi iad fearg air an IJan, Chuireas crith orr', 'us uamhunn mhor, Eiridh cuid ac'le aoidh, Biiidheann uasal nan saoi, 'G am bi oighreachd o chaoi an gloir. 93 AM BREITDEANIS DEIREANNNACn. ** Ir 6igin duinn uile btii nir ar nochdadh an I6thair caithir-breitheannisChriosd ; chum gu faigb gach neach na nithe a rinn c 'sa choluinn a r^ir an ni a rinn e, ma's maith no olc e/' 'S e an Sl^nuigbear am Breitheamb, Tha e ti^hinn ann a ghl6ir Thi^ e nuns le ^16ir an Athar, 'S bidb a Chaithir anns na ne6il, Thig na h- aingil naomha marris, Le m6r cbaithream mar is c6ir : On is e an t-ard Cheann'feadbna, 'S c6ir d'a ghreaihnacbas bhi mbr, Thig e nuas tboirt bretb na c6raob, Air gach sedrs a ta fo 'n ghr6in ; Thig e dhite dh lacnd na d6-bheairt« Chum am f6gradh uaitb an c6in, Theid na deambain rinn an t^latb, Chur gu s^rnchadb, 's gu pian : 'S iad na h-ionracain bhios s^bbailt, - Thugadh gr^san doibh o Dhia. 'rheid a' chuirt a chur 'na suidhe Ann an uidheam mar bu ch6ir: Tiieid an trompaid nth6r a shcideadh, Ohum ar n-fcigheach dh' ionnsuidh mh6id. Cluinnenr anns gach ^it an f huaim aic'. Deas 'uH tuath, nn ear. 's an iar. Ciuinnear leosan bita 'nan suain, Anns an uaigh deich mile bliadhn. Leumaidb suas na niairbb gu b-ea]amb» (Fos na bhios air thalamh beo,) Vi: 'ill rl; M ': 1 Hi 1 ! 94 'S tlieid iad suns roar eoin an athair, Dli'ionnsuidit cathnir Hgh na gloir. Le'iR an ti ta saor o mhearachd, Thcid nn sgnrnchdainn gun d^il : 'Si 'n l^nili chli a gheibli na h-jiingidh, Comhar aimhleis doibh gu brdth. Sud a* chuidenchd ghratlmil, eitich, Luchd nam breug nam niionn, 'sna feirg, Luchd na caonnaig, ming, 's ml bheusan, Luchd na h-eucoracb, 's na ceilg. Dream bha leanmhuinn miann na feola. Dream Uia'n toir air urram dhaoin', Dream gun chreidimh, 'ns gun eolas. Dream gun dochas glan, gun ghaol. Gheibh na h-ioracain an urram Seasamh uile aig a dbeis : Oomhar einnteach do gach duine, Nach tig cunnart air am feasd. Cba b* e choisinn doibh an t'ilt ud, lad bhi tibhaclidach 'nan saoMr, Ach an Triath bhi pailt an grisaibb, 'Us a ghradh thoirfc doibh gu Baor. Labhraidh 'n High gu fAilteach. aoidheil, Ris a' mhuintir ud gu i^ir, Shiuagh ta beanuichte le m' Alhuir, Thigibh, *h gabhaihh sealbh dhuibh fein, Sealbh bhios mairtheannach gu eiorruidb, Anns an rioghachd uasal, naomli, Sealbli chaidh uUachadh o c^ian duibh, Mun do chruthaich Dia an sao'l. Bha mi ocrach, thug sibh biadh dhomh, Thug sibh dcoch, *a mi iotmhor, iann; D 95 Bha ini'm clioigrcach fad o m' clmirdibfii \S thug sibli fardocli dhomh san nm. Bha mi lomnochd, ngus m' f heoil ris, Chuir «ibh eomhdach ovm gun dail, Bha mi tinn, 'ms ann am priosun, 'S bhuiri sihh rium ga tiorail, bla, Sud nm binn, 's cha t6id a caochladh, Oluinnidh lad gn h-a'>bhach, at, Bheir iad freagradh d'am Fear-saoraidb, Ann am briathraibh gaoil, gun sgait. C'uin a thug sinn biadh no deoch dhuit, 'Nuair bha ocraB ort, no tart ? C'uin a thug sinn duit gu h-aoidheil, Cuid na h-oidhch' 'nuair bha thu 'n aire ? G'uin a dh' ullaich sinn dnit ^ideadb, Fhrendsnl d' f heum 'nuair bha tim ruisgt'? C'uin a thug sinn duit ar comhnadh, 'Us thu leoint an priosun diiint'? Fiieagraidh 'm Breitheamh ind gu bai^iheil, Kinn sibh sud do m' bhra'iribh meanbh ; 'S measar leam gu'n d' rinn sibh dhonihs' wd, B' i bhnr criochsa gloir do m' tiinm, Lasaidh 'chorraich, 'us o tionndath, Grad a dh' ionnsuidh na laimh cH. Kis an dream ta cruaidh an teanntachd, 'N eagal truaigli, gun cbeann, gun chrich ; 'Shluagh ta malltiicht\ uamsa triailaibh, Chum an teine shiorruidh, bhuain ; Tein' a dh'uUaicheadh do'n diabhol, 'Us da ainglibb iargalt, truagh. Bha mi ocrach, dbiult sibh biadh dhomh, Dhiult sibh deoch, 's mi iotoihor faun ; i 96 Bha mi 'm choiji;reaoh fad o m' ohairdibh, Dliii^lt nlbh fardoch dhoinh sam km, Blui mi ruisgt, olia d' rinn sibh ni' ^ideodh, Tinn, 's elm ruhh bhur ceuin a'm' choir, Bha mi 'm priosiin ann nn ^igin, Sheus sibh fad o 6igh mo bhroin Sud am binn, 's cha t6id a caochladh, Och I cha'n ihaodar teioheadh uuip'; Eiridh fiamh an e.irbs 'nan aodan, 'S goirt a' ghaoir bhios ac' 's an uair, C uin a cbunnaic sinne riamh thu, Oeiach, iotmhor, tinn, no riiingt', Ann ad choigreach, no am priosuD, Qun do riarachadh gu dIO ? Freagraidh e gu grad os n*aird iad, Faicibh 'n ho mo bhra' ireah caomh T nach robh sibh riusan baigheil, Cha bu ghradhach learn bhur gaol. Loasg gu siubhal chum na truaigho Tagraidh iad gu cruaidh an cuis : O I na '^uir gu doruinn bhuan sinu, 'S ifriunn duinne gruaim dg ghnuis. •K Thilg sinn mach 'n ad ainmsa diabhoil, Naimhdean dian duit f^in, 's do d' ghloir; Rinn sion ann ad ainm gu lionmhor, Oibre miurbhuileach gu leoir, Dh'ith, 'us dh'ol sinn ann ad lathair Rinn sinn faisneachd an ad ainm, Theagaisg thu gu trie 'nar sraidibh, Ri I bu bbaigheii leinn ghairm. Freagraidh e.san, Uamsa triallaibh, Dbream ain-diadbaidh, olc, 'nar goCl Tha 'm freasdal ag obair le buaidh ; Lo carthannachd ghluais an tir, Chum cofid air an t-soisgeul chur suas- Anns gach ait am bhcil stuagh 'na dhith. Bidh teachdairean eudmhor, na( h mall^ Ag Biubhal 'r rach ball gun chlos, A nochdadh do thruaghanaibh dall^ I^a sligho nach cam gu fois. Cairear Biobuill am pailteas an cl5^ An cainntibh nan slogh gu leir; Cainntean coimheach a dh' iumadach scors, Mu nach cuala sinn 8gle5, no sgeul. Thcid an Sgriobtur gu grad do'n taobh tuath, Gu Ruisianaich ghruamaeh. bhorb, Gu Lochlinnich, '8 Laponaicb f huar, . 'Us Tartaraich luath gun cholg. !Ni 'n f hirinn iad callta gun dail /Us lionar le gra,8 an cri': Cha nthair iad 'nan coimhich air gradn, Ko cloachdannaibh bla na sith : 10^ Oir trdgidh iad buirbeacbd an gne, ^Us leanaidb iad seamhachd Chnosd ; Tlsii^ creidimh g' an ionnsnidh o neamh; Chuireas mais air am mein gu sior. Go tarsainsj ta Aiwia mbor, Ge lionmhor a slogh thair meas, Go h-iomadh an canain, 'sail doigh, 'S^c pailt tha gach soi^h 'nam measg; Ge daingean ta ceangal an cri' Bi aoradh nan iodhal balbh, Euigidh 'n sgriobtur gacb cearna d'an tlr, 'S bbeir o leis iad le sgriob air falbh. Daoin' obbar 'us dubb an taobb deas. An Afric io tbeas na grein^ God bha iad 'nan trail libb, 's 'nan ereich, Aig muinntir gun scire, gun cbeill, ]Ni 'm Biobull, 's an soisgeul iad saar, 'Us bidh iad 'n an laoich aig Criosd 5 Gabbaidh 'n anam r'a tbirinn, 's r*a gbaol, 'S bheir a spiorad dboibb naoraliacbd f bior. Tlieid an soisgeul le 'sbolus mar gbrian A dh'ionnsuidb an iar muncuairt; America 's Innscanaicb ihiat, 'Us Eileiniu ^eh tboid aineolas nis hs nn tir, 'S iiiicU doachdadh Deo-dbireacb, crom, 'Us m alaidh sinn sonas, 'us sitb Gun fbarmad no sir! 'n ar lonn. Tlieid s^^oilean cbur suas anns gacb oearn, Bidh loabbraichcan gdilig pailt Bidh edlasy 'us diadbacbd ag i^s Tbig gacb duino gu sUk, 's gu ratb. Nis ^'tofiraidb na Gaidbeil an ceann^ 'S cba bhi iad am fang ni 'h m6 :*' Bidb aca ard ili6gbluin nan Gall, 'Us tuigso neo-mball 'na ch6ir; Tbeid innleaciidan *s oibrcan air bonn, Cbulreas saibbroas 'n ar tonn gu pailt^ Bithiiib 'n diblidb co laidir ri sonn^ 'B am bocbd cba bbi lorn le b-airc. Tbiir na linntean ^u cinnteacb muncuairt; Tlia 'n Sgriobtur air luadh tliig oirn 'San toid Satan a cheaniral gu cruaidb, 'S narh meal I e an sluagb le sirlco. Bidli firinn 'us sioebaint 'us gaol, Ag oeangal obloinn daoin' ri cbeil^ • m'mmmmmmmim''VH' ilO Cha'n f haicear fear donai ml-naomh, Theid olo as an t-sao'l 'us bead. OBIOOH. * . Ill DAIN A chamhnadh crahhaidh NAN QAIDHEAL. Fhir tba snigeartach, ceblar, Ceannaich-sa mo leabhar 6ran Theag' gu'n doafi e feum ri d' bhe6 dhult, Ged naoh m6r a phris. Cha'n 'oil aoireadh air duine c6ir ann. Cha'n 'eil moladh air an 51 ann, No air 8i!igradh baoth na h-oigd Bheir brdn crt aig do chrich. Ach tba firinnean gun sgled ann, 'Us combairlean na cdrach, Gu d' theasairginn o db5-bheairt, 'S gu d' shedladb chntn na sith. ffi«W^ — Le Seumas Mag Ghriooair. Ill •qLAR NAN DAN. TAOBB DUILLEAO. Sulm An lagha, ..--•- 3 Nh deich ditbeantan ----- 3 Moladh an lagha, «--.-- 3 Co'»oheangal nan OiUre, - - - - ' t €o'>cheangal nan GrSls, - - » - - 14 Do*a pheaoadb ; ann an d^ chuidf - '^ - 24 Rann air »ts drooh cridhe, - * - - 32 An Soisgeul, - - - - - * - «^2 Greidimh, ---•-•-38 Do'n Mhi-chreidimh ; ann an dk ehuid, - - 41 An gearan, -------46 Fireantachd Chricad, 5(^ Obair an Spioruid Naoimb, - . - - 65 Moladh grStis, -------62 Moladh nan grtls, - * - - - - 67 Geisdean Soisgeulacb, - - - - - 71 GrlLdh Dbe; ann an tricodaichibb, ^- - 78.^ Am Bits ; ann na dd> obuid, . - . - 84 An Aiseirigh, - - - - - - 90 Am Breitbeanas deireannacb, - - • . 93 Flaitheanas, -------97 Ifrinti, 100 Ciraobn sgaoileadh a' Bbiobuill agus an t-soisgeil, 103 >.