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Bha e air an t-sr脿id. 鈥淏ha saighdear air mhisg a鈥� falbh romham,鈥� tha e ag r脿dh. 鈥淏ha gillean 貌g鈥� eile a鈥� cur m矛-thlachd air le bhith tilgeadh seann ghiobal de luideag shalach na aodann鈥︹��

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Cha do thuig D霉ghall an suidh-eachadh. Thog e an clobhd. Bha e a鈥� dol ga thilgeil air fhalbh. Bha an saighdear dhen beachd gum b鈥� e D霉ghall fear de na bleigeardan. Tharraing e a bheigeileid. Ruith D霉ghall suas clobhsa. Bha an saighdear a鈥� dol ga sh脿thadh le a bheigeileid. Ach thuit e air a bheul fodha. Laigh e an sin gun mhothachadh. Agus theich D霉ghall. Bha D霉ghall dhen bheachd gun robh Dia air a bheatha a sh脿bhaladh.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 An d猫idh 霉ine ann an Sruighlea agus D霉n 脠ideann, chaidh e don Cheapan ann an Siorrachd Shruighlea. Bha e ochd bliadhn鈥� deug a dh鈥檃ois. Bha athair ag iarraidh air ce脿ird a thoirt a-mach. Tha e fh猫in ag r脿dh gun robh e leisg. Ach fhuair e obair airson saoirsneachd ionnsachadh.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ach chaidh D霉ghall is a mhaighstir a-mach air a ch猫ile. Chaidh D霉ghall gu fear eile ann an D霉n Breatann. Cha do mhair an obair sin fada nas motha.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ann an seachd ceud deug, ceathrad 鈥檚 a dh脿 (1742), chaidh D霉ghall gu co-chruinneachadh m貌r ann an Camas Long faisg air Glaschu. Th脿inig d脿 fhichead m矛le duine cruinn. Bha iad ag 猫isteachd ris an t-searmonaiche ainmeil, Se貌ras Whitefield.

When Dugald Buchanan, the spiritual poet, was a teenager, he went to live in Stirling. He departed from the Lord鈥檚 way. But his sins preyed on his conscience. He went through years of doubt about his religion.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 He tells in his book The Life and Conversion of Dugald Buchanan, what happened to him one day. He was on the street. 鈥淎 drunken soldier was walking in front of me,鈥� he says. 鈥淥ther young lads were annoying him by throwing a torn old piece of dirty rag in his face...鈥�

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Dugald didn鈥檛 understand the situation. He picked up the cloth. He was going to throw it away. The soldier thought that Dugald was one of the louts. He drew his bayonet. Dugald ran up a close. The soldier was going to run him through with his bayonet. But he fell flat on his face. He lay there unconscious. And Dugald fled. Dugald reckoned that God had saved his life.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 After a period in Stirling and Edinburgh, he went to Kippen in Stirlingshire. He was eighteen years old. His father was wanting him to take out a trade. He himself says he was lazy. But he got work to learn joinery.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 But Dugald and his master fell out with each other. Dugald went to another man in Dumbarton. That work didn鈥檛 last long either.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In 1742, Dugald went to a large gathering in Cambuslang near Glasgow. Twenty thousand people gathered. They were listening to the famous preacher, George Whitefield.