The Defense of Scotland's Reformation

Several decades after the passing of Scotland's Protestant pioneers, those who followed in their train came to a crisis. Would they maintain their Presbyterian heritage in the face of threats from the king, or would they surrender that legacy? The answer came in the signing of the National Covenant in 1638 and the beginning of what came to be known as the Covenanting Period. For 50 years, the struggle continued, and there were many who lost their homes and even their lives. Yet they were determined not to discard that which Knox, Melville, and others had labored so diligently to establish. The Covenanters proved to be the conservers of the Scottish Reformation's glorious standard that the only king of the church is the Lord Jesus Christ.