The Friends of Burns and Hamilton Present
Burns Night 2013
A Hearty Celebration of the Great the Bard
of Scotland
Poet, Patriot, and Beacon of Liberty and
Justice
Robert Burns, on his 254th
Birthday!
Burns Night
celebrates all things Scottish: Food and drink, song and story, people and
poetry. You need not be Scottish, nor wear a kilt, nor make heads or tails of
Burn’s charming Scots dialect. You must, however, love freedom, justice, truth
and beauty, for these are the virtues that define the Bard and his people.
Remember, every man dies. Not every man
truly lives!
Burns Night 2013
6:30 pm 25 Friday, January
25,2013
Pelican Pointe Club House
Featuring
Songs from Burns and other
Scottish sources
Stories and Legends
Sampling of aquavitae
Traditional Scottish Fare
Toasts to the Lasses
Please RSVP by Sunday, January 20th with Pastor Greg so we can plan better for a wonderful evening.
Directions: From Weeksville Road south
enter Pelican Pointe Drive just north of EC Coast Guard main gate. Turn left on
Spoonbill Loop. Turn first right, then first left onto Windborn Loop.
Clubhouse is on the left.
Contact Pastor Greg Yeager
at 704 754 6288 or pfrjaeger@gmail.com
Why the Friends of Burns and Hamilton?
Because all Lutherans can
both love Robert Burns and take pride in the story of Patrick Hamilton.
Lutherans and Presbyterians can share this tradition and draw closer the bonds
of friendship.
Patrick Hamilton (1504 – February 29, 1528) was a Scottish churchman
and an early Protestant Reformer in Scotland. He travelled to Europe, where he
met several of the leading reforming thinkers, before returning to Scotland to
preach. He was tried as a heretic by Archbishop James Beaton, and burned at the
stake in St Andrews.
The sentence was carried out
on the same day to preclude any attempted rescue by friends. He burned from
noon to 6 PM. His last words were "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit".
His courageous bearing attracted
more attention than ever to the doctrines for which he suffered, and greatly
helped to spread the Reformation in Scotland. It was said that the "reek
of Master Patrick Hamilton infected as many as it blew upon". His
fortitude during martyrdom won over Alexander Ales, who had undertaken to
convert him, to the Lutheran cause. His martyrdom is unusual in that he was
almost alone in Scotland during the Lutheran stage of the Reformation.
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