Here were two Margarets, living stones;
They were founded on the Rock.
Man’s malice led them to the river;
But water cannot quench stones.
To the tidal river; turning
Towards two staked women.
If the officers doing duty
Acted with undue cruelty
I do not know:
But the tide, licking without taste,
Foot, leg, thigh, belly, bosom
Was indifferent.
The women, the waves whelmed;
The stones, stand to eternity
In the Christ for whom they suffered.
27/07/2018
The stone marks the point where Margaret Wilson was tied to the stake and suffered martyrdom by drowning in 1685 near Wigtown.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigtown_Martyrs
These two ladies were definitely founded on the Rock - the Solid Rock, our Saviour.
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