For one hundred and fifty years the Reformed Theological College, with an unshaken commitment to biblical Christianity, has been training a succession of gospel ministers for the church of Christ. F.S. Leahy here tells its story in a vivid and interesting way which, like all good history, has lessons for the present and a challenge for the future. The need is enormous, the opportunities thrilling, the available resources infinite in Christ.
Even though the Scottish covenanters endured harsh persecutions by the King's Inquisition the mysterious name of the Black Avenger sent thrills of hope and courage to many a tormented soul. Yet the captains and dragoons feared this elusive figure while at the same time determining to place his head on the Netherbow. Many faithful Presbyterians were murdered on the spot or threatened with a touch of the thumbscrew or a place on the rack if they did not disclose the hiding place of some sought-out Covenanters.