A Covenanter memorial in Loudoun Parish Churchyard
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A Covenanter memorial in Loudoun Parish Churchyard
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 12 Jun 2010
On the north side of the church and inscribed as follows:- To the Memory of John Nisbet of Hardhill who suffered martyrdom at the Grassmarket Edinburgh 4th December 1685 Animated by a Spirit To which a Genuine Religion alone could give birth and pure flame of civil and Religious Liberty alone could keep alive He manfully struggled for a Series of years To stem the tide of National Degeneracy And liberate his Country from the tyrannical Aggressions of the perjured House of Stuart His conduct in arms at Pentland, Drumclog And Bothwell Bridge In opposition to Prelatic Encroachments & In Defence of Scotlands Covenanted Reformation Is recorded in the annals of these oppressive times His remains lie at Edinburgh But the inhabitants of this his Native Parish and friends to the cause for which he fought and died Have caused this stone to be Erected
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