Traditions of the Covenanters or Gleanings among the Mountains

The purpose of this book is not to compose tales founded on the incidents, but simply to present the Tradition in its native simplicity and truth. It would be an easy matter to invest these anecdotes with imaginative interest; but then that would destroy their character as traditionary realities. It is the design of this collection to preserve the memory of some of those good men in the inferior ranks of society, whose worth and whose sufferings have not hitherto been recorded. Their names, though those of plain, unlettered men, do not deserve to perish; and their posterity may, by contemplating the virtues of their ancestors, be stimulated to emulate their godliness. It is the aim of the author that this work may be the means of exciting those who read it to a special care about their best interests, and to a steadfast and consistent adherence to the cause of the Redeemer.