M S R Here lyes the Reverend M. Samuel Rutherford Professor of Divinity in the University of St Andrews who Died March the 29 1661 What tongue what pen or skill of men can famous Rutherford commend his learning justly raised his fame & true Godliness adorned his name he did converse with things above…

We love visiting the often overlooked and not so well known locations. Like this memorial to the Rev Donald Cargill at Thankerton, South Lanarkshire. It’s located next to Covington Mill, where he was captured by government troops in July 1681. He was later executed in Edinburgh. Wording on the memorial reads:SACREDTO THE MEMORY OFDONALD CARGILLTHE…

From the diary of Col William Maxwell, Covenanter.Written from his prison cell in Edinburgh’s Tollbooth.

“We are all missionaries. Wherever we go we either bring people nearer to Christ or we repel them from Christ.” Eric Liddell, who died on this day, 21st February 1945.

Born on this day, famous Scottish minister, John Witherspoon (5th Feb 1723 – 15th Nov 1794). John Witherspoon, born in Gifford near Haddington was a Church of Scotland minister and educator who became a key figure in American history. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and was ordained in 1743. During the 1745 Jacobite…