Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII

The sources of legends are not often found in old sermons; and yet it will be admitted that there are few remarkable events in man's history, which, if inquired into, will not be found to embrace the elements of very impressive pulpit discourses. Even in cases which seem to disprove a special, if not a general Providence, there will always be found in the account between earth and heaven some «desperate debt,» mayhap an «accommodation bill,» which justifies the ways of God to man. It