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"The Reformation produced a revolution in the sentiments of mankind, the greatest, as well as the most beneficial, that has happened since the publication of Christianity."
In 1547 and in the city where his friend George Wishart had suffered, John Knox, surrounded with dangers, first preached the doctrines of the Reformation. In 1559, on 24th August, the Parliament of Scotland adopted the Confession of Faith presented by the Reformed Ministers, and declared Popery to be no longer the religion of this kingdom.
John Knox became then a Minister of Edinburgh, where he continued to his death the incorruptible guardian of our best interests.
"I can take God to witness, he declared,that I never preached in contempt of any man - and Wise men will consider, that a true friend cannot flatter; especially in a case that involves the salvation of the bodies and souls, not of a few persons, but of a whole Realm." When laid in the grave, the Regent said, "There lieth He who never feared the face of man, who was often threatened with dag and dagger, yet hath ended his days in peace and honour."