Difference between revisions of "Cameronians"

<p> a sect in Scotland, who separated from the [[Presbyterians]] in 1666, and continued to hold their religious assemblies in the fields. The [[Cameronians]] took their denomination from [[Richard]] Cameron, a famous field preacher, who, refusing to accept the indulgence to tender consciences granted by King [[Charles]] II, as such an acceptance seemed an acknowledgment of the king's supremacy, and that he had before a right to silence them, separated from his brethren, and even headed a rebellion, in which he was killed. His followers were never entirely reduced till the Revolution, when they voluntarily submitted to King William. The Cameronians adhered rigidly to the form of government established in 1648. </p>

<p> A sect in Scotland, who separated from the Presbyterians in 1666, and continued long to hold their religious assemblies in the fields. They took their name from Richard Cameron, a famous field-preacher, who, refusing to accept the indulgence to tender consciences, granted by king Charles II. thinking such an acceptance an acknowledgment of the king's supremacy, made a defection from his brethren, and even headed a rebellion, in which he was killed. The Cameronians adhere rigidly to the form of government established in 1648. There are not, it is said, above fourteen or fifteen congregations among them, and these not large. </p>

<p> A Presbyterian body in [[Scotland]] who derived their name from Richard Cameron, contended like him for the faith to which the nation by covenant had bound itself, and even declined to take the oath of allegiance to sovereigns such as [[William]] III. and his successors, who did not explicitly concede to the nation this right. Also a British regiment, originally raised in defence of Scottish religious rights; for long the 26th [[Regiment]] of the British line, now the Scottish Rifles. </p>